The Art of Random

“Every choice is an opportunity to follow Christ” says the church sign.

This forces me to ask…which is the more Jesus-filled fruit? Strawberries or oranges?

Can we PLEASE stop with the slow motion for non-scientific purposes? Its massive overuse in cinema is tragic.

Yeah, that category just popped up today on my main instant play page for Netflix. So there ya go. I can’t really argue. Me likey the strong women.

I seem to have a powerful need for groceries.

My Fridge.

Yup. Even out of ketchup, mustard, and BBQ sauce. Wow.

On the bright side, at least all the stuff in my fridge gets consumed. Unlike my parent’s fridge, where stuff gets shuffled to the back, lost and forgotten, then rotting.

Mass Effect 2 is slated for 12/31/2009! Yay. Hope it doesn’t suck. Would be sad to have a sequel to the first single player RPG I’ve liked in so many years suck. Yet, it probably will.

People sure slow down and/or look at you weird as they drive/walk by when you’re mowing your lawn any time between 11PM and 5AM.

From time to time, I happen to venture out into the world during the light-filled hours. Usually out of foolishness, because I always know I’ll regret it. It provides a perfect ‘opportunity’ to observe the pathetic hopelessness of American lifestyle. Today, I had one such adventure, whilst grabbing some fuel and a bite to eat.

First there was the gas station. A jam packed gas station. Why? I don’t know. But there were THREE families there at the same time doing multi-vehicle fueling. The media must be at its fear mongering again. It’s sad that multi-vehicle fueling has become a family event, and also a psuedo-sport…like…NASCAR or something.

So in this heavily populated gas station, there are naturally people waiting, mostly patiently, in line for pumps. I’m waiting at mine and this couple has just finished fueling. Well, of course, they can’t just take their receipt and you know…leave. Firstly, the woman takes the receipt, and rather than use the trash receptacle near her to dispose of it, she casually/creepily walks over to the guy at the next pump, hollers a “hey you!”, hands him her receipt, and asks him to dispose of it in the trash can beside him. Much to his confusion, he does so and glances about nervously wondering what is to happen next.

She returns to her associated automobile, by which the male of the couple casually waits, leaning against the car. Then begins a huge make-out session. I roll my eyes and grumble to myself, and make a decision. Since I’m obviously not going anywhere, I decide that I might as well mildly entertain myself, and attempt some fitting retribution on behalf of the poor confused man who wants nothing more than his pump to get done so he can get the fuck away from her. I catch her tossing small glances my way, clearly she has some deep need to be watched…all the time.

So after a couple glances and realizing that they’re not going to move, I suppress the scowl I so desperately want to give. After she returns to her boyfriend/lover/whatthefuckever, I do my best to make an incredibly neutral face, with the exception of exceedingly wide and creepy eyes, then proceed to stare right at her. The next glance my way comes, and she was quite visibly surprised — perhaps even startled.

It apparently had the intended effect, as she whispered something to her companion and they quickly got into their vehicle and drove off.

Then, there was the food stop. A quick little drive-thru run. As I’m sitting there in line waiting for the goods, the woman in front of me has her food brought to her. As the fellow that brought her it begins walking away, she hollers after him. Ugh, I think. Nothing worse than drive-thru drama, seriously kills time tables. But wait…what’s this? Not drama…something else. WTF?

Why yes, she did just holler back to the guy that gave her her food, requested he come back to her window and…ask him for no decent reason what he thought of her two dogs. Completely out of the blue. What a desperate cry for justification. Wow. The poor guy glances about in a concerned fashion and manages the best “I think they’re both beautiful dogs” he can muster. She nods vigorously and dismisses him and drives off.

Fucking people. I swear it.

Wow, I quite enjoyed the movie Taken. I thought it was going to be really lame, but it’s quite well done. There’s none of the flashy ridiculousness that typically accompanies spy-oriented movies. There’s no long drawn out gunfights…hell, there’s only one gunfight, and he actually gets tagged in it. Check it out when it hits your preferred media distribution method.

Motherfuckin paper pushers think they rule the whole goddamn world. Fuckers. Waste of fuckin air.

Oh hells motherfuckin yeah! Final Fantasy XIV next year! Online! MMO style! Trailer includes engine graphics which are phenomenal too. And they promise to do stuff “no other MMO does currently” which could be gewd. I sure hope it’s awesome =). Hopefully with less restrictions than FFXI had.

The cat has been so whiny the last couple weeks. Desperate to go outside in the ‘nice’ weather.

Woot! The pics of my place on Google Street View are with well maintained greenery! Probably only because I had just moved in (before I got my dishes installed and after I pulled the dead tree out of the ground). Street view is fun.

Ever wanted a little more metal in your Blondie? Check out this awesome (AWESOME!) cover of Call Me by In This Moment!

Call Me

Also, check out Oblivion off Mastodon’s new album Crack The Skye. It’s pretty gewd. I didn’t like it at first, but I do now after a couple plays.