Hey, it's me

Avatar the movie

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:50:15 GMT

We saw the extended trailer for Avatar during the commercial break of something. My first thought? I've seen this movie before, it's called Fern Gully: The Last Rainforest, only perhaps without the singing bat.

Yo, the name is Batty
The logic is erratic,
Potato in a jacket,
Toys in the attic,
I rock and I ramble,
My brain is scrambled,
Rap like an animal, but I'm a mammal.

All of are cosmetics are non-carcinogenic.

I been brain-fried, electrified, infected and injectified,
Vivisectified and fed pesticides,
My face is all cut up
My radar's all shut up
Nurse-
Yes?
-I need a check-up from the neck up,
I'm Batty.

It seems to have no effect doctor.

They used and abused me,
Battered and bruised me,
Red wires, green wires, stuck em' right through me,
So hear my Batty word,
And exercise a little prudence,
When dealing with humans.

Phone call, Mr. Darwin, phone call...

All the graduate students please move closer...

Scapel, more nitrous oxide...

The eye makeup when inserted rectally seems to have some effect...

Remove the brain cap...

You notice by dipping the bat in a series of pain...

After six hundred packs of cigarettes the animal seems to exhibit some effects...

I said orally...

Oh my god, I'm reading by my genitals...

Insert the electro... we're losing him!

Seems to have no effect doctor...

Wait, get me another one... get me another animal!

Look professor they dance up and down just like Elvis...

Fine, strap him down. If he moves medicate him, medicate him, medicate me!

It seems to have no effect doctor.
Thank you nurse. Why don't you ever call me?

Doesn't seem like animals comprehend any pain,
They just get used to it!

Cause I'm a real fruit bat and I'm ready to rap,
I'm ready to snap,
I suffer from sciatica and chapped lips.
And jock itch!
Like a rocket in my pocket and a need to scratch, ow!
But now I can't stop it,
I'm Batty
I'm Batty
I'm a real fruit bat and my logic is erratic,
I'm Batty.

Its my batty rap
Shave his head, you idiot, it's just and animal!
My batty rap..
If you just take a little off the sides, oh! Ack!
My batty rap.
Who's Batty? Moi.

In AkuDan heaven

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:02:57 GMT

I am behind in my New Prince of Tennis reading and am now catching up, and I found squee! And Dan, like I said would happen, but that's not what the squee is for -

Chapter 12 indicated that Akutsu went to that school/camp/whatever that Banji-san was trying to get him to go to, the one Banji-san gave the information to Ryukia-san for Tezuka!

*flail*

And THEN, in Chapter fifteen, Dan has a good luck charm for Akutsu that Akutsu actually rips the fence to accept.

*flail*

*flail*

Big Sigh

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:55:48 GMT

Y'know, I reckon there's a reason people go about birthin' babies the ol' fashioned way.

We've been cleaning our house for a full month now and we keep finding more crap to do. Our home study, for which said house cleaning needs to be done, is set for November 5th and I'm all /flail. I cannot wait for this home study to be completed for us to go back to our apparently messy lives. I mean, who knew I had so many dang books? And furniture? And lightbulbs? Not to mention what has accumulated in the Man's hardware and lumber store that masquerades as the garage/workshop/basement.

And -then- there's still the possibility that we'll do all of this and still won't get licensed to adopt. Gah!

(I am awed by some of the crap I've found that I didn't know I'd even had, like this really awesome NatGeo sattelite poster of the earth at night, where you can see ALL THE LIGHTS from the cities. So going to frame that and put it up somewhere.)

Randomly waves to 'Dawid' in case he's reading.

