Tuesday, June 15, 2004

   I love Responses
Since everyone took all this time to respond to my post yesterday, I'll just address the points seperatly.

Steph-

"So Hollywood has been "glorifying pedophilia" for a while now. It's the same, except this time it's a grown woman and a little boy."

Wow, I'd never even heard of that; I'm not a film afficienado. That only disturbs me more.

"I must say, Lolita is my favorite book."

So, is the Lolita-complex named after the book, or is the book named after the complex?

"And about the Republican thing, I think that the reason they made them right wing was not to show the Republicans in a bad light, but typically, right wing ideals represent the more traditional America."

That might be, but I doubt it;there was really no point to ghaving that in the movie. It didn't advance the plot at all; it was just a jab.

Or maybe I'm just overly-paranoid since the Repuiblican scene in Devil's Advocate.

"Which is not true at all, and it makes it seem like “happy homemaker” means that they don’t have another thought in their head."

Again, Hollywood's odd disdain for suburban life. Again, remember "American Beauty".

"Look what you’ve done! You made me think."

Sorry. ^^;

"But in case you couldn’t tell I agreed with you."

Understtod; ^__^ BTW, didja' get your birthday card? Didja', didja', didja'?

Nataku-

"i think that the role of women has changed drastically in society over the past fort or so years...from homemaker to free independent women..."

The trend in most Hollywood movies is to ridicule womemn who make the choice to focus on the family. "American Beauty", "Raising Helen", "Stepford Wives"...

It seems that Hollyweird doesn't understand that real feminism is about choice, the choice to be independent or to focus on the family. Those who focus on the family are, more often than not, made to look simple or foolish.

Bandit Joeykuba:

"The Stepford Wives is a remake of a 1975 movie by the same name. "

Yeah, I knew that; it wasn't really relevent, so I didn't bring it up.

"Actually, they've done it. The Stepford Husbands."

Hmmm...interesting.

"They've also done one with children, so is that ageist?"

No; children aren't a poltically-correct protected group, and therefore can't be discriminated against.

Kitsune:

"Well, I thank you for your rant. It's nice to see other people venting their spleens once in a while."

Spleen? Ouch.

Thought of the moment: I should rant more often.

Quote of the moment: "This does look serious. And where there is serious, I show up in my red and blue underwear. Why? Well, clearly I have emotional problems." -Spider-Man, "Carnage, part 1"
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Monday, June 14, 2004

Holly-Weird
Yeah, I'm gonna' rant again. Sorry.

Well, two films that were supposed to be good, that had lots of buzz, apparently suck. I'm referring, of course, to The Day After tomorrow and The Stepford Wives. Both were hyped, and both bite, it seems.

Where then, comes the rant? These movies are propoganda, blatant and obviously so. DAT is enviornmental propoganda based on psuedo-science, and its message beats the audience over the head until they cry.

Yet, it's more than that, it's also a political film. Consider: the President in the movie is an ineffectual loser. tHe President in Independence Day was a cool fighter pilot. What's the difference? Hollywood darling Bill Clinton was President when ID4 was made, and George Bush is president now.

If you still don't think it's political, remember: it was heartily endorseed by both Al Gore and Moveon.org. Yeah.

(Well, this just further proves that Gore's endorsement on anything is the kiss of death. Right, Howard Dean?)

Stepford Wives, on the other hand, is not only unoriginal, it's sexist.

How unoriginal? Please, like we haven't had cinimatic stabs at suburbia before. As a suburbanite, I feel a need to remind Hollywood that some people would kill for the secure, idealic life you constantly mock. "American Beauty" my arse.

Sexist? Yup. Because, of course, all men are simple-mind chauvenist pigs who want some insipid, shallow gal as a wife, to stay in the kitchen. Never would a man want an inntellectual and independent woman who challenged his assertions and provoked thought. Nope. Not gonna' happen.

Now, imagine if Hollywood made a movie wherence a group of women turned their husbands into empty-headed prettyboys. The message there would be that women only cared about looks, and it would be called sexist. rightly so. However, it's equally sexist the other way around.

Oh, and of course, the souless women all join the Republican party. Of. Bloody. Course.

Hey, Hollywood: maybe the reason these movies aren't opulling their weight is because the Americn public is tired of your repetative leftist messages.

I mean, don't get me wrong: I like politics. I also like peanut butter. But I don't want everything I eat to taste like peanut butter. More often than not, I go to movies for entertainment. I don't want to be indoctrinated into your shallow, moralless quagmire. I live in Floridia, not California.

Ah, speaking of a quagmire, S. Wives star Nichole Kiddman is curreently working on a new film that may or may not be distributed. It's about a widow who finds out her husband was reincarnated, and is now a ten-year old boy. Sounds interesting enough, right?

