I'm at one of those weird places that you wish for when you're bombarded with things to do, but have no idea what to do with once it arrives. Not much in the way of outside obligations. I do what I want for the most part, including taking a break from everything and doing lots of reading and marathoning Weeds.
I'm more content than I've been in a long time, but I haven't figured out of contentedness is equivocal to happiness. At the very least it's similar. So here I am at a place I could easily remain for a good chunk of my life; I have the freedom to do what I want, be it train, hang out with people, or do nothing at all. I can strive for and attain my goals and aspirations and come home and still be content with normality.
Unfortunetly, I'm actively avoiding one conversation that keeps nagging at me. Partially, I don't think he's ready to hear it yet. But mostly, I know that I'm not ready to tell him.
Oh well.
Amy out.
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Pepper spray is a 100% effective form of contraceptive
A week from tomorrow, I can kick back, relax, and set about making money. Two weeks from Thursday I get my first tattoo. Tonight, I simply enjoy the direction my life has taken me.
I have so much to do between now and the end of semester. Just a week, seven puny, insignificant days, and hardly enough hours to accomplish what I need to to cap off the year. At this point, I don't even know what I'm doing for a summer job. The coffee shop is not an option; I have never loathed a person with such violence that I develop a tick. I won't hear back from DoT for a few more days, and if I haven't heard from them by the 15th I'm probably shit out of luck. Working for F&G with kids and guns is an option and I should know by the end of this week if I got that job.
Lots of uncertainty for so much time and planning.
Iron Man comes out on Friday. I'm looking forward to it, even with the full-blown knowledge that it will probably be a disappointment. I'm going because Tony Stark is my superhero. Everyone else can have Spiderman, Superman, and Batman. I choose the man who made himself with science. Fuck the others.
Watchmen is out next summer. The potential is limitless, especially given that the writer is supposed to be working on the film. Plus, the plot is movie-perfect. What could go wrong? (No, don't answer that, I know the answer is "Everything.")
Hellboy 2, Dark Knight, Sin City 2, X-men 4 (from what I've heard, pretty much just Weapon X), and Wanted are en route in the next year. I'm pretty sure I saw something about an Avengers film, and I don't need to even start on how much potential Iron Man has for such a film. Except for the whole Cap thing....
Life could get interesting fast.
But on the other hand, life could stay where it is and I'd remain content, at least for a while.
Amy out.
I have so much to do between now and the end of semester. Just a week, seven puny, insignificant days, and hardly enough hours to accomplish what I need to to cap off the year. At this point, I don't even know what I'm doing for a summer job. The coffee shop is not an option; I have never loathed a person with such violence that I develop a tick. I won't hear back from DoT for a few more days, and if I haven't heard from them by the 15th I'm probably shit out of luck. Working for F&G with kids and guns is an option and I should know by the end of this week if I got that job.
Lots of uncertainty for so much time and planning.
Iron Man comes out on Friday. I'm looking forward to it, even with the full-blown knowledge that it will probably be a disappointment. I'm going because Tony Stark is my superhero. Everyone else can have Spiderman, Superman, and Batman. I choose the man who made himself with science. Fuck the others.
Watchmen is out next summer. The potential is limitless, especially given that the writer is supposed to be working on the film. Plus, the plot is movie-perfect. What could go wrong? (No, don't answer that, I know the answer is "Everything.")
Hellboy 2, Dark Knight, Sin City 2, X-men 4 (from what I've heard, pretty much just Weapon X), and Wanted are en route in the next year. I'm pretty sure I saw something about an Avengers film, and I don't need to even start on how much potential Iron Man has for such a film. Except for the whole Cap thing....
Life could get interesting fast.
But on the other hand, life could stay where it is and I'd remain content, at least for a while.
Amy out.
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
ohgodohgodohgod school
Today feels surreal. Not because I've done anything stunning, or even accomplished much. Because I plotted out the guidelines for the next four years of my life. For now, it looks frightening and insurmountable. Four years of math and engineering classes to achieve my dreams. At least 14 credits a semester, plus 20 hours of rifle a week. I know there's enough time in the day. I've done far worse. But it's my future and I haven't gotten there yet and so I'm scared by it.
There's not really much else to say. Here I am and here I be and here I are forever. I have a lot of hopes and dreams on the line right now. I've put lots of me out there and now I'm just waiting for something to make it worth it. You put yourself out there and you'll always be let down, rejected, not what they want right now. The hard part is continuing to try after the first wave of defeat.
Tomorrow, the future. Tonight I dream.
There's not really much else to say. Here I am and here I be and here I are forever. I have a lot of hopes and dreams on the line right now. I've put lots of me out there and now I'm just waiting for something to make it worth it. You put yourself out there and you'll always be let down, rejected, not what they want right now. The hard part is continuing to try after the first wave of defeat.
Tomorrow, the future. Tonight I dream.
Sunday, December 9, 2007
Classy suits and Big guns. What's not to love?
