HANS and the Deformed Ewoks
My office mate is Columbian, so one of our favorite things to do is joke about the things in American pop culture that she doesn’t get or hasn’t seen. Mainly, it involves one person giving the other “What?!” looks. The biggest one is probably when we were describing the toys we played with growing up and seriously, the doll she described is so effed up it deserves its own post.
So the second biggest thing we “What?!” about is Star Wars. Until maybe a week ago, she’d never seen Star Wars. Ever. But here’s the point – for anyone who’s never seen Star Wars or anyone who’s ever known someone who’s never seen Star wars, this (from Fish Rock It Studios) is awesome:
This kills me everytime:
“They go to this planet full of the brown muppets, oh what do they call them?”
“And Chewie’s there and he’s like a deformed ewok or something.”
HANS!
A Quarter Century
I turned 25 yesterday. (Yes, I know, I’m one year closer to my actual-age-in-spirit of 80.)
I’ve always liked that it’s on Inauguration Day and used to say as a kid, “I’m going to be the President of the United States when I grow up.” I don’t have any interest in running for political office these days, but I’m still trying to figure out what it is I want to do when I grow up. I hope one day I can say, like Stephen Spielberg says, “When I grow up, I still want to be a _____.”
So as I commemorate 25 years of life, here’s to health, happiness, and as always, the joy of family, good friends, and the pleasure of pursuing one’s dreams:
Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant, they too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit. (more…)
Ping Pong Playa
I desperately hope I’m wrong and the trailer is misleading, but this “Ping Pong Playa” movie looks, well, bloody awful. You’d think that’d stop me from seeing it on Netflix or something, but you’d be wrong.
Fast & Furious Trailer
Dare I say it? I am actually rather interested in seeing this come Spring:
Never mind that director Justin Lin’s Better Luck Tomorrow was so-so - (Yay for more Asian representation in Hollywood, but boo for a moving with slow-as-molasses pacing. It’s a funny thing. On paper, the story includes measures of character arcs and development, high stakes, etc . But for some reason, the tension never built up enough for me to sit on the edgeg of my seat and it just felt plodding.)
What Does Empowerment Mean?
Off of a link on Jezebel, an Old Onion article that makes you go “SIGH.” And not in a good way. In a, “I’m not really sure this is what postmodern feminism should look like” kind of way.
Rants: Shopping Carts
Consider the following:
Let’s say you spend 8 hours at work, 8 hours sleeping, and 3.5 hours cooking, eating, and cleaning up. (This excludes commuting).
There are 1440 minutes in a day so this leaves 590 minutes left as you choose.
One minute equals 0.07% of your entire day or 0.2% of the time you have left in the day after doing your essentials.
Are you really telling me you can’t take 0.07% out of your entire day, ENTIRE DAY, to put your shopping cart BACK into the shopping cart vestibule instead of leaving it in parking spaces? Really?
Happy New Year to Old Wives’ Tales
The day before New Year’s Eve:
Me: Have you checked the train schedules? What time are we getting back?
Suz: The last one leaves at 12:10.
Me: So we’d be spending New Year’s Eve, before midnight, on a train?
Suz: Oh. Well that sucks.
Me: That’s bad juju.
Suz: What?
Me: They say how you spend your New Year’s Eve is how you’ll spend the rest of the year.
Suz:…
Me: It’s true! How did you spend your last year?
Suz: I was at a roof party atop Rich’s apartment. It was kind of lame.
Me: And have you had a good year?
Suz: I had an awesome year!
Me: But haven’t you spent a lot of time with Rich this year? And more time with friends than family?
Suz: This sounds like another one of your old wives’ tales.
At least a dozen times between New Year’s Eve and New Year:
Me: *Mundane comments about the weather or ANY subject*
Suz: I guess that’s what’s going to happen the rest of the year.
Me: *Glare*
Happy New Year everybody!
