Yeah yeah. It seems like I've seen a lot of movies lately. I might even go see Valentine's Day in the theater. Blow my mind!
Now I really wanted to like Leap Year. I really did. But let's cut to the chase: Amy Adams is an uptight, stick-up-her-ass-sanitizes-bar-counters-before-drinking-there home stager who thinks it's romantic to run to Ireland to follow some folklore about proposing to her boyfriend.
She's not likeable whatsoever. First off, home stager? In Boston? I don't know about the real estate market there, but home staging is not going to bring your home up $150k. If it can, I'm dragging her ass to my house and make her work her magic. She goes all the way to another country and seems to only bring fancy clothes and high heeled shoes. If you're flying with LV luggage, than you know that you need a pair of slippers or running shoes when traveling. ANd no, it's not cute to bore the person next to you about how you're going to propose to your boyfriend, on most airlines if you're yapping on overnight flights they tell your ass to STFU.
I suppose we're supposed to think she's adorably quirky. Like how she's snotty because she expects to find a cab to take her to Dublin. And naturally the locals are bumbling idiots who won't help her. Or how about how she manages to trash an entire teenie hotel room because she wants to plug in her blackberry.
Probably the tip off is when she's reading a recipe and has huge issues over the size of the carrots, whether they're "medium" or not.
I wish I could push on the side of the irish dude played by Matthew Goode but nope...he was just as rude and unlikeable. And he looked like he needed to shave.
So the redeeming parts of this movie:
1. Her wardrobe. Girl had some NICE ASS SHOES in this movie. Her wardrobe is to die for.
2. The wedding scene.
3. The scenery. Ireland is gorgeous.
4. Her boyfriend/soon-to-be-fiance. Maybe we're supposed to t hink he's the stereotypical uptight preppy boy wearing an ascot. But he was always nice to her (unlike Matthew Goode), always saying he loved her, and while they mock his job as a cardiologist...eff that. He's a cardiologist! Rock on sistah.
She makes a turning point at the end when she realizes that he's not the one for her, because when the fire alarm went off he went and grabbed the same items that we would all grab and who knows what she wanted him to grab...her maybe? Who knows. If there's a fire, i'm grabbing my cats, the family jewelry not in the safe deposit box, my purse (i mean, come on...you lose your house you're gonna need your cell and your wallet/ID/car keys)...and if there's another second, my flatscreen. Hey, I back up my photos with Carbonite and everything else is in the safe deposit box. And if Kraig's legs aren't working, there's no way i can drag him AND the cats.
Overall though it's cute. A rental I guess. I had pretty high hopes for it because Amy Adams is a fantastic actress (go see Junebug) but really I just wanted to smack her for most of the movie. There. I said it.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Movie Review: Daybreakers
Now before I give my movie reviews I typically admit to the biases I have going in. I display truthiness!
I was biased because I love the concept of "what if"s. What if the world got overrun by vampires? We know what happens when the world is overrun by zombies...somehow dumb, slow-moving morons can take over the world and leave a few mallgoers behind, but intelligent vampires get wiped after a few local kids and Buffy figure them out.
Let's be real. If vampires exist, we're Effed up the A. They reproduce like mad. There's no killing of any head vampire. I'll be the first to get mauled on my way out of Albertsons. Motherf*ckers would do it right when i've blown $200 on groceries that i won't be able to eat.
So the concept of what happens after we all become vampires? Then what?
Well...that's what this movie addresses. As it turns out, life is pretty good when we're all vampires. We look GREAT. You can buy teeth whitening stuff. As it turns out, suicide (by going out in the sun and letting your skin burn) is the #1 reason for forest fires in the year 2019.
So you adapt. Like Chevy comes out with cars that have daytime driving. It'll even provide a "Ewe Vee Warn-ing.....Ewe Vee Warn-ing" warning if you open your car door in daylight. You buy your blood like you buy coffee, except the government has to limit how much blood you can get 'cause human blood is hard to come by. You still go to work...just at night.
And if you start to get nutty by the whole "holy SH*T...i'm a vampire?!", then you either try eating other vampires or you start sucking your own blood. Which mutates you and turns you into a Creepy Vampire, which Normal Vampires are scared of.
So let's go through the hierarchy of fear:
Humans << style="font-style: italic;">what has he done since Gattica and divorcing Uma Thurman? Not getting orthodontic work apparently) end up with some humans who are trying to reproduce a cure that Willem Dafoe accidentally discovered. Of course, chilling with humans and not giving them up to the government is illegal. Hilarity ensues.
I wouldn't say this movie was amazing or anything, but it was pretty entertaining. And I liked how they covered all areas...like what DOES happen when a vampire attempts to just munch on another vampire? And yeah, you know teeth bleaching companies are going to target blood-stained teeth. And everyone smokes...why not? You're not gonna die anyway.
Willem Dafoe is fantastic with his little one-liners, the best of all being:
Being human in a world full of vampires is about as safe as barebacking a five dollar whore!”
I give it two thumbs up for creativity and Willem Dafoe. Netflix queue fo' sho.
Think you're disgruntled at work? Try being this guy.
I was biased because I love the concept of "what if"s. What if the world got overrun by vampires? We know what happens when the world is overrun by zombies...somehow dumb, slow-moving morons can take over the world and leave a few mallgoers behind, but intelligent vampires get wiped after a few local kids and Buffy figure them out.
Let's be real. If vampires exist, we're Effed up the A. They reproduce like mad. There's no killing of any head vampire. I'll be the first to get mauled on my way out of Albertsons. Motherf*ckers would do it right when i've blown $200 on groceries that i won't be able to eat.
So the concept of what happens after we all become vampires? Then what?
Well...that's what this movie addresses. As it turns out, life is pretty good when we're all vampires. We look GREAT. You can buy teeth whitening stuff. As it turns out, suicide (by going out in the sun and letting your skin burn) is the #1 reason for forest fires in the year 2019.
So you adapt. Like Chevy comes out with cars that have daytime driving. It'll even provide a "Ewe Vee Warn-ing.....Ewe Vee Warn-ing" warning if you open your car door in daylight. You buy your blood like you buy coffee, except the government has to limit how much blood you can get 'cause human blood is hard to come by. You still go to work...just at night.
And if you start to get nutty by the whole "holy SH*T...i'm a vampire?!", then you either try eating other vampires or you start sucking your own blood. Which mutates you and turns you into a Creepy Vampire, which Normal Vampires are scared of.
So let's go through the hierarchy of fear:
Humans << style="font-style: italic;">what has he done since Gattica and divorcing Uma Thurman? Not getting orthodontic work apparently) end up with some humans who are trying to reproduce a cure that Willem Dafoe accidentally discovered. Of course, chilling with humans and not giving them up to the government is illegal. Hilarity ensues.
I wouldn't say this movie was amazing or anything, but it was pretty entertaining. And I liked how they covered all areas...like what DOES happen when a vampire attempts to just munch on another vampire? And yeah, you know teeth bleaching companies are going to target blood-stained teeth. And everyone smokes...why not? You're not gonna die anyway.
Willem Dafoe is fantastic with his little one-liners, the best of all being:
Being human in a world full of vampires is about as safe as barebacking a five dollar whore!”
I give it two thumbs up for creativity and Willem Dafoe. Netflix queue fo' sho.
Think you're disgruntled at work? Try being this guy.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Movie Review: AVATAR
So, it seems i'm commissed to write a movie review about Avatar.
And by "commissioned", i mean, "nagged".
Naturally going into this movie I was pretty biased. I can't stand Sam Worthington. It's like he's supposed to be hot but he's not. Zoe Seldana is okay, but she was much too thin to ever play Uhura in Star Trek. So really, my love extended only for her royal fierceness, Sigourney Weaver.
who is supposed to be hosting SNL...yeah!
So the only reason I agreed to see it is 'cause everyone kept insisting that you haveto see it on IMAX, and since my living room doesn't support IMAX format, i was forced to see it on the big screen while I could. Normally I'm all for seeing stuff on DVD because I hate people and movie theaters are full of them.
Much thanks to Lacy and Chris for getting our tix and for waiting in line. Four weeks after opening weekend and there was still a line all the way around the Spectrum on a Monday night.
There's not really a whole lot I can give away since the concepts have been done a billion times before:
- dude with a chip on his shoulder becomes the hero
- government and the military = bad
- every military operation is lead by some square-jawned Texan who loves the smell of napalm in the morning. Who is also always lives while the peons and movie extras die.
- tough-as-nails president/leader/chief's daughter softens up over time
- the one untameable (non-tameable? Something that cannot be tamed) car/plane/dinosaur is the one thing that the hero must do to prove his worth. Very reminiscent of Top Gun...Tom Cruise and his MiGs.
So you've got Jake Sully, a dude in a wheelchair who's PhD twin dies but since they spent a crapload of money creating an Avatar for his brother,they figure they can use him 'cause his DNA is the same. The concept of an Avatar is the same as your Yahoo Avatar....it's you in photoshop or CG format. You sleep in this jelly-filled pod, and your robot-CG guy goes out and fakes it in the world of real things that look like your Avatar. Both can't be awake at the same time.
Jake is supposed to be protecting Sigourney Weaver, a chain-smoking scientist. Secretly he's giving info to the Big Bad Military, 'cause the Smurfs live on an area with expensive smurfberries. The plan is that in 3 months he'll get in good with the Smurfs and figure out how to get them to get them to trade stuff for their smurfberries.
Yep. That's right. Nicolas Cage was a smurf in Avatar. Did you not see him? Pic courtesy of http://niccageaseveryone.blogspot.com.
After much glow-in-the-dark fun with Smurfette, Jake ends up becoming one of "them". And "they" don't want anything us normal humans have to trade for their smurfberries. Jake even ends up getting his smurf mating on with Smurfette. Everything seems to work by a pony tail in your hair, which I dont' see how that works 'cause Smurfette's hair was in thin dreadlocks the whole movie but when necessary she pulled out the massive ponytail with wiggly tails coming out of it. You need a ride on a bird? Plug in your ponytail. Need to talk to a tree? Hook up your ponytail. Need to talk to the earth? Sit with your ponytail on the ground and start moving around like you're doing abdominal exercises at 24 Hour Fitness. So i'm pretty sure in order to bond for life there was some ponytail-on-ponytail action between Smurfette and Jake, but they didn't show that for PG-13 reasons.
Eventually sh*t hits the fans 'cause the military and government folk want their smurfberries asap, Jake begs for just another hour to warn the Smurfs.
Chaos ensues. Good times.
The key thing is that this was in 3D, which was definitely pretty cool minus the bizarre glasses you have to wear. They're not even really "glasses" as much as 2 big trapezoids attached to a tight uncomfortable wraparound stick. When i last checked, sunglasses were supposed to fit around your ears. And be comfortable. I think they make the first 30 mins "uber 3D" and the rest of the movie "low budget 3D", since by the end of it you're not really paying attention to the 3D factor by the end of it.
