They Don't Have Memorial Day in Brazil

May 26, 2008 22:43

It was generally a pretty low-key Memorial Day weekend with a few notable events that should be documented because I haven't posted in six days and my LiveJournal is feeling lonely.

On Saturday, I took my cans to be recycled and reclaim some of my CRV money. I made a whopping $3.12, which I know is bullshit because I had two whole bags of cans. ( Read more... )

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eponis May 27 2008, 06:15:42 UTC
Sadly, I'm aware that my vote for Iron Man is total wishful thinking, because even though he really should win (based on physical condition, weaponry, shielding, intelligence, financial resources, political connections, foresight . . .), Indy would scrape through and defeat him anyway. Because he's Harrison Ford.

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spectralbovine May 27 2008, 07:36:49 UTC
Iron Man is MADE OF METAL! Indy can't even punch that shit!

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obsession_inc May 27 2008, 18:26:58 UTC
TONY STARK MADE THAT IN A CAVE! OUT OF SCRAPS!

(Just FYI.)

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cofax7 May 29 2008, 00:16:00 UTC
Indy would manipulate him into a big steel crushing machine in a factory, like Sarah Connor in T1!

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squaringkarma May 27 2008, 06:26:24 UTC
Ooh sewing your first two buttons. Polter-Cow ftw.

Looking at the comments of that post about meeting grammargirl was fun. As you and alliterator have met. And I have met persnicketiervm (and you).

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the_narration May 27 2008, 06:40:14 UTC
It was an Indy movie with great action sequences (and, okay, some gratuitous CGI), but the main plot didn't really hold together for me.
About the same as my feelings about it. Fun movie, but not as good as Raiders or Last Crusade. Jury's still out on how it stacks up against Temple of Doom.

(Two days in a row, however, I paid over twenty bucks for dinner, which I don't normally do unless I'm on a business trip. Eating out is expensive! Is this how real people eat?)
People with money, maybe. I can only recall one time in recent memory that I blew that much on a dinner, and I got a hell of a lot of food out of it. I've spent more than that eating out at nice places on a date, but for a casual dinner? Ten bucks, sure, fifteen from time to time (pretty much only when eating out with friends who are better paid than me... left to my own devices I'd eat groceries or from the cheap eateries here in the U-District all the time). But then, I'm a frugal bastard even when I'm not poor.

Ron Perlman is a strange-looking man.Extremely strange ( ... )

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spectralbovine May 27 2008, 07:40:44 UTC
But then, I'm a frugal bastard even when I'm not poor.
Another thing we have in common.

Extremely strange looking. But badass.
Yes. And it's like he was born to play Hellboy.

I voted for Indy. Stark may have power armor, but he's never put a Nazi through an airplane propeller.
I thought Iron Man would be the obvious winner since, you know, power armor, but it looks like Indy would find a way to kick his ass anyway.

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the_narration May 27 2008, 09:02:21 UTC
I thought Iron Man would be the obvious winner since, you know, power armor, but it looks like Indy would find a way to kick his ass anyway.
Don't underestimate the power of the Badass Normal! They are full of surprises.

Rationally, one would probably expect Iron Man to win because of all his advantages, but if comics have taught me anything it's that fights between heroes are largely popularity contests. And only one of these men is played by Harrison Ford. Plus, as eponis noted, he's the master (and namesake) of the Indy Ploy. (Anyway, everybody's beating up Iron Man these days. He's been such a dick of late in comics contiuity that kicking his ass is the current fad among heroes.)

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harper47 May 27 2008, 13:39:00 UTC
I haven't seen Iron Man yet so I can't vote but I pretty much agree with your review of Indy as that was my final reflection. Some things were great, some things were meh and some things sucked but overall it's exactly what most of the critics have been saying. Fun but not great. (I've posted more at my lj)

Your food descriptions are always very descriptive. You should become a food critic. Hee!

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spectralbovine May 27 2008, 15:42:28 UTC
Ha, yes, the world is just dying to hear canneloni described as "like Italian enchiladas." Hee.

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daynr May 27 2008, 14:08:40 UTC
my compatriots and I agree, Indiana was in the middle.
Bonus points for no vapid Pepper Potts, though.

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spectralbovine May 27 2008, 15:41:47 UTC
Vapid? Most people I know loved Pepper Potts!

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daynr May 27 2008, 20:09:26 UTC
*shrugs*

She was borderline oxygen thief to me, but YMMV.

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