Tranquil Dreamer

This sucks goat ass. And that's a harsh thing to say but I haven't been in THIS much pain in a long time...there's something very wrong with my jaw, and it's bulged out on the left a good 1/8 inch, it feels like. Doctors after several ER visits confirm severe TMJ, and I probably DO need to get surgery. Grind my jawbone down, perhaps, or remove some of the fluid sacks, or something, I dunno. But if I suddenly up and vanish, or am acting so downright stupid as to be annoying, I beg your forgivenesses. I'm either about to bash my skull in from pain, and am currently going between heating pads and ice packs and MORE PILLS, or else I've already TAKEN said pills.

Oh, did I mention I get narcotics for this? Vicodin, 5mg Hydrocodone and 500mg acetaminophen per pill, take 1-2 pills every 4-6 hours for pain, no more than 8 (!) pills in a single day.

It affects me hard, I'll say, and I've seen myself have trouble with it. But it's about the only thing that can take me from a literally screaming, swearing bundle of pain into a state where the feeling is minimalized, and I'm functional outside of the side effects of being a little bit drunk-esque.

Also! MANDY! You called me and I tried to call you back and every number I dialed came back saying "THIS CALL CANNOT BE COMPLETED" what the hell. I AM SO SORRY I MISSED YOU plz call back ;_;

Past that life goes on. Might could have a job possible iffy in a month or so.

Sorry, but North Korean news has to be the fanfic.net of journalism. I mean, that's not even bad propaganda...

Just to make it easy to find, also Random Curiosity is awesome. That stated, my thoughts.

Why not
Iron Shounen fodder, maybe
Try it
Where's my Ristorante Paradiso?! But yeah
May be a guilty pleasure
Strike
Yeah
Slim chance of IS footage
HELL YES
Nah
Pass
Will give it a shot
First ep maybe
Check the reviews first
Already am
Curiously yeah
Will wait for reviews

Not in the list, but already watching, Haruhi season 2. Took long enough.

So I went into it with the knowledge of the reviews of AICN fresh in my mind. If you want to know, they panned the hell out of it and made it seem worse than the Tom Cruise remake of War of the Worlds.

Now I admit - there were fart jokes and parental stoner jokes and plot holes and stupid pills and incontinence references and dogs humping each other and not-dogs humping legs and a few more stupid pills and giant balls (and I don't mean John Turturro's) and "sucking the sack" commentary that...really had no point. Other than simply showing that Michael Bay likes movies like Disaster Movie. There were some fairly decent sized plot holes, as well; characters knowing things they simply couldn't because they'd never met. And there was Car Car Binks, as well; I thought we'd gotten past that kind of racist BS in big movies.

Guess not.

Yeah, the Twins, they spend WAY too much time on the screen and have the stereotyped caricature portrayals of African Americans, from a point in history I'd rather not see plumbed like this. Mix rap-style movements and speech patterns, a southern-hick-negro accent, a big "blingy" gold tooth (not kidding, see here, notable on the green one), giant buck teeth, slanted face...well, get a good look at greeny there. See the ears, face, all that...I think you see it too. Oh, did I mention they's illituhit? And fight with each other a lot (okay, that's believable) but still, come ON guys.

Anyway. Enough of that, it makes me sick thinking about it. As for the movie itself...

Thought it was great, otherwise. Good plot, a bit long but they brought a lot of characters in. And did a good job spanning the world with it. Kudos on the location of the Autobot Base, since...I can't think of a better location myself. I wish I HAD thought of it when I tossed my one-off treatment for a sequel after seeing the first one. They did go with a couple ideas I had, though I wish they'd had a lot more Sam-Optimus-Lennox interaction. They did a good job initially bringing Captain Lennox into the first movie as a family guy; he could have been someone a bit more reliable for Sam to turn to for advice on love and carrying on. (Seriously, with parents like that...) And Optimus for leadership, and WHY we fight. Touched on, but just a little.

There were a lot of changes I'd make. But I'd keep several other things, namely the awesome fight scenes. Three MAJOR battles in the movie, one in the beginning, one in the middle, and one thirty minute (I think) monster at the end that left me on the edge of my seat and gained an out-loud "oh sh**" at a certain point. And the fight at the end of the movie was worth the price of admission and then some. Everything I saw on screen that made me want to see it on action, I got to see.

Bay's also made his unwatchable fight scenes a little more watchable. There's quite a few long shots and aerial shots that give a REAL epic feel to it, and he's not quite as shakywobblyROBOTNINJAS as the first one.

I just wish...that wasn't the only thing he'd improved on. Either way, good movie, if you're in the military at all you'll enjoy the ride even more than the first one, and I...probably would watch it on DVD. Just to see deleted scenes and whatnot.

