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Dark Movies
5/16/2012 | 0 comments
Tags: If it's Wednesday...

 

Animal Collective's playing the Hollywood Bowl in September!  Guess what I'm doing as soon as I get paid.  Or soon.  There seems to be plenty of tickets left, and I'd like to get them there to avoid all of the extra fees.  So I'll need a day when I can drive up.  Wonder how close the Metro gets.

I find this amusing, and accurate:

 

 

Come on, payday!

Despite being exhausted all day, for whatever reason I couldn't sleep last night.  Maybe too much whathaveyou still in my system.  At any rate, hoping that means an early night tonight.  I'm debating whether or not to Metro, just because there are dogs to walk and I don't know that I want to be out as late as I would be, etc. 

I walked a couple of dogs after work, then took Sabrina up to Kenneth Hahn.  She's having fun chasing all of the lizards that have appeared with the warmer weather.  She'll chase after anything that moves, which worries me.  Too much worries me, and most of it needlessly.

And the Kings won!  In great style, too.  Don't want to get too optimistic, but it's becoming difficult not to.

John from Cincinnati - I can see why it didn't last, though I enjoyed it more as I got further into it.  The acting was real hit-or-miss, with most of the cast unfortunately not doing so well.  The Milch-regulars were great, though.  And Ed O'Neill was surprisingly good.  The secondary characters made it worth watching, with the primary family group being very difficult to watch or be engaged with, the characters and actors just being so terrible.  Rebecca DeMornay's character was offensively shrill with not a single redeeming quality, and the kid seemed like he had nothing going on inside (the good surfer/bad actor kid they got didn't help things).  But I still stand by really liking the whole supporting cast, and finding the series enjoyable simply for them.  Except for Luke Perry.  He kinda sucked.

Dark Shadows - Alright, Burton doesn't disappoint!  It's rare these days.  It's not up to par with his classics, but it's better than much of his later-day career.  Depp gets to do all of the hand acting he possibly can (and gives a fun performance to go with it).  Green's good, and so's Pfeiffer and the rest of the supporting cast.  Sets are nice, and the computer effects don't offend.  Some outright silliness, but mostly it's the good kind. 

The Help - Yeah, it was good.  Juggled the comedy and drama of the situations well and succeeded at having a message without pushing one.  The whole cast was pretty good, though not at all subtle.  I mean the white cast.  The African American cast was excellent.  Nicely period.  Some of the subplots seem a bit more throw-away than others (was there a point to the boyfriend?), and could've cut a chunk out of the long running time.  But the pacing's good, though maybe I'm just saying that because I couldn't sleep last night and had only this to entertain me, so probably wanted it to go on longer.

Still so much day ahead of me without much of idea of what to do.  Oh well, here goes...

 

Tell me, future dweller, what is the year?

- Barnabas Collins, "Dark Shadows"

One-hit wonders
5/15/2012 | 1 comments

 

Mr Frederickson died yesterday in the bath.  Someone had left the shower valve on, and in my rush to stop the water from hitting my head, I knocked "him" over and he shattered all over the tub.  Oops. 

So I had to go out and get a replacement, but I was fine with that.  Ever since the inner perks broke off and I'd been relying on an ashcatcher, the whole set-up was very unstable (particularly when plugged into the vap) and prone to falling over.  The replacement I picked up is a straight tube (no more beaker bottom!) and much more compact.  I see a great reduction in my future tipping problems.

Still, I ought to stop spending money soon and start saving.  I made a couple of extra truck payments, plus bought the stereo (arriving next week some time) and the tube.  I'm managing to mostly keep up with the tattoo work, but it'll be nice when I'm not spending the money on that every few weeks.  Gotta figure out how much I need to budget for a Eurotrip.

Speaking of which, I take progress pictures of the tattoo after every session, but for some reason didn't have the last ones on the camera, though I do distinctly remember taking the photos.  Somehow I messed up the streak, I guess.  I'd take new ones now, but the thing's in that itchy, flaky stage.

Can't stop sneezing.  I think it might have something to do with how tired I am, as it seems I have more issues when I haven't slept well. 

