https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulton_County,_Georgia
WHAT????
I don't see how this article even makes any sense. It starts by saying Fulton County is of/in "The Piedmont Section" of Georgia. Firstly, what the hell does that mean and secondly, shouldn't a county that's smaller than the city it sits within be at least a tiny bit outshadowed by it? Yeah, who cares about the fact that Fulton County is ***IN*** the city of Atlanta? EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT ALREADY RIGHT??? I guess you get what you pay for when you rely on a FREE encyclopedia...
And the *second* sentence of the *first* paragraph jumps right into census #s. Noteworthy, but why the heck is census information with sprinkles of other info crammed in between the only thing that the preface consists of? It should *start* with the nation, state, and a nod to Atlanta & then census #s. The 4th & 5th can be debated, I suppose. I should not have to go to the end of some elongated non-answer about the population # of Fulton County to find out that Fulton County is within Atlanta and not the other way around.
I looked up the word "Piedmont" and unsurprisingly, nothing but pictures of maps and links to travel agents and tourist propaganda showed up. Nobody *wants* to know what Piedmont is. Nobody cares. SO WHAT THE FUCK IS "THE PIEDMONT SECTION"??? Nobody *wants* to know because nobody except me is new to the Atlanta area...either that or the people of this area don't use Wikipedia?
You have heard that it was said, ‘YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous
Thursday, January 28, 2016
Wednesday, January 27, 2016
"& your 3 precious back issues, too!"
The MovieStop membership, as I said, came w/ a 1yr subscription to Entertainment Weekly. ****AND* it came with 3 back issues. One of them has David Bowie on the cover. I just sold it @ Amazon. It's in pending status right now, but I expect to receive apprx. $2.50 (maybe $3+) from the sale of this mag. WOW. I've already got over half my membership paid for. I didn't realize how cool it is to have this.
HA HA HA HA!!!!!! TAKE THAT SIR DOUBT!!!!!
HA HA HA HA!!!!!! TAKE THAT SIR DOUBT!!!!!
30044 (N. OTP)
LIVING IN OTP ATLANTA.
Just got moved January 21st, 2016. Living in my sister & her husband's condo. Currently looking for somewhere to live so it won't be so crowded. My sis is estimated to go into labor in April. I'm sure she'll have a ton on her plate without having me (and my mom) around. I tend to be a lot more *in the way* than Mom. And I talk too much...questions & excessively detailed statements...
Being @ sissy's condo makes Atlanta seem awesoeme. Me & mumsy checked out a motel like complex that had nothing around it and was a 30-45 minute drive each way. It had a ton of dinky businesses around. An actual grocery store would be a big hunkofa walk, not even legal b/c YOU CAN'T WALK ON THE INTERSTATE and there's lots of I-state happening here. 75% of the car trips I've taken since I moved here require driving on the interstate. I'm not sure what route(s) I would take walking. NONE (?)??
Anyway...still looking for apts/houses. We've found a couple things at/under $600. I personally like the condo/motel complex. My mom says it's a very rundown looking area, but I wouldn't expect anything more for the amount of money we've settled on spending. I'm almost certain my mom is unwilling to sign a lease for a $700 apartment. I don't drive, so she's taking the lead in the decision making. I think an apt/condo/trailer/house would have to be wow-level impressive to convince her & I to spend $700/mo on it. My sis is paying under $800/mo on this place, but the down payment was $25,000, which she got from her boss in exchange for accepting her boss' pleaSSSE DON'T LEAVE!!! My sis was half a mile away from driving to work at a new place when her boss gave her an offer she couldn't refuse. $25,000. WHEW! ******and*** she got a $3/hr raise. Ye! She's the stuff of bumper stickers. Except I'm w/o a bumper. This'll have to suffice.
Ate at Krispy Kreme for the 1st time ever. I don't mind it. I think it's extremely overrated, but I like donuts, kinda like pizza, hard to screw up w/ it unless you have no business being in business. I need to keep an eye out for their neon sign. It's lit up when the donuts R fresh. Gotta remember to go by and look, mainly. We're not far, but getting up on it to see is not something me or my mom ordinarily do.
