His Eyes Were Clear And Pure

Even I don't care about this.

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:41:13 GMT

So, last night, with their 16th and 26th picks, the Bulls selected forwards James Johnson, from Wake Forest, and Taj Gibson, from USC. To each of these picks, I had the same reaction: "Who????"

BUT. Something really, really good—and I can't emphasize that enough—happened last night, as well. With the 13th pick, the Indiana Pacers decided to take Tyler Hansbrough. Now you may ask yourself, "Dave, you don't like Tyler Hansbrough! In fact, you sort of hate him. So why should such news make you happy??" Well, let me tell you: if he'd been there at 16, the Bulls would have taken him. Without a second thought. As if we don't already have the same goddamned player in Joakim "Clown Shoes" Noah. Anyhow, thank you Indiana Pacers. He's your fucking problem, now.

The best internet quiz EVER.

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:30:48 GMT

Thanks to irvys_sefie for bringing this place's existence to my attention, but this quiz had me in TEARS while I was taking it. I'm not lying.

Your result for The Despot / Small Woodland Creature Test...

Charlemagne the Squirrel

31% Brutality, 59% Wackiness, 70% Playfulness, 43% Strength, 62% Kindness, 29% Agility and 71% Intelligence!

Charlemagne was King of the Franks from 768 to his death. Today he is regarded not only as the founding father of both French and German monarchies, but also as the father of Europe: his empire united most of Western Europe for the first time since the Romans. Part of Charlemagne's success as warrior and administrator can be traced to his admiration for learning. His reign and the era it ushered in are often referred to as the Carolingian Renaissance because of the flowering of scholarship, literature, art, and architecture which characterise it. Such success for a mere squirrel is surely one of history's most inexplicable occurrences. Charlemagne was able to balance his time between hoarding nuts for winter and enlightening the known world. The squirrel's good-natured attitude, and love of life were boons to Charlemagne...and to you.

Take The Despot / Small Woodland Creature Test at HelloQuizzy

Hello

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:07:08 GMT

I have a new journal style. I'm not quite sure why I feel the need to share that, but I do.

So go: spread forth the word and have many a nuanced discussion about this most momentous of days.

PHONE FUN IS FUN

Sat, 30 May 2009 18:17:08 GMT

It's true: I've been neglecting my LJ like I'm being paid to. But what better way than to break out of the funk with some good, down home, meme action?! This one is the ~*Cell Phone Meme*~ that's been making the rounds.

And it comes (as far as I know) from barkinmad.

1. Grab Your Phone.
Well, I'm just going to hold it. Me and my phone aren't like that.

2. What is the 3rd picture of in your phone?
A picture of my cat peeking out from behind my computer:

You see, when she is hungry? She stares at me. Just stares. For hours, if necessary. And I wanted some documentation of this phenomenon.

3. What's your ringtone?
I use "Na Na Hey Hey (Kiss Him) Goodbye," by Steam. Why? It's the song they play at ~~Comiskey Park~~ US Cellular Field, when an opposing pitcher gets taken out of the game for sucking. Nancy Faust (the older lady I'd probably bang—HEY! WE ALL HAVE ONE! organist) played it on a whim one night, in the late '70s. It caught on, and is now a tradition at the park—even though Nancy only works part time, these days. I loves my White Sox.

4. Who's the 1st person that comes up under M?
Maggie, a colleague of mine from UIC, who now teaches at some small college in Minnesota. She probably has a different number, up there. I think I might be able to delete this one from my contacts.

5. Who's the last person you called? On purpose?
LOL, does checking my bank balance count? If so, then it was the Chase Bank automated system. If not, then it was my parents.

6. Who was your last missed call from?
I don't even know, it's some strange number from my area code. But I didn't recognize it, so I didn't answer it. Because if I don't know your number, I'm not going to. Leave a message, h00rs! Also, that is what woke me up, this morning. So that's TWO things this number has going against it.

7. Who's the 1st person who comes up under C?
Cecelia, my awesome cousin. I don't think I have any pictures of her to share, but that's probably for the best, as she's a freaking knockout. And I don't want to be the one responsible for giving her cyber-stalkers. Assuming she doesn't have some already, that is.

8. Who's your speed dial number 2?
Dieter, one of my oldest friends. He lives in San Francisco, now. LOL, I just felt like a grandma going through a photo album for her guests, when I typed that last sentence.

9. What does 3rd text in your your inbox say?
"Wow. This movie has the worst dialogue EVER."
LOL, WHO COULD HAVE SENT IT? IT'S A ~*MYSTERY*~ FOR THE AGES!

10. Who was your last received call from?
My mommy. She was telling me about some volunteer opportunities in Hawai'i. It could get a lot worse than that.

11. What does your 2nd sentbox text say?
"OK, here's where I'm NOT calling you, even though I should. I decided to be nice today. But I'm still enough of a cock to let you KNOW how nice I am being.

XD"
LOL, THE ~*MYSTERY*~ CONTINUES.

12. How many messages are currently in your inbox?
24. But, to be fair, this phone is only two months old.

13. What is the wallpaper?
Another picture of my cat! Look, here she is:

ISN'T SHE FUCKING ADORABLE?! SHUT YER FACE, YOU KNOW SHE IS!!

14. Who's speed dial number 1?
Um, my voicemail? You know, just like EVERY cell phone I've EVER owned? This meme is not very bright, is it?

15. Who is the 15th message from in your inbox?
My friend Jessica. It's a REAL ~informative~ message, too; it says, "K" …as in, "OK." WHAT DID WE EVER DO BEFORE TEXTING?!

16. Who's the 1st person who comes up under B?
b-w3 Chicago, the bar for which I used to toil, during my early- and mid-twenties. Great food, though.

17. How many bars of signal do you currently have?
IDK, it depends. This new-fangled phone has two sets of bars, and I don't understand why. Anyhow, something called "EV" has 1 bar, while something called "1x" has 3 bars. So whatever that means.

18. What network are you on?
Verizon. I used to have US Cellular. I really liked them, and sometimes miss them, but they're not really national, so that's a problem. Also, I like how Verizon lets me talk to other Verizon customers for free. And they're not bad, either. US Cellular was just a tad bit more customer service oriented, and I enjoyed that. Plus, they sponsor the White Sox, and that's always good.

19. Name every person you have a message from in your inbox.
LOL, this won't be too hard for me. I have a small texting cricle. There is only Shawn, Simone, and Jess, at the moment.

20. What does your 6th text message in your inbox say?
"This sucks." Actually, I added the period. But this is from my sister's boyfriend Shawn, who was trying to leave somewhere before he was able to and agonizing about having to wait around.

21. Who is the first person in your contacts?
Alexs, another colleague from grad school that I could probably afford to erase. But Alexs was a cool guy. We once went to a semi-professional rugby game together. It was lots of fun and we got EXTREMELY drunk for an investment of only $10! What I learned is this: rugby and drinking are two halves of the same coin.

22. Who is the last name in your contacts?
Aside from the Voicemail, #PMT, #MIN, #BAL—which I'm not counting, by the way—the last contact is WSCR 670 The Score, a local sports radio station that I'll text or call from time to time. Because who doesn't want to win Bulls playoff tickets? Well, they wouldn't do much good now, perhaps. But a month ago, that would've been a kickass prize.

23. What does the last text in your inbox say?
"Got straightener Tuesday nite and used it gratefully on Wednesday. Earthquake in south America?"
BUT WHAT DOES IT ~*MEAN???*~ Also, LOL, Honduras and Belize are NOT South America. I had a chuckle over that one.

24. What is your screensaver?
Um, on my PHONE??? Now, it is a new phone, but it's not one of those $400 jobs. My phone does not have screensavers.

25. What is your balance?
Yeah, I don't worry about all that. My phone payments are automatically deducted each month, so I don't really check my balance.

26. Who's the last person under H?
LOL, no H contacts in my phone. Sorry.

27. What is your bluetooth name?
It's very interesting! It's called "Samsung WEP700-2." It's called "-2" because I already had a Samsung WEP700, that I LOST. In fact, I have already discovered that bluetooth devices will be the bane of my existence, for several years to come. In the 6 weeks since I've had this phone, I've already lost TWO bluetooths (blueteeth?). THEY'RE SO FUCKING SMALL AND EASILY MISPLACED! YOU SUCK, CELL PHONE PEDDLERS! Yeah… I fail, I know.

28. How many numbers are in your phone?
HA! Are you fucking serious? No way. No way am I counting all my numbers. I'll just say "a whole bunch," and move on to the next question.

29. Could you live without it?
Well, considering that my cell phone doubles as my watch and that I've lost the well-honed art of Remembering Phone Numbers—which is something that those of us 25 and over remember well, from back in the day—I'm going to say, "No."

