Friday, July 20, 2001
"President Bush said Thursday he is having a hard time selling a missile defense plan to skeptical allies in Europe because he has only "vague notions" about what it would entail."
if he doesn't know, who does? shouldn't that be something that he's familiar with before he starts telling others to back it (or at least to shut up and get out of the way)?
if he doesn't know, who does? shouldn't that be something that he's familiar with before he starts telling others to back it (or at least to shut up and get out of the way)?
Thursday, July 19, 2001
in an effort to make sure no one would ever want to date me, i thought i'd post my results from the Personality Disorder test linked to over at Little.Yellow.Different (for more info on what each of these mean, go here.):
Disorder | Rating
Paranoid: Very High
Schizoid: Moderate
Schizotypal: High
Antisocial: High
Borderline: Low
Histrionic: Low
Narcissistic: Moderate
Avoidant: Very High
Dependent: High
Obsessive-Compulsive: Moderate
yep, i'm quite a catch, and if you're interested, go ahead and email me. (somehow, though, i think my scores wouldn't have been so high if the questions had been answerable with "Sometimes" in addition to "Yes" and "No." except for that paranoid one. that seems about right.)
Disorder | Rating
Paranoid: Very High
Schizoid: Moderate
Schizotypal: High
Antisocial: High
Borderline: Low
Histrionic: Low
Narcissistic: Moderate
Avoidant: Very High
Dependent: High
Obsessive-Compulsive: Moderate
yep, i'm quite a catch, and if you're interested, go ahead and email me. (somehow, though, i think my scores wouldn't have been so high if the questions had been answerable with "Sometimes" in addition to "Yes" and "No." except for that paranoid one. that seems about right.)
From Sci Fi Wire:
Warburton talks The Tick.
a few Buffy stories: Marti Noxon, executive producer of Buffy, says the first three seasons may soon (and finally) be released on DVD here in the States, with lots of goody extras (i won't get my hopes up, but i'll be putting some money aside nonetheless). some of the Buffy spoilers online are planted fakes (um.. duh, but i thought i'd link it anyway), a little Joss-talk about Fray, and, in a little sidebar that i can't link to (SPOILER ALERT):
Warburton talks The Tick.
a few Buffy stories: Marti Noxon, executive producer of Buffy, says the first three seasons may soon (and finally) be released on DVD here in the States, with lots of goody extras (i won't get my hopes up, but i'll be putting some money aside nonetheless). some of the Buffy spoilers online are planted fakes (um.. duh, but i thought i'd link it anyway), a little Joss-talk about Fray, and, in a little sidebar that i can't link to (SPOILER ALERT):
Buffy the Vampire Slayer fans have been waiting for one plot development for nearly two years: resolution of the fate of witch Amy Madison, played by Elizabeth Anne Allen, who was turned into a rat in season three. This week, Buffy creator Joss Whedon revealed this spoiler to SCI FI Wire for the show's upcoming sixth season: "Amy will be de-ratted. She will be de-ratted, I promise."'course, i've been told that Joss lies a lot when it comes to upcoming episodes.
Wednesday, July 18, 2001
did anyone watch "When Dinosaurs Roamed America" on the Discovery channel? i watched with my sister and nephews. i thought it was better than "Walking With Dinosaurs," but that may just be because i didn't already know the dinosaurs. there were so many parts in "Roamed" when it'd say or show something, and i'd ask my sister, "how could they possibly know that? there's no way to know that." then John Goodman would say, "Scientistis don't know that, but it's as good a guess as any." heh. my television is interactive.
actually, there was something natural to the way the show was put together. as the show went along, my sister would ask a question about something said or shown, and minutes later, the program would answer her question. since i don't really believe my television allows two-way communication with the Discovery channel, i'd say they did a really good job of anticipating the kinds of questions people would ask as they watched. that, or my apartment is bugged.
the one question my sister asked that they didn't answer so well was an explanation of geologic time. fortunately her elder brother had a long winded and probably too detailed answer for her. that paleontology course i took three times came in handy.
actually, there was something natural to the way the show was put together. as the show went along, my sister would ask a question about something said or shown, and minutes later, the program would answer her question. since i don't really believe my television allows two-way communication with the Discovery channel, i'd say they did a really good job of anticipating the kinds of questions people would ask as they watched. that, or my apartment is bugged.
the one question my sister asked that they didn't answer so well was an explanation of geologic time. fortunately her elder brother had a long winded and probably too detailed answer for her. that paleontology course i took three times came in handy.
George Bush says Winston Churchill was like a Texan. Great Britian breaks off diplomatic contact with U.S. over the insult.
The President added, "Sometimes Churchill will talk back, sometimes he won't, depending upon the stress of the moment..."
wow. most of the dead people i know don't talk back at all.
The President added, "Sometimes Churchill will talk back, sometimes he won't, depending upon the stress of the moment..."
wow. most of the dead people i know don't talk back at all.
Fox has announced the fall premiere dates for it's genre shows. the only one of any import is The Tick, which will debut on November 1 at 8:30p.m. November 1 also happens to be my birthday. this gives you all a little more than 3 months to get me a gift.
do you like slightly crazy, bookish girls who love tacos and have only recently returned from a demon dimension? then check out this interview with Amy Acker, Angel's Fred. also, take a look at what some of the other cast members had to say to Sci Fi Wire.
"I deplore desecration of the flag in any form," said Rep. John Conyers, D-Michigan, but "I am strongly opposed to this resolution because it ... elevates a symbol of freedom over freedom itself."
simply stated, well stated. the House has passed a flag protection amendment. again. given the current party breakdown in the Senate, it's unlikely to pass. again.
simply stated, well stated. the House has passed a flag protection amendment. again. given the current party breakdown in the Senate, it's unlikely to pass. again.
CNN reports that a giant dust storm has covered Mars. they say the dust has caused the planet's temperature to rise by 30° Celsius. i've always been under the impression that large amounts of dust in the atmosphere cool a planet by reflecting sunlight back into space. CNN says, "Such howlers [big ass dust storms] do not besiege our planet thanks to the abundance of water, whether in the oceans or the air, which prevents airborne dust from cooking the atmosphere."
ok, so the water keeps our planet's temperature from rising due to atmospheric dust, but what keeps the dust from forming big ass storms in the first place?
ok, so the water keeps our planet's temperature from rising due to atmospheric dust, but what keeps the dust from forming big ass storms in the first place?
Tuesday, July 17, 2001
it's been a while since i've posted some geeklinks, right (Buffy links don't count)? here's a handful of them for you:
Scott Bakula and John Billingsley talk about their respective Enterprise characters and SciFi Wire tours the ship.
Sarah says she meant it when she said she'd quit Buffy if the show left the WB, but only until WB decided to turn into cheap bastards. meanwhile, UPN announces the fall premiere dates for it's new shows (and for Special Education 2 too)(oops. meant Special Unit 2). Buffy premieres on October 9. Roswell is prepared to back off of the scifi a bit and return to it's sappy roots of the first season.
over at the WB, it looks like they'll continue their tradition of screwing things up by taking liberties with the Superman mythos in Smallville.
and lastly, Chris Carter says "Oh, all right, I'll come back to X-Files, but just one more season... starting at the end of the next season."
next time, it'd probably be easier for me to just direct you to Sci Fi Wire, since i didn't bother to check out any of the original sources, or use a variety instead of a single source. eh, bite me. it's one of those days.
Scott Bakula and John Billingsley talk about their respective Enterprise characters and SciFi Wire tours the ship.
Sarah says she meant it when she said she'd quit Buffy if the show left the WB, but only until WB decided to turn into cheap bastards. meanwhile, UPN announces the fall premiere dates for it's new shows (and for Special Education 2 too)(oops. meant Special Unit 2). Buffy premieres on October 9. Roswell is prepared to back off of the scifi a bit and return to it's sappy roots of the first season.
over at the WB, it looks like they'll continue their tradition of screwing things up by taking liberties with the Superman mythos in Smallville.
and lastly, Chris Carter says "Oh, all right, I'll come back to X-Files, but just one more season... starting at the end of the next season."
next time, it'd probably be easier for me to just direct you to Sci Fi Wire, since i didn't bother to check out any of the original sources, or use a variety instead of a single source. eh, bite me. it's one of those days.
i've seen the recent rash of articles about the Salvation Army's stance on homosexuals and it's efforts to have Congress pass an antidiscrimination exemption for groups like them. i didn't realize though that the SA was also spending $88,000 to $110,000 per month to lobby for Bush's forced-conversion-based intiative. couldn't that money be better used to, oh, help the needy or something? at least buy some warmer coats for those people who stand outside Hell-Mart ringing the bell.
i've had my own pet theory about the Salvation Army for a while now, similar to my Girl Scout theory. someday, when i'm in a better mood, i'll share it.
[first two links from web queeries. i'm too lazy to go find the other sources. the last link i picked up at bushreport.com.]
i've had my own pet theory about the Salvation Army for a while now, similar to my Girl Scout theory. someday, when i'm in a better mood, i'll share it.
[first two links from web queeries. i'm too lazy to go find the other sources. the last link i picked up at bushreport.com.]
you know, i don't think i'd name my church for a literary character whose name is synonymous with greed. {why didn't anyone tell me i'd misspelled that?}
also, none of these were Springfield Baptist Church i was looking for. if i'm to have the option of watching church services on Sunday morning television, i'd like it to be a church i find interesting. why doesn't Reverand Lovejoy have his own Sunday morning churchcast?
also, none of these were Springfield Baptist Church i was looking for. if i'm to have the option of watching church services on Sunday morning television, i'd like it to be a church i find interesting. why doesn't Reverand Lovejoy have his own Sunday morning churchcast?
