You know, it's always the first and the last days that are the hardest to sit through. I mean... July 8th was awful. Having just seen Pirates 2, it's like "OMG I can't wait to see the next one! When is it coming out! Make it come out soon!" And you're nervously dancing around the room anticipating the next one. After that it gets easier. But then it comes up again hours before the movie comes out. I'm sitting here staring at the clock going " 'kay, four and a half more hours to go... not too long now.... not long..." and the clock is just CRAWLING along. If it were any other day, I wouldn't have enough time in the day to do everything I want to, but on the day that I'm waiting to see a movie... there's absolutely nothing to do until show time.
See, that's why I like stage acting! On the day of the show, we're running around, rehearsing lines, trying to remember the moves to the sword fight, getting Reeves practiced for his fall off the tower, piecing together last minute costumes for people who lost theirs... there is NEVER a dull moment. But then, we don't look forward to the show, we dread it.
BUT ANYWAY. Pirates 3 has the most freaking awesometastic soundtrack in the history of soundtracks. It's gorgeous. I mean, I already feel like I've seen it just from hearing the score. I can already see the ending by Jack's Theme playing and then the credits music. So perfect. It's like... I feel like I'll want to stand up and clap after this movie. OH! And Davy Jones' theme in At Wit's End... that's so perfect. It's about halfway throgh the track, I'd say. But I could be wrong.
I'm absolutely in love with Davy Jones' theme. It's just gorgeous. I wish the organ version of the song had been on the Pirates 2 soundtrack though. The Kraken Theme more than makes up for it though. The bass was just perfect for a mythological creature song. Awesome.
Up Is Down makes me want to get up and dance a jig... and then a tango... and then like... Riverdance or something.
But yeah. In a nutshell... Pirates 3 is the best kriffing soundtrack EVER. Davy Jones has the second coolest theme ever (surpassed only by The Imperial Theme from Empire Strikes Back). And I seriously can't wait to see the movie.
Are we there yet?
24 May, 2007
23 May, 2007
Greatest Hits
On account that there was absolutely nothing to blog about today, I leave you with one of my Greatest Hits from a previous journal.
http://story.news.ask.com//article/20060817/D8JIG3P80.html
Lookit this. You can't even have a MySpace without getting hounded by politics.
This is getting insane. You can take college classes online. You can get hounded by politics online. You can shop online. You can shop for car insurance online. You can do your banking online. Hell, people even have sex online!! Who needs to get out of the house when you can live entirely through the internet? I mean, in the future, are we all going to just sit on our fat bums all day typing away at the keyboard, never interacting face to face with a human being? Heck. I can see it now. Future generations... everything they do is online. EVERYTHING. Can you imagine future wars? Let's say leaders from the USA and maybe England get into this large disagreement, and what do they do? Duel it out on Halo.
DowningStreet was fragged by HomeOfTheBrave
HomeOfTheBrave: i pwn j00!!
DowningStreet: n0 f41r y0ur u$1ng ch34t c0d3$!!!11!!!11
http://story.news.ask.com//article/2006
Lookit this. You can't even have a MySpace without getting hounded by politics.
This is getting insane. You can take college classes online. You can get hounded by politics online. You can shop online. You can shop for car insurance online. You can do your banking online. Hell, people even have sex online!! Who needs to get out of the house when you can live entirely through the internet? I mean, in the future, are we all going to just sit on our fat bums all day typing away at the keyboard, never interacting face to face with a human being? Heck. I can see it now. Future generations... everything they do is online. EVERYTHING. Can you imagine future wars? Let's say leaders from the USA and maybe England get into this large disagreement, and what do they do? Duel it out on Halo.
DowningStreet was fragged by HomeOfTheBrave
HomeOfTheBrave: i pwn j00!!
DowningStreet: n0 f41r y0ur u$1ng ch34t c0d3$!!!11!!!11
22 May, 2007
Bloody liberals...
So, Dominic Deegan is one web comic that I keep up with daily. Used to be my favorite, but there are others now (And DD just hasn't been as good lately). So, the current story arc is... okay, I don't know what the current story arc is. It's all a bit confusing. But for the past three days or so, the main event has been Dominic and Luna finally ripping their clothes off for sex.
