Random Bits And "Babblage" : The 39 Week 16 Round Up/Update [T39W16RU/U]
It's the last weekend before All Hallow's/Hallowe'en/Samhain/etc. ... unsurprisingly I have no plans - hells, I haven't done/had a Hallowe'en weekend in a long time - let alone even DONE anything for the holiday. I do buy candy, but I haven't had a single knock on my door in several years now *shrugs*.
Oh well...
speaking of the horror season... ah - election season is in full force.
what other time of year do you get to respond to automated polls that don't offer/allow honest answers and are obviously skewed one direction or the other.
I've gotten several "poll" calls and, while I did my best to respond as close to accurate as possible, they were each and every one skewed...
according to these "polls" I'm both for and against each candidate... which is humerous as I support neither one.
NObama NORomney 2012
Moving on - Zathuji...?! *ahem*
Jumanji - (Dec 15th) 1995
Zathura - (Nov 11th) 2005
two entirely different yet genre-related films, both being adapted from children's books of the same names...
while, unfortunately, Van Allsburg hasn't made a third story along the same vein, I would still love to see a third film
( 2015? to correspond with the prior releases? )!
now...
we've had the jungle dice game of Jumanji, that brought part of the game into the real world
we've had the sci-fi clockwork game of Zathura, that pulled the players' home into the game
SO... what kind of board game this time, in what genre?
I admit, I'm probably one of very few that liked Favreau-directed Zathura better than Johnston-directed Jumanji, but that's just my personal opinion.
( both are decent directors... both having directed Marvel Studios films as well! )
ANYways... been tryin' to watch at least one horror flick a night - even if it's a cheezy or humerous one (hells, all the better if it's cheezy and/or humerous *grins*)!
Thankfully I have a good share of multiple horror genres to pick from in my personal collection...
maybe I should make this a Cinematiq Horror Weekend, since I won't be doing anything remotely Hallowe'en related otherwise??
- thom / Wolfox
( "we are all inmates in the same asylum, some of us are just better at bribing the guards" )
It's the last weekend before All Hallow's/Hallowe'en/Samhain/etc. ... unsurprisingly I have no plans - hells, I haven't done/had a Hallowe'en weekend in a long time - let alone even DONE anything for the holiday. I do buy candy, but I haven't had a single knock on my door in several years now *shrugs*.
Oh well...
speaking of the horror season... ah - election season is in full force.
what other time of year do you get to respond to automated polls that don't offer/allow honest answers and are obviously skewed one direction or the other.
I've gotten several "poll" calls and, while I did my best to respond as close to accurate as possible, they were each and every one skewed...
according to these "polls" I'm both for and against each candidate... which is humerous as I support neither one.
NObama NORomney 2012
Moving on - Zathuji...?! *ahem*
Jumanji - (Dec 15th) 1995
Zathura - (Nov 11th) 2005
two entirely different yet genre-related films, both being adapted from children's books of the same names...
while, unfortunately, Van Allsburg hasn't made a third story along the same vein, I would still love to see a third film
( 2015? to correspond with the prior releases? )!
now...
we've had the jungle dice game of Jumanji, that brought part of the game into the real world
we've had the sci-fi clockwork game of Zathura, that pulled the players' home into the game
SO... what kind of board game this time, in what genre?
I admit, I'm probably one of very few that liked Favreau-directed Zathura better than Johnston-directed Jumanji, but that's just my personal opinion.
( both are decent directors... both having directed Marvel Studios films as well! )
ANYways... been tryin' to watch at least one horror flick a night - even if it's a cheezy or humerous one (hells, all the better if it's cheezy and/or humerous *grins*)!
Thankfully I have a good share of multiple horror genres to pick from in my personal collection...
maybe I should make this a Cinematiq Horror Weekend, since I won't be doing anything remotely Hallowe'en related otherwise??
- thom / Wolfox
( "we are all inmates in the same asylum, some of us are just better at bribing the guards" )
Sleep-wracking Memoria : The 39 Week 15 Round Up/Update [T39W15RU/U]
Most of this week has been... odd... home-wise.
While the past couple years it's been sleep a few hours, wake up middle of the night, then sleep again a couple hours - not this week.
this past week I've been lucky to sleep those few hours *sighs*
I'll fall asleep, wake up - thinking it's the middle of the night... only for it to have been maybe an hour.
I'll lay back down... but end up unable to sleep... until it's finally the middle of the night and THEN I'll sleep a couple hours.
Doesn't help that I keep waking up due to dreams - not frightening ones (I actually like having those)...
dreams that are a mix of memoria... as if my brain finds a pattern between memoria and decides to merge them.
Not. F'n. Cool.
By the gods I'm so hoping this is a temporary thing, I really do. I kinda need sleep... when I'm tired I get, well, "weird(er)."
[ trust me - ask the ex-wife, if she remembers... she'd told me many times that when I'm tired I get quite odd - especially when I fight it ]
Semi-related, I had a friend remind me of how I was always the night owl/night hawk, up all night and not sleeping until daylight...
demn, have things changed! now I'm lucky if I sleep past 5a *sighs*
ANYways... been ponderin' writing about some of the recently-recurring memoria, but since most of my memoria is of harsh(er) moments of my life...
well, mayhaps I will - just not this time
and if I do, I'll probably do 'em as spoilers/"hidden-until-clicked" to keep people from thinking I had some kind of horrid life...
honestly, I've had a LOT of good moments in my life... I just don't dream about them as often
Most of this week has been... odd... home-wise.
While the past couple years it's been sleep a few hours, wake up middle of the night, then sleep again a couple hours - not this week.
this past week I've been lucky to sleep those few hours *sighs*
I'll fall asleep, wake up - thinking it's the middle of the night... only for it to have been maybe an hour.