I am remarkably close to graduation. 6 days of real class, three days of finals, then a month off. I'm so close I can taste it. It helps remarkably that I'm insanely sick of high school and got into the college classes I wanted. Woo.
The world turns.
I'm going stir crazy. I haven't seen my boy in over two weeks, even through he lives in the same town I do. This must be remedied.
I am under orders to take time off for shooting for a few days to relax, calm down, and unwind. This s frustrating, because I now have too much time on my hands and nothing at all to do with it other than get drunk.
There are too many exciting and tantalizing video games out recently, and not enough hours in the month to play them. Thus far, I have resisted their allure in favor of school and shooting, and the occasional comic. I'm out of fresh comics.
And "Hitman" rocked my world. For starters, the game was classy. What was really cool was that the movie was classy (well, as classy as you get with nudity and a main character who's a whore). Lots of the footage was reminiscent of the gameplay, and all but one of the fight scenes were well filmed and enchanting. There were some big, extremely pretty guns. There were some very nice suits and one-liners. The acting was superb.
You really have to have liked the game to like the "Hitman" movie. The sexy, awkwardly unsocial assassin seems irritatingly dull to the uninformed. But damn if he wasn't manly and attractive and quite deep for somebody based off a video game.
What drew me in the most was the movie didn't take itself too seriously. For shits sake, the main character crashed through a window into a room with two kids playing, you guessed it, Hitman. Pause. Snicker. Move on. There were lots of moments like that throughout the film; little things you catch the second time around that make it worth seeing twice.
And yes, the girl was hot.
Amy out.
The world turns.
I'm going stir crazy. I haven't seen my boy in over two weeks, even through he lives in the same town I do. This must be remedied.
I am under orders to take time off for shooting for a few days to relax, calm down, and unwind. This s frustrating, because I now have too much time on my hands and nothing at all to do with it other than get drunk.
There are too many exciting and tantalizing video games out recently, and not enough hours in the month to play them. Thus far, I have resisted their allure in favor of school and shooting, and the occasional comic. I'm out of fresh comics.
And "Hitman" rocked my world. For starters, the game was classy. What was really cool was that the movie was classy (well, as classy as you get with nudity and a main character who's a whore). Lots of the footage was reminiscent of the gameplay, and all but one of the fight scenes were well filmed and enchanting. There were some big, extremely pretty guns. There were some very nice suits and one-liners. The acting was superb.
You really have to have liked the game to like the "Hitman" movie. The sexy, awkwardly unsocial assassin seems irritatingly dull to the uninformed. But damn if he wasn't manly and attractive and quite deep for somebody based off a video game.
What drew me in the most was the movie didn't take itself too seriously. For shits sake, the main character crashed through a window into a room with two kids playing, you guessed it, Hitman. Pause. Snicker. Move on. There were lots of moments like that throughout the film; little things you catch the second time around that make it worth seeing twice.
And yes, the girl was hot.
Amy out.
Sunday, September 16, 2007
Upcoming movies of comic greatness
I have to confess something: I can't wait for May 2nd.
That's right. "IronMan" is released that day. The movie. (trailer link http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/ironman/large_trailer.html)
It looks awesome. From what I can tell, they're going to accurately depict the creation of Iron Man (or at least as close as you can come with a movie), his mission, morals, and above all, the man behind it. We all know Tony Stark is a megalomaniac who lives for money, power and, oddly enough, his fucking amazing alter-ego/creation/thing, Ironman.
Oh. My. Fucking. God.
I haven't been this excited by a movie trailer since "300." Hell, I'm more excited by this trailer. It's fucking Iron Man, baby. Every comic nerd in the world is going to be waiting with baited breathe to see if it lives up to it's potential. And then we're going to be sitting around waiting anxiously for a second installment, maybe the creation of the Avengers... oh god, the pure, glorious potential of this movie. It's so great I keep having to remove exclamation marks because they make writing look stupid. Dammit.
I approve of the choice for Tony Stark. From what I can tell, the graphics are good. I mean, the shots of the original Ironman suit are straight from the comics. STRAIGHT FROM THE COMICS! How often does that actually happen in comic book movies that Frank Miller isn't working on? Oh, right, never. I can't contain my excitement.
It's really looking like this upcoming year will be a good one for comic fans. "Dark Knight," starring Christian Bale and Heath Ledger as Joker, and done in the style of the comic, complete with the morbid, spooky, not-for-wussy-bitches plot-lines is just around the corner. "IronMan" is going to rock my socks off. The second "Sin City" is due sometime next year.
It's good to be a geek.
Amy out.
That's right. "IronMan" is released that day. The movie. (trailer link http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/ironman/large_trailer.html)
It looks awesome. From what I can tell, they're going to accurately depict the creation of Iron Man (or at least as close as you can come with a movie), his mission, morals, and above all, the man behind it. We all know Tony Stark is a megalomaniac who lives for money, power and, oddly enough, his fucking amazing alter-ego/creation/thing, Ironman.