ETA: I'VE DECIDED TO ACTUALLY INCLUDE THE PICTURES OF MY CAT I MADE REFERENCE TO, SO NOW THEY ARE IN THERE. BUT THEY ARE HUGE. GOOD DAY TO YOU.

ETA2: THEY ARE NO LONGER HUGE. I FIGURED OUT HOW TO MAKE THEM REGULAR-SIZED. CARRY ON.

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:09:26 GMT

IT IS 72 FUCKING DEGREES RIGHT NOW, BUT THAT'S NOT THE BEST PART. LATER, IT WILL BE AROUND 82. FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE OCTOBER 12TH. HOT DAMN.

ALSO, I AM GOING TO A BASEBALL GAME TONIGHT. YAY FOR ME! HOPEFULLY MY SUCK-ASS TEAM WILL NOT LOSE LIKE THEY DID TWO WEEKS AGO WHEN I WENT. EXCEPT THAT TIME IT WAS 30 DEGREES. SO TONIGHT WINS, NO MATTER WHAT.

MOLE OUT.

ETA: Oh, and did anyone else know that Myrtle Beach is being ravaged by wildfires? Really?! Myrtle Beach?! That's not really where I think, when I think "fire-prone regions of the United States." Oh well, I hope they get that under control soon. I loves me some Myrtle Beach.

Didst Thou Know???

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:29:45 GMT

As mine eyes gaze upon walls adjacent
and catch glimpse of yon White Sox calendar,
I warm with a measure of elation
and spy the date, twenty into April.
But wilst thou join in my celebration?
Wilst thou commemorate that true genius?
Stricken by awe and pure concentration,
I craft my offering to thine words past.
Today we celebrate the creation
of words and prose that withstand and endure
the ravages of time, from thence nascent.
And I shalt echo my best, thine speakings.
Verily, friends, there is nothing too hard:
Toss modern away, and speak like the Bard.

Or, in English, today is apparently annual Talk Like Shakespeare Day! As I am unskilled in such things, I decided to write a sonnet and throw in things like "Lo, and verily, and thus and thence." I think it works. Hey, it's no Talk Like A Pirate Day, but it's something.

April 20th is also a holiday for another sort, and I wish them all a very happy day with no shortages of the various things they enjoy. They know what I mean. And, if you don't, there may additional clues hidden within this entry.

Continuation

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 00:05:38 GMT

Okay, so I've decided to give some visual hints to the movie meme that I posted yesterday.

And this is a link back to the original post, if something's jogged your memory.

And y'all can probably expect the answers to those still unguessed in about a day or so. I know, I know… you're all on the edges of your seats. But try to be patient, the answers will come.

Today is Sunday

Sun, 29 Mar 2009 20:18:59 GMT

So, once I saw this thing going around, you had to figure it would only be a matter of time before I decided to play, too. The problem is that I am distracted by basketball tournament happenings (more on that later). But here is das meme:

Movie Meme

1. Pick 16 of your favorite movies*.
2. Go to IMBb and find a quote from each movie.
3. Post them here for everyone to guess.
4. Strike it out when someone guesses correctly, and put who guessed it and the movie.
5. NO cheating, if you don't know any of them that that's just too bad.
6. You don't have to be tagged in this to play.

But come on, do you ever have to be tagged to do something? No, of course you don't. Tagging is just a silly practice to begin with, but that's a rant for another day. For now, the meme is behind the cut text.

*Please note: these are not necessarily my favorite movies. In fact, some of them are downright bad. They are films I have seen a hundred thousand times. So don't come to me with the whole, "You actually like that movie?" Some of these I really love, and others were things I watched after school constantly when I was in 6th and 7th grade. So just be ready for a few late 80s/early 90s "classics."

A. "When are you people going to learn? It's not about who's right or wrong. No denomination's nailed it yet, and they never will because they're all too self-righteous to realize that it doesn't matter what you have faith in, just that you have faith. Your hearts are in the right place, but your brains need to wake up." Well, both hobbit_eyes and revieloutionne knew this was from Dogma, but Mozo got her guess in first, so she wins this one.

B. CHARACTER 1: "Oh, no, no. Too high, it's too high!"
CHARACTER 2: "What do you mean, 'too high?'"
CHARACTER 1: "The ball, it's too high."
CHARACTER 2: "It's not 'too high,' it's 'too hard.'"
CHARACTER 3: "Who gives a shit, it's gone!" So, jimmiefearsylar, being resourceful like she is, saw hints I gave in comments and correctly deduced that this is from the original (and best) Major League. These were the fans in the bleachers debating the trajectory of a home run well after it had left the stadium. The movie is pretty bad, but I still love it.

C. "You're lucky he didn't kill you, too. Or rape you, then kill you …or kill you, then rape you!"

~~D. "Normally, both your asses would be as dead as fucking fried chicken, but you happened to pull this shit while I'm in a transitional period so I don't want to kill you, I want to help you."~~ Spoken by Jules Winnfield in Pulp Fiction. This one was guessed by jimmiefearsylar.

E. "Okay guys, one more thing: this summer, when you're being inundated with all this American Bicentennial Fourth of July brouhaha, don't forget what you're celebrating. And that's the fact that a bunch of slave-owning, aristocratic, white males didn't want to pay their taxes." This little rant was from the history teacher towards the beginning of Dazed and Confused. I love this movie and I love resol37 for guessing it.

~~F. "Well, what have we here? Will you look at her? Those flashing eyes, those flushed cheeks, those trembling lips. You know something princess? You are ugly when you're angry."~~ From the wonderful movie, Spaceballs. hobbit_eyes got this one, as well.

G. "No I didn't, honest! I …ran out of gas. I, I had a flat tire. I didn't have enough money for cab fare. My tux didn't come back from the cleaners. An old friend came in from out of town. Someone stole my car. There was an earthquake. A terrible flood. Locusts. IT WASN'T MY FAULT, I SWEAR TO GOD!"

~~H. "Good. That… that whole thing's your name, huh? Do you have, uh… a shorter name?"~~ Another one for hobbit_eyes! This is another of my faves, The Fifth Element.

I. "I've always taken you with a grain of salt. On your birthday, when you told me to do a striptease to the theme of Mighty Mouse, I said okay. On prom night at the hotel when you told me to sleep under the bed in case your mother burst in, I did it. And even during my grandmother's funeral when you told my relatives that you could see her nipples through her burial dress, I let that slide. But if you think I'm gonna suffer any of your shit with a smile now that we're broken up, you're in for some serious fucking disappointment!" As resol37 pointed out in her comment, she must have a secret crush on Joey Lauren Adams, because each of the movies she knew involve this lovely minx, somehow. This particular movie is Mallrats, but the quote belongs to Shannen Doherty, who is berating Jason Lee, her slacker ex.

J. "Almond Joy. Get it? Candy bars. Well, it's better than when we first started out. Our code names were diseases. Do you know what it's like being called Chlamydia for a year?"

K. "As your leader, I encourage you from time to time, and always in a respectful manner, to question my logic. If you're unconvinced that a particular plan of action I've decided is the wisest, tell me so! But always allow me to convince you and I promise you right here and now that no subject will ever be taboo. Except, of course, the subject that was just under discussion. The price you pay for bringing up either my Chinese of American heritage as a negative is… I collect your fucking head. Just like this fucker, here. Now, if any of you sons of bitches got anything else to say, now's the fucking time!" revieloutionne knew that this was from Kill Bill. Oh, and Volume 1, if that makes a difference to anyone. I personally consider it all one movie, but that's just me

L. CHARACTER 1: "What's the name of this establishment?"
CHARACTER 2: "Red's Corner Bar."
CHARACTER 1: "Are you Red?"
CHARACTER 2: "Yes."
CHARACTER 1: "Do you dye your hair?"
CHARACTER 2: "No."
CHARACTER 1: "Why do they call you Red?"
CHARACTER 2: "It's short for Redwood. My last name's Wood."
CHARACTER 1: "What's your first name?"
CHARACTER 2: "Bill."

M. CHARACTER 1: "When did your wife leave?"
CHARACTER 2: "October."
CHARACTER 1: "That's when my wife left! What is it about the month of October?"
CHARACTER 2: "I dunno, the pressure of Halloween? You never know what to go as!" Barney Coopersmith and Vincent Antonelli in the cheesy classic, My Blue Heaven. Another point for jimmiefearsylar.

N. "Oh, there they go. There they go, every time I start talkin 'bout boxing, a white man got to pull Rocky Marciano out their ass. That's their one, that's their one. Rocky Marciano. Rocky Marciano. Let me tell you something once and for all: Rocky Marciano was good, but compared to Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano ain't shit." This is Coming to America, which jimmiefearsylar knew immediately. Nice work.