My reaction was an eyeroll, and a mutter of "Well lovely. Here we go again." One of the things I loved about this comic was that Dom and Luna could be in love without it having to be a sexual relationship. It was a good mix. Neither one of them was very "OMG wait until you're married!" which kept the liberals happy, but they also weren't "OMG get your clothes off!" which kept the conservatives happy. But now they're all "Oh yay, we had sex", telling everyone all about their night, and it's getting ridiculous. But I can back off. It isn't my comic.
My problem was that I checked what other people were saying about the comic, which always gets me miffed. It's a liberal comic, with liberal readers. As said before, any different political views make me fighting mad. BUT... the only thing that gets me more mad than a group of liberals, are a group of liberals that feel everyone has to listen to their opinion, but they don't have to listen to anyone else's.
One person posted a message saying that she (he?) was sad that Dom and Luna hadn't waited until their wedding, and that she had always liked that they hadn't slept with each other. Basically what I just said. I think there were one or two messages saying "right on." The rest were that group of liberals that can't listen to anyone else's opinions.
They pounced on the poster and went totally liberal on her (him?). "Dude, update your world view. Nobody waits until they're married anymore." (I do.) "That's not a healthy world view. So you think it's okay to marry someone, then screw them and divorce them?" (She [he?] didn't say that. Chances are, if she's in favor of waiting for marriage, she's not in favor of divorce.) "Oh come on. Marraige is just a stupid ceremony. Sex is a commitment. Which is more important? A ceremony or commitment?" (Right. Because no one has ever left someone after sleeping with them. As soon as they have sex, it's a lifetime commitment, eh? Both are equally important. If you're not committed, then there won't be a wedding. If there's no wedding, then you can't know your partner is committed to you at all.)
No thanks. When I meet the right person, I want to know that he is committed enough to WAIT. But that isn't what got me miffed. It's-- Gah. It's that people are so egotistical (well that was hypocritic) that they feel they don't have to listen to what anyone else says (do what I say, not what I do). It's always the same thing. One person posts an opinion. AN OPINION. "Well, this comic made me sad, because I wish they had waited." And everyone pounces on the opportunity to lash out and say "You're an idiot for thinking that way." Those are the ones I hate. If they would take the side of "Well, I disagree, but okay." then that would be fine. They can state their opinion, and they can also listen.
It's time for Rio's Quote Theater.
If you don't feel you have to hear my opinion, I don't feel I have to hear yours.
-Tari
Nowhere does it say free speech is carte blanche to be a jerk. And don't cheapen real free speech by hijacking an honourable concept bought dearly with people's lives just to get a little spotlight. Spotlights run hot, and they can burn.
-Karen Traviss
My reaction was an eyeroll, and a mutter of "Well lovely. Here we go again." One of the things I loved about this comic was that Dom and Luna could be in love without it having to be a sexual relationship. It was a good mix. Neither one of them was very "OMG wait until you're married!" which kept the liberals happy, but they also weren't "OMG get your clothes off!" which kept the conservatives happy. But now they're all "Oh yay, we had sex", telling everyone all about their night, and it's getting ridiculous. But I can back off. It isn't my comic.
My problem was that I checked what other people were saying about the comic, which always gets me miffed. It's a liberal comic, with liberal readers. As said before, any different political views make me fighting mad. BUT... the only thing that gets me more mad than a group of liberals, are a group of liberals that feel everyone has to listen to their opinion, but they don't have to listen to anyone else's.
One person posted a message saying that she (he?) was sad that Dom and Luna hadn't waited until their wedding, and that she had always liked that they hadn't slept with each other. Basically what I just said. I think there were one or two messages saying "right on." The rest were that group of liberals that can't listen to anyone else's opinions.