Oh. My. Fucking. God.
I haven't been this excited by a movie trailer since "300." Hell, I'm more excited by this trailer. It's fucking Iron Man, baby. Every comic nerd in the world is going to be waiting with baited breathe to see if it lives up to it's potential. And then we're going to be sitting around waiting anxiously for a second installment, maybe the creation of the Avengers... oh god, the pure, glorious potential of this movie. It's so great I keep having to remove exclamation marks because they make writing look stupid. Dammit.
I approve of the choice for Tony Stark. From what I can tell, the graphics are good. I mean, the shots of the original Ironman suit are straight from the comics. STRAIGHT FROM THE COMICS! How often does that actually happen in comic book movies that Frank Miller isn't working on? Oh, right, never. I can't contain my excitement.
It's really looking like this upcoming year will be a good one for comic fans. "Dark Knight," starring Christian Bale and Heath Ledger as Joker, and done in the style of the comic, complete with the morbid, spooky, not-for-wussy-bitches plot-lines is just around the corner. "IronMan" is going to rock my socks off. The second "Sin City" is due sometime next year.
It's good to be a geek.
Amy out.
Saturday, August 25, 2007
mirror mirror on the wall, NO MORE MUTANTS!
"No more mutants."
Never has there been three words so devastating to the marvel universe.
No, the creators didn't get together and decide to end all mutant-related story lines. Try more along the lines of Scarlet Witch losing her marbles and altering the universe as we know it. Crazy bitch.
I really shouldn't go re-reading comics that made me stumble around in a stupor for several days after, asking people if they knew where Professor X was. He's a good man, despite his weakness for stairs. He can make things right... yeaaaaaaaah.
My point is, "House of M" is referenced in both the New Avengers and Astonishing X-men storylines. It included Ironman, Spiderman, Nick Cage... in other words, it was an event that encompassed the entirety of the Marvel Universe and is referred to on a regular basis (most of the time by someone going "what the hell is House of M?").
In other words, "House of M" is phenomenal.
That is all.
Amy out.
Never has there been three words so devastating to the marvel universe.
No, the creators didn't get together and decide to end all mutant-related story lines. Try more along the lines of Scarlet Witch losing her marbles and altering the universe as we know it. Crazy bitch.
I really shouldn't go re-reading comics that made me stumble around in a stupor for several days after, asking people if they knew where Professor X was. He's a good man, despite his weakness for stairs. He can make things right... yeaaaaaaaah.
My point is, "House of M" is referenced in both the New Avengers and Astonishing X-men storylines. It included Ironman, Spiderman, Nick Cage... in other words, it was an event that encompassed the entirety of the Marvel Universe and is referred to on a regular basis (most of the time by someone going "what the hell is House of M?").
In other words, "House of M" is phenomenal.
That is all.
Amy out.
Wednesday, August 8, 2007
Adventures in a Giant Box
Recently I came into the possession of a massive box of assorted comics, ranging from the complete House of M, to Toxin (orgasm!) to New Avengers and a large number of X-men. I am oh-so-satisfied with life right now.
And then I realized no one knows who the Sentry is. Could it be that one of the old-school heroes has slipped into oblivion? The man who slipped into insanity after saving the world and pushing his power to the utmost limits, resurrected in the New Avengers series, and was remembered by none. How fitting that the man with the power of a thousand suns and forgotten by the Marvel Universe should also be forgotten in ours.
I confess, Robert Reynolds is one of my favorite superheros of all time. The mental strife he endures, the pain of the knowledge that he accidentally murdered his wife, the voluntary confinement, the return to power after the mass prison-breakout that occurred in the first issue of New Avengers, his honor, nobility, and most of all, the apparently limitlessness of his powers. The Sentry kicks ass, my friends. I love him.
So that was my random comic push/rant for the month. Have fun, and I hope somebody picks up an issue of "The Sentry" (very old school, think the early '80's) and becomes and engrossed in his adventures as I have been since I first read one of his comics.
Amy out.
And then I realized no one knows who the Sentry is. Could it be that one of the old-school heroes has slipped into oblivion? The man who slipped into insanity after saving the world and pushing his power to the utmost limits, resurrected in the New Avengers series, and was remembered by none. How fitting that the man with the power of a thousand suns and forgotten by the Marvel Universe should also be forgotten in ours.
I confess, Robert Reynolds is one of my favorite superheros of all time. The mental strife he endures, the pain of the knowledge that he accidentally murdered his wife, the voluntary confinement, the return to power after the mass prison-breakout that occurred in the first issue of New Avengers, his honor, nobility, and most of all, the apparently limitlessness of his powers. The Sentry kicks ass, my friends. I love him.
So that was my random comic push/rant for the month. Have fun, and I hope somebody picks up an issue of "The Sentry" (very old school, think the early '80's) and becomes and engrossed in his adventures as I have been since I first read one of his comics.
Amy out.
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