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[Nov. 1st, 2008|03:04 am] |
That was the best Halloween ever.
Also the best First NaNo Write-In ever.
And I have another one tomorrow. Exhausted. Sleep now. |
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| This is Halloween Season |
[Oct. 5th, 2008|01:43 pm] |
Last year after Halloween I bought a ton of decorations on sale at Target.
Today I'm going to pull them out and decorate the apartment for Halloween.
Joy! |
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| Pop Culture Black Hole: Weeee Weeee Weeeeee |
[Sep. 6th, 2008|04:37 am] |
I was making a started deck for 1000 Black White Cards. I made a card called "Theme from Deliverance" and drew a banjo on it. I asked Jason what it looked like (because I have no art skills) and he said, "Guitar? Banjo." I took my thumb off the words.
"Is there a banjo in the theme from Deliverance?"
"You don't know Deliverance?"
"Sure. It's the one with the twist ending, right, where the girl turns out to be a guy?"
"Are... you thinking of The Crying Game?"
"Oooh, yeah, I am."
I don't think there are banjos in The Crying Game, but okay Jason. |
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| (no subject) |
[Aug. 25th, 2008|01:06 am] |
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I know I'm in a rut when I seriously want to quit UPS so I can take this job. |
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| Text love |
[Aug. 6th, 2008|06:45 pm] |
Message to: Jason
From: Jenny
We are in the corner on our side [of the apartments] and there are dozens of dragonflies.
Message to: Jenny
From: Jason
Be careful... they could attack and eat you.
Message to: Jason
From: Jenny
Why you gotta ruin my moment? I was thinking they would carry me away nto a place where I would have an adventure with a talking, hypoallergenic cat but noooo.
Message to: Jenny
From: Jason
Upon further review of the video, those were not the dragonflies with a taste for human flesh. They were the kind you described. Whoopsie me.
Message to: Jason
From: Jenny
Next game of All Flesh Must Be Eaten: zombie dragonflies! |
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[Aug. 4th, 2008|06:24 pm] |
Bullet list of my vacation. Pictures soon to follow.
- On Monday, flew to St. John's
- Checked into B&B
- Wandered downtown looking for food.
- Slept.
- Got up, got the rental car and drove to Cape Spear, which was gorgeous.
- On Wednesday, drove to the town of Dildo. Made a ton of dirty jokes.
- Went to Karen's stagette party.
- Got "Screeched In."
- Went back to the house to play dirty party games.
- Walked with Julia way out of our way looking for food that didn't exist.
- On Thursday, hiked up to Signal Hill.
- Hiked back down, exhausted and starving.
- Ate at my first vegetarian restaurant.
- Tried pad thai. Didn't like it. Switched around food so everyone enjoyed what they were eating, except for Jason.
- Went on a haunted tour of downtown St. John's
- On Friday, attended Karen's wedding, ate at Jungle Jim's, attended Karen's reception and had a terrific time. Actually got some dancing out of Jason.
- On Saturday, went on a whale watching tour. Saw whales, but was almost too seasick to enjoy it.
- Had my first poutine.
- Said goodbye to some awesome people.
- Checked out the George Street Festival.
- Did Karaoke, one song, Love Shack, then left.
- Said goodbye to more awesome people.
- Had a drink and listened to some live music with Jason.
- Got up to find our flight had been delayed and we would be missing our connection.
- Said goodbye to Karen and Steve
- Flew to Newark where we were told the next available flight to Memphis was not until the morning and the pnly flight that day was overbooked and so could not get standby.
- Got a hotel room in Jersey.
- Decided to make the best of it and took the train to New York.
- Walked from the World Trade Center site to Times Square
- Ate too much.
- Decided to pay the $60 bucks to visit Madame Tussaud's.
- Got stuck for 20 minutes in the glass elevator overlooking time's square.
- Searched for the train station.
- Waited 45 minutes for the train back to Newark.
- Slept a few hours.
- Finally boarded a delayed flight to Memphis.
- Came home and squeezed my dog to death because I missed him so much.
I'm exhausted and have to miss another night of work because of the delay. But this was an amazing trip.
Next up! Doing lots of laundry! Sorting through nine gigs of pictures and video! |
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| Pop Culture Black Hole: Minor redemption |
[Jul. 12th, 2008|03:05 pm] |
There are these Comcast commercials that feature a clip from some classic movie, like Aliens, and then Ripley will look at the camera and start extolling the virtues of Comcast digital cable. In the break room at work last night I saw a new one, this one from Terminator 2, with the T-1000 speaking to the camera. The problem is they used his CGI, liquid metal form and the voice sounded nothing like him. Maybe it was him and I'm just mis-remembering, but it seemed to me like a way to use Terminator 2 without having to pay the actor.
I complained about this to Jason who said, "Oh, I've never seen Terminator 2."
"WHAT?!? Have you ever seen the first one?"
"No, I don't think so."
"Oh, my God. But you know "I'll be back", right?" I asked, fully expecting him to say no.
"Well, of course I do. Everyone knows "I'll be back"."
"Wait... so... you're aware of a popular quote from a movie you've never seen? I'm so proud!" |
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[Jul. 5th, 2008|06:37 pm] |
One of the biggest issues with my relationship with Jason is his complete lack of pop culture knowledge.
I've never seen Basic Instinct, but when a comedy features a woman in a white suit spinning in a chair and spreading her legs, I get the joke.
I've never seen The Graduate, but when Mrs. Robinson played during the Stifler's Mom scene in American Pie, I got that, too.
Jason doesn't get these things.
Last month I made a Soylent Green joke. He didn't get it. He's never seen Soylent Green. Neither have I, but everyone knows Soylent Green, right? He's never heard of it.
This happens all the time. I'll admit that some pop culture jokes go over my head, but generally if it's pointed out that "that was from ____________" I'll recognize it.
Just now we were in the store and I was holding the basket. Jason picked up a box of taco shells.
"Put them in the basket."
He ignored me.
"It puts the lotion in the basket!"
He still ignored me.
"That was a Silence of the Lambs joke."
"Oh," he said. "I didn't get it."
"You never get it."
"Well, I've only seen it once."
"So have I, but that's a pretty well-known quote."
"I don't remember it."
"You don't remember when the villain is talking to the girl in the well? Oh, what was his name?"
"Hannibal Lecter."
"No, Hannibal Lecter wasn't the villain of Silence of the Lambs."
"Yes, he was."
"No, he wasn't."
"So you're telling me he was a good guy??"
"He wasn't a good guy, but he wasn't the villain. The villain was the guy who skinned people."
"I don't remember him."
"Rargh!"
All the time, people. I guess I should be grateful that this is one of the biggest problems we have. |
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[Jun. 17th, 2008|04:05 am] |
At least once a day I'll be in the den or kitchen or something and I'll hear a howl from the bedroom.
I'll go in there but won't see the dog. So I'll bend over, peak under the bed and see ( this ) |
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