If you allow your children to be on YouTube, you probably have heard of Blippi.
So the other day, I wanted to learn about who Walker Dennis’ current obsession is. By current, I mean, like a six month love affair. Blippi essentially replaced Bounce Patrol in our house.
Thanks to these two wonderful articles, I know a bunch more about the man and the character.
I went from being slightly annoyed at hearing the same music and seeing the same visuals (over and over, again) to having a new appreciation for him, now that I know he’s really Stevin John, a veteran US Air Force serviceman. Good for him for being inspired to make better entertainment for his nephew and now is making crazy money and having world wide recognition, is super impressive.
We got our son this sweet pair of headphones, so I rarely hear the music but it isn’t really that bad. It was more of an issue of hearing the same 30 seconds of something, without context, and on repeat.
Garbage Trucks for Children with Blippi, is his most popular video.
The ones Walker Dennis has watched the most, is the videos where Blippi goes on field trips.
Like, to the Ranch
Or, to the Trampoline Park (his current favorite video)
Or, learning about the letter B with Handles Franklin, a Globetrotter.
I’m pretty sure the very first video I noticed him watching, and me learning the lyrics, was to the Excavator Song.
Thanks to Blippi for hosting his own videos.
I’m sure my son will eventually move on to another YouTube personality, eventually, but he’s really into Blippi right now. Even when he was into his car crash videos (a very short phrase, but we still have to crash our grocery cart into things, from time to time) he was still watching Blippi.
There are other videos my son watches, on a regular basis, but I haven’t felt compelled to figure out what their deals are, yet.
The theme of the speech was “Can a Conversation Save a Life.” It is all about how doctors and nurses should make sure there is a real exchange of thoughts when discussing one’s medical treatment.
People were crying in the conference room. At one point, I wanted to just get on a plane and go hug my own son and just hope he never has anything this tragic happen to him. Luckily, his doctor, Dr. Danielson, is amazing and super forthcoming and tells us additional information that we hadn’t even thought to ask yet. She’s pretty great.
Because of what happen to Michael, Patricia worked extremely hard and got the Michael Skolnik Medical Transparency Act passed.
Michael Skolnik Medical Transparency Act
For all physicians who hold an active or inactive license issued by the Colorado Board of
Medical Examiners prior to December 31, 2007, you will have to comply with the
requirements of the Michael Skolnik Transparency Act beginning with the May 31, 2009
renewal period. Licensing is the responsibility of each physician and, in accordance with
the Act, you will be asked to provide information regarding, but not limited to, medical
licenses ever held, current and active board certifications and specialties, affiliations with
hospitals and health-care facilities, business ownership in any business whose mission
relates to providing health-care services or products, employment contracts related to
health care, disciplinary actions, actions against medical privileges, criminal conviction
or plea arrangements, and resolution of medical malpractice claims. For more
information, please go to the CMBE website at http://www.dora.state.co.us/medical/
Also, the Office of Professional Risk Management will be providing information on
resolution of medical malpractice claims which have occurred while you have been
employed by the University of Colorado, and UPI will be providing information
regarding current independent contractor agreements of which it is aware. However, it is
your responsibility to collect all of the requisite information in order to maintain your licensure.
I used this link to get that copy, as the website wouldn’t work as a link here.
She was even able to get it amended twice more, once to include nurses and a second time to strengthen the act on patients benefit.
That’s the thing about this case is that it really puts you in her place. If a doctor, that a good friend recommended to me, told me that my son had 48 hours to live and really needed an operation, what would I do? Is 48 hours enough time to even get a second opinion? Most doctors have extremely filled schedules and this doctor made a special appointment to see her son. It is in a field that I have no real reference point for. One would hope that your doctor well tell you everything but it is hard to know what to ask. She had this great line about how she didn’t even not know what she knew to even ask about. When it comes to our health, especially after a bad diagnosis, it is hard to think of questions while your mind is swirling around about the future.
Patricia highly recommends bringing someone with you to all of your doctor appointments, so that they can ask questions on your behalf, or to remind you of your own questions that you may forget at the end of the session.
It was nice that this session was at midday Thursday, as it was a nice ice breaker for the rest of the conference as everyone had a reaction to the subject material.
The Act is only for Colorado but various states have passed similar acts.
It really was a very powerful presentation and I’m still thinking about it, nearly two weeks later.
I keep finding myself thinking about the upcoming Fall Television season.
I’m using the above Wikipedia page to keep track of upcoming shows that we are interested in, if you want to follow along.
Sunday
I doubt I’ll be watching CBS’s Wisdom of the Crowd but it has Monica Potter of Parenthood and Head Over Heels fame, I’m glad she got another series not too long after Parenthood ended.
I am tempted to give FOX’s Ghosted a chance as I’ll watch anything that has Adam Scott in it and Craig Robinson is always funny, so the two of them should work wonders together. I doubt it makes it a full season, but I’ll give the show a couple episodes. I’ll probably end up watching it by myself.
Looking ahead at a few series, I’m glad that America is finally coming around to the British way of doing television, with ten or 13 episodes making up one season. Not every series needs 22 episodes, and even those series, probably could do without one or two episodes.
I’m definitely going to follow Star Trek : Discovery onto CBS All Access. 15 episodes sounds like it will be pretty stellar. Pun intended!
Count me in with FOX’s The Orville, at least the first episode. I imagine how involved Seth MacFarlane is with this, this being his show, it should be super watchable. Adrianne Palicki probably isn’t coming back to Agents of SHIELD, any time soon. Not like we are watching that show anymore, with my wife’s ban on Joss Whedon continuing. Plus, we are so far behind on shows that, even when that ban lifts, Palicki might be back on that show or in today’s modern television era, her contract might have availability for that show.