They pounced on the poster and went totally liberal on her (him?). "Dude, update your world view. Nobody waits until they're married anymore." (I do.) "That's not a healthy world view. So you think it's okay to marry someone, then screw them and divorce them?" (She [he?] didn't say that. Chances are, if she's in favor of waiting for marriage, she's not in favor of divorce.) "Oh come on. Marraige is just a stupid ceremony. Sex is a commitment. Which is more important? A ceremony or commitment?" (Right. Because no one has ever left someone after sleeping with them. As soon as they have sex, it's a lifetime commitment, eh? Both are equally important. If you're not committed, then there won't be a wedding. If there's no wedding, then you can't know your partner is committed to you at all.)
No thanks. When I meet the right person, I want to know that he is committed enough to WAIT. But that isn't what got me miffed. It's-- Gah. It's that people are so egotistical (well that was hypocritic) that they feel they don't have to listen to what anyone else says (do what I say, not what I do). It's always the same thing. One person posts an opinion. AN OPINION. "Well, this comic made me sad, because I wish they had waited." And everyone pounces on the opportunity to lash out and say "You're an idiot for thinking that way." Those are the ones I hate. If they would take the side of "Well, I disagree, but okay." then that would be fine. They can state their opinion, and they can also listen.
It's time for Rio's Quote Theater.
If you don't feel you have to hear my opinion, I don't feel I have to hear yours.
-Tari
Nowhere does it say free speech is carte blanche to be a jerk. And don't cheapen real free speech by hijacking an honourable concept bought dearly with people's lives just to get a little spotlight. Spotlights run hot, and they can burn.
-Karen Traviss
21 May, 2007
Oiy.
People are stupid. They always expect me to be there for them. I'm always expected to come running if they ever need help, and to support everything they do without question, and they get mad at me if I act even slightly different than they planned on me acting. But they don't listen to me. If I got all my friends together in one big room and asked them to write down what they thought I wanted to do with my life, what job I wanted to do... NONE of them would know. If I asked them what I was thinking about for college, they wouldn't know that either. NONE of my so called friends know me, because they just don't listen. I'm a hanky, not a friend. And when it comes to my dreams, they don't support them either.
My play? The one that I was so excited about? I was talking about it for months. I told everyone I met what character I was playing, telling them about coordinating the sword fight, the woes of learning my lines... I told them that stuff every week, to the point where they could almost recite it. I got told so many times "Yes, you've told me that before." With all that hype, you'd figure they would know that I was excited, eh? NONE OF THEM CAME. There's you saying "Well, you're exaggerating. SOMEONE must have come." NO. NONE. Quite literally zero. They were too busy, or too tired. My best friend just plain didn't want to come. My best friend's family couldn't find the church, gave up after five minutes, then turned around and went home.
I guess I'm not exactly the type of person that inspires loyalty, am I? My so called friends abandon me and take advantage of me whenever they get the bloody chance. *sigh* I'm just the Jester.
Remind me to post that Jester short story after I get it rewritten. It's not great, but I think it gets my message across.
My play? The one that I was so excited about? I was talking about it for months. I told everyone I met what character I was playing, telling them about coordinating the sword fight, the woes of learning my lines... I told them that stuff every week, to the point where they could almost recite it. I got told so many times "Yes, you've told me that before." With all that hype, you'd figure they would know that I was excited, eh? NONE OF THEM CAME. There's you saying "Well, you're exaggerating. SOMEONE must have come." NO. NONE. Quite literally zero. They were too busy, or too tired. My best friend just plain didn't want to come. My best friend's family couldn't find the church, gave up after five minutes, then turned around and went home.
I guess I'm not exactly the type of person that inspires loyalty, am I? My so called friends abandon me and take advantage of me whenever they get the bloody chance. *sigh* I'm just the Jester.
Remind me to post that Jester short story after I get it rewritten. It's not great, but I think it gets my message across.
TV TV TV
So, 24 finale tonight. It ended kinda... strange. But, it is 24, so I should be used to that by now. Honestly? I thought for sure he was going to jump off that balcony, or shoot himself and then fall off. I mean, the writers of 24 are totally evil, and they wouldn't tell us if the show were being cancelled, so they wouldn't tell us if they were going to kill Jack...
And really, he still may have jumped! 'cause it cut away at the last second. He was seriously contemplating it, I can tell you that much.