I wouldn't see it again, I found myself getting really angry at the bad guys and i doubt it would have anywhere near the same wow-factor the 2nd time around. So...go see it in IMAX, or do don't see it at all.
There. That's my Avatar wrap-up without any editing or thought.
And by "commissioned", i mean, "nagged".
Naturally going into this movie I was pretty biased. I can't stand Sam Worthington. It's like he's supposed to be hot but he's not. Zoe Seldana is okay, but she was much too thin to ever play Uhura in Star Trek. So really, my love extended only for her royal fierceness, Sigourney Weaver.
who is supposed to be hosting SNL...yeah!
So the only reason I agreed to see it is 'cause everyone kept insisting that you haveto see it on IMAX, and since my living room doesn't support IMAX format, i was forced to see it on the big screen while I could. Normally I'm all for seeing stuff on DVD because I hate people and movie theaters are full of them.
Much thanks to Lacy and Chris for getting our tix and for waiting in line. Four weeks after opening weekend and there was still a line all the way around the Spectrum on a Monday night.
There's not really a whole lot I can give away since the concepts have been done a billion times before:
- dude with a chip on his shoulder becomes the hero
- government and the military = bad
- every military operation is lead by some square-jawned Texan who loves the smell of napalm in the morning. Who is also always lives while the peons and movie extras die.
- tough-as-nails president/leader/chief's daughter softens up over time
- the one untameable (non-tameable? Something that cannot be tamed) car/plane/dinosaur is the one thing that the hero must do to prove his worth. Very reminiscent of Top Gun...Tom Cruise and his MiGs.
So you've got Jake Sully, a dude in a wheelchair who's PhD twin dies but since they spent a crapload of money creating an Avatar for his brother,they figure they can use him 'cause his DNA is the same. The concept of an Avatar is the same as your Yahoo Avatar....it's you in photoshop or CG format. You sleep in this jelly-filled pod, and your robot-CG guy goes out and fakes it in the world of real things that look like your Avatar. Both can't be awake at the same time.
Jake is supposed to be protecting Sigourney Weaver, a chain-smoking scientist. Secretly he's giving info to the Big Bad Military, 'cause the Smurfs live on an area with expensive smurfberries. The plan is that in 3 months he'll get in good with the Smurfs and figure out how to get them to get them to trade stuff for their smurfberries.
Yep. That's right. Nicolas Cage was a smurf in Avatar. Did you not see him? Pic courtesy of http://niccageaseveryone.blogspot.com.
After much glow-in-the-dark fun with Smurfette, Jake ends up becoming one of "them". And "they" don't want anything us normal humans have to trade for their smurfberries. Jake even ends up getting his smurf mating on with Smurfette. Everything seems to work by a pony tail in your hair, which I dont' see how that works 'cause Smurfette's hair was in thin dreadlocks the whole movie but when necessary she pulled out the massive ponytail with wiggly tails coming out of it. You need a ride on a bird? Plug in your ponytail. Need to talk to a tree? Hook up your ponytail. Need to talk to the earth? Sit with your ponytail on the ground and start moving around like you're doing abdominal exercises at 24 Hour Fitness. So i'm pretty sure in order to bond for life there was some ponytail-on-ponytail action between Smurfette and Jake, but they didn't show that for PG-13 reasons.
Eventually sh*t hits the fans 'cause the military and government folk want their smurfberries asap, Jake begs for just another hour to warn the Smurfs.
Chaos ensues. Good times.
The key thing is that this was in 3D, which was definitely pretty cool minus the bizarre glasses you have to wear. They're not even really "glasses" as much as 2 big trapezoids attached to a tight uncomfortable wraparound stick. When i last checked, sunglasses were supposed to fit around your ears. And be comfortable. I think they make the first 30 mins "uber 3D" and the rest of the movie "low budget 3D", since by the end of it you're not really paying attention to the 3D factor by the end of it.
I wouldn't see it again, I found myself getting really angry at the bad guys and i doubt it would have anywhere near the same wow-factor the 2nd time around. So...go see it in IMAX, or do don't see it at all.
There. That's my Avatar wrap-up without any editing or thought.
Tuesday, January 05, 2010
Celebrities and their causes....wtf
Emile Hirsch joins celeb climb of Kilimanjaro - Group aims to raise awareness about need for clean water worldwide
The "Milk" and "Into the Wild" star is joining Jessica Biel, Lupe Fiasco, Isabel Lucas and Elizabeth Gore for a weeklong trek up Mount Kilimanjaro. The Summit on the Summit expedition, which begins Thursday, aims to use star power to help raise awareness about the need for clean water worldwide.Has no one told celebrities that climbing a mountain will not help educate me on the need for clean water?
You know what helps? Money. The money you'd use to buy all your hiking crap.
Or maybe you can go do legwork at various events where they have booths and stuff. Use your celebrity power face-to-face with the people you're hoping, in theory, will give cash.
And finally, you know what else helps? Having more famous celebrities. When Jessica Biel is your most famous celeb, you've got problems. If they're banking on the "star power" of the crew they already have, then poor people of the world better learn to start sucking water out of rocks 'cause they're effed.
Monday, January 04, 2010
Dear John: a letter to Quizno's
Dear Quizno's,
Our love affair started wonderfully. There were only 2 locations in Ottawa ten years ago, and I remember driving an hour to get to the Kanata location. The only other sub options we had were subway, which tasted pretty crappy in comparison.
I moved to California, and I was so happy to find them everywhere. No longer did I have to drive forever to get my Mesquite Chicken (no bacon, no cheese).
Then we hit the peak of my adoration for you, which can only displayed with the commercial:
With that commercial, I settled into my state of loving bliss for years.
A tear is brought to my eye as I rewatch it now. Ahh the good ol' days.
Lately you have lost your focus. And I have to now confess that I am back to my original sub place of choice: Subway.
(Oh Togos...we had a brief affair but you couldn't hold my interest long enough)
It started with their $5 subs. FIVE DOLLARS for a footlong. That's mind blogging. That meant i could go back to my veggie-pizza sub I used to get in university. AND they have toasters now too.
However today I thought I'd try to rekindle our flame. Alas, it was a no-go. It cost me over $10 in order to get two Sammies and a Torpedo. And i'm STILL hungry.
Let's start with the Sammies. Your ad said "now larger". How small were they before? A HotPocket is bigger than that. I felt the way my mother did when she tried an authentic taco in San Clemente for the first time: gypped.
See this picture? Now photoshop out all the food that's popping out of the bread. And then you can get an idea of what I received.
Then the Torpedo...what's not to love about mozarella, turkey, and pesto? Let's see...while you normally OD on sauce, there was barely any pesto. One thin slice of turkey is not going to make me taste any meat when there's thick bread all around it. And your packaging! 1/3 of it was sticking out from the Torpedo wrapping bag doodad, and the cashier just plopped it into your white shopping bags...he looked at me like I was crazy because I asked him to wrap it like a sub. Yes, I must be crazy for not wanting tomatoes and lettuce to flop around in the plastic bag.
Hey call me crazy, but if I held my torpedo like that, gravity would take over the contents.
Don't try to kid yourself into thinking your "Any two for $5!" is a comparable deal. That's like throwing over Rosie O'Donnell when someone's expecting Megan Fox.
I'm not quite sure what your additional costs are compared to Subway. You don't have Jared's salary to cover. Your ads feature at most a smooth-talking oven. Perhaps you should put your oven on commission, 'cause his fiery (uhh..fire-y) ways aren't enough to make me want to pay more for nothing.
So alas, we must part ways. Sure, I'll still come to you when I have a hankering for Mesquite Chicken but since I'm a cheap bastard, don't hold your breath on that happening anytime soon.
Signed,
RandomThoughsAndGripes.com
Our love affair started wonderfully. There were only 2 locations in Ottawa ten years ago, and I remember driving an hour to get to the Kanata location. The only other sub options we had were subway, which tasted pretty crappy in comparison.
I moved to California, and I was so happy to find them everywhere. No longer did I have to drive forever to get my Mesquite Chicken (no bacon, no cheese).
Then we hit the peak of my adoration for you, which can only displayed with the commercial:
With that commercial, I settled into my state of loving bliss for years.
A tear is brought to my eye as I rewatch it now. Ahh the good ol' days.
Lately you have lost your focus. And I have to now confess that I am back to my original sub place of choice: Subway.
(Oh Togos...we had a brief affair but you couldn't hold my interest long enough)
It started with their $5 subs. FIVE DOLLARS for a footlong. That's mind blogging. That meant i could go back to my veggie-pizza sub I used to get in university. AND they have toasters now too.
However today I thought I'd try to rekindle our flame. Alas, it was a no-go. It cost me over $10 in order to get two Sammies and a Torpedo. And i'm STILL hungry.
Let's start with the Sammies. Your ad said "now larger". How small were they before? A HotPocket is bigger than that. I felt the way my mother did when she tried an authentic taco in San Clemente for the first time: gypped.
See this picture? Now photoshop out all the food that's popping out of the bread. And then you can get an idea of what I received.
Then the Torpedo...what's not to love about mozarella, turkey, and pesto? Let's see...while you normally OD on sauce, there was barely any pesto. One thin slice of turkey is not going to make me taste any meat when there's thick bread all around it. And your packaging! 1/3 of it was sticking out from the Torpedo wrapping bag doodad, and the cashier just plopped it into your white shopping bags...he looked at me like I was crazy because I asked him to wrap it like a sub. Yes, I must be crazy for not wanting tomatoes and lettuce to flop around in the plastic bag.
Hey call me crazy, but if I held my torpedo like that, gravity would take over the contents.
Don't try to kid yourself into thinking your "Any two for $5!" is a comparable deal. That's like throwing over Rosie O'Donnell when someone's expecting Megan Fox.
I'm not quite sure what your additional costs are compared to Subway. You don't have Jared's salary to cover. Your ads feature at most a smooth-talking oven. Perhaps you should put your oven on commission, 'cause his fiery (uhh..fire-y) ways aren't enough to make me want to pay more for nothing.
So alas, we must part ways. Sure, I'll still come to you when I have a hankering for Mesquite Chicken but since I'm a cheap bastard, don't hold your breath on that happening anytime soon.
Signed,
RandomThoughsAndGripes.com
Friday, November 27, 2009
God bless Modern Family
Manny (little kid): "I've tried everything to get her attention. Opening doors, having milk sent over in the cafeteria, nothing's works".
Jay (stepdad): "Here's the deal, girls don't go for all that romantic stuff. They go for power and success....and since you don't have either one of those things, you're going to be the funny guy".
Every little boy should learn this before he is 13.
Jay (stepdad): "Here's the deal, girls don't go for all that romantic stuff. They go for power and success....and since you don't have either one of those things, you're going to be the funny guy".
Every little boy should learn this before he is 13.
Friday, November 13, 2009
Attention smokers...