Monday, July 16, 2001
Joss talks a little about next season and Buffy's resurrection, says crossovers with Angel are unlikely and confims that some of the spoilers posted at AICN are true (but he's not telling which ones).
meanwhile, the WB is still being a bastard. the sore loser says that there will be *no* Buffy/Angel crossovers whatsoever.
ok, so i do agree that the two shows need to establish themselves and stand independent of one another, but it's so much fun vilifying WB for screwing up my Tuesday and Monday nights. i'll get over it soon. promise.
meanwhile, the WB is still being a bastard. the sore loser says that there will be *no* Buffy/Angel crossovers whatsoever.
ok, so i do agree that the two shows need to establish themselves and stand independent of one another, but it's so much fun vilifying WB for screwing up my Tuesday and Monday nights. i'll get over it soon. promise.
She's black, beautiful and six feet two inches of sexy cool. She's Cleaopatra Jones—and when she goes after lawbreakers, Cleopatra gets them with her lethal combination of karate kicks and kung fu chops. Tamara Dobson stars as the CIA agent in pursuit of a narcotics ring headed by Shelley Winters. —from the Outer Max description of Cleopatra Jones
cleopatra couldn't really kick butt because she'd mess up her outlandish 70's fashions, including big furry hats and tight dresses with spangles. shelley winters gives a totally over the top performance as the lesbian leader of an inner-city heroin ring. —from a user's comment on IMDb
i've never seen a Cleopatra Jones film, but, from the descriptions above, this is definitely something to see. Shelley Winters as drug kingpin? ha!
Friday, July 13, 2001
hmm. the WB is pissed, not only over its complete shut-out but particularly the snubbing of Buffy in this week's prime-time Emmy nominations. folks, i read through the nominees, and i'd be pissed too. actually, i am pissed. the nominees were the same shows over and over. hell, does the cast of Will & Grace have "Permanent Nominee" status or somthing? yes, Buffy is genre television, which is generally not well represented in the Emmy nominees, but "The Body", the episode which picks up with Buffy finding her mother dead, is good television. it's fucking great television. Joss Whedon, as writer and director of that episode, deserves a nomination for it. instead, we get the shows with the highest ratings, and the shows that "everyone's talking about." ratings certainly aren't the way to discover quality television, and listening to the same mindless sheep who watch When the Funniest Police Car Crashes Attack is idiocy. i now hold the Emmys in the same disregard as i do the Oscars, the MTV Movie Awards, the Blockbuster Entertainment Awards, and anything with "People's Choice" in the title.
thank you.
thank you.
still depressed, but feeling a little better now, due mainly to finding a copy of Fray #2 today (see the cover). i'll write a review for it later. for now, here's some details about my journey to the beach.
i've said before that i have a fear of jellyfish, even though i've never seen one. in visiting Corpus Christi, i finally got to see one. i'd been telling Mike since we first started planning the roadtrip that i wouldn't get into the water at the beach. he was determined that i would.
for two months, it's been a constant barrage of soothing words attempting to allay my fear of medusoid marine creatures. in the end, Mike's reassurances (helped along, i'm sure, by the half dozen cold ones he bought me at lunch) persuaded me to wade into the Gulf waters to waist depth. i stood, letting wave after wave hit me, enjoying the sand between my toes, spitting out the foul tasting water. then, i screamed like an eight year old girl.
yes, i'd been stung, along my elbow and the back of my forearm. i retreated quickly to the beach as my companions laughed at me, and i cursed myself for not researching before hand how long i'd have to get to hospital before it was too late. Mike and Co. just laughed when i said i should see a doctor. they didn't think it was a jellyfish because *they* hadn't seen it. they made fun of me, even telling me to watch out for the beach jellyfish that lie in wait under the sand until you step too close.
it kind of pissed me off. after ten minutes or so, my elbow no longer hurt, though i still had red whelps running across it and down my arm. i decided the jellyfish probably wasn't deadly since there weren't any signs warning of the beasties, so i screwed my courage to the sticking place and waded back in. i was going to find the jellyfish and show my companions.
it took me a while, but i finally spotted one (actually, i mistook it for some trash floating in the water, and almost grabbed it before i realized that it was a little too spheroid to be a plastic bag). it was small, about 6 or 8 inches in diameter, and looked like a soft white light bulb floating just below the surface. i called the others over, to prove to them that the jellyfish were out there, and they promptly began trying to catch it (in any group of people, there's always at least one dumbass. our group was lucky enough to have four). they thought it loads of fun, until Dumbass #4 actually got to touch it and was stung also. we all began searching after that, and spotted about a dozen of the buggers (or, it could have been Flash the Wonderjellyfish, moving very quickly). that was enough for me. i left.
i headed over to the USS Lexington , which was moored nearby, but turned back when i saw the $10 admission price (for ten dollars, not only should you get to tour the ship, but you should also get a blowjob from a sailor. i'm fairly certain that wasn't part of the package). i met up with the others, and we called it a day.
so that's my jellyfish story.
i've said before that i have a fear of jellyfish, even though i've never seen one. in visiting Corpus Christi, i finally got to see one. i'd been telling Mike since we first started planning the roadtrip that i wouldn't get into the water at the beach. he was determined that i would.
for two months, it's been a constant barrage of soothing words attempting to allay my fear of medusoid marine creatures. in the end, Mike's reassurances (helped along, i'm sure, by the half dozen cold ones he bought me at lunch) persuaded me to wade into the Gulf waters to waist depth. i stood, letting wave after wave hit me, enjoying the sand between my toes, spitting out the foul tasting water. then, i screamed like an eight year old girl.
yes, i'd been stung, along my elbow and the back of my forearm. i retreated quickly to the beach as my companions laughed at me, and i cursed myself for not researching before hand how long i'd have to get to hospital before it was too late. Mike and Co. just laughed when i said i should see a doctor. they didn't think it was a jellyfish because *they* hadn't seen it. they made fun of me, even telling me to watch out for the beach jellyfish that lie in wait under the sand until you step too close.
it kind of pissed me off. after ten minutes or so, my elbow no longer hurt, though i still had red whelps running across it and down my arm. i decided the jellyfish probably wasn't deadly since there weren't any signs warning of the beasties, so i screwed my courage to the sticking place and waded back in. i was going to find the jellyfish and show my companions.
it took me a while, but i finally spotted one (actually, i mistook it for some trash floating in the water, and almost grabbed it before i realized that it was a little too spheroid to be a plastic bag). it was small, about 6 or 8 inches in diameter, and looked like a soft white light bulb floating just below the surface. i called the others over, to prove to them that the jellyfish were out there, and they promptly began trying to catch it (in any group of people, there's always at least one dumbass. our group was lucky enough to have four). they thought it loads of fun, until Dumbass #4 actually got to touch it and was stung also. we all began searching after that, and spotted about a dozen of the buggers (or, it could have been Flash the Wonderjellyfish, moving very quickly). that was enough for me. i left.
i headed over to the USS Lexington , which was moored nearby, but turned back when i saw the $10 admission price (for ten dollars, not only should you get to tour the ship, but you should also get a blowjob from a sailor. i'm fairly certain that wasn't part of the package). i met up with the others, and we called it a day.
so that's my jellyfish story.
Thursday, July 12, 2001
still officially "On Vacation", though i am actually back at home now. i have to say, Texas was really... not that bad. we (meaning me, Mike, Mike's brother-in-law, and a guy Mike has known for 20 years) made a circuit through a few of the major cities. here are some highlights:
- Houston, the country's most polluted city. buttloads of fun for an asthmatic like me. the recent flooding also left the city with an unpleasant water-damaged smell.
- Austin, home of UT, the archnemesis of OU, and former home of our current president. felt a near-overwhelming compulsion to piss on everything.
- San Antonio. the Alamo. didn't bother to stop. somehow passed three "San Antonio City Limits" signs on our way straight through the city.
- Waco. uh, ok, there's nothing to see there.
- Dallas/Fort Worth/Arlington. hummed the theme song and had thoughts of Larry Hagman's liver transplant/grateful, after a long day with my traveling companions, for the liquor store i spotted from the highway/the place where i nearly murdered one of my traveling companions.
- Corpus Christi. sand, sun, water, hot bartenders and jellyfish.
- El Paso. we didn't actually visit El Paso. i tried to talk my companions into going there, because, once there, i thought it'd be easy to talk them into a short 206 mile side trip to Roswell, NM, where the cute big-eared alien guy is. they didn't bite.
Thursday, July 05, 2001
as of 5:00pm (that being right now), i am officially "On Vacation." it's very unlikely that there will be any updates during the next 7 or 10 days. until i resume my weekday babblings and incoherencies, visit some of the folks listed on the right, and send me lots of email. i'll be thinking of each and every one of you while i'm gone, and i just may return with souvenirs for everyone*.
* unlikely. in fact, damned near improbable.
later gators!
* unlikely. in fact, damned near improbable.
later gators!
Wednesday, July 04, 2001
"I am Connor MacLeod of the Clan MacLeod. State your intentions..." The Highlander steps out from behind the door and lifts his katana in the air. "...or prepare to lose your head!"heh. a Cinematic Swordfight lover's wet dream: Darth Maul vs. Connor MacLeod
"These are my intentions." A double-bladed light saber hums to life. "Come with me or die."
Connor puts down his sword and activates a light saber. He wryly grins. "There are some advantages to buying unusual antiques.
