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Sep 17, 2009

Fools Of Us All

Hmm, it's been a little while since I updated this thing so I guess I should probably do that. It's not like I've done anything of note lately, but if I leave it too long then I'll never do it!

Have to stop and think about what to write, first. I've always been pretty aware of writing things on the 'net where anyone can read them. I don't mind posting on open forums like this but I also value privacy, so there are some things I'll never discuss. I'm sure it would make more interesting reading if I DID and get me more views but is it really worth it?

It's weird for me to think about the current group of kids in school right now. Partly because I'm not exactly old, just older than them, and partly because I really don't feel it. A big part of me feels like I should still be chained to one of those scarred desks, listening to a teacher drone on about something I know I'm never going to use. One of the main differences between me and them, though, is that they REALLY don't seem to have any concept of just how public the internet is. You put something in writing for the whole world to see without stopping to think about it first and you could really find yourself regretting it one day.

The capacity we have for making fools of ourselves is high enough in person, but add in the internet, reality television and things like YouTube and suddenly everything is so much worse. Can I be glad that I went through most of my 'stupid' phase before everyone and their dog carried a phone with still and video camera ability? :)

Course, there's not much you can do for some people. (Kanye, Serena, I'm looking at you)

Anyway......

In a couple days, I'm having a few friends over to watch some flicks and hang out. I think it looks to be a good night and should be pretty fun since what we'll be watching are pretty much all amusing in some way. Since it will be 'Talk Like A Pirate Day', maybe I'll wear my hat. Which is funny in itself because nobody really talks like a pirate, other than to say 'Yar!' alot. Should really be DRESS Like A Pirate Day.

Not sure what else to say after that so I'm just going to conclude this here. Might be a good night to crash early, I think. After the weekend, I'll post a review or two on the movies we end up watching. Might even get some of the others to add an opinion. :)

Btw, still having weird sleep issues, but here's hoping that will be sorted soon. Oh well!

Sep 12, 2009

More Midnight Ramblings

Sleep is a funny thing. Unless we happen to remember a particularly vivid dream, we don't actually remember sleep but it plays a huge role in our lives. We know when we're needing it, when we've had enough and when we've over slept but if sleep were a person, they'd be someone we wouldn't remember ever actually having met.

And why on earth am I rambling on about it like it's the answer to life, the universe and everything? Because sleep is doing it's annoying best to elude me right now.

I slept for a couple hours earlier. Went to bed quite early because I felt tired and figured I would see if I could sort my sleep habits out. You see, for the last couple days, my normally constant (if unconventional) sleep schedule has some how been thrown completely out of whack. I keep finding myself awake around 5-5:30am, either because I've woken up and can't get back to sleep or because I have woken up earlier (like last night) and am now attempting to crawl back into bed for a few more hours.

So, what do I do? Do I annoy the other half and force myself to stay awake, maybe go for another early morning run like I did a couple days ago? Do I lie here and force myself to doze some how? If I do manage to get back to sleep, you can almost guarantee that I won't want to get up at the more 'normal' hour I've set on my alarm. I'll probably end up turning it off by instinct and then oversleeping into the afternoon and, thus, expounding my difficulties. (Which is exactly what I ended up doing, btw)

Bloody hell, do I have a love/hate relationship with sleep! I love the feeling of being well-rested, waking up warm and cuddled up in bed without anywhere else to be. I hate HAVING to sleep. If I didn't have to sleep, wasn't forced to sleep, I could get so much more done in life. I would still want to be ABLE to sleep, but when I felt like it.

I'm going to stop typing this now and try to sleep. Since I've gone and written all this idiocy out, I'll post it on my blog later (here!) for the amusement or ridicule of others.

Night! (Or would that now be morning?)

Sep 3, 2009

The Fun of Being a Basterd

So, tonight I went and saw Inglourious Basterds with its quirky cast and even stranger spelling. It ended up being a different film to what I was expecting but, in a lot of ways, it seemed almost subdued for a Tarantino flick. I did enjoy it, though.

While the trailer makes it seem like quite a comedic film, and it really does have its amusing moments, the film is a bit more serious than it first appears. The Inglourious Basterds that are Brad Pitt's character's crack team of Jewish Americans are out to get back a bit of their own by killing Nazi's and keeping count by taking their scalps. By being on Pitt's team, they each owe him 100 Nazi scalps or to die trying. I did like the choice of a baseball bat as a preferred weapon by one of the Basterds, known as The Bear Jew.

Meanwhile, there is also the story of a French Jewish girl who survives the massacre of her family and ends up running a Paris cinema. She would also like to get her own back, especially on a Colonel Landa, the quirky detective SS officer known as The Jew Hunter and who was responsible for the death of her family. Taking out as many of the Gestapo's best and brightest becomes her goal when an opportunity falls into her lap.

In all, it was an entertaining film full of interesting characters, a few odd scenarios, some humor and some great gore effects. All set against a background of a slightly AU WW2. Though it doesn't state it's based on an events in any way, I do hope that no one tries to think this is a documentary in any way. Maybe more of a mockumentary or 'If Only' kind of scenario.

Watch it, enjoy it, though if you miss it in the cinemas and have to rent it, you'll probably get just as much enjoyment out of it.

Inglourious Basterds (Single-Disc Edition)