Redwolf's Journal (continued)

So I talked about my history with Robotech . Well, not all that long after, all things considered, I was also introduced to Battletech. While Robotech was a shared love with my friends of the day, Battletech just worked out as a more private experience. Of course, when I initially saw the tactical game with little stand-up cut-outs of mechs, I thought "How cool, veritechs and stuff!" Heh. Using those same designs borrowed from Japan-based series would later lead to a whole mess of legal issues between FASA and Harmony Gold due to confusion over who had the rights to sell as much as who bought them. Lawsuits later, that would mean a number of iconic Battletech mech designs would disappear and/or change. LAMs, Land-Air Mechs, seem to have suffered a similar fate. While battlemechs that could transform into aerospace fighters were a notable part of the game to begin with, they were sort of phased out as time went on. Part of that is surely because the originals were based...

I've had three-day weekends be too short or too long, this one worked out just right. Admittedly, I pretty much blew Friday being lazy, but I actually got some cleaning done after that. Yay. I find the timing spooky, but just after I get to watching Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles , there's information released about the potential Robotech Academy . A week ago, I would have been excited. Now, I seriously doubt Harmony Gold's ability to produce anything worthwhile. The pitch alone is wedging events into a continuity in a place that seems questionable. There's a time lapse between the first and second wars, sure, but most of the children of the Macross-era heroes are accounted for. Nevermind that they're running a Kickstarter for half a million dollars to produce a pilot episode. That doesn't really guarantee a series. Plus it seems like a lot of money. Data might be a few years old, but references I can find seem to indicate a half-hour anime episode runs less...

Work's been increasingly crazy this week, and not just for having Monday off. We're moving/upgrading a major database this weekend - well, one of our software vendors is doing that part, we're just trying to make sure everything is working for it and after it. This means I'll definitely be in this weekend some amount, though I don't expect a lot. And I'll be in Monday morning to help smooth over whatever problems arise, even though I'm technically on night shifts next week. More schedule disruption. Whee. There are so many little tiny things to keep in mind, shortcuts to redirect, files to edit with new paths, and... probably stuff I haven't even figured out yet. It doesn't help, in my book, that we're moving to a Windows Server 2012 server, and that OS is based on Windows 8 as far as interface. Again, Win 8 isn't bad per se, but the interface itself is worse than Win 7 unless you have a touch screen. And when you also layer on people conne...

These days, I understand more of the politics and finances involved, but some things just feel worth it, however hard it may be to truly justify. I fell in love with the look and marvel of the SR-71 years ago. Expensive, yes, but that's one incredible piece of machinery. The pictures and some of the tales of one of the pilots here almost make me tear up. That jet was some awesomeness, no doubt.