There are a lot of "good" movies coming out soon that I'd like to see - the problem is that S.O. and I only go to the movies about twice a year. Given what's coming up it looks like we will end up seeing more than two this year. We usually only go to action movies in the theater and then wait until other stuff comes out on tape (DVD). We will see at least a few of these in no particular order:
Incredible Hulk (I love Ed Norton!!)
the new Chronicles of Narnia movie: Prince Caspian
the new Indiana Jones movie (I know Harrison Ford is like 70 years old - but he is still not difficult to look at - but he is showing his age a bit in the movie poster - a little chubby and wrinkly)
X-Files
the new Batman
the new Mummy movie
I'm seeing a trend here. All of the movies I want to see are sequels. Hmmm... does this mean that I have a lack of imagination or that the other movies coming out this summer suck? - again i do have a bias toward only seeing action movies in the theater....
Monday, April 28, 2008
I Hate Read Receipts.... and other email issues
I hate read receipts. What is the point. If someone doesn't get back to you or it is an important email - write them again - or heaven forbid you call them personally.
Also - what is the deal with "message recall." It's not like the message will disappear from my in-box. all you do when you recall a message is draw attention to the original message that you don't want people to pay attention to.
Also - what is the deal with "message recall." It's not like the message will disappear from my in-box. all you do when you recall a message is draw attention to the original message that you don't want people to pay attention to.
Wedding Dream # 2
So last night I had my second dream about the wedding... really it was about wedding planning. I spent the good part of Sunday evening finishing up addressing invitations and was thinking about all of the things we still need to do in the next week - finish getting addresses from people, print direction cards, figure out how much it will cost to mail the invites (non-standard envelope and 2 oz = approx .75 each - BUT the postal rates are going up in a week so we need to get these out the door soon), then figure out favors. I've decided I don't want to have any. I want to make a donation to a local charity.
My dream was basically just a repeat of what i spent all day doing on Sunday. Over and Over and Over. I was tired when i woke up. not fun. At least i haven't started freaking out. Yet.
Bridal shower is this Sat. I'm nervous. It is weird being the center of attention... i need to make sure i don't drink too much - as i've seen happen with other brides at their showers.
Super busy. Every weekend has something planned between now and the wedding. 9 weeks and 4 days to go.
My dream was basically just a repeat of what i spent all day doing on Sunday. Over and Over and Over. I was tired when i woke up. not fun. At least i haven't started freaking out. Yet.
Bridal shower is this Sat. I'm nervous. It is weird being the center of attention... i need to make sure i don't drink too much - as i've seen happen with other brides at their showers.
Super busy. Every weekend has something planned between now and the wedding. 9 weeks and 4 days to go.
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Am I a horrible person??
originally written on 4/17 but due to technical issues I am only now able to post...
I hate standing on the train.
In order to avoid doing so I always hustle my butt across the Hill from Longworth to Union Station in less than 20 minutes so that I can get a seat on the train.
Assuming there are no train issues (mystery delays etc) I am always successful in getting a seat where I want.
Today was no exception. Left my office and was in the elevator at 5:35 and I had my butt in a seat at 5:53. 18 min. Not bad.
The 6:05 to Baltimore is ALWAYS crowded so for this train I hurried even a bit more than I do for the 6:40.
Everything was going as expected - I had my seat and was working on my soduko and the car started to fill. In a matter of 5 min the car was full and people were starting to stand and claim their "space".
At 6:04:45 one of the train conductors informs me and my seatmates (the other 3 people sitting next to me) that we need to get up b/c someone in a scooter needs to park in our area.
So we stand up and realize there is no where to go. The train is packed and people are even standing in the vestibule. Great. I successfully get my lean on against the folded up seat next to the door and that is where I am right now as I type this.
Now - in my mind there are a few things going on here.
1. We were sitting in the handicapped area and on the VERY rare occasion that someone in a scooter needs the seats we are bound morally, socially, and probably legally to get our butts off our hard earned seats to accomidate the handicapped.
2. However - after initial observation this particular handicapped person has ridden the train before and is familular with the general train customs - because of this I find it quite rude of her to show up at the train 15 seconds before we depart and expect us to get up when there are clearly no seats for us to go to.
I am irritated.
Am I a horrible person?