Yesterday was fun, but things didn't go as I'd hoped.  Testing the new batch and all.  Didn't have another week where less was much more; in fact, less was just less.  Had one at 11:30 before leaving, then another at 3:30 when one wasn't enough, then another at 5:30 when that wasn't enough.  Still not much happened until I got home after 8:00 and could add a little weed.  Normally I'd've had my portable vape with me, but that's out of the country, and the lack of cannabis really kept me from ever getting off the ground.  But once I'd got home things were fine.  Except that it was late and it just meant I couldn't sleep. 

Add an iolite to the shrinking list of "big" purchases I have to make this year.

And add Coachella tickets, though I wasn't able to convince Scott, despite all of my efforts to describe how amazing the event's become.  Even telling him this is something I really wanted to do for him didn't seem to matter.  Apparently the deal breaker was having to ride a bike to-and-from the venue.  I guess he just doesn't ride bikes.  Weirdo. 

I'll miss another Kings game tonight, as I'm working the overnight and getting tomorrow off.  It's nice to have these days off, but why does it have to happen every time the Kings play?  Their next game better not wait until the weekend, because I do want to watch one of them (at least) live.

Much to do, much to do.  Nearing noon and I'm still in my PJs.  Gotta get out and get some of these errands done.

 

Having more money does not insure happiness. People with ten million dollars are no happier than people with nine million dollars.

- Hobart Brown

 

Unscheduled entry
5/14/2012 | 3 comments

 

I get to start buying Coachella passes next week!  YES YES YES!!!

Seriously excited for this, even though it's 11 months away. 

Yay!  Another good day!

 

 

Absent
5/14/2012 | 1 comments

 

Didn't mean to not write fr a couple of days, but I just had no time between work, walks, Scott time, and internet-less nights at work.

Scott leaves again tomorrow for a week or two, but we've still got Disneyland today!  And my first opportunity to test out my recent find.  Hope it works out, because it'll be so much nicer to have a trusted source in my life.

Now I'm watching the last half of the third period from last night's game, because that's all that recorded :(.  Too many Sunday night recording preempted it.  I won't let it happen again.

I kinda get what they're trying to do with the iam message thing, but goddamn they're just making things more confusing.  Still miss Shannon lots, but oh well. 

Less than five minutes to go, and the Kings are ahead by one...

Empty netter!  Wheeee!

 

Be absolutely determined to enjoy what you do.

- Gerry Sikorski

Wasted hours
5/11/2012 | 1 comments

 

Despite the fact that I saw them at Coachella, I had no idea Beach House is a duo.  I also didn't realize the singer is female, which is egregious on a number of levels.  But I was far back in the crowd.  And I swear she sounds like a guy with a high voice.

At any rate, I need more of their music.  And soon I will get it.

I woke up at 5:00 AM via alarm, but didn't feel like getting up and dealing with the bike/Metro situation.  Anyway, there was only one dog to walk, so I figured I'd just go in early and then leave at 1:00, getting home early.  Worked fine, except for the whole driving thing.

Open, Venice station!  Not next month, but now!

I was planning on Metroing tomorrow, too, but Scott's flying in and I have to be back to pick him up from the airport.  So another day of hitting the pavement, I guess.  Soon they'll be drastically reduced, instead of somewhat reduced.

Since he's to be here soon, I spent some of my extra free time vacuuming and lint-roller-ing the truck of its many months of dog fur.  Well, one month.  But that stuff piles up fast.

Then I cracked out on the bathroom, just because it was dirty.  Also did laundry.

So I guess I didn't waste all afternoon, but it feels like I've been sitting at this computer all day, though I haven't really been doing much.  Watching more "John from Cincinnati".  See, Milch's dialog works so well in "Deadwood" because it takes place in a different era, so you can believe that they might've spoken like that.  But having it come from the mouths of modern SoCal surfers is just too unbelievable (not to mention not all actors can handle it, and this series has a disproportionate number of actors who can't [whereas "Deadwood" just had Olyphant as dead weight]).

Stupid upcoming hockey games being on nights I can't watch them.

 


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