2004-12-29 - 9:18 p.m. - new years bliss

Had a great Christmas with both sides of the family. No incidents... Shocking! And lots of fun. I have a great family, and unfortunatly I forget it sometimes. Shame on me!

Leaving tomorrow morning for Virginia... and I have a NEW LAPTOP! Wheeeee... I'm so freakin happy. Cuse this computer here is ready to die. I'll keep using it, but baby it a little more cuse I don't have to do everything on it anymore. It's been a good computer for the past 8 years...

So yeah, Virginia. I'm very excited. New Years is going to be great. A little get together with some people I miss very very much. I can't wait! I have no idea when I'll be back though. I tink I'll decide when I'm in town rather then force myself to think about it now. Happy happy, joy joy! Seriously!

Current mood: happy times

2004-12-22 - 10:42 p.m. - the music of the night... yeah!

I originally went to see Closer, I'd been wanting to see that movie for a while, but kept having to put it off. Well I had to put it off again, because Phantom of the Opera has it's first showing of the day at the same time, and I caved... Wow! Well, it's not spectacular, and it's definatly not the amazing stage show that it originally was. However, it is a feast for the eyes and ears. I would say it was more like seeing a life-action Disney toon/feature. Costumes... to die for. Acting... not so much. Colors... shabam! Casting... eh. Definatly worth the ticket though, however I still stand by my opinion that nothing beats the feeling of a gigantic chandaler swinging above your head, taunting you, constantly reminding you that something terrible is going to happen, and that thing is going to come right at you! *shudder* Oooooo... The romance is still there and very VERY intoxicating. Love it! See it! Have fun! And maybe I'll catch Closer next week.

Current mood: eye-pop syndrome

2004-12-21 - 1:13 a.m. - installin again and again

Just got through reinstalling Windows... again. I think I hold the world record. But atleast I'm good at it. Reinstalling I mean, not needing to reinstall. This computer really is great, but it's seriously holding on by less and less threads each month. Defragmenting your hard drive should not screw up your hardware settings! *sigh* It's ok, hey, it's like new again though, and I'm ready for a new compy, so it's all good. :) Staying positive in the cold. Brrrrr...

Current mood: working in a cyber wonderland

2004-12-20 - 2:10 a.m. - fast what?

After long thought and being very very sick, I am officially giving up fast food. There are alot of "special" rules to this and you can never be absolutely sure on what the future holds, but in most of my future, fast food is not there. I'm posting it here so I can say to myself that I've told the world, so I can't pretend I havn't! I will admit, fast food is very VERY hard to give up. However, when you're eating is for most of your meals for a very looong time, and then come down with a horrible and disgusting digestive virus, it makes things a little easier. So yeah, I'm giving up fast food. That is all... thank you :)

Current mood: healthy

2004-12-18 - 11:14 p.m. - a little better

Feeling better today, sorta. I'm still in a funk, but I'm finally starting to get some things done that I've been previously unable to do for various reasons. One step at a time... On a wonderfully gleeful note, a photo I took of my Lord of the Rings shelf is now featured on TheOneRing.net here. I'm very excited, because I love those guys. Half of the things that actually gave me something to do in the year 2003 was because of those guys. I wouldn't have hosted Trilogy Tuesday for one. Actually it's not that big a deal, cuse they'll feature just about anyone that sends a photo... and that isn't even my whole collection, just enough to be cute and show off my extended DVD collection AND my copies of the onering.net books. But hey, I am the only photo with their books, so I hope that's a plus to them :) There are some other great photos in the gallery as well. I do have to say, that I've participated in a number of fandoms, and Lord of the Rings is one of the most joyful ones of them all. :p Mush mush. Now back to Anime and Star Wars fandoms... woosh!

Current mood: fellowshiping

2004-12-17 - 9:25 p.m. - another weekend, another week

Another week has gone by where I've had too much happen to remember it all and post here. I'll try to sum up. Nashville xmas parade stuff was great, and spending the weekend with the 501st was even better. I had a blast and I really do love that crew, it's just a great family. Then I got my monday exams and grades taken care of... All good news there :) And then Tuesday, I was a woman on a mission: I bought my copy of Return of the King Extended Edition for $20, and watched most of it... then Tuesday night hit. Possibly my worst night, EVER. Didn't get any sleep, and I'll spare the details (and lord were there details, uhg), lets just say it wasn't pretty. At first I thought it was food poisoning, but it's lasted this long, it's got to be a stomach virus. The one "good" thing that's come out of this is I'll definitely be eating better from now on. No more fast food for a very VERY long time. Well the worst has past, I got through yesterday's exam somehow, and I'm now recooperating with my Lord of the Rings collection and my different combinations of medication. I'm determined to be well by xmas, and then New Years is going to rock, and then after that... the sky is the limit. <---- (trying to stay positive) Ahem, yay xmas!

