July 29, 2000

"where have you been?" so many of you asked... well i've been outdoors, you know... IRL, 3D world... better things to do and all that jazz. speaking of jazz... i went to the beaches jazz festival this week, but there wasn't any jazz...! wtf...? it was all salsa and other latin stuff, which is wonderful, but uhm, IT'S NOT JAZZ! fools.

July 22, 2000

more casting news from starwars.com that makes me happy...! marton csokas, one of new zealands great stage actors has been signed on to star in episode II. xenites will know him as borias, father of xena's son solan, and those of you waiting impatiently for the lord of the rings film to be released will recognize him as the actor who will be playing celeborn. there's also a new pic online from the swepi II set, with a costumed natalie portman resting while the crew fixes stuff. and a rumour that christopher walken will be playing darth bane is going around... i worship that guy but personally i think the darths should be young and muscle-y, like ray park. all the better to kick some pansy jedi ass with hehehe...

holymunkey.com- three chicks. three blogs. one goal. these are three of my fabulous webgoddesses, go visit and cheer them on...!

July 20, 2000

two-thirds of divorce suits are filed by women. maybe this bit of info will put an end to all those assholes out there who ask newly divorced women why their husband left them. i don't think i've got a single divorced friend who hasn't been asked that, when each one of them was the one to end the relationship. several of them for younger men, i might add. (off on a vaguely related tangent...) there's nothing worse than an aging male, no matter how much the media wants you to think it's women who are frightening as they age. men's brains start shrinking when they hit 40, and their balls get closer to, and eventually hit the toilet water. niiiice. i'm not going there with any male, ever, they're just not worth it. *shudder* zoran's got 9 years, 3 mo. left on his lease of my heart.

July 16, 2000

james marsters (spike on buffy) and hudson leick (callisto on xena) are going to be at sheila's brother's sci-fi convention...! woo...!

only 678 more days til star wars episode two (obssessed much...?) and here's the very first picture from it to be posted online....! that's right, i'm a star wars geek, have been since summer '77 8-) i'm thrilled that they're doing lots of local casting, and not just shipping out boring old american actors for the gig. apparently jay laga'aia has been cast which thrills me no end - xenites will know him as draco the warlord.

i saw a preview screening of x-men last week, but haven't felt much like talking about it. judging from what i saw on the set last fall i knew it was going to blow, but secretly deep in my marvel heart i hoped for it to make me eat crow. all i'm going to say on the subject is that halle berry's wig and accent were the most interesting thing about the film, and if i ever see bryan singer again i'm going to remind myself that he wrote and directed 'the usual suspects' and try not to kick him in the shin.

July 13, 2000

Warning: rant ahead! If you're a smoker and/or you just don't want to listen, the list of alternate blogs is to your left, have a nice time.

I'm probably going to draw the ire of smokers everywhere for this, but at the moment, with a cloud of second-hand smoke around my head and the death-rattle of my father's grinding, choking, spluttery, rotten-lung, absolutely sick-sounding coughs - I don't care.

Picture yourself in twenty years time, smokers. Do you want to be hacking up bloody phlegm in the middle of the night, mouth-breathing in a most obnoxious way because you're ruining every part of your respiratory system and can't even breath properly, keeping yourself up half the night with a cough you will probably never rid yourself of, harming your non-smoking family and friends with your putrid smoke? (Not to mention generating loads of laundry for your daughter to do because every item of clothing she owns smells like nicotine... *cough*)

If only for future generations of your family and others, just consider giving up the cancer sticks. In the end, it's up to you. Die a horrible death of various cancers; damage your unborn children in numerous ways. Just don't even think about suing a cigarette company for damages after you discover a terminal illness due to the concoction of poisons you are choosing to put into your body on the defense, "I didn't know they were addictive when I started." Nobody believes that excuse anymore.

Rant over, sorry for spoiling the space here, Tracy ;-)

July 12, 2000

don't despair over your missing wisdom teeth... you could get lucky like i did and they might grow back. i'm serious. just think of the joy of having them removed twice. enjoy your pudding 8-)

this poor girl's brain must have been severely damaged during her cocaine and alcohol soaked childhood. i wonder can he breed still, since his bout with testicular cancer...? i'm just thinking that one of him is more than enough.

jo's requested definition: navel gazing - that's what people who are incredibly self involved do, figuratively speaking. they spend a lot of time gazing at their own navel, head down not seeing anyone else... they have great empathy for themselves and often none for others. a predominant navel-gazer trait is to have an online journal/diary where they record and "share" every tedious emotional moment in their lives. definitions of navel gazer can vary depending on each person's experience with the self centered. also see conceit, egotist, narcissist...

July 10, 2000

gee, how shocking, how could this have happened...?

July 06, 2000

my cat is cuter than your cat 8-)

July 05, 2000

i'm having to adjust somewhat to using a cordless mouse... i thought it would be a breeze but it's kind of weird. using the pen is a natural tho', man i just love it...! love that wacom graphire gear and the software that came with it, especially penoffice 'cause it lets you doodle on your desktop. painter classic ain't that bad either, it just needs more brushes.

July 02, 2000

omg...! i am *so* jealous of kayley... she's got a powerpuff girls bathroom...! the only thing that could possibly outdo that is a hello kitty bathroom. yes folks, i'm a grown (ok not that grown, being that i'm only 61 inches tall) woman in my 30's... maybe if i'd had a mom like laura i'd be more mature now, as an adult. nah, i doubt it 8-)

we're going to the store to buy me a new scanner and a new printer this afternoon. yay...!

update on my 'puter probs stemming from installing the updated bios... SiS made new drivers and either never told ibm or no one in charge at ibm made the techs aware of this. so there were no driver updates on the ibm site, which is the first thing i looked for when i was suddenly without a proper display. the poor guys working on my model in the lab finally found out about the new drivers and fixed the lab 'puter and then called me. they were so happy, it was quite cute 8-) so i installed the drivers last night and i now have millions of colours again. *phew*