O. "I saw Cowboy Dan. I didn't like the look on his face. It was like this..."
[smiles goofily]
"...so I killed him. I blew a hole in him this big. Actually it was about this big. You know, when I think about it, that hole was about THIS BIG! And his guts were spilled out all over the floor. As I was walkin' away, I slip around on his guts. A couple of other people came by and started slippin' on his guts too. After I blow a hole in somebody and slip around on their guts... afterwards, I always like to make balloon animals." "Cowboy" Gil Buckman, in the underappreciated Parenthood, which jimmiefearsylar knew, with the help of visual aids.

P. "If there's one thing this last week has taught me, it's better to have a gun and not need it than to need a gun and not have it."

In other news, the basketball brackets came crashing down upon me yesterday, when Pittsburgh lost. See, at this stage, it's pretty brutal to lose a team you had in the final game. I mean, sure, my champion is still alive, but I took a real hit yesterday. And it looks like Louisville is in trouble, too. That would take out two of my final four picks. Furthermore, if Ty Lawson and company play like they did on Friday, Oklahoma will be in some trouble, as well. But as long as Blake Griffin just destroys stupid Tyler Hansbrough, I will be happy enough. I mean, my bracket's pretty dead, anyhow. Oh well, at least UConn still looks on pace to win the whole damn thing. That will be slightly vindicating.

So a bobcat walks into a bar…

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 03:05:14 GMT

…and then this happens:

WARNING! THIS STORY IS NOT FILLED WITH PUFFY PINK CLOUDS AND UNICORNS, IF YA KNOW WHAT I'M SAYIN'.

So, it's too bad they had to kill the bobcat, but if it had rabies, it's probably better off this way (though, having never had rabies, I cannot say for sure). And, once they'd found out that people had been bitten, they'd have had to destroy the animal, anyway. But here's the real thing: what kind of fucking idiots are antagonizing a wild-ass animal with sharp sharp teeth and claws in a confined, enclosed space? These idiots deserve the rabies, if you ask me. Or, at the very least, the rabies shots. Do they still go straight to the abdomen? I sure fucking hope so, these hillbillies deserve it. I will say this: if you are a rabid bobcat looking to bite people, a bar is a good place to be. People will be drunk and think you are not a threat. And then… CHOMP!

MOLE'S LESSON OF THE DAY: When confronted with a wild and dangerous animal, try to refrain from pausing to take pictures of it. Not only will this be confusing and possibly enraging to said wild and dangerous animal, it also wastes valuable time that should be spent getting other people in between this animal and yourself.

My 2009 Bracket!

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 20:09:16 GMT

Eagerly awaited by all, I know.

Now, a disclaimer, of sorts: I do brackets VERY quickly and I never ever change anything I write down. It's all about first impressions. And my first impressions are that the Big East is far and away the best conference. Better than all the others combined, probably. But, remember, these are all about first impressions.

First Round
Greensboro, 3/19: LSU beats Butler, UNC beats Radford, Texas beats Minnesota, Duke beats Binghampton.
Kansas City, 3/19: Memphis beats CS-Northridge, Cal beats Maryland, Clemson beats Michigan, Oklahoma beats Morgan State.
Philadelphia, 3/19: BYU beats Texas A&M, UConn beats Chattanooga, UCLA beats VCU, 'Nova beats American.
Portland, 3/19: UNI beats Purdue, Washington beats Mississippi State, Illinois beats Western Kentucky (I didn't mean to pick the Illini—because I think they're going to lose—but I accidentally did and, like I said, there's no going back in my bracket-making process.), Gonzaga beats Akron.
Boise, 3/20: Utah State beats Marquette, Missouri beats Cornell, Xavier beats Portland State, Florida State beats Wisconsin.
Dayton, 3/20: Oklahoma State beats Tennessee, Pitt beats East Tennessee State, Louisville beats Alabama State (whom I've randomly picked to beat Morehead State in the play-in game), Siena beats Ohio State.
Miami, 3/20: Syracuse beats Stephen F. Austin (really, how can you expect to win a tournament game with that name??), Arizona State beats Temple, Utah beats Arizona, Wake beats Cleveland State.
Minneapolis, 3/20: Kansas beats North Dakota State, West Virginia beats Dayton, BC beats USC, Michigan State beats Robert Morris (another team whose very name prevents them from ever winning a game).

Second Round
Greensboro, 3/21: Duke beats Texas, UNC beats LSU.
Kansas City, 3/21: Memphis beats Cal, Oklahoma beats Clemson.
Philadelphia, 3/21: 'Nova beats UCLA, UConn beats BYU.
Portland, 3/21: Washington beats UNI, Gonzaga beats Illinois.
Boise, 3/22: Mizzou beats Utah State, Xavier beats Florida State.
Dayton, 3/22: Louisville beats Siena, Pitt beats Oklahoma State.
Miami, 3/22: Wake beats Utah, Syracuse beats Arizona State.
Minneapolis, 3/22: BC beats Michigan State, West Virginia beats Kansas.

Regional Semifinals
Boston, 3/26: Pitt beats Xavier, 'Nova beats Duke.
Glendale, 3/26: UConn beats Washington, Memphis beats Missouri.
Indianapolis, 3/27: Louisville beats Wake, West Virginia beats BC.
Memphis, 3/27: UNC beats Gonzaga, Oklahoma beats Syracuse.

Regional Finals
Boston, 3/28: Pitt beats 'Nova.
Glendale, 3/28: UConn beats Memphis.
Indianapolis, 3/29: Louisville beats West Virginia.
Memphis, 3/29: Oklahoma beats UNC.

Final Four
Detroit, 4/4: UConn beats Louisville (in what I predict will be the best game of the tournament), Pitt beats Oklahoma.

National Championship
Detroit, 4/6: UConn beats Pitt. For tie-breaking purposes, let's say by a score of 84-78.

So there you go. I am sure that I'm incredibly wrong about all of this, but that's fine. It's all just a crap shoot, anyway.

That giant sucking sound you hear?

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 21:59:46 GMT

Yes, that's my Kentucky Wildcats. They've been making this sound for much of the season, and they've only gotten louder in recent weeks. I have no illusions of them making the NCAA Tournament, not since they lost their last four games going into the SEC Tournament. Pretty much the most interesting thing left will be seeing whether or not they accept the NIT bid they're sure to receive (I would—I mean, it's money for the school). Anyhow, I figured I should open up the floor to mockery, since it's sure to come my way.

In better sports news, spring has been kind to my White Sox, thus far. Both the 2,000 year-old Jose Contreras and the 2,000 lb Bartolo Colon are way ahead of schedule in coming back from their injuries. Contreras might even be able to take starts in April! If Clayton Richard is your fifth pitcher, and not your fourth, I feel a whole lot better about the rotation. And this Gordon Beckham kid is unbelievable, if spring numbers are to be believed. I'm not thrilled with any of our myriad infielders (Alexei and Paul excluded), so if Becks were able to steal the 2nd base slot, I would not mind. Unfortunately, it seems that my never-ending quest to make Brian Anderson the starting center fielder will continue yet again, this year. IDK what the deal is, he looks more than adequate to me, but the team doesn't seem to like him for some reason. If Jerry Owens starts in center on opening day, I will probably puke.

In even better news, tomorrow is my birthday. Which birthday it is isn't important, but I feel happy, nevertheless. Tonight we go to a nice little French bistro where I shall order l'oignon, erm, soup, la biftek avec pomme frites, and some good-ass French wine (take that, high school French class!)… and probably some yummy dessert, too.

'Kay, that's all I've got right now.

I think I like a new show…

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 02:21:07 GMT

Did anyone else watch that new Castle show on ABC last night (you know, the one with Nathan Fillion and Stana Katic)? I just finished it and I think I like it. Granted, it's a crime procedural—not normally my cup of tea—but it's a little off-beat and I like the characters, so far. Although it's nothing like it in premise, Castle reminded me of Life (which I like) because it seems like it's going to be more of a character-driven show than a ~*freaky cases*~ driven show.

Anyhow, I'm going to watch it again next week and see how things go.

Heroes 3x?? (I stopped keeping track of this a WHILE ago)

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 02:27:51 GMT

Watching this episode was taxing, as I have just reconfigured my entertainment doodads with digital converter thingys. This means that I can no longer watch what I'm not recording. Like when cable first started, remember? Oh, who the fuck am I kidding, there's like two of you out there who remember that. Anyhow, it's going to take some getting used to.

But I has thoughts! Thoughts on this episode, whatever it's name was. Something with "Gray." Was it "Gray's Anatomy?" "Shades of Gray?" "Touch of Gray?" SOMETHING!!! But clicky for thoughts, mkay?