I had a cupcake from a 6pk that my sis & her hubby bought at Publix, another thing SEMO didn't have. IT'S AWESOME! My mom said that when she (Mom) visited my sis back in April 2015 that the cake my sis' husband bought her was from Publix and was AWESOME! Moist cake and WHAAAAAAA-quality creme. I was hypothesizing based on my weird thought process that combines memories of all different shapes and sizes to come to some rather odd conclusions once in a while that if you put really great frosting on a mediocre cake that the frosting is almost an enemy to the cake and that you either hate both the frosting *and* the cake -- cake b/c it's an enemy & the frosting for chillin' w/ the enemy -- or you grin and bear while you take turns choking on the cake & savoring the frosting. Unless you just take the frosting off of the cupcake and eat it as is, but then you wouldn't pass as civilized in the company of me mum & me sis.
Anyhoo....uh...lesseee...
My sis' husband had a humongous stash of DVDs that he couldn't use. He told me I should watch them. I said "no" to 95% of them. I finally stopped in MovieStop. I'd heard of it b/c of Hastings' affiliation w/ them. It's cool. It's got the feel of a local comic shop, except it's a chain. It's a lot cleaner than Hastings. It's got more natural lighting. It's cool. The DVDS that I didn't want I got $24 in store credit plus TBA. I had two cartons/containers of DVDs and forgot to take one of them inside. So there's another $15++ that I'm looking forward to at some point. I used $15 of it on some stupid membership that gives me a year of Entertainment Weekly magazine & 10% off used movies and 10% extra trade in value. So I would have had only $21 in trade in value. The membership bumped it up a little. I guess you could say I saved $5 in one day. Sometime soon I expect to save another $2-$6, depending on the trade in value of what's left of my bro-in-law's stash. I did save a few notable selections for he & she in case they ever once again have a functioning optical disc player that can playback standard DVDs. The rest of my trade-in value went to END OF DAYS and FROM HELL. I still had $2.50 or something like that remaining.
Just got moved January 21st, 2016. Living in my sister & her husband's condo. Currently looking for somewhere to live so it won't be so crowded. My sis is estimated to go into labor in April. I'm sure she'll have a ton on her plate without having me (and my mom) around. I tend to be a lot more *in the way* than Mom. And I talk too much...questions & excessively detailed statements...
Being @ sissy's condo makes Atlanta seem awesoeme. Me & mumsy checked out a motel like complex that had nothing around it and was a 30-45 minute drive each way. It had a ton of dinky businesses around. An actual grocery store would be a big hunkofa walk, not even legal b/c YOU CAN'T WALK ON THE INTERSTATE and there's lots of I-state happening here. 75% of the car trips I've taken since I moved here require driving on the interstate. I'm not sure what route(s) I would take walking. NONE (?)??
Anyway...still looking for apts/houses. We've found a couple things at/under $600. I personally like the condo/motel complex. My mom says it's a very rundown looking area, but I wouldn't expect anything more for the amount of money we've settled on spending. I'm almost certain my mom is unwilling to sign a lease for a $700 apartment. I don't drive, so she's taking the lead in the decision making. I think an apt/condo/trailer/house would have to be wow-level impressive to convince her & I to spend $700/mo on it. My sis is paying under $800/mo on this place, but the down payment was $25,000, which she got from her boss in exchange for accepting her boss' pleaSSSE DON'T LEAVE!!! My sis was half a mile away from driving to work at a new place when her boss gave her an offer she couldn't refuse. $25,000. WHEW! ******and*** she got a $3/hr raise. Ye! She's the stuff of bumper stickers. Except I'm w/o a bumper. This'll have to suffice.
Ate at Krispy Kreme for the 1st time ever. I don't mind it. I think it's extremely overrated, but I like donuts, kinda like pizza, hard to screw up w/ it unless you have no business being in business. I need to keep an eye out for their neon sign. It's lit up when the donuts R fresh. Gotta remember to go by and look, mainly. We're not far, but getting up on it to see is not something me or my mom ordinarily do.
I had a cupcake from a 6pk that my sis & her hubby bought at Publix, another thing SEMO didn't have. IT'S AWESOME! My mom said that when she (Mom) visited my sis back in April 2015 that the cake my sis' husband bought her was from Publix and was AWESOME! Moist cake and WHAAAAAAA-quality creme. I was hypothesizing based on my weird thought process that combines memories of all different shapes and sizes to come to some rather odd conclusions once in a while that if you put really great frosting on a mediocre cake that the frosting is almost an enemy to the cake and that you either hate both the frosting *and* the cake -- cake b/c it's an enemy & the frosting for chillin' w/ the enemy -- or you grin and bear while you take turns choking on the cake & savoring the frosting. Unless you just take the frosting off of the cupcake and eat it as is, but then you wouldn't pass as civilized in the company of me mum & me sis.
