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I have a few minutes to kill, so I might as well post this entry that's been sitting in notepad for three days, right? XD
☁ For those of you who haven't heard, Anne McCaffrey died on Monday. It's actually something of a surprise to me that I wasn't more into her books- I read the Harper Hall trilogy in high school and remember liking those, but have never gotten around to reading anything else of hers. It's always been on my to-do list, but never high enough that I actually got around to it, I guess. The woman was 85, which somehow doesn't really seem possible. Still. A major loss for the fiction community as a whole, and particularly for the fantasy genre. RIP Anne.
☁ My sister is here~ I'm not sure what exactly the plan is for this weekend, but eh. It'll be interesting if nothing else? Hopefully there will be alcohol.
☁ Woke up Wednesday with my throat hurting like hell. Woke up yesterday with a stuffy nose. I also got my period on Monday. All just in time for family time and holiday crap. >_< FREAKING LOVELY.
☁ Tales of Vesperia came by Gamefly. Verdict so far: *shrug* Flynn looks exactly like Guy in Tales of the Abyss. When the art is good, it's great- but, conversely, when it's bad, it's really bad. Like there are screens that look like badly drawn fanart. I'm not even kidding. I can't seem to find any of THOSE screenshots, though. My google-fu is failing me. It feels outdated for a current gen machine. On a PS2, the "pictures with voices" thing they do on cutscenes is acceptable. On an XBOX 360? Not so much. Story doesn't seem bad, though, but it's still kind of early to tell.
☁ Amazon has the PSP for $100, so I'm considering that as a "Merry Christmas to ME" present- plus a couple of games, of course. I'll wait until Sunday night into Monday to see what's happening for the Cyber Monday thing though- may get a better deal on something else. :D
☁ Also looking at this, but again, we'll see if anything worthwhile turns up on Monday. I'd rather not spend that much on a netbook if I can avoid it, especially since I'll need to buy an external DVD drive. (BUT since part of the purpose of having the netbook would be a backup for when Lappy eventually fails, I need to have something with specs I can live with on at least a temporary basis. Which unfortunately means a more expensive machine. Meh.)
☁ You know those moments where you can't figure out whether you're insulted or not? I had one of those yesterday. XD So there's this older guy that comes in to work to do photos sometimes. He's a giant PAIN IN MY ASS every time he comes in, but that's actually beside the point. I hadn't seen him in a little while. As I'm ringing him out, he says to me, "You look great, you've lost so much weight!", which is FINE, but THEN he goes, "Did you have surgery?"
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What the ever loving HELL. To a point, yes, I understand that he was trying to compliment me. But asking someone you barely know if they've had weight loss surgery? Very rude, and kinda insulting besides. O_o And THEN, to top it off, the last thing he says to me is, "Well, whoever helped you do that, thank him!"
..................................*RAGE* As if I couldn't POSSIBLY have done this without a man. I'm trying to give him a little slack because, you know, he's old and that was the generation, but COME ON! AKJDLSAJDKLSAJDKSLA
☁ This on top of having my already low self esteem picked at yesterday. XD I spent the day with my sister and her best friend and the friend's husband. They have six kids between the two of them, from previous marriages. Six kids, ranging from age six to fourteen. >_< Anyway, at one point, the 11 year old wanted to know why she couldn't sit up front. Keeping in mind that there were three kids in the back seat, one of whom was in a booster seat. Noooot happening. Before I was even able to say anything, one of the other girls goes, "she has a big butt!" -_-;;; Later, one of the other kids goes, why is your tooth black? Now... I've talked about my chipped tooth before, and how self conscious I am about it. Yes, the tooth is partially dark. The root has been exposed for about fifteen years- it's kinda dead by now. I didn't even know what to say, I just kind of gaped at her while everything going through my head were things you shouldn't say to a child. XD Erin did end up saying something, I don't remember what, and that was the end of it. Now... I realize that children have ZERO tact, and I shouldn't really take it to heart, but... ouch. I'm trying to ignore it, but it still stings, you know?