Monday
We’ll be watching ABC’s Dancing with the Stars, expect a post regarding that cast once that is known. Which should be soon, I imagine as the season is set to start in the middle of September.
We’ll be skipping The Good Doctor, good that kid from Bates Motel got a new gig so quickly. West Wing’s Richard Schiff is part of that show, which is nice.
Bobby Moynihan’s comedy version of This Is Us, CBS’s Me, Myself & I is a show I’ll be passing on. He left SNL for this (or it timed out that way) so I hope it works for him.
My wife is still watching Scorpion, it does seem like a good show, the few segments I’ve seen of it.
We’re still on for CW’s Supergirl. We’ll probably watch Arrow and Legends on Netflix, unless we can squeeze those shows in (and if we can finish Arrow in time).
Entertainment Weekly states that there will be a proper four part crossover in November, so no word on any secret two-parters like Flash and Supergirl last season.
I’ll be watching FOX’s The Gifted, the new X-Men series. Hopefully it is good. I’ll be watching it just for Amy Acker, if for nothing else.
We’ll also be watching The Voice, now with Miley Cyrus and Jennifer Hudson. Cyrus has proven herself on the show but the clips seem to be turning Hudson into someone that makes me weary of her inclusion. I’ll be missing Alicia Keys but she did win a season, so she has to go. That’s the rule. I see on the Wikipedia page that Kelly Clarkson will be a coach, replacing the Gwen Stefani / Cyrus coach position.
Dancing and The Voice, in the Fall, is what puts us so far behind on our television watching. At least Dancing is once a week (I hope they never go back to two nights) and it is good pretty much from the start. I wonder how many Blind episodes of The Voice will there be.
I deifnitely have no interest in Young Sheldon, on CBS, and I can’t imagine that show lasting a full season. It is going to be this odd little footnote into the series.
Tuesday
We’ll be watching ABC’s Black-ish, they added another baby, so I wonder how many more seasons will there be. Tracee Ellis Ross keeps winning awards, and the only one to do so, so expect those wins to earn another season for the show. Will this be Yara Shahidi’s last season? I know Zoey is supposed to be “off to college” but she’ll probably still pop up from time to time.
I like the idea of ABC’s The Mayor, but I’ll hold out an opinion until I see a trailer for it.
I do like Jason Ritter, but I’m not sure we’ll watch ABC’s Kevin (Probably) Saves the World. Maybe if it gets high praise reviews, we’ll give it a shot.
Still be watching CW’s The Flash and keeping an eye out for Legends of Tomorrow in November.
We’ll be watching FOX’s Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
We’ll be sticking with The Voice on NBC and of course, This is Us. We really love that show. The short season means no filler too, which is outstanding. Once Upon a Time and Revenge as really killed my buzz for 23 episode series. Be it comedy or drama though my patience with comedy seems to be greater.
NBC’s Law & Order True Crime is tackling the Menendez Murders (for some reason), my wife got caught up in the original case, so we’ll probably give this eight episode series a look. Though, whenever I think of this show, I always think of that incredible skit from SNL.
First Got Horny 2U
Thanks to Saturday Night Live for hosting that video!
So good!
That show has Anthony Edwards, Sam Jaeger and Healther Graham in it, so that’s cool.
Wednesday
We’re still in for ABC’s The Goldbergs. I’ve been eagerly awaiting this show’s return as I’m all about Bryan Callen now and he did an interview with Bill Goldberg with Fighter and the Kid, where they confirm that Goldberg is playing Callen’s Coach Mellor’s brother. That should be super fun.
Thanks to The Fighter and the Kid for hosting their own videos.
It is a pretty good episode.
I’m still working on my Fighter and the Kid post, the way I have it now, it has like 30 videos in it and I really don’t think all of those are necessary, so I’m still tweaking it.
How are they going to work Hayley Orrantia’s Erica into the upcoming season? Or does she have one more high school year left? She’s going to Georgia for college so she should only appear for the holiday episodes and a phone call now and again, right? I’m going to miss her on the show.
We’re still watching Modern Family, still not enough Alex for my taste. That show has to be ending soon too, right? Their lack of award nominations tells me that the industry is moving on and the writers seem to be right behind them too.
My wife moved ahead with Designated Survivor so she’ll probably keep with that show.
Speaking of which, CBS’s Survivor’s theme is Heroes v Healers v Hustlers. We’ll be watching it, I like the competition elements but I do lose interest in the parts surrounding the comps. Tribal is still good, but it takes me longer and longer to learn people’s names, with each new season.
I’m all in with CW’s Riverdale, Luke Perry is going to survive the gun shot, right? Right!?! Probably the only season finale that I’m still thinking about. Flash was okay but it is clearly going to resolve itself before minute the fifth minute.
My wife will be watching FOX’s Empire. I’m not sure if she watches Star, it sounds like she does but I don’t know.
Thursday
My wife is still watching ABC’s Scandal and How to Get Away with Murder. I know it is Scandal’s final season.
We still really enjoy CBS’s Life in Pieces, we do miss that show when it is Thursday and we want to watch the episode but we have to wait until Friday to do so.
We’re catching up with CW’s Arrow but not sure if we’ll be watching it live.
There are times when I wouldn’t mind catching up with FOX’s Gotham. Orville being on Thursday is a nice sign of confidence. The Sunday timeslot must have been a premiere night.
I’ve also been tempted to get caught up with NBC’s Superstore. I’m not sure if I’m watching Will & Grace, I wasn’t the biggest fan of the show, towards the end, but I do like these reunion series that we’re getting now.
Friday
ABC’s Once Upon a Time is being “treated” to a time jump, so don’t expect that show to get renewed. I’m not sure if we’re even attempting Inhumans, it doesn’t look like any Whedon is involved with this show so maybe we’ll give the first episode a look. I do like it only being eight episodes.