Anyhoo....uh...lesseee...
My sis' husband had a humongous stash of DVDs that he couldn't use. He told me I should watch them. I said "no" to 95% of them. I finally stopped in MovieStop. I'd heard of it b/c of Hastings' affiliation w/ them. It's cool. It's got the feel of a local comic shop, except it's a chain. It's a lot cleaner than Hastings. It's got more natural lighting. It's cool. The DVDS that I didn't want I got $24 in store credit plus TBA. I had two cartons/containers of DVDs and forgot to take one of them inside. So there's another $15++ that I'm looking forward to at some point. I used $15 of it on some stupid membership that gives me a year of Entertainment Weekly magazine & 10% off used movies and 10% extra trade in value. So I would have had only $21 in trade in value. The membership bumped it up a little. I guess you could say I saved $5 in one day. Sometime soon I expect to save another $2-$6, depending on the trade in value of what's left of my bro-in-law's stash. I did save a few notable selections for he & she in case they ever once again have a functioning optical disc player that can playback standard DVDs. The rest of my trade-in value went to END OF DAYS and FROM HELL. I still had $2.50 or something like that remaining.
Thursday, January 14, 2016
Stop Doing Bad Things
My road to salvation seems so tangled and contorted for the small amount of time we have remaining here. I guess if I do make it to the age of 70 or older, even if I'm starved and homeless, on the run from The Antichrist, my road won't necessarily be finished. if I stand before the Antichrist and staunchly refuse the mark of Satan, as I understand it, my head will be gone and so will my road. By that time, I might be fit for Heaven.
I wish I had the willpower & patience to keep away from lust, sloth and gluttony. Heck, I'm so lazy and impatient, just picking up The Bible gets to be a chore. Reading The Bible, so far, has not helped. It is beautiful some of the stories in there. A lot of it is horrifying. God says to slaughter every living thing in x and x land and not to show pity. I know from reading The New Testament that death is not the end. So far I've yet to see any foreshadowing of this in the Old Testament. God promises David that a descendant will cause joy for the world or some vague thing like that.
I guess God's message is pretty simple. You'd have to be a reptile to not at least feel the goodness of God in what He says. The Israelis are told to love God because they were rescued from Egypt by Him. I don't want to ask God why he hardened the Pharos heart and how the Pharoh(wtfsp???) could have chosen differently if God was determined to rescue Egypt in such a dramatic way using the Egyptian military against itself. I do think that's a legitimate question, because I wonder that about everybody, not just the ones from ancient times when mankind was not so far removed from God. I see and hear the stories of The Bible and I think how can anyone be so dumb not to recognize its truth and goodness? It sometimes seems hopeless. Mankind does not deserve Heaven. I wholeheartedly believe that. I do not deserve Heaven. But why do people choose Evil? I understand it costing something to enter Heaven, i.e.: atonement/repentance, but Hell is not atonement. It does not fix anything and there is no fixing it. It seems more logical to cease the existence of people who don't appreciate their current existence and the promise of an even better one. Maybe God uses that as Plan B and doesn't tell anybody about it b/c then they would get stupid and choose that instead of Heaven. After all, it is hard work to get to Heaven. It's not something anybody wants to do. It'd be so tempting to just give up if the consequences were not so extreme on both ends, and even more ammo for people who are lacking that lust for life, either by birth defect or theft, to choose death before it's time. I will continue to hope for a more prayerful heart and increase my time in prayer, and maybe I will get good at it and the time I spent doing it and, and if by the end of my Earthly presence, if worst comes to worst, maybe I'll have a chance to ask Him to make me into nothing, instead of an eternally suffering dipstick. That's MY Plan B. It's up to Him though.
I wish I had the willpower & patience to keep away from lust, sloth and gluttony. Heck, I'm so lazy and impatient, just picking up The Bible gets to be a chore. Reading The Bible, so far, has not helped. It is beautiful some of the stories in there. A lot of it is horrifying. God says to slaughter every living thing in x and x land and not to show pity. I know from reading The New Testament that death is not the end. So far I've yet to see any foreshadowing of this in the Old Testament. God promises David that a descendant will cause joy for the world or some vague thing like that.
