| So, this girl I work with, well, in the next office, actually, is... yeah, she's an idiot. See, we have a golf cart, which we use for delivering mail, and the girl at copy services next door wanted to use our cart to go somewhere... why? Because it was raining, she had to go across campus, and she didn't want to get her hair wet. I swear to God... it makes me want to say some words that I never say.
I will never, ever, be able to respect a girl like that. I would rather have a girl with frizzy hair (or whatever happens to it when it gets wet) than one who is afraid to go out in the rain. Please, girls, if you think the most important thing about you is how your hair looks, then you've got a lot of growing up to do... and perhaps a slap or two from me. | comments: Leave a comment   |
| | It's ridiculous that people are actually spreading rumors about casting for the third Batman film, when Chris Nolan hasn't even decided if there's going to be one. Let him get a script before you start misleading people with rumors, you idiots... | | comments: Leave a comment |
| It always amuses me... sadly... when I see a girl who's just broken up with some asshole saying, "I know I can do better." It's funny because they usually just follow their instincts, which lead them right to another similar asshole. Who they will first adore, then grow to dislike, or distrust, and then will break up with, and go right back to the "I can do better" phase.
Instincts are only followed by animals and people who can't control themselves. | | comments: 1 comment or Leave a comment |
| Well, that textbook I mentioned earlier came today. And it's in fine shape. The downside is that it's an older edition, so it might not be up on current film technology. The upside is that I saved one hundred and thirty-seven freakin' dollars on one book. So, you decide which is better.
It's amazing to me that my screenplay "God of Chaos" is now 3 years old, and I keep finding new ways to revise it. I never thought there would be so much I could do with it, but it keeps getting better and better each time. | | comments: Leave a comment |
| | Subject: | it's hard out there for a grad student... | | Time: | 01:07 pm |
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| | I just bought a required textbook that retails for $140, and I paid $2.04. Used, of course, on Amazon. If it's in decent shape, I'll be amazed. | | comments: Leave a comment |
| | Subject: | Ugh. | | Time: | 08:02 pm | | Current Mood: | ![[mood icon]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/classic/angry.gif) annoyed |
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| | As cool as my roommates are (okay, one is cool and one is semi-cool), I'm getting sick and tired of hearing the word "dude" every five seconds. Funny how two guys can be so quiet and low-key by themselves, but put them together in a room and suddenly they're as loud and overcompensatingly macho as they can be. The whole macho alpha-male wannabe thing is just so tiring. It's like a caricature of what an actual man should be. It's like when you see something that says "real men wear pink" or "real men love Jesus" (the only two examples I can think of.) But no, NO. A real man doesn't care what other people's definition of a "real man" is. | | comments: Leave a comment |
| | Subject: | this water tastes better when I have been fooled... | | Time: | 11:11 pm |
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| See? I can quote emo song lyrics for no reason, too.
So, I happened to see "that ex" on Facebook, and I can tell just from her profile pic that she hasn't learned anything. She's still leaning on men to make her feel good about herself. I think it's interesting that some of us humans try to better ourselves and do productive things, so many others just stumble around like animals, doing only things that feel good. | | comments: Leave a comment |
| | Subject: | Hey, I'm still logged in after 13 hours... sweet | | Time: | 02:27 pm |
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| There is a downside to this whole hair thing... to me, anyway. The thing is, as long as you have hair, you have to have to way to wear it. You're forced to choose a style. And style is something I don't care for. Lots and lots of people are slaves to fashion; they don't mind looking like an idiot as long as looking like an idiot is "in style." They apparently have no minds of their own, letting someone else decide what they should look like. I'll be damned if some designer or fashion guru is going to dictate how I look. In the book Jurassic Park, Ian Malcolm says that there's nothing quite so pointless as agonizing over what you should wear; he thinks it's a waste of time, and therefore he only ever wears two colors: black and grey, which he finds to be suitable for any occasion. I find I agree with him, to a point, though I do enjoy expressing myself through clothing now and then. If I'm a slave to anything, it's to what I like. I don't know if Hawaiian shirts are in style right now or not, but if I had one here with me, I'd wear it.