I'll lay back down... but end up unable to sleep... until it's finally the middle of the night and THEN I'll sleep a couple hours.
Doesn't help that I keep waking up due to dreams - not frightening ones (I actually like having those)...
dreams that are a mix of memoria... as if my brain finds a pattern between memoria and decides to merge them.
Not. F'n. Cool.
By the gods I'm so hoping this is a temporary thing, I really do. I kinda need sleep... when I'm tired I get, well, "weird(er)."
[ trust me - ask the ex-wife, if she remembers... she'd told me many times that when I'm tired I get quite odd - especially when I fight it ]
Semi-related, I had a friend remind me of how I was always the night owl/night hawk, up all night and not sleeping until daylight...
demn, have things changed! now I'm lucky if I sleep past 5a *sighs*
ANYways... been ponderin' writing about some of the recently-recurring memoria, but since most of my memoria is of harsh(er) moments of my life...
well, mayhaps I will - just not this time
and if I do, I'll probably do 'em as spoilers/"hidden-until-clicked" to keep people from thinking I had some kind of horrid life...
honestly, I've had a LOT of good moments in my life... I just don't dream about them as often
Being Self-dependant : The 39 Week 14 Round Up/Update +1 [T39W14RU/U +1]
Self-dependence.
Since my early teens (if not earlier), I did things on my own - the initial reasons for which I will not delve into.
When one considers the things that bring me the most enjoyment, they too are "independent" things : cinema, music, and other arts - even the awful poetry and rare art I create are... quite singular.
90% of films I've gone to I've gone alone
concerts - well, I've been to very few unless you count ones I was at as a volunteer worker, so that's an aberration... nonetheless listening to music is a singular thing as well.
I will be the first to admit that since I've spent nearly my whole life just up and "doing things," no planning, on my own that I don't consider inviting others along...
of course, a part of that is that I DON'T plan my excursions ahead of time so if the person isn't already there, it's a little late to invite them when even *I* didn't know I'd be going.
Self-dependant.
I am VERY dependant... upon myself.
Since my mid-teens I've worked, at first simply so I could actually DO things.
I wasn't raised in an environment of "getting" things, you had to earn them. There was no "allowance" for me like other kids I'd known, so - yes - I spent what I earned frivolously (usually on snacks, actually).
I learned early that if you want a "life" (as in, more than just to "live"), you have to work for it.
You can't expect help or hand-outs - and I admit as well that this put a sense of "Pride" into me that's gotten me in trouble by NOT asking for help when I could've used it.
Nonetheless I survived... somehow.
At my weakest point(s) in life, I spent YEARS dealing with issues by drinking... heavily.
Even *I* wonder sometimes how I got through - I paid all my bills on time, had more than enough food to eat, and yet spent hundreds a night on alcohol while being paid a pittance, at best.
I guess I was just lucky?!
Yes, I (somehow) ended up with friends in the times between - some of which are long gone, some of which I haven't seen in decades, and others... those precious others... that I still seldom see but mean so much to me.
Even being self-dependant you need friends.
My "independence" has - QUITE often - been misconstrued as being anti-social...
I'll be the first to say that I do have quite a bit of "social anxiety" ... around strangers.
*IF* I know you, then by gods you'd probably wish I'd shut up - or at least be a little bit more "normal." (I'm guessing here, of course, since my friends do seem to welcome me back - for SOME reason)
but if I don't know you - or the majority of people where we are - I'm going to be the guy whisping from corner to corner...
due to being naturally energetic I can't stand to stay in one spot for too long, but I can usually make my way through a crowd largely undetected to my next "hiding" spot.
I've had roommates that I've driven nuts because I'd just "up and go," whether they were home or not.
most have assumed that, being roommates - and quite often, friends -, I'd invite them with me.
it may sound sad/harsh to say, but it honestly doesn't cross my mind, being so used to just "doing."
...and that leads to the fact that (drumroll please...) I must be anti-social.
I must admit as well that, now living many, many miles from the majority of my friends for nearly 12yrs, my "social anxiety" has increased several-fold.
...it DOESN'T help that I've had broken teeth for more than a few years now and society has become VERY physically oriented.
On a monthly basis I'll have a random convo with a random person on the street/in a store/etc. and all will be going VERY well... until I happen to laugh or smile.
You'd be AMAZING how quickly the conversation is over... even in mid-sentence, sometimes, they're just suddenly... GONE. Other side of the road, around a corner, out of sight...
and, should I happen to see them again at some point in the future, a glance and a turn away... *sighs*
Sadly, you DO get used to it... it just blows goats, to say the least.
What makes this feel all the worse is that I actually WAS comfortable enough to HAVE the convo in the first place and relaxed enough to dare a smile or a laugh.
Fucking humans.
"Independent"
I don't actually like the word, preferring "self-dependence."
it reminds me that, nowadays especially, I spent too much time IN instead of OUT.
...when I lived in smaller areas I could get virtually ANYwhere within an hour, to do nearly ANYthing that came to mind.
now that I live in the Cities, well... the closest places can take me up to an hour to GET to - other places I'd like to go would be a couple hours or more of walking.
...and this IS Minnesota weather, we're talking about, and areas inbetween aren't exactly "kosher" for walking through (some not even during the daytime).
SO I spent a lot more time IN - of course, I have my cinema (DVDs) and music (CDs) to keep me wonderfully distracted... but it's not the same, to say the least.
I do get invites out... but IF they are someplace I COULD get to without needing a change of clothes when I get there, it's usually a weekend I have my daughters.
Now, mind you, that is NOT a bad thing - I LOVE my daughters, they are THE most important thing in my life.
...but when the second-most important thing in your life is friends and you're lucky to see more than two once a year...
yeh, that sounds pathetic, even I admit.
