An email I sent a friend telling her she HAD to see Revenge of the Sith, and that she could totally watch it without watching the other movies...my summary for her:
Yep, it’s that good…you don’t need ot watch all of them, but it helps to have seen Star Wars...otherwise, it’s pretty straightforward: from Star Wars to Return of the Jedi, it’s basically that Darth Vader is an ass and he’s ruling the world ‘cause he’s the only dude on the dark side with the force…and then this kid Luke Skywalker learns the force from his “uncle ben” and yoda (both of whom are Jedis)…and then they go to save Princess Leia, and then it turns out they’re brother sister and that Darth Vader is Luke’s dad, and Darth Vader is all jacked up and wears that suit, and Luke kills him and everything is back to normal.
Then if you go back to Episodes 1 and 2, basically it’s just “Uncle Ben” when he was younger, he and some other Jedis find Anakin Skywalker (who we guess is luke skywalker’s dad, and thus, going to be Darth Vader), and the Jedi’s are like the peacekeepers and everything is all fine and dandy and they train Anakin…and Anakin gets his groove on with Queen Amidala (Natalie Portman) and we figure that since she’s the only chick in the movie, she must be Luke Skywalker’s mom…anyway turns out this whole democratic way of life gets all jacked up by this one dude who was secretly creating all these armies…
That’s pretty much it. So the 3rd movie explains how the “good” way of life got messed up, how Anakin turned evil, how Luke and Leia got separated from their mom, and why there’s no Jedis left, and the “fall of democracy” yadda yadda.
Tuesday, May 24, 2005
Tuesday, May 10, 2005
Women's Lib My Ass
Now it's no surprise to anyone who knows me that I think it's a great injustice that I have to work. Well that anyone has to work really, but of course my main focus is #1 here.
I have this belief that if the whole womens' lib movement hadn't happened, then I could be at home looking after some kids and having bonbons.
Now before anyone starts on me about how raising kids is hard, let me clarify my point. Yeah sure it's a PAIN to take care of kids, but it's not exactly rocket science. That's why you don't need a PhD to be a nanny. I do acknowledge that's it's physically exhausting, and the lack of adult companionship can certainly do a number with your brain. But there's not the pressure of working for "the man"...which is what I hate. I hate busting my butt in order to get user guides out the door by a certain deadline so that customers can pay money so that we all will still have a job tomorrow. I hate that kind of PRESSURE. And as for my rocket science comment...it's the lack of rocket science that I think makes alot of stay at home moms go batty...they're not challenging their brains and they go nuts with talk of Dora and Blue's Clues.
It's not that I want to stay at home and look after my yet-to-be-conceived children...however I figure as a working mom, you still have to panic over the kids, regardless if you're at home or not.
Here's what it boils down to...women back in the day fought hard to have the RIGHT to work. To have the CHOICE.
Well that created a dual-income society...which raised the cost of things because people at had more money...
Which made it so that there no longer was a CHOICE. I don't have a choice. I HAVE to work in order to afford to live.
I would much, MUCH rather go batty raising my own kids than go batty trying to deal with office politics, shmoozing, and product deadlines.
My coworker Doris once heard me complain and seemed very hurt...she was all "My generation sacrified alot in order to give you the choice to work"...and I was all "yeah, but i don't have the CHOICE. Now i HAVE to work. So now women are screwed".
I'm gonna be honest with you...if men were the ones having babies...they would NOT have been retarded enough to want to join the workforce.
I have to do dishes, laundry, vacuuming ANYWAY. So I might as well max out my time by doing that during the day at home. And really, babies/children are only at home for the first 3.5 years of their lives...after that it's all about nursery school, kindergarten, school. After THAT OMG it's smooth sailing...
And please don't anyone tell me that while you're kids are in school and you're home that life is hard. Because whenever I have kids in school, everything you do that's work-related during the day, I'll have to do after putting in an 8 hour workday plus 1.5 hour commute in there.
AND...to add to that...I'm sitting here trying to figure out how I can afford childcare. I'm sure back in the day when women entered the workforce, there were a ton of women who still were at home who would look after your kid for free or for cheap. Not anymore...I need to figure out how to put aside $800 to $1200 a month if I decide to have a baby.
Right now...as I sit at my desk at work thinking about the Integration Guide, Quick Start Guide, and 3 product CDs that are due this week...being a woman with the "supposed" choice to work blows.
I have this belief that if the whole womens' lib movement hadn't happened, then I could be at home looking after some kids and having bonbons.
Now before anyone starts on me about how raising kids is hard, let me clarify my point. Yeah sure it's a PAIN to take care of kids, but it's not exactly rocket science. That's why you don't need a PhD to be a nanny. I do acknowledge that's it's physically exhausting, and the lack of adult companionship can certainly do a number with your brain. But there's not the pressure of working for "the man"...which is what I hate. I hate busting my butt in order to get user guides out the door by a certain deadline so that customers can pay money so that we all will still have a job tomorrow. I hate that kind of PRESSURE. And as for my rocket science comment...it's the lack of rocket science that I think makes alot of stay at home moms go batty...they're not challenging their brains and they go nuts with talk of Dora and Blue's Clues.