We still watch CBS’s Blue Bloods, I like the show and I’m glad it continues. It is one of those rare shows where they can just keep releasing season after season, like an old school procedural. Though Frank always seems like he’s ready to retire, which would probably be the last season. I wonder if they are going to do more with Erin and Jamie this season, outside of the two spotlight episodes that they have to get.
I really want to watch Crazy Ex-Girlfriend on the CW, but it is so hard to see an episode on Netflix.
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I guess that’s the 2017 element of the 2017 – 2018 Television Schedule.
I still see series listed By Network, that are not included in the above chart.
ABC has a Dancing with the Stars Junior competition that I’m sure my wife is going to love.
The CW is having Black Lightning, which is NOT part of the Arrow-verse so I’ll probably be passing on that until it is considered part of the Arrow-verse. Seems pretty dumb to not be included in the fun but Greg Berlanti said that they can jump in at any time, which is really nice of him. I completely understand wanting to stand on their own feet but it just feels like a shame to not be included, especially being on The CW. Might as well be on FOX with Gotham.
FOX has New Girl that I didn’t see above, which is also on its final season. They are bringing 9-1-1 back, now with, Angela Bassett. FOX also has The Resident that Emily VanCamp is in, she was the only reason to keep watching Revenge and after rewatching Civil War, I could be up for watching her new series. She looks to be the main nurse on that series but fourth listed on the Wikipedia page. Though I don’t recognize the first two names, I do know Bruce Greenwood. I looked them up, the top guy is Logan from Gilmore Girls and the other was in the fourth season of Agents of SHIELD. I still don’t recognize him.
NBC, the network that spurred this post, has The Awesome Show, with Chris Hardwick. Which reads, to me, like his Wall renewal contract stated he get a show that is more in line with his actual interests. It’ll be six episodes, like his BBC show was. But without the pop culture, it looks like.
I’m not tempted by The Brave show, at all, though it is getting all the Hulu advertising. Odd for a show that doesn’t have a September or October start date. Oh, I missed it above, it is on Monday nights, after The Voice.
I wonder if my wife will watch Ellen’s Game of Games.
NPH is hosting Genius Junior, a kid quiz show, in prime time!
They also have Good Girls with Christina Hendricks (maybe on a show I’ll actually watch) and Mae Whitman! Hey, Matthew Lillard is on it too! Retta of Parks and Recreation fame is the third lady of the series.
Amy Poehler and Nick Offerman are going to host a reality show, Handmade Project, which might be interesting.
Reverie is a show with Person of Interest’s Sarah Shahi as well as Dennis Haysbert, so that could be good too.
And, finally, due to alphabetical order, NBC’s Rise! The show that I’m super eager for! It stars HIMYM’s Josh Radnor as the teacher that inspires a city, via the high school drama department. It also features Moana’s Auli’i Cravalho as well. I’m surprised Disney didn’t throw a series at her but I’m glad to have her involved in this show. Still no release date. Here is an interview with Josh Radnor, regarding the show –
Thanks to Josh Radnor Videos for hosting the above video.
It is only a minute long but from the upfronts, it sounds like the trailer was well received.
Shannon Purser of Riverdale and Stranger Things (she’s Barb) will have a recurring role in it, which seems awkward. Is she only in six of the ten episodes?
Marley Shelton will be playing Radnor’s wife on the show. I know her as being the object of affection from Trojan War, though she had no chance against Jennifer Love Hewitt. She’s in Pleasantville and Never Been Kissed but I don’t recognize her from those films. I still need to watch Sugar and Spice as it has James Marsden in it. I’ve seen clips of Bubble Boy, so I know she’s The Girl in that film. She’s The Customer in Sin City, whatever that means. From in W, a horrible film. The deputy in Scream 4, which might be familiar. Shelton has these great eyes, which do leave an impression, which helps me remember her. So I’m as familiar with her as probably a small margin of people but she should be good in the role.
This all reminds me that I still need to watch Mercy Street. I started the first episode, months ago, and didn’t even get to the Josh Radnor scene! I did like seeing Mary Elizabeth Winstead, again, I don’t see nearly enough of her work.
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Going down the Renewals and Cancellations section.
ABC’s The Middle is ending, a show I’ve seen like three minutes of. Scandal is ending.
CW’s Originals is ending, my wife likes that show too.
New Girl is ending and probably about time for it too.
I thought there would be more shows to confirm.
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So that’s the list of what we’re mostly watching and what a few things I know I’m already not tempted by.
We combined the above recipe with another recipe as I printed one and my wife thought I was making the other.
Mostly, what I did was additions then. Along with the 1 teaspoon of garlic powder, I added 1 teaspoon of paprika and another teaspoon of rosemary. Which added some heat to the recipe. Rosemary, from what I’ve read, is a simple spice that adds a nice savory flavor.
Instead of cream, I used milk and instead of beef stock, I use chicken – as that’s what I had.
Except, when it came time to mix the soup, spices, stock and milk in a bowl, I completely forgot to add milk and stock – like a complete idiot. I was placing the casserole dish, I used our 9 x 13 as we don’t own an 11 x 7 dish, I saw the measuring cups and realized I left some ingredients out. So I mixed the chicken stock and the milk and just poured it into the dish. I figure, the potatoes really need to be soften, so the additional liquid will benefit the dish, I didn’t know about the science of what it would do separated from the proper soup mixture. I imagine, those two ingredients would have helped during the pouring stages, as the mixture sat there in clumps. I wrote squares around those ingredients in the directions and the ingredients – hopefully, I don’t forget them again.