Random Things in the Life of Me

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:54:23 GMT

1. Our basement no longer resembles a wood factory, but an actual basement again.
2. My parents kick ass for helping accomplish that basement feat.
3. Our oven went kaput.
4. Most of our dinners are made with the oven.
5. Naturally, the oven cannot be fixed until Friday.
6. But at least it should be fixed before Friday night date night.
7. We are halfway through our adoption classes.
8. But we are only a quarter of the way through the pounds of paperwork.
9. I cannot stop roleplaying in EQ2.
10. EQ2 is a hotbed of slash and kink, which explains a lot.
11. And it satisfies my creative writing, er, juices.
12. So life, right now, is whee.

giggling and blushing

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:51:48 GMT

So I'm at work and using the work phone to call my personal credit card company to check my balance. I get out the card, dial the number on the back, and get this automated response:

"Hello, boys. Are you looking for some hot, horny girls? Well, you've dialed the right number."

*hangs up quickly*
*giggles*
*blushes*
OMG! I called a porn line from work!

Lesson: watch your area codes! 1-800 is different than 1-888!

New Shelf Wars

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:30:44 GMT

Past Shelfwars can be found here!

@#$&!

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:56:35 GMT

Sometimes, attorneys forget that the courtroom does not belong to them and that they are not in charge of anything here. But then they get their way making my decisions worthless and me like gum on the bottom of their shoes.

I remember again why I hate people.

Wincest is Best

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:42:59 GMT

[Russell T.] Davies [creator/writer of Torchwood: Children of Earth] says he's "fairly confident" Torchwood will live on in the form of another miniseries - with or without those angry Ianto fans (many of who are upset that one of TV's few gay relationships perished...). "I recommend they go watch Supernatural, because those boys are beautiful," he says with a laugh. "And don't tell me they're brothers."

-EW, July 31, 2009

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:57:49 GMT

Because I'm driving you crazy, and you're driving me crazy, and I'd rather not see you and have you think good things about me than have you see me and hate me. Because I can't afford to have you hate me, Keith. The only things I care about in this goddamm life are me, and my drums, and you.

RIP John Hughes

Movie: HP 6

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 03:50:03 GMT

I finally got to watch Half-Blood Prince and imagine my surprise that I liked it more than book six - and book six is my second favorite book in the series.

The writers did a very good job at laying out the main plot, to me, which showed us just a bit of Tom Riddle's life before the Slughorn-tampered memory, and then Harry's retrieval of the real memory that started the horcrux plot. It feels like the search for the horcruxes will be much better written than book seven.

The lack of Snape buildup for his heroicism wasn't the best, but again if the writers are smart they'll do it in the two part seven movie. I did like how Harry did as Dumbledore instructed and trusted Snape until Snape AK'd Dumbledore. All the movies combined really lean towards Snape being on Team Evil and thus those who've only seen the movies may think that and be pleasantly surprised by the end.

Even Draco's part, though also better in the book, was well crafted. The drama wasn't heavy enough with the Narcissa part to give weight to Draco's motivations, but it redeemed itself in the final confrontation with TF's performance and dialog that his actions were based on fear. That Harry verbally noted that Draco was lowering his wand sets up a better Draco/Harry scene with Draco's not identifying him and sews the seeds of compassion. I hope they play that out a little with the Draco rescue from the fire/diadem scene (if it's included) and give Draco that chance to firmly choose Team Good that book six had set up and book seven utterly failed to do.

Finally, and most surprising and I applaud it, is the Harry/Ginny romance was not only believable, it was adorably young high schoolers. The actress who plays Ginny blossomed herself between movie five and six, which helped sell Harry's sudden "whoa, my best friend's sister is hot" that is true to life. The romance built naturally through the movie - no chest monsters here - and also didn't overshadow the main plot. Even the Tonks/Remus thing was so much better, because it was simply there without all the stupid Tonks angst.

So, overall, I am very impressed with the writers of this movie, and I am quite fine with the Burrow being torched because I'd rather they continue in the direction of "based on the series" and change a lot more of book seven that made many of us go ugh! while still keeping the spirit of the story alive.