Let's follow the path of training here on why MacLeod will win:
Was trained by Sean Connery who is Indiana Jones' Father, and we all know that Indiana Jones is really Han Solo incognito (hiding from Bounty Hunters), who is cooler than Obi-wan (c'mon he trained someone and let him turn to the darkside he can't be THAT great), who kicked Darth Maul's ass.
Therefore Darth Maul will now have to put on his head and his legs before getting dressed in the mornings.
stumbled across the Tim Russ website. there's something kinda David Hasselhoffish about photos with the caption "Tim Russ in Concert in Holland"
Tuesday, July 03, 2001
ok, so there are a couple of things i mentioned here that i said 'more later' about.
first up- Fray: the comic book store i hate so much actually had it this time (i guess the bitching paid off., plus, they had a couple of books that i've been wanting but hadn't gone out to get). anyway, Fray #1 is well worth the cover price. i think this, the first of an eight issue mini-series, does a fine job of setting up the far future background. i like the art, and i think Joss and Co. set up the characterization nicely. i like that she has no idea that she's the Slayer, since no Slayer has been called in two centuries, and i really like what they're doing with the Council of Watchers. it's a good establishing story. i'll definitely be buying the next issue.
the other 'more later' was about me learning how to use the DVD player (hey, i'd never used one before). i figured it all out, and promptly rented a couple of movies to play with. the first was Dungeons and Dragons. i can't say i was too pleased with that decision.
if you were trying to make a movie based on a hobby that is considered, alternately, freakish, satanic, or ultra-geeky, and it was a hobby that's entire basis is the telling of epic fantastical adventures of daring daringness and courageous bravery, wouldn't you, at least, make sure the story was a good story? wouldn't that be the first priority? and wouldn't you have buttloads of material to choose from if you've been releasing story modules for something like thirty years? how could they have failed in that!?! and that's not even the worst part of the movie! there were so many points in the film where i half expect Darth Maul to come stepping out of the shadows (you know, the evil Councilor/Senator with the secret identity, the girl Empress/Queen, the swords...). what was with the guy with the blue lipstick? the characters were flat and stereotypical (stereotypical of a D&D adventuring group, i mean, complete with the flimsy reason for the characters to be working together), and i found no reason to like any of them. ::sigh:: it sucked.
the one good thing though was skyful of dragons. i really liked that.
the second movie i rented was Charlie's Angels. again, not the greatest story, but hey, we're talking about Charlie's Angels. since the entire movie was, essentially, one big tit-jiggle, my focus for this one was on how much fun it'd be. and it was fun. kicking ass without using guns is cool. kicking ass with martial arts is extremely cool, and there was even a sword (as i've said before, the easiest way to get me watch a film is to put a sword in it)! another thing i like to see is women kicking ass, and there's loads of it. and good lord, if Cameron Diaz were a man, i'd date him. she is so fluid and graceful in motion. it's absolutely sexy.
the one thing that disturbed me much too much: George McFly as the neck-slicing, (attempted) ass kicking villain.
first up- Fray: the comic book store i hate so much actually had it this time (i guess the bitching paid off., plus, they had a couple of books that i've been wanting but hadn't gone out to get). anyway, Fray #1 is well worth the cover price. i think this, the first of an eight issue mini-series, does a fine job of setting up the far future background. i like the art, and i think Joss and Co. set up the characterization nicely. i like that she has no idea that she's the Slayer, since no Slayer has been called in two centuries, and i really like what they're doing with the Council of Watchers. it's a good establishing story. i'll definitely be buying the next issue.
the other 'more later' was about me learning how to use the DVD player (hey, i'd never used one before). i figured it all out, and promptly rented a couple of movies to play with. the first was Dungeons and Dragons. i can't say i was too pleased with that decision.
if you were trying to make a movie based on a hobby that is considered, alternately, freakish, satanic, or ultra-geeky, and it was a hobby that's entire basis is the telling of epic fantastical adventures of daring daringness and courageous bravery, wouldn't you, at least, make sure the story was a good story? wouldn't that be the first priority? and wouldn't you have buttloads of material to choose from if you've been releasing story modules for something like thirty years? how could they have failed in that!?! and that's not even the worst part of the movie! there were so many points in the film where i half expect Darth Maul to come stepping out of the shadows (you know, the evil Councilor/Senator with the secret identity, the girl Empress/Queen, the swords...). what was with the guy with the blue lipstick? the characters were flat and stereotypical (stereotypical of a D&D adventuring group, i mean, complete with the flimsy reason for the characters to be working together), and i found no reason to like any of them. ::sigh:: it sucked.
the one good thing though was skyful of dragons. i really liked that.
the second movie i rented was Charlie's Angels. again, not the greatest story, but hey, we're talking about Charlie's Angels. since the entire movie was, essentially, one big tit-jiggle, my focus for this one was on how much fun it'd be. and it was fun. kicking ass without using guns is cool. kicking ass with martial arts is extremely cool, and there was even a sword (as i've said before, the easiest way to get me watch a film is to put a sword in it)! another thing i like to see is women kicking ass, and there's loads of it. and good lord, if Cameron Diaz were a man, i'd date him. she is so fluid and graceful in motion. it's absolutely sexy.
the one thing that disturbed me much too much: George McFly as the neck-slicing, (attempted) ass kicking villain.
returned to the hospital during lunch today. things went much better, much more quickly. doc's sending me to physical therapy, but also gave me something to stop my whining. the only problem with physical therapy is that i'll be out of town next week, so i'll have to do something about that (the PT, not the road trip. *nothing* is keeping me in town next week).
the boss is still a bastard. bastard. bastard.
the boss is still a bastard. bastard. bastard.
Jeph Loeb talks a bit about the Buffy animated series. and speaking of comics, Buffy(verse) and animated, i finally found a copy of "Fray". more on that in a bit.
instead of ranting about the state of healthcare in the United States, i'm just going to bitch about my visit to hospital yesterday.
first, i cannot make an appointment to see a physician. i have to show up in the emergency room for a non-emergency condition. all i needed was a brief recheck on my back, neck and shoulder, and to have a reauthorization for the prescription i was given. sounds simple, and like it wouldn't take too long, but, because i had to go through the emergency room, i was placed in queue by priority/severity of injury with the trauma patients. when compared to a 94 year old woman who fell and broke her leg, an 8 year old boy who broke his arm in a fall from his bike, the woman with the car accident spinal injury, the guy having the heart attack, and teenage girl with the stab wound, i was low priority. i didn't mind that. i'm a patient person, and i'm compassionate (no, really, i am), so i had no problem with waiting for the trauma patients to be treated.
i did have a problem with being given a lower priority than the woman with the migraine. Excedrin, sweety. they make a migraine formula. i also have a problem with the hospital having only one physician, one physician's assistant, and one nurse on duty in the ER. i know Tulsa isn't Chicago, and we can't have a staffful of beautiful Noah Wyle type physicians there 'round the clock, but i think that a second doctor (or even a second nurse) would have really helped out a lot.
so, after a couple of hours sitting in the exam room, the pain pill i'd take during the afternoon was starting to wear off. the PA examined me, and talked with me for ten minutes or so. she was very nice. she checked my reflexes, then pressed at various spots on my back until i winced and yelped. she asked about my medication. i told her that it'd been several hours since i'd taken anything and that i was really starting to hurt again. she smiled and said "the doctor should be in to see you soon." and she was gone. never saw her again.
the nurse on duty, it turns out, was a guy that i'd worked with at Hell-Mart several years ago. we talked for a while, catching up and reminiscing about the Hellspawned people we used to work with. the last 5 years have been very good to him. very good. tasty good. he popped in every once in a while to check on me. "how are you?" he'd say. "i hurt," i'd say. "i'm sorry," he'd say. "the doctor should be in to see you soon."
the doctor... never came. i waited in that stupid little exam room, which, by the way, had what looked like a meathook hanging from the ceiling, and scared me a bit that a hospital would have meathooks at all, save in the morgue, i guess. even worse than the meathook was the boredom. there was nothing to read in that exam room, not even pamphlets on STDs or pregnancy. there weren't any posters on the wall, not even an eye-chart. there. was. nothing. egg shell white walls with some sort of southwestern style border stenciled around the top, and the floor was tiled in ugly. it was terrible.
worse than the room was the pain. after 5 hours, the medication had faded completely. i hurt. i was curled up on the little bed, whimpering to anyone who passed by 'just some aspirin, please.' it was just my luck that, of all the hospitals in Oklahoma, i chose the one that didn't have any Tylenol on hand. that's the only explanation for why a pleasant and smiley PA and the dashingly handsome nurse gave me nothing, if only to shut me up.
after the seventh hour, i poked my head out of the exam room and saw an EMT crew bring in another trauma patient with a blood-gushing head wound that i was certain would make him a higher priority than me. i gave up. i went home, popped the last of the painkiller, chugged a beer, and went to bed.
unfortunately, i have to try again tonight. at minimum, i need a release (for the insurance company) and a new prescription (for me, so i'll quit whining about how much i hurt). my boss has denied me time off this afternoon to see a physician because he's "under pressure for a deadline" today, which is wrong not only on ethical grounds, but i believe company policy makes it a no-no also. i'll have to find out.
first, i cannot make an appointment to see a physician. i have to show up in the emergency room for a non-emergency condition. all i needed was a brief recheck on my back, neck and shoulder, and to have a reauthorization for the prescription i was given. sounds simple, and like it wouldn't take too long, but, because i had to go through the emergency room, i was placed in queue by priority/severity of injury with the trauma patients. when compared to a 94 year old woman who fell and broke her leg, an 8 year old boy who broke his arm in a fall from his bike, the woman with the car accident spinal injury, the guy having the heart attack, and teenage girl with the stab wound, i was low priority. i didn't mind that. i'm a patient person, and i'm compassionate (no, really, i am), so i had no problem with waiting for the trauma patients to be treated.
