Analogy for the day

A man should be like a punch bowl....you pull one out for a party and when the party is over, you put him back in the cupboard.

Life would be simpler, n'est pas?

Survey Thing

Found this on another blog...

1. Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, find line 4. Write down what it says:
"...hand and blew away a protective sphere. The glowing starlike..."

2. Stretch your left arm out as far as you can...what do you touch first?
My digital camera

3. What is the last thing you watched on TV?
Miss Match

4. WITHOUT LOOKING, what time is it?
7:30

5. Now look at the clock, what is the actual time?
7:29

6. With the exception of the computer, what can you hear:
TV

7. When did you last step outside? What were you doing?:
A few hours ago when I came home from work

8. Before you came to this website, what were you looking at?
Reading blogs

9. What are you wearing?
Shorts and a t-shirt

10. What did you dream last night?
That someone was trying to break into my apartment

11. When did you last laugh?
Today

12. What's on the walls of the room you're in?:
My Marvel calendar, my autographed picture of James Marsters and my Phoenix picture.

13. Seen anything weird lately?:
Yes. Saw a guy walking his cat without a leash. The cat was trotting along behind him and when the guy came to a cross walk, he help us his hand and the cat stopped. Then the man made a "go ahead" motion with his hand and the cat hightailed it across the street and the man followed.

14. What do you think of this survey?
A waste of time like all surveys, but I'm bored.

15. What's the last film you saw?
The Lion in Winter

16. If you became a multi-millionaire overnight, what would you buy first?
A tropical island

17. Tell me something about you that I don't know.
I have no idea...

18. If you could change one thing about the world, what would you change?
Stop the stupid fighting.

19. Do you like to dance?
Nope.

20. Imagine your first child is a girl, what do you call her?
Lorelai.

21. Boy?
Erik Michael

22. Would you ever consider living abroad?
Definately

Another One....

Another one of those "paper" doll thingies. I'm really getting into this site. I just don't understand why every doll I create looks evil....

A Fun Site

This is a strange little site that I found by accident and then became addicted to. Basically, you have an outline of a figure and then you can add hair, eyes, makeup, clothes, shoes, jewelry, animals, wings, etc. You can make some very scary little creatures with this site. You can find it here.

Why is the Rum Always Gone?

This is just one of the great lines in a fantastic movie. If you loved the first movie, you will love the second one. I whole heartedly believe this is a movie that should be scene the first time on the big screen. There is nothing like sitting in a nice seat with a huge screen in front of you and unbelievable surround sound (the popcorn doesn't hurt either). The movie will still be good on a tv screen, but there's nothing like seeing a movie like this on a big screen first.

Why am I harping on this? Well, an old friend of mine (more of an aquaintence really) told me on messenger today that he hadn't seen the movie yet and all of his friends had. I told him to go by himself and enjoy. The idea of going to a movie by himself horrified him. He's perfectly content to wait until the DVD comes out.

WHAT?! He's not the first person to tell me that they are not comfortable going to a movie by themselves. I've seen half a dozen movies by myself and I told him. There is nothing wrong with going to a movie by yourself because A) Everyone has gone except you, B) You're bored and feel like seeing a movie without a group, or C) You don't want anyone else to know that you want to see this particular movie and go under the cover of darkness and a long black coat. I've gone to a movie for all 3 reasons.

I might go back to see Pirates 2 again and I will mostly likely go by myself since a certain other person is seeing it a second time WITHOUT ME.

But I digress. There is nothing wrong with going to a movie by yourself. You can sit where you want without having to accomodate someone's weird genetic quirks, you can get your food and immediately sit down without having to wait for someone else, you can get to the theatre when you want, leave when you're ready, etc.

I'm wondering now why I don't go to more movies by myself....

I've Succumbed...

Whenever I teach an introductory Computer or Internet course, I always say "Everyone and their dog as a web page these days...except me." I've finally succumbed to the peer pressure and started a blog. Whether or not I actually keep up with it or not is another matter entirely.

I've tried journals before and got bored with it after a few months. I think the loss of interest had more to do with my horrible handwriting than the actual concept of a journal. I don't have that excuse here so we'll see how we do with this little experiment.