ANYways...
when you see a lone stranger that may look just a little "shell-shocked" or you see someone that always seems to be at a theatre or eating out alone...
don't be afraid to say "Hi."
it may be someone like me who's just a little unused to starting the conversation or initiating the "first move," someone who loves meeting new people.
and don't assume because they appear "a little damaged" (broken teeth, whathaveyou) that they've got problems.
it may be someone like me who simply can't afford (yet) to get the issue fixed and the issue(s) may be due to something that just... happened.
( yes, I've had people assume I am/was a druggie or homeless or etc. etc. )
that person MAY be a little "crazier" than the people you usually know, but they may surprise you at how loyal they are when it comes to friendship.
- thom / Wolfox
Self-dependence.
Since my early teens (if not earlier), I did things on my own - the initial reasons for which I will not delve into.
When one considers the things that bring me the most enjoyment, they too are "independent" things : cinema, music, and other arts - even the awful poetry and rare art I create are... quite singular.
90% of films I've gone to I've gone alone
concerts - well, I've been to very few unless you count ones I was at as a volunteer worker, so that's an aberration... nonetheless listening to music is a singular thing as well.
I will be the first to admit that since I've spent nearly my whole life just up and "doing things," no planning, on my own that I don't consider inviting others along...
of course, a part of that is that I DON'T plan my excursions ahead of time so if the person isn't already there, it's a little late to invite them when even *I* didn't know I'd be going.
Self-dependant.
I am VERY dependant... upon myself.
Since my mid-teens I've worked, at first simply so I could actually DO things.
I wasn't raised in an environment of "getting" things, you had to earn them. There was no "allowance" for me like other kids I'd known, so - yes - I spent what I earned frivolously (usually on snacks, actually).
I learned early that if you want a "life" (as in, more than just to "live"), you have to work for it.
You can't expect help or hand-outs - and I admit as well that this put a sense of "Pride" into me that's gotten me in trouble by NOT asking for help when I could've used it.
Nonetheless I survived... somehow.
At my weakest point(s) in life, I spent YEARS dealing with issues by drinking... heavily.
Even *I* wonder sometimes how I got through - I paid all my bills on time, had more than enough food to eat, and yet spent hundreds a night on alcohol while being paid a pittance, at best.
I guess I was just lucky?!
Yes, I (somehow) ended up with friends in the times between - some of which are long gone, some of which I haven't seen in decades, and others... those precious others... that I still seldom see but mean so much to me.
Even being self-dependant you need friends.
My "independence" has - QUITE often - been misconstrued as being anti-social...
I'll be the first to say that I do have quite a bit of "social anxiety" ... around strangers.
*IF* I know you, then by gods you'd probably wish I'd shut up - or at least be a little bit more "normal." (I'm guessing here, of course, since my friends do seem to welcome me back - for SOME reason)
but if I don't know you - or the majority of people where we are - I'm going to be the guy whisping from corner to corner...
due to being naturally energetic I can't stand to stay in one spot for too long, but I can usually make my way through a crowd largely undetected to my next "hiding" spot.
I've had roommates that I've driven nuts because I'd just "up and go," whether they were home or not.
most have assumed that, being roommates - and quite often, friends -, I'd invite them with me.
it may sound sad/harsh to say, but it honestly doesn't cross my mind, being so used to just "doing."
...and that leads to the fact that (drumroll please...) I must be anti-social.
I must admit as well that, now living many, many miles from the majority of my friends for nearly 12yrs, my "social anxiety" has increased several-fold.
...it DOESN'T help that I've had broken teeth for more than a few years now and society has become VERY physically oriented.
On a monthly basis I'll have a random convo with a random person on the street/in a store/etc. and all will be going VERY well... until I happen to laugh or smile.
You'd be AMAZING how quickly the conversation is over... even in mid-sentence, sometimes, they're just suddenly... GONE. Other side of the road, around a corner, out of sight...
and, should I happen to see them again at some point in the future, a glance and a turn away... *sighs*
Sadly, you DO get used to it... it just blows goats, to say the least.
What makes this feel all the worse is that I actually WAS comfortable enough to HAVE the convo in the first place and relaxed enough to dare a smile or a laugh.
Fucking humans.
"Independent"
I don't actually like the word, preferring "self-dependence."
it reminds me that, nowadays especially, I spent too much time IN instead of OUT.
...when I lived in smaller areas I could get virtually ANYwhere within an hour, to do nearly ANYthing that came to mind.
now that I live in the Cities, well... the closest places can take me up to an hour to GET to - other places I'd like to go would be a couple hours or more of walking.
...and this IS Minnesota weather, we're talking about, and areas inbetween aren't exactly "kosher" for walking through (some not even during the daytime).
SO I spent a lot more time IN - of course, I have my cinema (DVDs) and music (CDs) to keep me wonderfully distracted... but it's not the same, to say the least.
I do get invites out... but IF they are someplace I COULD get to without needing a change of clothes when I get there, it's usually a weekend I have my daughters.
Now, mind you, that is NOT a bad thing - I LOVE my daughters, they are THE most important thing in my life.
...but when the second-most important thing in your life is friends and you're lucky to see more than two once a year...
yeh, that sounds pathetic, even I admit.
ANYways...
when you see a lone stranger that may look just a little "shell-shocked" or you see someone that always seems to be at a theatre or eating out alone...
don't be afraid to say "Hi."
it may be someone like me who's just a little unused to starting the conversation or initiating the "first move," someone who loves meeting new people.
and don't assume because they appear "a little damaged" (broken teeth, whathaveyou) that they've got problems.
it may be someone like me who simply can't afford (yet) to get the issue fixed and the issue(s) may be due to something that just... happened.
