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I finished Hemlock Grove over the weekend and loved it. For those who don’t know what it is, the summary is that there is a grizzly murder in a small town called Hemlock Grove in Pennsylvania and there are two teens that take it upon themselves to solve the mystery. 

I found it to be a little Hardy Boys with weird and supernatural overtones. The two protagonists are very interesting as their relationship evolves and you really see what its like for two people who never have friends to finally make some.

In general I find the show leaves more questions open then answering them, but I enjoy that. There is a great degree of mystery and macabre in the show. It takes itself serious enough to not just become True Blood or any of the current “monster shows”.

I found the liberties they took with traditional supernatural identities very refreshing and interesting. The special effects were also particular awesome and gruesome. As a side note, the musical theme was also really nice. It could be used in lots of varying scenes and had a great creepy vibe going.

I ordered the book so I could get a fully fleshed idea of what the show is based on, but the author directed and wrote the teleplay for the show, so I doubt it will be far off from the source material.

I would recommend this show to anyone that isn’t afraid of a little gore and likes the supernatural. I would also ask people to check it out, so that Netflix can keep pumping out original content.

I got to play with some Izzet cards on the weekend as well as some of the newer ones from Dragon’s Maze. I’m not usually an Izzet fan, but the synergy between some of the new cards made them seem like a viable and aggressive guild to build around.

It’ll have some decent burn and some decent control, all while pumping and swinging with some large creatures. I’m hoping for a good balance with it all. My only concern will be card draw if I’m spending my spells too fast.

I literally cannot stop laughing when I watch these gifs. I just keep laughing and everyone at work cannot understand. Its just the expression on the Raptor’s face. The sheer chaos of a dinosaur on inline skates with his mouth all agape just hits all the right funny bones in me.

Playing some pre-release today! My guild is Simic but due to the nature of the boosters and sever lack of good Simic cards, I built a Boros deck. So all my wins have progressed the Simic guild to the end of the maze. Woop Woop!

Playing some Battletech tonight. It’s too bad they don’t make this anymore.

I gotta say, that puppy in my house is one special puppy. Sometimes I get worried that shes not always happy, or bummed when I can’t give her all the attention she wants from me, but this photo dashes those worries away.

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Stoked on the weather. #pitbull #party

Also, if anyone had noticed my tabs that were opened on those screen shots I took, I had an Adventure Time Princess Maker open, so I thought I would show you the Princess Matt that I had created. 

Basically me it I was a princess. Super casual. But still badass.

The studio I work for has updated our site with my recent design. I’m really proud of this one. I think it looks pretty badass. With the help of our radical developer Evan, it has come to full glory. I’m really excited to have it finished and on the interwebs.

I managed to finally fix the slight issue with my archangel statue. Now he can sit atop the cabinets with some of the others.