i did have a problem with being given a lower priority than the woman with the migraine. Excedrin, sweety. they make a migraine formula. i also have a problem with the hospital having only one physician, one physician's assistant, and one nurse on duty in the ER. i know Tulsa isn't Chicago, and we can't have a staffful of beautiful Noah Wyle type physicians there 'round the clock, but i think that a second doctor (or even a second nurse) would have really helped out a lot.
so, after a couple of hours sitting in the exam room, the pain pill i'd take during the afternoon was starting to wear off. the PA examined me, and talked with me for ten minutes or so. she was very nice. she checked my reflexes, then pressed at various spots on my back until i winced and yelped. she asked about my medication. i told her that it'd been several hours since i'd taken anything and that i was really starting to hurt again. she smiled and said "the doctor should be in to see you soon." and she was gone. never saw her again.
the nurse on duty, it turns out, was a guy that i'd worked with at Hell-Mart several years ago. we talked for a while, catching up and reminiscing about the Hellspawned people we used to work with. the last 5 years have been very good to him. very good. tasty good. he popped in every once in a while to check on me. "how are you?" he'd say. "i hurt," i'd say. "i'm sorry," he'd say. "the doctor should be in to see you soon."
the doctor... never came. i waited in that stupid little exam room, which, by the way, had what looked like a meathook hanging from the ceiling, and scared me a bit that a hospital would have meathooks at all, save in the morgue, i guess. even worse than the meathook was the boredom. there was nothing to read in that exam room, not even pamphlets on STDs or pregnancy. there weren't any posters on the wall, not even an eye-chart. there. was. nothing. egg shell white walls with some sort of southwestern style border stenciled around the top, and the floor was tiled in ugly. it was terrible.
worse than the room was the pain. after 5 hours, the medication had faded completely. i hurt. i was curled up on the little bed, whimpering to anyone who passed by 'just some aspirin, please.' it was just my luck that, of all the hospitals in Oklahoma, i chose the one that didn't have any Tylenol on hand. that's the only explanation for why a pleasant and smiley PA and the dashingly handsome nurse gave me nothing, if only to shut me up.
after the seventh hour, i poked my head out of the exam room and saw an EMT crew bring in another trauma patient with a blood-gushing head wound that i was certain would make him a higher priority than me. i gave up. i went home, popped the last of the painkiller, chugged a beer, and went to bed.
unfortunately, i have to try again tonight. at minimum, i need a release (for the insurance company) and a new prescription (for me, so i'll quit whining about how much i hurt). my boss has denied me time off this afternoon to see a physician because he's "under pressure for a deadline" today, which is wrong not only on ethical grounds, but i believe company policy makes it a no-no also. i'll have to find out.
Monday, July 02, 2001
another email conversation with Jean (snipped for your pleasure):
Jean: would that also mean that the same side [of the moon] always faces the sun, and the other half is perpetually dark?
terrence: actually...[snipped out long explanation of the moon's axis, revolution, phases and eclipses]...i hope this isn't too confusing. it's easier to explain when i can use visuals.
Jean: So, then, there's really not a portion of the moon where vampires would be safe 24/7. Bugger.
in terrenceland, we combine fantasy with reality. and i'm really pleased with myself for remembering the explanation of the moon's "Dark Side." i was still a teenager when i took Introduction to Astronomy, and didn't really make it to all (most) of the lectures. i did attend most of the labs, though, mainly because the GA leading the lab liked to bring her guitar and sing Monty Python songs.
Jean: would that also mean that the same side [of the moon] always faces the sun, and the other half is perpetually dark?
terrence: actually...[snipped out long explanation of the moon's axis, revolution, phases and eclipses]...i hope this isn't too confusing. it's easier to explain when i can use visuals.
Jean: So, then, there's really not a portion of the moon where vampires would be safe 24/7. Bugger.
in terrenceland, we combine fantasy with reality. and i'm really pleased with myself for remembering the explanation of the moon's "Dark Side." i was still a teenager when i took Introduction to Astronomy, and didn't really make it to all (most) of the lectures. i did attend most of the labs, though, mainly because the GA leading the lab liked to bring her guitar and sing Monty Python songs.
from an email conversation with Jean (just for a glimpse of what it's like in terrenceland):
Speaking of suicidal tiny plastic movie characters, I had a tiny plastic Slinky Dog sitting on top of my monitor at work. He'd sat there with no problems for about two years, then on the day Jim Varney (who did his voice in both Toy Story movies) died, he started taking dives off of my monitor. Seriously, he wouldn't sit up there for more than 10 minutes at a time that entire day without falling off. After that he sat there just fine. Creepy, no?
Needless to say, when Tiny Plastic Iron Giant started taking leaps off of my desk, I got worried about Vin. But he's okay. If Plastic!Spike ever starts doing that sort of thing, I'm liable to have a meltdown.
a law-abiding, never-been-arrested, no-warrents-for-me Terrence will not be visiting Tampa (the fascist bastards), nor will a (semi-)literate, remembers-what-he-was-reading-in-high-school Terrence be visiting certain 'burbs of Seattle (fascist bastards) anytime soon.
Friday, June 29, 2001
news from our World Desk (stolen from CNN):
44 year old schoolgirl assaulted in Japan.
Man divorces wife via text message on his mobile phone.
52 men in Egypt charged with bad praying and sodomy.
attached to the grouping of stories about Milosevic is a photo of a man holding a sign that reads "Send Him to Texas". i'm wondering if the gentleman in the photo is indicating that he wants Smilodon executed, or if he just thinks a trip to Texas would be punishment enough.
i shouldn't make fun of Texas, since it appears that i'll be spending my vacation there. i'll try to talk Mikey into a detour into Louisiana (who wouldn't want to see the world's largest collection of wrought iron?), but just in case, can anyone tell me what's in Texas besides the Alamo and a heavily-polluted-yet-under-water Houston?
44 year old schoolgirl assaulted in Japan.
Man divorces wife via text message on his mobile phone.
52 men in Egypt charged with bad praying and sodomy.
attached to the grouping of stories about Milosevic is a photo of a man holding a sign that reads "Send Him to Texas". i'm wondering if the gentleman in the photo is indicating that he wants Smilodon executed, or if he just thinks a trip to Texas would be punishment enough.
i shouldn't make fun of Texas, since it appears that i'll be spending my vacation there. i'll try to talk Mikey into a detour into Louisiana (who wouldn't want to see the world's largest collection of wrought iron?), but just in case, can anyone tell me what's in Texas besides the Alamo and a heavily-polluted-yet-under-water Houston?
Thursday, June 28, 2001
Government advises caution with holiday fireworks.
this is a complete reversal of previous years' advice for negligence and recklessness.
this is a complete reversal of previous years' advice for negligence and recklessness.
woo hoo! two of the 10 most dangerous intersections in the United States are in Tulsa OK! and #6 is the area where the one i was involved in on Sunday occurred.
Wednesday, June 27, 2001
Anthony Stewart Head was interviewed by UK magazine Impact about the upcoming spin-off and here's his response: "The idea is to do one story per show. I talked about the possibility of doing one one story over two or three, but logistically that would be hard to blend and monitor the writing. You can have background stuff continuing though, in terms of production values and the attention given to it. It was driven by personal themes at the core of the show. They are all in place. As soon as Joss said it, I knew it could happen. It'll all be down to revenue. How much can it generate? Will Fox be remotely interested in putting money into it? If not, will they license it to the BBC? Would it find its way back to America? All that would be logical, but it isn't always down to logic! On paper, it all seems to work well. But as I say to Joss "Allow me to be the sceptic". He's agreed...but I'm the one that really wants it to happen too". Thanks to 'Tequila Mockingbird' [and Dark Horizons]
i became a man without realizing it.
i've had the same half dozen strands of hair on my chest since high school. this morning, while towelling off after my shower, i looked down to see dozens, nay, scores of the black curly wisps, no longer centered in the center of my chest, but spread all across it. i thought at first that Black Cat had been sleeping on me again, but these hairs were attached to me. i don't know where all this hair came from, and i cannot be called hirsute, but i'm going to take some pride in my new manliness, and show it off by leaving my top three buttons unbuttoned and not wearing an undershirt. until my boss tells me stop, at least. i'll tell him to gaze into the chest hair and feels the power of my masculinity. yay me for growing up!
of course, right after seeing that the hair on my chest had popped up so suddenly, i immediately checked my back too. thankfully, nothing has popped up there. i don't think i'm ready to be that masculine yet.
i've had the same half dozen strands of hair on my chest since high school. this morning, while towelling off after my shower, i looked down to see dozens, nay, scores of the black curly wisps, no longer centered in the center of my chest, but spread all across it. i thought at first that Black Cat had been sleeping on me again, but these hairs were attached to me. i don't know where all this hair came from, and i cannot be called hirsute, but i'm going to take some pride in my new manliness, and show it off by leaving my top three buttons unbuttoned and not wearing an undershirt. until my boss tells me stop, at least. i'll tell him to gaze into the chest hair and feels the power of my masculinity. yay me for growing up!
of course, right after seeing that the hair on my chest had popped up so suddenly, i immediately checked my back too. thankfully, nothing has popped up there. i don't think i'm ready to be that masculine yet.
