Fighting is stupid

[jetpack_monkey]

On Thursday I broke one of my personal rules for continued sanity and got into a heated debate on the Internet. It was pointless and mainly fueled by the fact that all involved parties were/are extremely passionate about the subject of contention (Festivids), but held strikingly different viewpoints on what that entailed.

The reason I don't get into fights on the Internet (or really, arguments at all) is that I spend the next two weeks living in an echo of the debate, considering how I could have responded better or more cuttingly or more kindly or when I could have extricated myself earlier.

To speed the process, I declared a Festivids-free weekend. Both the roommate and the spouse were instructed to gently flick me if I started talking about Festivids and to escalate the response if I didn't relent. Only one flick happened, thankfully.

Instead, I spent the weekend doing some LEGO scale-building experiments, playing through LEGO Dimensions (which is becoming a $$$ suck), and rewatching Grey's Anatomy with jmtorres. Last night, echan and I went to the Pasadena Symphony for Dvorak's "From the New World", which was lovely and fun. It's nice to expand your horizons sometimes.

I am very much looking forward to Festivids and I hope the rest of you are as well.

Comments

[grammarwoman]

I've played pretty much all the Lego games, so this sounds right in my wheelhouse. Thank you for the recommendations on which figures are key! I'm a little :( that they don't/won't have Marvel characters in this, but I guess they're over in their own new Disney system, alas, and hell if I'm getting the Infinity system either.

[jetpack_monkey]

Yeah, I'm a little sad we won't see Marvel or Star Wars (and that LEGO is still trying to make their in-house properties like Ninjago a thing), but what we get is pretty sweet and far-spread.

Here's a run-down of what I have, if you're interested:
Wildstyle (default)
Batman (default)
Gandalf (default)
Batmobile (default)
Wonder Woman (DC Comics)
Cyborg (DC Comics)
Chell (Portal level pack)
Benny (LEGO Movie)
Emmett (LEGO Movie)
Nya (Ninjago)

I'm eyeing a Chima character because there are some collectibles that can only be collected with a Chima character and the Scooby-Doo pack, because Scooby-Doo.