Sakebito Schlerosis Stories

Don't want to add to the pity party in the MS groups, so I'm gonna vent this shit here.

Today was a meds day (elbow dropped my Chinese hamster ovaries, even had a pic made about it)

 and I come in to work with a later start so I can nap them off (my well-established erratic sleeping patterns make doing it before going to bed an issue) and then go in for work in a state that's semi-human.  However, I didn't get like a proper nap, only lightly dozed, so I was really worthless today.  Like even Moms was worrying over how I was going through the motions of daily life, which is kinda weird because Friday injects, on the back of my arm (I set the auto-injector standing up on my desk and then "do an elbow drop" on the top of it and trigger the Corporate Colored Sonic Screwdriver)) have usually been my easiest day, both in pain and site reaction.  As long as I can nap them off, I'm pretty decent, at least until the ibuprofen I took about an hour before injecting wears off and I get all flu-like again.

Anyways, after the Regional Manager, Kevin (who is here covering things while my Manager is out of town on a family emergency thing) actually hung around and worked the register while I took care of doing the closing stuff out in the lobby (and taught him about how I time the closing duties and why I wait until this time to do that thing and junk and stuff) Moms rolls in and Kevin's outside smoking and they chat a bit....whatevs.

Wasn't until later I found out that she was all, "I'm so glad you stuck around because Billy was having a tough time with his meds today."

Shit.

But when she tells me this, it's right after I decide to break into the emergency supply of cannabis, and she's all, "It's like I got my old son back!"

I was fucking choked up over that, fer realsies.  It wasn't until later that the "Shit." moment happened, when my brain started properly grasping the details of the story.  I've worked hard to regain as much of my pre-MS awesomeness as possible....I take pride in the gains I've made and kinda dig it when people find out and have no idea that I'm impaired the way I am.  The fact that she could tell and that she would clue Kevin in to the fact that I was not at my usual levels of awesomeness both kinda horrify me.  Spotting it?  OK.  You're Moms, you're gonna notice that shit, but to break my kayfabe like that?  I was doing a fairly decent job (IMO) of faking the funk. 

I had wondered why he got all 20 questions about my shitty shit while I was closing down the main till and doing the Store Close in the system.  Funny how a single fact makes everything clear.  And here I was thinking that he was showing an actual interest in the condition of his Ace of The Cage (corporate nickname for our tiny little store)

Anyways, I guess the moral of the story is:  No matter how good you are at faking it, your cover can be blown by a well meaning human being that knows the truth.

The Official Kamen Rider Wiard Drink Game Rules!

You will need:

A shot of your favorite hard liquor
At least one beer.

First:  Do your shot (or in my case, a Geordie Bomb) at the opening credits.

Any time the driver says, "Please":  Take A Drink
A doughnut:  Take A Drink
"Saikyo~!!!!":  Take a Drink
Koyomi spotting a Phantom:  Take a Drink.

I've found that the Geordie Bomb (a boilermaker with Newcastle and Jagermeister, I know it sounds gross, but it's so creamy smooth and wonderful...try it, tell me different and I'll call you a liar) and then the rest of the bottle + 3/4ths of another bottle, is about how much your gonna drink in a 27 minute (or so) episode.  Be a boss, wait until the entire 2 episode arc has wrapped and then have a go with the game over the entire arc.  Guarantee you'll be drunk within an hour!

...from left field,

I will totally blame the medication for this, but here it is, and it wasn't something I thought I could properly convey in a Tweet or a Facebook status, so here it goes.

Rachel Maddow is the anti-Stephen A. Smith.

Rachel Maddow:

Honky
Homosexual
Female
Says things I disagree with on a regular basis on a national platform.
Can't help but dig this chick all kinds.

Stephen A. Smith

African-American

Heterosexual

Male

Says things I agree with on a regular basis

Can't help but to find him completely unlikeable.

Seriously, while I may disagree with Rachel far more often than not, I really like her.  She's a cool bird.  An actual functioning human being on television.  Sure, she says things that I disagree with to the very fiber of my being (from my political Libertarian viewpoint) but that fact has no bearing on how much I like her as a human being.  Human beings are cool, unlike people.  People suck.

Speaking of people, Stephen A. Smith is one of those that are a "people"  He's on ESPN, and much of what he says, I agree with...or at least the base principle behind what he is saying.  However, I find it maddening that I'm agreeing with this jackoff.  His diction, even the pace at which he speaks grates upon my nerves in a manner akin to nails across a chalkboard.  Not his tonal quality (one of the things I do not dislike is the key at which he speaks) but more the attitude and over-inflated sense of worth and importance and the (feebly) subtle name-dropping coattailling on the athletes he oozes as he pontificates upon sports topics.

Ergo, I submit that Rachel Maddow is the anti-Stephen A Smith.

Kamen Rider Wizard - ep 3

OK, I'll have to admit it, I watched the Over-Time softsubs first before getting the TV-Nihon hardsubs so I can have good screencaps.  Also, IMO, the TV-Nihon subs are just better.  Start the nerdrage now.

Anyways, the hand-to-hand combat in this series is so top shelf, I don't mind watching the episode twice!  Speaking of....

Shunpei thinks he's a wizard and pops off his finger of fire for a bunch of kids, then this guy shows up to interview him.

Flattery will get you everywhere.

Poor sap Shunpei.

Haruto has it figured out already.

and here's the conflict for the episode

And now, for a double shot of Medusa Phantom Scaroused!

OK, back to the episode...

sneaky guy!