Tuesday, June 26, 2001
in one of the Star Trek movies, one of the characters explains the origin of the word 'sabotage' as, basically, Dutch workers protesting automation by flinging their woooden shoes (sabot) into the machinery to foul it up. so, when i ran into the word 'cabotage', i was so happy, and thought our language so wonderful to actually have a word to name the act of flinging cabbage into machinery. but i'm wrong. that's not what it means at all.
homoousia.
what a great word. look at all those vowels, yet not a single e. i think this is where the other vowels get their revenge on e for being not only the most popular vowel, but also one of the most popular letters at all. exclusionary bastards.
what a great word. look at all those vowels, yet not a single e. i think this is where the other vowels get their revenge on e for being not only the most popular vowel, but also one of the most popular letters at all. exclusionary bastards.
winning is not an option for me. i can either be in pain, or take my medication and feel nausea (the other side effects, such as feeling loopy and spacing out every ten minutes or so, don't bother me).
i am now also an activist for preventing the elderly from driving. i went to pick up my prescriptions from the apothecary (i like that word. pharmacist sounds like it should be a synonym for 'ranch-hand'), and was nearly hit by an elderly man running a red light. i've decided that anyone older than me should not be permitted to drive. neither should anyone younger than me (damned kids). in fact, no one other than me should be permitted to drive because i am, apparently, the only sane and sensible driver out there.
i am now also an activist for preventing the elderly from driving. i went to pick up my prescriptions from the apothecary (i like that word. pharmacist sounds like it should be a synonym for 'ranch-hand'), and was nearly hit by an elderly man running a red light. i've decided that anyone older than me should not be permitted to drive. neither should anyone younger than me (damned kids). in fact, no one other than me should be permitted to drive because i am, apparently, the only sane and sensible driver out there.
Monday, June 25, 2001
yes! yesyesyeseyesyesyesyesyesyes! E! Online says the Region 1 Buffy complete first seasons DVD box sets will be out this fall! yippee! i should try to figure out how to use the DVD player before then.
Gremlins and Goonies are supposed to be coming soon too.
Gremlins and Goonies are supposed to be coming soon too.
Max is right about the cuteness factor in those photos, but what happens if the predator trying to get that little harvest mouse is a dog? won't the dog get all excited about the tennis ball, take it home, and try to get little Billy and Sally to toss the ball for a game of fetch? what of the mice then? i foresee great (mouse) tragedy soon.
Max is wrong about some things though (poisonous reptiles notwithstanding): i am here to attest to the fact that the great cubicle mazes of Corporate America do exist, as i am lost within.
Max is wrong about some things though (poisonous reptiles notwithstanding): i am here to attest to the fact that the great cubicle mazes of Corporate America do exist, as i am lost within.
terrence is safe driver.
terrence obeys traffic laws (terrence is flipped off for driving speed limit).
terrence stops when traffic signal is red.
other drivers don't always do the same.
especially nearly-blind seventy-four year old women.
engine of woman's car is now sitting in passenger seat.
terrence's car has pieces hanging off. and cracking. and crumpling.
terrence's back, shoulder and neck hurt. a lot.
doctor says, 'Nothing serious.'
he gave terrence lots of medication.
good medication.
medication with a hefty street value.
terrence is happy.
terrence obeys traffic laws (terrence is flipped off for driving speed limit).
terrence stops when traffic signal is red.
other drivers don't always do the same.
especially nearly-blind seventy-four year old women.
engine of woman's car is now sitting in passenger seat.
terrence's car has pieces hanging off. and cracking. and crumpling.
terrence's back, shoulder and neck hurt. a lot.
doctor says, 'Nothing serious.'
he gave terrence lots of medication.
good medication.
medication with a hefty street value.
terrence is happy.
Saturday, June 23, 2001
bah! AIDS conferees grapple with describing sex.
this is what happens when you let politicians decide health policy and procedure. maybe we should start letting the physicians treat diseases. bureaucrats don't seem to be doing so well with it.
and goddamn., this reminds me of Helms, and it just pisses me off. when i rule the planet, politicians will be imprisoned for life as punishment for screwing around while people die, just so they can complain and bitch and moan over what may be an embarrassing word or phrase, especially when most of the people that they worry may be offended by those words probably won't read the damned thing anyway.
At issue is how to define those who are most vulnerable and at greatest risk of HIV infection, and thus deserve to be given priority in treatment.
The phrase that has alarmed many Muslim and Catholic nations defines "those most vulnerable" as "men who have sex with men, sex workers and their clients, injecting drug users and their sexual partners," along with children, refugees and displaced persons.
"Some elements want to use the opportunity ... to legitimize behaviors which are totally inconsistent with the values of others," one Muslim diplomat told CNN.
this is what happens when you let politicians decide health policy and procedure. maybe we should start letting the physicians treat diseases. bureaucrats don't seem to be doing so well with it.
and goddamn., this reminds me of Helms, and it just pisses me off. when i rule the planet, politicians will be imprisoned for life as punishment for screwing around while people die, just so they can complain and bitch and moan over what may be an embarrassing word or phrase, especially when most of the people that they worry may be offended by those words probably won't read the damned thing anyway.
White House press secretary collapses during speech.
Castro falters during speech.
is there some kind of mystical connection between the two? oh! maybe Castro and Fleischer are like Glory and Ben, only they don't inhabit the same body!
Castro falters during speech.
is there some kind of mystical connection between the two? oh! maybe Castro and Fleischer are like Glory and Ben, only they don't inhabit the same body!
my sister had her son's (my nephew. duh.) birthday party today at my mother's house. my sister rented a Jupiter Jump for the afternoon. within an hour, me and my sisters had taken over the thing and had the kids at our whim. a one hundred seventy pound guy who lands near a thirty-five pound child will either bounce that child up really high, or cause the child to hit at the wrong time. either way, he or she falls, and if that guy keeps bouncing, the child will not be able to stand again. my sisters and i spent more time on the thing than the kids did, but it was fun to watch a half dozen 3 to 6 year olds jumping around, all saying "boing!" with every bounce. now though, after 5 hours on and off the thing, and an hour long water fight with the nephews and a cousin, i'm exhausted and ready for bed, at 7:30.
my other sister has decided to rent one for my other nephew's birthday next month (it's a great price, $65, for all that boinginess). i also made my mom promise to rent one for my birthday. seriously. if it's been years since you been on the Bouncy Castle at the fair or an amusement park, you gotta do it. in fact, i'm inviting all of you over to my mom's for my birthday in November for an afternoon of inflatable rubber fun.
my other sister has decided to rent one for my other nephew's birthday next month (it's a great price, $65, for all that boinginess). i also made my mom promise to rent one for my birthday. seriously. if it's been years since you been on the Bouncy Castle at the fair or an amusement park, you gotta do it. in fact, i'm inviting all of you over to my mom's for my birthday in November for an afternoon of inflatable rubber fun.
Friday, June 22, 2001
our department's admin arrived at work this morning, thinking it was just another Friday here at happy TVGuide Land, is called to meet with the department's manager, and while she's being told 'your-position's-been-eliminated-and-we-didn't-give-you-any-warning ha-ha-but-we'll-give-you-a-good-reference-so-it's-not-all-bad', the manager's supervisor (a VP.) is out loading the admin's possessions into a box (talk about first class Employment Termination services, "Let Our Executives Show You The Way Out.").
the same thing happened to one of the supervisors too. at least the thirty IT people who were axed eight weeks ago got a half day's1 notice before being told "So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, good night."
immediately after all that happened, a flurry of email is being sent across the network: "omg, did you hear?" "can you believe?" "should we be worried?"
so the (remaining) supervisors hold short meetings with their respective staffs (staves?): "we want you to hear this from us" (too late for that, of course)."Admin and Supervisor4 have been released." released? like they were pardoned after being imprisoned here. cubicles are rather similar to cells though.
"we also want you to know that there's nothing to worry about, that everyone else's position is secure." hey! didn't they say that eight weeks ago too? are they just trying to get us to lower our guard a little before the next axe falls? is that why they're buying us ice cream today, to comfort us, and make us feel secure, loved? shhh, little employees. it's ok. the big bad "Release" Monster is gone.
1 after all the buzz lately about the use, misuse, and abuse of apostrophes, i doubt myself everytime i use one (i should doubt myself, since i write like a chimp with a Speak-n-Spell). i am beginning to fear the letter s, because it has a close association with apostrophes, and i get nervous around contractions and the possessive forms of words (only the genitive case of pronouns ease my mind, the little darlings).
the same thing happened to one of the supervisors too. at least the thirty IT people who were axed eight weeks ago got a half day's1 notice before being told "So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, good night."
immediately after all that happened, a flurry of email is being sent across the network: "omg, did you hear?" "can you believe?" "should we be worried?"
so the (remaining) supervisors hold short meetings with their respective staffs (staves?): "we want you to hear this from us" (too late for that, of course)."Admin and Supervisor4 have been released." released? like they were pardoned after being imprisoned here. cubicles are rather similar to cells though.
"we also want you to know that there's nothing to worry about, that everyone else's position is secure." hey! didn't they say that eight weeks ago too? are they just trying to get us to lower our guard a little before the next axe falls? is that why they're buying us ice cream today, to comfort us, and make us feel secure, loved? shhh, little employees. it's ok. the big bad "Release" Monster is gone.
1 after all the buzz lately about the use, misuse, and abuse of apostrophes, i doubt myself everytime i use one (i should doubt myself, since i write like a chimp with a Speak-n-Spell). i am beginning to fear the letter s, because it has a close association with apostrophes, and i get nervous around contractions and the possessive forms of words (only the genitive case of pronouns ease my mind, the little darlings).
