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| Saturday, April 21st, 2012 | | 2:42 pm |
My (spoilers behind a cut) review of Cabin in the Woods:
The movie was totally enjoyable, and I recommend you go see it, especially if you are a fan of Joss Whedon's and Drew Goddard's work. Don't click the link below if you haven't seen the movie, and try not to watch any commercials or previews for it... ( Read more... )just go see the movie if you haven't yet...and then come back and tell me whether you feel you wasted your money. Current Mood:  chipper | | Saturday, February 25th, 2012 | | 9:00 am |
| | Sunday, February 5th, 2012 | | 9:33 am |
Travel today...
Tonight I head to Rochester, NY on business. so much to do, 8 hours to do it in... | | Saturday, July 16th, 2011 | | 7:58 pm |
Travel, etc...bullet points;
- Tomorrow I head to a client TV/Radio site in Fort Myers, Florida for three weeks (I'll be on site with two of my coworkers), to take them live on our commercial scheduling software. I'd rather be spending the summer at home, but I guess I have to pay my bills. Seriously, when am I going to find out that I have some long-lost, wealthy relative that recently died and left me a shitload of cash?
- I've been converting my DVDs to MP4s (or M4Vs) so I can watch them on my various gadgets/TVs without a DVD player...and am obsessed with finding just the right type of artwork to use with them when importing the movies into iTunes. I've been impressed with several of the stylized movie posters (do a google search, you'll see), and checking to see if any of the artwork is for any movies I own. While looking for alternate versions of the movie poster for Looker, I stumbled across these. i got a giggle from the one that shows "Albert Fucking Finney" as one of the actors. I need to get away from the computer and out doors more often
- I keep hoping there is going to be a resurgence in lj use by some of my lj friends that seem to have stopped updating completely, but at least some of them (well, you) still update, and they are good entries.
- I spend $350 on work clothing today. I needed new pants since I accidentally washed some dry clean only dress slacks, and needed dress shirts, as my many of my dress shirts seem to be nearing the end of their wearable life. Lucky for me, Macy's was having a "one day only" sale, which I think they have about every other day. I picked up 4 pairs of slacks, and 4 dress shirts (and a new wallet, as mine was falling apart).
- Haven't seen Harry Potter yet, but will probably be going to see a late show Wednesday or Thursday, since the hotel I'm staying at in Fort Myers is about two blocks from a theater.
- I need a romantic interest. Someone that doesn't mind me traveling so much, and someone that could do a long-distance relationship and still remain monogamous. anybody interested? Maybe I just need a roommate...someone that will take care of my cats while I'm away...and would house train a puppy that I get to pick out from the local shelter.
- I'm rambling again, aren't I?
Current Mood: chipper | | Sunday, February 20th, 2011 | | 1:58 pm |
Well look at me, writing entries in LJ and stuff!
My car has spent probably a good month (actually, a bit longer) covered in snow. There has been more snow so far this Winter in the area than the past several Winters combined (no, seriously). In addition, the tree that used to be in the driveway, and that was a pain to park under due to my car getting covered in sap every Spring and Summer was cut down this past Fall, which then allowed avalache after avalanche of snow and ice to come off the roof right onto my car and the surrounding area, making it near impossible to get around to the front of the car to move the snow when it was fresh (not that there was anywhere to put it). Thanks to a few warm days in the 40s and 50s last week while I was at a client site in the faraway (18 miles) city of Boston, the snow has melted away from most of my car, except for the sides and the hood. What is there has become snowment...something that looks like snow, but is effectively ice. I can open the back doors wide enough (I think) to get inside, but then I'm going to have to climb into the front seat from there; something my non-lithe body will find difficult in my Toyota Matrix. My hope is that first off, the car will start...and then hopefully I can back out and the frozen mix hanging on my car will stay where it is (and not hold on to any part of my car, like the bumper). Then I can break up the ice and move it to the sidewalk (which is piled high with the stuff already) on the other side of the fence. I really wouldn't mind just leaving it where it is, but I want to go to Costco to pick up some new hair clippers, a bushel of fruit, and a vat of ice cream. I suppose I have nobody to blame for this but myself (although I was away from home (in a different state, even) when some of this happened...but I could have really worked to get it out and moved to a friends driveway for storage (if they would have let me), where it wouldn't have been so hard to get around the car to remove the snow. Current Mood:  annoyed | | 8:48 am |
Strange...
