LadyCrimson

So no slingshots? Ah well...I shall miss them, a little. Not because they were awesome weapons, but because they weren't daggers, staves or bows. I'm sure the mechanics/classes etc. will have stuff I'll like/use just as much in PoE, regardless.

There was this one ds9 episode in the early first season that I liked, some alien guy with honor/death issues. My girlfriend and I were all "hits you right here" when we saw it. But my main issues with DS9 were that I couldn't get into any of their conflict-arc issues. Too...political. I did try occasionally checking an episode here and there later...always put me to sleep. Also...I am not a fan of Ferengi. At all. The security guy was cool tho. I always like Rene.

Soon as I saw him, was waiting for a death scene. Didn't have long to wait! *immediately gets excited* Ed Harris and Liam Neeson??? I AM SO THERE.

Equilibrium - sci-fi, dystopian world films from 2001 (or thereabouts) with Christian Bale. Never heard of it, gave it a shot. I can see why I may have never heard of it. The acting was generally fine, but yeah...you can tell where the main influence/s come from. It had a few moments due to Bale's "awesome-cheekbones-of-seriousness-method-acting" and I did like the concept of emotion vs. no emotion (Vulcan does it better tho) but pretty mediocre. Also ... "gun-fu."

@Longknife - sometimes you have to stop asking/wondering why something is and just accept that it is, and move on. Especially regarding us quirky humans. It's pretty good for the blood pressure, too. @Gorth - That is probably my favorite Monty Python sketch. @Kaine - Happy 23rd. @myself - you know how sometimes you feel worse when you sleep a little too much vs. when you sleep too little? That's me this morning. ..edit: Forgot one! @Rosbjerg - OF COURSE we want you to upload pictures, silly. Now get on that.

I rode in this carnival ride once, some car-looking thing that's actually a rolls-on-metal-pylons theater, where you sat in a seat and watched a driving scene as the whole contraption rolled and moved side to side. I came out of it with rattled shoulders and a motion tension neck headache. I wonder what my response to that thing would be. It looks more comfy, but...

@TrueNeutral/Manifested - face exercises have been a secret of (some) women for ages. We always think to exercise our bodies ... faces are part of it and there are a lot of muscles in the face. Helps keep the face from sagging so much as you get older. At least that's the theory. I'm not quite old enough to truly test that one yet. Also, one of my favorite biographical stories when I was a kid was the guy who "laughed himself" back to health. Not that it was that simple of course. But I loved the story. First forcing himself to laugh, then becoming more and more genuine with his attitude and perhaps his wellness improving with it. Smiling and laughter are great happiness/attitude tools, I think. I can't remember who that was, back in the early 80's maybe, someone my parents were familiar with. omg I'm dying.

Apparently I've created a Netflix monster (hubby). He just started watching the Alias series, now. I didn't know Bradly Cooper was in it. It seems a bit over the top action-wise (JJ Abrams?) but watchable. Think it's worth continuing with?

@Longknife - are you talking about discussions on the internet or in real life? Because while some of what you're talking about happens face to face, certainly, it happens a ton more on the internet. A ton more. Which is why I don't generally involve myself in debates or long discussions on the internet anymore. I got tired of the circles and sometimes assumptive attitudes (including my own, at times, haha). Anyway, I'm not a lawyer, and I'm sure most of the time I'm one of the disorganized and chaotic thinkers (especially as I get older, I think i become less lucid....), but I do think I understand what you mean, at least. It can definitely be frustrating. Sometimes you just have to roll with it...or keep searching for those groups/friends that are more similar re:their discussion styles.

Funky/ugly looking, isn't it? Pretty heavy for its size (fits in my palm). It's just common quartz, I think, but I've always wondered if it's a little hollow inside or fully packed with tons of small quartz crystals. You can see a bit of crystal in the broken spot in the center, if you look closely. But the mystery may be more interesting than the actual answer...so I leave it alone.

Aww....I see. Darn. Not that I was planning on going crazy shopping now, but I could use a good site for that sort of thing. My great uncle had a gem/mineral shop and used to give us kids cheap examples of polished/unpolished stones. Probably where mine came from. I have this funky rock I found on a beach that looks like the inside part of a geode with the outer stone layer largely washed away. I've been afraid to slice it open tho, to find out/see if it's anything actually interesting inside.

Isn't it funny how one's feeling about a game can turn on a dime like that? That was one reason I never finished the game. I liked it but I figured I wasn't "good" enough to be able to deal with attrition, much as I liked the way they did things. I miss too much/use too much ammo in most shooters. lol

Link, please? I used to go to the mineral/gem shows in the city. I love that kind of stuff.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1AxM5ZiZtg

Sneakers of speed? ...yeah, gotta love those speedy shoes.

Off-topic: Makes me think of Supernatural's episode where Dean could understand animals, and got into an argument with a pigeon who "bombed" his car...

...and the guy is not half bad either.

I just don't understand the world today ... or the one from yesterday, so to speak, for that matter.

I tried to watch The Interview, largely because of the "controversy" around it that I read about. I knew it likely wouldn't be my kind of film, tho, and after about 30 minutes, I turned it off. Don't find it offensive, btw...just not my kind of humor generally speaking these days (boring). I was just curious.

I enjoyed what I played of the first release Metro - and certainly liked its looks on mega high/dx11 settings etc. As is often the case these days I didn't ever finish it so I didn't get any other releases. But I definitely liked the different environment as well.

I think he was just so disappointed that it didn't do anything for him -after others telling him about how miraculous it was to their lives - he's sorta ignoring it now. There is the surgery option but that's not 100% sure either and more risky. So yeah...oh well. He has the dozens of micro-wakeups an hour and breathing stops but at least it's typically not super dangerous levels. I just worry more as we get older. Moving on...this morning I went for a short walk and cleaned out the fridge. I think there was a bottle of steak sauce in there from the 1970's....

Yeah, I know. I liked it, laughed quite a bit. Glad they chose a half hour format tho...it would be a bit too much for me if it was an hour. Also, I was watching it on VoD and during the adbreaks they kept playing ads for upcoming ABC shows using the same song-style, over and over every break, which became rather eye-rolling when seeing them all at once like that. That sing-song cadence style they're using...I often wonder if it has a name, because note for note it's very similar to ... well, a ton of other stuff.

There was only one time, so far, that I noticed, where he stopped breathing long enough for me to get truly scared and shake him awake. That was when I started heavily researching apnea and eventually he did the sleep clinic/study. But when the cpap didn't work he sorta stopped thinking about it again. They've made advances since and he did make one attempt recently to look into it, but he's not ... the most proactive man.

Listening to your spouse every night constantly snore, stop breathing for 15-30 seconds, snort and then start snoring again will always be a bit disturbing. I can't hang out/stay awake by his side all night tho.