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We're Off To See The Lizard...
“You have your fear, which may become reality. And you have Godzilla, which is reality.”

Lots of catching up to do! First and foremost, I discovered the most amazing thing ever!!! No, seriously! Don’t turn away!
Okay, everyone knows (and if you didn’t you’re about to) that my favorite cartoon character of all time is the one and only Mister Bugs Bunny. I mean, look at the guy: He’s formally recognized as a retired Master Sergeant of the US Marine Corp. He’s a film veteran of almost 70 years, who was freakin’ handed an Oscar he wasn’t supposed to win, just for being so awesome. He promoted positive images of bisexuality and transvestitism decades before it became publicly acceptable to do so. The man is worthy of unceasing praise.

Well, most people consider Bugs’ birthday to have been on July 27th, 1940. This coincides with the first classic Bugs Bunny cartoon’s release, A Wild Hare. It’s the first time Bugs Bunny appeared in the form we all know and love.

However! Bugs, like many other actors, has trimmed a few years off his official bio. Before he became an international superstar, Bugs played lesser antagonists in three earlier cartoons. The first of these, in which he played opposite then-Warner Brother’s mega-star Porky Pig, was in a short called Porky’s Hare Hunt which premiered on- get this- April 30th, 1938. Ahhhhh yeah! I share my birthday with Bugs Bunny! Fuck yes! Reality is my plaything! The universe truly is my friend!
So yes. I am made happy by this.

In other news, it is apparently Godzilla and Final Fantasy VI week at my apartment. And why is this, you ask? Well, because the last three nights I’ve ended up playing Final Fantasy VI while I watch a Godzilla movie. It’s not something I originally set out to do. It just kind of, you know, happened. So far this week I watched the most recent Godzilla: Final Wars (Japanese Version), Godzilla 2000 (American Version)(*sigh*), and last night the classic 1955 Godzilla Raids Again! (Japanese Version), which hasn’t been released in the US since 1959’s revamp of it as Gigantis the Fire Monster. Yes. They tried to pretend Godzilla was not actually Godzilla, the bastards! Luckily, thanks to the miracles of torrenting, I got to watch the original version with rather good subtitles. Also, it’s the second Godzilla film ever, and the first movie with two kaijus fight each other. So that was pretty cool. Huzzah!

Tonight? Who knows? Patrick’s downloaded a bunch of the old Godzilla movies though, so I’m sure to watch one of them. What’s all this leading to? Next weeks first ever non-theatrical release in the United States of the original Gojira, minus all the added American stuff with Raymond Burr, and with all the good anti-American/anti-nuclear stuff that they cut out here in the states. Yay!

So yes. I’ve been on this weird Pantheon/Star Trek/Godzilla kick for the last couple of weeks. It’s odd, but I’m enjoying it. I’ve been writing every day, which is awesome, and generally enjoying myself. Speaking of, I hope to have a sort of Pantheon-promo stuff website up in the next month or two. Yay! If anyone wants to preview a little of it (that’s one of those subtle hints that I doubt anyone will take me up on), just let me know. I could always use a fresh pair of eyes.

Excelsior!