UPDATE 4/22: because of the above described situation I decided that I was not going to get displaced again if I didn't have to, so I got one of the individual seats near the door that is not in the handicapped area - and good thing I did b/c the same thing happened and folks had to vacate their seats for this same woman. At least this time the train wasn't as packed and I'm pretty sure they were able to find other seats - if not in our car then in the next car... fun times.
I hate standing on the train.
In order to avoid doing so I always hustle my butt across the Hill from Longworth to Union Station in less than 20 minutes so that I can get a seat on the train.
Assuming there are no train issues (mystery delays etc) I am always successful in getting a seat where I want.
Today was no exception. Left my office and was in the elevator at 5:35 and I had my butt in a seat at 5:53. 18 min. Not bad.
The 6:05 to Baltimore is ALWAYS crowded so for this train I hurried even a bit more than I do for the 6:40.
Everything was going as expected - I had my seat and was working on my soduko and the car started to fill. In a matter of 5 min the car was full and people were starting to stand and claim their "space".
At 6:04:45 one of the train conductors informs me and my seatmates (the other 3 people sitting next to me) that we need to get up b/c someone in a scooter needs to park in our area.
So we stand up and realize there is no where to go. The train is packed and people are even standing in the vestibule. Great. I successfully get my lean on against the folded up seat next to the door and that is where I am right now as I type this.
Now - in my mind there are a few things going on here.
1. We were sitting in the handicapped area and on the VERY rare occasion that someone in a scooter needs the seats we are bound morally, socially, and probably legally to get our butts off our hard earned seats to accomidate the handicapped.
2. However - after initial observation this particular handicapped person has ridden the train before and is familular with the general train customs - because of this I find it quite rude of her to show up at the train 15 seconds before we depart and expect us to get up when there are clearly no seats for us to go to.
I am irritated.
Am I a horrible person?
UPDATE 4/22: because of the above described situation I decided that I was not going to get displaced again if I didn't have to, so I got one of the individual seats near the door that is not in the handicapped area - and good thing I did b/c the same thing happened and folks had to vacate their seats for this same woman. At least this time the train wasn't as packed and I'm pretty sure they were able to find other seats - if not in our car then in the next car... fun times.
Monday, April 21, 2008
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
I Want to Believe
I am VERY excited about this. David Duchovny is H.O.T.!!!
'X-Files' movie title revealed
New "X-Files" film, due July 25, will be called "The X-Files: I Want to Believe"
LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- The truth is finally out there about the new "X-Files" movie title.
The second big-screen spinoff of the paranormal TV adventure will be called "The X-Files: I Want to Believe," Chris Carter, the series' creator and the movie's director and co-writer, told The Associated Press.
Distributor 20th Century Fox signed off on the title Wednesday.
The title is a familiar phrase for fans of the series that starred David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson as FBI agents chasing after aliens and supernatural happenings. "I Want to Believe" was the slogan on a poster Duchovny's UFO-obsessed agent Fox Mulder had hanging in the cluttered basement office where he and Anderson's Dana Scully worked.
"It's a natural title," Carter said in a telephone interview Tuesday during a break from editing the film. "It's a story that involves the difficulties in mediating faith and science. 'I Want to Believe.' It really does suggest Mulder's struggle with his faith."
"I Want to Believe" comes 10 years after the first film and six years after the finale of the series, whose opening credits for much of its nine-year run featured the catch-phrase "the truth is out there."
Due in theaters July 25, the movie will not deal with aliens or the intricate mythology about interaction between humans and extraterrestrials that the show built up over the years, Carter said.
Instead, it casts Mulder and Scully into a stand-alone, earth-bound story aimed at both serious "X-Files" fans and newcomers, he said.
"It has struck me over the last several years talking to college-age kids that a lot of them really don't know the show or haven't seen it," Carter said. "If you're 20 years old now, the show started when you were 4. It was probably too scary for you or your parents wouldn't let you watch it. So there's a whole new audience that might have liked the show. This was made to, I would call it, satisfy everyone."
Hardcore fans need not worry that the movie will be going back to square one, though, Carter said. The movie will be true to the spirit of the show and everything Mulder and Scully went through, he said.
"The reason we're even making the movie is for the rabid fans, so we don't want to insult them by having to take them back through the concept again," Carter said.
Carter said he settled on "I Want to Believe" from the time he and co-writer Frank Spotnitz started on the screenplay. It took so long to go public with it because studio executives wanted to make sure it was a marketable title, he said.
The filmmakers have kept the story tightly under wraps to prevent plot spoilers from leaking on the Internet, a phenomenon that barely existed when the first movie came out in 1998.
