Bad Day; Let Me In, I’m a Real Vampire; Why Every Movie Looks the Same; Geeky Cakes for your Geek;

So my day has just been… HELL, starting with last night.

Occasionally I will suffer from a bit of restless leg syndrome.  It’s rare, but when it happens it usually ends up being both my arms and legs.  When it strikes late at night, it means I’m not going to be getting any sleep for a very long time.

The last time I picked up my phone to see the time last night/this morning was at 4:30 a.m.  So I didn’t finally get to sleep until around 5:00 a.m.  It was utter misery, because my insomnia cannot just be insomnia, but must be accompanied by a restless mind with an inability to just SHUT UP.

To sum it up, it was horrid, and I pray tonight I will be able to get some peace though as I sit here my leg is already acting up again.

When I woke up later this morning around eleven and got myself downstairs to make lunch for Xavier, things were looking up.  I wasn’t well rested, but at least I got some shuteye.  We watched the most recent Star Trek installment over lunch and then went and dropped NCAA off at Blockbuster.

When I got back I picked through the mailbox to find the new issue of Entertainment Weekly.  The cover was not amusing.

For those who don’t keep up with the film industry all that much, MGM is in the shitter (for lack of a better phrase in this situation).  Currently their main prjects are/were the new Bond 23 (I love James Bond, so this is dear to me) and a new installment in the Lord of the Rings series, The Hobbit.  I was looking forward to both movies, much like everyone else.  Too bad MGM is, like I said, in the shitter.

No one’s buying MGM and they’ve been trying to sell for a year now.  Filming and writing on all movies is at a standstill and if something doesn’t happen soon, MGM will be divided up and sold to investors for profit.  Lucky us.

As it is, even if MGM somehow gets back on its feet, Daniel Craig has apparently walked away from the role. 

We all know Pierce Brosnan is the sexiest James Bond of all time, but Craig did an outstanding job as well.  So now we have no Bond, and no studio to make Bond.  My day gets worse.

As I’m sitting on the couch watching the next Planet Earth DVD I go to text one of my friends.  Unlucky for me, the buttons on the top face of my phone have stopped working.  This would be fine and dandy… except that those are the buttons that do EVERYTHING.  So I no longer have a decent phone.

After digging through boxes of old phones from the early 90’s, I came across a phone that works… barely.  It is quite pathetic.

My dearly departed phone I loved for two years:

The phone I’m using right now who’s older than I am:

This has been my day… Bet your day hasn’t been worse.

Let Me In, I’m a Real Vampire Movie________________

Now I’m not a big fan of American knock-offs of foreign films, everything here is a knock-off lately.  But, this one actually looks pretty good.  Seeing this trailer, I think I’d watch it.

I’d also watch it because I’m kind of fond of Chloe Moretz.  I honestly think she might have a future in acting unlike the other sad excuses for actors her age these days like Michael Cera.

Shutup, Michael Cera isn’t being typecasted, he just can’t act his way out of a paper sack!  Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson are type casted, there are kindergarteners as trees in school plays who act better than Michael Cera!

Full article HERE.

Moving on… (Hope my bad mood isn’t reflected too plainly in this post)

Why Every Movie Looks the Same__________________

Cracked.com has a new article and since I didn’t hate enough on American films in the last article, we’re going to do it here.

This article would be hilarious if it wasn’t spot on.  Instead of being incredibly funny, it’s incredibly pathetic.  I agree with everything here except the one that mentions Star Trek.  I love Star Trek, and I thought the cinematography was fine.

Yeah, there was a lot of glare, but I thought they added something.

Read the article HERE.

Geeky Cakes for your Geeky Wedding_______________

 These are actually some pretty awesome cakes.  Some of them are beautiful, some look like crap… all of them are incredibly geeky.

I would never do this for my own wedding, being more traditional myself, but maybe a party of some sort, sure.

Check ‘em out HERE.

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Alright, have a great weekend everyone, hope yours is better than mine.  Promise to be in a better mood on Monday.