This was pretty tasty, probably could have used another potato. Does anyone know how long a five pound bag is supposed to last? It seems just shy of two weeks is too long by a bit.
During the browning of the beef phase, along with the onion, I put a 1/4 teaspoon of garlic powder, paprika and rosemary, to create a nice synergy with the beef and soup mixture. That’s what I like to do with the meat, makes it all come together.
What I use I did, was find a way to add some color to the recipe, as it was a lot of white with the potatoes with spots of brown with the beef. Could have used some greens or reds to brighten it up. Which, again, is only a thought I’ve had now that I’m taking pictures of my dinners.
The one hour cook time seemed to be plenty, so I wouldn’t change that. Mostly, the only change for next time would to not be a dummy and include the milk and stock at the proper time. Usually I place all of my ingredients (with an -ents and not -ants, apparently) on the counter. I usually don’t with milk, as it is milk but I’m not sure what made me leave the chicken stock in the fridge.
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The Montana fires are still terrible. I wish we could use cartoon logic, take all of that extra water that Texas is sadly dealing with, and air lift the water up here. We could really use it.
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Television wise, we did some marathoning of the Office and our next episode is Season Four’s Launch Party. So glad that Pam and Jim are together, and we didn’t waste even more time getting there.
We’re on episode seven of Person of Interest’s final season. That show is getting so good!
We’re on episode episode three of Arrow’s fifth season. Is season six abandoning the flashback sequences? Might have my answer if I watch more episodes but I really hope they do abandon that as he was on the island for five years and we should be done with it. Also, for the most part, the present day storyline has always been leaps better than the flashback sequences.
We saw Captain America : Civil War again, which is nice as I’ve been watching it in four minute intervals and only got to Tony Stark at the college scene. My wife didn’t recall anything from it, from the time we saw it in the theater to now. She’s nice enough to indulge me with these films. Listening to Living Between Wednesdays, I’m finally in 2016 with that podcast, and they are getting hyped for Civil War so I’ve been wanting to watch the film again. I should rewatch Winter Solder, probably will next, as there are moments in that film I want to see again.
I made it like two minutes into the second episode of Assets, then my son stopped me.
So we’re trying to do this Office – Person of Interest – Arrow cycle, so far, it has been pretty successful.
Last time, I went down this How I Met Your Mother YouTube rabbit hole. I really wish they had gone with the alternate ending, it would have made that show’s legacy, that much better.
Thanks to YouTUber flavi_us for hosting the video!
That and maybe not undoing Barney and Robin as quickly as they did. In the alternate timeline, does that mean Barney and Robin are still together? I hadn’t thought about that until right now.
I must have taken that final season episode, How Your Mother Met Me, for granted, as I started watching it this morning and that episode is amazing. Cristin Milloti should be in more things, I really wish NBC’s A to Z got a full season.
I want to say that was pretty much our television watching, we got caught up with Master Chef, I’m still not sure who will be in the finale, I guess the Top Five are going to be those from the winning Red Team (Cate, Dino, Eboni, Gabriel) and Yachecia. I imagine Jason would be in the finale and that Jeff will be gone next. Eboni’s comment about Yachecia being the new Jeff, had us cracking up. Then, Jeff didn’t go home and that was disappointing. We don’t need Old Jeff when we now have a New Jeff. Also, I wouldn’t even know how to make a truffle, so it is amazing that they all knew how to begin making them.
Okay, this may just be me and how often I’ve heard this song.
Shawn Mendes’ There’s Nothing Holdin’ Me Back, thanks to ShawnMendesVEVO for hosting this video.
Gosh, Walker Dennis is obsessed with this song! He just listens to it on a constant loop. So I’ve heard it so many times. It is to the point where I have to make up something so we can leave his Kindle behind after the third playing of it. Or worst, he uses my phone and listens to it there.
At some point, the melody of the song reminds me of Neon Tree’s Sleeping with a Friend
Thanks to NeonTreesVEVO for hosting this video.
Am I crazy or do these two videos share some musicality?
1 package of hash browns southern style (32 ounce bag)
1/2 cup melted butter
1 tablespoon salt
1/4 tablespoon pepper
1/2 cup chopped onion
1 can of cream of chicken soup
1 pint of sour cream
10 ounce Velveeta cheese, grated
Crushed Corn Flakes
Mix all ingredients together, put in greased 9 x 13 pan, sprinkle 1/4 cup melted butter, then mix with 2 cups crushed corn flakes.
Baked at 350 degrees for 1 hour
I’m pretty sure this was the first dinner I made, years ago. My wife really wanted to eat it, but didn’t want to make it, herself. I knew the recipe was essentially, put everything in one big bowl and mix it and bake it.
Like most recipes, if it calls for any amount of onion, I just use the entire onion. One, we’ll never use the other half of the onion in a timely manner; and two, we like onions.
Velveeta doesn’t make a 10 ounce package, so we go with the 16 ounce package. I’ve trade eight but it never seems like enough cheese. My wife enjoys making dips and such, with the other six ounces.
The amount of Corn Flakes, is also up to you. Two cups doesn’t seem enough, five is too much, but not really. Crushing the Corn Flakes is pretty relaxing until one of the sharper edges pokes you.
We usually eat it with a ham steak, I believe I went with the Hatfield brand. I never know what to cook or glaze it with, so I use butter. Delicious butter.
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Didn’t make much progress in any of my shows this past week. Walker Dennis has been waiting up for me to come home from my part time job, so I’ve been missing my three hours a week of watching shows. Which is nice, as that means I’m sleeping by 11:30pm or midnight instead of 1am. I have a really hard time falling asleep, on my own.
So no new Doctor Who but I did finished the second episode of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. That show has amazing songs, so I thought my son would be okay with that. I did end up watching Trolls three times and parts of Sing, twice.