If the above pic isn't enough to make you quit smoking, then I don't think anything will. No one should be in the same category as this douchebag. I'm half inclined to dye my hair blond just to make sure I have one less thing in common with him.
On another note, when you have EIGHT kids who look up to you (maybe one day they're learn not to) and may emulate you shudder then maybe that should be inspiration enough to quit smoking. Oh that and the press already rips on you, do you really want to give them fodder? The only thing that could make this picture worse would be an Ed Hardy tshirt.
In fact, instead of a warning label on a pack of smokes, just put the above pic. Let's be real, even *I* would be more afraid of being like Jon Gosselin than lung cancer, bad skin, nasty-smelling clothes, and smoker's cough combined.
Housewives of Orange County - tv recap
I was going to write this for a friend who moved to London but I figure i might as well share it for the world.
REcap of last night's Real Housewives Episode:
We're back to Lynn's Cuff Love jewelry showing which somehow only has 5 people despite it being at the St. Regis. And she says she stayed up till 4 in the morning to get ready. Really? 'Cause unless you were cleaning the hotel room too, there was nothing there that took all day to prepare.
Gretchen and Tamra are yelling at each other, Gretchen telling Tamra to shut her piehole to the press and Tamra telling Gretchen she's a whore.
Tamra and Vicki bail out, with Tamra wailing about how Gretchen was boning other dudes while Old Guy (why can i never remember his name?) was dying in the hospital. She yellsh ow Gretchen got $1.7mil after his death.
Gretchen on the other hand is like "uh i didn't get all this dough", so her and Slade have a garage sale (more to come on that, i skipped ahead).
Next day Gretchen says that she had to "unwind" after the St. Regis hotel incident so she called some friends over. Yeah, like you can spontaneously plan a tanning party with a whole spray-tan setup and food at the drop of a hat. Lynn goes over, and we're treated to her spray-tanning topless with Gretchen hold her hands over her boobs to shield her nipples or something. I'd say it was sexy, if Lynn's skin didn't look like the same leather used in her Cuff Love bracelets.
We also are treatedto Slade getting his spray tan on, wearing only a sock. He actually seems to treat her pretty well and I never watched the shwo when he dated the other 2 housewives. I will however say dude is a COMPLETE moron and a douche all in one.
Cut to Tamra and Vicki going to eat at Hannah's (in Rancho Santa Margarita if anyone cares..it's in the Entertainment Book...their food is so-so in my opinion) which was conveniently empty other than the 2 of them. Tamra's bitching about how they're upside down in their home, how they're probably going to have to sell it. You can hate Vicki all you want, but on her little side blurb she's like "Okay, you need money. So GET A JOB."
Oh Simon, Tamra's husband, is only selling tequila now...he's not doing the car sales thing anymore, which naturally Vicki had an opinion on. One that she didn't say to Tamra's face.
Jeana's last episode I thinkis next week, so we see her going budget shopping with her and her daughter at H&M at South Coast. The recession has hit all of these rich biotches really hard. (Although, i like Jeana and her daughter is the only one who's got half a brain). She's had to sell a few cars, watches, and artwork to afford her house. She tries selling this like 12mil house to some rich OC dude ($9mil if he wants it unfurnished). The best is Jeana's sales pitch: "You guys looked really good in that house". Apparently rich people buy homes that flatter their looks like a nice sweater.
Lynn goes to a plastic surgeon and is planning a facelift. Her "ugly" daughter is getting a nose job for her birthday. The "pretty" sister goes into a huge crying fit saying that she wishes everyone would stop changing, when you really realize she just wants someone to blow some dough on her. The "ugly" sister got a bmw the year before for her birthday. The best is the "pretty" sister's argument for why the "ugly" sister shouldn't get a nose job:
"last year mom and dad paid 10, 16, 20 thousand or whatever on that car of yours!"
If i were Lynn i'd say "uh honey, that was a $60k car...you know...if you're going to make an argument...."
(i'm taking an average here, since the bottom of the line BMWs start at $30-something K)
Apparently this whole episode is about how hard up everyone is except for Vicki. She, her mom, and her daughter go to Rome. Vicki needs 4 outfits a day: morning one, a pool one, a cocktail one, and a dinner one. Of which, her daughter was all "why can't your cocktail one be the same as the dinner one?". Their hotel is $540 a night, and it's not even as big as my bedroom. Vicki attempts to get the waiter as some restaurant to tell her what Italian wine she would like if she says which California wine she likes. Italians apparently don't give a sh*t about Californian wine (and they shouldn't).
Cut to Tamra in her palace...she no longer can afford $500 a month on a maid so now all the kids and her clean. There's one scene where two of the kids are fighting over who gets to clean the toilet (uh, do they want to come to my house? there's enough toilets so they ALL can clean one!). they get a real estate agent over, and they talk about how their "compromise" on some flooring was to get "shaker tile" which i've never even heard of. Sidebar of Tamra yakking about how her marriage isn't as good, how sad she is to give up the house where it was the first and only hosue they brought one of their babies home to after she gave birth, cue crying. (it was actually kind of touching, it was about the memories for her not the $$)
Gretchen and Slade have a garage sale, he lectures her about how to present and organize her "merchandise". No one shows up, i'm guessing because she lives in an area where the 6am mexican families aren't going to drive around (if so, they'd buy her stuff up like crazy, she had some good stuff! and they dont f*ck around when they bring their trucks...they're your #1 customer!) like gated Coto de Caza....or maybe she didn't put an ad up on Craigslist...or maybe it was like 3pm by the time she was done with it.
Finally...
We get the intro to The New Girl. I guess she'd be hot in real life, but I still say Gretchen is way hotter. This woman looks like she's 28-going-on-45. New Girl (NG), New Girls' Husband (NGH), Tamra, and Simon are out to dinner. It's a lot of mundane retarded chat that's supposed to make us believe Tamra and Simon have a sh*tty marriage whereas NG and NGH have some amazing loving one. NGH is beyond FUG so he must make bank.
next week there's one of those 'behind the scenes' or whatever they're called shows where that retarded guy who interviews the housewives at the end of the season gets them together for Jeana's going away interview. And we see that Vicki and NG don't get along, especially with Vicki telling the new girl "bring it!".
I lost a few brain cells to Bravo last night for sure.
REcap of last night's Real Housewives Episode:
We're back to Lynn's Cuff Love jewelry showing which somehow only has 5 people despite it being at the St. Regis. And she says she stayed up till 4 in the morning to get ready. Really? 'Cause unless you were cleaning the hotel room too, there was nothing there that took all day to prepare.
Gretchen and Tamra are yelling at each other, Gretchen telling Tamra to shut her piehole to the press and Tamra telling Gretchen she's a whore.
Tamra and Vicki bail out, with Tamra wailing about how Gretchen was boning other dudes while Old Guy (why can i never remember his name?) was dying in the hospital. She yellsh ow Gretchen got $1.7mil after his death.
Gretchen on the other hand is like "uh i didn't get all this dough", so her and Slade have a garage sale (more to come on that, i skipped ahead).
Next day Gretchen says that she had to "unwind" after the St. Regis hotel incident so she called some friends over. Yeah, like you can spontaneously plan a tanning party with a whole spray-tan setup and food at the drop of a hat. Lynn goes over, and we're treated to her spray-tanning topless with Gretchen hold her hands over her boobs to shield her nipples or something. I'd say it was sexy, if Lynn's skin didn't look like the same leather used in her Cuff Love bracelets.
We also are treatedto Slade getting his spray tan on, wearing only a sock. He actually seems to treat her pretty well and I never watched the shwo when he dated the other 2 housewives. I will however say dude is a COMPLETE moron and a douche all in one.
Cut to Tamra and Vicki going to eat at Hannah's (in Rancho Santa Margarita if anyone cares..it's in the Entertainment Book...their food is so-so in my opinion) which was conveniently empty other than the 2 of them. Tamra's bitching about how they're upside down in their home, how they're probably going to have to sell it. You can hate Vicki all you want, but on her little side blurb she's like "Okay, you need money. So GET A JOB."
Oh Simon, Tamra's husband, is only selling tequila now...he's not doing the car sales thing anymore, which naturally Vicki had an opinion on. One that she didn't say to Tamra's face.
Jeana's last episode I thinkis next week, so we see her going budget shopping with her and her daughter at H&M at South Coast. The recession has hit all of these rich biotches really hard. (Although, i like Jeana and her daughter is the only one who's got half a brain). She's had to sell a few cars, watches, and artwork to afford her house. She tries selling this like 12mil house to some rich OC dude ($9mil if he wants it unfurnished). The best is Jeana's sales pitch: "You guys looked really good in that house". Apparently rich people buy homes that flatter their looks like a nice sweater.
Lynn goes to a plastic surgeon and is planning a facelift. Her "ugly" daughter is getting a nose job for her birthday. The "pretty" sister goes into a huge crying fit saying that she wishes everyone would stop changing, when you really realize she just wants someone to blow some dough on her. The "ugly" sister got a bmw the year before for her birthday. The best is the "pretty" sister's argument for why the "ugly" sister shouldn't get a nose job:
"last year mom and dad paid 10, 16, 20 thousand or whatever on that car of yours!"
If i were Lynn i'd say "uh honey, that was a $60k car...you know...if you're going to make an argument...."
(i'm taking an average here, since the bottom of the line BMWs start at $30-something K)
Apparently this whole episode is about how hard up everyone is except for Vicki. She, her mom, and her daughter go to Rome. Vicki needs 4 outfits a day: morning one, a pool one, a cocktail one, and a dinner one. Of which, her daughter was all "why can't your cocktail one be the same as the dinner one?". Their hotel is $540 a night, and it's not even as big as my bedroom. Vicki attempts to get the waiter as some restaurant to tell her what Italian wine she would like if she says which California wine she likes. Italians apparently don't give a sh*t about Californian wine (and they shouldn't).
Cut to Tamra in her palace...she no longer can afford $500 a month on a maid so now all the kids and her clean. There's one scene where two of the kids are fighting over who gets to clean the toilet (uh, do they want to come to my house? there's enough toilets so they ALL can clean one!). they get a real estate agent over, and they talk about how their "compromise" on some flooring was to get "shaker tile" which i've never even heard of. Sidebar of Tamra yakking about how her marriage isn't as good, how sad she is to give up the house where it was the first and only hosue they brought one of their babies home to after she gave birth, cue crying. (it was actually kind of touching, it was about the memories for her not the $$)
Gretchen and Slade have a garage sale, he lectures her about how to present and organize her "merchandise". No one shows up, i'm guessing because she lives in an area where the 6am mexican families aren't going to drive around (if so, they'd buy her stuff up like crazy, she had some good stuff! and they dont f*ck around when they bring their trucks...they're your #1 customer!) like gated Coto de Caza....or maybe she didn't put an ad up on Craigslist...or maybe it was like 3pm by the time she was done with it.
Finally...