I guess God's message is pretty simple. You'd have to be a reptile to not at least feel the goodness of God in what He says. The Israelis are told to love God because they were rescued from Egypt by Him. I don't want to ask God why he hardened the Pharos heart and how the Pharoh(wtfsp???) could have chosen differently if God was determined to rescue Egypt in such a dramatic way using the Egyptian military against itself. I do think that's a legitimate question, because I wonder that about everybody, not just the ones from ancient times when mankind was not so far removed from God. I see and hear the stories of The Bible and I think how can anyone be so dumb not to recognize its truth and goodness? It sometimes seems hopeless. Mankind does not deserve Heaven. I wholeheartedly believe that. I do not deserve Heaven. But why do people choose Evil? I understand it costing something to enter Heaven, i.e.: atonement/repentance, but Hell is not atonement. It does not fix anything and there is no fixing it. It seems more logical to cease the existence of people who don't appreciate their current existence and the promise of an even better one. Maybe God uses that as Plan B and doesn't tell anybody about it b/c then they would get stupid and choose that instead of Heaven. After all, it is hard work to get to Heaven. It's not something anybody wants to do. It'd be so tempting to just give up if the consequences were not so extreme on both ends, and even more ammo for people who are lacking that lust for life, either by birth defect or theft, to choose death before it's time. I will continue to hope for a more prayerful heart and increase my time in prayer, and maybe I will get good at it and the time I spent doing it and, and if by the end of my Earthly presence, if worst comes to worst, maybe I'll have a chance to ask Him to make me into nothing, instead of an eternally suffering dipstick. That's MY Plan B. It's up to Him though.
Wednesday, December 30, 2015
To be buried...
WOW YES...THIS is what I'M TALKIN 'BOUT!
Except it's in Chinese and I'm not literate enough to learn Chinese and continue learning new words from the English dictionary...heck, I'm more or less illiterate because on how little I missed by being a butthead and getting transferred from the normal school classroom into a locked down special ed curriculum (if you can even call it that). So, no, I'm not going to buy this. But a U.S. publisher really should take note and copy!!!! (with permission from Shanghai Literature And Art Publishing House of course, [or whoever holds copyright for the cover-design).
PET SEMATARY has never been published in English with an acceptable cover-art. The U.K. re-issue from Hodder is an improvement over the 2002 U.S. trade paperback, which in itself is a vast improvement over the original hardcover pressing, but the U.K. edition is published for U.K. audiences and Brits speak an almost entirely different language than English speaking U.S. citizens. I'm not even sure if a U.K. pressing of the book would make sense to U.K. readers if it weren't translated. And once again, the cover design appears to be a rush job that nobody put much thought into. The tag line on the front cover is what really gets me.
"A pet isn't just for life" ---- Huh? What?? Seriously, it's not a book about bestiality or Tia Torres. The book isn't about Animal Rights or Michael Jackson's 1993 Super Bowl performance. The book does cover some ground regarding pets and people's relationship to them, but the cat in the book is a very minor character that does play an important role in the book, but is in no part the direct center of any of it. The book is more about death in general and the lengths some people would go to regain what is lost.
The original hardcover press is not only stupid but butt ugly.
That's actually a mass market paperback (Trade paperbacks were quite uncommon circa 1984), but the hardcover press looks almost identical, if not 100% so. Last time I was a Doubleday Book Club member, at least a couple years ago now, you could buy the original hardcover press from them, although DDBC prohibits re-sale of their books. Sometimes the books DDBC sells are not any different from in-store editions, but most of the time they are shapped differently and the dust jacket is of a cheaper quality, which is fine if you just wanna buy it for the sake of reading and then throwing it away...I've already read PET SEMATARY. I think the book is worthy of being a classic and should be showcased alongside other treasures of home media such as FORREST GUMP (BD), SIMON & GARFUNKEL's BOOKENDS (LP/vinyl, or CD if you're low on money such as myself), and TAKING BACK SUNDAY's TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS (vinyl or CD), etc. etc.....of course, my tastes in media differ from most/all people, but if you love something, you show it. People that buy whatever random book they consider reading encourage publishing houses to continue publishing random books and marketing them.
I think David Letterman's estimate that we only need to be given one movie a year is a tad far fetched, but if there's no talented people to spin together a yarn to make something worthwhile out of straw & frame it in a way that makes an impression on the wall of the viewer's brain, then, really, what's the point of financing a bunch of $100+million movies and losing money on all but two or three?