First David Carradine, then Ed McMahon, then Farah Fawcett, now Michael Jackson, and there's a report, yet unconfirmed, that police in New Zealand are claiming Jeff Goldblum's death on a movie set. Can't get the NZ Herald to load here, so...take it as you will. Had a hunch it was a hoax.

Well, guess I'm the first to say it, but that was an awesome wedding. Loved it. Congratulations, DTF and hubby!

For all the nations that were there, for all the veterans who trode the sand, for the men who rode the silk, for all those still here and especially for those not, for all of those whom the words Sword, Juno, Gold, Omaha, and Utah have a deeper meaning, for the last sixty five years you all gave us I say thank you. Thank you all.

Ha ha oh wow. Note that's not an Onion story, even if "Wikipedia bans Church of Scientology from editing articles" is worthy of one.

9:54 AM ecchan signed off
9:54 AM ecchan: I don't know why they'd pronounce it like that; correct pronunciation is not 'elitist'.
9:54 AM ecchan signed on

Exactly in that order.

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and a little bit of self-aggrandizement, but I made it down to a size 48. And have some nice new clothes.

Hey, it's a new personal best; I haven't been this size since before I moved to Vegas. And am down 12 inches already from my high, oh, late summer 2007.

So they were supposed to race the Coca-Cola 600 yesterday, but got rain-delayed until today. Race starts up at noon eastern, at 3pm they brought all the cars to a halt on the straightaway at lap 165 of 400. All drivers shut off the engines, all the pit crews came out into the pit road for a shoulder-to-shoulder lineup, the track lowered all the flags to half-staff, all the audience got to their feet, and the entire race stopped and held a full minute of silence.

Did I mention they didn't even know they were doing anything until 10pm yesterday, and arranged this whole idea overnight?

Happy Memorial Day, everyone.

So I've been helping out some here, tilling and hauling dirt and rocks and other such things, on good days anyway. And the fruits of my labor (as well as everyone else's) are just being born. Yesterday being the gorgeous day that it was, and before everything went to hell with my jaw (which still hurts, yay vicodin?), I wobbled around outside and snapped some photos. Click on a pic to see the high-res version, and if I ever remember I'll list down what Aunt Judy has planted.
( A view from the garden )
Now to protect it all from the birds and rabbits. At least the lizard platoon out there takes care of the bugs.

Also, I can't help but still giggle at seeing a sign out at the park that said "ENJOY THE FRUITS OF THE EARTH" and right under it a bee was digging in a flower for nectar.

Migraines suck, especially when caused by TMJ dislocation. WHEE! I'll...get some rest (back home from the hospital) and be on later tonight. Sorry to those who I intended to see tonight...

25:42 LIGHT YAGAMI IS THE TOM CRUISE OF ANIME
25:48 DISPROVE ME

Well I admit I did want to pick up something earlier today but with no job that didn't happen, so...uh...

bang

Also Mandy is love. :D THAAAAAAANK YOUUUUU

So I got back from the rheumatologist today. Yay, I have an autoimmune disease! Proved it's there, now they just want to track down what it is since it's not rheumatoid arthritis. Something else, will find out later. But the finding out involved drawing thirteen vials of blood, only one of them the small ones. That took a while.

One more step in a long trail, but there IS something that they found. It's nice living in a state with competent medical care.

Well, looks like Ruger fell through. Gonna head over to the college and see what I can find there, see if the gunsmithing program is still open. Not every day you find out what you'll be doing the rest of your life, but hey...it's a good day.

So I stopped by the Sturm Ruger factory over in Prescott, because they were doing tour-interviews of the place looking for entry-level machinists. That place is FREAKING HUGE. It's a monster warehouse complex that would make a football game feel comfortable. Will know in a few days whether or not I get to go work there; if not then I'm going to give up on jobs and sign up at the college. Get started on a gunsmithing degree; this way at least i'll have something I can do and continue on. No idea what goes on in the future.

Uncle really wants us to stay, and needs the help around places. Stress is high though, a lot of personal and inter-family things going on...not gonna get into the middle of it or bring it up but there is a LOT of garbage going on. And I'm not sure that there's much in the way of easy solutions for any of it. So if I seem tired or distracted, I'm probably just blargh over things.

Anyway. They should make a site called WhineJournal for crap like this.

So yeah, with luck I'll get the job at Ruger - that'll be the best thing. Straight hard experience on a (HUGE) shop floor and a paycheck to boot...well, it'd be NICE to play with a degree and all the rifle/shotgun/handgun theory and engraving and gold inlay and custom project making...

I wibble. And I digress.

It's a possibility. So we'll see where it goes, hopefully the end of the week will have news one way or the other. Till then, I suppose.

Sic transit risus; Dom DeLuise passed away today at age 75.