McVeigh execution items pulled off Web auction
"I think it's sick, very gross," said Marsha Kight, whose daughter Frankie Merrell died in the bombing. "This is disgusting. I just can't believe there are so many sick people out there."
let's see. t-shirts and mugs and other execution memorabilia crap that was hawked in Terra Haute. people calling for gruesome torture and a painful execution of McVeigh. the billboard by the Dallas radio station. all the people who wanted to watch the execution. all of the general bloodlust surrounding the execution. and even the very event in which her daughter and 167 other people died. but this one guy is doing the same thing hundreds of others have done, and she can't believe there are so many sick people out there.
ok, lady, let's rein in the drama please.
"I think it's sick, very gross," said Marsha Kight, whose daughter Frankie Merrell died in the bombing. "This is disgusting. I just can't believe there are so many sick people out there."
let's see. t-shirts and mugs and other execution memorabilia crap that was hawked in Terra Haute. people calling for gruesome torture and a painful execution of McVeigh. the billboard by the Dallas radio station. all the people who wanted to watch the execution. all of the general bloodlust surrounding the execution. and even the very event in which her daughter and 167 other people died. but this one guy is doing the same thing hundreds of others have done, and she can't believe there are so many sick people out there.
ok, lady, let's rein in the drama please.
Thursday, June 21, 2001
though i've been feeling rather apolitical today, here's an article from Time(.com) asking How Ethical is the Bush Administration Anyway?
why don't cinemas let you pay a buck or two to go in to watch just the trailers? or why not have one screen set aside for people to watch all of the current trailers? they could charge half the regular ticket price or something, and you'd only be there for half an hour or so.
Dark Horizons says: "A.I.: Artifical Intelligence" will have "Harry Potter" Trailer 2, "Planet of the Apes" (if its not the new third one you'll know FOX won't be doing a third one), "Lord of the Rings" Trailer 2, and the big one (in a scary way) - the first teaser for "Scooby Doo".
i don't really want to see the film. i have some issues with that "i see dead people" boy.
some advice for Spielberg and his colleagues: the easiest way to get me to watch a film is to give either the protagonist or antagonist a Big Ass Sword™, or even some minor characters whom we see a lot. (but make sure to put it in the trailer or i won't know about it!). i'd go see A.I. if the tagline was "He's not real, but his love is, and he has a Big Ass Sword™ to smite those who doubt that love." any movie can be improved with the addition of a Big Ass Sword™.
that's arguable with The Sound of Music, but think of that "Sixteen Going On Seventeen" song. i'll guarantee that the nancy-boy Nazi jerk Rolf singing it wouldn't have been so condescending if Liesl had whipped a B.A.S. out of her bodice and hacked off a limb or two. or how about those nuns with their "How do you solve a problem like Maria"? Maria draws her sword, says something like "Solve this, bitch!", then we cut away. later, at sunset, we see Maria, her dress stained crimson, walking out of the convent and licking the blood from the sword. that would be a cool movie.
Dark Horizons says: "A.I.: Artifical Intelligence" will have "Harry Potter" Trailer 2, "Planet of the Apes" (if its not the new third one you'll know FOX won't be doing a third one), "Lord of the Rings" Trailer 2, and the big one (in a scary way) - the first teaser for "Scooby Doo".
i don't really want to see the film. i have some issues with that "i see dead people" boy.
some advice for Spielberg and his colleagues: the easiest way to get me to watch a film is to give either the protagonist or antagonist a Big Ass Sword™, or even some minor characters whom we see a lot. (but make sure to put it in the trailer or i won't know about it!). i'd go see A.I. if the tagline was "He's not real, but his love is, and he has a Big Ass Sword™ to smite those who doubt that love." any movie can be improved with the addition of a Big Ass Sword™.
that's arguable with The Sound of Music, but think of that "Sixteen Going On Seventeen" song. i'll guarantee that the nancy-boy Nazi jerk Rolf singing it wouldn't have been so condescending if Liesl had whipped a B.A.S. out of her bodice and hacked off a limb or two. or how about those nuns with their "How do you solve a problem like Maria"? Maria draws her sword, says something like "Solve this, bitch!", then we cut away. later, at sunset, we see Maria, her dress stained crimson, walking out of the convent and licking the blood from the sword. that would be a cool movie.
Wednesday, June 20, 2001
it's the Rocky Horror Giles Show! now we know what he does after hours in the magic shop.
(and why is it that, when i look at that URL, my first thought is 'tee hee!'? bad terrence!)
and Giles also performed as Wynonna Judd at one of the Bronze's weekly drag shows.
[sweet transvestite seduced by Jean, who emailed the links to me instead of posting them herself]
(and why is it that, when i look at that URL, my first thought is 'tee hee!'? bad terrence!)
and Giles also performed as Wynonna Judd at one of the Bronze's weekly drag shows.
[sweet transvestite seduced by Jean, who emailed the links to me instead of posting them herself]
#3 in the Bitter Ex-Employee Series: Wal-Mart hit with lawsuit. Female employees file class action suit alleging sex discrimination.
so, the rumor about Giles being approached to play the Master in some new Dr Who audios hit 2 out of 3. he has been approached, and it was for some future Dr Who stories, but it wasn't for the Master. it'd be a totally new villain created specifically for him. go Evil Giles!
*****
Kate Mulgrew told Sci Fi Wire that "her next project will be a one-woman stage show entitled Tea at Five, which stars Mulgrew as Katharine Hepburn." since the debut of Voyager, i thought Kate Mulgrew resembled Katharine Hepburn enough to play her sometime. it was probably that bun-of-steel hairstyle she had.
Kate Mulgrew told Sci Fi Wire that "her next project will be a one-woman stage show entitled Tea at Five, which stars Mulgrew as Katharine Hepburn." since the debut of Voyager, i thought Kate Mulgrew resembled Katharine Hepburn enough to play her sometime. it was probably that bun-of-steel hairstyle she had.
Movies So Bad You Shouldn't Watch Them Sober reviews: The Mummy Returns. (oops. heh. forgot the link)
and from the Left Behind review:
and from the Left Behind review:
Left Behind is based on the "best-selling book" of the same name. Of course I don't know anyone who actually bought it, but then again, I don't know anyone who owns a Garth Brooks CD, and he's the best-selling artist of all time. The book and the movie are about a journalist who attempts to discover the secret behind the disappearance of millions of people (probably the same ones who own Garth Brooks CDs and copies of Left Behind).
'So you don't have any bat-powers? So it's just an outfit?'
Joss imagines the conversation, should Buffy ever meet up with Batman, in an interview about comic books. Joss gets cooler all the time. like me, he thought Cypher's mutant power was cool (though i'd much rather have something with much more destructive capability).
Cypher's special gift was intuitive understanding of any language or code. he could learn a foreign language in minutes by listening to someone speak it. when the other members of the New Mutants can hurl cars, possess a person's mind, or create portals through time and space, though, most people think Cypher's powers are kind of lame, and not all that useful in battle, which is probably why he's dead now.
and "New Mutants" is a terrible name for a team or title of a comic book. who was the creative genius that came up with that?
Joss imagines the conversation, should Buffy ever meet up with Batman, in an interview about comic books. Joss gets cooler all the time. like me, he thought Cypher's mutant power was cool (though i'd much rather have something with much more destructive capability).
Cypher's special gift was intuitive understanding of any language or code. he could learn a foreign language in minutes by listening to someone speak it. when the other members of the New Mutants can hurl cars, possess a person's mind, or create portals through time and space, though, most people think Cypher's powers are kind of lame, and not all that useful in battle, which is probably why he's dead now.
and "New Mutants" is a terrible name for a team or title of a comic book. who was the creative genius that came up with that?
Tuesday, June 19, 2001
Half of world's 6,800 languages could die by 2100 from CNN, and Most World Languages Gone by 2100 from Discovery.com.
when i was a student at OU, my anthropology professors were abuzz with a project the department was working on involving a man in western Oklahoma who was the last speaker of a Native language. they were recording him as much as possible, and he was working with linguistical anthropologists to set the grammar in writing so that the language wouldn't be completely lost. there was some urgency in the project, as the man was in his mid 80s.
i read, last summer, in the Native American Times of the death of man who was the last member of his tribe and the last speaker of his tribe's language. i don't know if this man was the same as the one with whom the University had worked (as i understand it now, there are several languages with only a few remaining speakers with whom the University is working to preserve), and i thought then, as i do now, that, if language is not only a method of communication but also a reflection of the way a person perceives the world, beyond the issues of identity and culture, the world has lost a truly unique perspective on itself.
Ethnologue Language Family Index is a nifty little resource listing thousands of languages grouped by family.
i'll quit abusing my native language for now, until i find something else to post about.
when i was a student at OU, my anthropology professors were abuzz with a project the department was working on involving a man in western Oklahoma who was the last speaker of a Native language. they were recording him as much as possible, and he was working with linguistical anthropologists to set the grammar in writing so that the language wouldn't be completely lost. there was some urgency in the project, as the man was in his mid 80s.
i read, last summer, in the Native American Times of the death of man who was the last member of his tribe and the last speaker of his tribe's language. i don't know if this man was the same as the one with whom the University had worked (as i understand it now, there are several languages with only a few remaining speakers with whom the University is working to preserve), and i thought then, as i do now, that, if language is not only a method of communication but also a reflection of the way a person perceives the world, beyond the issues of identity and culture, the world has lost a truly unique perspective on itself.
Ethnologue Language Family Index is a nifty little resource listing thousands of languages grouped by family.
i'll quit abusing my native language for now, until i find something else to post about.
