Upcoming Movies

So after delving through the list of coming soon and not so soon movies. I found some interesting discoveries some i was aware of... Some not so much. But all of which I'm interested in. Sooo Here ya go. Whether ya care of not

This Year
Mirrors - Aug. 15th
could be good. Has Keifer Sutherland Hurrah!

Cathulu - Aug 22nd
Supposedly it's a limited release. I really wanna find it though.

Death Race - Aug 22nd
Jason Statham Wooo!

Madagascar 2 - Nov 7th
Harry Potter - Nov 21st
Alice - TBD (Based on American McGee's Alice)

2009
Clive Barker's Hellraiser - Jan 9th (Gotta Love it)
Underworld 3 - Jan 23rd
Pink Panther - Feb 6th
Friday the 13th - Feb 13th (duh)
Streetfighter - Feb 27th
Dragonball - Apr 10th
X-men (whichever they're on now) - May 1st
Startrek - May 8th (Young Kirk?)
Fast and the Furious 4? - Jun 5th (Woot Vin Diesel is back!)
The A-Team - Jun 12th (Who doesn't remember the A-team?)
Prince of Persia - Jun 19th (Based on the game)
Transformers 2! - Jun 26th (Hope it's as good as 1)
Ice Age 3? - Jul 1st
G.I. Joe - Aug 7th (Come on it's GI Joe!!)
Rob Zombie's T-Rex - Aug 28th (I'm just hoping this isn't a Euphemism)
Cats and Dogs 2 - Oct 16th
I, Lucifer - TBD (Ewan McGregor... All I gotta say)
Superman - TBD
Nightmare on Elm St - TBD
Akira - TBD (Anime!but... but... Leonardo DiCraprio?)
The Fighter - TBD (Brad Pitt... Can't be all bad)
Thunder Cats - TBD (SQUEE!!)
Warcraft - TBD (Erhm... Gotta see it... It hurts... Gotta see it)

2010
Alice in Wonderland - Mar 5th (Tim Burton! Rumors of Johnny Depp!)
Iron Man 2 - Apr 30th
Narnia - May 7th
Shrek 4 - May 21st
Toy Story 3 - Jun 18th
The Green Hornet - Jun 25th
Robocop - TBD
Sherlock Holmes - TBD

2011
The First Avenger: Captain America - May
Harry Potter part 2 - TBD
Spiderman 4 - TBD
The Avengers - July (Wooo!!!)
The Hobbit - December (About time)

Compulsions are Bad

But sometimes funny as hell...
Even if no one else in the office gets it.

So my work is having a company picnic next Saturday. And they decided to have a Baking Contest. So in order to encourage participation they've put up fliers around the building. See Below.


Anyway... Sooo Needless to say to most of you. The picture of a Cake greatly resembles the cake from Portal. Therefore for the last week I've been restraining myself from blurting out "The Cake is a LIE!" every time I pass one. And Thus... Today my compulsions get the better of me.

Need a Date?

Created by Mingle2.com (Dating for non-zombies)
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Please date responsibly: bring a baseball bat or crowbar.

The Dark Knight in IMAX

Omg...

Yeah that's pretty much all I have to say.

That was awesome. I didn't understand what people were talking about getting vertigo from watching the movie... but I do now.

If you still haven't seen this movie. Go see it in IMAX. If you have seen this movie but not in IMAX... You haven't seen the movie. LoL.

Oh and Heath Ledger better get an Oscar for this. Christian Bale and Aaron Eckhart both did great jobs as usual too. Though Two Face's face looked more like it belonged in the new Mummy movie rather than Batman but enh... it still looked cool. =)

On a related note. My company is awesome. They sell these discount tickets for Edwards... $7 for Unrestricted and $6 for after 12 days tickets. They can even be used for the IMAX!! Which is even more awesome given the rediculas state the price of movie tickets is. Can you believe $11.50 for a REGULAR show and $15 for IMAX? How do people do anything anymore with the way the economy is?

A Rockband can't play Rockband

Ahh the Irony of it all.

Awesome Inventions

I recently discovered a really awesome website, Strange New Products. Which contains some pretty cool inventions. I know it appears to have existed for a while now but I just found it so hush.

