28 year old
Pagan female who lives in Florida with her guy and two cats,
loves Disney, reads fanatically, tinkers in photography and
believes growing up is overrated.
There are people on the net that have nothing better to do
with their time
then be nasty to other people online. They post rude comments, spend hours
a day talking about sites they hate so much, that they well, spend hours a
day talking about them. (lame) They mock the owners and posters for their
opinions and their right to free speech. They expect everyone to fit into
their narrow-minded little world view or else they throw a temper tantrum.
To these people I say grow up.
Here's a bit of info people...the web is
a HUGE place. If you don't like what I say here, or who I am, or what I
do, or talk about, or what I look like, or the color of my hair, or
whatever asinine thing you dwell on, go somewhere else. It's
really, really easy. Honest. You just click the little "x" in
the corner of your browser and *poof* the offending, big, mean and nasty
site has disappeared.
I pay for this site. It's mine. That
means I can use it for whatever the hell I want to. Don't like it if I'm
bitching about something in my life? Oh fucking well. Go somewhere else.
Think I'm stupid for expressing my thoughts? Too fucking bad, don't read
them. Somewhere along the line, someone forgot this simple fact: Live
and let live Don't like me, cool, fine, whatever, I don't care.
This journal is NOT for you. It's for me. I'm not in it for popularity or
fame or anything stupid like that. I write it because I need to write and
express myself and get things out of my head sometimes. So read or don't,
it doesn't matter, but don't waste my time (or yours) bitching about it.
*gets off soapbox*
Tooth
Drive:
I need to
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for sale to try to raise the desperately needed funds.
Every order helps. I can accept paypal payments at
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or check/money orders at:
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PO Box 1484, Elfers, FL 34684
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Yo ho, yo ho! A Pirate's Life For Me! So last night I saw Episode III. But before you get all to thinking I broke down and went to the theater, nothing could be further then the truth. A friend from Love's work got his hands on a full copy of the movie and burnt it on dvd for us. Yup. The whole thing. And not some crappy camcorder copy either. This was 16x9, 5.1 sound and all made from a finished digital print. It still had the time code on it, but that was easily ignorable.
Viva la interet!
See, George isn't going to refund my money for the first two anytime soon. So I feel no qualms about seeing this one for free. It's the least he can do. (And before you ask, no, I'm not going to share it online and no I'm not going to be giving away copies. Besides the fact that I don't even own a dvd burner, Love took the disk back to his friend today so I don't even have it anymore.)
I'm glad though I didn't pay to see it. It certainly wasn't as bad as the first two. It was the best of the new triology. But that isn't saying much. It was mostly pretty to look at but that felt about it to me. It just seemed to be...missing something. Like it was all shallow and surface with no depth. Padame was wallpaper, the fights were graphically pretty but soulless and the story was hollow. I don't know. When it was over I didn't feel like it was finished. I felt like you do when you see or read something that never quite finds it's grove and so you are left with a kind of lacking feeling from it.
Anakin was annoying in the beginning. The entire "DUH!" factor that Palpatine was so glaringly, obviously, over-the-top, movie villian evil and yet Anakin with his supposed amazing Force powers and insight didn't catch on was aggravating. It was like, "Come on already, get a clue; buy a vowel - something!" Then, his actual turning to the Dark Side felt weak. Like there wasn't enough there. Just, oh, sure, I'll go murder kids for love, no problemo boss! which didn't feel real enough to me.
I don't know. And why was Obi-Wan so cruel as to leave him all flaming and burning? Why not do the merciful thing and nudge him a smidge with the Force fully into the lava so at least he'd die quicker? Seemed awfully mean to just, you know, leave him there. Sure he expected him to die from the wounds, but why make him suffer? Seems rather un-Jedi to me.
So it was an "Eh" to me. It wasn't the abomination of the first two and it did "feel" a bit more Star Wars, but it still missed the mark for me. I just kept waiting for something more to it so when the credits came up, I was left wanting.
In non-Star Wars news, I've been working on the overhaul for PhoenixFire Designs. I've gone ahead with the idea almost like the mock-up, complete with thumbnails. It's looking really good, but DAMN, it's slow-going. It's a HELL of a lot of work. So far, I've gotten my Artist page, About page, Shipping page, Contact page, Links page, Necklace thumbnails page and the necklace individual pages. Next is Memory Wire thumbnail page, all the individual memory wire pages, bracelets thumbnails page, bracelet individual pages, earrings thumbnail page, earring individual pages and the splash/main page. So, while it sounds like I've done a lot (and I kinda have), it doesn't seem like it and there's a LOT more to do. Just thought I'd take a small break from thumbnails and item descriptions. Heh.
Alright, well, back to the grind. I didn't get much done yesterday because I had a head-splitting migraine all day and all night. In fact, it was 4am and I was still laying there in agony trying to fall asleep. Right now, all I want to do is lay down and take a nap but I fear if I do, the migraine will return, so I'm trying to just get some work done but not push it too hard. Which is pretty much an oxymoron.
Oh well. Anyway, wish me luck. This is slow-going work. I just hope it pays off in the end.
