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I'm living in a cuckoo clock!
Hey all, I'm back--as is my internet connection. Turns out all I had to do was yell at the cable man, power cycle everything, and then wait for ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
uterdic to come help me. I swear, sometimes I don't know what I would do without that guy (except get scratched a lot trying to pick up Pentelope).
Even though I am a hardcore horrorfan, I must tell you that the single most frightening book I've ever read was The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood. I didn't put a link there, because if you don't know of this book, you shoudl take the time to seek it out. Why do I bring this up? Becausepijeanf has hipped me to the fact that Bush is on his way there, and no one seems to think there's anything wrong with that. Is there some kind of child shortage I am not aware of? Some jackass on CNN or FOX or some shit was also just saying that we "americans" by which he meant "white people" need to start breeding more because the *gasp* mexicans/hispanics are breeding faster than we are.
There are so many things wrong with that I don't even know where to begin. I really don't. But in case you missed it, just know that women are for breeding and looking pretty AND THAT'S ALL!! Come to think of it, that's also why gay people aren't supposed to get married--they don't make babies and we need way more. Ophanages are not full to overflowing, the welfare system is not overworked, underfunded or understaffed, and classroom sizes are far too small. Right? No? Well then, I fail to see the point of all this malarchy except to subjugate women and insult gays and minorities.
On a different but still irritating note, since when is one season of LOST $59.99?!? Even though I got season one as a gift (thanks,sudrin) I do not think it cost upwards of $50. Who do they think they are? HBO? and with this whole "we're not going to rerun any episodes" nonsense, we won't have much choice but to buy them, or watch them online with all those damn commercials. They are just begging people to pirate their shit, IMHO.
The Showcase Cinema (national amusements, that is) near me now has an IMAX screen. You'd think that'd be good news, but all they're playing on it right now is Poseidon, and some 40 minute mediocre undersea thing in 3D. The next 2D movie I see will likely be DaVinci Code. I like Audrey Tautou and also enjoy doing whatever the Catholic church doesn't want me to do. The bad news? Early word is that it sucks anyway. That's a shame, but how often do we really get a Tom Hanks (or Otm Shank for you Simps fans) movie that sucks ass? I can think of a few, but the proportion is low.
I forgot to mention, someone on my flist is having gastric bypass surgery. I am bummed to think anyone has such a problem with their weight that they actually need surgery to "fix" it. If you hate yourself and your appearance, surgery will not help this. And not for nothing, but the people I know who got those procedures turned into giant sluts (or gianter, in one case) as soon as they took the wieght off, totally confirming my suspicions that wieghing less does not make us happier with ourselves. And before anyone gets on my case for calling someone a slut, I don't mean people who enjoy sex or swing or whatever. I mean people who fuck to get people to like them, and then wonder "why he hasn't called."
Harsh? Perhaps, but not as harsh as have an operation because you think it will make you happy (or that people will like you more) if you wiegh less.
uterdic to come help me. I swear, sometimes I don't know what I would do without that guy (except get scratched a lot trying to pick up Pentelope).Even though I am a hardcore horrorfan, I must tell you that the single most frightening book I've ever read was The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood. I didn't put a link there, because if you don't know of this book, you shoudl take the time to seek it out. Why do I bring this up? Because
pijeanf has hipped me to the fact that Bush is on his way there, and no one seems to think there's anything wrong with that. Is there some kind of child shortage I am not aware of? Some jackass on CNN or FOX or some shit was also just saying that we "americans" by which he meant "white people" need to start breeding more because the *gasp* mexicans/hispanics are breeding faster than we are. There are so many things wrong with that I don't even know where to begin. I really don't. But in case you missed it, just know that women are for breeding and looking pretty AND THAT'S ALL!! Come to think of it, that's also why gay people aren't supposed to get married--they don't make babies and we need way more. Ophanages are not full to overflowing, the welfare system is not overworked, underfunded or understaffed, and classroom sizes are far too small. Right? No? Well then, I fail to see the point of all this malarchy except to subjugate women and insult gays and minorities.
On a different but still irritating note, since when is one season of LOST $59.99?!? Even though I got season one as a gift (thanks,
sudrin) I do not think it cost upwards of $50. Who do they think they are? HBO? and with this whole "we're not going to rerun any episodes" nonsense, we won't have much choice but to buy them, or watch them online with all those damn commercials. They are just begging people to pirate their shit, IMHO.The Showcase Cinema (national amusements, that is) near me now has an IMAX screen. You'd think that'd be good news, but all they're playing on it right now is Poseidon, and some 40 minute mediocre undersea thing in 3D. The next 2D movie I see will likely be DaVinci Code. I like Audrey Tautou and also enjoy doing whatever the Catholic church doesn't want me to do. The bad news? Early word is that it sucks anyway. That's a shame, but how often do we really get a Tom Hanks (or Otm Shank for you Simps fans) movie that sucks ass? I can think of a few, but the proportion is low.
I forgot to mention, someone on my flist is having gastric bypass surgery. I am bummed to think anyone has such a problem with their weight that they actually need surgery to "fix" it. If you hate yourself and your appearance, surgery will not help this. And not for nothing, but the people I know who got those procedures turned into giant sluts (or gianter, in one case) as soon as they took the wieght off, totally confirming my suspicions that wieghing less does not make us happier with ourselves. And before anyone gets on my case for calling someone a slut, I don't mean people who enjoy sex or swing or whatever. I mean people who fuck to get people to like them, and then wonder "why he hasn't called."
Harsh? Perhaps, but not as harsh as have an operation because you think it will make you happy (or that people will like you more) if you wiegh less.