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Such a looooooong week....

Journal Entry: Thu Jan 15, 2009, 8:47 PM

Mood: dA Love
Listening to: "Charity" -- Skunk Anansie

Jon's birthday is tomorrow. He'll be 23. Guess what I got him? Sick.
That's right.... I didn't get him the Buddy Jesus he wanted, or anything else I longed to give him. Rather, I gave him my cold. Figures.
I might get him the Collector's edition of Fallout 3 to make up for it. I know we got Fallout 3 on the PS3 a few weeks ago, but he prefers to play on the PC....

Speaking of games.... We rented Mirror's Edge last week. I have to say, I got a big kick out of it. Parkour and free running have fascinated me since my friend Ryan went through his parkour phase. Mirror's Edge was almost as fun as Assassin's Creed, though I see a little more replayability in it than in Assassin's Creed. It made Jon motion sick to play or watch though. It might just be his cold, however. I'll have to rent it again when he's feeling better. If it's not so bad, maybe I'll buy it.

Okay, I know I ranted about Twilight last month or so, but I feel another urge coming on. I have this co-worker who has been reading the trash at lunch for the last week. She's in her 40s, at least, with a thirteen-year-old daughter who read it. She just loved the movie, so now she's moved on to the "literature."
I don't get it. I mean, it's not even a half-decent series. The author is a talentless hack whose work more closely resembles poorly-written vampire fanfiction than anything remotely original.
If my standards were lower, I'd dig out some of my old vampire crap from when I was fourteen, ship it off to a publishing company, make millions and be hailed as the next Anne-fucking-Rice. I can't believe someone in her 30's managed to churn out something that looks like it was written by a fifteen-year-old -- And she's actually being praised for it by critics rather than being stoned to death....

[Rant Ended]

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=eskimoblueboy Jan 16, 2009, 2:05:27 AM

You didn't get him a Buddy Jesus? I can't believe that. j/k.

I hope he gets well soon and enjoys the new game he may yet get.

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If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn't need to lug a camera. --Lewis Hine

~Kieranfoy Jan 16, 2009, 6:43:55 AM

Yes! Stone Stephanie Meyer to death!

Burn her on a pyre of her books.

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You survived the Mudkip invasion of '08? That's nothing. I survived the False Conversion of the Spleef!

I want to be young and wild, and then I want to be middle-aged and rich, and then I want to be old and annoy people by pretending I'm deaf.

~archmagesynok Jan 16, 2009, 5:33:59 PM

The good thing about Fallout on PC, in unlimited free mods.

And Mirror's Edge kicks ass, I bought when it came out (if only to support unique games) and have played it my times, actually played through it again this week. All i got left to do on it are the speed runs, I got most of the three stars on the time trials. Great stuff, I really hope they make a sequel.

Sadly my sister in laws read that drivel and now my dad wants to read them because he liked the movie. Ugh, gag unto me with a spoon. I honestly doubt most of the critics read more than a summary of it, but they know they'd get shot by women everywhere if they spoke against it. It get goods reviews because it sells well and the cover art is cool (I was even intrigued because of the cover art when it first came out, till I read the description).

P.S.- I got a new 5 shelf bookcase (though 20min. after I set it up it was full) But now I my floor isn't covered in stacks of books and movies. But I'll need another one if i want to buy anymore.

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Malcolm Reynold- "You don't know me so I'll say this once, if I kill you, you'll be awake, you'll be facing me, and you'll be armed."

=saffyre-onyx Jan 17, 2009, 11:11:36 AM

I only got to chapter 5 or so, but we rented it again lastnight. Unfortunately though, I'm on this massive post-apocalyptic kick right now. Maybe the whole dystopia will do it for me as well though. I have a lot of time for thinking at work, because my job is so monotonous, and I realized that I have always been happier the fewer possessions I own. You're freer without all the baggage. I think that's why I have such a fascination for things like Mirror's Edge and Fallout... books like The Stand. Apocalypse wipes the slate clean. Faith in Mirror's Edge lives without boundaries because she doesn't have this big life tied to her.
When I was at the shelter, most of what I owned fit into a backpack. I miss that. Of course, it would be hard to live without my books, but I have a vivid imagination. I think I could substitute.