There's a scene in the movie where Nichole Frences the ten-year old boy, and has an erotic bath with him. Yes, you read that correctly.

Maybe you should read it again, just so we all hhave the same image in our minds.

So, we're glorifying pedophilia now, huh? If it were a male actor and a ten-year old girl, they'd never have thought of it. But because the genders are reversed, it's okay.

I hope this movie creates such a backlash that everyone involved in its production is forced to end their respective careers. I hope I don't have to explain why.

God, Hollywood, why must you hold the modern circus reaks of our society? Screw that. I'm going for wholesome, non-sexual, non-political faire: Spider-Man 2, Dodgeball, The Village, and Aliens Vs. Predators.

Thought of the moment: Yay! Bandit's back.

Quote of the moment: "Hey, why don't you pick on someone your own...size? Yeah, so wait right here, and I'll go find someone." -Spider-Man, Ultimate spider-Man #60
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Sunday, June 13, 2004

Battle Routine Set! Execute!
I'm addicted to Megaman: Battle Network.

I didn't play the first game, but bought the second on a whim. I played it religiously, but never actually beat it; I was unable to defeat the game's final boss, Alpha. Lousy bugger sliced me like a cabbage.

However, with the purchase of Battle Network 3, Blue, I've had my love of the characters and dynamics of the game re-awakened. The possibilities of evolutions (Style-changes) for Megaman are incredible.

I've gotten Woodshield style, which, as the name implies, is a defensive style that has a bent towards nature programs. I got the woodshadow style, but abandoned it; not only was it dorky-looking, but it took away my Mega-Blaster for a less-efficient weapon.

My current style is the Flame Bug style, one of the hardest styles to achieve. There are ways you can alter Megaman's abilities through 'programming'. If you 'program' inncorrectly (by not following a set of simple rules), you create a bug, or error in Megaman. This comes into play when he's battling.

If you keep the bug in Megaman and level him up, you'll get the Bug Style, which gives him unique, random, and often malignant abilities. However, keep with this style, and you'll get a programming code that nullifies all bugs.

Heh; now that I've got that code, my version of Megaman has many more possible programming options, not being limited by the threat of Bugs. to defeat the bugs, you must embrace them.

Like I said, I'm addicted. ^^; MM:BN 4: Rising Sun, comes out on the 29th. (The day before Spider-Man 2 opens!). you can bet I'll be getting it.

Thought of the moment: Happy Birthday, Stephanie!

Quote of the moment: "Remember, teamwork is the first step to communism. and communism is evil". -Me
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Battle Routine Set! Execute!
I'm addicted to Megaman: Battle Network.

I didn't play the first game, but bought the second on a whim. I played it religiously, but never actually beat it; I was unable to defeat the game's final boss, Alpha. Lousy bugger sliced me like a cabbage.

However, with the purchase of Battle Network 3, Blue, I've had my love of the characters and dynamics of the game re-awakened. The possibilities of evolutions (Style-changes) for Megaman are incredible.

I've gotten Woodshield style, which, as the name implies, is a defensive style that has a bent towards nature programs. I got the woodshadow style, but abandoned it; not only was it dorky-looking, but it took away my Mega-Blaster for a less-efficient weapon.

My current style is the Flame Bug style, one of the hardest styles to achieve. There are ways you can alter Megaman's abilities through 'programming'. If you 'program' inncorrectly (by not following a set of simple rules), you create a bug, or error in Megaman. This comes into play when he's battling.

If you keep the bug in Megaman and level him up, you'll get the Bug Style, which gives him unique, random, and often malignant abilities. However, keep with this style, and you'll get a programming code that nullifies all bugs.

Heh; now that I've got that code, my version of Megaman has many more possible programming options, not being limited by the threat of Bugs. to defeat the bugs, you must embrace them.

Like I said, I'm addicted. ^^; MM:BN 4: Rising Sun, comes out on the 29th. (The day before Spider-Man 2 opens!). you can bet I'll be getting it.

Thought of the moment: Happy Birthday, Stephanie!

Quote of the moment: "Remember, teamwork is the first step to communism. and communism is evil". -Me
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Friday, June 11, 2004

This Information Could Save Your Life
And by 'Life', I mean 'Valuble Time Out Of'. You see, I'm going to edumacate some of ya'll on the finer points of job searching.

First, get the following together before eve starting out:

*Three character references not related to you. Have their name, occupation, address and phone numbers.

*The address of your high school, or college, if applicable.

*Your Social Secuirty number

*Your previous address

*Name, address, phone number & etc. of all previous employers.

