Just a mandatory post to let the space de cyber know I'm not dead and I do, in fact, exist.  There's just sooo much goin' on these days...between work and life in general, the urge to write anything of meaning is almost non-existant. 

So, HERE I AM WORLD! :WAVES:

Do you ever wake up one morning and just know that's it's gonna be a bad day?  There's nothing particuarly wrong with the day itself; you wake up, shower, eat breakfast, and maybe play a few video games.  Then for some inexplicable reason, the day just goes south.  Maybe it's the weather; atmospheric changes are known to affect people in various ways.  Maybe it's (for the females) THAT time of the month; that's just glycerin to an already unstable hormonal system.  Perhaps its a disturbance in the Force; the  crushed hopes and dreams of thousands of people just reach you and you inheriantly feel bad because of it.  Those are just minor hypothesis.  Most likely you just don't want to go to work ,and thought of waiting on people who you really care nothing about just brings you down.

On the way to work, some jackass cuts you off and rather than give in to the anger boiling within, you are content to merely yell obscenities at them as they speed away.  This will of course reach the driver subconsciously and they will undoubtedly feel remorse soon after...BUT until then, it makes YOU feel better.  Your car glides into vast, concrete field of parking spaces.  Luckily, you are still paying off those college loans so the only car you can afford is a compact car.  Bad on long road trips...GREAT for parking.

Finally, you walk into work.  Familiar faces of fellow worker drones greet you with half-hearted enthusiasm.  The air is thick with apathy.  Customers pace back and forth between the aisles simulanteously creating and destroying work.  Why should they care ?  They are the customers and to harken back to the old adage "The Customer is Always Right."  No doubt this means they have a RIGHT to be inconsiderate, lazy, selfish, bastards. 

This does not mean that all customers are evil, far from it.  The majority just want to get thier product and leave.  It's the other 25% that just makes you wana to dig out your eyes with a broken spork from Kentucky Fried Chicken.  These "people" just add to the growing sense of dread that you've had all morning.

But that's nothing...oh no, it's nothing compared to the agony of what comes next. The boss!  That's right, you're "I'm so much better than you because I wear a bow-tie" boss is closing the shift tonight! The horror! The agony! The complete and utter loathing! 

to be continued....

Norris Volunteers To Lead Texas Revolution

17 April 2009 5:05 AM, PDT

Martial-arts master Chuck Norris has his sights set on becoming more than a Texas Ranger - he has volunteered to run as the U.S. state's first president.

Norris, who played TV hardman Cordell Walker in hit series Walker, Texas Ranger, has put himself up for the job of running the region after discussing the possibility of the state seceding from U.S. control during a rant on CNN.com's political blog.

The actor, who is a staunch Republican, insists Texans want an independent state after being let down by the American government - and thinks he'd be the ideal candidate to lead the Lone Star state's revolution.

He says, "I may run for president of Texas. That need may be a reality sooner than we think. If not me, someone someday may again be running for president of the Lone Star state, if the state of the union continues to turn into the enemy of the state.



WTF?!?  Okay, this may be an elaborate stunt, but come on!  Apparently it's only NOW that the American govt. has let it's people down....we'll just forget the last 8 years.  I'm not saying I'm happy with the turn that the economy has taken, or the measures that our current President has set forth to combat it.....but, we haven't seen any results good or bad.

The tone of the administration doesn't really get set until the first year.  It's only been 11 weeks or so.  Socialist, Communist, all these words are being tossed around like sorority chicks at a frat party.    Approval ratings say more than words...and so far the numbers speak for themselves.

I for one will just wait and see.  If it all goes south...Canada is just a very long drive away.

So I'm sure most of you guys have heard about the big Wolverine Origins leak and if you haven't : here's the story http://movies.yahoo.com/news/movies.reuters.com/xmen-pic-quotwolverinequot-leaks-online-reuters


This is my little story to go along with this.  I've been watching the news for this movie very carefully bc one of my fav comic characters of all time is having his feature film debute.   I see this post on lj group cabledeadpool saying "Movie is up..." yadda yadda yadda....
Do I DL it for a chance to see some footage of said character...OF Course!  I'm admitting it...i'm a filthy scurvy pirate.

BUT...my conscience got the better of me and i deleted it in less than 12 hours not even watching more than 5 minutes of it.  There is some good left in me.

Then I see the news online about how horrible this  leak is, and how the FBI is going to be investigating...and how people are already getting emails from the FOX legal department.  Who knew?  I was half expecting it to be an April Fool's Day prank when I was DLing it...but that's no excuse...."Tell it to the judge" I guess.

As hours go by and I receive no email...I start t ponder  "How the hell could this have happened?"  I mean Watchmen was heavily hyped, so was The Dark Knight...and nothing like this happened.   Is this a FOX issue or perhaps did they intend to have this happen because buzz is  unfavorable for the movie right now.   Either way, if you go to the imdb boards....it's on fire.  People discussing the leak and how it'll affect the movie or how good/bad it is. 