Oh! We finally watched Rogue One! Pretty good movie. That ending though, I love how it connects with A New Hope.
Thanks to YouTuber Edward Glover for hosting the video. I imagine he edited it.
I enjoy Star Wars, I’m not like a super fan or anything wherein I can name you every planet that they visit, but I enjoy the films a bunch. I’m more than a casual fan but I’m not running around having deep conversations about the Force or anything like that. Though I wouldn’t mind being in a Star Wars conversation, it just rarely happens around me.
I really enjoyed K-2SO, not enough of him in the film. Besides Amazing Spider-Man 2 and the Wasp episode of Doctor Who (which i have to watch again as I don’t remember her in it – at all), I’m still not that familiar with Felicity Jones. She’s great in this film
It bugged me that we were getting Black and then, Yellow Storm Troopers. Where was those guys 20 years earlier or even months later? I get that the Black Storm Troopers were that guy’s own military force (I imagine) and maybe the Yellow Storm Troopers were that moon’s version but they inclusion took me out of the film.
I apparently liked the film enough to rank it at #1038 over at FlickChart. Right between Dorm Daze and Where The Heart Is.
I liked Diego Luna in it too. Apparently, I’ve seen him in The Terminal and Milk, but don’t recall him. Hey, he’s in the Flatliners sequel, so I’ll see him in something else, relatively soon.
Our next episode of The Office is Season Three’s The Convention.
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I’m trying to reestablish my link with Tumblr, for this post, but it doesn’t seem to be working. I’ll try again on Wednesday.
So I was going down a rabbit hole of YouTube videos that I’ll get more into further down this post, when I suddenly had the temptation to search for “Chrono Trigger Rap” and was really surprised what I discovered.
I came across Richie Branson’s Bring Back Chrono –
He hosts his own videos.
YouTube member, Narutokun11, was kind enough to transcribed the lyrics :
Verse 1
If I could travel back in time, like a VHS and rewind
Way before I decided to write my very first rhyme
I’d set my destination back to 1995 when the Super NES was in it’s prime
While everybody waited in line for NBA Live
I was on the grind saving up every quarter and dime
And Chrono Trigger was the game I decided to buy
When I saw that GamePro gave it 5/5
First RPG I ever played, my friends thought it meant Rocket Propelled Grenade
Asking when you coming out to play, used to tell ’em to wait
Cuz I had to save the world from a hell of a fate
So I would time travel
Through many different eras in my Wings of Time and engage in Active Time Battle
Slaughtering each and every opponent like cattle with no hassle
All in the name of Guardia Castle.
Chorus
I really wish that they would bring back Chrono
And Luca, and Magus, and Marle, and Robo
And Ayla, and Frog so you know we never solo
Triple Tech Attack to anybody sayin YOLO
Best flow ever bout the best game ever
Bet you can’t name a recent game made better
I’m reminiscing on the Squaresoft era
Killing beasts in the name of world peace, no meta.
I remember being broke without a thing
Nothing to my name but a pocket full of change, but
All I had was video games, yeah, all I had was video games
Yo I used to play Chrono Trigger each and every day
Hoping that the world would not refuse to change. Why?
Cuz all I had was video games, yeah, all I had was video games.
Verse 2
I never would have thought that when my age was older
That I would rhyme about time machines instead of Range Rovers
I’m killing tracks like I used to kill Fiend Soldiers
No New Game+ it’s game over
I wish I could go back in time and save Left Eye,
And Tupac, and the notorious guy from Bed-Stuy
I’m old school I guess you can call me Reptite
Everything I spit is truth, gotta keep my rep tight
I meant keep a tight reputation
Despite the fact that my rhymes have gamer motivations
I used to play Chrono Trigger with a lot of patience
Played every port from DS to Playstation
If I could say one thing to Square Enix,
I’d tell them resurrect Chrono Trigger like a Phoenix
Down, and if that happened then I would think I’m dreaming
And then I’d get excited and vomit like Willie Beamen.
if the proceeds still go to Extra Life but it is still worth a download.
So great that someone was inspired from one of my favorite games of all time and still being inspired by it today to create amazing songs.
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For the past few nights, I’ve been having trouble sleeping, I’ve been looking up end songs to some of my favorite RPGs over the years.
Legend of Mana –
Thanks to Whoomp VIdya Gaems, for hosting the video!
Song of Mana is sung by Annika Ljungberg.
Star Ocean 2 –
Thanks to Hells616 for hosting this video!
I had like eight save files just so I can play with all the characters and have legitimate teams. I’m sure I four Claude teams and four Rena teams. I want to say I stuck with Rena’s side more, she had Dias.
Man, that’s the game I started my gaming food of yogurt cover raisins and apple juice and just play into the wee hours of the morning. Oh, to be a kid again! Now, I just obsess over my old RPGs, wish that I could play them again and relive the adventure.
That reminded me of Star Ocean 3 : Till The End of Time –
Thanks to Xygor for hosting both videos.
The second one features the song, The Small Bird That Forgot How To Fly” (飛び方を忘れた小さな鳥, Tobikata Wo Wasureta Chiisana Tori) by Misia. Thanks to the Wikipedia page for providing that sentence.
How great is Nel Zelpher in that game? She’s simply the best! I remember buying a game guide for this game and finding out ahead of time that there is a way to not recruit her and I was super worried about messing that up. As I really wanted to keep her on my team, she was by far the best character.
Look at those sweet moves! Thanks to MeykTaruka for hosting that video! Sadly, YouTube doesn’t just have scores of scores of videos about Nel.
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Last night, I was watching these videos, and jumped from those videos to my excitement of FLCL getting brought back for a second and third season. So I thought I’ll look up FLCL best moments or something, to relive the story without having to watch all six episodes. Which I’ve done and I love that show, like crazy, but I didn’t have it available to watch super late at night.