I actually really liked this episode. Like, a lot. This was, by far, my favorite to date from this volume. Not that the volume has been terrible, mind you; I've enjoyed it thus far. I'm just not going to get my head out over my skis after that train wreck of a volume we just got through with. Y'all know what I'm saying.

Anyhow, I don't really have specific reactions to anything (although I'm certain I have opinions about specific things), but I enjoyed the ep in general. Like, the pacing, the plot, the scenes… I pretty much liked it all. I did not enjoy the random Mohinder voiceover at the end, but then they surprised me with the Nathan bit. And I did like that part.

Also, Angela pwns.

Oh, and I like bunnies. The End.

BSG 4x18

Sun, 08 Mar 2009 00:46:44 GMT

Hmmm, how to sum up this episode? Let's use the words of Captain Beefcake, who is also Galactica's new LOL!Hybrid:

"You are the Harbinger of Death, Kara Thrace. You will lead them all to their end. End of line."

L. O. Fucking. L.

Also, LOL to Adama and Roslin smoking up together behind the curtain in sickbay. Laura puffing on that thing like it was a blunt roach had me in stitches.

Not LOL to Boomer and Cavil's evil schemes and baby-snatching ways, but it looks like maybe Hera secretly pwned them both by bonding with Boomer. Nice work, Hera.

I *REALLY* enjoyed the montage-y part where they cut the different memorial services together, but Baltar's little post-funeral scene may have upstaged all that just a little. Maybe. LOL. I love Baltar—I cannot wait to see what he's going to have them all doing next. Starbuck may be the Harbinger of Death, but ten bucks says that Baltar's the one who's actually responsible for the aforementioned Death.

Speaking on this for a moment, I will totally be cool with all the Head!People being angels, if that's how it turns out. It's not really all that different from my working theory that all this Head!Business is the One True God orchestrating all these things to happen in a certain way (what I am looking forward to is a big reveal as to just what this masterful orchestration culminates in. But it's probably just a pipe dream on my part… ). It's just that in this scenario, it's God's minions doing the all the work, instead.

LOL, Adama going nutso in his quarters amused me. But IDK if freaking PAINT is easy to get out of one's dress uniform. Just a guess.

So it seems that Battlestar Galactica concludes when they all have to GTFO of Battlestar Galactica. Makes sense to me. It would be difficult to call the show by that name if there was no longer a ship.

BSG 4x17

Sun, 01 Mar 2009 17:13:59 GMT

Hello, today's installment will be brief, because it's early and I'm still a little sleepy. This episode was lots of fun. Well, the stuff about Boomer hoodwinking everyone so that she could steal the baby was not so fun. And I really felt bad for Tyrol, knowing what might happen to him, once it comes out he helped Boomer in all this. But I guess she really is teh evil. They certainly had me fooled.

I'm a little surprised that Cavil would've agreed to give up Ellen, but she was probably getting on his nerves more than she was being of any use to him. Also, I've just realized that Boomer is the only chick left in the ev0l robot fleet, now that Ellen's gone. That's got to be a little rough for the Ones, Fours, and Fives, wouldn't you think? Let's hope, for Hera's sake, that the ev0l robots are not pedophiles.

Also, there was much in the way of the Adventures of Kara in the Land of the Crazy—now complete with head!father sidekick! And that shit with the song was just magnificent. Little babies who write songs that not!brain-dead two thousand year-old vegetable robot musicians lying in the sickbay played back in the day and then give them to these vegetables' current wives, who are busy hallucinating that their fathers are teaching them how to play said songs, LOL.

But cookie_simone insinuated that I'd find out what the fuck Kara is with this episode and, unless the answer is "Cuh-razy," we still don't know shit. THERE ARE ONLY THREE EPISODES FOR YOU TO EXPLAIN WHY THE FUCK SHE IS NOT DEAD AND WHAT THE HELL ALL THIS RELIGION AND HEAD PEOPLE MEAN IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS, SHOW, DON'T THINK I FORGOT! LOL, but I have faith. This show has been very kind to us humble viewers and I cannot wait to see how all this shit ends. I am not ruling out some kind of apocalyptic tragedy in which everybody dies. In fact, that would probably make me laugh a little, because it would be entirely fitting, given the history and tone of this show. LOL, I love it.

BAI BAI!

BSG 4x16

Sun, 22 Feb 2009 03:47:04 GMT

HOLY RABID WATER BUTTONS, I AM ONLY AT THE FUCKING INTRODUCTORY CREDITS AND ALREADY THIS IS A PHENOMENAL EPISODE!!!1111!!!11!!TWELVE!!! I MEAN, TYROL JUST WALKING UP AND INTERRUPTING EVERYTHING TO STARE AT SHARON FROM AN UNCOMFORTABLY CLOSE DISTANCE, BE LIKE, "UM, YEAH… THAT'S BOOMER, Y'ALL," AND THEN CALMLY WALK AWAY WHILE EVERYONE ELSE FLIPS THEIR SHIT ABOUT IT??!! THIS IS WHERE MY LOVE COMES FROM. THIS, RIGHT HERE. OKAY, BACK TO THE WATCHING. I SHALL INTERJECT THINGS AS NECESSARY.

ROFL, GAIUS'S CULTISTS ARE ARMED NOW???? YEAH, THAT CAN ONLY END WELL. AND HEAD!SIX IS BACK! THIS IS A GREAT GREAT WONDERFUL HAPPENING INDEED.

SPEAKING OF GAIUS, IS HE SUPPOSED TO BE A COMMUNIST, NOW? BECAUSE THAT WILL MAKE ME LAUGH. OH BALTAR, HERE'S BETTING THAT YOU SOMEHOW MANAGE TO TURN THIS INTO A GIGANTIC FAILURE, TOO.

I AM NOT SURPRISED BY TORI, BUT I'M KINDA SAD THAT TYROL VOTED TO LEAVE THE FLEET. I THINK I'D GET BORED IF I HAD TO LIVE ON THE BASE SHIP AND LOOK AT THE SAME, UH, I GUESS 10 OTHER FACES ALLA TIME (I COUNT THE HYBRID AS A FACE). GALACTICA IS LOTS MORE FUN! PLUS, HE'S GOT HIS ~SPESHUL PROJEKT~ WITH THE HULL THAT I'D THINK WOULD BE AN INTERESTING CHANGE OF PACE, IF MAYBE NOT THAT MUCH FUN.

LOL, SPEAKING OF THAT SCENE: ELLEN'S REACTION TO CAPRICA BEING PREGNANT ALMOST MADE ME CHOKE ON MY BEER. THAT IS NOT AN EXAGGERATION.

I FUCKING LOVE KARA. THIS HAS NOT ALWAYS BEEN THE CASE, BUT IT IS NOW. LIKE, I THINK ONCE SHE REALLY LET GO OF HER TENUOUS GRASP ON REALITY AND JUST EMBRACED THE CRAZY, SHE WON ME OVER. AND NOW I CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF HER CRAZY ASS. "SO WHEN DID YOU GET A PIANO?" ROFFL. THE EXTRA F IS FOR FFUCKING.

LOL, I'D SAY THAT I SHIP ELLEN/SAUL/CAPRICA, BUT I REALLY JUST THINK THAT SAUL SHOULD GET TO HAVE TWO LADIES.

ROFL, GAIUS GETS ROBBED. THAT'S FUCKING FANTASTIC. AND THEY CALLED THOSE THINGS GUNS? THEY WERE PUNY! WHO THEY EXPECTED TO SCARE WITH THOSE PEA SHOOTERS, I DON'T KNOW. BUT I MUST BE QUIET BECAUSE IT IS NOW TIME FOR A DRUNK SCENE WITH TIGH AND ADAMA. I'M EXPECTING MANY LULZ, SO LET'S SEE…

GREAT-GRANDPA WAS A POWER SANDER????????????????????????? LOLLLLOLOLOLOLLLOOLLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

THAT IS TO SAY, IT WAS QUITE GOOD.

HEH, I LIKE ELLEN'S LITTLE TRICK. SHE'S CRAFTY, THAT ONE. BUT LET US HOPE THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH LITTLE LIAM.

SAUL TIGH PWNS YOUR ASS. THE END.

LOL, ALLOW ME TO REPEAT: GAIUS'S CULTISTS ARE ARMED, ONLY MORE SO? AND THAT ONE, IDK THEIR NAMES, LOOKED LIKE SHE WAS A LITTLE TOO HAPPY ABOUT IT, DIDN'T SHE? AS I SAID, THIS CAN ONLY END WELL.

AWW, THIS BUSINESS WITH TIGH'S BABY DYING UPSETS ME QUITE A BIT, AND I ALSO DON'T APPROVE OF THIS LEAVING THE FLEET BUSINESS, BUT I MUST SAY: THE INTERSPERSED SCENES WITH ADAMA STARING AT HIS GLOWY SHIP HULL ONLY MADE ME LAUGH. HE WAS JUST… SO ~~INTENSE~~ AS HE ~*INTENSELY*~ STARED AT IT. YA KNOW?