Current mood: alive and hangin in there

2004-12-10 - 1:14 a.m. - and now for something completely different

Lately I've been listening to my audiobook of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" off and on, and flipping through the original book as well. The audio book is read by Douglas Adams himself, and I could honestly listen to him read it from now to the end of my life. This is the absolute ultimate in Science Fiction satire. You can't get any better then this book (except maybe it's continuing sequels, but that's another story). The absolute absurdity of it, and yet it's so well written you could be 2 or 200 and still understand what the hell is going on. It's just that damn good. I find myself laughing out loud to jokes over and over again. I'm not being nice, they really are that funny!

Why the recent interest? Well, there was this incredibly simple teaser trailer attached to a movie I saw recently (don't remember which one that was) and I screamed my head off!!! It's available to view here. The cast list is bizarre to say the least, and yet I wouldn't expect anything less from a full hollywood budget version. I've seen the BBC version, which was great, but I can actually say that I don't think there's much they can screw up with this movie. Why? Because it's freaking "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"!!!

It was only a matter of time before this would be made, and Douglas would have so loved it, he collaborated with this projects original production before he died actually. So with open hearts, open minds, and open ears I'm going to eagerly await this film's release, and keep "reading" my audiobook... reminding myself, "Don't Panic".

And one more thing left to say... it's not like you didn't know it was coming...

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Oh, on another note, I volunteered at Toys for Tots last weekend, and am going to be in a xmas parade this weekend in Nashville. Fun fun that comes with the Star Wars life! I love it!

Current mood: totally not panicking

2004-12-03 - 12:28 a.m. - it's sad when things get like this

My faith in theatrically released films has officially gone to crap. That is, Alexander as it is currently in theatres... is just plain terrible. Don't get me wrong. There is some wonderful acting, amazing scenes, and dialogue that I would kill to be able to write. However, I feel sick. So many times now have I seen a film I've been looking forward to for months or even years, only to be told "well you don't really have to pay attention now, because the real version of the film will be on the DVD, with all the scenes and editing that was intended orginally." And then I sit and watch this film knowing so much is missing, so much is quickly and poorly done so that people who will never enjoy this film like I will can be pleased. I just want to scream!

The end of the Matrix trilogy, Chronicles of Riddick, and dare I say it... Lord of the Rings, were all butchered for their theatrical release so that they could "fit the standard time" and "be understandable to a simple minded audience". Now I don't mean to sound arrogant, but I am not an idiot! I watch films to understand them, and contemplate them, and perhaps even change my life from them. Films are meant to be entertainment, something for us to use to separate ourselves from the terrors, horrors, and god damn monotony of these lives we've put ourselves in. I take that entertainment to heart, use it as something to enjoy. I would hope that others would be doing the same. But yet the audience is treated like they're only seeing a film to pay the money and say they've seen it. Well I paid my money, I can say I've seen it, and yet I only want to now wait for the DVD and then say I've seen the "real" version of this film.

I suppose it's all part of the money making scam of things. They build up hype for a movie that 10 years or so ago would have been cut the same as would have been seen on video a year later. Then you see the film and they tell you that the version the hype was for will be on the DVD, so you buy that and are finally satisfied... unless they decide to release a second dvd that really has that version your hype was for. And I suppose 10 years ago I would be getting this upset over something else, whatever it would be. But we must deal with what we get in life, and this is how I'm dealing with this. Getting this rant out in the open on what is making me so mad! *sigh* I still enjoy films and collect them on DVD. Life goes on, no matter how angry I get at people I'll never meet. Movies are still magic, and I still get caught up in them.

Alexander was edited as a mindless collection of events glued together with drawn out explanations of what lead up to each of them. I know it's still to say this after that rant, but I truly don't mind deleted scenes if they are well covered. If you can tell they're missing, then what's the point? If you can watch a film and be satisfied even when they're not there, then that's fine. Oh well. I'll be buying the DVD anyway. I guess my biggest disappointment was that my one and only wish wasn't fufilled. I wished that it was at least better then "Troy" with Brad Pitt. But alas, that to me, was a better film.

Current mood: festering anger