We get the intro to The New Girl. I guess she'd be hot in real life, but I still say Gretchen is way hotter. This woman looks like she's 28-going-on-45. New Girl (NG), New Girls' Husband (NGH), Tamra, and Simon are out to dinner. It's a lot of mundane retarded chat that's supposed to make us believe Tamra and Simon have a sh*tty marriage whereas NG and NGH have some amazing loving one. NGH is beyond FUG so he must make bank.
next week there's one of those 'behind the scenes' or whatever they're called shows where that retarded guy who interviews the housewives at the end of the season gets them together for Jeana's going away interview. And we see that Vicki and NG don't get along, especially with Vicki telling the new girl "bring it!".
I lost a few brain cells to Bravo last night for sure.
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Glee - Defying Gravity
I'm so effing lazy these days, I'm even too lazy to gripe about how lazy I am.
Anyway, it's worth posting here how incredible Glee was last night. Everything from Finn sticking up to himself against Quinn, Puck being a stud and wanting to pay for his can't-admit-it's-mine baby, and the Diva Off between Rachel and Kurt.
Love love the song "Defying Gravity" from Wicked, here's the version played in the show, where Kurt throws the high F note on purpose.
Found online though, their own respective versions and Kurt's doesn't have voice falter in this one:
Original from the show (direct link)
Rachel-only version (direct link)
Kurt-only version (direct link)
If Rachel wasn't such an obnoxious character I'd begrudgingly admit that hers was still better.
Anyway, it's worth posting here how incredible Glee was last night. Everything from Finn sticking up to himself against Quinn, Puck being a stud and wanting to pay for his can't-admit-it's-mine baby, and the Diva Off between Rachel and Kurt.
Love love the song "Defying Gravity" from Wicked, here's the version played in the show, where Kurt throws the high F note on purpose.
Found online though, their own respective versions and Kurt's doesn't have voice falter in this one:
Original from the show (direct link)
Rachel-only version (direct link)
Kurt-only version (direct link)
If Rachel wasn't such an obnoxious character I'd begrudgingly admit that hers was still better.
Monday, October 26, 2009
IM with my mom: customer service edition
Damn,I'm SO my mother's daughter. This reminds me of the White House/Black Market dress incident with the dry cleaners.
(Pierre is my parents' neighbor, my cat accidentally got locked in their garage, he tried to bitch that his car had claws until my dad pwned him by telling him that Smokey is declawed.)
My_mom (9:49 AM): whats up, how was the weekend
Me (9:51 AM): it was okay. and yours?
My_mom (9:52 AM): ok, just a bit upset because of pierre saying whether we ever thought of putting smokey down
My_mom (9:52 AM): he doesnt look in good shape and limps
My_mom (9:52 AM): do u think he is in excrutiating pain because of his arthritis in right hip and knee?
Me (9:53 AM): well how bad is he limping?
My_mom (9:53 AM): like u saw him last time, it hasnt gone worse
Me (9:53 AM): He seemed fine. i would ask the vet if he's in pain, not Pierre.
My_mom (9:54 AM): sometimes he limps less, sometimes it bothers him more
My_mom (9:54 AM): still pierre shouldnt make such a suggestion, dad thought it was rude
Me (9:55 AM): yes it was.
My_mom (9:56 AM): so smokey was shut into their garage whole night, and jumped on their car, they checked it but luckily no scratches
Me (9:56 AM): ok
My_mom (9:57 AM): but they knew because smokey left paw prints all over... so dad said "we pay if he wants to have it washed professionaly"... pierre said "it's ok, he will just hose it down"
My_mom (9:57 AM): but if his limping gets worse, i might resort to free him of that pain,... what do u think?
My_mom (9:58 AM): it's an awful feeling having to do that, it would really be the last resort
Me (9:58 AM): ask the vet for his opinion on the pain.
My_mom (9:58 AM): remember when smokey was left by his last owner at that vet, why was he brought in to that vet?
My_mom (9:59 AM): i think it must have been that injury that is now hounding him
Me (10:00 AM): ok
My_mom (10:00 AM): ok what
My_mom (10:00 AM): it was a leg injury right?
Me (10:02 AM): i don't know. I don't remember.
My_mom (10:02 AM): well i remember u saying something of that nature
Me (10:02 AM): i always thought it was for his ears.
My_mom (10:02 AM): also in humans, injuries we get earlier in life return as arthritis in old age
My_mom (10:03 AM): no u said his paws or something
My_mom (10:03 AM): poor baby
My_mom (10:03 AM): but he has been a good boy in general, i dont just want to get rid of him like he was garbage now that he is old
Me (10:04 AM): then ask the vet.
My_mom (10:04 AM): i really want god to decide when its smokeys time
Me (10:05 AM): Okay then give him tons of pain medication and don't let him out at night anymore.
My_mom (10:06 AM): he doesnt go out at night, just a bit in the evening, then he is happy whole night at home
My_mom (10:06 AM): a bit in the morning and thats it
Me (10:07 AM): well it's enough to get him trapped somewhere.
My_mom (10:08 AM): he only stays around the house, doesnt go far anymore, those days are over
Me (10:09 AM): apparently not, since he just got locked into a garage.
My_mom (10:09 AM): well now we check making sure their garage door is closed, also they will now make doubly sure no cat is in there before closing
My_mom (10:10 AM): anyway, i talk to the vet again
My_mom (10:10 AM): if he starts limping harder, i think i might resort to the worst, but it will very hard to do and i will feel awful for a long time to come
My_mom (10:11 AM): had some problem with "weed man"
My_mom (10:11 AM): lawncare company
My_mom (10:11 AM): on thursday they had the aeration done on our lawn, even so i cancelled it a month earlier...
My_mom (10:12 AM): i made then one mistake i didnt write down the name of the woman on the phone...
My_mom (10:13 AM): but i know the day and timei told the service guy who came about it, he said there was no note of it on his papers. so i called the office after the aeration...
Me (10:13 AM): and...
My_mom (10:14 AM): asked to speak to the supervisor... some woman named cynthia came on (bet she even wasnt one)
My_mom (10:14 AM): i told her dad i had cancelled it and still someone came... told her day and time, but said i neglegted to write down the name of the girl i spoke to...
My_mom (10:15 AM): i have been with them vor 3 years now, always paid for any services and that woman cynthia was so rude when i said i wasnt going to pay for something i cancelled
Me (10:15 AM): So then don't pay.
My_mom (10:15 AM): she said flat out they will hand it over to the collection agency
My_mom (10:16 AM): i said........... u have just now lost a customer
Me (10:16 AM): You have to have agreed to something for that to happen. It's very easy. Heck, give me the number of them and I'll call. Did you sign something saying that they will come on that day and you'll pay it?
Me (10:17 AM): Just give me their info. I'll take care of it. They can't take it to a collection agency like that. It's very easy to fight.
Me (10:17 AM): Unless they actually did the service.
My_mom (10:17 AM): then i thought this woman couldnt have been a manager and i called back about an hour later and was told the highest person to talk was amanda blythe, left a message for her to call on friday and so far she hasnt called
My_mom (10:17 AM): well they did the service on thursday anyway, even so i cancelled
Me (10:18 AM): that could be a problem. But still, i would put it all in writing at this point. If it's all by phone, you can't prove that you disputed it.
Me (10:18 AM): And when you do it in writing, send it by certified mail.
My_mom (10:19 AM): on 21st sept. evenings someone called and asked whether we want the aeration done.. i said "ok".. the next day i called 22. sept. and said i want it cancelled... the girl there said ok and that was that. i thought all was ok
My_mom (10:19 AM): dad said... well they did perform a service, we want to have it done next year anyway, pay and never use them again
My_mom (10:20 AM): 79 $ isnt worth the hassle... point is "the way that cynthia person talked to me was unacceptable
My_mom (10:21 AM): i thought of writing a registered letter
My_mom (10:21 AM): to that amanda person, either doesnt care, or because the office staff knows about me and never left my message for her to call me on her desk
My_mom (10:21 AM): i strongly suspect that
My_mom (10:23 AM): because i called several times on friday, she is in a meeting, she is on the phone, she just stepped out for lunch... she doesnt call back without leaving a message
My_mom (10:23 AM): without someone leaving a message why she should call back
My_mom (10:23 AM): i said i want to talk to her myself
Me (10:26 AM): send a letter.
My_mom (10:27 AM): i write one and u have to correct it with your writing skills, ok?
My_mom (10:27 AM): do u agree with dad we should pay anyway?
My_mom (10:28 AM): even so i pay, i write to the better business bureau, chamber of commerce and the ottawa citizen
My_mom (10:28 AM): they have a corner in the newspaper for that
Me (10:29 AM): No, i wouldn't pay, but you should always get the name of who you canceled with. do you remember the date and approximate time of the call?
Me (10:29 AM): You need to reference that then at least.
My_mom (10:29 AM): i remember day and time
My_mom (10:29 AM): 22 september 2:30 p.m. approx.
My_mom (10:30 AM): after they put some top organic soil on our lawn
Me (10:30 AM): The date that you canceled, not the day they came out.
My_mom (10:30 AM): which again wanted to have done beginning november because of the falling leaves that need to be picked up
My_mom (10:31 AM): that is the day i cancelled... after the topsoil
My_mom (10:31 AM): 22. september
My_mom (10:32 AM): so they seem to do whatever they like, if it cant be done in november this guy who called to sell weed man services should have said so
My_mom (10:32 AM): we wanted the grass cleared from leaves first, then put that topsoil on
My_mom (10:33 AM): because with that topsoil dad can only to the raking now, using the leave blower-shredder is no good, it will suck in the topsoil too
Me (10:33 AM): if you have a date and time, then tell that to the manager and find out who was working the phones that day.
My_mom (10:33 AM): and i told her that and then i said i want to cancel the aireration
My_mom (10:34 AM): exactly
My_mom (10:34 AM): but they can all deny it
My_mom (10:34 AM): who knows maybe it was on file, but the girl didnt pass it on
My_mom (10:35 AM): and that cynthia could have easily erased it when i called so no proof is there and no one can be blamed
Me (10:35 AM): no, that's not hte point. Just make note of the name. Because they want to know if their employees are slacking off.
My_mom (10:35 AM): man i'm still so mad
My_mom (10:36 AM): what i will do is make a note of all this on paper while i still remember it all
Me (10:36 AM): ok
My_mom (10:36 AM): well i thought there was no need to, normally i do, big mistake to slacken off myself
My_mom (10:37 AM): that with the weed man, the vet with smokey and pierre thingie, made me so upset whole weekend
Me (10:39 AM): sorry
My_mom (10:40 AM): sigh
My_mom (10:40 AM): almost 2 and still no phone call
Me (10:42 AM): If you called Friday, on Monday most businesses are just to catch up from teh weekend and plan for the week. You won't get a call probably till Tues or Wed.
