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...tired and moderately crazy...
- Mood:
discontent
I don't know what I can do other then tell security at work to keep an eye on the employee parking lot (Doug and his sister both work there too.) If either one of them touches my car... it's not going to be pretty, and that's all I'm saying about that. Though all I can think is that gum is bad enough, but what if they mess with my gas tank? They can totally ruin my engine and I really can't afford another car when the one I've got now isn't even paid for.
I don't even know why they're being such jerks. Doug didn't even pay his last two months worth of utilities... I ate the $300 he owes me... so why are they being jackasses? It just makes me so mad... I totally let the money thing go until I saw that gum all along the side of my car and melting onto the paint...
- Mood:
pissed off
The first time I saw a melon ice cream bar I was like, "Ew, sounds gross." But my brother made me try them and they were delicious. Which is why when I saw them for sale at the Korean store... I bought five boxes.
Anyways, what's going on with me? Well, I'm seriously thinking about quitting my job in July and going to work for my brother. I would have to provide my own medical insurance and stuff... but it almost seems worth it after a night of dealing with stupid people I wouldn't even acknowledge as human in my everyday life. Plus, the way things would work out, I would have enough time on my hands to work on a degree in something.
- Mood:
awake
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I don't know what I'm going to do with myself when the shirts I've already got turn to rags...
- Mood:
drained
Stupid TurboTax said filing "Single" was most recommended, so I went with it. But since I have Bryson and I basically provide all of his care and support...
The thing is, I have a roommate and we split the rent, phone/DSL/cable, and electricity. BUT he tends not to buy food, and I provide everything for Bryson. So does that count me as Head of Household, or not? And if it does, can I file an amendment on my taxes?
Or if I had filed Head of Household, would I have been more likely to be audited than not?
Another thing that just thinking about makes me sick is the fact that I let Jennifer claim Bryson on her taxes for the last four years even though she only had him from May 2007 until January 15 of 2008. Why? Because I was afraid she was going to take him back. So even though I paid for his everything and she didn't give any money, she got all the deductions and stuff. So this is the first year I'm getting to claim him even though he's lived with me practically his whole life.
She received tax write-offs, state funding, Medicaid, Wic, etc from the time he was 1 year old... And now I've had him back for over a year and she still refuses to give me the paperwork I need to get him on my medical insurance.
I swear, if she tries to claim him on her taxes this year I will have to murder her...
- Mood:
cranky
BTW, saw a commercial on Cartoon Network. Looks like they're running a new Scooby-Doo series starting in the fall of 2009. It's supposed to be about when they all met.
http://www.kaboodle.com/ashlevarnis
- Mood:
sleepy - Music:watching "Whisper"
My mom got to play Miss Millionaire and play against Michael Welch and the other guys. And my brother was Player 1 and pretended to be The Hot Chick's boyfriend that she kind of cheats on with Matt Bushell.
We didn't get paid or anything, but it was kind of a cool thing to do. Plus, Brendan Davis was really nice... especially for an executive producer. Delaney Dragon was pretty friendly too... and oddly chatty considering I was just "background." And supposedly we're each supposed to receive a copy of the movie when it comes out. Nice.
www.roughhustle.com
- Mood:
chipper
People are screaming about Obama's "socialism" and the idea that he's leaning toward "universal healthcare" ::gasp:: Which totally makes me laugh when you take in the fact that McCain wants to get rid of employer funded health insurance all together, which means your employer will pay less money and make more profit... and you'll be paying for your angioplasty out of your pocket. Awesome, man.
I guess McCain is leaning toward a nation of the young and the rich. You're either young enough that your health isn't going to be a concern at all... or you're rich enough not to care about anything. Good thing I'm young, huh?
- Mood:
amused
Yep, Moving On has been listed at Cracked.com as the NUMBER 1 implausible baffling sex scene in the history of fanfic. I think I should post an award somewhere on my desktop just for the honor it bestows upon me. But I think they totally missed some of my other shit...
Boomer/Superman
Hamburger Helper Glove/Glove of Engyhon (?)
Buffy/Blues Clues
Buffy/Pooh Bear
Percy Weasley/Jason Fox
Anyways, I totally own up to my bit of the weird, and at least I'm not out there clubbing seals or eating pig vaginas. Or how about that totally sick fuck 18 year old guy that raped a 22 month old baby? So bearing in mind that everybody has a bit of the perverse in them, I'm happy to say that I tend to keep it to myself and go about my day to day life without harming anyone else.
And if anyone happens to read my rambling literary crap pile... well, I'm not exactly shoving it into your eyeballs so you had to have been looking for your own taste of the weird.
C'est la vie.
- Mood: amused
where the darkness lives and the nothingness dwells
where hopes and dreams have lived, then died
where angels wept and devils cried
where everything has crumbled to dust
and everything has faded, even the love of us.