( yes, I've had people assume I am/was a druggie or homeless or etc. etc. )
that person MAY be a little "crazier" than the people you usually know, but they may surprise you at how loyal they are when it comes to friendship.
- thom / Wolfox
Honour Of The Fight, Rant(s), Дhydra!, & 50Yrs Of Bond : The 39 Week 13 Round Up/Update [T39W13RU/U]
I'm still working on this one, but it was brought up to me how there is and never was honour in fighting... I beg to differ.
Honour Of The Fight (work-in-progress)
* Only cowards drew a gun - and were shunned
* It was always one-to-one
* A yield is a yield and must be aknowledged
* Booze and cigs were shared after concession - in honour and admiration
Rant #1 ::
Did the "unendingly annoying ecuadorian clan" below me seriously just breed... again?!? How many demn people LIVE in that apartment anyways??
and do they intend on teaching THIS latest entry in the clan to speak english or will it like the other "jabbering younglings?" *sighs*
it wouldn't be so bad if only they were the least bit respectful and didn't continue to do things expressly forbidden and/or exceedingly stupid.
Rant #2 ::
"terms of use agreement" xtians - they say they agree with the bible, but few of them actually read it.
seriously - I'll bring up odd/unusual/frightening things from the bible and be told I'm full of shiite...
THEN I get them the bible quote, have them pull out their bible (or the bible online) and *BAM!* ... still doesn't matter, their pastor/father/religious icon dealer knows better than I do.
*sighs* ... I've even been told that, not being an xtian I have NO right even reading the bible
...yet they go out of their way slinging it and using it improperly?!? *deep sighs*
BTW - yes, there ARE unicorns in the bible, and yes, the bible has MORE than 10 commandments, and yes, biblical descriptions of angels look nothing like humans.
just a little FYI, kiddos - look it up in your bible if you don't believe me... it's there.
after several (failed) attempts at getting the idea out, finally it is - still imperfect but better than nothing...
Дhydra (2012275) :: WolfoxRhose.deviantart.com
any talent found within is purely coincidental!
If I didn't have my daughters this weekend, I'd be watching Bond after Bond... why, you may ask?
October 5, 1962 : Dr. No, the first cinematic James Bond premiers... happy 50th, James!
My first Bond : A View To A Kill (on VHS via Grafton library)... and within a year I'd watched all the Bond films prior - I was hooked!
My favourite James Bond : Sean Connery, the "original" - oddly enough I'd have to say Daniel Craig would be my 2nd, even though grew up in the Moore era.
My favourite Bond film : The Living Daylights (with the gritty, assured, darkly dangerous Bond of Fleming's novels)
"Worst" Bond film : here I admit, I'm torn - The Man With The Golden Gun and Moonraker both had cringe-worthy moments, but I don't despise or completely dislike them.
of course, I do admit that I've oft-been a fan of films that many people despise and dislike films that many people have loved - so it's merely my POV.
My first cinematic Bond : honestly, I don't remember if it was The Living Daylights or Licence To Kill - but it was definately late '80s and Dalton in the role.
a bit of Bond trivia - of the 6 Bond actors thus far, how many have been Englishmen?
Sean Connery is Scottish, George Lazenby is Australian, Timothy Dalton is Welsh, and Pierce Brosnan is Irish.
only Roger Moore and Daniel Craig are truly Englishborn "Brit"s - so... two.
[though, by nationality, Connery and Dalton are technically "Brits," so I suppose 4 would be acceptable as well - Brosnan is from the Republic Of Ireland, not Northern Ireland, so he's no "Brit"]
- thom / Wolfox
I'm still working on this one, but it was brought up to me how there is and never was honour in fighting... I beg to differ.
Honour Of The Fight (work-in-progress)
* Only cowards drew a gun - and were shunned
* It was always one-to-one
* A yield is a yield and must be aknowledged
* Booze and cigs were shared after concession - in honour and admiration
Rant #1 ::
Did the "unendingly annoying ecuadorian clan" below me seriously just breed... again?!? How many demn people LIVE in that apartment anyways??
and do they intend on teaching THIS latest entry in the clan to speak english or will it like the other "jabbering younglings?" *sighs*
it wouldn't be so bad if only they were the least bit respectful and didn't continue to do things expressly forbidden and/or exceedingly stupid.
Rant #2 ::
"terms of use agreement" xtians - they say they agree with the bible, but few of them actually read it.
seriously - I'll bring up odd/unusual/frightening things from the bible and be told I'm full of shiite...
THEN I get them the bible quote, have them pull out their bible (or the bible online) and *BAM!* ... still doesn't matter, their pastor/father/religious icon dealer knows better than I do.
*sighs* ... I've even been told that, not being an xtian I have NO right even reading the bible
...yet they go out of their way slinging it and using it improperly?!? *deep sighs*
BTW - yes, there ARE unicorns in the bible, and yes, the bible has MORE than 10 commandments, and yes, biblical descriptions of angels look nothing like humans.
just a little FYI, kiddos - look it up in your bible if you don't believe me... it's there.
after several (failed) attempts at getting the idea out, finally it is - still imperfect but better than nothing...
Дhydra (2012275) :: WolfoxRhose.deviantart.com
any talent found within is purely coincidental!
If I didn't have my daughters this weekend, I'd be watching Bond after Bond... why, you may ask?
October 5, 1962 : Dr. No, the first cinematic James Bond premiers... happy 50th, James!
My first Bond : A View To A Kill (on VHS via Grafton library)... and within a year I'd watched all the Bond films prior - I was hooked!
My favourite James Bond : Sean Connery, the "original" - oddly enough I'd have to say Daniel Craig would be my 2nd, even though grew up in the Moore era.