My_mom (10:42 AM): lets see, in the meantime i put everything in writing
My_mom (10:42 AM): so its all ready
My_mom (10:42 AM): c u later hugs
Me (10:43 AM): bye
(Pierre is my parents' neighbor, my cat accidentally got locked in their garage, he tried to bitch that his car had claws until my dad pwned him by telling him that Smokey is declawed.)
My_mom (9:49 AM): whats up, how was the weekend
Me (9:51 AM): it was okay. and yours?
My_mom (9:52 AM): ok, just a bit upset because of pierre saying whether we ever thought of putting smokey down
My_mom (9:52 AM): he doesnt look in good shape and limps
My_mom (9:52 AM): do u think he is in excrutiating pain because of his arthritis in right hip and knee?
Me (9:53 AM): well how bad is he limping?
My_mom (9:53 AM): like u saw him last time, it hasnt gone worse
Me (9:53 AM): He seemed fine. i would ask the vet if he's in pain, not Pierre.
My_mom (9:54 AM): sometimes he limps less, sometimes it bothers him more
My_mom (9:54 AM): still pierre shouldnt make such a suggestion, dad thought it was rude
Me (9:55 AM): yes it was.
My_mom (9:56 AM): so smokey was shut into their garage whole night, and jumped on their car, they checked it but luckily no scratches
Me (9:56 AM): ok
My_mom (9:57 AM): but they knew because smokey left paw prints all over... so dad said "we pay if he wants to have it washed professionaly"... pierre said "it's ok, he will just hose it down"
My_mom (9:57 AM): but if his limping gets worse, i might resort to free him of that pain,... what do u think?
My_mom (9:58 AM): it's an awful feeling having to do that, it would really be the last resort
Me (9:58 AM): ask the vet for his opinion on the pain.
My_mom (9:58 AM): remember when smokey was left by his last owner at that vet, why was he brought in to that vet?
My_mom (9:59 AM): i think it must have been that injury that is now hounding him
Me (10:00 AM): ok
My_mom (10:00 AM): ok what
My_mom (10:00 AM): it was a leg injury right?
Me (10:02 AM): i don't know. I don't remember.
My_mom (10:02 AM): well i remember u saying something of that nature
Me (10:02 AM): i always thought it was for his ears.
My_mom (10:02 AM): also in humans, injuries we get earlier in life return as arthritis in old age
My_mom (10:03 AM): no u said his paws or something
My_mom (10:03 AM): poor baby
My_mom (10:03 AM): but he has been a good boy in general, i dont just want to get rid of him like he was garbage now that he is old
Me (10:04 AM): then ask the vet.
My_mom (10:04 AM): i really want god to decide when its smokeys time
Me (10:05 AM): Okay then give him tons of pain medication and don't let him out at night anymore.
My_mom (10:06 AM): he doesnt go out at night, just a bit in the evening, then he is happy whole night at home
My_mom (10:06 AM): a bit in the morning and thats it
Me (10:07 AM): well it's enough to get him trapped somewhere.
My_mom (10:08 AM): he only stays around the house, doesnt go far anymore, those days are over
Me (10:09 AM): apparently not, since he just got locked into a garage.
My_mom (10:09 AM): well now we check making sure their garage door is closed, also they will now make doubly sure no cat is in there before closing
My_mom (10:10 AM): anyway, i talk to the vet again
My_mom (10:10 AM): if he starts limping harder, i think i might resort to the worst, but it will very hard to do and i will feel awful for a long time to come
My_mom (10:11 AM): had some problem with "weed man"
My_mom (10:11 AM): lawncare company
My_mom (10:11 AM): on thursday they had the aeration done on our lawn, even so i cancelled it a month earlier...
My_mom (10:12 AM): i made then one mistake i didnt write down the name of the woman on the phone...
My_mom (10:13 AM): but i know the day and timei told the service guy who came about it, he said there was no note of it on his papers. so i called the office after the aeration...
Me (10:13 AM): and...
My_mom (10:14 AM): asked to speak to the supervisor... some woman named cynthia came on (bet she even wasnt one)
My_mom (10:14 AM): i told her dad i had cancelled it and still someone came... told her day and time, but said i neglegted to write down the name of the girl i spoke to...
My_mom (10:15 AM): i have been with them vor 3 years now, always paid for any services and that woman cynthia was so rude when i said i wasnt going to pay for something i cancelled
Me (10:15 AM): So then don't pay.
My_mom (10:15 AM): she said flat out they will hand it over to the collection agency
My_mom (10:16 AM): i said........... u have just now lost a customer
Me (10:16 AM): You have to have agreed to something for that to happen. It's very easy. Heck, give me the number of them and I'll call. Did you sign something saying that they will come on that day and you'll pay it?
Me (10:17 AM): Just give me their info. I'll take care of it. They can't take it to a collection agency like that. It's very easy to fight.
Me (10:17 AM): Unless they actually did the service.
My_mom (10:17 AM): then i thought this woman couldnt have been a manager and i called back about an hour later and was told the highest person to talk was amanda blythe, left a message for her to call on friday and so far she hasnt called
My_mom (10:17 AM): well they did the service on thursday anyway, even so i cancelled
Me (10:18 AM): that could be a problem. But still, i would put it all in writing at this point. If it's all by phone, you can't prove that you disputed it.
Me (10:18 AM): And when you do it in writing, send it by certified mail.
My_mom (10:19 AM): on 21st sept. evenings someone called and asked whether we want the aeration done.. i said "ok".. the next day i called 22. sept. and said i want it cancelled... the girl there said ok and that was that. i thought all was ok
My_mom (10:19 AM): dad said... well they did perform a service, we want to have it done next year anyway, pay and never use them again
My_mom (10:20 AM): 79 $ isnt worth the hassle... point is "the way that cynthia person talked to me was unacceptable
My_mom (10:21 AM): i thought of writing a registered letter
My_mom (10:21 AM): to that amanda person, either doesnt care, or because the office staff knows about me and never left my message for her to call me on her desk
My_mom (10:21 AM): i strongly suspect that
My_mom (10:23 AM): because i called several times on friday, she is in a meeting, she is on the phone, she just stepped out for lunch... she doesnt call back without leaving a message
My_mom (10:23 AM): without someone leaving a message why she should call back
My_mom (10:23 AM): i said i want to talk to her myself
Me (10:26 AM): send a letter.
My_mom (10:27 AM): i write one and u have to correct it with your writing skills, ok?
My_mom (10:27 AM): do u agree with dad we should pay anyway?
My_mom (10:28 AM): even so i pay, i write to the better business bureau, chamber of commerce and the ottawa citizen
My_mom (10:28 AM): they have a corner in the newspaper for that
Me (10:29 AM): No, i wouldn't pay, but you should always get the name of who you canceled with. do you remember the date and approximate time of the call?
Me (10:29 AM): You need to reference that then at least.
My_mom (10:29 AM): i remember day and time
My_mom (10:29 AM): 22 september 2:30 p.m. approx.
My_mom (10:30 AM): after they put some top organic soil on our lawn
Me (10:30 AM): The date that you canceled, not the day they came out.
My_mom (10:30 AM): which again wanted to have done beginning november because of the falling leaves that need to be picked up
My_mom (10:31 AM): that is the day i cancelled... after the topsoil
My_mom (10:31 AM): 22. september
My_mom (10:32 AM): so they seem to do whatever they like, if it cant be done in november this guy who called to sell weed man services should have said so
My_mom (10:32 AM): we wanted the grass cleared from leaves first, then put that topsoil on
My_mom (10:33 AM): because with that topsoil dad can only to the raking now, using the leave blower-shredder is no good, it will suck in the topsoil too
Me (10:33 AM): if you have a date and time, then tell that to the manager and find out who was working the phones that day.
My_mom (10:33 AM): and i told her that and then i said i want to cancel the aireration
My_mom (10:34 AM): exactly
My_mom (10:34 AM): but they can all deny it
My_mom (10:34 AM): who knows maybe it was on file, but the girl didnt pass it on
My_mom (10:35 AM): and that cynthia could have easily erased it when i called so no proof is there and no one can be blamed
Me (10:35 AM): no, that's not hte point. Just make note of the name. Because they want to know if their employees are slacking off.
My_mom (10:35 AM): man i'm still so mad
My_mom (10:36 AM): what i will do is make a note of all this on paper while i still remember it all
Me (10:36 AM): ok
My_mom (10:36 AM): well i thought there was no need to, normally i do, big mistake to slacken off myself
My_mom (10:37 AM): that with the weed man, the vet with smokey and pierre thingie, made me so upset whole weekend
Me (10:39 AM): sorry
My_mom (10:40 AM): sigh
My_mom (10:40 AM): almost 2 and still no phone call
Me (10:42 AM): If you called Friday, on Monday most businesses are just to catch up from teh weekend and plan for the week. You won't get a call probably till Tues or Wed.
My_mom (10:42 AM): lets see, in the meantime i put everything in writing
My_mom (10:42 AM): so its all ready
My_mom (10:42 AM): c u later hugs
Me (10:43 AM): bye
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Why Kristen Stewart annoys me
This video nails EXACTLY why Kristen Stewart is annoying and can't act her way out of a paper bag. Her appeal reminds me of that of Mischa Barton in her OC days. Kristen better enjoy her Twilight fame now, 'cause she's not going much further than that.
Thursday, October 01, 2009
IM with my mom: pizza parlor edition
My_mom (10:14 AM): hows it going
Me (10:16 AM): its going
My_mom (10:17 AM): hint if u ever want to make your own pizza.... go to a pizza parlour, buy fresh dough for pizza
My_mom (10:17 AM): bought 2 large uncooked pizza dough 3 weeks ago for just 6 $
My_mom (10:17 AM): not worth making your own
My_mom (10:17 AM): made my own pizza
My_mom (10:18 AM): i mean used my own toppings
Me (10:18 AM): i have never made my own pizza dough. You don't need to go to a pizza parlor to get dough, the grocery store sells it premade.
My_mom (10:18 AM): 2 large pizzas cost usually 34 $ or so
Me (10:18 AM): 2 large pizzas here costs like 15.
My_mom (10:18 AM): u mean the one already rolled out?
My_mom (10:18 AM): thats no good, tried it
Me (10:19 AM): ok
Me (10:19 AM): um no
Me (10:19 AM): you can buy dough
Me (10:19 AM): that you roll out yourself
My_mom (10:19 AM): which section?
Me (10:19 AM): frozen i'm guessing, since you can freeze pizza dough
Me (10:19 AM): they have it fresh at some stores like Trader Joes
My_mom (10:20 AM): i have to look, but that was pretty good too
Me (10:20 AM): ok
My_mom (10:20 AM): like making your own
My_mom (10:21 AM): 3 $ for the dough of one
My_mom (10:21 AM): anyway, c u later hugs
Me (10:22 AM): ok
Me (10:16 AM): its going
My_mom (10:17 AM): hint if u ever want to make your own pizza.... go to a pizza parlour, buy fresh dough for pizza
My_mom (10:17 AM): bought 2 large uncooked pizza dough 3 weeks ago for just 6 $
My_mom (10:17 AM): not worth making your own
My_mom (10:17 AM): made my own pizza
My_mom (10:18 AM): i mean used my own toppings
Me (10:18 AM): i have never made my own pizza dough. You don't need to go to a pizza parlor to get dough, the grocery store sells it premade.