Will I see the movie? Of Course.  Would I have if I had actually watched the movie? You betcha...it was a rough cut...not the finished product and there nothing like seeing a movie on the big screen, with surround sound, with people around you who are as anxious to see it as you. 

That's the point of movie making anyways...to bring people of all kinds to share in a singular experience.  May 1st, I'm gonna go with a bunch of friends...eat some food...and see Wolverine.  Review to follow.

 

April Fools?  Well, knowing our country probably not....

"The U.S. Border Patrol is erecting 16 more video surveillance towers in Michigan and New York to help secure parts of the U.S.-Canadian border...."WTF?  Are we being invaded by illegal Canadian immigrants?  Oh no!  Thier cheerful demeanor and national healthcare will doom us all! 

Since when did the United States become the old guy who doesn't want any of the young whipper snappers to walk on his lawn?  Hell let's just give Lowe's a contract to surround the entire border...Hawaii and Alaska included with a 7 ft tall privacy fence.  That way we can skinny dip at 3:00 am and no will notice our nakedness or our overwhelming hypocrisy. Plus, if people wanna swim in the shark infested ocean we can charge them a fee...kinda like a water park but without the chlorine.  Bye Bye defecit!

Oy! Whatever happened to

"Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door" 

That sort of talk must be limited to the late 19th century...oh how uncivilized we where back then.  Light of the free world?  More like abattiore of common sense.

 

okay...this is the ultimate test....more important that a presidential election or selecting which flavor of ice cream to get at Baskin-Robbins

Should I be perturbed at this?

"Oops: Colbert wins NASA space station name contest"

That's right.  Colbert has again proven that fans will do anything for something they love.  Now I like Colbert as much as the next person...but considering one of the names suggested for the space station was Serenity i will divided in my loyalty.

Firefly or the Report?

One has Adam Baldwin in it....the other a replica of Captain America's Sheild.  One is cancelled....the other goes strong. 
Emmy or major motion picture?

Gah.  What's a girl to do.

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Hopefully this'll work....it so enjoy!  If not....boo :(   here's the site...http://www.megavideo.com/?v=JUONQAFH

3.  If I had a penny for everything I love about you, I would have many pennies.  (Great Nathan Fillion movie with an highly memorable Andy Griffith...Waitress)

4.  I could have gotten one more person... and I didn't! And I... I didn't! (If you don't cry at the end of this movie...you're not human. Schindler's List.)

5. Do what you love. Fuck everything else (Amazing indie film that stole the nation's heart.  Little Miss Sunshine)

7. Oh, yeah, and one more thing, from now on we're going to have alternate dinner music because frankly - and I don't think I'm alone here - I'm tired of this Lawrence Welk shit!  (Kevin Spacey....need I say more?  American Beauty)

8.  Mulberry Street... and Worth... Cross and Orange... and Little Water. Each of the Five Points is a finger. When I close my hand it becomes a fist. And, if I wish, I can turn it against you.  (Daniel Day Lewis best role IMO and a more likely winner for Best Picture over the Departed ....Gangs of New York)

9.  Marriage is like a tense, unfunny version of Everybody Loves Raymond, only it doesn't last 22 minutes. It lasts forever.  (I love this movie...i don't know why...but it's great.....Knocked Up)

11. Defeat is always momentary (Best Remake Ever!  King Kong 2005)

 15. Are you trying to tell me that you enjoyed that orgasm set to the "Gandhi" soundtrack? (yikes folks....this would be Music and Lyrics...a great little film whose music video is to die for)

16. First she steals my publicity. Then she steals my lawyer, my trial date. And now she steals my goddamn garter.  (A musical which won Best Picture...I give you Chicago!)

17.  It's the truth that you should never trust anybody who wears a bow tie. Cravat's supposed to point down to accentuate the genitals. Why'd you wanna trust somebody whose tie points out to accentuate his ears? (Quirky yet highly amusing...awesome performances by William H. Macy, Alec Baldwin, and Phillip Seymour Hoffman.....State and Main)

19.  But they showed no corrections of any kind. Not one. He had simply written down music already finished in his head. Page after page of it as if he were just taking dictation. And music, finished as no music is ever finished. Displace one note and there would be diminishment. Displace one phrase and the structure would fall.  (Classical Music never was more inticing....Amadeus)

20. Respect the cock! And tame the cunt!  (My most hated of all movie...i wouldn't give you a plug nickel for this....Magnolia)

Gather round my friends and you shall hear of a nation paralyzed by hate and fear

Not too long ago, in the realm of Barnes and Noblia....there was an independent section known as Customer Services.  In that area, one could discuss freely anything of interest ranging from movies, comics and politics.  A fair maiden doth spake of her encounters with a conservative nutcase who proclaimed her to be "Un-American' because of her leftist views.  I then spoke of a book that was mentioned on the comedy show of Jon Stewart.  "How to break a Terrorist" is the tome and it says there are ways to obtain the enemies knowledge without resorting to torture.  Upon hearing this tale of prejudice and foolishness and the tome of common sense, the Assistant Manager of the fair realm dared to ask "So you don't bieleve people should be Water-boarded?"

