Has it really been since last April that I posted?
Sheesh.
People may be vaguely interested to know that as of this past December, that guy I'd been calling "my guy" in previous posts is no longer "my guy" and has been demoted back down to "a guy."
You don't need to know the details. It was all dumb and awkward. (Well, okay, here's two details: he was apparently madly in love with me and didn't understand why I wasn't acting like a proper girlfriend, and I was not madly in love with him and didn't understand why not acting like a proper girlfriend wasn't bringing that across. Yeah. I'm the great communicator, folks.)
Signing off-
-Jessi-sama
PS: I went to Star Wars Celebration 5 last summer. It was awesome. I'm thinking about posting photos from it here. And various stuff.
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Thursday, April 29, 2010
How not impressed am I
Yeah, I've been not on, folks, because I've been totally freaking behind on my scheduled stuff recently, and this blog takes a backseat to my webcomics.
Because it does, that's why.
So my guy took me to see "Kickass" last week. And it was pretty much what I expected out of it: James Bond style superheroing. (With Luchadore costumes.) But it made me think of something that's always kind of bothered me: the way people use an "R" rating as an excuse to have everybody swear as much as possible.
Everybody in "Kickass" swore almost exactly the same, except that Big Daddy and Hit Girl always said "My gosh" instead of blaspheming, which was actually a terribly nice touch. Even Kickass's horribly sweet girlfriend dropped an F-bomb when he climbed into her window, and was perfectly comfortable dropping more of them later on (I suppose this was a sign she'd been "loosened up" or some idiot thing like that?)
It would not take a Luchadore climbing in my window to get me to drop a verbal F-bomb. (I have said it online, but only when I was the kind of angry you will never see me expressing at this blog.) I see people claiming that swearing makes a work of fiction more realistic. I have to disagree: Swearing only makes a work of fiction more realistic when it's presented realistically. I have worked in environments where you could go an entire week without hearing a single swearword, even the increasingly mild "damn." I know plenty of people who wouldn't even swear online, and I personally wouldn't if there were a better way to project my own forcefullness in type. Assuming that everyone swears the way you do is self-centered and arrogant.
My older brother dislikes swearing enough that, out of respect for him, I don't even call "Kickass" by its name in front of him. (My mother, who doesn't swear much either, doesn't have the same compunction.) As a kid, I had trouble reading off lines from Shakespeare because of the occasional swearword (and "ass," "shit," and the f-bomb weren't even really considered swears back then! "Damn," "hell," and taking the Lord's name in vain, however, were.)
It makes perfect sense that a kid in New York would name himself Kickass. It's just when everybody else from the moms to the wholesome girl next door to the supposedly respectable businessman all also drop F-bombs, every five minutes, in public, that I start to have a problem. (I would have loved it if Big Daddy had kept a fairly clean mouth, while Hit Girl still swore like a twelve year old sailor.)
As a completely off topic closing statement, I would like to register my strong disagreement with the main character that the "difference between Spider-Man and Peter Parker is that Spider-Man always gets the girl." I've read the comics, too, genius. Peter had women all OVER him, it's Spider-Man who had trouble with them screaming and trying to hit him with their purses.
Or, you know, sporting equipment.
Signing off-
-Jessi-sama does not need the intentional irony of her final statement pointed out to her; thank you.
Because it does, that's why.
So my guy took me to see "Kickass" last week. And it was pretty much what I expected out of it: James Bond style superheroing. (With Luchadore costumes.) But it made me think of something that's always kind of bothered me: the way people use an "R" rating as an excuse to have everybody swear as much as possible.
Everybody in "Kickass" swore almost exactly the same, except that Big Daddy and Hit Girl always said "My gosh" instead of blaspheming, which was actually a terribly nice touch. Even Kickass's horribly sweet girlfriend dropped an F-bomb when he climbed into her window, and was perfectly comfortable dropping more of them later on (I suppose this was a sign she'd been "loosened up" or some idiot thing like that?)
It would not take a Luchadore climbing in my window to get me to drop a verbal F-bomb. (I have said it online, but only when I was the kind of angry you will never see me expressing at this blog.) I see people claiming that swearing makes a work of fiction more realistic. I have to disagree: Swearing only makes a work of fiction more realistic when it's presented realistically. I have worked in environments where you could go an entire week without hearing a single swearword, even the increasingly mild "damn." I know plenty of people who wouldn't even swear online, and I personally wouldn't if there were a better way to project my own forcefullness in type. Assuming that everyone swears the way you do is self-centered and arrogant.
My older brother dislikes swearing enough that, out of respect for him, I don't even call "Kickass" by its name in front of him. (My mother, who doesn't swear much either, doesn't have the same compunction.) As a kid, I had trouble reading off lines from Shakespeare because of the occasional swearword (and "ass," "shit," and the f-bomb weren't even really considered swears back then! "Damn," "hell," and taking the Lord's name in vain, however, were.)
