March 2012
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Branson Tornado
Last night the town I lived in in Missouri was hit by a tornado. Luckily no one was really hurt and there was zero deaths. There was quite a bit of damage though. Nothing as bad as what hit Joplin last year, but any damage is too much damage.
It’s weird seeing places you spent so much time around destroyed. Whenever you see damage done to a place on television, or even pictures on the...
February 2012
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“Opening your eyes is all that is needing. The heart lies and the head plays...”
– Syrio Forel (Game Of Thrones)
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Dear Adobe Premiere,
I refuse to download a second program to convert video to work with your stupid, prehistoric program. Go away. Suck my big tooth. Done with you.
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I'm A Selfish Tumblrer
I don’t follow everyone who follows me. I don’t necessarily have a lot of followers, so you’d think I’d feel guilty for not returning the “favor,” but the fact of the matter is, this is my space to read and see the things I enjoy. I look through everyone’s blogs who follow me and assess how they would fit into my Dashboard. And just because I don’t...
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A lot of people at work bring books and leave them in the break room while doing their jobs. I would love to do that too, but I don’t trust this place enough to leave one of my precious books in here unattended. That’s why I love the idea of digital books. I like that I can pull out my phone, open my Kindle app, and get lost in a story during my six breaks I get throughout the day. The...
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Theatrical Release
Her: I love you.
Me: As you wish.
Her: What? That's your reply? Seriously?
Me: It's from The Princess Bide.
Her: So I pour my heart out for you and say the most important words anyone could say to another for the first time and you just quote some movie?
Me: It's not SOME movie. It's The Princess Bride! You know, Rob Reiner...
Her: Why are you even mentioning a guy's name right now?!
Me: As you wish. It means--
Her: I don't care what it means!
Me: Have you even seen The Princess Br--
Her: Stop talking about movies! I love you! If you love someone you say it, you say it right then, out loud. You don't--
Me: That's My Best Friend's Wedding.
Her: AAAHH!
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Thr Light Of Travel
I need to travel again soon. I never realized how much of a roamer I am. Lately I’ve been very antsy sitting in one place for too long. I don’t necessarily care to be rich, but I wish I had the finances to be able to go see the world. Traveling is important for a person and healthy for the soul. If for no other reason than to help you appreciate where you are now, it’s something...
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Astounding View Of An Eclipse
all-thats-interesting:
When life’s problems overwhelm you, it often helps to look up. But sometimes it may also help to look down — especially when it involves viewing an eclipse from the clouds. Talk about heavenly.
I question whether this is real because it is just too perfect.
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Required Listening:
Foo Fighters - February...
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Shocked Meme
I used to work in the theatre industry as a sound technician. Most of the microphones and equipment used 9v batteries. Our bassist was a…how shall we say…evil genius. He used to collect the partially used batteries and connect them, negative to positive, into long columns making one super-large battery. He then would dare people to take a piece of guitar string in each hand and touch...
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Speak Fresh
Me: Do you have a player's card?
Customer: I do, but it's the old one. Will you still take it?
Me: Sure. Old, new...we'll take anything. Heck, we'll even take a Subway card if it has enough punches in it.
Customer: ...
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The Street I Grew Up On
The street I grew up on was an eclectic group of individuals. I spent a good portion of my childhood moving around southern California, but settled, for what I consider the most important years of it, in the Murrieta/Temecula area. Then, a small duel-city area of less than 100,000 people, it was there that I started to form some of my most important friendships.
Our house was directly in the...
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The Artist
Tonight and went and saw The Artist and OH MY GOD IT’S AN AMAZING MOVIE! I loved every bit of it. In case you don’t know, it’s a black & white silent film about an actor in the silent movie era who has to come to grips with the changing business as sound makes its way into the film industry. It was so well done. The cinematography, the directing, the actors, the music (Oh!...
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bobblablaw replied to your post: Favorite Tweets
Pretty good. I seemed to have missed a few of these!
Some of my best work was probably before you followed me. I think Twitter needs a “Random Tweet” button so you can shuffle through people’s Timelines.
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Favorite Tweets
I don’t know if this favorite tweet meme is supposed to be about my tweets or someone else’s, but I like to take opportunities to talk about myself when I can.
If you go by Favstar, my most popular tweets are never the ones I think are the funniest.
The ones I like the best seem to go unnoticed by the population. I think it’s because I have a different sense of humor than...
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Ok, Brace Yourself...
Whenever I hear a lot about a musical performance before I actually get to see it, I assume it’s over-hyped and not going to live up to what people are saying. I just watched Adele’s performance from the Grammy’s (something everyone’s been talking about) and it didn’t disappoint my assumptions. A good performance, yes. But it was nothing amazing.
I think people have...
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The Future Is Now
Brain: Go to bed, Derek.
Me: But...what if I read for a bit first?
Brain: Okay. One chapter and then--
Me: Oh! The Jetsons movie is on Instant Watch!
Brain: Fuck. Ok, fine. But only because we were talking about it the other day.
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Feeding The Bird
Everyone keeps making a big deal out of M.I.A. flipping off the camera at the halftime show. There is a group of people who are upset it happened, but it seems there are even more upset with the fact that flipping off a camera is still a big deal in this nation while misogyny, violence, drug use, and other forms of sexual innuendos seem to show their ugly little faces without a problem. Now, I...
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“I do not entertain hypotheticals. The world as it is is vexing enough.”
– True Grit
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The Moments Of Life
“We’re all puppets, Laurie. I’m just a puppet who can see the strings.”
I feel every day I become more like Dr. Manhattan from Watchmen. I see so many situations in life that people fret and fear and obsess over that, to me, are so minuscule. I look at the big picture while others focus on the distraction in front of them, blinding their foresight. It confuses...
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“If you will practice being fictional for a while, you will understand that...”
– Richard Bach (Illusions)
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Conversations With a Crazy Old Man In A Giant Red...
Old Man: I'm gonna wait...'til the midnight hour! Eh? *sings entire chorus and second verse of Midnight Hour* I'm gonna wait til the midnight hour. That's when my love comes tumbling down. That second part is what people like. That's what gets 'em going.
Me: ...
Old Man: *Randomly sings entire song of It's Now Or Never* The ladies love it. They can't resist that voice.
Me: ...
Old Man: I'm going to go to the Rrrred Rrrrock to play some pokero.
Me: That's a long way away. You better--
Old Man: Oh, it's not far. I don't know the meaning of "long." I've got blisters on my feet 'cause I don't know "long."
Old Man: Look at that face. How'd you like to work all day and come home to that face? She'd kill you. HAHAHAHAHA!
Me: ...
Old Man: You know what, you haven't live. YOU HAVEN"T LIVED until you've had a roommate that's possessed.
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Focus
I have been having a lot of trouble focusing lately. I’ve been getting enough sleep and eating, so I know it’s not a health thing. I’m not really sure why, but my best guess would be boredom. I’ve noticed it the most at work as it has affected my performance (although today seemed better, which is funny because I was supposed to be off today), but it also affects every...
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