Tweets for Today
- 08:25 End of a loaf of garlic bread for breakfast. Yummm. Frost on all the laws this morning… boo. #
- 11:35 NEED MOAR PANTZ. Nearly all the ones i have don’t fit any more or are coming apart. 🙁 #
- 14:19 Boy, you plug one bad FireWire hard drive into your machine, and everything stops working. #
- 14:25 @dragonpearl: Any good dales at the CompUSA near you? #
- 14:30 Y’know, my typing ability, never stellar, has declined noticeably in the last few months 🙁 #
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Tweets for Today
- 08:01 Lovely evening last night. Great early Xmas present, good company, “Chicken Run”. Even got a decent night’s sleep! #
- 14:24 Randomly met two fandom friends at lunch… knew they worked here, but hadn’t seen them in months in or outside or work. Nice! #
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I Know I Am Wasting My Time
With the released news that Peter Jackson will once again be working on “The Hobbit”, the “OMG Jackson got Lord of the Rings ALL WRONG!!!” people have come back out of the woodwork.
Of course, in fandom, the concept “I would have liked if Jackson had done x differently” is the same as “He completely screwed it up, he ruined the books for me forever, I had to burn my copies afterwards!” This is crap. If you want to see LotR completely screwed up, Ralph Bakshi can help there. Jackson didn’t even come close.
Y’know, I would have liked it if the last “Pirates of the Carribean” movie had done some things differently. I still had a good time in the theater, and felt like my cash was not ill-spent. I’ll probably go see number four when it inevitably gets made. There’s a difference here.
I still say the same thing to these flamers: a whiny blog post doesn’t cut it. Write your script, get the budget, assemble the creative team, hire actors, film your work, get it edited and scored, and get it distributed, and gather widespread critical acclaim. Winning 13 Academy Awards is not necessary, though it won’t hurt anything. Once you’ve done that, I’ll allow that yes indeed, you might be able to make a better LotR than Peter Jackson.
And I’ll gleefully read all the posts from all the fans letting the world know that yes, you too have completely screwed up The Lord of the Rings.
Tweets for Today
- 16:59 Is it silly to take such glee in paying another bill on time and within budget? #
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Ironforge Chef
I feel smug. “Small Eggs” are going for ridiculous amounts of gold in WoW today; Greatfather Winter has arrived in the Dwarven capital city, and there are presents under the Winter’s Veil tree for those who bring him milk and “Gingerbread Cookies”… which need “Small Eggs”.
However, I know a place where I don’t have to compete with any of the other players for bird-monsters from whom I can loot the Eggs. Got enough for myself, Starr, and two alts in 15 minutes, and didn’t see another soul. Hah!
… what? I should be doing something useful today? Sorry, I cleaned and ran errands all week. Today, I’m slacking and proud of it.
Tweets for Today
- 09:19 Trans-Siberian Orchestra just amazed me last night. Rarely have I heard and seen such joy and passion in Xmas music. #
- 10:44 I just now really, really, really wanted to be snarky and unpleasant on a message board, and I restrained myself. I am proud. #
- 13:11 Chinese lunch saying goodbye to coworker. Program manager decided to treat everyone. Day is not sucking. #
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Tweets for Today
- 09:02 @snidegrrl: great job acing that final – woo! #
- 09:03 Humid and warm this morning. Will be claening the apt. tonight, but got TSO tickets tomorrow! #
- 14:26 I am indoors. It is 75 degrees outside right now. Why am I indoors? #
- 17:46 Thought my concert tickets had gone missing. Just found them again. BIG sigh of relief. #
- 23:11 Just watched Science Channel video of people doing repairs on the Empire State Building’s spire. Vertigo- and nausea-inducing. #
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Onboard computers are now in command of the countdown
I keep being almost-late to work. This is unsatisfactory to me, so I have spent some time identifying the cause in hopes of making changes.
The cause is fairly clear. In order to get to work on time, I must get out of bed at a time of day when my mind is especially fogged and sluggish. Though I keep an eye on the clock, I am repeatedly unable to summon any sense of urgency until I reach the point at which I really should have gotten out of the shower 5 minutes ago. Then I panic, my mind clears, and I efficiently complete my morning preparations and head out the door.
Now, the obvious answer is, “You lamer, get your act together, concentrate, and get moving!” Unfortunately, that’s a bootstrapping problem. Despite repeated attempts, I find myself completely unable to focus or concentrate until that first burst of adrenaline. Though I don’t like drinking soda in the morning, perhaps caffeine pills would help as part of my morning chemistry regimen. (Boy, does that clash with my action-hero fantasies. Dammit, Indiana Jones doesn’t have to hit a pharmacy every 6:30am.)
If they ever offer me that earlier shift, I could be looking at a problem.