My favourite Bond film : The Living Daylights (with the gritty, assured, darkly dangerous Bond of Fleming's novels)
"Worst" Bond film : here I admit, I'm torn - The Man With The Golden Gun and Moonraker both had cringe-worthy moments, but I don't despise or completely dislike them.
of course, I do admit that I've oft-been a fan of films that many people despise and dislike films that many people have loved - so it's merely my POV.
My first cinematic Bond : honestly, I don't remember if it was The Living Daylights or Licence To Kill - but it was definately late '80s and Dalton in the role.
a bit of Bond trivia - of the 6 Bond actors thus far, how many have been Englishmen?
Sean Connery is Scottish, George Lazenby is Australian, Timothy Dalton is Welsh, and Pierce Brosnan is Irish.
only Roger Moore and Daniel Craig are truly Englishborn "Brit"s - so... two.
[though, by nationality, Connery and Dalton are technically "Brits," so I suppose 4 would be acceptable as well - Brosnan is from the Republic Of Ireland, not Northern Ireland, so he's no "Brit"]
- thom / Wolfox
Re-connected, Busy Week, And Bond, James Bond : The 39 Week 12 Round Up/Update [T39W12RU/U]
As of 4:20p this lovely 28th day of the 9th month, we are now connected again...!
humerously right as I had installed the new modem/router and got connected, my daughters called *smirks* - perfect timing.
Last weekend's wedding of my friend was wonderful and I enjoyed not only the wedding/reception and seein' many old friends but also my mini-vaca into a different suburb.
otherwise, it's been such a busy week with a major project reaching it's conclusion at work that I've done little else.
I'm a Bond film fan and have all of the series, including the non-canon remake of Thunderball, Never Say Never Again...
why do I bring this up, you may ask?
Dr. No, the very first James Bond film, premiered in theatres on October 5th 1962... 50 years ago next week!
yes, it may a bit early to "celebrate," but...
first off - Helsyeh!
Second... maybe I should make this a Bond weekend?
and, yes, I'm looking forward to seeing the 23rd cinematic Bond, Skyfall - but even though it releases near the end of this month, it's a nightmare to get to the theatre...
guess I'll have to patiently wait for the DVD release.
So, what's YOUR favourite Bond film?
( and, no, I can't really say mine as I like each one in it's own way )
- thom / Wolfox
As of 4:20p this lovely 28th day of the 9th month, we are now connected again...!
humerously right as I had installed the new modem/router and got connected, my daughters called *smirks* - perfect timing.
Last weekend's wedding of my friend was wonderful and I enjoyed not only the wedding/reception and seein' many old friends but also my mini-vaca into a different suburb.
otherwise, it's been such a busy week with a major project reaching it's conclusion at work that I've done little else.
I'm a Bond film fan and have all of the series, including the non-canon remake of Thunderball, Never Say Never Again...
why do I bring this up, you may ask?
Dr. No, the very first James Bond film, premiered in theatres on October 5th 1962... 50 years ago next week!
yes, it may a bit early to "celebrate," but...
first off - Helsyeh!
Second... maybe I should make this a Bond weekend?
and, yes, I'm looking forward to seeing the 23rd cinematic Bond, Skyfall - but even though it releases near the end of this month, it's a nightmare to get to the theatre...
guess I'll have to patiently wait for the DVD release.
So, what's YOUR favourite Bond film?
( and, no, I can't really say mine as I like each one in it's own way )
- thom / Wolfox
Live From Maplewood : The 39 Week 11 Round Up/Update [T39W11RU/U]
been an intriguing evening... I'm out of town for the weekend... sort of.
technically I'm just in a different suburb, but not a suburb within walking distance SO I'm out of town, demn it!
ANYways... where was I? oh, yeh. I'm Live! from Maplewood (if by "live" you mean "typing from a hotel room in")
I've had more convos today than I do in my own suburb...
conversed with an intriguing taxi driver - with ZERO traffic (that's a first!)... even he was surprised
conversed with a sweet little hairdresser that wishes I lived closer as she loved conversing me with (I actually had to stop at one point so she could stop laughing enough to cut my hair!)
conversed with a Hot Topic employee that not only remembered me from a different HT but from a punk show many, many moons ago!
I got stuffed to the gills at Olive Garden... thank you "neverending pasta bowl" for making me feel ready to split at the seams!
and I'm staying in a hotel room with no number (heh). OK, technically it has a number, there just isn't one on the door itself.
I find that demn funny, indeed!
weirdly enough, for a hotel there's only ONE convenience store within walking distance and it's within the mall so not very much selection.
*shrugs* oh well. maybe I should've brought one of my gallon jugs of sweet tea with me... but I don't think it would've fit in the hotel room fridge.
( even though the ROOM is roomy, the fridge isn't )
now I just gotta hope I can catch a ride with someone either staying here or nearby to get to the wedding and reception
BUT the evening isn't done yet... it's just suddenly quiet. maybe I'll watch netflix online or turn on the room's TV or somethin'.
*shrugs*
( anyone actually staying at the hotel, feel free t'give me a knock and/or ring... as long as it's not 1a and you're toasted...
but then again, if you're female and it's 1a and you're toasted and half-naked I JUST may make an exception )
- thom / Wolfox
been an intriguing evening... I'm out of town for the weekend... sort of.
technically I'm just in a different suburb, but not a suburb within walking distance SO I'm out of town, demn it!
ANYways... where was I? oh, yeh. I'm Live! from Maplewood (if by "live" you mean "typing from a hotel room in")
I've had more convos today than I do in my own suburb...
conversed with an intriguing taxi driver - with ZERO traffic (that's a first!)... even he was surprised
conversed with a sweet little hairdresser that wishes I lived closer as she loved conversing me with (I actually had to stop at one point so she could stop laughing enough to cut my hair!)
conversed with a Hot Topic employee that not only remembered me from a different HT but from a punk show many, many moons ago!