My favorite I must say is The Fizz Cup!
This little cup screws on the top of a soda bottle. You fill the cup with ice cream, screw it on top of the bottle and squeeze the soda bottle. It fills the cup with soda mixing with the ice cream which you then drink out of the top.

New Art Work

Lookie at the new art Patrick and I just got. Our friend Chris did it. They aren't the greatest pictures cuz the tats were still shiny and new. But you get the point.

This is on my right ankle.

This is on his right arm.

Ahh Another Awesome Gamer Song

Gotta love all the gamer culture songs being performed lately. Anyway... Here's a great song inspired by Still Alive. "Dead Again" by Possible Oscar.



And because I mentioned it... I gotta post Still Alive featured in the game Portal's credits. Which has not been replaced in my heart as my favorite.



The Cake is a LIE!!!
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Or is it...

Bah! Ascii works not! Stupid editing program not recognizing more than 1 space.

Work Reviews... Disturbing...

Ok... so normally I laugh at my annual performance reviews. I think I've only Once had my review done by the manager I was under for the entire year and who actually knew what work I was doing.

My first annual review 2003-2004... Well... I was a temp and I think I had like 4-5 managers that year... Hell my first manager I met then he went on vacation for like 2 weeks after I started and then was either fired or he quit... I was never quite clear.

I ended up getting hired on permanent a few months afterwards anyway.

2004-2005 - I think our new manager had just started like a month before my review. and I think I ended up getting a promotion here too... so he really wasn't giving me a review so much as notifying me of my pay increase and making a pretend attempt and being concerned with my career development.

2005-2006 - So despite the fact that I remained under the same manager this whole year... I was working on a special project. which wasn't under him. Sooo he really had no idea What I did. but he did my review anyway... Oh except it ended up being our team lead that gave em anyway. And it really didn't matter anyway because I ended up going on disability and then being moved to a different job when I got back anyway.

2006-2007 - Yay! Finally my actual manager does my review!

2007-2008 - Well... My manager Pei decided to return to Cisco the week before I left on Maternity leave. Sooooo yeah... Now I'm back and it looks like everyone did their self assessments while I was out. And my new manager is on PTO for like a month...

Now for the disturbing part... Through all of this I'd always at least been reviewed by my new managers... You know... the people actually directly above me. This time... Since my manager is on PTO... My Boss's boss... Is doing my review... and not only that... but keep in mind that these have to be approved by the next level up... So Now I'm having my review basically done by my Boss's boss's Boss... I'm not even sure he knows who I am...

Labyrinth of Jareth Masquerade

So another year passes and once again I attend LoJ!
Yes I know I'm running a bit behind since that was like... Saturday. Anyway. It was lots of fun as usual. Lots of awesome costumes and performances. Several bands though one had this singer that really needed to just stop singing and let the music play. And some dancers as usual. There was even a ribbon dancer! Though not quite as good as some of the others I've seen she didn't do half bad.

Unfortunately my Sister and Bro-in-law didn't have as much fun as I was hoping they would. Since first this beautiful mask I bought my sister never showed!! They got harassed by security And never managed to find us.

We ended up hanging out with our good friends Mark, Eddie, and Eddie's Girly.



This is of me, Patrick and our friend Eddie.
If you like My mask visit Angel Masks
If you like My Hubby's mask visit Leather Masks
If you like Eddie's... well... Good luck with that ;-)

If you're interested in possibly attending, finding out more about it or just seeing more pictures and fun costumes. Go to the official LoJ website.

Huh... Weird

So California disability apparently did the same thing to me they did to Patrick when he filed for Unemployment. They had the wrong name and SS# for my application (how the hell does that happen?). Luckily my company has an awesome Disability Insurance company so they got it all cleared up for me. Hurrah!

And Ironically... they had Under estimated what I qualified for... So I'm supposed to receive some supplement check for the difference that I should have received while I was out. Maybe I won't sink into bankruptcy as quickly as I'd previously thought.

On a side note... I am still annoyed that UPS has yet to arrive at my house... STILL!!!