Anyway, back to hair. Sometimes I just loathe the fact that I'm forced to style my hair, and the fact is that people do judge you by your style. Not to a huge extent, I'm sure, but there are often certain assumptions brought on by certain hairstyles in both men and women. I don't really want to play that game, and sometimes I just wish I could be done with all the shampooing and combing and, you know, wondering if it looks okay, if it's still the way I want it... ugh. Of course, you can shave it, but people will judge you in a certain way for that as well. So you can't win. | | comments: Leave a comment |
| | Subject: | Tidbits | | Time: | 01:22 am |
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| My boss is from Hawaii, and sometimes he likes to listen to this online radio station of Hawaiian pop/folk music. And hey, I never realized Hawaiian music could be so soothing. Not to mention... some of it is very romantic and even, hey... sexy. There's a song called "Juliette" by a band called Kalapana... it's probably the sexiest song I've ever heard sung by a man. It just makes me want to do lots of naughty things with Elizabeth Mitchell, who plays Juliet on Lost. Not that I didn't want to do naughty things with her anyway...
Something that I always forget about until it happens... it's always a great feeling after I get my hair cut short, and then a few months later I realize that it's starting to get shaggy again. I just love realizing that my hair is suddenly longer than it was a while ago. I'd like to have a ponytail again, but that'll take another six months, at the very least... | | comments: Leave a comment |
| | Current Location: | apartment | | Subject: | messing with heads | | Time: | 04:39 pm | | Current Mood: | ![[mood icon]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/classic/tired.gif) tired |
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| Heh. I currently work in the campus mailroom, delivering mail to all of the offices on campus. And my roommate's girlfriend, who is pretty hot, but kind of annoying, works in one of those offices, so I see her at work several days a week. So, when I was away for two weeks working on the summer film, she asked one of my co-workers about me. That's why I'm amused; I think it'd be funny to have a rumor going around that something was going on between me and her. Although her boyfriend, my roommate, is the insanely jealous type, so maybe not.
I dunno, I just like messing with people's heads. Once, when I was working in retail, for example, I would sometimes take my half-hour break and go sit in my car the whole time. And I considered telling people that I went to my car so I could do some kind of drug (I never decided what drug it would be). Just because I didn't care for a lot of the people I worked with, and I didn't care what they thought of me, and... I kind of liked causing trouble with them. Believe it or not. My thinking was that they would accuse me of doing drugs, and I would voluntarily take a drug test, and pass, of course, making them look like a bunch of soulless gossips (which, of course, they were). But I decided not to go through with the drug rumor, which was probably a wise decision. I just annoyed them in more obvious ways.
Funny... around the same time, I dated a girl who thought I was just some spineless nice guy who could never stand up to anyone. The possibility of sex can be a very powerful influence on one's behavior... | | comments: Leave a comment |
| | Current Music: | The Dark Knight soundtrack | | Current Location: | apartment | | Subject: | My ass cares more about filmmaking... | | Time: | 07:37 pm | | Current Mood: | artistic |
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| I consider myself a filmmaker. Not just because I have made lots of videos on my own (and with the help of my friends), but also because I participate in larger projects. And I am here, in graduate school, because lots of films get made here, and I want experience making real movies. You see, each semester, the school gives our department money to make a decent short film, something that normally takes a week (or in the summer, two weeks) to film. And if you want to be a filmmaker, then you need to work on as many films as you can.
So I go and commit to these films, sign up for a position on the crew and work the entire week, or two weeks, to help get the film made. For the most recent film, I even sacrificed two weeks of paid work. All for the chance to get my name on another film, because my goal is to do that professionally.
SO, naturally, it bothers me when another person, who considers himself a "filmmaker," will show up on set for ONE DAMN DAY of a twelve-day shoot, and expect to be an integral part of the crew. And somehow I'm sure he'll get his name in the credits just like everyone who worked all twelve days, everyone who was actually dedicated to the project. But the fact is that this joker cared so much about the project that during the first week of shooting, he took an arbitrary trip to California, not to do anything productive, but just to hang out for a while. Then he came back, lounged around for a few days, and then decided to show up for the last day of shooting. Because he CARES about being a filmmaker. Yeah, right. And I thought my jokes were bad. | | comments: Leave a comment |
| | Current Music: | King Kong score (JN Howard) | | Time: | 10:27 pm | | Current Mood: | busy |
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| | It's always interesting, when you realize that you wouldn't mind talking to someone again after two years, and then you realize that person doesn't want to talk to you. Hah. Hate to break it to you, sweetie, but exactly zero percent of what I did was wrong. I am willing to talk to you, though, and that's something. | | comments: Leave a comment |
| | Subject: | Hey, look at me, I'm doing stuff! | | Time: | 04:14 pm |
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| It's always fun to see how insecure people are when they make a big deal about going out and doing things. Like when someone writes, "I'll be off the grid for a while, so if you need to contact me, I may not get back to you for quite a while. Haha!" You often see stuff like that from people who spend most of their time stuck in an office or classroom or apartment... willingly or not. The desired effect is that everyone reading it will say: "Oh, he's such a cool guy, going out and doing stuff the way he is. I wish I could be like that!"