"We went to almost comical lengths to keep the story a secret," Carter said. "That included allowing only the key crew members to read the script, and they had to read it in a room that had video cameras trained on them. It was a new experience."
Copyright 2008 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
It's been one year...
So today is the one year anniversary of the tragedy at VT.
You know... emotional pain is an interesting thing. Why do we keep going back and forcing ourselves to remember and re-live painful events? Is this part of the healing process? I don't know.
I find myself looking for more stories about what's going on in Blacksburg today knowing full well that when i read them or watch them on TV I am going to get emotional. Why am i doing this to myself?
I really don't want to go to work today. Just too tired - drained.
You know... emotional pain is an interesting thing. Why do we keep going back and forcing ourselves to remember and re-live painful events? Is this part of the healing process? I don't know.
I find myself looking for more stories about what's going on in Blacksburg today knowing full well that when i read them or watch them on TV I am going to get emotional. Why am i doing this to myself?
I really don't want to go to work today. Just too tired - drained.
Sunday, April 13, 2008
A New Word I Can't Stand
(from Wikipedia)
Webinar: A webinar is a specific type of web conference. It is typically one-way, from the speaker to the audience with limited audience interaction, such as in a webcast. A webinar can be very collaborative and include polling and question & answer sessions to allow full participation between the audience and the presenter. In some cases, the presenter may speak over a standard telephone line, pointing out information being presented on screen and the audience can respond over their own telephones, preferably a speaker phone. There are web conferencing technologies on the market that have incorporated the use of VoIP audio technology, to allow for a truly web-based communication.
In the early years of the Internet, the terms "web conferencing" was often used to describe a group discussion in a message board and therefore not live. The term has evolved to refer specifically to live or "synchronous" meetings.
Webinar: A webinar is a specific type of web conference. It is typically one-way, from the speaker to the audience with limited audience interaction, such as in a webcast. A webinar can be very collaborative and include polling and question & answer sessions to allow full participation between the audience and the presenter. In some cases, the presenter may speak over a standard telephone line, pointing out information being presented on screen and the audience can respond over their own telephones, preferably a speaker phone. There are web conferencing technologies on the market that have incorporated the use of VoIP audio technology, to allow for a truly web-based communication.
In the early years of the Internet, the terms "web conferencing" was often used to describe a group discussion in a message board and therefore not live. The term has evolved to refer specifically to live or "synchronous" meetings.
Update
I did pretty well in the Cherry blossom race. 1:44. Not bad for 10 miles. I think my pace was a little faster than the half marathon last October. My knees were killing me by the end of it. And it was cold and rainy - but i still had a good time.
Now i'm focusing my training on my triathalon in June. Fun times.
Wedding update: I am going for my dress fitting on Saturday. yea.
Not much else to say. I want to take Wednesday off from work and just spend all day in bed if possible... but not likely to happen. I have a meeting Wed afternoon.
S.O. is going to New Orleans this coming weekend for his bachelor party. I hope he comes home in one piece.
Now i'm focusing my training on my triathalon in June. Fun times.
Wedding update: I am going for my dress fitting on Saturday. yea.
Not much else to say. I want to take Wednesday off from work and just spend all day in bed if possible... but not likely to happen. I have a meeting Wed afternoon.
S.O. is going to New Orleans this coming weekend for his bachelor party. I hope he comes home in one piece.
Friday, April 04, 2008
I Almost Forgot to Mention...
I am running in the Credit Union Cherry Blossom 10-Miler on Sunday. Woo Hoo!
Training hasn't been going as well as hoped. I've been doing the Tri thing but that means less running and more spinning and swimming.
I think i'll be ok though. I ran the half-marathon (13.1 miles) in 140 minutes (2:20)which is the max pace for this race and it is only 10 miles. So, if I maintain the same pace as I did for the half (a little less than an 11 min mile) then i should be done in about 110 minutes (1:50).
The race starts at 7:50 am so I am going to spend the night at my friend's apartment the night before - otherwise i would have to leave baltimore at the ass crack of dawn which i really didn't want to do. Anyways...
Good Luck to me. I'll let you know how i do.
Training hasn't been going as well as hoped. I've been doing the Tri thing but that means less running and more spinning and swimming.
I think i'll be ok though. I ran the half-marathon (13.1 miles) in 140 minutes (2:20)which is the max pace for this race and it is only 10 miles. So, if I maintain the same pace as I did for the half (a little less than an 11 min mile) then i should be done in about 110 minutes (1:50).