"No! We proclaimed with confusion.  "Would you want to be water-boarded?" I asked in response.  "No....but I'm not a terrorist."


Our enemies are people too and we have a responsibility to the world to behave according to rules that we and other nations have agreed to.  That is what separates us from them....when we apply it.  But here is a person who thinks that Fox News is the most reliable source of unbiased journalism.  She also hates Obama because he's a "corrupt" politician.....i hate to break it to you lady....but name me one un-corrupt politician. 

I would just like to say to all of my foreign flist and the world....I'm sorry.  Please do not think that all Americans are this........there's not even a word for it.

So as always there's a little story to this one.   In lieu of all the vampire/paranormal fiction that's sooo hot these days, the good ole B&N has received a veritable cream of the crude in formula fiction.  On my way back to the information desk of doom, I spy this peculiarity

 

WTF? Angel and mermaid porn?  First of all.......how is this even remotely possible!?  I know it's fiction and anything IS possible...but come on!   I'm almost tempted to buy just because of it's wtf status.

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So....in honor of ridiculous parings  I give you......

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Enjoy!

I realize I'm in a huge minority on this opinion...but what the hell? I'm gonna say it anyways.

What is the big deal about Twilight?!? The book is a world-wide sensation for some reason and now they've made a movie.  Let me put it this way, I've read to page 179 of Twilight and had to put it down bc the writing was just annoying.  I tried to give it the benefit of the doubt...so many people had said it was "Soooo goood, you'll love it".  What do I get? A book where vampires sparkle in the sunlight.  WTF?

From what I can tell, it just seems like Christine Feehan lite.  I mean they want the dark vampire but without the hardcore smut.  Admirable, and i'm sure mom's are grateful. 

I will give it a prop.  Although the writing is clearly steered towards the pre-teen/teen audience...the plot is engaging.  I mean I was there reading it thinking "This is total crap" but I wanted to see how it ended.  Luckily wikipedia allowed me to not have to read it any further and I can say to some people "Oh yeah, I read the first one but lost interest after that..."

If you enjoy the books...hey! it's all good.  I'm just not into the "let's find a way around the vampire mythology" kinda girl.  Hell, at least Dracula 2000 put a different twist on it.  Same stuff, different take.  Oh well.....'Sparkle on!'

Okay, I have a sad, sad little confession to make...and only cause I know that the vast void of inter-dimensional space will be kind to my hapless little brain.   So, I'm sure you're all familiar with the term MILF.  I know it, you know it...in fact if you don't you're probably over the age of sixty.

However, i was very much confused when i saw an icon with a certain actor with MILF written on it.  Hmmm...are they trying to say MAN I'D LIKE TO...?  That's kinda stupid, but I guess it works on some sort of level. :inner dialogue)

So if you can't guess it was Adam Baldwin as his iconic character in Full Metal Jacket.  Now this has taken several months to simmer...all the while I've thought that is what they were trying to say. But tonight, after I pondered about it out loud to another person...my brain literally had an ah-ha! moment after which I felt like a complete 'tard.  OOOOH YEAAAAH, that make perfect sense now...Mother I'd like to...Animal Mother...ah what a putz I am lol

So yes, it's true: your brain starts to abandon you after a certain point cause it's not everyday when a brunette has a honest to god blonde moment.

On a side note....DAMN YOU TELEVISION!  I've been lobbying for more awesome Caseyness...and the Monday night I have to work through Chuck...you finally give to me, and give it to me hard!?  That's just not fair. 

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Here is a brief look at the Gibson/Palin interview.  All I can say is that you can really tell she was a former beauty queen; all she needs to do is crank out some "World Peace" and a tiara.  I suppose it's that halting way of talking as if she's trying to remember a planned speach that really pegs it down. 

Then off course there's the whole ludicrous "we're doing god's will" thing which no one has had the balls to say "Hey, that's just what you say the 'terrorists' are saying"  Man, I can't believe the arrogance of some people.  God wanted me to be president, god hates "f$%s, god wants us to fight in this war.  Who are we to judge what god wants or doesn't want.  I mean, did you talk to god...did he appear as any number of burning shrubs?  Maybe he emailed you and said if you didn't send it to 20 of your good friends you'd have no sex for 6 months.  