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ZOMG!  I have found another phone that I think works!  =D  It’s not great, but it’s more expectable than Mister AsBigAsABrick!

Looks like this is the phone I will be using until my upgrade is finally up in December!  Things could be worse.

30 Best Films; 40 Billionaires Keep Half; Galactic Empire Vehicle Marker; Barack’s BBQ;

Saw this picture and thought it was pretty badass; very Braveheartesque (not a real word).  That is one kid you do not want to mess with.

The day so far has been pretty boring.  Had ramen for lunch, cleaned up the house, and have since been doing a Red vs Blue marathon.  Red vs Blue is a little series by Rooster Teeth which is hilarious, made entirely with the use of the Halo videogame.  Pretty cool, check it out on Youtube.  I haven’t watched the show in two or three years, so I felt like watching them again.  There’s probably some new episodes I should check out as well.

ANYWAYS…

Film School Rejects’ 30 Best Films of the Decade_______

This article is quite a few months old, but I just found it and I think it’s still perfectly relevant.  Of the list I’ve only seen fourteen of the titles (so about half) but I’ve heard most of the others are good, at least worth seeing.

The picture above is taken from a movie called Spirited Away, one of the movies on this list.  I truly believe almost all of Miyazaki’s works deserve to be on the list, especially Howl’s Moving Castle (my favorite).  You can check out the entire list HERE.

40 Billionaires Cut their Fortune in Half_____________

I’m impressed.  In a drive organized by Bill Gates and Warren Buffet, forty of America’s billionaires have vowed to give away more than half their fortune to charity.  That is a LOT of money.

The pledge is nothing more than a commitment, so they cannot be held to their promise by anything other than lowering the value of their word.  I’m looking forward to seeing how many of them actually follow through.  Read the entire story HERE.

Stormtrooper Hood Ornament____________________

For all those members of the Galactic Empire driving around in unmarked vehicles, show your loyalty with this classy hood ornament!

My Jeep doesn’t use a hood ornament, otherwise I’d already have one on there.

The guy who has this actually made it from a McDonald's toy!  Pretty sweet!

Read all about how to make your own HERE.

Barack Obama’s BBQ____________________________

CollegeHumor released a cute little video two days ago that parodies a lot of the issues Mr. Obama is facing to a neighborhood barbecue.

They’re not fans of embedding, so I can’t post the video here, but you can watch it on Youtube if you follow the LINK.

Regardless of your political leanings you can still find the video funny.

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Well, I’m off for today.  Today’s post wasn’t very great, lacking in the muse department, but tomorrow is Friday and since it’s the last day before the weekend break I’ll try and give a much better post tomorrow.

Have a great rest of the day.

Earth; Can You See It? Huge Hail; Kesha does Star Trek; Dear Chicken! I Shall Avenge Thee!

Sooo… today has been uneventful so far as most of my summer days have been.  Woke up with a splitting headache, a recurring theme in my life.  For those who don’t know, I often get splitting headaches and migraines for unknown reasons.  Often they come when I get frustrated or angry, but usually they just visit with no cause at all.  I get headaches because I’m angry, I get angry because I have a headache, it’s a rather vicious circle.

So naturally when I finally pulled myself out of bed after wishing for the throbbing in my head to go away I decided to do something about it and enjoyed a rare cup of morning coffee and a couple Tylenol.  I rarely drink coffee anymore in the morning for fear of bringing back my caffeine addiction that I managed to put an end to about a year ago now.

After that I sat down on the couch and finished Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, not my favorite movie, but tolerable, before going through the pile of rental movies on the table.  Among them was Planet Earth Disc 1. 

Planet Earth Disc 1______________________________

This is that series that was done by BBC I believe about varying levels of awesomeness about the planet we live on.  This one had a focus on animals, I’m not sure if the other discs will or not. 

The first disc was amazing.  We have a Blu-Ray player in the living room, so I got to enjoy about an hour of footage in crisp clear picture, but I’m sure it looks just as good on a normal DVD on a smaller TV.

