The year is already wrought with disappointment and loss. You see, apparently it’s common practice in Spain to give workers, say, 47 million vacation days a year. This is only a partial lie, namely, the “millions” part. While thinking what to do with HOLY FUCK OVER TWO MONTHS OFF A YEAR, I figured I’d go ahead and fulfill one of my lifelong geek fantasies, namely, hitting the 2006 Penny Arcade Expo. Have you seen the trailer for the 2005 DVD set? Weekend-long gaming conventions + Penny Arcade = Fuck Yeah! This begets the question: who could I ask to come with me? I finally settled on weese, life-long play partner and Blizzard employee. This man does games for a living, lives in the US and I’m sure would’ve loved to come. Sadly, his wife is carrying his evil seed, and expects to deliver by PAX. I told him it would be pretty awesome if his wife decided to give birth during the MC Frontalot concert, preferably during his Goth Girls rendition:

Goth girls, goth girls: they’re the girls that go
to see the nerdcore rapper with the geeked out flow

Then his son/daughter would come out a Nerdcore rapper/goth girl, and all would be right with the world. But, alas! twasn’t ’nuff to convince him, so that plan kind of fell through. I might have to resort to spending a week in Germany during World Cup month. Playing tabletop > picking up drunk girls.

Incidentally, that’s two Mc Frontalot shills. He’s rather cool, and there are free mp3s and a bootleg available for perusal on his webpage.

Speaking of rap, I heartily recommend the Hustle and Flow soundtrack, if only for the original music raps contained therein. If the Academy wanted to show their collective “street cred” (aka “their shizzle on the hizzle, niggah”), Keep Hustlin’ would be among the Best Song nominees. Sadly, I know this won’t be the case, and we’ll probably be treated to some Sting, Mariah Carey, and a shitty song from a shitty musical (say, Rent). And the winner is… The Academy Hates Black People!

Fact: For every six years you live and work in Spain, you get one whole year worth of vacation.