RE TRYOL AND BOOMER: AWWW, IT REMINDED ME OF SEASON, UM, TWO? I THINK SO. BEFORE CALLIE SHOT HER.

RE ANDERS (AND THIS IS VERBATIM UPON MY SEEING HIS MONITOR THINGY GO CRAZY): "WHAT THE FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK?"

WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT! ARE THEY TRYING TO SAY THAT BOOMER'S DEAD? BECAUSE… NOOOOO! I HOPE THIS IS NOT THE CASE, BECAUSE IT WILL UPSET ME. BUT MAYBE I'M JUST ATARDED, SINCE WE'D JUST FREAKING SEEN HER, LIKE, THREE SCENES AGO. I HOPE.

BUT THAT'S OKAY, I STILL HEART THIS EPISODE. IT TOOK ME A WHILE TO BE ABLE TO SEE IT, BECAUSE MY INTERNET AND I ARE NOT CURRENTLY ON FRIENDLY TERMS, BUT IT WAS ALL WORTH IT.

MOLE OUT.

ETA: APPARENTLY, BOOMER IS ALIVE AND OKAY… FOR NOW, ANYWAY. THIS IS WHY NO-PREVIEW INTERNET SHOWS FAIL.

Today, I am a posting fool…

Sat, 07 Feb 2009 21:32:18 GMT

…it's almost as if I have something else I should be doing. Something I'm avoiding. But never you mind about that. For now, it's MEME TIEM

This is from hobbit_eyes and goes a little something like this:

1. Put your music on shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS!
4. ~~Tag 10 friends who might enjoy doing the memo as well as the person you got the note from~~ Fuck that, do it if you want.

1) IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY" YOU SAY?
"In The Highways," by the Peasall Sisters. IDK what I mean by this. Perhaps it's only okay if you're on the interstate.

2) WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?
"Latin Simone (Que Pasa Contigo) [New Vocal Version]," by Gorillaz. It would make more sense if I were cookie_simone… but I am not, so it doesn't.

3) WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
"Love Her Madly," by the doors. Of course, that doesn't really answer the question. At least it lets you guys know my preference, though.

4) HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
"Jane Says," By Jane's Addiction. I …see. So maybe I feel like I'm done with Sergio. Because I TOTALLY am, that assface!

5) WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?
"Quit Your Low Down Ways," by Manfred Mann's Earth Band. This is a complete fabrication. I do not intend to ever quit your low down ways. Not for one second.

6) WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
"Can't Let Go," By Lucinda Williams. LOL, can't let go of what, exactly? I cannot comment on the accuracy of this motto without more information.

7) WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
"Dumb," by Nirvana. HEY! WHAT THE FUCK, I THOUGHT YOU GUYS WERE MY FRIENDS!! LOL, but no. Actually, I like to play dumb a lot. Having people underestimate you is incredibly helpful in a variety of ways. But my friends usually know me too well to fall for this.

8) WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
"Communication Breakdown," by Led Zeppelin. Hmmm, very often? No. No, I don't think so. Occasionally, perhaps, but not all that often, really.

9) WHAT IS 2+2?
"Mud" by North Mississippi Allstars. I am so very mature.

10) WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
"Hope," by Sublime. Ugh, that's the worst kind of cheesiness, right there. A better answer would have been "Smoke Two Joints," by Sublime.

11) WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
"Reasons To Love You," by Meiko. Man, I'm pretty talented at saying something related to the question but not actually answering it, aren't I? I should run for office.

12) WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
"Welcome To The Jungle," by Guns N' Roses. Nah, not really. Unless this is supposed to reflect the cleanliness of my apartment, it's not really a good answer.

13) WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
"March (Sleeping Beauty)," by Tchaikovsky. I want to be a march? Or do I want to be the month? I do like that month, as it contains my birthday and college basketball fun. Maybe I'm supposed to be a member of a marching band? OR! Maybe I'm going to be Sleeping Beauty! That would be okay, actually. I like to sleep.

14) WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
"Before I Sleep," by Mazzy Star. As in, "before I sleep, I'd like to plow that."

15) WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
"On A Plain," by Nirvana. If it were spelled differently, I could make a joke about how they want to put me on a plane and send me away. But, let's see. I probably live on a flood plain of some type. It's very flat here and I am not too far from a gigantic lake.

16) WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
"Lithium," by Nirvana. Hmm, we've hit a little rut here with the Nirvana, haven't we? And I don't think this will be on the wedding playlist. I'm not ruling it out, but I don't think it'll make the cut.

17) WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
"When The Levee Breaks," by Led Zeppelin. Actually, that would be a badass funeral song. Especially if it's raining outside. Good work, meme, I approve.

18) WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
"I Held Her In My Arms," by Violent Femmes. NICE! Partly because I like this song, but partly because "holding her in my arms" DEFINITELY qualifies as an interest. Although, if I heard right, this song is about a cat. But I like doing that, too. Just not as much as the other thing.

19) WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
"Dead Flowers," by The Rolling Stones. Oooh, that does sound all ~*sekritive*~ and cryptic. Oh! Maybe I killed someone and buried them under a patch of flowers! Yes, that will do.

20) WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
"One Short Day," off the Wicked soundtrack. IDK, I'm one of the shorter people in my group of friends. Maybe they mean ibroketuesday, who is short. And much shorter than me, I might add. Or, maybe it means that every day I spend with friends is too short, because friendship is the greatest treasure of them all. *vomit* Sorry, I didn't mean for you guys to see that.

21) WHAT'S THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN?
"Acting," by Mitch Hedberg. Acting is the worst thing that could happen? You get paid for pretending to do stuff! I can think of far worse things than that. Like "stable mucker," for example.

22) HOW WILL YOU DIE?
"Surf Rider," by The Lively Ones. LOL, probably because I SUCK at surfing. I'll probably bash my head in on a rock. Or maybe a shark will eat me! Mmmm… painful.

23) WHAT IS THE ONE THING YOU REGRET?
"51 Phantom," by North Mississippi Allstars. LOOK, DON'T ASK ABOUT IT. THAT'S CODE, AND IF YOU KNEW FOR WHAT, I'D HAVE TO KILL YOU.

24) WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH?
"Walk By," by Meiko. Really? This song is very angsty. Don't get me wrong, I completely love it, but it's not a laugher. Oh well.

25) WHAT MAKES YOU CRY?
"Prison Song," by System of a Down. LOL, good answer. Prison would make me cry.

26) WHY WILL YOU GET MARRIED?
"Tomorrow Comes Today," by Gorillaz. Hmm, that's almost a very Zen answer, isn't it? Like, if you squint, it kind of looks like some really deep philosophical shit. But it's not, though. Not at all.

27) WHAT SCARES YOU THE MOST?
"Blister In The Sun," by Violent Femmes. I… guess?

28) DOES ANYONE LIKE YOU?
"Moneytalks," by AC/DC. AWESOME! Does this mean money likes me? Because that's probably the best possible answer to this question I could've received.

29) IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE?
"Hand On My Heart," by Dan Wilson. Um, is it a literal hand on my heart? Because I can see how that might be something that would need fixing. Yes, that seems like a reasonable excuse for time travel, to me.

30) WHAT WILL YOU CALL THIS NOTE?
"Immigrant Song," by Led Zeppelin. Because, as so few people know, I am actually an immigrant from the Underground Kingdom of the Mole People. This also gives me diplomatic immunity, but I try to avoid trouble, since I'm passing as human. And this helps out with our ultimate goal of overthrowing the Overworlders. But I've already said too much.

OH MY GOODNESS GRACIOUS!!!

Sat, 07 Feb 2009 17:23:08 GMT

RIGHT NOW? RIGHT THE FUCK NOW? AT ELEVEN AM ON FEBRUARY THE 7TH, IN THE LINCOLN PARK NEIGHBORHOOD OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, IT IS 54° FAHRENHEIT. OR 12.2° CELSIUS, IF THAT'S HOW YOU ROLL.

FIFTY-FUCKING-FOUR DEGREES!!!!!

THIS IS WONDERFUL. MELT, YOU STUPID SNOW! MELT AND NEVER COME BACK!

Ahem… that is all.

BSG 4x14

Sat, 07 Feb 2009 10:05:31 GMT

HOLY FUCKING FUCK, THAT WAS SOMETHING RIGHT THERE!!!