Had a dream this morning just before waking up that incorporated personal life with several unconnected TV shows and personalities...Fringe, Death Becomes Her, Angel (David Boreanaz), Eugene Levy playing Dr. Tongue's assistant (still not sure how that fell into my dream), Britney Spears/a Barbie doll/my niece Amanda (my niece would change between all three in the dream with no rhyme or reason), Oprah, and...Laura Brannigan, I think. I (and the others in my dream) worked for some type of governmental paranormal research agency, and a few members of the team, like my niece and Angel, would transport to a parallel universe each day for a time, when a certain musical note from a Britney Spears song was played (or sung by my niece Amanda, who was also Britney Spears), if they were wearing a special pin or brooch (like the pin Lisle gives Helen Sharp and Madeline Ashton in Death Becomes Her). Some members of the team were double agents, however, and have stolen these pins, so the team members that need to transport to the other world cannot. They also kidnapped Eugene Levy, who holds some secret...and brought him to Oprah, who apparently rules the parallel world. when I tried to wake my niece Amanda in the dream, she was suddenly a Barbie doll in a dollhouse, covered from head to toe with a little blanket. I called out to her (fearing she was dead), trying to wake her up. That's when she started snoring loudly and talking like a hillbilly in her sleep, and I felt relieved...and then I woke up. Seriously, dreams are so fucked up sometimes. Current Mood:  awake | | Monday, January 24th, 2011 | | 11:52 pm |
| | Sunday, January 23rd, 2011 | | 8:39 am |
Charlotte, NC...here I come!
I'm headed to Charlotte for the next two weeks. No snow in the forecast suits me just fine. If you live in the area and want to meet up over the weekend for coffee/drinks, coffee drinks, etc...let me know. Current Mood: awake | | Sunday, December 19th, 2010 | | 2:46 pm |
| | Thursday, December 2nd, 2010 | | 4:28 pm |
Today's GST (Green Shirt Thursday) flickr group submission:
 Yes, the shirt is green, even though it may not look it. In other "me me me" news, my hair is in that in-between length right now, where it would look better if it was clippered down, or if it was longer...but at this length, it will stick any which way it wants. Still debating whether to cut it or let it continue to grow. Current Mood:  busy | | Monday, November 29th, 2010 | | 6:38 pm |
Happy Anniversary...just 9 days late...
Just over 10 years ago (10 years and 9 days), i started my journal here on livejournal.com. I hope to get back to posting more regularly. Maybe if i make livejournal.com my homepage again. Current Mood:  nostalgic | | Wednesday, November 24th, 2010 | | 11:31 am |
Opting-out today? This is for you!
To all travelers who have decided to "opt out" of going through the body scanners today at the airport, in an effort to cripple the air traffic (if you decline to go through the body scanner for any other reason, the items below DO NOT apply to you): - I'm so glad I am not flying today.
- I hope your selfishness does not prevent others from reaching their destination in a timely manner.
- If you are found to be opting out because you are actually participating in the "opt out" day boycott (and not for any other reason), I hope the TSA gives you an extra-thourough, extra-embarrassing, extra-humiliating pat-down, and then puts you on a no fly list, so you don't make your destination and won't be able to pull that shit ever again.
- Fuck you, you selfish douchetards.
Gobble-gobble! Current Mood:  hungry | | Saturday, November 20th, 2010 | | 3:58 pm |
| | Sunday, November 7th, 2010 | | 3:01 am |
Before I go to bed,
a random (silly little) memory: When I was about 19, my best friend John came and lived with my Mother and I for a while. We shared a bedroom, and each night one of us would load up the 6-disc player with CDs (mostly soft, instrumental music, like the soundtrack of Somewhere in Time, but there was also the Carly Simon CD "Torch" in the mix) and have it play on random, so we could fall asleep to music. I would usually wake up each time the song "Hurt" from that Carly Simon CD would play, as there was a bit of silence at the beginning, followed by a saxophone intro, and Carly Simon belting out the words "I'm Hurt"...but I would fall back asleep soon after. Turned out the song had the same effect on John. One night, the shuffle function kept playing "Hurt" every 3rd or 4th song. After several plays of the song, John sat bolt upright in bed and exclaimed "Gavin, are you OK?!" to which I replied "yeah, why?"..."Because Carly Simon is hurt! And my ears have started bleeding every time that song starts playing!" Carly was never heard from (at night, anyway) again. Now set your clocks back if you haven't already done so! Goodnight! Current Mood: awake | | Thursday, October 21st, 2010 | | 3:00 pm |
Chicago
Having fun in Chicago this week (even though I'm here for work). The weather has been great, I'm right near (or in, I have no idea) the Miracle Mile or the loop (or right where one ends and the other begins, like I said, I have no idea, other than that's what it looks like on the map). Last night I had Mexican food and margaritas with Christian, aka ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif?v=92.1) new_improved and his partner Joel (good lord they are both SO FRIGGIN' TALL!). It was good to meet Joel, and as always, nice to see Christian again. Hopefully, I will get to hang out with them a little more when I'm back in Chicago the week of November 1.   This morning, I decided to get back into the GST (Green Shirt Thursdays) posts:  And now, back to training I go! Current Mood:  bouncy | | Sunday, October 17th, 2010 | | 12:42 pm |
Chicago bound...