Except it's in Chinese and I'm not literate enough to learn Chinese and continue learning new words from the English dictionary...heck, I'm more or less illiterate because on how little I missed by being a butthead and getting transferred from the normal school classroom into a locked down special ed curriculum (if you can even call it that). So, no, I'm not going to buy this. But a U.S. publisher really should take note and copy!!!! (with permission from Shanghai Literature And Art Publishing House of course, [or whoever holds copyright for the cover-design).
PET SEMATARY has never been published in English with an acceptable cover-art. The U.K. re-issue from Hodder is an improvement over the 2002 U.S. trade paperback, which in itself is a vast improvement over the original hardcover pressing, but the U.K. edition is published for U.K. audiences and Brits speak an almost entirely different language than English speaking U.S. citizens. I'm not even sure if a U.K. pressing of the book would make sense to U.K. readers if it weren't translated. And once again, the cover design appears to be a rush job that nobody put much thought into. The tag line on the front cover is what really gets me.
The original hardcover press is not only stupid but butt ugly.
I think David Letterman's estimate that we only need to be given one movie a year is a tad far fetched, but if there's no talented people to spin together a yarn to make something worthwhile out of straw & frame it in a way that makes an impression on the wall of the viewer's brain, then, really, what's the point of financing a bunch of $100+million movies and losing money on all but two or three?
Friday, December 25, 2015
CHRISTMAS '15
Been a good Christmas day. I got $40 cash and $30 in WalMart+Starbucks gift cards. My cousin needed to get to another locale to have Christmas with her un-official fiance's family, so she gave me a ride to my abode on the way out the door from my Gramma's. My G'ma is also gave me some fudge (not a lot, but some better than none), and a pair of Hagger brand pants + a Champion brand tee shirt. The pants had the tags on them so I assume they are brand new. They look good. Me likes. I think they got confused, I am not a fruit-chocolate person. My Mom would be at a healthy weight if she were more addicted to good taste than sugar in and of itself. She *loves* blueberries. And she's addicted to chocolate/sweets(sugar), so chocolate covered blueberries would have been a OMG YAYTHANKS!!!, but for some reason they were given to me instead of my mother. Well, I fixed that, but...egh...anyway; I also got some chocolate covered cherries. I mean, I could have & probably would have eaten both boxes if I didn't have it on good authority that my Mom likes both much more than I do. I don't *dis*like fruit chocolate. I just don't really "like" it per se...
I got a $12 Amazon gift card and a $5 IOU in exchange for one of the $20s I got. I owed my mom some money, so that explains the other $3.
I'll have to remember to call the bank tomorrow to see if they're open. I got another $20 to cash. In town, there ain't much to do with it. I have a Fingerhut bill due Feb 2nd. I was initially hoping to have it paid before new year's, but that ain't gonna happen...well, I guess it could. I forgot I sold something on Amazon late last night or this morning...got $6 out of that, so...dang. I guess I can do it if I can pry the $5 my mom owes me out of her wallet...she'd have to give me a bigger denomination and then trust me to give her the change, which may or may not be a problem depending on her mood.
OH! Actually, I got $40 in gift cards -- $20 WM+ $10 SBX & another $10 in Amazon gift card from my Mom. She'd told me she already got my Christmas present back when my birthday happened. The GC note said "OK, I lied...I love you"...I wonder if she was referencing the Michael Bolton song "Said I Loved You...But I Lied" ("love could never ever feel so strong...")
I started watching DO YOU BELIEVE? via Amazon Instant Video while waiting for Mom to come home...the computer had been on earlier, in the midmorning, and I didn't want to turn it on 3-4 hours after having turned it off, but I got antsy about 29 or so minutes into the film and went ahead and turned on the computer. I decided to sell the $20 WalMart gift card to ABC Gift Cards since I cannot for the life of me think of $20 worth of stuff I need at WalMart...I'm not even sure I need that much $'s worth of groceries...I'll be losing $3 out of it, but $17 cash is better than $20 WalMart funds...WalMart pretty much explains what's wrong with the world, IMO. It's stuff, stuff, more stuff, and very little of it is anything that anybody actually wants, let alone needs. The store layout is about as tranquil as the shopping experience itself. I don't blame WalMart, I blame their customers. WalMart treats their employees like crap b/c they can. Nobody minds. Everyone continues to shop there. WalMart continues to get revenue hand over fist. A fully functioning operation does not need fixing.
FUDGE!