Unfortunately, I didn’t see any videos that really had a Top 10 Moments or anything.
I did find this video –
Thanks to akidearest for hosting her video. I was surprised I only knew like three items on there.
Her comment about the Pillows’ music video for Ride On Shooting Star, made me want to watch that video.
Thanks to KING RECORDS for hosting that video.
That video is all types of nuts!
Gosh, I just love the Pillows and can’t believe I haven’t actually seen them before. They are coming back for the additional two seasons, as well.
Then I looked up Pillows English Song and wasn’t surprised they hadn’t recorded any songs in English (why would they, they are amazing!) but somehow I went from that search to Chrono Trigger Rap. Then I made this post!
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Typing about my love for that game, MatPat over at his Game Theory YouTube channel has created two Chrono Trigger videos –
Is Chrono Trigger ‘s Time Travel Accurate?
Now, this was his very first video, so the humor is there but the production isn’t quite there. But there is a charm there that one can (and did) build an empire on top of.
The other video is Chrono Trigger Retells the Bible!?!
Which I hadn’t seen until last night.
MatPat’s channel name is, The Game Theorists
A while back, I came across the Completionist’s video for Chrono Trigger, as it was his 200th completed game –
and spent some time going through his channel afterwards. I like him too but I haven’t played nearly enough games that he has but he has covered quite a few that I’ve played.
His channel is, That One Video Gamer
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Which finally, brings me to Chrono Cross.
If you want to lose a week’s worth of your life, please check out this incredible website –
So much thinking and thoughts have gone into and out of that website!
Here is Chrono Cross’ Final Song –
Thanks to BigTimeHacker for hosting the song.
The song is Radical Dreamers – Unstolen Jewel, sung by Norko Mitose.
Which the visuals there made me want to watch a gameplay footage video. Instead of following that instinct, I choose to see if anyone wanted to try to explain to me the timelines for Chrono Cross, as I felt like that’s what YouTube should be for, explaining timelines in video games from 2000.
Thanks for hosting the video, Terracorrupt!
So that was pretty much like two hours of thoughts. Then, of course, I was writing this post in my head, and that’s when I feel asleep.
This post a little longer than I was originally expecting to make it but I sort of wanted to get all of my thoughts on Chrono Trigger out of the way. Well, the thoughts that got me down the YouTube rabbit hole, anyway, as I could talk about the game for hours.
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Last night, I discovered that Richie Branson is on Pandora, so you can hear his music there, if you would like.
So I keep getting these songs stuck in my head, after watching the film. I wish YouTube and Disney had more official videos from Moana, as I would like to visually see the songs again without having to watch the film and forward to those sections. Here are the three I can find:
Auli’i Cravalho’s How Far I Will Go
Lin-Manuel Miranda and Opetaia Foa’i’s We Know the Way
Dwayne Johnson’s You’re Welcome
DisneyMusicVEVO hosts this video too, thanks!
I get those two words “You’re Welcome” stuck in my head!
Jermaine Clement’s Shiny
Which is probably my favorite song of the film, thus far. It really surprised me with the lyrics and it feels like it is from a different film, altogether. It also is sung by Jermaine Clement, who I really enjoy.
DisneyMusicVEVO hosts all four videos, thank you!
I gave up on @Midnight after they spoiled the death in Force Awakens, like a week after the film came out. But one of my favorite moments from the series is Jermaine Clement
Thanks to Comedy Central for hosting this video!
How Far I Will Go lost the Oscar for Best Song to La La Land’s Star City.
Thanks to YouTuber HuproZ for hosting the song.
I haven’t gotten around to watching La La Land, we look forward to it going onto any of the streaming channels. The song seems okay, if not a tad somber. I’m sure, within the context of the film, it is very powerful. Just not radio worthy.
Now, La La Land’s Another Day in the Sun –
Thanks to YouTuber Deepikara for hosting this video.
This sequence is mind bending good! How did Damien Chazelle and Linus Sandgren accomplish that, along with every single person that was needed for this masterpiece.
You know who else was very funny on @Midnight? Michael Shannon, I wish his introduction was on YouTube.
He had even funnier segments on there but Comedy Central went with this one – which is still pretty funny.
We’ve been on a real music kick during July 2017. Lots of fun songs on the radio.
Julia Michaels – Issues
Thanks to JuliaMichaelsVEVO for hosting this video.
Miley Cyrus – Malibu
Thanks to MileyCyrusVEVO hosting this video. Did not recognize this as a Miley Cryus song, she really is a great singer when she has something to say.
Kesha – Praying
Thanks to keshaVEVO for hosting this video! Kesha is now free of “Dr.” Luke and has also dropped the silly $ from her name. This is such a powerful song, what a way to tell the world that you are back! #FreeKesha #ISupportKesha #StopRapingKesha #DontGetRapedAtWork
Selena Gomez – Bad Lair
Thanks to SelenaGomezVEVO for hosting this video. This was one of those songs that I really liked, only heard like the middle portion of the song and could never hear who sings it. Of course, it would be Selena Gomez. I really like the way she’s dressed in this video, really down to Earth. I guess that she’s 24 (I had to look it up) but she still looks like a 16 year old so I appreciate that she isn’t dressed as sultry as some of her other videos. It is a nice simple song and she dresses for that part. I may also be just an old fuddy duddy too, of course, she can dress however she pleases. I just can’t or shouldn’t watch those videos.
Alessia Cara – Scars To Your Beautiful
Thanks to AlessiaCaraVEVO for hosting this video.