Hey. People go out and do stuff all the time. It doesn't make you extra cool to go outside on a nice day. But if you try to call extra attention to it, it does make you extra-desperate for attention. | | comments: 2 comments or Leave a comment |
| | Current Location: | apartment | | Subject: | brother envy | | Time: | 11:58 pm | | Current Mood: | ![[mood icon]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/classic/blah.gif) apathetic |
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| | I've been watching some Frasier, and I'm starting to wish I had a brother. You know, like, a brother who lived near me and shared the same interests. Yeah, that'd be cool. | | comments: Leave a comment |
| | Time: | 07:10 pm | | Current Mood: | ![[mood icon]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/classic/smile.gif) content |
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| I didn't mean to suggest that celebrities shouldn't give to charity. Just that they shouldn't be treated like heroes for giving a small percentage of their income, because lots of people do that.
I just felt like posting because I saw an ad for a local carpet company whose slogan is "We Lay Only the Best."
That's my slogan, too. At least, since July 2006. | | comments: Leave a comment |
| From imdb.com:
"Celeb Organization Gives $500,000 to Darfur
 A charity co-founded by George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon and Don Cheadle has donated $500,000 to the United Nations World Food Program. The money, handed over by the stars' Not On Our Watch organization, is earmarked for the U.N.'s food aid agency to prevent hunger in the troubled Darfur region of Sudan. In a statement, Clooney said: "Without immediate additional funding, humanitarian aid in the region will be crippled." Not On Our Watch has raised more than $9.3 million for Darfur, and last year donated $1 million to the World Food Program. Clooney has become a leading celebrity advocate for action against the genocide in the Sudan after filming a documentary about the crisis last year." Wow. A whole half a million? Do you realize how much these guys make on their movies, how many millions? This is the equivalent of me giving five bucks a month. So, if they're heroes, then so am I. I've given two dollars so far this month. They could EACH afford to give a million a piece, if they really cared, but they're doubtlessly too wedded to their expensive Hollywood lifestyles. And living in extravagant, unnecessary comfort is much more important to them than Darfur. | | comments: 2 comments or Leave a comment |
| | Current Location: | apartment | | Subject: | A little luck? | | Time: | 06:51 pm |
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| | Okay, who do I have to sleep with to get a Shamrock Shake? Cause I'll do it. | | comments: Leave a comment |
| | Current Location: | apartment | | Subject: | The sound of flips flopping. | | Time: | 02:34 am | | Current Mood: | awake |
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| Another thing that's funny about girls. I've seen it time and time again.
"I don't want a relationship right now."
"I'm only looking for friends."
"I don't want a guy to 'own' me."
I'm sure we've all heard it. But then they meet whatever guy happens to fit their flavor of the month, and whoosh, they're in a relationship faster than you can say "hypocrite."
It's not that I've been on the losing end of these claims (recently), but the fact is I've seen so many of them do these 180 degree turns, it's beginning to erode my trust in the female gender. Experience is beginning to tell me: "don't trust what they say, their loyalties change easily." | | comments: Leave a comment |
| | Current Location: | apartment | | Subject: | Haha. | | Time: | 01:09 pm | | Current Mood: | awake |
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| Great thing to hear from a girl who rejected you almost exactly a year ago: "It seems like the past year, there's been a sign over my head that says 'abuse her.'"
Of course, young lady, that's what happens when you make bad choices. As opposed to a good choice, which would be deciding to go out with me. (It wasn't an outright rejection, but I gave her a chance to get to know me better, and she just ran away like a startled rabbit.)
It's gratifying to see that someone who rejected you has done nothing but fail since then. Not as gratifying as, say, sex or a relationship, but I'll take it anyway. | | comments: 2 comments or Leave a comment |
| | Current Music: | I only have one song by Butterfly Boucher in my library, I swear. | | Current Location: | apartment | | Subject: | Bring it on | | Time: | 08:05 am | | Current Mood: | ![[mood icon]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/classic/devious.gif) devious |
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| Yes, I'm back. Thanks, Matt, for poking me again, even though I may be a lost cause in the long run.
I just felt the need to say that I'm ready. What for, not gonna say. It kinda took me by surprise, but I suddenly remembered that the same thing many people avoid like the plague is exactly what makes you feel alive. I spent a lot of time avoiding it, too, but I expect that's over.
I've been depriving myself of sleep, and I finally reached the hyperactive phase... we'll see how long it lasts. | | comments: Leave a comment |
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