Insane Jack is scary. No no... Sane Jack is scary. Insane Jack is terrifying. Don't know how President Hayes stood up to him.
And really, he still may have jumped! 'cause it cut away at the last second. He was seriously contemplating it, I can tell you that much.
Insane Jack is scary. No no... Sane Jack is scary. Insane Jack is terrifying. Don't know how President Hayes stood up to him.
No wait.... he's not the president.... why do I want to call him President Hayes? .... OH HELLER! Secretary Heller. He's only President Hayes on Stargate. I totally knew that. But yeah. I completely love Josh. When he smacked Mr Bauer over the head with the wrench and then grabbed his gun? I'm like "OMG GOOD KID!" And he was even holding the gun properly... and then he actually shot him! That was so brilliant. You can definitely tell that kid is a Bauer. He's got some serious Bauer Power going on there.
Idol finale is tomorrow. I'm still rooting for Melinda. She was totally the best singer in the whole thing! I absolutely can't believe she got voted off. That's so stupid. Should have been Blake. Or Jordin. I don't care. Anyone but Malinda. There was a problem with the voting or something, 'cause that is NOT natural. Just ain't right. She had more fans than the others, and we all knew she was going to win. So what the heck happened?
Idol finale is tomorrow. I'm still rooting for Melinda. She was totally the best singer in the whole thing! I absolutely can't believe she got voted off. That's so stupid. Should have been Blake. Or Jordin. I don't care. Anyone but Malinda. There was a problem with the voting or something, 'cause that is NOT natural. Just ain't right. She had more fans than the others, and we all knew she was going to win. So what the heck happened?
20 May, 2007
Oh, intro!
Oh yeah. By the way... I'm Rio! Nice to meet you. I don't like people, animals are much better. I am slightly more for animal rights than most people, but I still think PETA should stand for People Eating Tasty Animals. I love country music, and hate anyone that doesn't like it. I have zero tolerance for any moral no-no, whether it's bank robbery, murder, or being rude to the cashier at Walmart. I drop my friends like a hot potato if they do something I disprove of (mainly because I refuse to hang with the "wrong crowd". I don't mix with them, I don't tolerate them, I don't forgive them. If my decent friends become the wrong crowd, I drop them. Simple as that.). I am an artist, though none of my stuff sells, and I am a procrastinating author (meaning I've started a million novels, and only finished one short story, none of which are published). I like Science Fiction, but absolutely hate the Sci-Fi channel. If I were the type to hire a professional hitman, the three people I would off are Natalie Maines, Hilary Duff, and Mark Stern (the Sci-Fi channel exec. that killed Stargate SG-1). I love Star Wars, and I fully support the Dark Side, because it has a better dental plan, and cooler minions. I have long memories and short fuses.
My personality in a nutshell? Mostly Karen Traviss with a hint of JRR Tolkien. Meaning... If people are stupid, I will not hesitate to say so. I stand up for what I believe in, and will not be pushed around. I fully support the military, even if the government is stupid (but I don't like any politicians at all.) (Well, okay, I do fully support President Bush. You got a problem with that, believe me, you can either shut up, ignore my political opinions and just pay attention to the rest of the blog, or you can leave right now. I'm okay with either one. But my blog is not your political soapbox. It's mine.) But, even with all that "Don't mess with me, vod'ika" attitude, I've still got the Tolkien streak that loves trees and good company and nature.
I have absolutely no patience whatsoever, unless it comes to HTML, then there's an endless supply. I will poke and prod a website until it does exactly what I want it to do, no matter how long that takes. Websites should be very grateful, because I am not patient with anyone or anything else.
I absolutely hate: Hippies, Dixie Chicks fans, people that hate country music, people that don't support the military, people that sleep around with people they ain't married to, people that plan on sleeping around with people they ain't married to, people that look over my shoulder while I'm on the computer, people that turn down the radio to talk to me, and people that incorrectly use "your" instead of "you're". So check your grammar.
I absolutely love: My cat.
So that's me in a nutshell. Now. I was planning on typing a blog about speaking sign language to a deaf man, but that'll have to wait until another time. I've filled up this one with stuff all about me. Funny... 'cause that's totally not what I intended.