I got stuffed to the gills at Olive Garden... thank you "neverending pasta bowl" for making me feel ready to split at the seams!
and I'm staying in a hotel room with no number (heh). OK, technically it has a number, there just isn't one on the door itself.
I find that demn funny, indeed!
weirdly enough, for a hotel there's only ONE convenience store within walking distance and it's within the mall so not very much selection.
*shrugs* oh well. maybe I should've brought one of my gallon jugs of sweet tea with me... but I don't think it would've fit in the hotel room fridge.
( even though the ROOM is roomy, the fridge isn't )
now I just gotta hope I can catch a ride with someone either staying here or nearby to get to the wedding and reception
BUT the evening isn't done yet... it's just suddenly quiet. maybe I'll watch netflix online or turn on the room's TV or somethin'.
*shrugs*
( anyone actually staying at the hotel, feel free t'give me a knock and/or ring... as long as it's not 1a and you're toasted...
but then again, if you're female and it's 1a and you're toasted and half-naked I JUST may make an exception )
- thom / Wolfox
Who Do I Think I Am? (And MOre) : The 39 Week 10 Round Up/Update [T39W10RU/U]
Yes, there was no week 9. "oops" Didn't really have anything to say anyways last week, I admit
I actually got to respond to someone this week with "Who do I think I am? thom Wolfox sR Rhose, official slaveboy, SchmooGod of the MidWest, and RedKnight of Pattern - amongst other names, why?"
LOVED their expression... it absolutely warmed my heart to witness their confusion (and fright?).
it was only afterwards that I realized I forgot to mention the name I'm known by throughout most of Minnesota, "Grr" - a name I'm quite proud of as well.
the saddening part is that it came from an asshat who I caught trying to remove the new attic lock outside my apartment door...
I heard an odd noise so opened my door, smacking into him - unsurprisingly he looked like a deer in headlights (why does EVERYone seem to assume it's not an actual apartment at the top of the stairwell?).
I popped back in, grabbing my phone, and "escorted" him out as I left a message with management (it was just before 9p, office closed) getting his name and who he works for...
unsurprisingly (again), it was DISHtv... *sighs/shakes head* - why does it always seem to be them that "forget" (or claim to not know) they have to contact the office in order to get roof access?
and, as I ever-so-nicely told his ass to get lost, he asked who the hell I think I am - to which I got to respond as so wonderfully noted above
otherwise it's just been a busy workweek (as usual), knowing I won't have my daughters for three weekends in a row (starting with this one)...
only 519 more hours to go, right? *sighs*
BUT, a friend is getting married next weekend, to which I'll be staying in a semi-local hotel and "getting away" (sort of).
should be enjoyable!! and other friends I know will be there as well. I suppose I should get a haircut before that weekend, neh?
and shave. (actually, I intend to shave this weekend... though intent has changed before)
...and speaking of marriage - after work today I had to explain to a neighbor's husband that Voting No! to the upcoming Marriage Amendment and supporting equal rights does NOT mean "me = gay."
the neighbor herself ws more interested in my sign and what it's about while her husband was along the lines of "I thought you had kids, you can't be gay..."
*sighs* oh well, they are a couple in their 50s and I've seen worse mentalities in this state, I admit.
- thom / Wolfox
Yes, there was no week 9. "oops" Didn't really have anything to say anyways last week, I admit
I actually got to respond to someone this week with "Who do I think I am? thom Wolfox sR Rhose, official slaveboy, SchmooGod of the MidWest, and RedKnight of Pattern - amongst other names, why?"
LOVED their expression... it absolutely warmed my heart to witness their confusion (and fright?).
it was only afterwards that I realized I forgot to mention the name I'm known by throughout most of Minnesota, "Grr" - a name I'm quite proud of as well.
the saddening part is that it came from an asshat who I caught trying to remove the new attic lock outside my apartment door...
I heard an odd noise so opened my door, smacking into him - unsurprisingly he looked like a deer in headlights (why does EVERYone seem to assume it's not an actual apartment at the top of the stairwell?).
I popped back in, grabbing my phone, and "escorted" him out as I left a message with management (it was just before 9p, office closed) getting his name and who he works for...
unsurprisingly (again), it was DISHtv... *sighs/shakes head* - why does it always seem to be them that "forget" (or claim to not know) they have to contact the office in order to get roof access?
and, as I ever-so-nicely told his ass to get lost, he asked who the hell I think I am - to which I got to respond as so wonderfully noted above
otherwise it's just been a busy workweek (as usual), knowing I won't have my daughters for three weekends in a row (starting with this one)...
only 519 more hours to go, right? *sighs*
BUT, a friend is getting married next weekend, to which I'll be staying in a semi-local hotel and "getting away" (sort of).
should be enjoyable!! and other friends I know will be there as well. I suppose I should get a haircut before that weekend, neh?
and shave. (actually, I intend to shave this weekend... though intent has changed before)
...and speaking of marriage - after work today I had to explain to a neighbor's husband that Voting No! to the upcoming Marriage Amendment and supporting equal rights does NOT mean "me = gay."
the neighbor herself ws more interested in my sign and what it's about while her husband was along the lines of "I thought you had kids, you can't be gay..."
*sighs* oh well, they are a couple in their 50s and I've seen worse mentalities in this state, I admit.
- thom / Wolfox
Under A Blue Moon... (Lick It!) : The 39 Week 8 Round Up/Update [T39W08RU/U]
This week's Round Up/Update has been cancelled due to... er, wait. since I've already typed something it's already happening, isn't it?
Fine, fine - to alleviate a possible reality-loop of infinite-slash-disasterous-slash-quasi-evil proportions that could likely up making Pauley Shore president, here we go.
...and it IS the last day of August, after all!
