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Ug! Not fun sinus headache! Dratted allergies combined with the sky high humidity here in Savannah, GA!
Sorry about your headache, Sharoth.
On another note, just wondering if you know Hard Hearted Hannah?
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Ug! Not fun sinus headache! Dratted allergies combined with the sky high humidity here in Savannah, GA!Sorry about your headache, Sharoth.
On another note, just wondering if you know Hard Hearted Hannah?
Yes. I have heard it. We also have a bar here named after that song.
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First day of seventh grade for Pea Bear.
Hoping it goes well. :-)
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Pea Bear is off, next up, Tiny T-Rex.
One thing that's nice is middle school starts an hour earlier than elementary, really makes the logistics a lot easier. :-)
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Here's hoping any in the path of the hurricane are okay. Not sure if it IS A hurricane or "just" a tropical storm, but still. Be careful. Don't want to lose anyone.
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So... Kubo and the Two Strings...
We went in with high, high expectations of a film that was going to rock our world, and be something we remembered and talked about for years. One of those, "OMG OMG OMG did you see that movie?", a la Spirited Away.
So while it wasn't quite up to snuff on that, it DID have half our 6-person group in tears during the film, and the end credit music is utterly and completely brutal.
So yeah, very, very good movie.
I'm going to give it a solid 1-beer rating. I was thinking of giving it 2, and NobodysWife had 2 while we were watching, but all in all it really was quite a spectacle.
Yeah, the animation is visibly rough in places. Yeah, a few aspects of the story are predictable.
But it's a really solid film, and I'd absolutely see it again, with or without friends.
That's a sign of a good film.
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The dog isn't happy I've returned with no children, he's pretty sure I f@#%ed up somehow and he's the one that's gonna get stuck tracking them down later.
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So this is new, just me and the dog until 1:50.
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So... Kubo and the Two Strings...
We went in with high, high expectations of a film that was going to rock our world, and be something we remembered and talked about for years. One of those, "OMG OMG OMG did you see that movie?", a la Spirited Away.
So while it wasn't quite up to snuff on that, it DID have half our 6-person group in tears during the film, and the end credit music is utterly and completely brutal.
So yeah, very, very good movie.
I'm going to give it a solid 1-beer rating. I was thinking of giving it 2, and NobodysWife had 2 while we were watching, but all in all it really was quite a spectacle.
Yeah, the animation is visibly rough in places. Yeah, a few aspects of the story are predictable.
But it's a really solid film, and I'd absolutely see it again, with or without friends.
That's a sign of a good film.
ending music is brutal, huh? Hmm.
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Brutal in a good way or brutal in a bad way.
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Brutal in a good way or brutal in a bad way.
Good.
Then as the credits roll, a shamisen starts playing, "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", and Regina Spektor's haunting voice starts singing it as soulfully and mournfully as she can. She's no George Harrison, but she really re-evokes the saddest parts of the movie. All at once. Amplified by the music. So yeah, it's basically, "If you didn't cry during the movie, you're going to cry NOW darn it!!!"
It hits remarkably hard.
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11,619 missed posts.
Are you guys slowing down? ;)
I hope everyone is well.
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Pea Bear is off, next up, Tiny T-Rex.
One thing that's nice is middle school starts an hour earlier than elementary, really makes the logistics a lot easier. :-)
The district that I went to school in is so small that the elementary, middle, and high schools are all on the same campus. It was a surprise when I eventually learned that this is unusual, and every time I'm reminded of this it still feels weird.
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This hurricane was a little b!@$$. Even my crappy fence that is held together by patches I've made with pieces from the broken fence from the abandoned house down the street is still standing.
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11,619 missed posts.
Are you guys slowing down? ;)
I hope everyone is well.
Yes thankyou, although the lunchtime lamb shawarma seems to be repeating on me a bit.
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Kind of lonely by myself.
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11,619 missed posts.
Are you guys slowing down? ;)
I hope everyone is well.
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I'm not sure one can squee in a manly fashion.
Ug! Not fun sinus headache! Dratted allergies combined with the sky high humidity here in Savannah, GA!Shoulda gimme that copper piece, dude. Snort the right booze, problem solved. :)What happens if you snort the left booze?
Edit: Nevermind. Apparently it makes your clothes disappear.
Snorting the left booze produces similar results.
I'm not sure one can squee in a manly fashion.
I concur.
Sorry, Freehold.
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Captain Yesterday's family: Hey guys, i know what'll be fun. Let's all talk s%$* about Captain Yesterday in an email chain, and include his email address in it, wouldn't that be fun!
Captain Yesterday: Well, at least they're emailing me. :-\
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Captain Yesterday's family: Hey guys, i know what'll be fun. Let's all talk s@+% about Captain Yesterday in an email chain, and include his email address in it, wouldn't that be fun!
Captain Yesterday: Well, at least they're emailing me. :-\
Oooh! Oooh! Add me to the chain! Add me!
I can 100% guarantee your family would never speak to me again!
I can 90% guarantee they'd never speak to you again!
Wouldn't that be swell?
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I'm not sure one can squee in a manly fashion.I concur.
Sorry, Freehold.
Just wear a flannel shirt when you do it, everything is manly when you wear a flannel shirt.
Except women, who look stunning in them.
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Tiny T-Rex: I'm still a little sad I didn't get a real art lesson.
Me: Mom can give you an art lesson, she went to college for art.
Tiny T-Rex: No! I already know how to paint at home!