It took me forever to see it because I try to wait for the show to come up on scifi.com, which happens about 1 AM Central, right after it finishes airing out west. But today my connection sucked so bad that I couldn't watch it for more than 5 seconds before it would stall again. So then I looked on ibroketuesday's little megastic site, but it wasn't there yet. Eventually I found it somewhere, but the connection was too bad to use my DiVX thingy and I had to wait for the darn flash version to load.

The point is, I finally saw it just now and IT IS AWESOME.

Now, I'm already forgetting the specifics of everything that took place because the waves of awesome are still settling like dust around me, but I'll try to say as much as I can think of.

So first off, nobody died! LOL, just kidding. Lots and lots of people died. But the important thing is that what I asked for last week came true: Tigh and Adama were somehow remarkably unaffected by the grenade (and what are grenades, really? Explosive charges that shatter metal and send shrapnel hurtling towards you at crazy speeds? And what good is that, when you really think about it?) and the Raptor containing Baltar and the President was not shot down. I forgot to tell them they couldn't kill Gaius last week, but they didn't, so it all worked out.

Little did I know, however, that one of the people I did warn the show to keep alive, Crazy "the Harbinger of Death" McGee, was not on said Raptor. No, she was still playing "let's the two of us take back the entire ship by ourselves" with Lee. But Lee suggested that they free the prisoners. This was a pretty good idea and I endorse it.

Hera is adorable. Caprica saying "I can take care of myself!" is hysterical. Tigh wants to shoot people, and this pleases me. But Captain Beefcake! Captain Beefcake got shot inna… um, neck? Back of the head? I couldn't really tell, but it wasn't good. And did you see my lawyer guy was back? Good stuff! I'm still mourning the loss of his cat, but it was nice to see him again, just the same. But what I loved about that scene where Anders gets shot is how everyone just started YELLING RANDOMLY after it happened. It made me think of Brick, from Anchorman, if ya know what I'm sayin'. If you can, go back and watch that scene again. I absolutely love it.

The Cylons crack my shit up, too. I love how Tori's just fully turned her back on Humanity and is prepared to leave them all at the drop of a hat. It makes me LOL. And then there was Leoben's funky box thingy. And did anyone else find him just a bit creepier than normal when he was pimping his little electrical box to Roslin? Because I kinda did. But creepy in a good and funny way. And besides, it's Leoben. Creepy is his normal form of communication.

And then there's Tyrol. Crawling around through the bowels of the ship like a rat. But a semi-insane rat. Let's make that much perfectly clear. Pretty slick what he did to stop Galactica's FTL drive and basically save the entire fleet. But whatever the fuck it was that he saw in the wall after that, I cannot say. Personally, I took it to mean that the ship's about to fall apart. I mean, with the insurrection over, it's about time for Galactica to lose some sort of critical part that has no replacement and will threaten the lives of all on board. Or something. IDK, there was that Firefly episode like that, so maybe they won't go there. Whatever the case, I'm sure we'll find out what had Galen trippin' out at the end, there, in relatively short order. Like, probably next week.

LOL, the Quorum. Nice one, Tom. Really, you must've put a lot of thought into that one. I can just picture the announcement they would have made: "Um, yeah, in other news, all the members of the Quorum of Twelve were mysteriously killed. We will be holding new elections next week." But I don't think Zarek has to worry about too much, anymore. And we lost everyone's—well, okay, Boozie's, at least—favorite cripple (LOL, when I get to Hell, someone remind me that I said that), Felix Gaeta. I mean, unless something VERY strange happens. But I'm pretty sure they're both dead now. And they deserve it; I don't really have a whole mess of sympathy for either of them.

Okay, now I know for a FACT that I'm forgetting an entire paragraph that I was going to discuss, and I'm sure there are other things I meant to say, as well. But I cannot think of them right now, for it is 4 AM. And that means, save the hourlong nap I took yesterday afternoon, I have been up for nearly 24 straight hours! YAY! Except not really. Mole sleepy.

BSG 4x13

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 08:47:11 GMT

OH MY GOODNESS GRACIOUS, THAT WAS INCREDIBLE!

But seriously, that was like the perfect television show. And, like, everyone's all about to be/maybe is dead. There is some serious serious business occurring, is all I'm sayin'. And that business is the business of making me smile.

Clearly, my favorite part was when Kara moseyed up behind the little "Let's kill the Admiral's son" party and started capping everyone all, "Yeah? Who's next?! You wanna dance Racetrack? We can dance." And she'd totally pwn Racetrack, we all know, because she has the power of Lunacy on her side. Never underestimate the power of Lunacy. I'm telling you, just don't do it.

Oddly, I didn't even hate the stuff between Kara and Lee, like I usually would. I just think it was so spontaneous and crazy that I just said, "Awesome. She's still nuts." And she is. But in the best way possible. And when she's crazy and armed together? It's LOL time. That's all I know. As far as other paring things of note go, they will be discussed to an obscene degree in other locations. They do not need my help. And my desire is to feed them as little fuel as is humanly possible.

So, my final thoughts are this: I don't want anyone to die. But someone probably will. This will make me sad because we've kind of trimmed things down to characters I mostly like. I mean, there are some I like less and some that are not worthy of strong feelings, but mostly I'm a fan of those left. But I want neither Drunky the Robot Cyclops nor Crazy "the Harbinger of Death" McGee to die, and for that to work that Raptor has to not blow up and that grenade, um, IDK. Maybe they found some cover. I mean, it looked like a pretty big room, right? And you'd only really have to worry about the shrapnel, which wouldn't be hull piercing, anyway. Because then they wouldn't have thrown it to begin with. Or something. *nods*

BSG 4x12

Sat, 24 Jan 2009 09:53:06 GMT

L.O.L. When did Peg-Leg find the time to become a black hat? This was incredibly amusing for me, personally. I very much enjoyed it.

Oh, and that scene with Kara in the, um, place where there are tables? That probably made the episode, for me. I mean, come on. She's is full-blown crazy mode, and Peg-Leg thinks he's going to come off as intimidating. That entire time he was talking about ~*reckoning*~ all I could think was this: "She's the fucking Harbinger of Death, you fool! If there was going to be a day of reckoning, I would personally hope to have the Harbinger of Death as my ally…" and so forth.

This was a very Adama-heavy ep, and all Colonial Fleet-related as well, but I got my crazy Starbuck and I got my crazy Gaius. I consider this a pretty acceptable arrangement. I liked many things about Baltar's crazy, including how he just lets someone get beat down while he yells into the microphone about his emo disillusionment. However, he seems to be drinking heavily, so this is a plus. I just wonder where head!Six was during all of this. That's what I really want, is some good old-fashioned brain pwnage.

ALSO, ROFL ABOUT LEE JUST GIVING ALL THAT INFO AWAY ABOUT ELLEN. THIS MADE ME LAUGH A LOT. WAY TO GO, SLICK!

Let's see, the Zarek stuff was kinda boring for me—although I understand its function and how we seem to be setting up a Colonial Civil War of some sort. OH! I REALLY enjoyed the business with Caprica and Tigh looking at the sonogram. And I've always loved that doctor guy, whatshisname. Between the three of of them and that nurse lady playing the straight man, I enjoyed this scene, muchly.

So there you go. Not quite as WTF-inducing as last week—unless we count the surprising and sudden emergence of Pretty Boy as the apparent architect of a rebellion (and I do)—but I think an episode like this is probably necessary to set the tone for what appear to be wonderfully entertaining weeks ahead. I feel like I mighta forgot about something else that made me laugh, but oh well—this is all I can thing of right now.

Next week, more Kara being a lunatic and some brain pwnage for Gaius. And LOL!Tigh, of course. These are my demands.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!

Thu, 22 Jan 2009 01:50:33 GMT

TO squeegee_burble, resol37, AND MY FRIEND JESSICA'S SISTER, CHRISTINE ~~WHO WILL NOT BE SEEING THIS, BUT SHOULD FEEL BIRTHDAY-ISH ANYWAY~~.

FOR YOUR PRESENT, I… UM… CHANGED ALMOST ALL OF MY ICONS!

ENJOY?

I do too many memes.

Thu, 01 Jan 2009 19:11:09 GMT

Hello everyone! And Happy New Years wishes for all of you. I have made no resolutions, as those are for suckers. However, whereas last night was for my lovely bottle of Jean Claude Mas Crémant de Limoux, today is for lazing about and watching sports. And possibly a haphazard meme thrown in, as well. WHO KNOWS?!

