My Newest Creation

Old Gryffindor shirt that no longer fits + fabric scraps + plain black hoody and pleated grey skirt from Goodwill = New outfit for the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows midnight release!

So, I don't know how it's going  to go, but I've started a tumblr. It's pennilesspo8.tumblr.com . I think I'll probably still write my blog posts here first, but I'll put everything else up on there....I think. Who knows really. So, check out the new post. It's purposely for Tumblr since it's kind of why I added it to my web portfolio...but I think it turned out really well and tells a lot about me.

Since I haven't written in a while and I don't know when I'll write again...I just figured I'd post a comic I made ages ago for HitRecord.org ...I've been meaning to finish another one that I started along the same lines (the love of kitcheny things), but I just haven't had time....I think I would like to develop my own comic style though and do a story or something...or maybe random ones...or maybe both....who knows. Anyway...Here's the comic. I apologize for my writing. It's three in the morning...so yeah. Not much more to explain. Btw, you should check out the site. I made the comic a link to it as a record on the site....so you can go see some of my other records, or even better, join the site and make some of your own.

Cheers!

What would you do?

Okay, yes, I realize I didn't do any of what I promised to do last week. To be honest, I had a feeling that would happen when I said I'd do it. I actually started the one for HIMYM, but it just got too rambly and I got too busy...so it never got finished.

Anyway, after saying goodbye to Thomas today so he could go to work, I stopped off at Big Lots in order to find the paper shredder I felt I should have bought when I was at a different location earlier this week. They didn't have it, but I did end up buying this retro flip clock that I loved the moment I saw it. I was super excited, because I love anything retro and it was only $13, but I was hesitant because money has been a little tight lately. Unfortunately the excitement has started to wear off because it's a pain to set and keep on the right time since, like a vending machine, it doesn't always release the number as it should. Rewind back to when I first bought it now. I stepped out of the store and there on the ground was a $10 bill. There was no one around and it was in the middle of the street, so I just picked it up.

Immediately I didn't really know what to do. I'd always been taught to ask around and try to find out whose it was or turn it into the authorities, which in this case would be the manager of the store I found it in. Since neither of these really applied, I was kind of at a loss. After a while, I migrated to trying to decide what finding such a thing meant. Of course, leave it to me to analyze something so simple.

What I came up with...
1) It could be a sign from God saying I needed to lighten up on myself and just buy stuff I like every once in a while.
2) It could be a test from God, to see what I would do. However, since, from what I remember, I've been taught to believe that God no longer tests us in that way, I feel I can discredit this idea.
3)It was just meant as a gesture to kind of help me with money and I should keep it for when I need it.
4)It was some sort of pay it forward thing....and I should give it away to charity, or some random person off the side of the street.
5)It was just luck.

Yes, I know I was over-thinking it a little too much....but I don't know...it just really struck something inside me. With all of the stress of wedding planning, work, housework, etc. It's been really nice to realize when things kind of fall in place like that. I've had a lot of help from a lot of people lately, especially with the wedding, and I'm so grateful and appreciative of it all. It really makes me feel loved and makes me really feel like this is all meant to be. I hope thats not too sappy for any of you.

As far as the $10 bill, it's still in my wallet...awaiting my decision. We'll just have to wait and see how it get's spent. So, as the title of this post asks, what would you do?

Deconstructing Jane Austen (Literally)

So,  few weeks ago, I was scouring through etsy to try to find things for the wedding, when I came across a listing by anovelamore of confetti made from Jane Austen's Emma. I thought to myself, "What a great idea!" I had it all planned out that I was going to buy hard cover copies of The Time Traveler's Wife, a compilation of Jane Austen's novels, and a compilation of the Bronte sisters' novels. The pages would become confetti, and the covers would become flower girl baskets, in the spirit of some book purses I've seen around the internet. Well, some people weren't so sure about the baskets, and I started to wonder if it was worth the money to buy all three books, so I started to rethink things.

A few days later I went to work at the bookstore and saw that we had received this lovely edition while I was out. The actual cover is white, so I might can use it for something else, and it's thick enough to theoretically make enough confetti. Even if it doesn't, by the time I've punched every page out, I'll be tired of it. The best thing about it of course, was that it was only $7.99. Of course, I felt bad buying the book under false pretenses, if you will, but since I already own almost all of the novels in there, two of which I still need to read, I decided it was better to use this cheap book than the others.