My_mom (10:18 AM): 2 large pizzas cost usually 34 $ or so
Me (10:18 AM): 2 large pizzas here costs like 15.
My_mom (10:18 AM): u mean the one already rolled out?
My_mom (10:18 AM): thats no good, tried it
Me (10:19 AM): ok
Me (10:19 AM): um no
Me (10:19 AM): you can buy dough
Me (10:19 AM): that you roll out yourself
My_mom (10:19 AM): which section?
Me (10:19 AM): frozen i'm guessing, since you can freeze pizza dough
Me (10:19 AM): they have it fresh at some stores like Trader Joes
My_mom (10:20 AM): i have to look, but that was pretty good too
Me (10:20 AM): ok
My_mom (10:20 AM): like making your own
My_mom (10:21 AM): 3 $ for the dough of one
My_mom (10:21 AM): anyway, c u later hugs
Me (10:22 AM): ok
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
I don't understand
I understand why over the course of 100 years women decided to cut their hair and wear jeans.
At what point did guys want to wear lipstick and eyeliner? I get the desire to want to be incognito by the clown makeup, i'm sure it was super cheap at Walmart on November 1st. Most guys seem wary to even apply chapstick.
Is there any point in a dude's life where the thought of wearing makeup seems appealing?
Monday, September 28, 2009
IM with my mom: eating pets edition
This is me being polite with my mom...previous to this she grilling me on a bunch of crap. On one hand i'm irritated out of my skull, on the other hand the Bad Daughter Guilt kicks in because i don't take the time to talk to her, etc...
My_Mom (9:41 AM): anyway, how r the cats
My_Mom (9:42 AM): ?
My_Mom (9:42 AM): your babies
Me (9:42 AM): they're fine
My_Mom (9:43 AM): marma is a good girl these days? lol
My_Mom (9:43 AM): will u get another cat when marma dies?
Me (9:44 AM): no
My_Mom (9:44 AM): when smokey is gone, no more cats for us, we are getting to old and its not fair on a cat when we go before the cat
Me (9:44 AM): ok
My_Mom (9:44 AM): plus we dont really have anyone to look after when we want to go away... and we dont really want to bother anyone either
My_Mom (9:45 AM): if u would be here, then that would be easy
My_Mom (9:46 AM): next door mike they love cats, i know they would look after it, but i hate bothering anyone really
Me (9:46 AM): okay
My_Mom (9:46 AM): trudi also would look after it, again the bother
Me (9:47 AM): i understand.
My_Mom (9:48 AM): which is sad, because i love cats
My_Mom (9:48 AM): so another one would have found a good home, considering so many need a good home and not all people treat animals nice
My_Mom (9:49 AM): animals really got the bad end of stick in this life, they are treated so bad
Me (9:49 AM): ok
My_Mom (9:49 AM): would u have liked to be a vet?
My_Mom (9:49 AM): u r good with animals
Me (9:51 AM): sure.
My_Mom (9:51 AM): and as such one can help animals too, to volunteer work as well
My_Mom (9:51 AM): do not to
My_Mom (9:52 AM): in china they eat cats and dogs
My_Mom (9:52 AM): it is now practise to buy one of a special breed to eat, depending the fancy
My_Mom (9:54 AM): ((my uncle)) saw a report on china before the olympics....
Me (9:54 AM): ok
My_Mom (9:55 AM): on the market they keep live cats... people point to the one they want... with a nooze they grab the cat by the neck, immerse it alive in boiling water, that it practically rips the fur of its body, the cats scream in pain, then they kill it
My_Mom (9:56 AM): i wish so much i could do something to stop that, at least have the mercy to kill the animal first
My_Mom (9:56 AM): but they say, that way the meat tastes better
My_Mom (9:56 AM): sickening
My_Mom (9:57 AM): so much bad things happening in this world, its so frustrating
My_Mom (9:57 AM): anyway, i let u go now, c u hugs
Me (9:59 AM): bye
My_Mom (9:41 AM): anyway, how r the cats
My_Mom (9:42 AM): ?
My_Mom (9:42 AM): your babies
Me (9:42 AM): they're fine
My_Mom (9:43 AM): marma is a good girl these days? lol
My_Mom (9:43 AM): will u get another cat when marma dies?
Me (9:44 AM): no
My_Mom (9:44 AM): when smokey is gone, no more cats for us, we are getting to old and its not fair on a cat when we go before the cat
Me (9:44 AM): ok
My_Mom (9:44 AM): plus we dont really have anyone to look after when we want to go away... and we dont really want to bother anyone either
My_Mom (9:45 AM): if u would be here, then that would be easy
My_Mom (9:46 AM): next door mike they love cats, i know they would look after it, but i hate bothering anyone really
Me (9:46 AM): okay
My_Mom (9:46 AM): trudi also would look after it, again the bother
Me (9:47 AM): i understand.
My_Mom (9:48 AM): which is sad, because i love cats
My_Mom (9:48 AM): so another one would have found a good home, considering so many need a good home and not all people treat animals nice
My_Mom (9:49 AM): animals really got the bad end of stick in this life, they are treated so bad
Me (9:49 AM): ok
My_Mom (9:49 AM): would u have liked to be a vet?
My_Mom (9:49 AM): u r good with animals
Me (9:51 AM): sure.
My_Mom (9:51 AM): and as such one can help animals too, to volunteer work as well
My_Mom (9:51 AM): do not to
My_Mom (9:52 AM): in china they eat cats and dogs
My_Mom (9:52 AM): it is now practise to buy one of a special breed to eat, depending the fancy
My_Mom (9:54 AM): ((my uncle)) saw a report on china before the olympics....
Me (9:54 AM): ok
My_Mom (9:55 AM): on the market they keep live cats... people point to the one they want... with a nooze they grab the cat by the neck, immerse it alive in boiling water, that it practically rips the fur of its body, the cats scream in pain, then they kill it
My_Mom (9:56 AM): i wish so much i could do something to stop that, at least have the mercy to kill the animal first
My_Mom (9:56 AM): but they say, that way the meat tastes better
My_Mom (9:56 AM): sickening
My_Mom (9:57 AM): so much bad things happening in this world, its so frustrating
My_Mom (9:57 AM): anyway, i let u go now, c u hugs
Me (9:59 AM): bye
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Movie Review: Jennifer's Body
I'm too lazy to fix the sizing of the embedded video. Suck it. Facebook readers, the original post with images and vids can be found here:http://randomthoughtsandgripes.blogspot.com/2009/09/movie-review-jennifers-body.html )
I figured it would be good to get off my lazy non-blogging ass to write a movie review...
Let's backtrack a little. A few years ago I first saw a pic of Megan Fox and immediately knew she would de-throne Angelina for the sexiest chick alive (don't try to argue with me on anyone else. Other women may be more beautiful, but we're talking "oozing sex appeal" here. Like, "my eyebrows are arched so perfectly it's almost like a cartoon but it makes me a vixen" sex appeal.) So I relished the opportunity for my self esteem to plummet another trillion notches.
I anticipated this to be a badly-made horror movie. Especially since the previews seemed to have shown the scariest (i use that term loosely) parts. Sarah, Maria and I went crazy late on Tuesday night, the theater was dead, so ooooohhh spooky right?
Within the first 20 mins of the movie I actually burst out laughing so loud that if other people were in the theater, I would have had a beatdown.
This is a comedy folks, with hints of gore.
Jennifer's Body is about two best friends, one's uber hot (Jennifer) and one's an uber nerd (nicknamed Needy) but has the cutesy boyfriend who's sexuality extends to 4 minutes of bad pumping and aptly named "Chip". Hot chick Jennifer get possessed by a demon, eats up boys. Needy wants to stop her. Chaos ensues.
You can guess how this ends of course, with Needy being the prototype for the latest female protagonist: nerd girl who roughs up the bad guy to save her man. I kinda dig this trend, it's a lot easier to maintain than the Linda Hamilton T2-type heroine.
That really is the movie in a nutshell.
The best part of the movie however was the quick wit; Diablo Cody (Juno)'s 'ish is effing hilarious. This may very well be the best dialog in history:
Needy: Those guys are creeps. I told them you were a virgin.
Jennifer: Virgin...I'm not even a back-door virgin, thanks to (points to dude at other end of the bar). I had to sit on a bag of frozen peas for a week.
A few other great ones:
Chip (when his mother tries to get him to carry pepper spray): I can take care of myself. I've been using the Bowflex.
*******************
Jennifer (upon the sight of Needy's jacked up hands from cleaning monster vomit): You need a mani bad. You should find a Chinese chick to buff your situation.
I would buy the DVD purely for the closed captioning to get all the wonderfully inappropriate one-liners.
The movie wouldn't be complete without some chick-on-chick action, which if you were a 12 year old boy you would have nutted right then and there. I'll save you the $10 for a movie ticket and show you the entire sequence here. Not gonna lie, they did a pretty good job, even though both actresses said it was purely gratuitous.
For Facebook readers, link to movie scene is here: http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid41190866001?bctid=41728524001
Oh alright...for you boys that need some extra oomph to create that baby batter, here's an outtake from a shot where we're supposed to believe she's naked:
If you want to read a half-decent movie review that actually tells you about the movie and not so much about ways for 12 year old boys to whack off, see Sarah's website: http://www.fatally-yours.com/horror-reviews/jennifers-body-2009/
I figured it would be good to get off my lazy non-blogging ass to write a movie review...
Let's backtrack a little. A few years ago I first saw a pic of Megan Fox and immediately knew she would de-throne Angelina for the sexiest chick alive (don't try to argue with me on anyone else. Other women may be more beautiful, but we're talking "oozing sex appeal" here. Like, "my eyebrows are arched so perfectly it's almost like a cartoon but it makes me a vixen" sex appeal.) So I relished the opportunity for my self esteem to plummet another trillion notches.
I anticipated this to be a badly-made horror movie. Especially since the previews seemed to have shown the scariest (i use that term loosely) parts. Sarah, Maria and I went crazy late on Tuesday night, the theater was dead, so ooooohhh spooky right?
Within the first 20 mins of the movie I actually burst out laughing so loud that if other people were in the theater, I would have had a beatdown.
This is a comedy folks, with hints of gore.
Jennifer's Body is about two best friends, one's uber hot (Jennifer) and one's an uber nerd (nicknamed Needy) but has the cutesy boyfriend who's sexuality extends to 4 minutes of bad pumping and aptly named "Chip". Hot chick Jennifer get possessed by a demon, eats up boys. Needy wants to stop her. Chaos ensues.
