Holy cow? Is it Friday already?
Indeed it is.
Tomorrow morning, as part of my errands for the day, I go to the airport to drop off Maribou. AND THEN I HAVE ALL WEEKEND TO DO WHATEVER.
Which will probably translate to “laundry” and “grocery store”, now that I think about it, but… hey. It’s not like that can’t be kicked to Monday night, or Tuesday night… which, basically, means that I will sit at home and mope.
So… what’s on your docket?
Jaybird
Jaybird is Birdmojo on Xbox Live and Jaybirdmojo on Playstation's network. He's been playing consoles since the Atari 2600 and it was Zork that taught him how to touch-type. If you've got a song for Wednesday, a commercial for Saturday, a recommendation for Tuesday, an essay for Monday, or, heck, just a handful a questions, fire off an email to AskJaybird-at-gmail.com
We have been experiencing some system resource issues. We believe the problem may be resolved, but if it is not please bear with us.
on The Shifting Politics of AbortionAll laws are by necessity vague statements intended to be clarified by bureaucratic rule or court op…
on The Shifting Politics of AbortionWhen it comes to abortion, I understand the sentiment that says that it should be avoided. But that…
on Free Speech, But No Freedom to Harassi-dont-want-a-solution-i-want-to-be-mad-dot-jpeg on The Shifting Politics of AbortionThe issue, to me, is that a lot of people have the idea that laws aren't rules, they're position sta…
on The Shifting Politics of AbortionPersonally I think there was a lot of complacency that the worst that was going to happen was a Robe…
on The Shifting Politics of AbortionI agree partially but ... once Kennedy retired, it became obvious Roe was in danger, if not doomed.…
on The Shifting Politics of AbortionThere are a lot of things that are fine sentiments. These things that are fine sentiments are active…
on Free Speech, But No Freedom to HarassThat so many people who should know better are trusting anything out of the mouth of Hamas doesn't s… on Free Speech, But No Freedom to HarassEverybody knows that only Israel/Jews has agency. The Palestinians/Muslims have no agency and are on… on The Shifting Politics of AbortionCertainly a fair point. At the same time we're operating in a system of indirect democracy. We have…
April 24, 2024
April 23, 2024
Friend Husband At The Ballpark
April 22, 2024
Good Morning! Are You An Amateur?
April 21, 2024
on Free Speech, But No Freedom to Harass
on Free Speech, But No Freedom to Harass on Free Speech, But No Freedom to Harass
on Free Speech, But No Freedom to Harass
on Free Speech, But No Freedom to Harass
on Open Mic for the week of 4/22/2024 on Free Speech, But No Freedom to Harass
on The Shifting Politics of Abortion on Free Speech, But No Freedom to Harass on Free Speech, But No Freedom to Harass on The Shifting Politics of Abortion on Open Mic for the week of 4/22/2024 on The FTC has banned (nearly all) non-compete agreements on Free Speech, But No Freedom to Harass
on Free Speech, But No Freedom to Harass
We’ll see if I can motivate myself to watch the There Will Be Blood* disc on the shelf from Netflix, or burn a few Wilfred‘s off the DVR (I keep deciding I am done with the show, then they either have a good dog joke, or a strange comedic concept pop up).
* It doesn’t help my motivation that my friend suggested that it should’ve been titled There Will Be Blood…And You Will Be Bored.Report
I saw There Will Be Blood and No Country For Old Men at the same theater, within a short period of time. Both times the theater was packed, and both times, the audience uttered a groan when the movie ended. I’d never seen that before, and haven’t seen it since.Report
I liked No Country, so maybe that’s a good sign.
OTOH, it will take a lot for me to forgive Magnolia.Report
TWBB was overrated mostly because the end sort of plopped. It was mostly a show of how amazingly Day-Lewis can inhabit some real nutcases well. But it didn’t go anywhere.
