LadyCrimson

In this day of political correctness, the ideal of freedom of expression becomes even more seperated from the reality because people are afraid to open their mouths and dance around everything to avoid arguments or being sued. No one wants to be made an example of for a casual remark they barely remember making. I haven't read the book or seen the movie, but reviews I've read of the film suggest one character is more the agressor while the other is more reticient - maybe that reluctance comes from not wanting to come out of the closet & the encounters are always consensual, but it could still be viewed as being 'predatory' in the sense that if the one wasn't agressive about actively pursuing, the relationship would not have continued for so long? But then, like I said, I haven't seen the movie so maybe I'm talking out my ass here... My point I guess is that perhaps Shalit really does view the film relationship dynamic that way and used the term precisely because he figured he'd use it if the couple was hetrosexual, so therefore he deemed it appropriate to use for this movie. I've certainly heard him use such similar phrases before (not that I could quote you specific examples), he's been around a long long time, and he's always had that loud and kind of abrasively quick style, even when he's ga-ga over a film.

Speaking of taxes, it sucks when the IRS mails you (8 months later) saying "thanks for the $21,000 for 2004 but we've looked at your return and want $750 more." Especially when $480 of that is a penalty for not having figured them correctly and not paying that portion on time. They could have mailed sooner, but no, then they wouldn't get as much of a penalty fee. -1,000,000 pts to the IRS.

I downloaded Fate and I have to say...it's fun. Doesn't pretend to be anything other than it is, a mindless yet obsessive hack n slash dungeon game....my new fix for this game genre. So, thanks for that article link, cause I found my new brainless game. And only $20. :D My weekend is all set.

Song ID, please? I liked that one, heh

omg I love that group hug smiliey. I'm such a girrrlllll. :D And Eldar, I liked that review...granted, it was smoochy, but it's nice to see posters softer side once in a while. Now back to the crotch-grabbing!

So, have you tried to, y'know, dismiss the other party members and replace them with Bao right before triggering an influence oppurtunity? I ask because the "never been able to make him..." makes it sound like you've played the game multiple times, hence this could be an option, unless you're really against using such 'tactics'. If you know which encounters bao reacts to, it's as easy to make him a Jedi as the others...just takes a little longer because it can't be done with one conversation. :D

Roast a few sheep & knights for dinner and have a good one.

Prejudice is bad. But so are over-sensitive, over-blown reactions.

Giggle inducing article, Mr. Grinch or not. Also made me want to download Fate, cause I'm an action-RPG ho'....at least when the mood strikes me. Then again, waiting for 130MB even on broadband...maybe I'll go to CostCo instead.

Getting out of bed.

I am Hugh! I saw that. I laughed through most of it.

They're not movies, but I just finished watching the Sci-Fi Friday lineup. Not bad, especially Gallactica.

I wonder what happened to Hugh.

I wonder if other sentient lifeforms would consider us sentient lifeforms... As to the topic...could happen, who knows. But even if it does, I'll likely be dead before they have any vacations to mars brochures, so...bah.

The US typically cuts them pretty badly...I watched them a lot growing up and at some point I was watching them w/some of hubby's nieces and such and I couldn't believe how truncated they were. I think it has more to do with commercials and profit than anything else - old cartoon shorts were a lot longer, and that cuts into how many they can play each hour etc....like why old ST episodes are missing large chunks sometimes. I'm sure you can get them on DVD now or something...but on TV they're horribly chopped on most stations.

Kate Bush - Under Ice ---- It's wonderful Everywhere, so white The river has frozen over Not a soul on the ice Only me, skating fast I'm speeding past trees leaving Little lines in the ice Cutting out little lines In the ice, splitting, splitting sound Silver heels spitting, spitting snow There's something moving under Under the ice Moving under ice

You did all that with a little knife? Remind me not to make you angry. :D

Is it full of stars? :D

Xan in BG1. "Our quest is vain" and his other morose sayings. I used to click on him repeatedly while giggling. By and large tho, I've found more giggles from strategy/city builder games than rpg's, usually from the absurdity of situations, not dialogues. Like slapping imps, or cartpushers in Caesar3 running around on high-speed when all your granaries are full.

Thingies I've heard of. But dongles? What is that huge green thing with all the switches for?

Simpsons is/was definitely too drawn out. King of the Hill was kinda amusing for six episodes too, but after that I ignored it. The Flintsones ruled.

The Stand. It's a slow day.

Yes. Make it like the Matrix, so if your avatar dies you also get executed in real-life. Well, yeah, that'd be going too far. :D I'd still like it if when I moved my arm, my arm in a game moved. You can have some of that virtual reality without the death part. Tho I suppose those with certain medical conditions might still have problems...

40 year old virgin, unrated (that's all they had on the shelf, heh) The first 2 minutes was sooooooo funny....the rest was cute and amusing, but not quite so belly-laugh inducing.

I never bought the sequel...it didn't look very good, and I'd kind of lost interest in most strategy by then. Did you actually buy it?