☁ I've started working on my classic movie education again, which of course means continuing work on the "1001 movies you must see before you die" list. [Though it's worth noting that my friend Stef, who's a fan of old movies (read: she's actually seen things with Katherine Hepburn and Rock Hudson and Doris Day in them, unlike me who just knows the names as a vague concept), says that the list is crap. XD] Anyway. I've watched two movies off of the list recently!
Rebel Without a Cause- Overrated. I'm... not really understanding the big deal about James Dean? He overacts WAY too much, though everyone did then, so. I was totally laughing when Jim and whatshername decided they loved each other (you've known each other less than 24 hours and her boyfriend just freaking DIED. Really, movie?). And of course Jim's excuse for anything he does wrong is that he's screwed up because of the untraditional gender roles in his house. Yes, I understand that in 1955 it was considered a valid excuse, but it doesn't hold up now. The whole thing was just a huge facepalm to me. Honestly, I kind of think that the only reason this movie is still so popular is because James died right before it was released, so people have a kind of weird fascination with him. Just saying.
Bringing Up Baby- It had it's funny moments, I'll admit. I totally cracked up when Susan insisted they could wade across the stream and PHOOM! Completely underwater they go. XD However, overall it was mostly annoying and felt MUCH longer than its supposed 103 minutes. I have no idea how David didn't STRANGLE Susan the entire time. She was completely insufferable.
Alright. I have to go get in the shower. As it is, my mother pushed dinner back a half hour because she waited until 2 to color her hair (we were supposed to meet everyone at 4, so I don't even know what the hell she was thinking) and proceeded to spend an hour and a half in the bathroom, even though she knew I needed to get in the shower. And of course she drained all the hot water, so I've been waiting for that to come back. ARGH. If I'd known she was going to pull this shit, I would've snuck in there this morning when I was randomly up at 8. Probably should've known better.
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This has been crossposted to my DW account. You are free to comment either here or there, if you'd like to comment. Preferably here, but it doesn't really matter. Whichever one works for you. :D
☁ For those of you who haven't heard, Anne McCaffrey died on Monday. It's actually something of a surprise to me that I wasn't more into her books- I read the Harper Hall trilogy in high school and remember liking those, but have never gotten around to reading anything else of hers. It's always been on my to-do list, but never high enough that I actually got around to it, I guess. The woman was 85, which somehow doesn't really seem possible. Still. A major loss for the fiction community as a whole, and particularly for the fantasy genre. RIP Anne.
☁ My sister is here~ I'm not sure what exactly the plan is for this weekend, but eh. It'll be interesting if nothing else? Hopefully there will be alcohol.
☁ Woke up Wednesday with my throat hurting like hell. Woke up yesterday with a stuffy nose. I also got my period on Monday. All just in time for family time and holiday crap. >_< FREAKING LOVELY.
☁ Tales of Vesperia came by Gamefly. Verdict so far: *shrug* Flynn looks exactly like Guy in Tales of the Abyss. When the art is good, it's great- but, conversely, when it's bad, it's really bad. Like there are screens that look like badly drawn fanart. I'm not even kidding. I can't seem to find any of THOSE screenshots, though. My google-fu is failing me. It feels outdated for a current gen machine. On a PS2, the "pictures with voices" thing they do on cutscenes is acceptable. On an XBOX 360? Not so much. Story doesn't seem bad, though, but it's still kind of early to tell.
☁ Amazon has the PSP for $100, so I'm considering that as a "Merry Christmas to ME" present- plus a couple of games, of course. I'll wait until Sunday night into Monday to see what's happening for the Cyber Monday thing though- may get a better deal on something else. :D
☁ Also looking at this, but again, we'll see if anything worthwhile turns up on Monday. I'd rather not spend that much on a netbook if I can avoid it, especially since I'll need to buy an external DVD drive. (BUT since part of the purpose of having the netbook would be a backup for when Lappy eventually fails, I need to have something with specs I can live with on at least a temporary basis. Which unfortunately means a more expensive machine. Meh.)