So, for several weeks,  the book just sat on my coffee table collecting dust and what not. The closest Michaels is about 20 minutes away, so I just never really made the time to get over there. I figured I had plenty of time before the wedding, and even partially assumed we'd just do this as a group the week before once everyone was in town and in wedding finishing mode.


Anyway, yesterday we ended up near the store anyway, so I stopped off and got two heart hole punchers, one jumbo sized and one regular. I have to say I was semi confused because jumbo was the second smallest size out of like five different sizes. I guess they slowly expanded the line and didn't feel the need to rename it. Once we got home, I sat the stuff to the side, figuring I'd get to it over the weekend. After a while however, I got kind of bored and thought, "I might as well." So, I grabbed the necessary items, two punchers, the book, and a shoe box to keep the confetti in.



Thomas decided to help me so he took the smaller one and I took the larger one and we went to work. By the way, if you plan on doing this yourself, I'd say the best way seemed to be to fold one page in half, until it was small enough to get two rows of hearts punched out. If you go thicker, than it's too hard to punch, let alone fit in the little slit the puncher allows for paper. Also, you get more hearts for your punch. Oh, and you might also want to make sure they aren't sloppy folds, or you'll end up cutting on the fold and making weird shaped flower-like double heart things.

The first rip. Gasp!             Accordion hearts        I loved this bigger one.

Probably about thirty minutes later, though I really have no clue how long it was, we figured it was time to stop. It was after about one in the morning, so we were pretty tired and ready for bed. To the left is how far we got, 71 pages into Sense and Sensibility...so I guess we got roughly 35 pages punched thoroughly. However many it was, I know it was about a grocery bag worth of trash.

To the right you can see just how little confetti was made from all of that work. It's probably more than I figure since the pieces are so small. All I know is we have quite a bit left to do. I'll try to do as much as I can during the day when I take breaks from work to watch a TV show or a movie. Speaking of, I better get going so I can work.

Cheers!

P.S. These pictures all came from my phone because my camera wasn't charged enough. I think it worked out pretty well. I do have a droid so it is relatively good quality. Thomas did "judge" me a bit for documenting the whole thing.

Boy, I've been slack

Okay, first of all, to add to the last list, I'm also probably going to also write a blog about Kevin Kline's film In & Out. Though it was a silly comedy on the surface, there was a lot in there that was really interesting about in terms of views on homosexuality in the late 1990s. Oh well, we'll see.

Anyway, as you can I changed up the layout a little bit. I'm not completely sure how I feel about it. I might prefer to have a picture background. That's neither here nor there though. I got on here to say that next week, in honor of premiere week, or at least that's what I'm calling it, next week on TV I'm going to make a list each day of ten reasons why I love the show that premieres that night. The only exception is Thursday night because there are so many premiering that night.

Here's the schedule:

Monday: How I Met Your Mother

Tuesday: Glee

Wednesday: nothing...I get my wedding dress that day and hopefully will be going to Mr. Jason Mraz in concert that night.

Thursday: Bones

Friday: nada

Saturday: nope

Sunday: Bored to Death

So yep, that's all I have write now. I've got to get back to work.

What to hopefully expect if I ever get the time....

So, I just read my good friend Katie's blog, featured over in the right column over there, 2010 a Marriage Odyssey, where she used a list to go ahead and go through and talk about all of the things she's been wanting to say.  I don't really plan on doing that exactly, I thought that I might as well post a list of topics I'm dying to write about on here, and then whenever I do find the time to write, I won't have to sit around secretly chastising myself for forgetting.

1. An Education - a few things about the film, as well as the stupidity that allowed me to find the time to finally watch it.

2. Celebrity - My growth from a fanatical teen to an appreciative audience and why the former probably happened in the first place.

3. Briar Rose - Whenever I get around to it, if I still remember enough about the book to write about it thoughtfully and objectively, I will. If not, I'll just write about the other latest book I've read.

4..pending...I know there's other stuff I want to write about, I just can't think of it right now.