Monday, June 18, 2001
have i mentioned yet that i'll be taking vacation during the second week of next month? i'll be going to South Carolina. a good buddy and ex-lover of mine invited me down for a few days of unholy debauchery involving live fowl, a kilo of cocaine, and Tom Green movies. there's nothing like sitting around with a flock of coked up chickens watching Road Trip over and over. hee! how Strom loves it!
yay! the monkeys are fighting back against the depredations of man! go monkey army! (actually, it's kind of scary. these monkeys are about 5 feet tall. it'd be different if they were some of those cute little 18 inch monkeys)
[via Metafilter]
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India's 'monkey-man' branded imaginery. lies! it real, i tell you! the New Delhi police have probably captured or killed it, and now, the Indian government wants to deny it ever existed because it doesn't fit within the Scientific Paradigm. they can't explain its existence, so they just explain it away as imaginary, and the world is made a little safer and a little more predictable.
Spike Lee hasn't directed a musical since 1988's School Daze, but all that may soon change: The New York Post reports that Lee is in "discussions" with Miramax Films about directing the film version of Rent. Miramax acquired the rights to Jonathan Larson's prizewinning musical (it's "La Boheme" goes downtown, basically) in 1996, but agreed not to release the film before fall 2001 in order to protect international productions of the musical. Stephen Chabosky is currently at work on the script. Lee is said to be a big fan of Rent, and has seen the musical several times.
the jury's still out on whether or not this is one of those Things That Should Not Be. i'll probably make my decision after they announce the casting of Michael Jackson, Leonardo DiCaprio, and/or Freddy Prinze Jr. [quote from Film.com, found via Dark Horizons]
Friday, June 15, 2001
i will indenture myself for six months to anyone within the United States who buys these for me.
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[praise Metafilter for finding the cool stuff]
Anthony Stewart Head is rumored to have been approached to play the Master in a future Doctor Who story. that'd be cool.
Bush fails to convert EU leaders
"It was perhaps a measure of the gulf which remains between Bush and his European hosts that he sounded his most enthusiastic when celebrating the agreement reached between the U.S. and the EU on banana imports."
i saw the clip on CNN yesterday. el presidente seemed to fluctuate between distinterest and boredom while discussing most topics, but he looked genuinely pleased with himself when mentioning the Great Banana Accords. it cracked me up.
"It was perhaps a measure of the gulf which remains between Bush and his European hosts that he sounded his most enthusiastic when celebrating the agreement reached between the U.S. and the EU on banana imports."
i saw the clip on CNN yesterday. el presidente seemed to fluctuate between distinterest and boredom while discussing most topics, but he looked genuinely pleased with himself when mentioning the Great Banana Accords. it cracked me up.
Thursday, June 14, 2001
i'm going to have to hurt Max for placing a link to this somewhere that i would see it. i would have prefered never to hear such a falsely untrue, slanderous lying falsehooded gossiping b*llsh*t. it's so spitefully deceptive that i should be using a * in place of all the vowels in this post, because the lie has made this entire post that profane. it can't be true. it won't be, else someone gets hurt.
here's an entry in the Things That Keep Me Up At Night series.
after tossing a coin nine times, with each toss coming up 'heads' each time, what is the probability that the tenth toss will also come up 'heads'? assume that there are no outside influences or forces acting on the toss (i.e., no air resistence, the coin is perfectly balenced, blah blah blah). it's just you, the coin, and probability.
initially, i thought '50 - 50', an equal chance of a head or a tail, that the first nine tosses had no bearing at all on the tenth. now i'm not sure about that, and i don't know if it's because it really shouldn't be 50 - 50, or if i'm trying to change the laws of the universe.
anyone know a statistician who could ease my mind, or the name of a book that explains why it is or isn't an equal chance (in simple terms. i'm not too bright)?
after tossing a coin nine times, with each toss coming up 'heads' each time, what is the probability that the tenth toss will also come up 'heads'? assume that there are no outside influences or forces acting on the toss (i.e., no air resistence, the coin is perfectly balenced, blah blah blah). it's just you, the coin, and probability.
initially, i thought '50 - 50', an equal chance of a head or a tail, that the first nine tosses had no bearing at all on the tenth. now i'm not sure about that, and i don't know if it's because it really shouldn't be 50 - 50, or if i'm trying to change the laws of the universe.
anyone know a statistician who could ease my mind, or the name of a book that explains why it is or isn't an equal chance (in simple terms. i'm not too bright)?
coming from .C.H.U.D. (no, not the sewer folk who eat people):
have you ever wondered, who'd win in a fight: Snake "Escape from New York" Plissken or Jack "Big Trouble in Little China" Burton?
another Godzilla product soon to be 'in the can'? i know, the news is too weeks old, but sometimes i'm a little slower than everyone else. if only my mom hadn't smoked so much opium while i was still in the womb.
to hell with trying to find it on the message boards at the official site. i'm just going to quote what Dark Horizons quoted from the message boards post by Joss (phew!):
i saw the WB's new "Angel has moved to Mondays" commercial. i liked it, mostly.
from Sci Fi Wire:
- Michelle [Trachtenberg] talked a little bit more after that about how much she couldn't talk about everything and how we should direct all questions to Joss.
Smilin' Jack Ruby talks with "a bunch of cool people" at the Saturn Awards, including Michelle Trachtenberg (at the bottom of the first page) who said, for the most part, what i quoted above (ok, there's a bit more, but not a lot). there's a photo of Julie Benz wearing a Darla-esque red dress with not-so-Darla-esque shoes at the bottom of the second page too.
- 'Big Momma's House' writer threatens to direct.
have you ever wondered, who'd win in a fight: Snake "Escape from New York" Plissken or Jack "Big Trouble in Little China" Burton?
another Godzilla product soon to be 'in the can'? i know, the news is too weeks old, but sometimes i'm a little slower than everyone else. if only my mom hadn't smoked so much opium while i was still in the womb.
to hell with trying to find it on the message boards at the official site. i'm just going to quote what Dark Horizons quoted from the message boards post by Joss (phew!):
"The songs will rhyme like actual songs. I wouldn't call the show sondheim influnenced stylistically so much as thematically. I'm trying to walk the line between pop and classic showtunes - i.e. contemporary music with lyrics that move the narrative instead of just repeating. RENT, Aimee Mann, Elvis Costello -- but again, the sound will be different from any of those cuz I have NO IDEA WHAT I'M DOING. I just hope Chris Beck (And Jesse Tobias of Splendid, who I'm hoping will help produce it) can make it all sound coherent, not just a hodgepodge. There will be much comedy and many heartfelt ballads, if it comes together AT ALL it'll have some classic moments. That much I can promise".
i saw the WB's new "Angel has moved to Mondays" commercial. i liked it, mostly.
from Sci Fi Wire:
- William Boone (actor Kevin Kilner) is returning to Earth: Final Conflict. he was the lead character (and my favorite) during the first season of the show, until he was killed off.
- Mulder's pissed about kissing Scully. Duchovny didn't like Mulder's send off.
terrence's Question of the Day: could the locksmith have been any hotter?
i applaud the guy's skill (among his other, more obvious attributes). when he showed up, he handed me an invoice pad and asked that i write my name, ZIP code and signature in the appropriate boxes. before i even finished my name, he had my car unlocked, and was putting his equipment back into his van. i have decided that i'm in the wrong line of work since it takes me 2 hours, 20 minutes to earn what i handed him for about 15 minutes of work (forty-five seconds of it dealing with me and my problem, the rest spent driving).
i applaud the guy's skill (among his other, more obvious attributes). when he showed up, he handed me an invoice pad and asked that i write my name, ZIP code and signature in the appropriate boxes. before i even finished my name, he had my car unlocked, and was putting his equipment back into his van. i have decided that i'm in the wrong line of work since it takes me 2 hours, 20 minutes to earn what i handed him for about 15 minutes of work (forty-five seconds of it dealing with me and my problem, the rest spent driving).
ever had one of those split-second moments while in the middle of a second-long action in which there's no way to stop yourself from completing the action, where, in that infinitesimal instance, you realize that you just screwed the pooch?
stupid terrence dummy boy locked his keys in the car this morning. for two months, he has been putting off having a second set of keys made, so there's no spare. putz.
stupid terrence dummy boy locked his keys in the car this morning. for two months, he has been putting off having a second set of keys made, so there's no spare. putz.
Wednesday, June 13, 2001
condemned unsanitary simians! (too many syllables to be a good curse). now UPN is denying reports of the dates for the premieres of Enterprise, Buffy and Roswell.
"There is some nervousness," he acknowledged. "I understand that, but it's beginning to be allayed when they here the logic behind the rationale."
i wonder if CNN inserted that mistake in a Bush quote unconsciously. or maybe el presidente actually said "here" instead of "hear."
i wonder if CNN inserted that mistake in a Bush quote unconsciously. or maybe el presidente actually said "here" instead of "hear."
according to the WKBD/UPN50 website, Enterprise debuts on September 26 (not the 23rd, as Dark Horizons says), and the season premieres of Buffy and Roswell are October 9 and 16, respectively. [huggles to Dark Horizons for pointing me in that direction. eww. i can't believe i wrote the word 'huggles.']
in other news: The Cartoon Network hopes to reel in adults with Space Ghost, Erik Estrada. is anyone else saying, "Eric Estrada!! oh boy!! i gotta watch!"? didn't think so. (but yes, i am saying "Space Ghost? all right! i gotta watch!")
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today's an ampersand kind of day. good for dividing long posts. and i like ampersands. those wheel-chaired people characters they use on Handicapped Parking signs make me think of ampersands.
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everyone's talking about cans of Godzilla Meat being sold in Japan. irradiated reptile meat may be tastey, but you'd think it be a little gamy.
