Things that make you go “Awww…”
Got a package from ladytabitha last week, containing a CD by A Perfect Circle, the side project by the lead singer of Tool. Kinda industrial, kinda goth, really really good. ladytabitha is so sweet…
Things that make you go “Hmmm”
Bumper sticker seen by Shelly and I last week while driving:
This is an ordinary, average sign on an ordinary, average, soulless strip mall of the kind you see everywhere in Florida:
Problem is, the abbreviation “bi” does not, for many people, mean “buy.” I have this vision of a drug store where you can buy drugs for all your bisexual needs…
Things that make you go “Hmm?”
According to an online personality inventory, my Myers-Briggs personality type, which has been ENTJ for about the past zillion years or so, has recently and mysteriously changed to ENTP.
It was aliens. I seen ’em!
Things that make you go “Erk!”
Shelly and I saw Van Helsing last night, and Kill Bill Vol. 2 the night before.
Van Helsing…what a wretched, muddled, confused piece of garbage that was.
“I know! I know! Let’s make a move with Dracula and werewolves andFrankenstein’s monster and the brides of Dracula and Dr. Jeckyll and Mister Hyde and ghoulish undead in it! Hey, we can’t lose!”
The plot may have been profoundly stupid and riddled with flaws and holes, but at least the dialog sucked, the effects were lame, there were continuity problems, and the premise of the movie made absolutely, positively no fucking sense whatsoever.
Stink, stank, stunk.
It was particularly jarring after watching Kill Bill Vol. 2, which is one off the tightest pieces of filmmaking I’ve ever seen–brilliant scripting, brilliant pacing, brilliant direction… It’s clear that the first and second Kill Bill movies were intended to be viewed together; they’re one movie, to a greater extent even than the Lord of the Rings films, and they are timed and paced as one movie. And wow, does Quentin Tarintino know how to tell a story.
Perhaps your Myers-Briggs type changed to ENTP to match your arch-nemesis…
(I would include a comment about personality modification through targeted retroviral DNA resequencing, but as we all know that it would be impossible for me to tailor a virus specifically for you for the purpose of affecting such a subtle change it’s not worth mentioning. Besides, such a fundamental change would most likely have catastrophic unforeseen side effects, such as causing your heart to stop if you went North of the Mason-Dixon line. (For example. (Hypothetically. (Or so I’ve heard.))))
Perhaps your Myers-Briggs type changed to ENTP to match your arch-nemesis…
(I would include a comment about personality modification through targeted retroviral DNA resequencing, but as we all know that it would be impossible for me to tailor a virus specifically for you for the purpose of affecting such a subtle change it’s not worth mentioning. Besides, such a fundamental change would most likely have catastrophic unforeseen side effects, such as causing your heart to stop if you went North of the Mason-Dixon line. (For example. (Hypothetically. (Or so I’ve heard.))))
Bi-Wise. That’s right down the road from our house. We pass it every day. I’ve always kinda snickered at it. 🙂
Bi-Wise. That’s right down the road from our house. We pass it every day. I’ve always kinda snickered at it. 🙂
I pass that strip mall on my commute to work, and I kind of wondered about the amusing possibility of a drugstore that catered to bi people myself.
I pass that strip mall on my commute to work, and I kind of wondered about the amusing possibility of a drugstore that catered to bi people myself.
Van Helsing
Ok
I’ll say this about Van Helsing. While I was watching it, I must have said out load about three times, this movie sucks. I don’t do that often.
Having said that, I will say even more. The plot sucked. It wasn’t the worst plot ever. But it wasn’t great. The back story for Van Helsing himself was as transparent as the Counts reflection in a mirror. The movie was one screaming cliche after another. I’m not even going to get started on the whole Fryer / Q character. Some of the stunts were so over the top stupid, I got a head ache from rolling my eyes. The absolute worst part however, has to be the dialog. It was abysmal.
All of that aside, it was pretty to look at. About as pretty as a dark ages version of Underworld.
Van Helsing
Ok
I’ll say this about Van Helsing. While I was watching it, I must have said out load about three times, this movie sucks. I don’t do that often.
Having said that, I will say even more. The plot sucked. It wasn’t the worst plot ever. But it wasn’t great. The back story for Van Helsing himself was as transparent as the Counts reflection in a mirror. The movie was one screaming cliche after another. I’m not even going to get started on the whole Fryer / Q character. Some of the stunts were so over the top stupid, I got a head ache from rolling my eyes. The absolute worst part however, has to be the dialog. It was abysmal.
All of that aside, it was pretty to look at. About as pretty as a dark ages version of Underworld.