* A pen
All right, now, you have to remember the three important ages. 16, 18, and 21. Very few places will hire you if you're under 16, and some if you're under 18. Any place that sells alcohol or tabacco won't hire you if you're under 21.

Now, if you're in a strip mall or large shopping pavillion, the best way to go about it is to ask for an application, take it, and continue on. Don't fill it out in the store; if you've got a lot of ground to cover, your best bet is togather applications, fill them out, then return them.

Two things to remeber during this process: First, some places use generic job apps that don't have their store name on them. Be sure to check, and label those that don't.

Second, "accepting applications" doesn't mean the same as "hiring".

If there's a particular job that you're really interested in, or you think you have a good chance of getting hired, call back once or twice a week. Don't be a pest, but ask, "Has the position been filled yet?" (Remember, out of sight, out of mind)

Finally, you *DON'T* want to work on commision-based pay. If you see/hear that, run, don't walk, away. Commission is bad.

Hope that helps.
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Wednesday, June 9, 2004

   I'm so bloody happy right now!!
Screw the job, screw the cards, and screw the comics; there's another reason why I'm stoked: Julia agreed to be my girlriend. I'm bouncing off the walls, and not just because of all that Dr. Pepper I drank.

After an okay movie (Raising Helen) and a cool dinner atr Subway, I was dropping the lovely lady off at her abode, when I decided it was now or never. So, I simply asked her, "Would you like to be my girlfriend?"

She replied, "Would we have to do anything? I've never been a girlfriend before."

Damn. I was lucky to have gotten the question out, and I was really in no shape to define terms. I mean, it was a cultural thing; I just took it as understood.

Well, after a few awkward (on my part) minutes oof clarifying, she agreed.

I am the luckiest person on planet Earth, and also on Marklar and Cybertron. And Pluto.

On to other matters: even though I had the B&N cafe thing going for me, I went all over the mall again, applying for ever more jobs. I'm kinda' sick of that place, actually.

Also, I found a card shop off Highway sixty that would trade in Yu-Gi-Oh holos. I can trade the useless (to me) holos in for some good stuff. I've got my eye on: Tribe Infecting Virus, Heavy storm, Airknight Parsheth, Mudora, and a few others.

And, I went to the comic store, and picked up four books: Ultimate Spider-Man #60, Spect. Spider-Man #15, Spider-Girl #75, Marvel Knights SM #3. Of them, I recommened MKSM the most this month. Good twist in a good story.

Thought of the moment: Li, I'm sorry you had such a crummy time at the party.

Quote of the moment: "Take a look at the Discovery Channel, sweetheart. This is what vultures do." -The Vulture, "MK:SM #3"
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Monday, June 7, 2004

   Well, Phase One, Down
I went to the job interview this morning (joreb! joreb!). I must have passed, because I'm getting invited back to a second interview at...well, whenever they call me.

And I'm going to the movies with Julie on Wednesday. Go me. ^__^

Thought of the moment: What movies do I even wanna' see?

Quote of the moment: "I was raised by a cup of coffee." - Homsar, "Homestar Runner"
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Sunday, June 6, 2004

^___^
4Kids is releasing uncut Shaman King on DVD. Yay!

I have a job interview at ten tomorrow morning. Yay!

That's all. Yay!
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Saturday, June 5, 2004

Two things.

First, I have my first job interview for a position at Barnes & Noble's Cafe, on Monday at 10. Yay.

Second, Former President Ronald Reagan died today. As a sign of respect, today's post is dedicated to him.
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Completely Random
Okay, let's make it clear right now: I don't like hippies. Maybe it's because I'm a military brat, but hippies torque me off. I laugh at their expense, and I hate Dharma and Greg.

On another note, because I love dry irony, here's a fun fact: Enron apparently contributed money to President Bush's campaign during 2000. Alledgedly, they sided with a president they felt would "turn a blind eye" to their activities.

Does anyone else find that hilarious? They helped get the administration into office tht would bust them up. Hope they saved their reciept. ^__^ Serves 'em right, those corperate cretins.

Damn you, Marvel comics, for continuing to take my money! Look at what's happening this summer:

Spectacular Spider-Man: Huge crossover with the Avengers, and return of the Man-Spider. (Eww...)

Amazing Spider-Man: Huge, hush-hush secret revelation from Peter's past.

Marvel Knights Spider-Man: The continuation of a mystery that's already hooked me.

Ultimate Spider-Man: Ultimate Carnage is introduced. Now, I hate Carnage, but after reading the six-page preview...damn.

Spider-Girl: The culmination of the Black Tarantula and Lady Octopsus' gang war, plus a new costume.

I need to get a job. ;_;

Quote of the moment: "France is practically a suburb of Enlgand. That's why the French and the British have always been allies." -Cooper, "EuroTrip"
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