Because I am excited that I've finally stopped being lazy to get around to this, I'm going to actually post something for the first time in here other than that lame jump off post. Before I get into this blog and what it will be about for me, allow me to introduce myself. My name is Kristina and I am a college student from Michigan. School right now consumes a lot of my life so if I miss posting a day here and there it will be because my jackass professors have ran me ragged that week. Why bother starting a blog if you're not if you're not going to be entirely active with it? It's not that I won't, I'm just giving a heads up so I won't have to address it constantly. Plus there are instances where I'll find something that catches my eye, like a television show or a particular song that my inner circle of friends are oblivious too. It's why I turn to the internet to get learn about new things, get opinions or vent about anything on my mind. You could say it's the reason why I am up now at 4:34 in the morning. I'm attempting at registering for an anatomy class that is usually snatched up by the med students of my school. Basically I'm staying up until it's fine to call in and place dibs on the class I want. In the meantime while I'm trying to hard to stay awake, I'm keeping myself occupied with adult swim. The usuals are on tonight like Robot Chicken, Family Guy, Futurama, Metalocalypse (One show I still haven't grasped) and Lucy: The daughter of the devil. However tonight there was another show debuting by the name of Xavier: Renegade Angel. I had apprehensions of actually watching the show due in part to the fact that it looked...well dumb. The commercials of a strange man/animal type character dancing in the desert to middle eastern music was a bit confusing. Still I managed to catch the episode before tonight adult swim's website and loved it.

The show follows Xavier, a rather strange looking faun-like wanderer/seeker (complete with snake hand, backwards knees and a beak) who is travelling across the land to find out the truth about his mysterious and uncertain origin. Xavier meets all kinds of different folk on his journey who he bores to tears with self obsessed tales about his life and his ability to "blow minds", and encounters rednecks who don't take kindly to his appearance. He speaks in a low, gruff, movie-trailer type tone which accentuates his narcissistic rambling. Although Xavier is a moral being who means well, he tends to cause havoc wherever he goes, attempting to help people along the way but unknowingly making situations worse due to total incompetence (in S01E01, we see in a flashback that he burnt his house down as a teenager whilst practicing a spiritual ritual. The fire killed his adoptive parents, yet he is totally oblivious that it was his fault and is still out to find the person responsible). When asked if he has any powers, he is heard to say "powers are for the weak", yet the truth is that he has few if any as he is incapable of executing them efficiently. (Courtesy of Wikipedia)



It's a strange show, one I couldn't put into my own words. What I can say is that Xavier is definitely funny and definitely different than what you would see in the other higher rated shows on AS. Some of the jokes are right there in your face, for example: Xavier runs into a young woman who could careless about the story of his life. He feels the need to tell her anyways despite her lack of interest. As the two are walking down the street, Xavier pushes this young woman out of the way of an oncoming truck. What's the joke? The truck isn't anywhere near here. There are other funny moments in the show you'll either catch first hand or will need to see the particular episode again to catch. You might want to do so before this show suffers the fate of what was once brilliant AS comedy coughsTom goes to the Mayorcoughs. If you're ever bored one day at work or home with a good internet connection, I suggest catching this show on adultswim.com. Trust me, you won't be disappointed.