Heading to Chicago tomorrow for work, and head back home Friday. Since Monday is a travel day and I don't have to be on site at all, I wanted to have as much of the day free as possible to go exploring (only visited Chicago once, to meet Christian, and wasn't there long enough to do any touristy stuff), so I booked the earliest flight I could find. The shuttle for the airport will be here to pick me up tomorrow at 4:20 AM. WHAT THE HELL WAS I THINKING?! Hopefully there will be time to meet up with Christian again, not to mention the lovely Lucia (if she ever checks her email). Then it's home for a week (and Halloween), and then back to Chicago for another 5 days. Woohoo! Current Mood: awake | | Saturday, October 9th, 2010 | | 11:43 am |
Chicago!
I'm going to be in Chicago October 18-22, and then again November 1-5 (for work). This particular client is going to be using the software I train in a different way than normal, which could mean that this conversion will be most excellent, or really weird and challenging. This is the first install I am taking part in since my 5 week sabbatical (I miss Dublin, and I miss the island of Santorini, Greece =[). Current Mood: awake | | Monday, August 23rd, 2010 | | 6:53 pm |
The slow domino effect...
I just received a letter from a bank I have a credit card with, telling me that my credit limit has been reduced. Reduced right down to around the amount I owe on the card, which ends up raising my interest rate, and of course it raises my debt to credit ratio, which of course lowers my credit score (this particular company has already closed two of my accounts with them that I wasn't using because the interest was too high, not to mention that I like to have some credit available in case of an emergency). This in turn will cause my remaining creditors to lower the credit limit on (or close) my accounts with them, which will in turn lower my credit score, making it impossible for me to ever even consider buying a home. It truly is a shame that credit card companies don't take other things into account, such as never being late with a payment, paying more than the minimum balance each month, etc. I'm wondering, if when my credit debt is paid off, the creditors I have will close all my accounts, or if I will suddenly be barraged with offers for new credit cards. Current Mood: annoyed | | Thursday, August 19th, 2010 | | 11:27 pm |
oh yeah I almost forgot!
I was happy to hear about that bull getting into the stands and terrorizing the crowd. I really hope the bull was able to hurt several people (hope those horns found their way into at least a few people's bodies...yeah, go on, say something about how rude and unfeeling I am to wish that on someone...go on, I DARE YOU). Anybody that goes to witness a defenseless animal be slowly murdered for sport deserves to be mutilated at that event. I mean come on, people in the stands want to see a living creature be killed in a heinous way, why shouldn't it be one or more of them? The element of surprise makes it more thrilling, no? Current Mood: annoyed | | 11:03 pm |
The quest to end sedentarianismishness...and other things
I've been in a rut for some time, and my life needs changing, or I'm going to die too young...either from boredom, or from a heart attack because I've entertained a sedentary lifestyle for far too many years. I seem to be bored with almost everything (although I am quite looking forward to my upcoming sabbatical and the travel-for-fun I will be doing during that sabbatical). I've also fallen out of touch with several friends, even the ones that live near me (you've read my complaints about this in the past)...not to mention that I haven't been able (yet) to get back into the swing of posting entries to lj and photos to flickr. So here are the steps I'm taking to change all that: 1. Morning and evening walks, lasting at least an hour each. I started this two days ago...I just need to stick with it. 2. Eating even healthier. Lots more quinoa, fresh vegetables, water...less soda, cookies, crackers, and candy. 3. 8 full hours of sleep a night (this is so far the hardest thing to accomplish). 4. Posting an entry to lj each day that is less boring than this entry (I'll start that tomorrow). 5. Monday of next week, I'll start the 100 push-ups program I've heard about from other posters. 6. Chair dancing while sitting at the computer or watching TV (with lots of bouncy buttcheekiness and leg muscle clenching) 7. Taking photos while on my walks, and posting at least one photo per day to flickr (maybe linking it here as well, but let's not get too crazy just yet). 8. Taking a half hour to 45 minutes or so each day to read lj, catch up on facebook, maybe twitter, etc. 9. Be available on AIM more often - this is essential for my friends in exotic foreign lands like Canada and the UK...chair dancing will be done during any chats that take place, so be warned! 10. Posting to yet another website. I have a tumblr site now, which will hold different content than lj...I know, why am I taking more time on the internet when I'm trying to be more active? I guess I want it all... there are only two short videos posted there so far...see if you can guess what they are from, won't you (watch the video at the bottom first): Click here to check it out!
11. Sex. More of it! Any of you that have slept with me (and let's face it, who hasn't) know that there is always room for improvement. I am taking steps to get more, so I can improve/perfect it.
12. I formally apologize to anybody who now can't UNREAD #11...I will NOT be talking about this again.
13. A friend posted a comment on facebook recently about a comment they received on their profile photo on scruff (I won't say who in this post)...which intrigued me, so I googled it, installed it on my iPod Touch, and...OH MY GOD SCRUFF IS THE MOST AMAZING APP EVER (for single gays, I mean)! This may help me achieve # 11. Sorry, I know I said I wouldn't talk about it again...and now I won't, ever again.
Oh, and here's a photo taken during last evening's walk, over processed and posted for your enjoyment...
 Time for bed! |
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