Oh and as an amendment to my previous statements of hating Government workers and my thoughts on their gene pool and mental status... This only applies to those government jobs that don't appear to require schooling (Like actual school not like Training/Boot camp for retards) and are the organizations that you can't avoid.. Like the DMV... and Disability... So this does not apply to people like Teachers (Though I 'm pretty sure the percentage is just lower in this category), Juvi Correctional Officers (Though they seem to all be crazy, heh) and UC IT Depts (*cough* Happy now Zack? *cough*)

I hate government workers

I don't know what's wrong with this country... but for some reason 99% of the people the government hires must all be inbred retards that can't be bothered to learn the basics of how to do their own jobs... I say 99%... I'm sure that there's some decent government workers out there... I just haven't met any of them yet.

Examples starting from most recent to earlier.

Example 1... My disability insurance company just called me to say the CA Disability claims I should have qualified for $0 payout on my maternity leave... wtf?... I told her that was impossible... She said it was probably due to a previous payout... I said I'd never even taken disability before... She was like... Oh... How long have you been in California?... All my life... Uhhh... Huh... well we may have to bill you for the over payment. WTF?!?

Example 2... USPS denies the existence of my address... They seem to ignore the Apt/Unit # on packages and can't seem to even be bothered with trying. 3 times... 1 month... 3 different companies... wtf... seriously...

Example 3... Trying to change my name... This little ordeal took me about 6 months to accomplish. First was the 2hour wait at the SS office... Then I had to get my SS card in the mail... Then I went to the DMV... And they changed it and renewed my License... Or so I thought. I got the print out and everything... 2 months past... No license in the mail... So I called... "Oh I'm sorry... we don't have any record of you ever coming in..." WHAT?!?!... So I go back into the DMV... "Well... It's not in the computer. We'll have to renew it again... " I showed the paper work from the first time... Proving they'd changed my name and I'd paid for everything.. and after a long arguement it was determined I'd have to come BACK in with my Marriage License AGAIN Oh but they couldn't let me leave cuz TECHNICALLY my license was expired soo we'll renew it on your old name and then you can come in Next week and change your name... Which I did... Which was a lie... I had to wait the month to get my new license... Then I had to go back with my Marriage License AGAIN... and they tried to Charge me to change my name!!! After a long arguement AGAIN... They finally did it and said basically that there was no guarantee that if I went into the DMV that anything I did there would actually get done.

Example 4... Patrick tried to file for Unemployment. They sent us 2 letters... both with the wrong SS number... Like completely wrong... So they couldn't verify his qualification... Oh but they couldn't FIX it... He had to RE-apply... Finally they get his SS right... and not only were they only going to pay out 200 a week but... They could only do it from the date that he submitted the LAST request for it... Which wasn't even a week before he managed to get a job. GAHHH!!!

I have more... but I will spare you. Needless to say... I'm very bitter.

Daily Poetry Corner

Again?

Did I really think it was possible?
Happiness finally?
Of course not…
I’m always left alone
To rot.

What’s wrong with me?
I always say
It’s not gonna happen again.
But I let it…
Why Do I just…
Never get it…

I guess I never will
All that is left
For me
Are fleeting moments
Of memory.

Everyone loves me…
That’s what they say…
But when I need them…
Where are they?…

Surrounded by People…
Yet always alone…
Sitting atop
My self appointed throne.

Do I do this to myself?
Or am I just damned?
Is there salvation?
Or is this how I’m to end?

Have I been lost for so long?
This is all I can remember…

Have you forsaken me?
Or Have I forsaken you?
It’s been so long…
I don’t even remember anymore…

How long
Have I been out of your light?
Would I even be accepted…
If I died tonight?

Or would I come back?
To die alone again…
Over and Over…
Until the end…

Photo Editing

So I've been trying to find a good software to do Photo Editing with. With the new baby and so many pictures I want to be able to make some nice collages and what not for the albums and to send to family. But I've discovered most of the software out there is highly over priced and complicated for what I'm attempting to accomplish.

I was however pleasantly surprised with MS Paint... yes... yes... I know... you can stop laughing now... but seriously! A little imagination, fudging and knowhow and you can make it do all sorts of things I never thought possible. My opinion of this free, microsoft *twitch*, highly mocked and under apreciated/utilized software has dramatically increased.