If this helps I may periodically edit this post, or just make new ones adding on to the list....I guess it depends on if I've written anything since or not. Oh well, back to work.

Cheers

What makes me smile

I wanted to share this, but it's just slightly too long for a tweet, so here I am blogging. First of all, I won't disclose precisely what I do, because I don't know how much I'm supposed to talk about it, but I work with surveys more or less, for a website. The site itself doesn't have anything to do with film directly, but the survey does ask, "what is you favorite film?", in an attempt to define the character of the person in question. While, in the spirit of DeLillo, I don't know how effective it is to use these sorts of personality markers, or how healthy it is to perpetuate this sort of definition of character, as a film minor, I am usually very interested in what people write as their answer. The question also asks what your favorite film is, which is usually the part people tend to answer.  I've been noticing a great trend here in people putting really only recent films in their favorites. There will be the default classic like Casablanca every once in a while, but usually it's something from the last year or two. I can't quite place why that bothers me...It probably has to do with the fact that I don't really see it as a praise for more contemporary filmmaking, but as an honest and active inability to recognize and remember  the past. I am all for (like seriously adore) new forms of media and everything, so don't think I'm some kind of biased the-internet-is-making-society-dumb imbecile. I really just have a problem with us forgetting the past like it seriously never happened. You can't truly know the world, let alone the human race, if you ignore that kind of thing. I recently heard someone say that the Holocaust bothered them too much, so after high school they completely cut it out of their life. There is just so many things wrong with that kind of mentality that I'm not going to go into it right now. Anyway, the point of this post was not to complain, but actually say how thrilled I am that almost everyone who I've gotten in the last week or so who has answered the question of the last movie they enjoyed, answered Inception. When I watch a really good film, I always want to share it with people and talk about it, and I guess it just makes me happy that so many other people are enjoying it as I did. I usually have to defend the movies I love from people to a certain extent, so not really having to I guess just really makes me smile. Okay, I apologize, that was supposed to only be a few sentences long, but I got into that random tangent. I've got to get back to work, so cheers!

p.s. I do think that the types of movies someone likes does reflect their character, I just don't think it defines it.

Stamps, Stamps, and More Stamps!

So, I really have a tendency to learn how to do something, whether artistically, culinarily, or just whatever, and then go crazy with ideas of how to put this new talent/knowledge to use. More often than not, the interest fades out, or money subsides, halting production on whatever I was working on. For this reason, I own stools that I was refurbishing in my own quirky way that are half sanded and in dire need of another run over with the wood burner, and have recipes that I never wrote down, swearing that I'd remember them, and no, of course, I don't. Most recently, as a by product of trying to find some way  to put our own logo on the back of homemade Harry Potter Apples To Apples cards, I stumbled across stamps at Michaels. Suddenly, while searching for stamps that didn't exist, I saw a few wedding ones and got the idea of making my own wedding invitations. I have currently done two trial invites and think I finally have a good idea as to the design for  the outside, it just requires patience and a few more materials.

Of course, this is sideways, but you get the picture.

Anywho, that led me to my next step, searching Etsy to find someone who will make a single stamp containing all of the information that needs to go on the inside. While I'm still toying with this idea, it turns out to be more expensive than I'd like, so I might have to go back to stamping it letter by letter with a smaller packet of letter stamps. Back to the story however,  this prompted me to search and see just how hard it might be to make your own stamp. After just a few minutes on google and youtube, I was equipped with the knowledge to at least go make my own HP AtoA stamps. In case you're wondering, here's a video on how it's done.                                                                                                                    

So I went to Michaels to purchase either a stamp pad or an extra large eraser.  I found the pads in no time, but they were more expensive than I wanted to spend. When I was about to check out however, I looked over at the $1 bins and saw this huge pink eraser that was perfect for the job, as well as the idea I had brewing in my head about making a stamp for the bookmark wedding favor I'd been trying to design.

I was pretty excited, and thought the quote on the front was kind of funny. If only I knew how true it would turn out to be. Sorry by the way, all of the pictures from my web cam are mirrored, which may or may not be ironic, I can't tell.