Oh yeah, I'm also very arrogant, and have the second largest ego in the world, next to Simon Cowell. No wait... I take that back. Simon has admitted to being wrong before. I have not.
Random interruption... You know, if you're typing too fast, you can type "speaking sign language to a dead man" instead of "deaf man".... which is actually a bit funny.
My personality in a nutshell? Mostly Karen Traviss with a hint of JRR Tolkien. Meaning... If people are stupid, I will not hesitate to say so. I stand up for what I believe in, and will not be pushed around. I fully support the military, even if the government is stupid (but I don't like any politicians at all.) (Well, okay, I do fully support President Bush. You got a problem with that, believe me, you can either shut up, ignore my political opinions and just pay attention to the rest of the blog, or you can leave right now. I'm okay with either one. But my blog is not your political soapbox. It's mine.) But, even with all that "Don't mess with me, vod'ika" attitude, I've still got the Tolkien streak that loves trees and good company and nature.
I have absolutely no patience whatsoever, unless it comes to HTML, then there's an endless supply. I will poke and prod a website until it does exactly what I want it to do, no matter how long that takes. Websites should be very grateful, because I am not patient with anyone or anything else.
I absolutely hate: Hippies, Dixie Chicks fans, people that hate country music, people that don't support the military, people that sleep around with people they ain't married to, people that plan on sleeping around with people they ain't married to, people that look over my shoulder while I'm on the computer, people that turn down the radio to talk to me, and people that incorrectly use "your" instead of "you're". So check your grammar.
I absolutely love: My cat.
So that's me in a nutshell. Now. I was planning on typing a blog about speaking sign language to a deaf man, but that'll have to wait until another time. I've filled up this one with stuff all about me. Funny... 'cause that's totally not what I intended.
Oh yeah, I'm also very arrogant, and have the second largest ego in the world, next to Simon Cowell. No wait... I take that back. Simon has admitted to being wrong before. I have not.
Random interruption... You know, if you're typing too fast, you can type "speaking sign language to a dead man" instead of "deaf man".... which is actually a bit funny.
Ack! Graduation woes
The good thing about this graduating business (besides the fact that I'm done with school) is that pretty much every day for the past week, people have been sending me cash. Is it strange that I totally didn't know I was supposed to get gifts for graduating? Yeah. But people just started sending me stuff, and I was like "Oh... I get gifts? That roxors!"
Random interruption... I can't spell buisness.... business... It's like.... busy-ness.... busi-ness... business... okay. Got it now.
The downside of this? I gotta write thank you notes. I am so incredibly bad at writing thank you notes! I sound completely fake. Used car salesman fake. I'm a very stuck up unappreciative person, so I'm always delighted to get stuff, but very rarely feel the need to be thankful. Character flaw, I know.
Random other note... that's gotta be the first time I've spelled "character" correctly the first time. I always put an extra H in it. Charachter.... nah. It does look better the other way, I guess.
Now, I can write a note for stuff. I mean actual stuff. I got a ginormous bag, and I can write up a whole note for that. Thanks so much, it's really beautiful, I'll be able to hold a ton of stuff in it... but mostly I've been getting money. Not that I'm complaining, but money is awfully hard to say thanks for. "Hey, thanks for the cash, I'm gonna use it to buy video games so I can sit on my bum all day and never have to worry about going to college. Have a nice day!" No no, that just doesn't work. So what do I say? "I'm saving it up for.... study breaks."
Well, at least I get a break with this next one. It's from an old friend of the family. I can add thanks for the money, but also mention that it was really nice to hear from them again. That'll give the note some more substance. You know, I sound like a politician... or a lawyer. Trying to come up with nice things to say to people and all? Whew. This is hard work. No wonder lawyers and politicians are so slimy.
OH BUTTONS! [Rio discovers the pretty buttons up on the blog editor, and decides to try them out, pressing each one in turn, hoping they don't completely wipe out the blog. Luckily, none of them do, so she resumes complaining.]
