You've waited all year and then some for The Avengers to come out. Now scrap that...grab a bowl of you favorite microwave popcorn that you just microwaved as soon as I said microwave popcorn and prepare to feast your eyes on a film that no one apparently reviewed because it was never intended to be enjoyed by audiences. A film before its time. A film that was filmed on film and then played back on what was most likely- a film projector.

Think of this when you watch the new Avengers movie and your appreciation for Scarlett Johansson will sour higher than Captain America jumping off a ledge backwards in reverse. Enjoy!

Sooooooooo....earlier today, Daemon posted a status that welcomed anyone who wanted to create a Game Scoop t-shirt that would be sold at the IGN store. Anyone can enter so I would encourage those who like to doodle on Photoshop/Illustrator/Gimp/Whatever to create something for a chance to win....some sort of prize BUT you would have your design featured in the shop as well! Cool, no?

As one who does enjoy to fiddle with design, I decided to create two to be submitted. If you decide to submit as well, please link your blog/URL to your design below. Have a great day people.

Saw this video this morning while chomping down my breakfast that might has well been my lunch, since I got a late go of it on my day off (Yayyy Sleep!). Anyway, I thought this was pretty hilarious so enjoy and make it a great day.

I'm an adult and as such I have certain adult needs like buying q-tips and telling people that I'm an adult. The main need that I saw today was the 70 degree weather that was doing cartwheels right outside my cubicle window. After a few hours of volunteering my effort to the job title I hold, I decided to clear my head and get out into the world I was missing.

So I clocked out, kept my head down (as to avoid any possible eye-darts being thrown my way from co-workers) and set out on the open road to the nearest outdoor mall. I sat outside, near a water fountain and just closed my eyes for a moment. I'm sure passerby folk thought I was on drugs (I was, not the fun stuff though) but I really didn't pay much mind to anything other than the fountain. I have never been one to meditate but this is what I imagined it would be like. Tuning out and tuning in with one effort. Harmony.

I then began to scribble some ideas in a book a carry with me because, at this moment in my week, I was purging not only chemo fluids, but the intensity of beginning this race once again in my life. It felt only natural to pen a thought or two down. I won't bother you with most of my verbal wanderings but I sincerely enjoy finding something special in an otherwise normal and mundane object or surrounding. I feel as if that is the very spark of life itself and a trick worth practicing because magic once lived there. Wonder once belonged there.

Have a good day MyIGN!

There has been a certain matter pressing on my thoughts lately as I undertake yet another round of chemo. Most people would not guess that I am currently taking on Cancer and that truthfully used to be quite a compliment; that I could disguise such a hideous disease. But I am slowly learning how to let people in on the idea that this disease is the largest banner over myself that I never asked for.

I say banner because that is who you become. You are no longer the witty guy or the creative guy. You become the guy who has Cancer. It is a title that I have been trying to refuse in my life for the past four years ( yes four). I withdrew myself from its confines and yearned to by normal again. Well...my normal. That is why I never brought it up to any of you on this lovely site. I could be myself here and not have to answer those same questions over and over: "How are you doing?"

Hodgkins Lymphoma is the name of my battle and this will be the 3rd time I throw my body into the slings of chemotherapy. It is something that I would not wish on anybody. Thank God I became a positive person before all of this happened because I used to be quite pessimistic and cynical of most things. Perhaps that is why my sarcasm is so well practiced. I used to avoid positive people because they did not seem to have a grasp on reality or at least my reality. It takes a lot to change yourself and thankfully I chose to do it before all of this landed in my lap.

I was diagnosed with Stage 4 Hodgkins Lymphoma in 2008, just a little over a year of being married and then I started experiencing severe pain in my abdomen and a swollen lymph node in my neck. So I had some blood work and a biopsy to determine my status. Here is a video I took of my wife and I going to get the biopsy that started this whole adventure.

I try to keep a good attitude with all things and the last thing I ever wanted was to be a victim of anything. That's not me. I was raised to play the hand you were dealt and I honestly got a pretty shi**y hand. I shortly discovered in the chemo room that people mostly played that hand one of two ways. They were hopeful that they would one day see normality and be pain/Cancer free or they were miserable, bitter people who let their circumstances set their mood. I can't say I blame them much. It isn't the best news to receive and it is news that can sometimes pull your card from this earth and take you out of here. I don't care to let my circumstances define me, which is why most of you are just now finding out about this Cancer ordeal to being with. When it came back a second time, I got a small video of the news being broke to me on my phone and the CT/PET scan that followed to determine the activity of the disease. CAUTION: IF YOU DON'T LIKE NEEDLES, YOU MIGHT WANT TO SKIP THIS PART.

Anyway, I am starting a third go because it came back once again and I am tired of running from the title and I will just accept it. This blog was more for me than anyone else, so no need to feel sorry for me or anything. There are a ton of good people on this site and it is a pleasure to goof off and be sarcastic about any and all things. I just wanted to let you guys in on this aspect because I couldn't stand the feeling of just not saying anything if it could have actually helped someone out somehow. Also I realized how stupid it sounded when I posted a blog about a book I was writing about myself and I could soooooooo imagine people wondering "who the hell cares about no name Ryan Palmer?" =)

I am writing all I can because none of us are guaranteed another day here but if we are to wake, it might as well be to create something. Thank you for reading and I look forward to being one of those annoyingly positive people around here that loves to argue/discuss things in an adult matter. After all, perspective is everything.

Have a great night peoples.