You can guess how this ends of course, with Needy being the prototype for the latest female protagonist: nerd girl who roughs up the bad guy to save her man. I kinda dig this trend, it's a lot easier to maintain than the Linda Hamilton T2-type heroine.
That really is the movie in a nutshell.
The best part of the movie however was the quick wit; Diablo Cody (Juno)'s 'ish is effing hilarious. This may very well be the best dialog in history:
Needy: Those guys are creeps. I told them you were a virgin.
Jennifer: Virgin...I'm not even a back-door virgin, thanks to (points to dude at other end of the bar). I had to sit on a bag of frozen peas for a week.
A few other great ones:
Chip (when his mother tries to get him to carry pepper spray): I can take care of myself. I've been using the Bowflex.
*******************
Jennifer (upon the sight of Needy's jacked up hands from cleaning monster vomit): You need a mani bad. You should find a Chinese chick to buff your situation.
I would buy the DVD purely for the closed captioning to get all the wonderfully inappropriate one-liners.
The movie wouldn't be complete without some chick-on-chick action, which if you were a 12 year old boy you would have nutted right then and there. I'll save you the $10 for a movie ticket and show you the entire sequence here. Not gonna lie, they did a pretty good job, even though both actresses said it was purely gratuitous.
For Facebook readers, link to movie scene is here: http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid41190866001?bctid=41728524001
Oh alright...for you boys that need some extra oomph to create that baby batter, here's an outtake from a shot where we're supposed to believe she's naked:
If you want to read a half-decent movie review that actually tells you about the movie and not so much about ways for 12 year old boys to whack off, see Sarah's website: http://www.fatally-yours.com/horror-reviews/jennifers-body-2009/
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Klingon Tech Writers
Scammed from http://www.documentia.ca/klingon.htm
This is brilliant.
Klingon Technical Writers
The top 16 things likely to be overheard if you had Klingon technical writers working on your documentation team:
1. Klingons do not sit in meetings, we take what we want and kill anyone who opposes us!
2. Certification?! Taking your head and putting it on a pike in my office is all the certification I need!
3. I will return to the homeworld and my documentation will arise triumphant in the STC Documentation Gauntlet, leaving all others drowning in their own dangling modifiers. It will be glorious!!
4. Not returning my review copies by the agreed deadline is a declaration of war. Indeed, it is a good day to die.
5. These software specifications are for the weak and timid!!
6. This version of Word is a piece of GAGH! I need the latest version of Framemaker if I am to do battle with this manual.
7. You cannot really appreciate Dilbert unless you've read it in the original Klingon.
8. Indentation?! I will show you how to indent when I indent your skull!
Holy ((bleep)) the above is probably the most brilliant sentence ever written. Ever.
9. What is this talk of "drafts"? Klingons do not make document "drafts". Our documents escape, leaving a bloody trail of SMEs in its wake!
10. Passive voice is a sign of weakness. Its elimination will be quick.
11. Proofreading? Klingons do not proofread. Our documents are purified with pain-sticks which cleanses the documents of impurities.
12. I have challenged the entire Marketing and R&D team to a Bat-Leh contest! They will not concern us again.
13. A TRUE Klingon warrior riddles his document with bullets, leaving it to beg for mercy.
14. By changing the layout of my manual, you have challenged the honor of my family. Prepare to die!
15. You question the worthiness of my grammar? I should kill you where you stand!
16. Our users will know fear and cower before our suite of manuals and online help! Ship it! Ship it and let them flee like the dogs they are!
This is brilliant.
Klingon Technical Writers
The top 16 things likely to be overheard if you had Klingon technical writers working on your documentation team:
1. Klingons do not sit in meetings, we take what we want and kill anyone who opposes us!
2. Certification?! Taking your head and putting it on a pike in my office is all the certification I need!
3. I will return to the homeworld and my documentation will arise triumphant in the STC Documentation Gauntlet, leaving all others drowning in their own dangling modifiers. It will be glorious!!
4. Not returning my review copies by the agreed deadline is a declaration of war. Indeed, it is a good day to die.
5. These software specifications are for the weak and timid!!
6. This version of Word is a piece of GAGH! I need the latest version of Framemaker if I am to do battle with this manual.
7. You cannot really appreciate Dilbert unless you've read it in the original Klingon.
8. Indentation?! I will show you how to indent when I indent your skull!
Holy ((bleep)) the above is probably the most brilliant sentence ever written. Ever.
9. What is this talk of "drafts"? Klingons do not make document "drafts". Our documents escape, leaving a bloody trail of SMEs in its wake!
10. Passive voice is a sign of weakness. Its elimination will be quick.
11. Proofreading? Klingons do not proofread. Our documents are purified with pain-sticks which cleanses the documents of impurities.
12. I have challenged the entire Marketing and R&D team to a Bat-Leh contest! They will not concern us again.
13. A TRUE Klingon warrior riddles his document with bullets, leaving it to beg for mercy.
14. By changing the layout of my manual, you have challenged the honor of my family. Prepare to die!
15. You question the worthiness of my grammar? I should kill you where you stand!
16. Our users will know fear and cower before our suite of manuals and online help! Ship it! Ship it and let them flee like the dogs they are!
Monday, September 14, 2009
Hi, I have a PR person and they can spell.
Hmmm...really Kanye? If you're going to make something sound like you, then please add a touch of asshole to it. All caps, some "...............", a ton of exclamation marks.
And one gives a sh*t if you feel like a character in a fictional movie.
Now you owe Ben Stiller an apology.
Not to give Kanye more props...
((Update: dammit, the apology got taken down off Photobucket. It was an all-caps drunken asshole apology from Kanye))
((Update again: i just realized I say "news flash" a lot. Suck it.))
(for people reading from FB, i just linked a screenshot of Kanye's so-called apology to Taylor Swift, unclickable link here: http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/oo268/Antpantsss/jzaxf.jpg)
Let's go through what makes Kanye the KING of douches:
1. ALL CAPS. Come ON. I know he doesn't have a desk job and doesn't need to think about usability, but on what planet do you think an entire paragraph in all caps is necessary? Oh because you think your words are SO MUCH MORE IMPORTANT than everyone else's words.
Do not abuse Caps Lock.
2. He first says she's talented, then makes a dig at her lyrics. She's fucking 19 years old. When you're 19, that stuff is huge to you. I was unaware that
Talkin', talkin', talkin', talk
Baby lets just knock it off
They don't know what we been through
They don't know 'bout me and you
was pulitzer prize-winning penmanship. Her music isn't really my type, but take it for what it's worth: fun country/pop songs that are meant for teenage girls with crushes and are fun for us 30 year olds to drive to. That's it.
I highly doubt the above lyrics are any more deep than "she wears high heels, i wear tshirts, she's cheer captain and i'm on the bleachers".
(and let's not forget: her subway singing at the VMAs was a trillion times more amazing and displays her talent way more than anything I've ever seen Kanye do)
3. Adding to the ALL CAPS...the need for excessive exclamation marks. I'm reading your words. I get that you're yelling. I get that because I saw you yelling on stage even though you had a mic. You wanna be effective? One or two exclamation marks. Max.
4. The excessive "...". I use that a lot, i know, but damn if it's gonna take up half a sentence then just take a second to stop, think, THEN write. No one needs to know when you're pausing because you're ranting.
5. Saying you'll apologize to Taylor tomorrow means jack when she can read, you moron. "Hey, I'll just post a sarcastic all-caps message to my fans that really 'get me' and then placate everyone by saying I'll apologize to her tomorrow, she'll NEVER know that I don't mean it! Hee hee..." If you have what i'm assuming is 20 minutes to type a paragraph (i'm assuming that took him 20 minutes because he can't type worth crap, it's all caps, and i sure hope he was on a blackberry otherwise there's no excuse for the shorthand numbering scheme...someone that challenged isn't a fast typist), then take 20 minutes to post a heartfelt apology to HER, not a message to your fans or whoever the hell you think reads your crap.
6. "I'm still happy for Taylor". News flash: you being happy or not is irrelevant. No one cares if you were mad or happy or felt like slitting your wrist. You weren't nominated. It wasn't your award. You were six degrees away only because:
Kanye + Jay Z = video
Jay z + Beyonce = marriage
Beyonce + VMAs = nominated
VMAs + Taylor Swift = Kevin Bacon
So just becuase you are happy for someone doesn't mean you can ruin their moment. If that's the case, I'd like to know if at someone's wedding i can run up, splash wine on the bride, then later say "But i'm still happy for the lucky couple!". No one cares dude.
7. You apologize to your friends at MTV...i'm gonna guess you've burned that bridge and you don't even realize it.
8. "No disrespect but we watching the show from the crib right now because, well, you know". Umm kanye, news flash: if you were watching it at home that means it's a rerun. You were there live. It was aired live. So who you think you're disrespecting by going home and watching it, we don't know. Oh did you think you were disrespecting someone by not going to their after-party? News flash: you probably would have been ripped a new one and left anyway. it's certainly not your choice that you're not attending those events, so don't say you don't mean to disrespect anyone. (Hey maybe think about not disrespecting someone when you rip a microphone from a teenage girl's hands when she wins her first VMA ever).
9. Please learn to spell "Booyah" correctly.
10. So you gave your award to Outkast when you felt you should've handed it over. Whoop-de-frickin-do. So you're a martyr. That was when YOU felt you should hand it over. TAYLOR didn't feel she should hand it over. And to be honest, Beyonce's video is cool but it's just her and 2 other chicks dancing. "Beautiful Nightmare"'s video is wayyy better and that wasn't even nominated. Hell, I personally felt Pink should have won because that video is wicked entertaining and she pokes fun of herself. But I digress. Just because YOU felt Beyonce should win doesnt' mean everyone else agrees, so your "everyone should be as humble as me" is hypocritical at best.
I'm sure OUtkast was like "uhh...yeah...we'll just FedEx this baby back to you tomorrow..."
11. You say you're not crazy, you're just real. Dude...stick with crazy. Really. Otherwise you're just a real asshole.
12. I don't understand what being booed has to do with being a fan of "real" pop culture. No one has taught Kanye what pop culture means. The VMAs themselves, part of pop culture. Taylor winning an award and not Beyonce? Not pop culture. Oh but let's be real...5 years from now when VH1 has the World Series of Pop Culture, YOU get to be the pop culture question:
"Who won the VMA in 2009 when Kanye Douchebag West rushed the stage and wailed that Beyonce should have won?"
13. You really feel bad for Taylor and you're sincerely sorry, right after you wrote how she should have given up her award and how her lyrics don't show talent. Kanye, little bit of a news flash: when you read the last line of a paragraph, that usually also means they read all the letters before it as well.
Basically Kanye needs to have his own award show where he hates white people and gives awards to himself.
IM with my mom: cat urine edition
Monday, September 14, 2009
MOM (9:28 AM): hi bean
MOM (9:28 AM): how was san diego?