- Mood:
lazy - Music:Spongebob Squarepants
I don't know, but I'm sure I'd relate to you more if you took a few acting lessons and came back with more of a plot.
The premise of the story is good--and that's about it. I was left sadly disappointed by a movie that was way over-hyped, and they way under-done.
"M. Night Shyamalan's first R-rated movie..." and that's all that can be said for it.
Watch the trailers. Those are the best parts of the movie right there.
( Spoilers )
My recommendation for this movie? If you really have to see it, save your $7-12 per person and rent it on DVD from Redbox.
- Mood:
annoyed
By the end I was just happy to have it all over and I actually left the theater infuriated by the amount of disappointment I experienced. Wow, that's like two hours of my life I'm never getting back.
This movie is totally a renter, not a buyer.
All his little issues make me laugh and seeing the clothes they wear makes me want to gouge my eyes out. And BTW, his dad seems like kind of a dick. Way to put the pressure on your super genius son to succeed OR ELSE.
And I love the fact that Doogie was the first nerd blogger in the world. That's cool ::snerk:: though his... what, Xenith?... computer totally takes me back to the horrors of my youth and the dreaded blue screen, white text sans interweb world where I couldn't look up crazy Japanese skat porn on youtube or wow the nobodies with all the useless datums I gathered off Wikipedia.
This show is like a time capsule never meant to be open... but still a kinda dork pleasure.
- Mood: amused
On seeing the commercials for Speed Racer, all I could think was one thing... "La-a-ame!"
The only reason I even bothered to go see it was because Bryson was chomping at the bits to go. So I figured it would give me a chance to take a little nap or listen to music on my Creative Zen.
Instead, I was drawn into two hours of action... car crashes, fights, everything. It was frickin' awesome! No lie.
So before you go around saying Speed Racer looks totally lame and you're never gonna watch it... spend a little money and take a little time to watch it 'cause it's actually very good.
- Mood: drained
- Music:Blue's Clues
or Why My Shit Don't Stink
Barley tea is made from... you guessed it... barley. It's called boricha in Korean or mugicha in Japanese.
Studies have indicated that barley has the capacity to lower blood cholesterol and help moderate blood glucose levels. It is high in fiber, rich in vitamin B, thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, and is a source of calcium, protein, iron and phosphorus.
Roasted barley tea is a very popular hot weather beverage that’s noted for cooling down the body and cleansing the system. Barley-based teas are used as treatment for hemorrhoids, inflammatory arthritis and are believed to reduce toxicity and side-effects of radiation and chemotherapy.
Some people really can't stand the smell of it, though I personally barely even notice one and think it tastes good. It's a very palate cleansing drink, so if you're having a cool glass or a hot mugful with your food, it basically wipes the slate clean from one bite to the next. It also keeps spicy hot food from burning your mouth, which makes it worth it when you're chowing down.
And bonus? It makes your pooh not smell. Seriously. No one else has really mentioned it anywhere, so I thought I would be the record breaking first and point out yet another benefit of barley tea.
Drink barley tea and keep yourself hydrated, healthy, and colonically sound. Yeah, I totally went there.
WHERE YOU CAN FIND IT: any Asian grocer, online at http://www.amazon.com, or http://www.koamart.com, or you can make your own by roasting some barley on your stove then making it into tea (like 2 ounces roasted barley added to 1/2 gallon of boiling water and boiled at medium heat for ten minutes, strain out the barley pieces, then either serve the tea hot, or let cool and serve with ice.)
P.S. one glass of barley tea has only 2 calories and no sodium or fat in it. I personally like using whole barley rather than the instant bagged, though the hot/cold bagged tea is okay for on the go.
- Location:Lazytown
- Mood: sleepy
"Growth spurt, drama club, rapist, jocks
goth kids, angry and they're armed with glocks
making meth in woodshop, sell it to your class
have a baby at the prom, dump in the trash!"
--Patton Oswalt on "Lewis Black's Root of All Evil: High School vs American Idol"
- Mood:
full
Starring: Shu Qi and Alex Fong, Tam Chun-Ho
Summary: A young family moves into a nice Hong Kong high rise and things immediately begin to go badly for them. They're only there for a short time--maybe a week--when their three year old son Chi Lo is abducted. The mother frantically searches for her son after the police have given up after only a few weeks. Some of her actions during her search--falling through the ceiling, buying a big rottweiler, etc--have some of the other inhabitants of her building thinking that she's just some crazy woman. But she is certain that some strange, rag-wearing woman has taken her son and she's not going to stop until she gets him back.
Opinion: Though this movie is classed as a "horror" movie, it would be a mistake to try and judge it by the same criteria as the usual Chinese horror movies ("The Eye," "Gu-On," etc.) And even though some parts were a tad overdramatic, it was still very interesting and I actually became very sympathetic of "the monster."
I would recommend watching this movie, just don't rate it on the basis of the usual horror movies. Don't go into it blind and prepare yourself to be moved to tears over the plight of the supposed villain.
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