Comiccon Pics

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 21:41:47 GMT

Comiccon 2009 Pics

In numerical order, with casts/crew from left to right

1. Sigourney Weaver
2 Rebecca Romjin
3. Burn Notice: Matt Nix, Bruce Campbell, Ben Shenkman
4 Vampire Diaries: Paul Wesley
5 Burn Notice: Seth Peterson, Jay Karnes
6 Psych: Corbin Bernson, Tim Omundson, Maggie Lawson, James Roday, Dule Hill, Steve Franks
7 Edward James Olmos
8 Michael Hogan
9 Legend of the Seeker: Ned Nalle, Bruce Spence, Terry Brooks
10 Quantum Quest: Dan St. Pierre, Harry Kloor, Robert Picardo, Janina Gavankar (and Chris Pine by cellphone)
11 TV Guide panel: Allison Dubois, Kevin Williamson, Scott Peters, Scott Wolf, Zachary Levi, Rebecca Romjin, Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons
12 Eliza Dushku
13 Middleman Cast: Brendan Hines, Jake Smollett, Brit MorganNatalie Morales, Matt Keeslar, Mary Pat Gleeson Mark Sheppard, and a producer
14 Vampire Diaries: Ian Somerhalder, Kevin Williamson, Nina Dobrev
15 Glee: Matthew Morrison, Lea Michele, Cory Monteith, Dianna Agron, Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk
16 Zoe Saldana
17 Sigourney Weaver, Zoe Saldana, Elizabeth Mitchell
18 Scott Wolf, Zachary Levi, Rebecca Romjin
19 SG:Universe: Jamil Walker Smith, Elyse Levesque, David Blue, Robert Carlyle, Ming-Na, Brian J. Smith, Alaina Huffman, Robert Cooper
20 Flashforward: Joseph Fiennes, John Cho
21 Mythbusters: Grant Imahara, Jamie Heyneman, Adam Savage, Tory Belleci
22 Dominic Monaghan, John Cho
23 Ian Somerhalder
24 Dollhouse: Dichen Lachman, Joss Whedon, Eliza Dushku, Fran Kranz
25 Mark Hamill
26 Blurry Chuck by character: Morgan, Awesome, Ellie, Sarah, Chuck, Casey, Lester
27 TV Guide panel: Scott Peters, Scott Wolf, Zachary Levi, Rebecca Romjin, Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, John Cho, Mark Guggenheim
28 Mark Hamill
29 Heroes cast: Tim Kring, Jack Coleman, Masi Oka, Hayden Panettiere, Adrian Pasdar, Zachary Quinto, Milo Ventimiglia, and four I'm-not-naming spoiler s5 cast members
30 Chuck: Jeffster! and the rest of the cast again
31 Sanctuary: Amanda Tapping, Robin Dunne, two director/writer people
32. Cast of Scooby-Doo The Mystery Begins movie: Robbie Amell, Kate Melton, Hayley Kiyoko, Nick Palatas

Glee @ comicon

Sun, 26 Jul 2009 00:14:21 GMT

Second episode of Glee is GLEE. Funnier and better than the first. I can't wait til the new season starts.

Speaking of starting, yay for Heroes too. Looking good in the preview trailer.

Also, Chuck = <3

Tijuana & Comic-con

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 01:28:47 GMT

FYI, Tijuana is nothing but pharmacies and dentists in case you were in need of either at a very discount rate.

Currently at the Int'l San Diego Comic Con, the only place with internet, waiting on titti to find me. I have free schwag, a sore foot, and bad pictures which I shall share when I get home. Comicon so far so good. I've liked all the panels I've gone to and the previews I've seen, including Vampire Diaries (very CW), Legend of the Seeker s2 (begins in November), and the last unaired episode of The Middleman (table read with hilarity by the entire cast).

Now I shall sanitize my hands once again, eat my bagged dinner of cheesy poofs, apple sauce, and bagels, and prep for more to come.

Cons! Cons! Cons!

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:08:22 GMT

Off to a girls vacation with titti and many other Harry Potter & SD Comicon friends. Hopefully, they'll catch the escapees from the local Indiana State Prison while I'm gone.

Take That, Bookburners!