I definitely encourage people to rent the series and watch it.  It’s a morale raiser, it really is, to see the earth’s beauty displayed in such an amazing manner.  Gave me a little envy that people are actually paid to go out and just take pictures and video of wildlife.

Oh, and by the way, the awesome GIF above with the shark is not from Planet Earth; that’s just awesome.

Selective Attention Test__________________________

Watch this video… Do not read ahead… Resist the temptation… I know it’s hard… Follow the instructions in the video… And watch…

 

 

 

 

I did not see the Gorilla.

In fact, I read ahead and still didn’t see the gorilla.  I KNEW the gorilla was going to be there and I still didn’t see him when I was counting the passes.  Shows how attentive I am.  Regardless of my ability to see other things around me when I’m focusing my attention, I am rather good at blocking everything out other than what I’m focusing on, which comes in handy.

Read the article HERE about this little test and watch the video a few more times with counting the passes and without.  It’s pretty interesting.

Record Breaking Hail____________________________

People say to never go out in a hail storm, but that warning becomes a whole lot more serious when you see this thing fall out of the sky.

I mean… damn… that thing looks like it would take out a car!

Read the full article HERE.

Star Trek/Tik Tok_______________________________

Geekyness has reached maximum efficiency!

This is one of the times I just post a video because it doesn’t need explained, it just is.  I’m a Star Trek fan (proudly) so I laughed all the way through this.  You may not find it funny, or you may have never even seen this show (*shakes head* so sad) But oh well.  Soak in the awesomenessnessness.

Fable III Opening Sequence_______________________

Yes, today a great gift has been given to us.  The opening sequence to the new Fable game.  This is another game I will be purchasing, the first Fable game I won’t simply borrow from my friends for a ridiculously long period of time.  I’m super psyched for it, more-so than Halo Reach even!  Whoot!

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Alright, that’s it for today.  Lots of videos.  I’m off to read for a bit and maybe some NCAA later.  See ya tomorrow.

63 Governator Facts; RL Comic Book Hero; Amazing Stuntman; NOT MY DS!; New Halo Reach Trailer; Ripping and Breaking now LEGAL;

Alright, so today has been a good day so far.  Haven’t really done much.  Woke up at 6:30 and it took me about an hour to fall back asleep, which sucked royally.  But after that I woke up around 10:30, so I got the sleeping done.

Today I’ve found a lot of little tidbits for ya’ll, a couple things that have to do with gaming, an interesting video, and just cool stuff I found.

ALSO, I think I have come up for a catchy new name for this blog of daily interesting links.  “Tidbits for your Wits.”  I really like that.  It sounds… different and catchy and I don’t think it’s been used before.  I’ve already changed the title of the blog to it as well as the blog address.  As of right now I have about five readers who come here through Facebook, so I’m not worried about losing anyone.  It makes more sense than Stones and Glass Houses because this blog has vastly changed direction.

Alright, enough of that, on to the stories.

63 Things About the Governator___________________

If you’ve spend a great deal of time with me, you know I’m a total Arnold Schwarzenegger fangirl!  Arnold is the man!  So, naturally, when I stumbled upon a list of 63 facts you may not know about our beloved Gummy Bear of Candycornia, I felt I must share the love.  You can check out all 63 facts HERE!

Real Life Comic Book Hero________________________

And no, she does not dress in tights.

I’ve never been a big comic fan, nor one at all really, but I must pay my dues as a geek to the culture and the greatness that has risen from Comic book artists, collectors, and store owners.

I came upon this story of a comic book illustrator named Lily Renee Philips who’s amazing story can inspire even those who know nothing or care nothing for comics.  It’s about overcoming opposition, or even surviving as a woman competing in a “man’s world.”

Her story is truly inspiring and I encourage you to read it in its entirety HERE.

Amazing Stuntman_____________________________

On a far less serious not, I came upon this fantastic stuntman video.  He’s a pretty intense guy.

I don’t think there is one person who doesn’t wish that they could do what this man does.  If only we could be born with such fantastic abilities.  Watch his video HERE!