I don't know if it's because of today's Blue Moon as it approached or not, but this week my brain has gone off on unusual tangenitals...
for example, Weds eve I was craving root beer - which my brain naturally segued into licking a unicorn.
last night I simply dreamt of sleeping... just kinda odd and not too weird, but could be connection...?
as if in preparation, last night (in which I dreamt of sleeping) I actually fell asleep on my couch and awoke roughly 10hrs later in my bed.
this could easily mean I was simply tired and fell asleep and ended up going to bed without realizing it... OR I was kidnapped by bored aliens without nothing better to do.
I mean, really, I'm FAR from a prime example of the human species - particularly in that I'm half-sasquatch and scarcely considered "human" even by many of my friends.
( what I'm called by my "frienemies" is a different thing entirely )
workwise it's been quite busy and successful, for the most part.
homewise i'ts been the usual boredom coupled with "I guess I'll watch/read/write something" broken up by weekends with the girls, in which case you can put the aforementioned statement in their voices rather than mine.
I AM a fairly boring fathre, I admit. I don't have cable nor any intent to get it, nor do I have a game system of any kind.
this leaves the girls with nothing more than... IMAGINATION.
oh, the horror - I know, I know, how DARE I make the girls have to use their brains... how UNamerican of me.
well, kids and cretins... too f'n bad
but we make do - which usually means at least once a day my eldest tells me she's "bored" and at least once a weekend my youngest begs me to draw something for her and her sissy to colour.
to alleviate the eldest's claims of being "bored" I take the simple and honest approach of, "well, since all of your toys and books aren't helping I guess we'll have to be rid of them..."
it doesn't take too long for her to claim a few books and/or toys are good enough for now *laughs* - no surprise.
she still feigns that if I had cable and or a game system, she'd be "MUCH less bored," but an additional approach of mentioning I COULD trade in all their toys and books and beds, etc. for a game system is usually given a "nay" vote.
( particulary in that I mention they'd only get to play said system maybe an hour or two a day and THEN what would they do? *grins evilly* )
but I AM told I'm a good fathre, so I have to take the word of those who say so, as I by no means can judge myself in that capacity.
and, even I admit, the words of "I love you" and/or "love you, daddy" from the girls is expression enough that I must be doing SOMEthing right.
ANYways...
on a random aside : no, my life isn't perfect - but, to be fair, I never asked nor expected it to be... I'd actually be worried if it was!
and who wants "perfection" anyways... good gods would the world be a boring place!
Farethee well for now, remember that Life is about Living, and - for the love of gods - LICK THAT UNICORN (after all, it tastes like rootbeer!)
- thom / Wolfox
This week's Round Up/Update has been cancelled due to... er, wait. since I've already typed something it's already happening, isn't it?
Fine, fine - to alleviate a possible reality-loop of infinite-slash-disasterous-slash-quasi-evil proportions that could likely up making Pauley Shore president, here we go.
...and it IS the last day of August, after all!
I don't know if it's because of today's Blue Moon as it approached or not, but this week my brain has gone off on unusual tangenitals...
for example, Weds eve I was craving root beer - which my brain naturally segued into licking a unicorn.
last night I simply dreamt of sleeping... just kinda odd and not too weird, but could be connection...?
as if in preparation, last night (in which I dreamt of sleeping) I actually fell asleep on my couch and awoke roughly 10hrs later in my bed.
this could easily mean I was simply tired and fell asleep and ended up going to bed without realizing it... OR I was kidnapped by bored aliens without nothing better to do.
I mean, really, I'm FAR from a prime example of the human species - particularly in that I'm half-sasquatch and scarcely considered "human" even by many of my friends.
( what I'm called by my "frienemies" is a different thing entirely )
workwise it's been quite busy and successful, for the most part.
homewise i'ts been the usual boredom coupled with "I guess I'll watch/read/write something" broken up by weekends with the girls, in which case you can put the aforementioned statement in their voices rather than mine.
I AM a fairly boring fathre, I admit. I don't have cable nor any intent to get it, nor do I have a game system of any kind.
this leaves the girls with nothing more than... IMAGINATION.
oh, the horror - I know, I know, how DARE I make the girls have to use their brains... how UNamerican of me.
well, kids and cretins... too f'n bad
but we make do - which usually means at least once a day my eldest tells me she's "bored" and at least once a weekend my youngest begs me to draw something for her and her sissy to colour.
to alleviate the eldest's claims of being "bored" I take the simple and honest approach of, "well, since all of your toys and books aren't helping I guess we'll have to be rid of them..."
it doesn't take too long for her to claim a few books and/or toys are good enough for now *laughs* - no surprise.
she still feigns that if I had cable and or a game system, she'd be "MUCH less bored," but an additional approach of mentioning I COULD trade in all their toys and books and beds, etc. for a game system is usually given a "nay" vote.
( particulary in that I mention they'd only get to play said system maybe an hour or two a day and THEN what would they do? *grins evilly* )
but I AM told I'm a good fathre, so I have to take the word of those who say so, as I by no means can judge myself in that capacity.
and, even I admit, the words of "I love you" and/or "love you, daddy" from the girls is expression enough that I must be doing SOMEthing right.
ANYways...
on a random aside : no, my life isn't perfect - but, to be fair, I never asked nor expected it to be... I'd actually be worried if it was!
and who wants "perfection" anyways... good gods would the world be a boring place!
Farethee well for now, remember that Life is about Living, and - for the love of gods - LICK THAT UNICORN (after all, it tastes like rootbeer!)