After Hellhound clues everyone in on his plans to turn a Gate into a Phantom, he flash over to Haruto and Eyebrows and a touch more of Wizard's backstory is revealed.

Then some stuff was shown.  Haruto and Koyomi, raining, stuff and junk.

foreshadow much?

Rinko moment of hotness!!!

well, now we know who the Phantom was....it was the TV Host!

TAKE A DRINK!

and now he outs himself as a Phantom

SPIT TAKE!

TAKE A DRINK!

TAKE A DRINK!

The TV gets cut by the National Defense nefarious government agency.  Koyomi, however, has some kind of magical doo-dad to stay abreast of the situation.

TAKE A DRINK!

This also just so happens to be the ring that eyebrows made.  Hellhound can't hide in the shadows if everything is lit up!

TAKE A DRINK!

On a side note, Water State isn't too bad.  It's all D so far, but there's potential for it to have offensive strengths as well.

TAKE A DRINK!

TAKE A DRINK!

TAKE A DRINK!  (Underworld Style!)

 OK, I capped this because "Very Nice Kick Strike" is a cheesy name for a Rider Kick.

Shit resolves, Haruto saves Shunpei and now we have a new member to the cast of regulars.

Another Rinko Moment of Hotness

Koyomi isn't keen on the new additions to the group.

Koyomi wa cho kawaii!

Well, it seems that the core group is now established and now comes the fight with the Phantoms!  As long as we keep getting combat like what we've gotten thus far, I'll be a happy Sakebito!

Kamen Rider Wizard - ep 2

Not only do we get some origins in this episode, but a new drinking game is born!

The rules for the Kamen Rider Wizard Drinking Game are simple.  Any time the driver says, "Please", you take a drink.  For the record, I'm kinda sorta really hammered right now.

So it seems that not only does using magic wipe out Haruto, the rings as well can suffer from exhaustion from magical overuse.  After a serious session of sleep, Haruto finally wakes up, but one of the rings fades out.  He then does something and revives the Fire ring.

TAKE A DRINK!

The old man, who also makes rings that do certain spells, creates a new ring which Haruto promptly tries out.

TAKE A DRINK!

But the spell puts Haruto back to sleep...and he'd just woken up, too!  Dammit.

Meanwhile, back at police headquarters, Rinko gets called in for something.

Kizaki is all curious about "the mage" and shit.  Rinko, however, is a detective and knows that something just ain't quite right here.

 Smart girl, not telling this jerk anything.  At best, he'll probably muck it up with the usual bureaucratic bullshit...at worst, he's a Phantom in disguise, looking to get over on Wizard.  Speaking of Phantoms...

Medusa:  she makes me scaroused!
  

So not only are they trying to make more Phantoms by putting Gates into despair, they're also trying to let the Wiseman (who?) open another Sabbath (which I can only assume is one of those things that Haruto had a flashback about last episode)   Only 2 episodes in and there is already a couple of layers of evil plotting going on...well played, Wizard.  Well played.

So Medusa's Hellhound is creating despair and Wizard shows up to stop that shit. 

Sha ba do bi Touch Henshin?  Dafuq?

TAKE A DRINK!

TAKE A DRINK!

TAKE A DRINK!

Yeah, in just one lead-in fight scene, three drinks.  This game might end up as dangerous as the Joshi Puroresu Drinking Game and that's saying something!

After the fight that Shunpei guy (the one hiding behind the pillar) starts following Haruto around wanting him to teach magic to the guy because of some book he read as a kid.  Haruto tries to ditch him and hides at this donut truck.

If this isn't a drag queen, I'll punch myself in the taint.

So now we get to the origins story, because Rinko was telling that other bird (who's name I am completely blanking on) that she wished she was a mage.  Bird is all, don't say that around Haruto because dot-dot-dot.  Seems that her and him were the only two to survive what I'm assuming was the last Sabbath that Wiseman made happen.

And who the hell is this guy?

Whoever he is, he's got a belt like Wizard's (in fact he's the one who gave Haruto the belt) and told him that he "earned the right to become a mage"  Curiouser and curiouser, said Alice.

And Shunpei is the Gate...he can also actually do magic!

TAKE A DRINK!

Wizard's robe has it's own powers?  Like being able to expand and be bulletproof?  Cool!

COOL GUYS DON'T LOOK AT EXPLOSIONS!

They were just a bunch of low level minions anyways...still had to make sure to get that in because it's a trope beyond just being true in tokusatsu.

TAKE A DRINK!

I will have to say that it is refreshing that there's a mechanic displayed for how things like weapons and vehicles show up...most times, it's all, "and suddenly, there's a weapon in his hand!"  or, "and suddenly, his motorcycle is there!" or, "and suddenly, they're fighting outside!"  This one was to gain a weapon.

TAKE A DRINK!

This one was to gain a motorcycle.

The fight scenes in Wizard are top shelf so far, I didn't even grab any caps because still images don't do the action justice.  It seems like Shunpei might be sticking around for more than a 2 episode arc, but I could be wrong.  Actually, I'm kinda hoping I'm wrong because he annoys me.  I still would like for Rinko to earn the right to be a mage and end up the second Rider.  There has been a severe lack of female Riders, Nandeshiko notwithstanding.  She's space goo, and doesn't really count.  I think Rinko could pull it off, I really do.

Sakebito's series rule:  every toku series gets 10 episodes to make me give a shit.  Goseiger failed, Go-Busters failed, Den-O failed, Wizard has a strong chance of succeeding!