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:01:22 GMT

Vatican Lauds Harry Potter

More My Job Is Jerry Springer Live

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:12:30 GMT

Perhaps in hotter weather the deal would have made more sense, but an Indiana woman's offer of her above-ground pool and $200 in gas money just wasn't enough to lure an undercover FBI agent into a plot to kill the Hoosier's ex-boyfriend.

Heidi Friedburg, 30, and her current boyfriend, William C. Alexander, 31, of New Carlisle, Ind., were arrested Monday as they unloaded Friedburg's disassembled swimming pool to seal the deal with the would-be hit man in a south suburban parking lot, Chicago Breaking News Center reported.

Ross Rice, the FBI spokesman in Chicago, said he believed it was the first murder-for-hire case that began with text messages -- and without a doubt the first time a pool had been offered as payment.

"How low can we go?" Rice wondered aloud.

The swimming pool, he said, had been seized as evidence.

-from nbc.chicago

And here they were bitching in court just last month that we were taking her children away. I wonder why?

Inappropriate Icon Usage

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:37:55 GMT

I usually don't do ABC Felony court, only D Felony Thefts, Batterers, and Drunk Drivers, but because of the holiday upcoming we did a few initial hearings for the Big Criminal Court and, joy of joys, we had a 51yo guy who'd just got arrested for raping his mother.

0.0

Merlin on NBC in Entertainment Weekly

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:14:03 GMT

To the TV Guide reviewer gave Merlin low ratings, but Adam Markovitz of Entertainment Weekly has this to say:

NBC's new medieval adventure poses a question that has no doubt been puzzling Arthurian scholars fofr centuries: What if Merlin, the bearded old wizard, was actually way hot? The rollicking U.K. import is more O.C. than Camelot, reimagining its hero as a young undercover warlock working as a manservant for the cocky Prince Arthur. Cheesy? Sure. But there's enough sword-clanging action -- not to mention homeoerotic tension -- to keep viewers happily entertained for a spell. (B+)

I'm surprised they didn't compare it to first season Clex. *g*

pant pant pant

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:41:47 GMT

It's going to be 105* today with the heat index and humidity. It'll feel like getting slapped with a sticky, wet towel in the face the moment you step outside. Which means it'll only be 101* in our air-conditionless house.

joy

Grammar Lesson - Or What I Learned Today At Work

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:17:41 GMT

• You assure a person.

• You insure your car.

• You ensure everything else.

Eyeshield 21 Ends

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:07:45 GMT

Alas, Eyesheild 21 has come to an end and it, like PoT, was worth every sports second (even though we never did get to find out about Hirima's dad). Jyumonji ended up being my favorite character with Hirima the insane second. I thoroughly enjoyed its run. One can only hope that the manga-ka will write a side story like The New Prince of Tennis!

For those of you who think I went nuts

Sun, 14 Jun 2009 12:52:56 GMT

The third annual Zombie Apocalypse Day was yesterday. And I blogged (badly) like it was the end of the world.

If you're reading this, thank goodness you're still alive

Sat, 13 Jun 2009 13:20:25 GMT

I'm here in my basement, using up the last few minutes on my dying laptop battery to tell you you're not alone. Movement seems to draw their attention, so try to get somewhere with as few windows as possible. I've got well water and a toilet and I can only hope that the main power doesn't go down. I've been listening to the news on the emergency radio and it's not good. They're everywhere, multiplying like rats, spreading their infection like a plague. Do not go outside. Do not draw their attention. Stay safe. And remember, you're not alone.

For now.

Alligator!

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 17:01:53 GMT

There is an alligator in Pine Lake in LaPorte, Indiana. An actual alligator. 0.0

Apparently, there is more than corn in Indiana.

Thriller Bark fully subbed

Fri, 22 May 2009 19:02:08 GMT

One Piece Thriller Bark arc is fully subbed, and has been for quite a while now. I am a shamed One Piece fan for not checking for months, when I've been waiting for the entire arc to be subbed to watch.

But it is subbed, and thus I need to have a fifty-five episode(!) marathon. Good thing it's a holiday weekend.