I may just be in a certain mode this month but I’ve really been enjoying these songs on the radio. I may be also listening to Living Between Wednesdays, and those early episodes, I can’t hear them on my phone when it is in my van cup holder – unlike my other podcasts that I can hear just fine. So I’ve been listening to the radio a lot more than I usually do.
Thanks to Mix 102.3 here in Helena for their excellent policy for stating the artist and song title after each and every song. The other stations don’t do this, so I don’t listen to those stations when I’m hunting for information on songs. As I can’t seem to memorize an important lyric enough to go to work or home and Google that particular lyric.
Then I discovered, thanks to YouTube, that someone is nice enough to create a Top 40 playlist and update it weekly (as far as I can tell) so that’s been super helpful. I’ve been missing my days of watching VH1’s Top 20 Countdown and getting to see music videos and staying current.
Thanks to io9’s Charles Pullian-Moore for writing such great reviews of the convention, I felt like I was there. Also, the studios releasing the trailers pretty quickly, helped too.
I’m going to post links to the days and trailers and offer my opinions on what I thought about what I found interesting.
Noah Hawley, of the incredible Legion show fame (and even more fame with Fargo) is going to bring Doctor Doom to theaters. I imagine the Fantastic Four, or at the very least, Reed Richards, will appear in the film. I still say that a West Wing style Doctor Doom show (or film) could be very good. Maybe he’ll cast Rachel Keller in some role for this. Legion Season Two will be ten episodes, as opposed to eight episodes, which I’m all for.
Batman 32 will have Catwoman’s response to Batman’s wedding proposal. I’m all for these two getting married. I want more heroes to be married and have children. I’m married and I have a child, and my life is so much better now.
I wish the Ninja Ghostbuster Turtles didn’t have the hair, how much better would that have looked? I do love the concept of mixing these two franchises together, in toy form. I just don’t think they needed the extra step.
This looks like so much fun! We are almost done with Daredevil Season Two and still have Luke Cage and Iron Fist to watch, so it’ll be a while before we’re ready for this.
Misty Knight, from Luke Cage, will be coming over to Iron Fist’s second season. That show has Colleen Wing already so let’s hope that we get a Daughters of the Dragon spinoff out of that! That’s all I really want. That and an official Heroes for Hire season of Luke Cage and Iron Fist together. I take it that, with the low reviews Iron Fist gets, that Luke Cage doesn’t appear in it. That’s what I’m guessing.
The new X-Men show, Gifted, got a trailer – a long trailer.
Thanks to Marvel Entertainment for hosting this trailer.
We just started Season Five of Person of Interest (the final season) and I’m glad I can go from that show to this show for my Amy Acker needs. She’s so great on that show. It has to be super awkward when Stephen Moyer leaves home for the set, right? Like, are they going to ask him to see if his lovely wife, Anna Paquin, can make an appearance? I keep having that through in regards to Carrie Preston’s appearances on Person of Interest. Like, they ask Michael Emerson if his lovely wife can come for a few episodes and she said, “sure, why not.”
I need to get Walker Dennis into Big Hero 6 but we don’t have Disney XD, so I’ll probably hold off on that, for now.
Todd MacFarlane, Kevin Smith and Blumhouse Productions is bringing Spawn to teathers, so MacFarlane’s like 20 year mission for a R-Rated Spawn film might be getting closer to becoming a reality.
Thanks to Marvel Entertainment for hosting this trailer.
So much love for this trailer! What I enjoyed the most was hearing Hulk talk! That’s character development! They are both like fire, Hulk is raging fire and Thor is more like a smoldering fire. So incredible! It makes sense that Mark Ruffalo is in this but I thought there might be a chance where he wasn’t going to be in the film.
Still no Black Panther trailer nor Infinity Wars trailers! I was really hoping for that Infinity War trailer, that’s what made me keep checking out YouTube around 10 at night, each night this weekend.
Not thrilled that Captain Marvel is taking place in the 90s, thus pre-Iron Man. So they are going to have to age her for Infinity War or put Brie Larson in ice to explain the lack of aging? That seems silly. I like a two-eyed Nick Fury in this (he’s definitely losing one of those!) and the Skulls being in this. I wonder what FOX got so that Marvel could get the Fantastic Four alien race? The article implies that it is a “shared custody” issue like Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver.
Oh man! Michele Pfeiffer is going to be Janet Van Dyne, the Wasp! We have to get footage of her in any sort of Wasp uniform, that would be incredible! We never got a good or proper shot of Michael Douglas as old school Ant Man, right? They won’t make that mistake with Pfeiffer, that’s for sure. Oh, and Laurence Fishburne is the Ant Man and Wasp film as Bill Foster. Good thing Marvel already made Civil War.
The Justice League trailer came out!
Thanks to Warner Bros. Pictures for hosting the video.
JK Simmons as Commissioner Gordon, I can get behind that! I like the Flash not getting the memo on disappearing at the dramatic act break of a conversation. Still not loving that costume. Looking at the Wikipedia page for the film –
William Dafoe is an adviser to Aquaman! That’s two Raimi Spider-Man cast members in this film!
Amy Adams will be in this too! I did like the ending “non-reveal” of who Gordon is talking to. That’s a nice touch.
The Flash film is set to adapt Flashpoint, which seems pretty lofty for two hours. Also, so odd to not just use the CW shows’ cast members if storylines are already going to be recycled. Feels like a mess already in the making.
I’m excited about Batman by Gaslight being adapted for an animated film. Seems fast, but they are going full two films like Dark Knight Returns with Death and Return of Superman. I liked Doomsday but if they want to expand it, I’m all for that too. So much was left out of that first attempt. Though Louise Simonson’s story still brings a slight tear to my eye.
Thanks to gameraspinning for hosting this video.
