Friday, February 27, 2004
So.
Well, I figure I might as well post. I had planned to be out drinking tonight, but plans kind of fell through, so here I am. On the plus side, my Communism shirt arrived! My faith in my mail has been more or less restored now, and I don't think I fear losing packages nearly as much anymore. It was touch and go for a while there, but all is right with the universe again, or at least it will be once I do the dishes. I ran out of time last night (mainly due to that pesky sleeping habit I keep) so I've got a fair bit of skudge in the sink to sort out. The drama of my life continues.
Pitch Black
Received this guy from Zip (living in the same city as the company means fast service!) and gave it a watch, and on the whole, it was far better than I thought it would be. Yes, there are a couple of plot holes only slightly smaller than Texas, but for each of those, there was a nice little plot element that separated the movie from the rest of the sub-par films it could have been like. I mainly rented it because I really want to see Chronicles of Riddick and I'm a firm believer of watching movies in order if given the choice. I particularly liked the ways that the movie was shot, going from the very orange crash scene, to the bright blue day, to the black night, to the green fight. Some of the cinematography was pretty cool too, like the parabolic landscape going from sun to sun. On the whole though, it's basically just about Riddick kicking alien ass, and I hope that the sequel will be at least on par with this one. Thumbs up.
A billionaire. Really.
So there were a couple of new entries on the Forbes Billionaire list today. Who'd a thunk it? Certainly not me. I mean, I know that Harry Potter was successful, but JK Rowling a billionaire!?!? The Google guys I am far less surprised at, since Google is easily one of the biggest internet things ever, but an author? I think the only thing scarier is that at one bil each, they're ranked 552. Yeah, there are at least 552 people that have at least a billion dollars in the world, whether they aquired it on their own power or not. I wish I were one of them. I wish I could fly too, so I'll be sure to post if either happens. I'm not holding my breath though.
I like words
So much so, that I'm considering taking linguistics as one of my options in my next school term. Some of the things I find especially interesting are etymologies and vocabularies, as possibly evidenced by the WOTD link I have on the right there. Maybe it's just an extension of knowing how things work, only more abstract, since it's just language. I mean, some of it's really easy, like seeing how Latin words have evolved to mean things we say in English, but at the same time, I find it interesting to find out how some of the more complex ones evolved, like "Catch-22", "cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey", and "scot free". Which is, of course, from an army novel, not from a nautical saying involving cannonball racks, and not from the persecution of the Scottish, respectively, and interestingly enough.
Teh Funny
Must be something to do with the stars, since there were a great many extra-funny webcomics put out today. From Goats' Chaos Pope! to Real Life's FUEGO!!! to Elf Only Inn's "she liked it", there were a greater number of comics than usual that had me laughing out loud. Something else that had me doubled over laughing was the Aqua Teen Hunger Forces I watched. Space Conflict From Beyond Pluto and Dumber Dolls are easily two of the most hilarious cartoons I have seen in a long time. If you like White Ninja or some of the more recent South Parks, do watch these. They're gold in fast food form.
Before the curtain falls
Russia is getting cool again. For anyone who's longed for the days when Russia has just as many cool spy and army gizmos as the US, this should be a bit of a relief. I guess America might want to get a prototype of one of these so they can test their super duper missile shield they seem so intent on making. Personally, I think it's a rather laughable idea to dumb money into a space defense program, but you never know. Maybe those terrorists will stop with the letter bombs and suicide hits and start pulling in asteroids to finish us off. Also, I was being sarcastic there.
For those who like cute kids, here's what they can and do write. For added humorosity, try imagining them being read in various voices. I should think a Clint Eastwood or Max Payne styled cop growl sounds quite silly when talking about the pet they want for Christmas.
Warning: do not click this link unless you want to be scared into never wearing a sweater of any kind again for the rest of your life. Utter fear indeed. ¶ 7:37 p.m.
Well, I figure I might as well post. I had planned to be out drinking tonight, but plans kind of fell through, so here I am. On the plus side, my Communism shirt arrived! My faith in my mail has been more or less restored now, and I don't think I fear losing packages nearly as much anymore. It was touch and go for a while there, but all is right with the universe again, or at least it will be once I do the dishes. I ran out of time last night (mainly due to that pesky sleeping habit I keep) so I've got a fair bit of skudge in the sink to sort out. The drama of my life continues.
Pitch Black
Received this guy from Zip (living in the same city as the company means fast service!) and gave it a watch, and on the whole, it was far better than I thought it would be. Yes, there are a couple of plot holes only slightly smaller than Texas, but for each of those, there was a nice little plot element that separated the movie from the rest of the sub-par films it could have been like. I mainly rented it because I really want to see Chronicles of Riddick and I'm a firm believer of watching movies in order if given the choice. I particularly liked the ways that the movie was shot, going from the very orange crash scene, to the bright blue day, to the black night, to the green fight. Some of the cinematography was pretty cool too, like the parabolic landscape going from sun to sun. On the whole though, it's basically just about Riddick kicking alien ass, and I hope that the sequel will be at least on par with this one. Thumbs up.
A billionaire. Really.
So there were a couple of new entries on the Forbes Billionaire list today. Who'd a thunk it? Certainly not me. I mean, I know that Harry Potter was successful, but JK Rowling a billionaire!?!? The Google guys I am far less surprised at, since Google is easily one of the biggest internet things ever, but an author? I think the only thing scarier is that at one bil each, they're ranked 552. Yeah, there are at least 552 people that have at least a billion dollars in the world, whether they aquired it on their own power or not. I wish I were one of them. I wish I could fly too, so I'll be sure to post if either happens. I'm not holding my breath though.
I like words
So much so, that I'm considering taking linguistics as one of my options in my next school term. Some of the things I find especially interesting are etymologies and vocabularies, as possibly evidenced by the WOTD link I have on the right there. Maybe it's just an extension of knowing how things work, only more abstract, since it's just language. I mean, some of it's really easy, like seeing how Latin words have evolved to mean things we say in English, but at the same time, I find it interesting to find out how some of the more complex ones evolved, like "Catch-22", "cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey", and "scot free". Which is, of course, from an army novel, not from a nautical saying involving cannonball racks, and not from the persecution of the Scottish, respectively, and interestingly enough.
Teh Funny
Must be something to do with the stars, since there were a great many extra-funny webcomics put out today. From Goats' Chaos Pope! to Real Life's FUEGO!!! to Elf Only Inn's "she liked it", there were a greater number of comics than usual that had me laughing out loud. Something else that had me doubled over laughing was the Aqua Teen Hunger Forces I watched. Space Conflict From Beyond Pluto and Dumber Dolls are easily two of the most hilarious cartoons I have seen in a long time. If you like White Ninja or some of the more recent South Parks, do watch these. They're gold in fast food form.
Before the curtain falls
Russia is getting cool again. For anyone who's longed for the days when Russia has just as many cool spy and army gizmos as the US, this should be a bit of a relief. I guess America might want to get a prototype of one of these so they can test their super duper missile shield they seem so intent on making. Personally, I think it's a rather laughable idea to dumb money into a space defense program, but you never know. Maybe those terrorists will stop with the letter bombs and suicide hits and start pulling in asteroids to finish us off. Also, I was being sarcastic there.
For those who like cute kids, here's what they can and do write. For added humorosity, try imagining them being read in various voices. I should think a Clint Eastwood or Max Payne styled cop growl sounds quite silly when talking about the pet they want for Christmas.
Warning: do not click this link unless you want to be scared into never wearing a sweater of any kind again for the rest of your life. Utter fear indeed. ¶ 7:37 p.m.