NCOM was on of those movies where people thought they were watching one kind of movie but were really watching something else.Report
at the end of no country a woman in the audience stood up and yelled “that’s it?!?!”Report
NCFOM is just a weird movie, structurally. I mean, the protagonist dies off screen with a bunch of movie left. It was one of those movies that, after it was over, I thought to myself, “I think I enjoyed that, but I don’t need to enjoy it again.”
TWBBI got totally caught up in DDL’s performance, and pretty much lost the story altogether, to the extent that there was one. I rewatched it from the comfort of my couch maybe a year and a half later, and fell asleep.Report
That was the year for noir. Those two, 3:10 to Yuma, Michael Clayton, Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead. There hasn’t been anything like it since.Report
Well what was weird about NCFOM is that it wasn’t really a movie about the protagonist per se. Or that Tommy Lee was the heart of the movie so it made sense to end on him. People watched it like a caper flick or straight crime drama when it was a more existential, ambiguous and about the time period then anything else.Report
It’s a weird thing to say, I know, but the film might have worked better overall if Javier Bardem hadn’t been so compelling. As it was, every minute without either Bardem or the imminent threat of Bardem seemed unimportant.Report
I’M GOING TO NEW ZEALAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!
!Report
I assume that when you get back, we’re going to see a post with all sorts of lovely pictures.
Have fun. Watch out for those kiwis. I heard they bite.Report
I suspect you assume wrongly, since I promised such a post on my livejournal when I went to London in 2006, and I *still* haven’t written one. I have to watch myself when travelling, or I will become so involved in properly communicating what I’m experiencing that I stop properly experiencing it. Especially when it comes to taking photos.
But the having fun part, I will surely do!Report
Maribou wins.
Check local concert listings: if The Clean, The Bats or The Chills are playing anywhere, go for me.Report
Duly noted.
Although it seems like The Clean aren’t performing (and live in Dunedin which is very far away from where I will be, The Chills are also in Dunedin, and haven’t gigged since 2012, and The Bats are on American tour right now. I don’t know where you live but you might want to take a look at the tour listings on their website and see if any of those places are near you!Report
Thanks! Nobody ever comes where I live 🙁
I got to see The Clean once; the people I was with were dragging behind, and I told them to catch up when they could, the chance that I’d ever get another chance later to see a semi-obscure NZ band was too small.
I made the right choice (though some of them showed up midway through the show). It was GLORIOUS.Report
And I’m driving I80 through Illinois!!!!!!!
Yeah, that doesn’t sound remotely as good, does it? Let the fervent envying commence!Report
😀 I actually really like long road trips. I once voluntarily helped a friend move from northern Wyoming to Iowa City. But, yeah, there’s no real competition there.Report
Oh my, I’m deeply envious. Do you get to go skiing? I’m watching all of the National teems start to leave for NZ and South America for Olympic prep. It would be fun as heck to watch them train.Report
I’m not a skier, more of a tramper really. And equally as much a sitting-in-cafes-and-listening-to-people-talk-in-unfamiliar-to-me-accents-while-I-read-books-er. 😀
Can’t wait to be near an ocean again though – has been almost a year.Report
Tell Bilbo I said Hi.Report
I’m playing at a wargaming tournament all weekend.Report
Sounds fun. What games/armies are you playing?Report
Blue Jasmine and maybe Hannah ArendtReport
Sounds banal, or maybe evil.Report
I think I was the youngest person in the audience by about 25 to 30 years. At least for the most part. There might have been a handful of 30-somethings with a lot of people who were 65 plusReport
Sounds exactly like my bridge club.Report
Annual Camping trip with my cousins. And the schedule is finally such that my Boyfriend can come along. Looking forward to the visit.Report
I’m camping somewhere quite pleasant but considerably less exciting than New ZealandReport
No big plans this weekend. I have the last battle of Shadowrun Returns waiting for me (I died last night on my first attempt).
I might be running some DnD for my son. We started an adventure. He runs two characters, and I run two in combat. I am sure he and I will play some Borderlands 2 together.
I might help my dad install a new exhaust hood over their stove, unless he decides he is not going to do it this weekend.Report
I’m going dancing on Saturday night. I’m doing laundry on Sunday.Report