I got an Overstock.com store card. WOW! I don't know if i Mentioned that here yet. It's a $250 loan. I've used over half of it so far. I really need to make at least a $30 payment on it in January. It's good to have that so I can have some wiggle room. I have a lot more wiggle room than some people in my income bracket I'm sure, but more is always better (IMO).
Take care, y'all. MERRY CHRISTMAS!
I got a $12 Amazon gift card and a $5 IOU in exchange for one of the $20s I got. I owed my mom some money, so that explains the other $3.
I'll have to remember to call the bank tomorrow to see if they're open. I got another $20 to cash. In town, there ain't much to do with it. I have a Fingerhut bill due Feb 2nd. I was initially hoping to have it paid before new year's, but that ain't gonna happen...well, I guess it could. I forgot I sold something on Amazon late last night or this morning...got $6 out of that, so...dang. I guess I can do it if I can pry the $5 my mom owes me out of her wallet...she'd have to give me a bigger denomination and then trust me to give her the change, which may or may not be a problem depending on her mood.
OH! Actually, I got $40 in gift cards -- $20 WM+ $10 SBX & another $10 in Amazon gift card from my Mom. She'd told me she already got my Christmas present back when my birthday happened. The GC note said "OK, I lied...I love you"...I wonder if she was referencing the Michael Bolton song "Said I Loved You...But I Lied" ("love could never ever feel so strong...")
I started watching DO YOU BELIEVE? via Amazon Instant Video while waiting for Mom to come home...the computer had been on earlier, in the midmorning, and I didn't want to turn it on 3-4 hours after having turned it off, but I got antsy about 29 or so minutes into the film and went ahead and turned on the computer. I decided to sell the $20 WalMart gift card to ABC Gift Cards since I cannot for the life of me think of $20 worth of stuff I need at WalMart...I'm not even sure I need that much $'s worth of groceries...I'll be losing $3 out of it, but $17 cash is better than $20 WalMart funds...WalMart pretty much explains what's wrong with the world, IMO. It's stuff, stuff, more stuff, and very little of it is anything that anybody actually wants, let alone needs. The store layout is about as tranquil as the shopping experience itself. I don't blame WalMart, I blame their customers. WalMart treats their employees like crap b/c they can. Nobody minds. Everyone continues to shop there. WalMart continues to get revenue hand over fist. A fully functioning operation does not need fixing.
FUDGE!
I got an Overstock.com store card. WOW! I don't know if i Mentioned that here yet. It's a $250 loan. I've used over half of it so far. I really need to make at least a $30 payment on it in January. It's good to have that so I can have some wiggle room. I have a lot more wiggle room than some people in my income bracket I'm sure, but more is always better (IMO).
Take care, y'all. MERRY CHRISTMAS!
2016 - OK, LET'S GO
JAN 29 PHIL COLLINS "BOTH SIDES" DLX
FEB 26 HANDS LIKE HOUSES "DISSONANTS"
APRIL 12 STEPHEN KING "THE DEAD ZONE" TRD PPB (finally!)
JULY 15 GHOSTBUSTERS
gotta rent these, don't have the means to see them in theaters:
JAN 19 THE INTERN
FEB??? BRIDGE OF SPIES
(slim chance I'll see BOS in theaters, since it is still playing I think... I'd have to get a ride to and from and keep from feeling like filth for not getting popcorn and/or a soda w/ my movie ticket......the latter is more likely than the former....)
FEB 26 HANDS LIKE HOUSES "DISSONANTS"
APRIL 12 STEPHEN KING "THE DEAD ZONE" TRD PPB (finally!)
JULY 15 GHOSTBUSTERS
gotta rent these, don't have the means to see them in theaters:
JAN 19 THE INTERN
FEB??? BRIDGE OF SPIES
(slim chance I'll see BOS in theaters, since it is still playing I think... I'd have to get a ride to and from and keep from feeling like filth for not getting popcorn and/or a soda w/ my movie ticket......the latter is more likely than the former....)
Wednesday, December 23, 2015
WAR ROOM (2015)
Great movie! Just got done watching it, much less Hallmark-y than FIREPROOF and not at all soap-opera-y like GOD'S NOT DEAD. Lends hope to the possiblity that I may enjoy DO YOU BELIEVE?, which I already rented b/c it seems worth a shot at least...and it was only $0.99, which for me was $0 b/c my sis got me an Amazon prime membership, which you can use either to get your items really fast or you can downgrade the shipping and get credit to use toward mp3s and/or movie rentals...Well, not always; it's a special promotion they've been doing off and on again...but anyway...
