Winey Goats

So, I drink rum on a close-to-nightly basis. Takes 3 or so pint glasses of the rum & cola mix for me to start feeling the effects. Keep in mind, pint glasses means they're doubles.

Then one evening I enjoy some wine with my husband. Two glasses in, I'm in that same state that requires 5-6 shots of rum. What the hell?

Ha! Get this. I was just playing Goat Simulator, and gained 3 different achievements. Unintentionally. Airtime Easy, Airtime Normal, and Airtime Hard. In other words, get your goat as much airtime as possible. And I apparently achieved all three consecutively, due to getting my goat's head stuck in a fence in midair. Win!

Time to be employed again. As much as I'd like to be a stay-at-home mom, it's not me. I gotta work. Gotta stay busy. I'm more structured when I'm employed. Fall into a reclusive homebody funk when I'm not.

Geek Girl Rant

Tonight my beloved was headed to the grocery store. Asked if I wanted anything, and I requested "rum and cola." He leaves. When he returns with Kraken and RC, I almost jump his bones. Talk about above & beyond! No generic rum and store-brand cola tonight, lads and lasses.

Suicide Squad was good. VERY, VERY good soundtrack. And it was one song after another, bambambam, at least in the beginning. All stuff you've heard before. A lot of people were against Will Smith being cast as Deadshot, but I thought he did a wonderful job.

Much like Ben Affleck being cast in Batman V Superman. He was amazing. First time I've seen Batman AND Bruce Wayne portrayed beautifully by the same person.

I'm glad that DC has finally started upping their game. Marvel has kicked their asses for about a decade now, when it comes to live action movies. Sure, DC has better animated movies, but live action needs to take precedent right now. Marvel had the stand-alone movies, like the Sam Raimi Spider-Man movies and the two Fantastic Four flicks. But after that, they started MCU. Marvel Cinematic Universe. Where all the movies are connected somehow. Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, Guardians of the Galaxy, Hulk...

Well. Now it's DC's turn. And they've got a pretty damn good start. Though, I feel that the character I really want to see won't make an appearance anytime soon.

...I want to see Cassandra Cain. Live action. I've wanted that ever since I read the No Man's Land storyline of the Batman comics. I truly believe she'd be a great character, if she were written correctly. Try reading the Cataclysm/No Man's Land story. Gotham City is isolated, left to fend for itself. I love this story. Huntress, Batgirl, Oracle, Joker, Two-Face...

Give it some attention. Especially the hardback novel, by Greg Rucka. Do it!

Let's All Go To The Juuukebox

My guy and I are going to a drive-in theater to see Suicide Squad and Lights Out tonight. I'm looking forward to it. Suck it, indoor theaters!

I made a new playlist on Spotify the other day. Put together most of the Death Proof soundtrack. Good stuff. Tarantino knows how to pick his tunes.

The jukebox in the movie is actually his. It looks amazing. The artist and title selections are all hand-written, by him.

Better start saving for that posthumous auction...

So, I recently went from 14-gauge earrings to 10-gauge. It's... a bit of a jump. But that's what baby oil and alcoholic beverages are for.

Square One, We Meet Again...

Had a pretty good evening. Went out with a friend to get a beer, then watched a couple of bad Sci-Fi movies. I was in the mood for them. First up was Ice Twisters. Didn't really fulfill my needs. Too scientific. Then came Sand Sharks. Much better! Weird animals where they shouldn't be, suddenly appearing and eating people... sometimes bloodily. That's the stuff.

The day started pretty well too. Began with some music. "Beautiful Freak" album by Eels. Nice and mellow.

I'm really ready to be employed again. Ready to have something that keeps me busy, and pays me money. And HEY! MAYBE, just MAYBE, I'll get a job where management aren't complete asshole prick douchebag shitheads.

I know, I'm asking a lot.

Inching

Low point, last two days. But, working my way out of it.

Currently listening to Nine Inch Nails. Their "Year Zero" album, my favorite. So good. It's a concept album (a set of songs that express a particular idea or theme) that is set 15 years after the album's release, which was 2007. At that time, 2022 has been renamed "Year 0" by the government. Meaning the U.S. was reborn that year. Apparently there was a film adaptation of the album in the works, but nothing came of it.

My favorite song from the album is "My Violent Heart." I really like the contrast between the verse and the chorus.

So, I got ahold of the Grindhouse double-feature a while back. First film "Planet Terror" by Robert Rodriguez, second film "Death Proof" by Quentin Tarantino. I watched the first by itself, and quite liked it. I really liked Michael Biehn in it. His mannerism and timing is just great. Had me laughing. And the relationship between him and his brother, played by Jeff Fahey, was a good addition. I also really liked seeing Freddy Rodriguez in a leading role in a movie, after watching him in the Six Feet Under TV show.

Then there's the "Death Proof" movie. It starts out slow, with 3 rather attractive chicks driving around talking about guys, but then it picks up. The second half of the movie features Zoë Bell, whom I've come to love. She's Uma Thurman's stunt double in the Kill Bill movies, has a brief role in The Hateful Eight, and is a derby girl in Whip It. She was great in Death Proof! She probably had the greatest line. Very tense moment, and she pops up with a peppy comment.

I think I can say that the car chases in Death Proof are some of the best I've seen.

Alright then... G'night.

Taped Tats

Tape Face! He's made it to the Live shows, and his first Live show was pretty great. Here y'go...

I loved it. As soon as the second pair of sunglasses came out, I said out loud, "PLEASE do Peter Gunn!" and I wasn't disappointed. He's my odd act. He's why I watch the show. The dancers come out, and you expect them to dance. And they do. Singers come out, and sing. Tape Face... Who the hell knows!? Excellence. And it's so simple! His act is so simple that it can't go wrong. No wrong step, no bad note. Just incredible imagination. Fantastic.

Really wanting a new tattoo. Looking for my sixth. I have a few options, but again, a lack of income. Really wanting something to cover my upper left arm. Or the Elbow cube, between my shoulder blades at the base of my neck. I think that one holds a lot of meaning for me.

Short on words tonight, other than the above. More soon, perhaps. Bye bye.

Overdrive

Greetings. Since I've last posted, SO MUCH has happened!.... No, not really.

Summer continues. The kid went to camp, spent all week there this time. Ruled the roost, apparently.

Family vacation took place. Three days, two nights. It was nice. The zoo we went to was friggen hot. Humid, with no breeze whatsoever. The animals we never saw were obviously seeking shelter. But I really enjoyed later camping along a small river, with a spring feeding it from a hundred yards or so upstream.

Then, once home from vacation, I took another 2-day road trip to assist someone in the acquiring of vinyl records - and stands - for his up-and-coming record store. The first half of the trip was fun, the next day's acquiring of the records was fulfilling, and then... I guess we just wanted to get back home. A rather long and quiet trip back.

I remain unemployed. My last attempt resulted in "we only have part-time, at minimum wage"... Doesn't work with our budget. So I'll start actively looking again next month, and hopefully find something the pays decent and starts about the same time the kid starts school, and is something similar to school hours. Wish me luck, I'll need it...

All there is, for now. G'night.