It really made me think about Ma Kent during that storyline, like I’ve never given it much thought before. I want more creator retrospectives on these DVD releases or just plain documentaries. I would watch those so hard!
I still need to read Ready Player One
Thanks to Movieclips Trailers for hosting that video!
They were nice enough to leave a comment about the Easter eggs:
Deadpool/Harley :34, Iron Giant :45, Freddy 1:00, Duke Nukem 1:01, DeLorean 1:43, Ben Mendelsohn 1:48
I caught the Iron Giant cameo, on my own and that was Deadpool and Harley Quinn, so that’s cool. I should read the book. I know Rob and Brian with the Uncanny X-Cast loved the book and my friend, Ben Tiller, liked it too.
Flash Season Four trailer!
Thanks to The CW Television Network for hosting this trailer.
So what type of Nega-Barry is going to show up? I like them handling Iris having to deal with losing her fiance. Caitlin having a larger role, is nice too. I keep wanting to watch the Arrow one but I don’t want spoilers as I heard that season finale got intense.
Supergirl Season Three Trailer!
Thanks again to The CW Television Network for hosting this trailer!
Kara Danvers : No More!
Here is the CBR article that I read after the season two finale to help explain who that was at the end of that episode –
I like Adrian Pasdar being in this, he was one of my favorites in Heroes and Agents of SHIELD. We’re getting some DC and Marvel two-timers going on here.
The Krypton trailer didn’t reveal much. Still an odd concept for the show, that I thought for sure would just fade away. Is Syfy Channel still a thing? It’ll be like if Gotham featured Thomas Wayne’s college years, for how far removed this is.
Riverdale Season 2 trailer.
Thanks to Entertainment Tonight for hosting this trailer. Seems like an odd choice though.
I’m so pumped for this show to return, that it is crazy!
Strangers Things 2 trailer.
Thanks to Netflix for hosting this video!
There are going to be lots of people super tired on Wednesday, November 1! I know I’m already tempted to take that day to recover.
Star Trek Discovery trailer.
Thanks to Star Trek for hosting their own video.
This show looks like it is going to be pretty awesome! I wish it wasn’t going to look that great, as it doesn’t feel like it leads into The Original Series, as it takes place ten years prior to their first mission. What happens wherein Starfleet goes so retro? At least Jonathan Archer and his Enterprise stories are still in continuity – that’s what really matters. I’m still hoping that we get plenty of Jason Isaacs as the Captain, it feels weird to not have a Captain-Centric Trek series. It reminds me of what the original plan for the West Wing was, but then Martin Sheen committed to more episodes and we got the terrific show that we got.
Orville Trailer.
Thanks to FOX for hosting this video.
I was luke warm on the concept of this show, it could be fantastic like Galaxy Quest, or some show that would be a footnote in Star Trek parodies. This looks like Seth McFarlane having a lot of fun and now I’m looking forward to this. I didn’t realize Seth and Todd spelled their last names the same.
I’m so out of touch that I don’t recognize any of the projects, outside of character names but I do know creators still. Which is nice. Even nicer is Jill Thompson winning two awards! Saga is still popular. Todd Klein (no relation) is still slaying it with lettering. I bet that Chip Zardsky Jughead series is pretty fun. I do like The AV Club, I don’t go there as often as I probably should.
I’m super interested in Ed Piskor’s X-Men : Grand Design, especially as Kitty Pryde would definitely be present for that! Lockheed and Magik too! 30 Years of X-Men, Uncanny X-Men 1 through Uncanny X-Men 280, condensed into 300 pages. Sign me up!
Harley Quinn Day is replacing Batman Day, September 23, this year. Which seems pretty dumb to me. Is she really that popular of a character? I mean, I like her, and I’ve heard she is DC’s Deadpool but this blows my mind. The character turns 25 this year, so I guess it is an anniversary year for her.
Charles Pulliam-Moore is back at the writer of the article.
The Doctor Who Christmas 2017 Trailer!
Thanks to Doctor Who for hosting this video!
I love this concept so much! From the casting of it to the general overall feeling of the trailer itself. The article states that Mark Gatiss is not portraying Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart, as that’s who I thought he was playing. He’s a World War I Captain, which I wouldn’t have noticed on my own. Should be a great time! I still haven’t watched any additional Doctor Who since my last post on the topic. I need to get caught up! David Bradley is the modern day William Hartnell!
This is the Avengers Infinity Poster –
That is beautiful!
Ryan Meinerding is the painter of that poster. He’s the current Marvel Studios Head of Visual Development.
So sales are down for both Marvel and DC. That’s pretty interesting. I imagine the closing of stores like Hastings, probably plays some part in that, as I know it took me out of the game.
Frank Miller is giving Superman the Year One treatment. Not sure if that’s necessary.
The Terrifics is a bit on the nose, sure—Plastic Man’s got Reed’s stretch abilities, Phantom Girl can go intangible and phase through objects like Sue, Metamorpho has the same sort of appearance issues that have plagued Ben Grimm over the years—but hey.
Mr. Terrific is the Human Torch, I guess? I’m all for Phantom Girl having a larger role in the DCU, outside of the Legion of Superheroes.
Such a fun concept!
It really reminds me of when DC released their “Invasion” trade and wrote “Secret No More” on the cover – poking fun of then Marvel’s current Secret Invasion storyline. I miss that fun rivalry.
I’m sure I’m missing a bunch of stuff and YouTube hasn’t presented me with any panel coverage like they did last year. I guess I can look up which panels happened this year and see if any footage found its way onto YouTube but I feel like I got the larger pieces of news.
If anyone has anything I should look at, please let me know!
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I went looking for some comic news, on my own, and found Newsarama’s X-Men Inhumans ResurrXion panel coverage –
Shadow and Flame with Magik 