NOT MY DS!!!!!_________________________________

According to reports, a few neighborhood hoodlums broke into a gaming cafe and roughed up some computers and equipment before asking for patron’s money and whatever they had.  Everything was going alright until one of them demanded a patron’s DS and… well… he just wasn’t having that.

You can watch the entire video and read the full story HERE.  For some reason the site’s not allowing me to embed the video.  Oh well.

New Halo Reach Trailer__________________________

Bungie dropped a new Halo Reach trailer off for the fans!  WHOOT!  Everyone just can’t seem to be able to get enough lately!

After playing the Beta I was a bit skeptical about this new Halo game, supposedly the last Halo game, but in the months since I have come around to the idea.  It’s different from the past, but I guess that might make it better.  Either way, come September 14 I will have it in my hands.

Ripping DVD’s and Jailbreaking now Legal___________

Last, but certainly not least, on July 26, 2010 the United States Copyright Office changed the Digital Millenium Copyright Act.  You can now LEGALLY jailbreak that Iphone and rip DVD’s that you own!  People everywhere jump for joy at this fantastic news!  Read the full story HERE!

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Alright, so now it’s pouring rain outside and I’m off to play some NCAA ‘11 on the Xbox, be back tomorrow.

Hitting the Ground; 10 Crazy Goal Celebrations; All About Beards; A Believable Fake Movie; And A Horrific Real Movie;

Hello friends!  First of all, my weekend was alright as far as boring weekends in the summer go.  Saturday was spent shopping (Oh what fun /sarcasm) and Sunday was spent sitting around playing NCAA Football ‘11 and swimming in the pool.  I’ll have a review up for NCAA Football ‘11 sometime later in the week, don’t expect it to be too good though considering I’ve never been into sports games.

Today I hit up Tates Comics which is about half an hour from where I’m currently located in Florida.  It’s a quaint little comic shop with an acceptable anime/manga section, so I can’t really complain, though I would run such a store differently.  Picked up some snacks and an epic Black Lantern Corps ring from one of the little machines sitting outside, it’s quite epic (really).

I’m super excited for the new Green Lantern movie, thought not nearly as excited as I am about Harry Potter, but I do love watching Ryan Reynolds on the big screen (take a wild guess why) and will be seeing that in theaters!  Whoot!

True Blood – Hitting the Ground___________________

 (From left to right, Eric Northman (Alexander Skarsgard), Hadley Hale (Lindsey Haun), and Queen Sophie Ann Leclerq (Evan Rachel Wood))

For those of you who keep up with the series, like me, there was a brand new episode of True Blood last night!  Quite a lot of good one liners in this episode and if you’ve read the books they have mixed a lot of the events around this episode (this season, truly).

I personally love both the books and the show equally.  The books are always better in any series, but I watched the show first, so I must pay my dues to the thing that got me into the series.  Good episode, great series, I look forward to every Sunday night.  Here’s the recap of last nights episode in case you missed it.

Ep. 31: Hitting the Ground - Recap

10 Craziest Soccer Goal Celebrations________________

If you watch even a little bit of soccer, you know that the fans are absolutely crazy, and, on occasion, the players are crazier.  You can check the rest of the videos and pics out HERE.

Different Beards and Who Adorned Them____________

I’ve always thought a well kept beard made a man look dignified (The chin strap makes you look like a douche, though), so when I found this piece about different beards I felt I just had to share it.  Cute little pic with some educational history to go along with it.  Check it out HERE.

Throwback:  A Believable Fake Movie_______________

I think most of us remember being glued to our school computers when they installed The Oregon Trail on those old machines, naming different members of your family after your school friends.  Ah… those were the days… Billy died of dysentery…

A Horrifying Real Movie__________________________

 They’re making… A Fairly Odd Parents movie…

*horrific horror move music plays*

Yes, the unbelievably horrible show with unbelievably horrible animation is being made into a movie.

It’s going straight to DVD, duh, and thus will not be seen in theaters anywhere.  Luckily, this came on years after I was out of the cartoon stage and had moved onto anime, but other children will not escape its wrath.  Check it out HERE, if you dare.