Me (9:42 AM): i only went for a little while
MOM (9:42 AM): still did u have fun
Me (9:42 AM): yup
MOM (9:42 AM): how long does it take to get there?
Me (9:43 AM): depends on traffic...around 1-1.5 hours
MOM (9:43 AM): oh and i said to dad it was just 1/2 hr
MOM (9:44 AM): the swedish comany ericson bought part of nortel and is hiring 600 people.... lets hope ((my uncle)) will get a job
Me (9:44 AM): i don't remember even telling Dad i was driving to san diego
MOM (9:44 AM): i told him
Me (9:44 AM): i hope he gets a job
MOM (9:45 AM): for his family's sake, ((my uncle's wife)) is such a nice person and the kids worry so much about their dad not having a good job
Me (9:46 AM): yep
MOM (9:47 AM): nice day today, pleasant 23c
MOM (9:47 AM): how is marma
Me (9:47 AM): she's good
MOM (9:48 AM): no little mess here and there?
Me (9:48 AM): nope
MOM (9:48 AM): why not anymore?
MOM (9:49 AM): i still remember her once we sat on your bed, and marma so full of trust rolls on her back and waited for u to cuddle her belly... cats only do that to people they trust
Me (9:49 AM): because shes' getting insulin
MOM (9:50 AM): but didnt she have the need to mark the spot so to speak?
Me (9:50 AM): no
MOM (9:50 AM): well she peed all over
MOM (9:50 AM): anyway thats a relief for u
Me (9:51 AM): she didn't pee all over...it was just when she jumped because her bladder was so full from drinking so much water because her blood sugar
MOM (9:51 AM): u deserve a break, u both deserve a break
Me (9:51 AM): or when she was just straight up mad
Me (9:51 AM): thank you, yes a break would be nice
MOM (9:51 AM): ok
MOM (9:52 AM): and her urine smelled worse then a healthy cat too, poor baby, she is sick, all she needed was help
Me (9:52 AM): yup
MOM (9:53 AM): cats are usually clean
MOM (9:53 AM): smokey is getting old
MOM (9:53 AM): like when he lies down, its in slower motion
Me (9:54 AM): yup
MOM (9:54 AM): he was bad last night didnt come in at 11, just sat on the front lawn
MOM (9:54 AM): until then he just stays around the yard really, doesnt wander off, only after 11 he start wandering, but not to far
Me (9:55 AM): ok
MOM (9:55 AM): and this morning he didnt want to come in, he slept at the bottom of the stairs against the garage, dad picked him up and brought him in
MOM (9:56 AM): when he is out i always hope he doesnt eat any mice
MOM (9:56 AM): he can get worms from that
Me (9:57 AM): yep
MOM (9:58 AM): anyway, i leave u now, hugs, dont work to hard
MOM (9:58 AM): stay in touch with ((brother))
Me (9:58 AM): ok
MOM (9:28 AM): hi bean
MOM (9:28 AM): how was san diego?
Me (9:42 AM): i only went for a little while
MOM (9:42 AM): still did u have fun
Me (9:42 AM): yup
MOM (9:42 AM): how long does it take to get there?
Me (9:43 AM): depends on traffic...around 1-1.5 hours
MOM (9:43 AM): oh and i said to dad it was just 1/2 hr
MOM (9:44 AM): the swedish comany ericson bought part of nortel and is hiring 600 people.... lets hope ((my uncle)) will get a job
Me (9:44 AM): i don't remember even telling Dad i was driving to san diego
MOM (9:44 AM): i told him
Me (9:44 AM): i hope he gets a job
MOM (9:45 AM): for his family's sake, ((my uncle's wife)) is such a nice person and the kids worry so much about their dad not having a good job
Me (9:46 AM): yep
MOM (9:47 AM): nice day today, pleasant 23c
MOM (9:47 AM): how is marma
Me (9:47 AM): she's good
MOM (9:48 AM): no little mess here and there?
Me (9:48 AM): nope
MOM (9:48 AM): why not anymore?
MOM (9:49 AM): i still remember her once we sat on your bed, and marma so full of trust rolls on her back and waited for u to cuddle her belly... cats only do that to people they trust
Me (9:49 AM): because shes' getting insulin
MOM (9:50 AM): but didnt she have the need to mark the spot so to speak?
Me (9:50 AM): no
MOM (9:50 AM): well she peed all over
MOM (9:50 AM): anyway thats a relief for u
Me (9:51 AM): she didn't pee all over...it was just when she jumped because her bladder was so full from drinking so much water because her blood sugar
MOM (9:51 AM): u deserve a break, u both deserve a break
Me (9:51 AM): or when she was just straight up mad
Me (9:51 AM): thank you, yes a break would be nice
MOM (9:51 AM): ok
MOM (9:52 AM): and her urine smelled worse then a healthy cat too, poor baby, she is sick, all she needed was help
Me (9:52 AM): yup
MOM (9:53 AM): cats are usually clean
MOM (9:53 AM): smokey is getting old
MOM (9:53 AM): like when he lies down, its in slower motion
Me (9:54 AM): yup
MOM (9:54 AM): he was bad last night didnt come in at 11, just sat on the front lawn
MOM (9:54 AM): until then he just stays around the yard really, doesnt wander off, only after 11 he start wandering, but not to far
Me (9:55 AM): ok
MOM (9:55 AM): and this morning he didnt want to come in, he slept at the bottom of the stairs against the garage, dad picked him up and brought him in
MOM (9:56 AM): when he is out i always hope he doesnt eat any mice
MOM (9:56 AM): he can get worms from that
Me (9:57 AM): yep
MOM (9:58 AM): anyway, i leave u now, hugs, dont work to hard
MOM (9:58 AM): stay in touch with ((brother))
Me (9:58 AM): ok
Friday, September 11, 2009
Stop the wrinkles, stop the madness!
Something MUST be wrong with me. It's not like I don't have the words in my brain. For some reason, lately I've been too lazy to type them out. 2 years ago, my brain would have burst if I didn't write in a blog. Now...meh. My thoughts don't seem as important.
Wah wah!
There's something interesting that happes as you delve deeper into your 30s. It's safe to say i was ahead of the curve in terms of wrinkle and other "curse-ed you time and your effects of aging, i'm waving my fist in the air!". Paranoid, sure, call it what you want. When i was 20 i remembered how at 5 years old i vowed to start using wrinkle cream. When i was 25, i had a quarterlife crisis. And i've had a series of crises ever since. At 29 I had botox. Twice.
When you're in your 30s, everyone else finally catches up. You're not the only one lamenting cellulite despite the exercise you do. You're not the only one freaking out over a few grey hairs. You tell people you buy wrinkles cream, they compare it to what they use.
Which, as you can guess, has spawned a whole new series of aging freakouts for me. Before at least people would say "you don't need that!"...now, when people are doing the same as you, then you REALLY know the aging countdown has begun.
Sadly the older I get the less money I seem to have for discretionary spending. (Is that even the correct use of "discretionary spending"? I'm looking for the grownup way of saying "fun money").
Here's what I'm on now:
Alternating between Aveeno Positively Radiant Daily Moisturizer SPF 30 (okay, i didn't buy this, i got this bottle for free otherwise i probably wouldn't use it...but it's pretty good) and Oil of Olay Regenerist Serum...if Consumers Reports says it's the best, even better than Creme de la Mer, i'm down for it. I also use La Roche Posay SPF 45 to 60, which you can't get in the states.
I just added some Origins eye cream containing some foreign, patent-pending fancy shmancy crap. I wasn't thinking too much about eye creams, figuring just slathering on the regular stuff everywhere would be fine.
Oh how wrong I was.
I generally don't buy sunglasses that are too dark because I'm retarded and dark glasses = hard to tell stop light colors. How I would know this I don't know, since I've never owned dark sunglasses. I've had my polarized ray bans for years, so there's never been any reason to change them.
The other day though I shrieked in horror when i looked at my reflection in the car mirror: the wrinkles made by squinting weren't unwrinkling.
This is a problem.
A big one.
it takes awhile after i've gone back inside for the squinty wrinkles to go away. Now you can't get botox anywhere inside your eye socket, otherwise i'd sell a kidney and start that process again. I suppose if i do it on my upper cheekbone it might sorta work, but that's not normal I don't think.
So...for now...gonna keep dousing myself with this Origins stuff and research optimal eye cream usage. Or wait until Consumers Reports tells me what to do.
Aging f*cking sucks balls. Donkey balls.
Wah wah!
There's something interesting that happes as you delve deeper into your 30s. It's safe to say i was ahead of the curve in terms of wrinkle and other "curse-ed you time and your effects of aging, i'm waving my fist in the air!". Paranoid, sure, call it what you want. When i was 20 i remembered how at 5 years old i vowed to start using wrinkle cream. When i was 25, i had a quarterlife crisis. And i've had a series of crises ever since. At 29 I had botox. Twice.
When you're in your 30s, everyone else finally catches up. You're not the only one lamenting cellulite despite the exercise you do. You're not the only one freaking out over a few grey hairs. You tell people you buy wrinkles cream, they compare it to what they use.
Which, as you can guess, has spawned a whole new series of aging freakouts for me. Before at least people would say "you don't need that!"...now, when people are doing the same as you, then you REALLY know the aging countdown has begun.
Sadly the older I get the less money I seem to have for discretionary spending. (Is that even the correct use of "discretionary spending"? I'm looking for the grownup way of saying "fun money").
Here's what I'm on now:
Alternating between Aveeno Positively Radiant Daily Moisturizer SPF 30 (okay, i didn't buy this, i got this bottle for free otherwise i probably wouldn't use it...but it's pretty good) and Oil of Olay Regenerist Serum...if Consumers Reports says it's the best, even better than Creme de la Mer, i'm down for it. I also use La Roche Posay SPF 45 to 60, which you can't get in the states.
I just added some Origins eye cream containing some foreign, patent-pending fancy shmancy crap. I wasn't thinking too much about eye creams, figuring just slathering on the regular stuff everywhere would be fine.
Oh how wrong I was.
I generally don't buy sunglasses that are too dark because I'm retarded and dark glasses = hard to tell stop light colors. How I would know this I don't know, since I've never owned dark sunglasses. I've had my polarized ray bans for years, so there's never been any reason to change them.
The other day though I shrieked in horror when i looked at my reflection in the car mirror: the wrinkles made by squinting weren't unwrinkling.
This is a problem.
A big one.
it takes awhile after i've gone back inside for the squinty wrinkles to go away. Now you can't get botox anywhere inside your eye socket, otherwise i'd sell a kidney and start that process again. I suppose if i do it on my upper cheekbone it might sorta work, but that's not normal I don't think.
So...for now...gonna keep dousing myself with this Origins stuff and research optimal eye cream usage. Or wait until Consumers Reports tells me what to do.
Aging f*cking sucks balls. Donkey balls.
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