Anyhow, you're probably saying to yourself, "Shut up, Mole! Didn't you say there'd be a meme???" Yes, yes I did. And here it is: with the year coming to a close, last night, I found myself remembering that thing "She's Not Dead" resol37 said she was doing this past year about watching 500 shows in a year. And, like, there were rules about how often you could watch one episode and something about having to be viewed x many months apart before it could count, where x is some number I forgot. Anyhow, I started thinking whether or not I'd achieved this myself, simply by being lazy and watching lots of DVDs. So here's what I came up with:

22 Veronica Mars season 1
22 Veronica Mars season 2
20 Veronica Mars season 3

23 Heroes season 1
11 Heroes season 2

22 Alias season 1
22 Alias season 2
22 Alias season 3
22 Alias season 4
17 Alias season 5

12 Buffy season 1
22 Buffy season 2
22 Buffy season 3
22 Angel season 1
22 Buffy season 4
22 Angel season 2
22 Buffy season 5
22 Angel season 3
22 Buffy season 6
22 Angel season 4
22 Buffy season 7
22 Angel season 5

14 Firefly season 1

13 Battlestar Galactica season 1
20 Battlestar Galactica season 2
20 Battlestar Galactica season 3

14 Dead Like Me season 1
15 Dead Like Me season 2

13 Chuck season 1

18 Reaper season 1

LOL, if you're keeping count, that's 584.

AND I DID NOT YET GET TO SHOWS I WATCHED TWICE*, HALF HOUR SHOWS**, OR—LORD HELP US—STUFF I ACTUALLY WATCHED ON TV!
* All of the Heroes ones, almost all of the BSG ones
** I have watched Family Guy vol. 1-6, the entire Futurama series and all of Arrested Development, as well as several Simpsons episodes.

I think the lesson we need to take away from this is that I clearly have nothing to contribute to society.

So anyhow, as I look up an hour later, I see that my hockey team is winning! This is quite exciting. Well, maybe not "quite," but it's something. No one can deny that.

ETA: LOOK, jimmiefearsylar DID A MEME, TOO! I CAN ADD MY OWN VERSION TO THIS POST! HOW VERY EXCITING!

Specifically:
1) Harken back to your archives.
2) Collect the first sentence you wrote every month for the whole year.
3) Entertain us.

So here we go

Jan 5: Hello. Hawai'i is pretty. Here are meme-related thingers!
Feb 1: I have finally uploaded enough CDs onto my iTunes for this to work.
Mar 4: Stolen from squeegee_burble
THERE IS NO APRIL, MOVE ALONG PEOPLE!
May 4: Well, I have been slacking on my LJ duties, I know.
Jun 10: Heh. The Pope hates us. That's fantastic.
Jul 4: This one comes from teukie_oppa, whom I found via random journal adventures.
Aug 4: So. We're about to get rocked by tornadic thunderstorms. Yay, August!
Sep 8: Another music meme from jimmiefearsylar.
Oct 3: But see, my baseball team decided to surprise me and make the playoffs.
Nov 4: Which, really, is no surprise.
Dec 2: You know, meme-related things.

And how many of these posts were memes??? That's right, 8 of 11!!!

I do too many memes.

I'm SUPPOSED to be doing things…

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 23:07:32 GMT

…such as looking for a job, finishing up my Masters project, cleaning the apartment, digging my car out of the snow, etc. So what am I going to do? Why, a meme, of course! This is that one that's been going around for ages where you answer 20 questions, but if you don't like one of them you can write a new one and then you tag more people. But I am at the end of the line, here; by the time jimmiefearsylar tagged me, everyone else had already done this, so it appears that this leg of the meme dies with me. Not that I really care. No meme's gonna boss me around!

01. What are your nicknames?
Well, there are several. And they go back a long, long time. I mean, I suppose that "Dave" is technically a nickname, but it's what I go by, so I don't really count it. One of the guys at school calls me Super Dave and then always asks me if I remember that guy (answer: I do, but I wish I did not). It gets a little old. Other nicknames are based off of my last name and include the mole, Mole, Mo, Momar, and Momo. When I worked at the bar, one of the managers started calling me "Arkansas" Dave Rudabaugh, because of Christian Slater's character in Young Guns II. This caught on and soon even the owner was calling me Rudabaugh. When I got records on their Golden Tee, I'd initial them ARK. One of the doormen at this job called me Stoner or Stoney, for reasons that would be fairly obvious if you'd known me at 21. Lastly, when I was a freshmen in high school, my biology class had three Davids in it. Because she's apparently incredibly stupid, my teacher couldn't handle this and needed one of us to be Dave, one of us to be David, and one of us to have some sort of third nickname. Guess who was the nickname one. However, this was before I'd acquired my plethora of nicknames and didn't have anything to offer up. She said that, if I didn't choose a nickname for myself, she would choose one for me. I was like, "fine, do whatever you need to do." And then she chose Scooter. Fail. Lucky for me, I almost never went to that class and had to repeat biology the next year (with a FAR better teacher, by the way).

02. How do you style your hair?
My hair is long. Like, very long. Probably longer than most, if not all, of yours. My official stance is that I will likely go bald one day and would like to enjoy my hair while I still have it. Of course, it actually has more to do with the fact that I'm too cheap and lazy to get haircuts regularly, and that long hair is actually a bit easier to maintain than short hair (think bed head, people). Well, mine is, anyway …because it's not curly. Anyhow, long hair can be annoying, too (the amount of shampoo and conditioner I have to use, my hair getting caught behind my back on chairs and such, my hair getting caught underneath me while I sleep and making rolling over a bit of a hassle, etc.). Thus, I have come up with an awesome strategy: I wear my hair in a bun, pretty much all the time. This allows me to enjoy all the benefits of having short hair, while still maintaining my longhair heritage, provided I have two rubber bands. Because, as I've told some of you, I enjoy the thought of having long hair more than I actually enjoy having long hair.

03. What's new in your life right now?
Hmm, not a whole lot, actually. I mean, I guess "winter break," but I didn't really have much to do for school, these past few months, so that hardly counts. I guess the 3 inches of snow that fell last night? That's new. And entirely unwelcome. Seriously, go the fuck away, you stupid snow. Um, what else? Maybe some of you are yelling, "your Governor's a crook! That's new!" However, I can assure you that this is not new. Not at all. Not for Illinois Governors in general, and not for this guy, specifically. He's been under investigation for four or five years, now. I did vote for him, but only because I knew he'd be going away and I really like the Lieutenant Governor quite a bit. Umm, probably other things are new, but I cannot really think of them at the moment. So I'm going to be moving along.

04. How many colours are you wearing now?
Hmm, let's see here. There is green, brown, black, white, grey, a darker grey, and my t-shirt (free from a bank) has a picture of a credit card that contains gold, yellow, blue, and orange. And there's just a tiny spot of red on one of my tags. So that's, um, eleven? Yes, eleven. Go me?

05. Are you an introvert or extrovert?
My answer is similar to K's. I am primarily introverted in most situations. I'm even a bit shy, in some situations. However, if I know you really well, I am anything but. When I'm around people I know, I'm extremely gregarious and it can be quite difficult to get me to shut up (I'm sure cookie_simone can vouch for this). So, like K, I'm going to say, "It depends on the situation and the people I'm with."

06. What are you doing while filling out this meme?
Listening to my favorite afternoon sports radio show. Today is their annual quote of the year show. Here are the choices:

a) Ringo Starr is sick of fan mail: "I'm warning you, with peace and love, I've got too much to do!"
b) George Ofman, local sports update anchor, messes up a story: "Skip Per—uh, Skip Caray, whose pappy was the legendary Harry and whose son is Skip, died in his sleep last night—make that's his son Chip."
c) Mike Singeltary is a comically amusing, if terrible, head coach: "Cannot play with 'em, cannot win with 'em, cannot coach with 'em. Can't do it."
d) Former Blackhawks coach Denis Savard is mad at his players' lack of effort: "If they don't wanna commit to the Indian, they can just go upstairs and we'll get 'em out of here."
e) Political reporter Terry Moran doesn't realize just how historical this would be: "Barack Obama, the son of a black man from Kenya and a white man from Kansas."
f) The aforementioned Obama, on fashion: "Brothers should pull up their pants."

If you're curious, I voted for Ringo. Mostly because he threatens his fans, but does it with "peace and love." George Ofman is currently running away with the online vote, but the text messaging vote is not yet included in this total, so Ringo could still take this one! I remain hopeful.

07. Do you nap a lot?
Naps are made of awesome. I am a huge, huge fan of naps. I like to take them whenever I get the opportunity. Still, I don't think I nap "a lot." Probably more than most people, though. Some people are fundamentally opposed to naps, but I don't understand this. Sleep is one of my top 5 favorite things to do. It's never a bad thing. Never. Well …maybe if you're driving.

08. If the person you secretly like is already taken, what would you do?
Well, if we're going by history, the answer is, "Pine, while also constantly trying to demonstrate to said person why I'm a much better choice, but never actually coming between said person and the moron she's dating." I like to think that this is the "noble" thing to do, and "playing it cool." However, I can also tell you that it doesn't actually work. Still, in my life, there's an established precedent for this approach, so it's probably still what I'd do.