Check it out

Totally Us

Copywrite by XKCD

Daily Poetry

Sooo I'm a Poet. I'm going to try to post some of my stuff on a regular basis. Once I run out of old stuff maybe I'll start writing new stuff. It's been a little while but I seem to be getting inspired by alot of things lately for various projects. Poetry is usually at the heart of it too. Anyway... Without further ado... First Installment of my Daily Poetry.

Though I don't feel I should need to include this... Please do not copy my works without my permission or at least proper quotation. Thanks!

Lost

All my hopes
All my dreams
seem to go up
in a puff of steam.

Lost again
what a dope
who am I?
without hope.

I need to find myself again
where could I have gone?
lost within the lions den?

It's so dark
I cannot see
all the good
surrounding me.

I've been blinded
but now there's truth
how foolish am I?
I thought I needed proof

All that I need is here
to be myself again
I just need you near.

The more things change
The more they stay the same
As long as you're with me
then I can play this game.

Life is what we make it
Life is what we choose
If we just stand together
We will never ever lose.

~Christina Hall~

Deliveries

Grrr For the 3rd time in the last month USPS has attempted to ruin my plans by denying the existance of my address. All of my packages get returned to sender "Undeliverable" yet FedEx and UPS have no problems what so ever. USPS FINALLY found my address after a package was shipped through them (Same exact paperwork mind you) 3 times!!!

Anyway... I'm currently hitting refresh over and over on the FedEx website waiting for my mask to be delivered for Saturday. Hopefully I'll get tracking info on my other package from UPS soon so I can do the same on there.

...I hate waiting...

Song I've got stuck in my head

Woke up today with this song stuck in my head and can't seem to get it out. Soooo Suffer!!! Muahahahah!

Actually it's a really good song surprisingly despite the heavy political connotations.



Got this one in there too.

Woman's Poem

"Woman's Poem"

He didn't like the casserole
And he didn't like my cake.
He said my biscuits were too hard...
Not like his mother used to make.

I didn't perk the coffee right
He didn't like the stew,
I didn't mend his socks
The way his mother used to do.

I pondered for an answer,
I was looking for a clue.
Then I turned around and smacked him...
Like his mother used to do.

~Unknown

Cutest Baby Ever!

Here's some pictures of the cutest baby ever! Or at least in my opinion... maybe I'm biased. But seriously... Isn't he cute?

Funny

Ok this guy is awesome. I've never laughed so hard in my life. Please don't complain to me about him telling racist jokes... If you watch his stuff you'll realize he makes fun of everyone... but Mostly himself. And as I like to say... "I'm not racist... I hate Everyone equally!" ~Unknown

Now give it up for Jeff Dunham. Or as Peanut likes to say... Jef-fa-fa DUN-ham... DOT com... HA-HA-HA...

Silence!... I KEEL You!!

...on a shhteek

First Post

Ok. So I'm a bit new at this whole blogging thing. Out of boredom I've decided to start my own rather than continuing to hit the refresh button on friend's and family's blogs in hopes there is something to comment on.

Who am I and why should you read?

Well... I'm a geeky gamer girl from So. Cal.
As for why you'd read my blog? I have no idea... other than your insanity and/or boredom being on the edge of overwhelming you.

If that's not enough... Well here's a summary of me stolen from my myspace.

What Johnny the Homicidal Maniac character are you?

You're Nny! You're psychotic and kind of evil, but somewhere in there is an emotion. Good luck finding it. Take this quiz!

You Will Die at Age 91

Congratulations! You take good care of yourself. You're poised to live a long, healthy life.

You Will Be a Very Cool Parent

Maybe a little too cool, in fact. You know that being a kid is tough, and you want to give your kids a ton of independence. But there is a fine line between being understanding and rejecting all discipline. You need to remember to be the parent, or else you'll let your kids rule your life.

Would You Be a Cool Parent?

Your Personality Is Like Acid

A bit wacky, you're very difficult to predict. One moment you're in your own little happy universe... And the next, you're on a bad trip to your own personal hell!

What Drug Is Your Personality Like?

You Are 13% Pure

You're definitely not pure. In fact, you may be one of the most evil people who's ever lived. Remember, good little girls and boys go to heaven. But bad little girls and boys go everywhere!

The 100 Question Purity Test

Questionable Content