Okay, that's it. I'm done for the moment....just need to air that out a bit

 
all my fellow nerd-herders...if you haven't picked up the "Chuck" mini-series, you totally need to for three words.  Casey is Awesome!  Oh yes, our favortie BAMF has not only kick-ass moments, but is...well you'll have to see.  

As most of my fellows know the great fan-dom migration called DragonCon* will be soon upon us, and in a show of total unoriginality...we've decided to try to go as Dr. Horrible and Capt. Hammer respectively.

Sure.  Sounds easy right? Get a lab coat, some rubber kitchen gloves...cargo pants and you're set.  WRONG!!!  Ugh....nope, it can't be that easy.  First of all the Dr. H lab coat it called a "howie-style" lab coat...a style that they do not use in the States.  So, we're left with two options...either order it from the U.K....or try to make it by cannibalizing a different pattern.  Honestly, I don't know which would be cheaper!

If that's not enough...we've got accommodation issues.  We were going to reserve a hotel room in May, but the whole new baby thing and money have stopped us from doing so.  Now with less than a month to go..we are still roomless and I'm stressed to say the least.  We definitely won't be in any of the four hotels, but I was hoping we'd be in a hotel at least a trains-ride away which would eliminate parking problems.

Finally...$  This will be our first weekend away from the little guy, and we really wanted to live it up a little.  Go to Braves game, Shakespeare tavern....something besides the Con itself...but that's looking doubtful.  Though, I WILL have SOMETHING signed by Jeremy Bulloch and Adam Baldwin respectively...i have no idea what lengths i'll go to...but lets just say that crying is not out of the question.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed...i'm sure it will all work out....hopefully i haven't used up all my good karma 

Nope.  I have not entered into the world of pugilism...but rather my days have been filled with the exciting task of boxing the remainder of our Barnes and Noble's stock for shipping.  Believe me, it's as exciting as it sounds.

Three days....three bloody days so far....and we only have a third of the store done.  Today we got our first pickup....500 boxes....32,295lbs of books.   And what do they have the 7 months pregnant lady doing? Oh, just staying on her feet all day lifting heavy books.  Again...it's as fun as it sounds.

It could be worse though.  I could be at the new store and dealing with the stuck-up old queen who's the manager.  Still, we have a deadline of 4/20 to finish this up  and that's a lot of 8 hr days. 

At least sleep is coming to me better cause of the two inch thick foam mattress pad we purchased this week.  It's like a whole new bed.  It even allowed be to indulge in a slightly embarassing fan dream.  You know you're too into something when that happens lol.

Oh well.  The weekend it mine!  Beware Fundip...I'm coming for you.

 I notice a trend here that I probably should remedy....
From this list
Bold the movies you have actually seen.
Italic the movies you have heard of, but not seen.

When did it become socially acceptable to send someone an email about the condition of their toilets!  Or for that matter to have ones mother decided to snoop in your house while you were gone?

Let me set the scene that has me totally pissed off.  

Sat- I get a call from the evil spawn of satan herself asking if she could stop by and use the bathroom since she was in the neighborhood. I say sure....we were going out to eat at Carabbas so I didn't think too much of it.  I was happy she did ask since she has a key to the house (we rent from her...actually we pay the mortgage more than rent)

Today- I have Jury duty.  Wheee! Didn't get chosen, but my bladder was happier for it lol.  She calls later to ask "Was jury duty fun?"  I pretty much said "Well, it's my civic duty".....boom! she gets pissy, claims i have an attitude and hangs up.  Big whoop. 

I check my email this afternoon, and see she's written me an email entitled "Attitude".  What does this email contain you ask? Just two short sentences about how we need to clean the bathrooms and the toilets and "DO NOT give me attitude"  Now, tell me....cause this may be a hormonal pregnancy thing...but isn't that the most petty thing you've ever heard?  Not to mention it means she decided to snoop throughout the house (most likely our bedroom!)  Granted she does have a pseudo right since it is her house technically....but who would honestly do such a thing?  There is not a landlord around who would do that.

We haven't been on the best of terms lately, due to a whole incident with her trying to buy me maternity clothes and being a total a-hole about it. Long story...but the short of it was the outing seemed more about HER.  I don't know...most people say you're supposed to get closer to your mom during this time...but crap like this just makes me not want to be around her and/or talk to her.  Hence the reason the last few times she's called the house etc...i've asked my husband to talk to her.  I mean this is the same woman...who in a fit of bitchiness...decided that if she couldn't be in the delivery room with me...she wasn't going to come at all! That's just petulant pissiness.  

I want to respond in an scathing email of my own.....I REAlly do.  But I don't want to alienate her out of my life just cause we don't see eye to eye now.  But then again, she's used to getting things her own way and I feel like it's time she started treating me like an adult.

Grrrr!