 So I went over to Thomas' grandparents' house, cut one of the erasers in half and went to work with my pen and carving tools. Everyone else thought it was pretty neat, with several of the cousins who helped telling me it was sort of therapeutic work. In no time we had two lovely apple-with-a-lightning-bolt stamps reading for the cards we still had to rewrite.

As you can see I even became victim of being stamped myself, as Kallan decided to go around stamping us all while we waited on dinner to be made and could not work on the cards because it would take up too much room. I'm actually pretty proud of how these turned out, except the fact that I should have gotten a better ink pad, and of course, I forgot that it would stamp a mirrored image rather than the one I cut out. Oh well, the lightning bolt works okay on either side.


So today, is when I thoroughly failed. I started to work on the bookmark stamp, and instead of planning it out, which is always my downfall, I got too excited and went ahead and started drawing and carving.

The result is what you see on your left. What is funny is that, using my computer's camera, the image actually looks like it should. However, when you actually see it, I didn't take the time to mirror the writing. I spent something like an hour and a half on this, and had half of it carved out, as you can see. I went to test it since I had a portion big enough to ink and not smear over the parts I hadn't worked on yet, and saw, whoopsy, it was backwards. I wanted to scream and laugh at the same time. Of course, I can go back to the store and get another eraser, and perhaps thinner carving tools to make the letter's a little bit tighter and less matisse font-like. For now, I'm frustrated and am thinking about just using whatever smaller letters I buy for the inside of the invitations, but maybe I'll stop back by and grab another eraser or two and try again soon. If I am I need to do it before they move them and I can't ever find  them again. Even if I give up on this idea, I may make some smaller, simpler ones for the kids at the wedding to play with while the adults are doing their socializing. The lesson after all of this though, is to plan ahead as much as possible. Don't let your excitement get the best of you, or you'll be out of several bucks and a few hours of time you could have been using to not fail at other things.
Oh well, you live and you learn. I'll probably definitely update again soon with how everything's going. Wish me luck!

Cheers!

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Superheroes part dos

So, obviously, I've been meaning to finish this for a while, as I always am.  A lot of stuff has come up and there are some crazy changes going on in my life.   Moving on though, when I think superheroes, I think powers, and which ones I'd actually consider having.  Some of you might be like, "Dude, of course you would want a superpower,"  but on the contrary, I see a lot of them as flawed.  In a way they are almost like a hamartia, a "tragic flaw," though not one the hero can really be blamed for as you might normally would for say, Oedipus.  Lets look at some of the more attractive powers

Super Strength
I think this is probably the most popular power, which is probably due to the fact that I think it was one of the first in the comic book realm.  People didn't really get creative about powers until later. Anyway, Yes, super strength is rather attractive, especially when you think of how much good you could do when things go awry. Just right to your left, Superman is stopping a bank robbery. My only issue is with controlling it.  Is one able to turn it on and off, or do they just make a point to be extra, extra careful when doing anything else in life?  If its the former, than fine, the only issue you might have is if you got really upset and purposefully hurt someone who just made you a bit angry or jealous. If its the latter however, I can't imagine how difficult it might would be to be so gentle.  Unless you got really good with it, you would constantly be hurting those you loved or breaking fragile things like teacups and lightbulbs.  Of course, there are even more picky issues with the power like, how does your skin withhold the pressure of so much force when you use the power, or what density would  your muscles truly have to be (unless of course its just magic)?  These things aren't really of any consequence though because you're suppose to suspend your disbelief on the issue and just accept that the power is a truth.

Healing
So I know there are a lot of different heroes, villains, and other various characters with this ability, but my favorite is Wolverine. I also think he's the perfect example of all that can go wrong with this power. First of all, he's been a horrible lab experiment and had adamantium fused to his skeleton (twice I believe). Not only is that horribly painful, but inhumane. Also, it set him up for the time that Magneto ripped the metal from his skeleton during a battle. There are some forms of injury and pain you just don't want to come back from. Of course, one thing does have a big impact on this issue, the speed of regeneration. If you heal almost instantly, then okay, that's not so bad, but if it takes several days or even weeks, that would be ridiculously painful. Anyway, another thing to refute over with this healing power, is how long it allows you to live. Sure, especially with all of the vampire literature about, living forever does seem to have it's perks, but I think it would be boring after a while. After you've lived to see everything, if you're the kind of person to care about culture and what not, what are you going to do. Yes of course, there are constantly technological advances that one might would want to see, but after a while that might even begin to seem like the same thing over and over again. Unless you're power was recognized in the public, which for someone born even today, that is very unlikely, you'd have to live a secret life of mystery and deception, not ever letting anyone truly closed to you. Also, those that you did let get close to you, would eventually die, or even be killed because of you. You could just become immune to death, but really, would you want to live a life like that and not have any stock in human life?