That's awesome about the bookcase.

I'm going to sneak into your house tonight and steal it from you. I'll leave your books and movies though, so you won't be too saddened by the loss.

*taintedbliss Jan 18, 2009, 6:32:58 PM

I guess the issue we have here is what the CONSUMER wants.

and its the tweens and teens who spend A LOT of money.

(most parents feel guilty nowadays cos BOTH of them are working adults and can't spend as much time with their kids as they'd like to. Therefore they indulge their children materialistically. It doesn't help with the whole divorce rates going up & parents feeling more obliged to make their children "happy" instead of raising them right.

) You should pick up the book Fast Food Nation

It's very insightful!

Taintedbliss

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~archmagesynok Jan 20, 2009, 11:26:56 AM

Yeah I'm on my third character for Fallout3, a neutral character, Mugen (from Samurai Champloo), I tried to make Jayne Cobb from Firefly, but I couldn't get the look right.

haha yeah, browsing over my hundreds of books,movies, and games because I'm sooo bored reminds me why poeple hate americans, we scoff and grow tired of our extreme excess, feel the same way when I'm in a grocery store. I've thought about getting rid of my tv and all my movies and games when I move out so I could focus on more artistic and intelectual pursuits, but I know I couldn't stay away from them for more than a year.

I doubt my bookcase is worth the trip (though I wouldn't mind seeing ya). I buy the cheap black bookcases from walmart/target so you'd be running off with about a 30 dollar purchase, well unless you steal all three of my bookcases, one of which is about 35 years old and only a 3 shelf.

=saffyre-onyx Jan 20, 2009, 4:09:39 PM

Hehe.... Jayne seems like he'd be easy to make. I'd have a hell of a time making Wash or Zoe. Zoe just has a very unique look, and Wash has a goofiness that you just wouldn't be able to capture in an expressionless Fallout face.

Often, I would like to just disappear, you know? My dream has always been to have an isolated cabin in the woods, without a television or computer. Just a type-writer, a CD player, a fireplace and a few walls lined with books. Maybe I'd have a garden, and some pets if I'm all alone. Jon would never go for that life. All of his interests are rooted on the TV or computer. He primarily identifies himself as a gamer. It's the same reason he told me he'd never be able to live with me in a commune. So if I was to have that cabin, I'd probably be completely cut off.

If I was psychotic, I would not only take the bookcases, but give you a thump on the head and make my own bookcases from your bones.

I guess it's a good thing I'm sane, eh?

~archmagesynok Jan 22, 2009, 9:26:37 AM

I thought he would be too, but maybe I just suck and have no patience for the face creator.

If you go live out in a cabin I'll be sure to move into a cave near you...VERY NEAR YOU.

My bones would make for a very small and unstable bookcase, I just couldn't do that too your books. Now a really nice stool would be where it's at, hell you could even use the pins in my jaw to screw it together, no extra tools required. I guess it's a good thing your sane, makes ya kinda borish, but I'll cope.

=saffyre-onyx Jan 22, 2009, 8:02:26 PM

Eh... The face creator seems fairly limited. Oblivion had a lot more options (perhaps too many). I've made three females and one male so far, and all of my females ended up looking pretty much the same, but with different hair. There just isn't all that much you can do with it, I guess.

You can live in my cabin's basement if you'd like.

Or if you're dead set on a cave, I'm sure we can spruce it up a bit. I'll even buy you a couple more shelves.... Not that you'd have electricity to watch your DVDs or play your games.... That could be a problem.

I'm not sure there are any bones in you that would work as the seat of a stool. Obviously your leg and arm bones would be great for the legs, but I think I'd have to find a nice piece of wood to sit on. That sounded bad.

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