7414 - Thursday

[scottobear]

Weather Yesterday knocked me out. Made me wicked sleepy... After work, I had a long nap, and then watched Fog of War. It was quite fascinating, and I'd recommend it to anyone. First Time I've checked out the special features. Subtitles are in French, Spanish, Japanese, and Portuguese, and the additional scenes are of value.

Transcript and other info.

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Krispy Kreme outlets will be giving away free doughnuts on 3 June 2005. (tomorrow)

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OneWordMovie [Flash] asks you for any term and then produces a movie made from image search results of Google and others.

I enjoyed putting scottobear in there, since it's unique enough to just flip though stuff related to my life, usually images posted in LJ. slowest speed is my preferred viewing method.

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Gave platelets again last night. (pre-nap) Fortunately, the saline wasn't as painful this time. I miss going at midday, when the nearby sub shop would bring over a free sammich instead of the center giving a packet of famous amos and a diet coke. Ah well, it's charity, I'm not in it for the free lunch.

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I'm already missing MP, and she's not even gone yet. I'm a dope for getting too emotionally invested.

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Newt loves it when I read to him at night. I don't think it's remotely strange to read him a bedtime story before we go to sleep. I like reading aloud, and he's a good listener (when he's not trying to sit on the book being read.)

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I had a talk the other day with a coworker. They're upset about the low level of respect that's doled out in the office. My response is that what they think or say really doesn't matter. If they don't respect you, and you know you deserve respect... that's them being ignorant. I don't think it was very comforting.

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Bro called me, still hasn't gotten his new cell-phone, and wants me to help him get this fishing pole out of storage to better get some food from off the land. I think he's got a telemarketing gig now, too. I'm hoping that I can get those for him shortly.

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Right book, wrong description

Boy, church sure has changed since last time I went (via qdot) [possibly nsfw]

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Lately, I've been going to bed hungry. I'd rather have a little pang than bother to get up an eat. I don't know if that's better or worse for my diet, but sloth has officially defeated gluttony in my deadly sin ratings.

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No good comcast resolution, so I canceled my billing with them. I may get the "dish", or I may just do without regular TV for a while. I can keep myself very entertained without cable, considering I only really watch shows that I torrent lately.

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I'm a terrible one for philosophy, mainly because most of what's been presented to me has too much sophistry for me to accept.

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Moment of Lyric:

Bodies in the sand
Tropical drink melting in your hand
We'll be falling in love
To the rhythm of a steel drum band

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Pretty cool solar-powered gadget charging backpack.

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1 year ago - pikachu combat icon, Weather, transit of Venus, GP, Cult TV, tree, journal remix

2 years ago - First use of Thing as Blackbeard, Character Studio, My first hint of Sky Captain & the World of Tomorrow, bro gets a new phone after a bike crash, photo-Friday "transportation"

3 years ago - Apartment Shopping, world's smallest website, markers defeat cd protection, sum of all fears, coming home fumigation, smile creators

4 years ago - SWAT Team visits my apartment, prompting me to move. (No-nose flips out, cam pictures, too) You know, most of my landlords have been nuts, inconsiderate, or creeps. all the more reason to own my own place. I do like my current one.

5 years ago - Newt recovers from Fritz's Parasite, and I discover Imood.com

Comments

[mootpoint.livejournal.com]

Is NW good? I just looked at the synopsis on Amazon. Looked interesting enough. I'm a sucker for time travel plots though...

I'm thinkng of jumping up to bigger "chapter" books for Hannah. Green Eggs and Ham is loosing its luster maybe. I want to get her into the classics. My Dad read them to me when I was her age and I seemed to catch on. I don't know... maybe I was older... I think she would dig a Tale of Two Cities...

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

It's interesting... it's part of a whomping huge series that I really enjoy, called "Discworld" (it's book 28, I think) The time travel is pretty much just a plot device, but it's fun. It's a fantasy world with a lot of nifty little inroads here and there - light reading with some sneaky heavy stuff underneath.

It'd be a pretty good starting book, actually, because you see a lot of the characters as they were 30 years prior to the majority of the other stories.

Tale of Two Cities could be a hoot! Lots of great stuff out there... maybe the Hobbit?

[mootpoint.livejournal.com]

The Hobbit would be good. I haven't read it and we have let her see the ring movies.

Book 28? Have you read the 27 previous?

Good lord, and I have trouble with shorts...

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

I've read all of them up until now... I'm getting close to the end.. I think that he's written 33 so far? ( you don't need to read all of 'em to understand what's going on... it's very self-contained.) There are a few adult themes, though - There's a "seamstresses" guild that really is about ladies of the night, for example.

I cheat, I've downloaded the majority of them into my palmtop, and read on the bus en-route to work.

I get most of my reading done in transit, or right before bed.

The hobbit is a lot more young adult based than the ring books... easier vocabulary.

[mootpoint.livejournal.com]

Hobbit. Sold. As soon as I get $3.50 I'll pay off my late fee @ the library and get it.

I may try out NW. I had a Palm Pilot but it died somewhere. I hardly had enough info in my life to justify it anyway. It was just an excuse to play solitare. I bought Molly one too. Her's was in color.

I'm a before bed and weekend reader. Plus, I take my time going potty sometimes. At least until my legs fall asleep.

sad/true.

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

I'll be happy to send you any of th ediscworld books in palm format, if you want to read that way...

I like to read in the potty too. Less so now, because the whole house is my sanctum.

[mootpoint.livejournal.com]

Couldn't find the wife's PP (bad acro). I'll have to pick up the paper back when the cash comes around again. Any particular one you recommend?

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm liking night watch, it doesn't have as much light humor as the others.. more of a solid situation/ resolution with some character studies.

I think Thief of time (#26?) is good starter , too, especially if you dig time-travel yarns.

I especially like the ones that focus on the Watch, but I think I've actively enjoyed all of 'em except for "moving pictures"


(probably my favorite group of charaters in the discworld universe - Other sinclude some hedge-witches, a univeristy of wizards, the incarnation of death (who is actually rather nice), and others single-shots.)