It's not that I want to stay at home and look after my yet-to-be-conceived children...however I figure as a working mom, you still have to panic over the kids, regardless if you're at home or not.
Here's what it boils down to...women back in the day fought hard to have the RIGHT to work. To have the CHOICE.
Well that created a dual-income society...which raised the cost of things because people at had more money...
Which made it so that there no longer was a CHOICE. I don't have a choice. I HAVE to work in order to afford to live.
I would much, MUCH rather go batty raising my own kids than go batty trying to deal with office politics, shmoozing, and product deadlines.
My coworker Doris once heard me complain and seemed very hurt...she was all "My generation sacrified alot in order to give you the choice to work"...and I was all "yeah, but i don't have the CHOICE. Now i HAVE to work. So now women are screwed".
I'm gonna be honest with you...if men were the ones having babies...they would NOT have been retarded enough to want to join the workforce.
I have to do dishes, laundry, vacuuming ANYWAY. So I might as well max out my time by doing that during the day at home. And really, babies/children are only at home for the first 3.5 years of their lives...after that it's all about nursery school, kindergarten, school. After THAT OMG it's smooth sailing...
And please don't anyone tell me that while you're kids are in school and you're home that life is hard. Because whenever I have kids in school, everything you do that's work-related during the day, I'll have to do after putting in an 8 hour workday plus 1.5 hour commute in there.
AND...to add to that...I'm sitting here trying to figure out how I can afford childcare. I'm sure back in the day when women entered the workforce, there were a ton of women who still were at home who would look after your kid for free or for cheap. Not anymore...I need to figure out how to put aside $800 to $1200 a month if I decide to have a baby.
Right now...as I sit at my desk at work thinking about the Integration Guide, Quick Start Guide, and 3 product CDs that are due this week...being a woman with the "supposed" choice to work blows.
Friday, May 06, 2005
Delicious meal called THE OC
I'm going to tell you about the most amazing show EVER.
THE OC
Two weeks ago they didn't show the OC because of the presidential speech. They did however decide to show the Simple Life. Bastards.
Anyway last night was a delicious 2 hours of Seth- whipped-cream-debauchery-attempted-rape-comic-book-whipping fun.
I have to give credit to Mischa Barton. I think she's a horrible actress and Marissa is also a boring character. However in both episodes last night she did a wonderful job.
In the attack scene with Trey, she really did a great job of conveying the sense of disbelief that anyone would show against someone they trust. In the scene where she's making out with Ryan, the director really shot the scene to bring us in where she was in...
Awesome.
There were a few flaws I noticed in both episodes. Like when Trey is on the beach and Ryan calls Marissa's cell phone. Let's be real:
1. Most teenagers have some stupid dorky ring.
2. No one's cell phone rings for hours anymore...it's called voicemail.
Plus the scene with Seth and the whipped cream...at one point Jaime King had WAY curlier hair than the previous scenes, and yet it was the same outfit and it didn't seem like she had gone home to curl her hair just for a whipped cream competition.
Ohhh I love the OC. And it must be noted that not only did SUmmer have fantastic outfits, but Kirsten had a gorgeous skirt on in one episode...dang.
LOST was also pretty good on Wednesday also...Although i'm horrible at finding out the linking behind background stories. FOr example, in Hurley's background story they mention he got rich off a box company in Tustin...the same company Locke works at. Or in the Sun's story, they show Hurley on tv when he won the lottery. Stuff like that. But the past 2 episodes I haven't been able to find the link between the stories, and it's REALLY hard to find that stuff online (I've managed a few times to find it).
THE OC
Two weeks ago they didn't show the OC because of the presidential speech. They did however decide to show the Simple Life. Bastards.
Anyway last night was a delicious 2 hours of Seth- whipped-cream-debauchery-attempted-rape-comic-book-whipping fun.
I have to give credit to Mischa Barton. I think she's a horrible actress and Marissa is also a boring character. However in both episodes last night she did a wonderful job.
In the attack scene with Trey, she really did a great job of conveying the sense of disbelief that anyone would show against someone they trust. In the scene where she's making out with Ryan, the director really shot the scene to bring us in where she was in...
Awesome.
There were a few flaws I noticed in both episodes. Like when Trey is on the beach and Ryan calls Marissa's cell phone. Let's be real:
1. Most teenagers have some stupid dorky ring.
2. No one's cell phone rings for hours anymore...it's called voicemail.
Plus the scene with Seth and the whipped cream...at one point Jaime King had WAY curlier hair than the previous scenes, and yet it was the same outfit and it didn't seem like she had gone home to curl her hair just for a whipped cream competition.
Ohhh I love the OC. And it must be noted that not only did SUmmer have fantastic outfits, but Kirsten had a gorgeous skirt on in one episode...dang.
LOST was also pretty good on Wednesday also...Although i'm horrible at finding out the linking behind background stories. FOr example, in Hurley's background story they mention he got rich off a box company in Tustin...the same company Locke works at. Or in the Sun's story, they show Hurley on tv when he won the lottery. Stuff like that. But the past 2 episodes I haven't been able to find the link between the stories, and it's REALLY hard to find that stuff online (I've managed a few times to find it).
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