Let's Take the Whole Day Off!

[wednes]

I have today off because I am working on Saturday this week. So far, everything is going according to my sinister plan. Got paid yesterday, going to cash my cheque tomorrow (minus what I give H for the bills). After I pay the dentist and put aside my cab monies for the next 2 weeks, I should have a small fortune leftover for my getaway weekend with absinthofheart to celebrate her birthday. I do so enjoy her company. This year I got her the fourth in the series of Harry Potter pens from The Noble Collection. They are boss.

In weird-ass news, a mentally ill kid from my Alma Mater seems to have murdered someone in Italy while on a school trip. Isn't that cray-zay?

In things-that-will-surely-suck news, Keanu Reeves has signed on to star in Jekyll and Hyde. I don't know about you, but I'm getting pretty sick of Keanu fucking up things I love. He fucks up Shakespeare, he almost ruined Dracula, he destroyed Day the Earth Stood Still, and now he's going to massacre Jekyll & Hyde. I guess he hasn't heard that you need ACTING ABILITY to take on such a role. It's not a fucking action mov--well, I suppose if they really wanted to fuck it up bad, they could make it one. I wouldn't put it past Hollywood to show less than no respect for such a classic and wonderful story.

So far, the Star Trek reviews are good. I'm stoked, as H and I plan to see it Tuesday night when I get off work.

I'm quite sick of hearing about the bible thumping, fake boob getting, pageant losing, prejudice spokesmodel Miss California. Like "Joe the Plumber" I'm at a loss for why anyone gives a rat's ass what these people think. They are not learned, well spoken, or particularly well informed. So why are they in every third news story?

As for me, I'm going to kill off a character today, and get some things summed up.
And for anyone who was paying attention, it appears that I did not make any kind of stir whatsoever at the Ippy Awards. Bummer.

Comments

[hellamama.livejournal.com]

I should take up writing, because there are several days when I'd like to kill off a character. It sounds very cathartic. Is it? Do you ever make up stories just so you can kill people off? Is it weird that I want to do that?

[wednes.livejournal.com]

It certainly can be cathartic, I work out a lot of my own personal shit through my writing. I think most writers do whether they realize it or not.

I don't think that's weird at all.

[groovesinorbit]

Did you hear that Joe the Plumber left the Republican party. They're too spendthrift for him now. : D

[wednes.livejournal.com]

I did hear that.
What a flip-flopper! ;-]

[groovesinorbit]

: D

[lickingtoad.livejournal.com]

As I was telling a friend on Facebook, I don't think it was a fair question. Kind of like asking her if she'd taken Christ as her personal Savior then docking her points for being a Hindu.

I, too, kind of wish people would shut up about it. It has no bearing on anything, anywhere what almost-Miss-America (or the winner either, fer'cryin'outloud) 'thinks' about *anything.*

'So what?' I say. Let's all get on with our lives and stop pretending this is important in any way, shape or form.

[wednes.livejournal.com]

I agree that the question was inappropriate. Still, it's disappointing when people make such public displays of stupidity and meanness.

But yeah, all this attention just seems to imply that someone, somewhere cares what she thinks.

[madush69.livejournal.com]

I don't like what she said at all, but she was pretty good-looking. I think they shouldn't ask them any questions in beauty pageants. Just judge them for looks, and their "talent."

[wednes.livejournal.com]

While I reject the assertion (the general one, I'm not saying you're making it) that the purpose of women is for them to stand around looking pretty...that is pretty much the point of a pageant. I guess that's why I'm fundamentally opposed to them. That said, I think fake boobs should be cheating in a pageant.