"People can eat Godzilla and become energetic and powerful." yes they can, right up until the radiation sickness kicks in. but once your hair falls out and the vomiting, diarrhea, ulceration of the alimentary canal and sloughing of the skin begin, isn't it great to know that Godzilla Meat has "dreams mixed in with fun."
how did they get Godzilla to give up his flesh? maybe this Kirk vs. Godzilla showdown has the answers.
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the Saturn Award winners were announced yesterday. you can get a quick rundown of the winners here. Buffy won for the Network Television Series catagory and James Marsters won for the Supporting Actor on Television catagory.
Elizabeth Rohm says she was initially wary of taking the Kate role in Angel.
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some fans of Voyager are unwilling to accept the end of the tv series, so they're creating their own stories and putting them online. this is reported as news, and the fans do this because the series ended so suddenly and without warning, because no one has ever written fan fic before, and because Parmamount (via Simon & Schuster, who has an entire subdivision devoted to Star Trek media, the whole thing being one big incestuous Viacom orgy) hasn't thought to publish Voyager-based novels.
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and finally, HRC has called for a boycott against ExxonMobile. i guess this means no more Masterpiece Theatre.
in other news: The Cartoon Network hopes to reel in adults with Space Ghost, Erik Estrada. is anyone else saying, "Eric Estrada!! oh boy!! i gotta watch!"? didn't think so. (but yes, i am saying "Space Ghost? all right! i gotta watch!")
today's an ampersand kind of day. good for dividing long posts. and i like ampersands. those wheel-chaired people characters they use on Handicapped Parking signs make me think of ampersands.
everyone's talking about cans of Godzilla Meat being sold in Japan. irradiated reptile meat may be tastey, but you'd think it be a little gamy.
"People can eat Godzilla and become energetic and powerful." yes they can, right up until the radiation sickness kicks in. but once your hair falls out and the vomiting, diarrhea, ulceration of the alimentary canal and sloughing of the skin begin, isn't it great to know that Godzilla Meat has "dreams mixed in with fun."
how did they get Godzilla to give up his flesh? maybe this Kirk vs. Godzilla showdown has the answers.
the Saturn Award winners were announced yesterday. you can get a quick rundown of the winners here. Buffy won for the Network Television Series catagory and James Marsters won for the Supporting Actor on Television catagory.
Elizabeth Rohm says she was initially wary of taking the Kate role in Angel.
some fans of Voyager are unwilling to accept the end of the tv series, so they're creating their own stories and putting them online. this is reported as news, and the fans do this because the series ended so suddenly and without warning, because no one has ever written fan fic before, and because Parmamount (via Simon & Schuster, who has an entire subdivision devoted to Star Trek media, the whole thing being one big incestuous Viacom orgy) hasn't thought to publish Voyager-based novels.
and finally, HRC has called for a boycott against ExxonMobile. i guess this means no more Masterpiece Theatre.
good riddance. clowns are evil. children shouldn't be permitted to watch them. they should be destroyed. the clowns, not the children. well... nah, just the clowns.
okokokokok i'm all excited about Jurassic Park III. i saw an advertisement for it last night on television and i nearly wet myself. i love dinosaurs. the only way i could love dinosaurs more is to have dinosaurs that use big ass swords and martial arts.
Tuesday, June 12, 2001
[The ABM treaty] prevents freedom-loving people from exploring the future and that's why we've got to lay it aside.-- GWB at a press conference after meeting with Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar.
what does that mean? seriously. it means nothing, right?
and another thought: do they make the president get a passport before travelling to other countries? if he didn't already have one, i mean.
what does that mean? seriously. it means nothing, right?
and another thought: do they make the president get a passport before travelling to other countries? if he didn't already have one, i mean.
Strike averted at Kennedy Space Center. they did, however, pick up the spare.
Skeptical leaders await Bush on European trip. um... i'm not going to do it, even if reading the headline did make me spit Sprite everywhere.
ahem. sorry about that. this is cool though: Birds are imitating cell phones.
Skeptical leaders await Bush on European trip. um... i'm not going to do it, even if reading the headline did make me spit Sprite everywhere.
ahem. sorry about that. this is cool though: Birds are imitating cell phones.
wha?
i agree with the Court's decision, but who'da thunk that Justices Thomas, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer and Scalia would have agreed on this? i thought it'd be either 5-4 the other way, ruling that a warrant wasn't required, or that it'd be 8-1 affirming that it was required (with Rehnquist being the lone dissenter, mainly because he's dead and other Justices haven't figured it out yet).
it's mindboggling.
i agree with the Court's decision, but who'da thunk that Justices Thomas, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer and Scalia would have agreed on this? i thought it'd be either 5-4 the other way, ruling that a warrant wasn't required, or that it'd be 8-1 affirming that it was required (with Rehnquist being the lone dissenter, mainly because he's dead and other Justices haven't figured it out yet).
it's mindboggling.
i'll take "Things That Make You Breathe A Sigh of Relief" for $200: Ghostbusters 3 Unlikely
no? ok, let's try "Ooh, That's Got To Hurt": at EW.com, Pearl Harbor and The Animal are both graded at B-. my expectations for any Rob Schneider movie are... well, i wouldn't even bother building any. truly. his movies suck. but does the shared grade with Pearl Harbor mean that this Rob Schneider film is much better than i thought it would be, or that Pearl Harbor just friggin' sucks?
no? ok, let's try "Ooh, That's Got To Hurt": at EW.com, Pearl Harbor and The Animal are both graded at B-. my expectations for any Rob Schneider movie are... well, i wouldn't even bother building any. truly. his movies suck. but does the shared grade with Pearl Harbor mean that this Rob Schneider film is much better than i thought it would be, or that Pearl Harbor just friggin' sucks?
ok, so the Mutant X website is up. there's not a lot up yet, but it is enough to give you the basic story and let you see the cast and characters. it sounds to me like the big, bad antagonist just needs to get over it, the whiner. Mondo and Shadowcat had themselves a love child named Jesse (the actor Forbes March. hubba!).
so, the show's about this guy named Lex Luthor who left Metropolis after supposedly being killed off after the first season or so of Lois and Clark. deciding that it just isn't worth having Superman kick his ass all the time, Lex gives up Evil and becomes Good, in the form of a Philanthropist, since that's really the only Good thing a billionaire can be (cf. Charles Xavier, Reed Richards, Bruce Wayne, Tony Stark). Lex gathers around himself a group of genetically super-powered beings and names them "The X-Men." Tom De Santo appears out of nowhere with his own team of super-powered Lawyers. during a brief battle, the Lawyers throw out a Cease and Desist Order, a couple of Injunctions, a Motion for a Change of Venue and a Codicil (don't ask me why. Lawyers are a little wonky sometimes) (and yes, that Legal Terms Glossary comes in handy). Lex concedes and changes the name of the team, using the unoriginal and unapt "Mutant X".
sometimes, when i have nothing else to do at work, i write crap like that.
so, the show's about this guy named Lex Luthor who left Metropolis after supposedly being killed off after the first season or so of Lois and Clark. deciding that it just isn't worth having Superman kick his ass all the time, Lex gives up Evil and becomes Good, in the form of a Philanthropist, since that's really the only Good thing a billionaire can be (cf. Charles Xavier, Reed Richards, Bruce Wayne, Tony Stark). Lex gathers around himself a group of genetically super-powered beings and names them "The X-Men." Tom De Santo appears out of nowhere with his own team of super-powered Lawyers. during a brief battle, the Lawyers throw out a Cease and Desist Order, a couple of Injunctions, a Motion for a Change of Venue and a Codicil (don't ask me why. Lawyers are a little wonky sometimes) (and yes, that Legal Terms Glossary comes in handy). Lex concedes and changes the name of the team, using the unoriginal and unapt "Mutant X".
sometimes, when i have nothing else to do at work, i write crap like that.
Monday, June 11, 2001
i bought the Willow and Tara Special yesterday. nothing spectacular enough to get me buying the Buffy comic book, but nothing that would dissuade from it either. there were some cool death scenes though.
Oz is getting his own three-part mini-series, the first issue to be released next month.
i went to the comic book store nearest to my apartment to pick up a copy of Fray, but the stupid store didn't have it. they didn't order any. i hate that place. and they have a crappy website. not that mine's all that great, but it's not crappy like theirs. or stupid. like them.
they're advertising for Trek Expo 2001. Kate Mulgrew will be making an appearance. i was thinking about going and sneaking up behind her to cut out a lock of her hair (i have this thing about her hair), but i'm pretty sure she could kick my ass. if she couldn't, Hercules is going to be there too, and i know he'd be able to, being a demi-god and all. he'd stomp me into squishy piles of mush, and as an added insult and ultimate indignity, Adam West would laugh at me (really, should that guy be laughing at anyone?).
Oz is getting his own three-part mini-series, the first issue to be released next month.
i went to the comic book store nearest to my apartment to pick up a copy of Fray, but the stupid store didn't have it. they didn't order any. i hate that place. and they have a crappy website. not that mine's all that great, but it's not crappy like theirs. or stupid. like them.
they're advertising for Trek Expo 2001. Kate Mulgrew will be making an appearance. i was thinking about going and sneaking up behind her to cut out a lock of her hair (i have this thing about her hair), but i'm pretty sure she could kick my ass. if she couldn't, Hercules is going to be there too, and i know he'd be able to, being a demi-god and all. he'd stomp me into squishy piles of mush, and as an added insult and ultimate indignity, Adam West would laugh at me (really, should that guy be laughing at anyone?).
from today's Dark Horizon- Triple X: Vin Diesel is set to star for Director Rob Cohen in this film about an extreme sports player turned undercover spy.
extreme sports player turned undercover spy. yeah.
extreme sports player turned undercover spy. yeah.