☁ You know those moments where you can't figure out whether you're insulted or not? I had one of those yesterday. XD So there's this older guy that comes in to work to do photos sometimes. He's a giant PAIN IN MY ASS every time he comes in, but that's actually beside the point. I hadn't seen him in a little while. As I'm ringing him out, he says to me, "You look great, you've lost so much weight!", which is FINE, but THEN he goes, "Did you have surgery?"
...
......
.........
What the ever loving HELL. To a point, yes, I understand that he was trying to compliment me. But asking someone you barely know if they've had weight loss surgery? Very rude, and kinda insulting besides. O_o And THEN, to top it off, the last thing he says to me is, "Well, whoever helped you do that, thank him!"
..................................*RAGE* As if I couldn't POSSIBLY have done this without a man. I'm trying to give him a little slack because, you know, he's old and that was the generation, but COME ON! AKJDLSAJDKLSAJDKSLA
☁ This on top of having my already low self esteem picked at yesterday. XD I spent the day with my sister and her best friend and the friend's husband. They have six kids between the two of them, from previous marriages. Six kids, ranging from age six to fourteen. >_< Anyway, at one point, the 11 year old wanted to know why she couldn't sit up front. Keeping in mind that there were three kids in the back seat, one of whom was in a booster seat. Noooot happening. Before I was even able to say anything, one of the other girls goes, "she has a big butt!" -_-;;; Later, one of the other kids goes, why is your tooth black? Now... I've talked about my chipped tooth before, and how self conscious I am about it. Yes, the tooth is partially dark. The root has been exposed for about fifteen years- it's kinda dead by now. I didn't even know what to say, I just kind of gaped at her while everything going through my head were things you shouldn't say to a child. XD Erin did end up saying something, I don't remember what, and that was the end of it. Now... I realize that children have ZERO tact, and I shouldn't really take it to heart, but... ouch. I'm trying to ignore it, but it still stings, you know?
☁ I've started working on my classic movie education again, which of course means continuing work on the "1001 movies you must see before you die" list. [Though it's worth noting that my friend Stef, who's a fan of old movies (read: she's actually seen things with Katherine Hepburn and Rock Hudson and Doris Day in them, unlike me who just knows the names as a vague concept), says that the list is crap. XD] Anyway. I've watched two movies off of the list recently!
Rebel Without a Cause- Overrated. I'm... not really understanding the big deal about James Dean? He overacts WAY too much, though everyone did then, so. I was totally laughing when Jim and whatshername decided they loved each other (you've known each other less than 24 hours and her boyfriend just freaking DIED. Really, movie?). And of course Jim's excuse for anything he does wrong is that he's screwed up because of the untraditional gender roles in his house. Yes, I understand that in 1955 it was considered a valid excuse, but it doesn't hold up now. The whole thing was just a huge facepalm to me. Honestly, I kind of think that the only reason this movie is still so popular is because James died right before it was released, so people have a kind of weird fascination with him. Just saying.
Bringing Up Baby- It had it's funny moments, I'll admit. I totally cracked up when Susan insisted they could wade across the stream and PHOOM! Completely underwater they go. XD However, overall it was mostly annoying and felt MUCH longer than its supposed 103 minutes. I have no idea how David didn't STRANGLE Susan the entire time. She was completely insufferable.
Alright. I have to go get in the shower. As it is, my mother pushed dinner back a half hour because she waited until 2 to color her hair (we were supposed to meet everyone at 4, so I don't even know what the hell she was thinking) and proceeded to spend an hour and a half in the bathroom, even though she knew I needed to get in the shower. And of course she drained all the hot water, so I've been waiting for that to come back. ARGH. If I'd known she was going to pull this shit, I would've snuck in there this morning when I was randomly up at 8. Probably should've known better.
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This has been crossposted to my DW account. You are free to comment either here or there, if you'd like to comment. Preferably here, but it doesn't really matter. Whichever one works for you. :D