- thom / Wolfox
7yrs, An Unchanging Year, Don't Limit Freedoms, And More (Or Less)! : The 39 Week 7 Round Up/Update [T39W07RU/U]
My eldest daughter turns 7 today... good gods it doesn't seem that long, yet she's (obviously!) older. demn, demn, indeed.
otherwise not too much has changed - which is both a good thing and a bad thing.
bad thing because it seems like things are too... stagnant... at times and I'm well aware that I don't get out much, and this is even compared to when I used to seldom go out and got shiite for it!
good thing because (crossing fingers while knocking on wood to avoid causation principles) this is the longest I've gone without someone I know/knew dying. trust me, it's a shocker - but a GOOD shocker!
half of the Dee Snider's House Of Hair runner-up prize(s) has arrived - the signed "Dee Does Broadway" CD ...I'm looking forward to burning it into Romero and listening
( what, my CD player died and Romero has become my "stereo" - even though I've been using him as a stereo anyways nigh since I got him )
and, yes, I'm still looking forward to his book as well - all I've heard are good things!
on a very cool note, the September issue of Playboy has two great things : an interview with Richard Dawkins (which I think I may've typed as "Hawkins" on twitter/LJ - oops!) and an editorial by Hef on gay rights and sexual criminalization.
yes, I read the articles *smirks*
I also put up my "Vote No! Don't Limited The Freedom To Marry" sign on my deck window, which a co-worker was nice enough to pick up for me, on Tuesday - I may not have a car or a lawn, but I can still do my part, as minor as it be.
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) - pic here, if too big to see
for some reason I was also inundated this week with religio-political craziness, messages left when I didn't pick up the phone (or wasn't home) or random people, all on a "there is but one g-d" rampage...
so I posted the following two twitter/FB posts in a blanket response :
there is but one god and it's name is: Aten, Marduk, Ahura Mazda, Shamas(h), Sin, Brahman, Ish, YHVH, El, Yahweh, Jehovah, Allāh, All-father
there is but one god and it's name is (continued): Great Spirit, Gitche Manitou, Dyeus, Vāhigurū, Shangdi, Hu, akamba, Shiva Baba - and more
...I received good responses that ranged from the FSM (pastafarian) to "Cernunos, Herne, Zeus, Jupiter, Odin, Osiris, Izanagi, Yang..." - I love my friends
(and would love some even more if they'd ever show up at my doorstop in merely a trenchcoat, but that's another story entirely)
I have yet to head out to the nearest Legion and pick up/ask about info regarding the SAL, but at least I know it's an option now - maybe next weekend, if the weather's decent? it'd be just over an hour's walk to the closest one.
ANYways... now that we seem to be getting August weather (again, we had an entire July of it), I've got the A/C on once again.
so, enjoy what remains of the summer and I'll catch ya again next week!
- thom / Wolfox
My eldest daughter turns 7 today... good gods it doesn't seem that long, yet she's (obviously!) older. demn, demn, indeed.
otherwise not too much has changed - which is both a good thing and a bad thing.
bad thing because it seems like things are too... stagnant... at times and I'm well aware that I don't get out much, and this is even compared to when I used to seldom go out and got shiite for it!
good thing because (crossing fingers while knocking on wood to avoid causation principles) this is the longest I've gone without someone I know/knew dying. trust me, it's a shocker - but a GOOD shocker!
half of the Dee Snider's House Of Hair runner-up prize(s) has arrived - the signed "Dee Does Broadway" CD ...I'm looking forward to burning it into Romero and listening
( what, my CD player died and Romero has become my "stereo" - even though I've been using him as a stereo anyways nigh since I got him )
and, yes, I'm still looking forward to his book as well - all I've heard are good things!
on a very cool note, the September issue of Playboy has two great things : an interview with Richard Dawkins (which I think I may've typed as "Hawkins" on twitter/LJ - oops!) and an editorial by Hef on gay rights and sexual criminalization.
yes, I read the articles *smirks*
I also put up my "Vote No! Don't Limited The Freedom To Marry" sign on my deck window, which a co-worker was nice enough to pick up for me, on Tuesday - I may not have a car or a lawn, but I can still do my part, as minor as it be.
(
) - pic here, if too big to seefor some reason I was also inundated this week with religio-political craziness, messages left when I didn't pick up the phone (or wasn't home) or random people, all on a "there is but one g-d" rampage...
so I posted the following two twitter/FB posts in a blanket response :
there is but one god and it's name is: Aten, Marduk, Ahura Mazda, Shamas(h), Sin, Brahman, Ish, YHVH, El, Yahweh, Jehovah, Allāh, All-father
there is but one god and it's name is (continued): Great Spirit, Gitche Manitou, Dyeus, Vāhigurū, Shangdi, Hu, akamba, Shiva Baba - and more
...I received good responses that ranged from the FSM (pastafarian) to "Cernunos, Herne, Zeus, Jupiter, Odin, Osiris, Izanagi, Yang..." - I love my friends
(and would love some even more if they'd ever show up at my doorstop in merely a trenchcoat, but that's another story entirely)
I have yet to head out to the nearest Legion and pick up/ask about info regarding the SAL, but at least I know it's an option now - maybe next weekend, if the weather's decent? it'd be just over an hour's walk to the closest one.
ANYways... now that we seem to be getting August weather (again, we had an entire July of it), I've got the A/C on once again.
so, enjoy what remains of the summer and I'll catch ya again next week!
- thom / Wolfox
typed up even MORE poetica this evenin' ... feel free to love, hate, despise, or wonder what in the 7 hells is goin' through this madmans skull...
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in my blood...
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in my blood...
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to be the corpse
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'Sweet Suicide'
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0c3an
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My Psychic Ear
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thousand gods
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quick
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Welcome to the Damned
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LV90
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Cool Caress
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time looks bleak
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Tequila Luck
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Average & Crazed
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Mindlight Memoria
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Amongst the Dominant
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Not Invited To The Party
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Carefree And Fancylost
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more poetica to peruse should you desire (here)
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