It makes perfect sense that a kid in New York would name himself Kickass. It's just when everybody else from the moms to the wholesome girl next door to the supposedly respectable businessman all also drop F-bombs, every five minutes, in public, that I start to have a problem. (I would have loved it if Big Daddy had kept a fairly clean mouth, while Hit Girl still swore like a twelve year old sailor.)
As a completely off topic closing statement, I would like to register my strong disagreement with the main character that the "difference between Spider-Man and Peter Parker is that Spider-Man always gets the girl." I've read the comics, too, genius. Peter had women all OVER him, it's Spider-Man who had trouble with them screaming and trying to hit him with their purses.
Or, you know, sporting equipment.
Signing off-
-Jessi-sama does not need the intentional irony of her final statement pointed out to her; thank you.
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
There she goes again
Today my dog ran away from home. She didn't get very far (down the street) (partly because we have a big yard) and she wasn't gone particularly long, but she did take the opportunity to roll in something she found in our neighbor's cow field.
Nice.
Her last bath was Friday, and it wasn't really warm enough today. But do you think we cared?
Heck no.
Problem is, she thinks it's a game. If we come after her, she'll run a little way, too far for us to actually reach for her, and then stop, looking back at us to see if we'll follow. We pretty much catch the dog by running away from her. Dad thinks if we try hard enough, we can train her to come when we call, but... well...
Good luck with that, Dad. I'm sticking with the leash.
Signing off-
-Jessi-sama
Nice.
Her last bath was Friday, and it wasn't really warm enough today. But do you think we cared?
Heck no.
Problem is, she thinks it's a game. If we come after her, she'll run a little way, too far for us to actually reach for her, and then stop, looking back at us to see if we'll follow. We pretty much catch the dog by running away from her. Dad thinks if we try hard enough, we can train her to come when we call, but... well...
Good luck with that, Dad. I'm sticking with the leash.
Signing off-
-Jessi-sama
Thursday, April 1, 2010
April 1st and other things
I don't really celebrate April Fool's Day. In my opinion the real "fools" of April 1st are the ones who take it to extreme nonsensical levels.
Anyhow, last night I went with my guy to see "Wicked" for his birthday. It was awesome. It was also why I'm posting now and not last night (Oh yeah, the Russian ballet was Sleeping Beauty. :3 It was pretty cool too, although somehow there's always someone at these things who's just tall enough and in just the right position that I have to crane my neck and move my head constantly just to see anything.)
....
I'm still sort of recovering from a combination of being sick last weekend and his driving, though (he's not... not a bad driver, I just get carsick really easily and he's a.... less smooth driver than anyone I'm used to riding with.)
Signing off-
-Jessi-sama
Anyhow, last night I went with my guy to see "Wicked" for his birthday. It was awesome. It was also why I'm posting now and not last night (Oh yeah, the Russian ballet was Sleeping Beauty. :3 It was pretty cool too, although somehow there's always someone at these things who's just tall enough and in just the right position that I have to crane my neck and move my head constantly just to see anything.)
....
I'm still sort of recovering from a combination of being sick last weekend and his driving, though (he's not... not a bad driver, I just get carsick really easily and he's a.... less smooth driver than anyone I'm used to riding with.)
Signing off-
-Jessi-sama
Thursday, March 25, 2010
something that would be nice
USB port octopus plugs. You know, like those extenders for outlets that add eight to sixteen extra outlets to the wall, but for flash drives.
That would be awesome.
It would also be nice if I could think of something to blog about, but the most interesting thing I've done lately is go to a Russian ballet for Sleeping Beauty, and I'm sure nobody wants to hear about that.
XD
Oh yeah, and I got another cupid in my tea. I was kind of hoping for a leprechaun again, honestly, because now the cupids outnumber the leprechauns, and if I'm not careful I'm going to have turf wars going on, but then again this collectible line lasts until the end of the year, so if I'm lucky, I'll have a small army of one faction or the other by December. :3
Signing off-
-Jessi-sama
That would be awesome.
It would also be nice if I could think of something to blog about, but the most interesting thing I've done lately is go to a Russian ballet for Sleeping Beauty, and I'm sure nobody wants to hear about that.
XD
Oh yeah, and I got another cupid in my tea. I was kind of hoping for a leprechaun again, honestly, because now the cupids outnumber the leprechauns, and if I'm not careful I'm going to have turf wars going on, but then again this collectible line lasts until the end of the year, so if I'm lucky, I'll have a small army of one faction or the other by December. :3
Signing off-
-Jessi-sama
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