Now here's something interesting. My best friend in the entire world (back when I was about five)... well, I just now realised that I never knew how to spell his name. That's odd... I was spelling it completely wrong. That's kinda funny. Is it proper to say "Thank you for the money" or "Thank you for the check"? Thanks for the check sounds better.... makes my job easier, too. A check is more of a gift, money is just.... money. Makes me sound greedy.
Third random interruption... my S key makes a boing sound when I press it. SSS boing boing boing...
Is it bad when I get writers block on thank you notes, but my muse kicks me in the butt and tells me to write more of my story? Meh... at least the muse isn't letting me abandon the poor novel. Maybe I should come back and write these notes later? They're supposed to go out within ten days, which gives me plenty of time to brood over them. I got that gift on Monday right? So that's seven days before a thank you note? That seems alright to me. Prompt, without being rushed. I want to play my zoo game. I think I was building a park or something. Trees... with a nice fence and some benches. I wanted to put up lampposts, but I need a higher fame rating before I can get those THANK YOU NOTES. Stop typing about Zoo Tycoon and write the bloody notes, Rio. [Rio smacks herself in the head, forcing herself to get back to work. Of course, her mind stays on the game the entire time. Will she ever get those notes done in time? Tune in next time on We Say That Here, Don't We?]
Random interruption... I can't spell buisness.... business... It's like.... busy-ness.... busi-ness... business... okay. Got it now.
The downside of this? I gotta write thank you notes. I am so incredibly bad at writing thank you notes! I sound completely fake. Used car salesman fake. I'm a very stuck up unappreciative person, so I'm always delighted to get stuff, but very rarely feel the need to be thankful. Character flaw, I know.
Random other note... that's gotta be the first time I've spelled "character" correctly the first time. I always put an extra H in it. Charachter.... nah. It does look better the other way, I guess.
Now, I can write a note for stuff. I mean actual stuff. I got a ginormous bag, and I can write up a whole note for that. Thanks so much, it's really beautiful, I'll be able to hold a ton of stuff in it... but mostly I've been getting money. Not that I'm complaining, but money is awfully hard to say thanks for. "Hey, thanks for the cash, I'm gonna use it to buy video games so I can sit on my bum all day and never have to worry about going to college. Have a nice day!" No no, that just doesn't work. So what do I say? "I'm saving it up for.... study breaks."
Well, at least I get a break with this next one. It's from an old friend of the family. I can add thanks for the money, but also mention that it was really nice to hear from them again. That'll give the note some more substance. You know, I sound like a politician... or a lawyer. Trying to come up with nice things to say to people and all? Whew. This is hard work. No wonder lawyers and politicians are so slimy.
OH BUTTONS! [Rio discovers the pretty buttons up on the blog editor, and decides to try them out, pressing each one in turn, hoping they don't completely wipe out the blog. Luckily, none of them do, so she resumes complaining.]
Now here's something interesting. My best friend in the entire world (back when I was about five)... well, I just now realised that I never knew how to spell his name. That's odd... I was spelling it completely wrong. That's kinda funny. Is it proper to say "Thank you for the money" or "Thank you for the check"? Thanks for the check sounds better.... makes my job easier, too. A check is more of a gift, money is just.... money. Makes me sound greedy.
Third random interruption... my S key makes a boing sound when I press it. SSS boing boing boing...
Is it bad when I get writers block on thank you notes, but my muse kicks me in the butt and tells me to write more of my story? Meh... at least the muse isn't letting me abandon the poor novel. Maybe I should come back and write these notes later? They're supposed to go out within ten days, which gives me plenty of time to brood over them. I got that gift on Monday right? So that's seven days before a thank you note? That seems alright to me. Prompt, without being rushed. I want to play my zoo game. I think I was building a park or something. Trees... with a nice fence and some benches. I wanted to put up lampposts, but I need a higher fame rating before I can get those THANK YOU NOTES. Stop typing about Zoo Tycoon and write the bloody notes, Rio. [Rio smacks herself in the head, forcing herself to get back to work. Of course, her mind stays on the game the entire time. Will she ever get those notes done in time? Tune in next time on We Say That Here, Don't We?]
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