The race starts at 7:50 am so I am going to spend the night at my friend's apartment the night before - otherwise i would have to leave baltimore at the ass crack of dawn which i really didn't want to do. Anyways...
Good Luck to me. I'll let you know how i do.
40th "Anniversary"
So, today is the 40th Anniversary of the assassination of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.
I don't like using the term "anniversary" b/c for me the word represents something good - and using it in this context doesn't seem right.
I had a moment this morning... I don't really know how to explain it... I think it may be a combination of a lot of different things. Stress from work, wedding planning, life.... I was thinking about this guy Zach Sowers in Baltimore who died last week after being attacked about 10 months ago in Canton. His new wife and friends created a blog to document his progress and their battles with the legal system in Baltimore. (All of those involved will be out of jail in 8 years or less and will not be charged or retried for murder since he died. WTF!) I digress... so I was thinking about this guy and his wife and how it really could have been any one of us who these kids targeted...
I've been thinking a lot about the people who were murdered at Virginia Tech almost a year ago...
I have a tremendous amount of respect for my father and always wondered why he never voted - Mom always did and always took us with her when we were little. When I was in high school I asked my dad about this and he told me that when JFK was killed in '63 and then MLK and Bobby Kennedy were killed in '68 he just stopped caring. He felt that the government let him down and that there was no real reason to vote b/c those people that he supported were not supported by their own governments and anyone worth a damn wouldn't/couldn't be elected....
So, this morning I had the Today Show on as I was getting ready for work and they did a piece on MLK and then they started playing his "I Have a Dream" speech and I just started crying.
It just all came out at once.
My profound sadness for what our country COULD HAVE BEEN TODAY if MLK wasn't killed. My sadness that my dad feels our government is worthless. My sadness about Zach Sowers - a guy I never knew. My sadness about what happened at my "HOME" - Virginia Tech...
I don't know. I don't really know how to explain it. Just sad.
I don't like using the term "anniversary" b/c for me the word represents something good - and using it in this context doesn't seem right.
I had a moment this morning... I don't really know how to explain it... I think it may be a combination of a lot of different things. Stress from work, wedding planning, life.... I was thinking about this guy Zach Sowers in Baltimore who died last week after being attacked about 10 months ago in Canton. His new wife and friends created a blog to document his progress and their battles with the legal system in Baltimore. (All of those involved will be out of jail in 8 years or less and will not be charged or retried for murder since he died. WTF!) I digress... so I was thinking about this guy and his wife and how it really could have been any one of us who these kids targeted...
I've been thinking a lot about the people who were murdered at Virginia Tech almost a year ago...
I have a tremendous amount of respect for my father and always wondered why he never voted - Mom always did and always took us with her when we were little. When I was in high school I asked my dad about this and he told me that when JFK was killed in '63 and then MLK and Bobby Kennedy were killed in '68 he just stopped caring. He felt that the government let him down and that there was no real reason to vote b/c those people that he supported were not supported by their own governments and anyone worth a damn wouldn't/couldn't be elected....
So, this morning I had the Today Show on as I was getting ready for work and they did a piece on MLK and then they started playing his "I Have a Dream" speech and I just started crying.
It just all came out at once.
My profound sadness for what our country COULD HAVE BEEN TODAY if MLK wasn't killed. My sadness that my dad feels our government is worthless. My sadness about Zach Sowers - a guy I never knew. My sadness about what happened at my "HOME" - Virginia Tech...
I don't know. I don't really know how to explain it. Just sad.
Thursday, April 03, 2008
More Overheard on the Train: "kirked out"
I think i have mentioned this before but it gets me everytime I hear it....
Some guy on the train said he "kirked out" on someone the other day.
I always thought this saying had to do with a guy I know named Kirk but apparently not. A quick search on Google for "kirked out" gave me 928 hits and the first one is from the Urban Dictionary: Kirk: To go crazy, to flip out, to wig out. "Timmy kirked out when he saw the guitar solo."
Who knew?
Some guy on the train said he "kirked out" on someone the other day.
I always thought this saying had to do with a guy I know named Kirk but apparently not. A quick search on Google for "kirked out" gave me 928 hits and the first one is from the Urban Dictionary: Kirk: To go crazy, to flip out, to wig out. "Timmy kirked out when he saw the guitar solo."
Who knew?
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