09. Is there anything that has made you unhappy these days?
Did I mention about the 3 inches of snow? Also, there's the fact that I'm no longer going to be receiving any academic support and will definitely have to get my ass a job (and quick)! But, in this economy, my job choices are most likely to be of the "shit" variety. Oh well, it'll only be for a few months. Then I get my degree and get a real job. I'll probably have to leave Chicago to get a real job, though. This also makes me a bit unhappy.

10. What's your favorite dessert?
Wow, there are so many good choices, here! I mean, there's all manner of pies (pumpkin, blueberry, apple, cherry, and banana cream being my personal favorites), there's custard and/or flan, and there's fancy stuff like baked Alaska and soufflé. But, I'm going to have to go with the crème brûlée. Oh, and we're going to accompany that with a glass of Madeira (Malmsey or Bual, preferably) or a nice vintage Port. Because it's my dessert and I can do whatever I like.

11. How long does it take you to get ready in the morning?
This all depends. On many different factors. If I've been drinking coffee everyday and am addicted to it (I go through phases with my caffeine addiction. Currently, we're in the "off again" phase), and if I'm awakened earlier than I'd like by my alarm, it takes me quite awhile. When I was waking up at 5:30 every day, I'd arise, feed the cat, brew a pot of coffee, and then proceed to stare at the morning news for about an hour, whilst drinking my coffee. I say "stare," and not "watch," because I didn't actually process anything that was happening. Once I did begin to process things occurring onscreen, I'd know it was shower time. This usually took another half hour, or so, all told. But that includes the "picking out clothes," "shaving," "toweling off," "brushing my hair," and "getting dressed" phases—the actual shower usually only lasts about 7-10 minutes. All in all, that's about two hours from laying in bed to walking out the door. On the other hand, if I'm allowed to sleep until I naturally awaken, don't shower, and am not currently addicted to caffeine, then I can be up and out the door in about 20 minutes. In that case, all I really need to do is to get dressed, brush my hair, and feed the kitty.

12. What websites do you visit daily?
Let's see. There's my LJ flist and my Yahoo home page (it tells me about my email situation). Those are probably the only ones I really get to every day. But there are lots of things I get to nearly every day, too. Currently, because I am looking for that dreaded employment, I visit the Chicago Craig's List, and the classified pages of local newspapers' sites. If I have time, I often visit the daily games at Yahoo Games (a crossword, a sudoku, a jigsaw puzzle, a word search, and a jumble). Oh, and then there's TV Guide if I don't know what's on television that night (mostly to learn whether shows are reruns and whether local sports teams are on broadcast TV that day). Finally I try to remember to visit the Food Fund for Animals on a daily basis, but I don't always remember to. It's a great cause, though, and you should all visit the link and click to give right now. DO IT!

13. Do you ever think about the race of the people on your flist (who you've never met in real life)?
LOL, no. Who wants to bet that this was one of the questions someone substituted because they didn't want to answer another one?

14. Do you like to clean?
HA! No. No, not even a little bit. I completely fail at this sort of thing, which is why I'll need a weekly cleaning service, once I can afford one.

15. What's the last song that got stuck in your head?
LOL, well. I'm sorry if I'm spoiling those of you who haven't seen this week's How I Met Your Mother, but after the little funny coda thing, I had "Let's Go To The Mall" stuck in my head for the next couple hours.

16. What's the last DVD you bought?
A few weeks ago, when I still had money, I went out and got the first seasons of Chuck, Pushing Daisies, and Reaper, which were on sale because Crazy Holiday Shopping Time® had begun. But I'm not sure if these count because they're TV shows and not movies. If the question wants to know what the most recent DVD movie I bought was, then I'm not sure. But I think it was probably the "Double Feature" DVD that includes both Total Recall and Terminator 2: Judgment Day, that I picked up for about $7 a couple months ago. I have yet to watch it, but come on—these are two "classic" (yes, I use that term loosely) Arnold movies from my formative 11-13 years. For $7, I could not say no.

17. Have you ever done anything not many people have?
Probably. Let's see, I've hiked to ~~almost~~ the top of Mount St. Helens, I've taken rides in a both a submarine and a helicopter, I've swam with dolphins, I've been in a "Battle of the Bands"-winning band, and a shot of my 5th grade noggin was used ~~for about 2 seconds~~ as an establishing shot for a CNN/Headline News story on the nation's first 100% handicapped-accessible playground, which was at my elementary school. So, um, pick from one of those, I guess.

18. What is your favorite ice cream flavor?
Easy. Mint Chocolate Chip. There's not even another contender for this one. I mean, sure, I also enjoy some of the fancier ones where they've got, like, caramel swirls and peanut butter cups and are sometimes named after dead and/or living musicians, but, as far as normal, everyday flavors, Mint Chocolate Chip pwns the rest.

19. Best time of your life?
This is easily my freshmen year of college at the University of Wisconsin. I did not accomplish very much, mind you, but it was definitely the best year of my life, thus far. I had lots and lots of fun.

20. What are you most looking forward to in the coming month?
Ugh, there's not a whole lot to look forward to in the next month. I mean, I can't say that I'm looking forward to getting a job. But I will enjoy having the money. So that's my answer: getting paid.

21. Who do you tag?
Whatever, there's no one left to tag. If you happen to be reading this, haven't yet done this one, and want to, then I tag you. Otherwise, no one. SUCK ON THAT, MEME!!!

If only every team could be the Hoosiers…

Sat, 13 Dec 2008 22:42:45 GMT

…because dear LORD, do these guys suck. I had been extremely pissed that CBS refused to cut away from the Memphis vs Georgetown game, which went into overtime right as the IU vs UK game was starting (I mean, really—I understand they're both ranked, but does anyone in this market actually care about those teams? [answer: no] Indiana is at least right next door and should have a fair amount of fans in the Chicago market. They are a Big Ten team, after all), but when we FINALLY joined the action, the Wildcats were up 24-4. That's what I like to see.

Now, this is the first time this season I've actually been able to see the 'Cats, and I have some thoughts. First of all, to reiterate, Indiana is a terrible, terrible team. Secondly, these new uniforms really are ugly. Really. But there are some good things I'm seeing, too. Our defense looks quite good; the switches, the positioning, the box-outs—I'm pretty encouraged. We seem to be forcing more turnovers than we're making (which is good, because we're making more than I'd like).

In related news, Liggins (the freshmen point guard) looks like he's starting to learn the system. He's still making a few risky passes, but he's got some pretty nifty moves and should be able to get to the hoop against most defenders. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem that he understands that you have to play the full 40, even when you're up by 20+, so he's still got a ways to go. But I'm generally encouraged by what I'm seeing from him. But one of the problems I'm seeing, in general is that we seem to have a bit of trouble getting the ball down into the post.

This is unfortunate, because our post players look pretty good on both sides of the ball, with both Patterson and Stevenson performing well (even if Patterson picked up those two quick fouls). Darius Miller looks pretty good at the small forward spot (when they don't play three guards), and I'm fairly optimistic about how we'll look in 2-3 years, once all these freshmen come into their own. And, as usual, we have the random white guy from Somewheresville, Kentucky who's overachieving. Only this year, it seems he's a forward and not a guard (ETA: actually, I guess he's from Missouri …and he's a center. Whatever).

Speaking of guards, it looks like Jodie Meeks is really the only scoring option we've got on the perimeter. This makes me hope that Liggins will figure out how to finish his crossover drives to the basket. I mean, Meeks is good, but we can't count on him to average 35 points for the entire season. And what the hell is going on with this Kevin Galloway guy? Wasn't he supposed to be some badass transfer? I think he was fourth in the entire country last year in assists (granted, it was for the College of Southern Idaho), and we beat out Memphis, Tennessee, and I think Oklahoma for his services. But this guy can't get off the bench! What the hell?! And Porter looks okay, but he's more of a third guard in a three guard lineup, in my estimation.

One thing I really don't like is how the 'Cats seem to be playing without any sense of urgency and are extremely inconsistent. I understand that you're up by 20 (well, 17, now) against a terrible team, but this type of thing won't fly when you're playing teams with actual talent. If this continues into the conference season, we might be in a bit of trouble, even though the SEC looks pretty down this year.

But, unless the wheels fall completely off the wagon in the last 10 minutes, here, we'll pick up our 7th win. Last year, we didn't get our 7th win for a couple more weeks, if memory serves. I really had hoped we would beat Miami, but after UIC upset them, I pretty much knew we wouldn't, being their next game and all. And then they went and lost to Ohio State, after they beat us. Bastards. Oh well, you can't win 'em all. Plus, I'll bet money we'd beat Michigan, so that's worth something.