It's a very inspiring movie. It's basically a demonstration of how God will fight for you if you quit fighting battles with your own fallible resources. Many people in this nation and others can most likely relate, since there are a lot of church goers that don't seem to understand or fully embrace The Lord's word.
Alex Kendrick is a pretty easy name to remember. It's like Anna Kendrick except it's a dude (unless Alex is supposed to be short for Alexis? Hmm...anyway...)
Not much to say other than what I posted earlier today (that was today wasn't it?), which of course I'm feeling optimistic about...Hopefully I can keep from letting Satan bogging me down yet again.
EDIT: Alex Kendrick directed FIREPOOF *and* WAR ROOM. I don't know if he's gotten better w/ practice or if he deliberately employed the Hallmark movie of the week style b/c he felt that's what a "romance" movie should be... maybe I was just not interested enough in the subject matter to appreciate the manner with which the story was decorated/framed...
It's a very inspiring movie. It's basically a demonstration of how God will fight for you if you quit fighting battles with your own fallible resources. Many people in this nation and others can most likely relate, since there are a lot of church goers that don't seem to understand or fully embrace The Lord's word.
Alex Kendrick is a pretty easy name to remember. It's like Anna Kendrick except it's a dude (unless Alex is supposed to be short for Alexis? Hmm...anyway...)
Not much to say other than what I posted earlier today (that was today wasn't it?), which of course I'm feeling optimistic about...Hopefully I can keep from letting Satan bogging me down yet again.
EDIT: Alex Kendrick directed FIREPOOF *and* WAR ROOM. I don't know if he's gotten better w/ practice or if he deliberately employed the Hallmark movie of the week style b/c he felt that's what a "romance" movie should be... maybe I was just not interested enough in the subject matter to appreciate the manner with which the story was decorated/framed...
Vehevent
My sis sent me a link, I guess out of concern for my constant bellyaching about my lack of holiness...
http://unkaglen.tumblr.com/post/134762167130
I guess the hard part for me is just not worry. The part regarding "eventually you will get it right" seems kinda presumptuous...but the key to solving that is the same key that had to be used in accepting God as a reality -- that key being accepting the fact that God is not up for vote.
http://unkaglen.tumblr.com/post/134762167130
I guess the hard part for me is just not worry. The part regarding "eventually you will get it right" seems kinda presumptuous...but the key to solving that is the same key that had to be used in accepting God as a reality -- that key being accepting the fact that God is not up for vote.
Thursday, December 17, 2015
All I want for Christmas......
Well, I still have my two front teeth. We'll see how long that lasts. I brushed my teeth for the first time in...a week? this morning. And watch out...he shaved! I still have a mountain's worth of beard-ish-ism that needs to go...my back got warped or something b/c there was this chair with heavy metal parts inside of it that I had to haul up the stairs (w/ the help of my cousin: special thanks to Barbie Dry), and then carry out the back yard to the front yard so that the fine foks at the City of Cape Girardeau, Missouri's Public Works Dept. could take it a landfill far far away...just standing in shave-mode was enough to cause my back to feel very strained. Heck, I can feel pangs just sitting here in this swivel chair, not enough to really complain, but that's just from sitting down. If I had better posture, maybe, the pain would not be a big deal...I keep having to bend down to rinse my face off w/ water so I can add more shaving cream. I used like 6 disposable Schick razor blades. Good thing I went with a pack of 15. My mom actually bought those for me. Thanks Mom! I don't know what my plan was at the time, they'd been sitting in a drawer @ the bathroom for almost a month or more... I might've been planning on buying them this month or just saying "to hell with it, I don't need a hairless face!"
So anyway...
Been thinking off and on about what I might do if I had like $50 USD to spend on something(s) that I want. It seems like a lot of stuff exists. Does it serve a purpose that I just can't perceive?
Ultimately, the only stuff I can think of is yet to come. This band Hands Like Houses has an album scheduled for release in late February. I should probably save $15 of whatever money I get for Xmas (I probably will receive at least $15 USD based on numerous past Christmases) for that HLH CD. I can just see myself bailing out on buying that in Feb or buying it and feeling like an idiot for buying it and then coming here to whine about it...