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Why is it the crappier a job is, the more paperwork it requires just to apply?
The best jobs I ever had usually involved nothing more than a resume; meanwhile, basic retail part time garbage requires fifteen pages of questionnaires, a survey, and ten pages of filling out the actual application, with a drug test and half an SAT worth of math problems. It makes no sense whatsoever!
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I had one job I never even applied for, one I was hired before I was done filling out the application.
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In other words, if you apply for physical labor jobs on the west coast, and put down, or casually mention when applying that you grew up on a Midwestern dairy farm, you'll get the job. :-D
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I'm not sure one can squee in a manly fashion.I concur.
Sorry, Freehold.
Just wear a flannel shirt when you do it, everything is manly when you wear a flannel shirt.
Except women, who look stunning in them.
I am truly a pretty princess.
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I applied for one job where they wanted to know every single address I ever lived at, phone numbers for landlords and everything.
I even asked "when I was a kid" and the HR lady said "oh yes"
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I am truly a pretty princess.
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I'm not sure one can squee in a manly fashion.I concur.
Sorry, Freehold.
Just wear a flannel shirt when you do it, everything is manly when you wear a flannel shirt.
Except women, who look stunning in them.
I am truly a pretty princess.
So you're telling me you're a lumberjack and you're OK?
Do you sleep all night and work all day?
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I'm not sure one can squee in a manly fashion.I concur.
Sorry, Freehold.
Just wear a flannel shirt when you do it, everything is manly when you wear a flannel shirt.
Except women, who look stunning in them.
I am truly a pretty princess.
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Why is it the crappier a job is, the more paperwork it requires just to apply?
The best jobs I ever had usually involved nothing more than a resume; meanwhile, basic retail part time garbage requires fifteen pages of questionnaires, a survey, and ten pages of filling out the actual application, with a drug test and half an SAT worth of math problems. It makes no sense whatsoever!
Inflating sense of self-importance of the employer? Reeling in the sense of unlimited power over the potential employee?
Hard to say without knowing more about the exact work involved. They might have a history of bad experience with employees and want to screen them...
"That work could be done by a moderately smart chimpanzee! Regretfully our co-workers aren't moderately smart chimpanzees..."
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Far Cry Primal Time. Need to clear out a whole mess of jaguars from some rocks, but they keep bolting before I can hit them. No problem. I have a sabertooth tamed. Can just have her chase them down and maul them. Working splendidly. Too splendedly, in fact. That rare black jaguar I can't find anywhere and really want to tame for my collection? It was there, and my kitty tore it to pieces before I even gave the attack order.
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I'd play Far Cry 3...
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I'd play Far Cry 3...
Have it. I have every Far Cry game on Steam (Except Primal. I got that on disk, because Gamestop wanted $29.99). Far Cry 3 is good, but I always wantsd an Ice Age/Stone Age game, and faults or no, Far Cry Primal delivers.
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Why is it the crappier a job is, the more paperwork it requires just to apply?
The best jobs I ever had usually involved nothing more than a resume; meanwhile, basic retail part time garbage requires fifteen pages of questionnaires, a survey, and ten pages of filling out the actual application, with a drug test and half an SAT worth of math problems. It makes no sense whatsoever!
Truth.
For the job I have now, I submitted a resume for a different job. Somebody saw it and said, "You're all wrong for that job. Can we offer you a different one?"
My theory: the best jobs are the ones that take advantage of your skills. When an employer is looking for certain skills, they will pursue a resume that has what they are looking for. When they are looking for unskilled labor, everyone is qualified so they have to make up bogus assessments to differentiate the applicants.
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I've found that those super annoying packs of wolves that like to attack you will run away yelping in terror and not come back if a tamed bear roars at them. It's immensely satisfying.
Also, sabertooths are so damn hard to fight. First time I ran into one, I tamed it, and it's been awhile since, so I'm just now realizing that I can't handle these things without a powerful animal companion. Good thing I have two.
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I've found that those super annoying packs of wolves that like to attack you will run away yelping in terror and not come back if a tamed bear roars at them. It's immensely satisfying.
Also, sabertooths are so damn hard to fight. First time I ran into one, I tamed it, and it's been awhile since, so I'm just now realizing that I can't handle these things without a powerful animal companion. Good thing I have two.
*grumble-grumble* overpowered tweaked druids *grumble-grumble*
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Heh. I just took an entire outpost using only the owl and the sabertooth, and all orders given to the sabertooth were done through the owl. I spent the entire time in hiding. How's that for druid power?
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"It turns out you can find anything online" - Pea Bear, after a single day of phone ownership.
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"It turns out you can find anything online" - Pea Bear, after a single day of phone ownership.
AUGH! That sounds frightening.
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At least so far it's chinchilla pictures. :-)
But yes, we've had talks about safe web browsing. :-)
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She does not have her own desktop/laptop/other sort of computer? Or is her internet access restricted?
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Nope, just one computer in the house.
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Heh. I just took an entire outpost using only the owl and the sabertooth, and all orders given to the sabertooth were done through the owl. I spent the entire time in hiding. How's that for druid power?
'The owl and the sabretooth took an outpost
In a beautiful pea-green camouflage corset'On another note:
Honestly, you stick a couple of pairs of googly eyes on some LP/book covers for your own and (hopefully) others' amusement, and not five minutes later, one's ex-girlfriend gets in touch to tell you you need therapy.
Blimey.
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Have i given you my card, add googly eyes and I'll tell you whatever you want to hear.