Really, I'm not in a position to splurge. All the nicknacks/collectibles that are up m alley - primarily GHOSTBUSTERS merchandise - are not priced for people in my income bracket to be buying. I bought a GHOSTBUSTERS pint glass for $14 at Fun.com earlier this month. For a lot of people that is a very minor purchase. I'm glad I have it, but I really don't need to do that again. If I get $$ Christmas, I need to take $14 of it (yeah, I'm setting myself up for disappointment, this is all hypothetical) and put it in the collection plate @ church and ask God to forgive me for not doing it the other way around like I darn well should have. Hopefully I can cram a $30 gift to God into the mix by the end of the month. I'm supposed to give $81.50 minimum every month. This month I only gave like $60 apprx. I'm not even sure if it was that much.
My pastor spoke about the meaning of Christianity. It's a pretty astronomical thing. It's not something I can say with certainty that I have or am or whatever. I should start with effort on my part - i.e.: taking time to read The Bible. I've been failing miserably at that. I don't generally read much of anything. I started reading Elliot Perlman's SEVEN TYPES OF AMBIGUITY before I was willing to admit to myself that God in Heaven is indeed a reality. According to Goodreads.com, I started reading STA 3.5 years ago. It's apprx 700 pages and I'm only on page 400. I wasn't even going to church when I first realized the need to embrace the concept of God & quit suppressing the desire to believe I've been going for about a year and a half by now. Naturally, knowing I need to read The Bible, I've cut back immensely on reading fiction. I keep thinking I'd like to prove that I'm not a poser or a pseudo intellectual by actually finishing a book one of these days...but it doesn't matter. Nobody cares how smart I am anyway. People will use my lack of knowledge against me as long as they perceive some benefit from doing so. I need to and still can spread God's word. It's up to the recipients to consider it's value to them. Thankfully, I am not alone in the battle for the world's hearts and minds. God is also at work in this thorny wicked world.
But as I was saying...idk...I'm not even sure I understood the sermon. Nevermind...
I guess I should quit my droning. xx
So anyway...
Been thinking off and on about what I might do if I had like $50 USD to spend on something(s) that I want. It seems like a lot of stuff exists. Does it serve a purpose that I just can't perceive?
Ultimately, the only stuff I can think of is yet to come. This band Hands Like Houses has an album scheduled for release in late February. I should probably save $15 of whatever money I get for Xmas (I probably will receive at least $15 USD based on numerous past Christmases) for that HLH CD. I can just see myself bailing out on buying that in Feb or buying it and feeling like an idiot for buying it and then coming here to whine about it...
Really, I'm not in a position to splurge. All the nicknacks/collectibles that are up m alley - primarily GHOSTBUSTERS merchandise - are not priced for people in my income bracket to be buying. I bought a GHOSTBUSTERS pint glass for $14 at Fun.com earlier this month. For a lot of people that is a very minor purchase. I'm glad I have it, but I really don't need to do that again. If I get $$ Christmas, I need to take $14 of it (yeah, I'm setting myself up for disappointment, this is all hypothetical) and put it in the collection plate @ church and ask God to forgive me for not doing it the other way around like I darn well should have. Hopefully I can cram a $30 gift to God into the mix by the end of the month. I'm supposed to give $81.50 minimum every month. This month I only gave like $60 apprx. I'm not even sure if it was that much.
My pastor spoke about the meaning of Christianity. It's a pretty astronomical thing. It's not something I can say with certainty that I have or am or whatever. I should start with effort on my part - i.e.: taking time to read The Bible. I've been failing miserably at that. I don't generally read much of anything. I started reading Elliot Perlman's SEVEN TYPES OF AMBIGUITY before I was willing to admit to myself that God in Heaven is indeed a reality. According to Goodreads.com, I started reading STA 3.5 years ago. It's apprx 700 pages and I'm only on page 400. I wasn't even going to church when I first realized the need to embrace the concept of God & quit suppressing the desire to believe I've been going for about a year and a half by now. Naturally, knowing I need to read The Bible, I've cut back immensely on reading fiction. I keep thinking I'd like to prove that I'm not a poser or a pseudo intellectual by actually finishing a book one of these days...but it doesn't matter. Nobody cares how smart I am anyway. People will use my lack of knowledge against me as long as they perceive some benefit from doing so. I need to and still can spread God's word. It's up to the recipients to consider it's value to them. Thankfully, I am not alone in the battle for the world's hearts and minds. God is also at work in this thorny wicked world.
But as I was saying...idk...I'm not even sure I understood the sermon. Nevermind...
I guess I should quit my droning. xx
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