Telepathy
So I've always been into this power, I guess because I'm extremely aware of my surroundings and am always worried I've made someone think ill of me. Shamefully I have even thought something merely because I was worried someone might somehow hear it, and then immediately worry that somebody has.  I'm not crazy, just a little quirky with an open mind to the possibly paranormal. So, of course I have always been aware, at least partially, of the side effects of this ability. First of all, unless you can turn it off, you run the risk of going a little bit insane. Your mind makes you who you are, excluding you soul for the  moment, and if you lose it, you're nothing. You're just a body, a vessel for a soul that can't express itself because it has no mind to convey any aspect of itself. One thing I hadn't thought of so much until the last few years since I read the first Sookie Stackhouse novel by Charlaine Harris, is how just how horrible it would be and how self conscious you might get if you did hear everything everybody though about you. I had thought about it on the more general level of just hearing what passersby had to say about you, but not that you may never have a healthy, working relationship because of it. What's especially worrisome is the idea of hearing what your loved one is really thinking of while he or she is consoling you, kissing you, or even making love to you. I'm not a prude, but I know that would pretty much scar me for life.

Super Intelligence
This is an ability I would actually like to have, as long as I knew how to keep my ego down and my mouth shut at the appropriate times, which is something Tony Stark definitely needs to work on. If you don't, obviously, a whole ton of crap can happen to you.  You can get kidnapped by the enemy, create vendettas worldwide, and on a smaller level, never have a friend that thinks he's on your level. The only issues I think there would be if you theoretically used the power right, is the distance that would be created between you any anyone you loved because they are not on your intellectual level, as well as the issue of learning too much about the world.  When I say this last one, I mean that you learn about so much evil and pain in the world that you lose all hope in humanity or even the existence of being.

Telekinesis
So finally, this is the power I find the most practical, if thats even what one should be  thinking in terms of having a special ability. Yes, my example to the left, Jean Grey does end up turning evil, but I would argue that that is because she also had mind reading capabilities that made her extra susceptible to being controlled by someone with similar powers. If you simply just had telekinesis, you could definitely do damage if you wanted to, but if used right, it would really just be like being that young wizard who uses his powers to do his chores rather than actually doing them. I guess you could get extra lazy and have develop weight issues, but that already happens. I think telekinesis would be really nice for getting things done on a busy day, or doing those menial chores that would normally take up the time you could be using to do something more important. Really, it would just make things a little easier, like holding a book you're reading or grabbing a really hot pan out of the oven. My fiancé and I had some other ideas the other day, but for the life of me I can't remember what they were. I do think at one time we were playing with  the idea of whether or  not telekinesis would allow you to heal yourself because technically you would be able to connect your veins, tissues and what not back together.  It would all boil down to whether or not you could fuse them back together or not, or if you could, in the time allotted before you passed our or died from a serious injury.

If you have any arguments, feel free to give them.  I do not claim to be a comic book guru or anything of the sort.  I've just read and seen some things that fill me in here and there. You might complain that I left out things like x-ray vision, shifting, or even magic as a whole.  This was a conscious decision made because then I would just be writing for hours about every little power I could think of.  This way, I just took the several powers I thought I could talk about and focused on them. Focus is a main issue for me so I wanted there to me as little leeway as possible.  Speaking of focusing, I need to get back to work and jump in the shower.

Cheers

whoops

so I thought I had done well, but there are a few typos/words altered by the phone's t9 like programming that I didn't notice...and I don't feel like going through the hassle of turning on my laptop for a few little words.

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superheroes

Hello blog,
I haven't posted on ages, not because I haven't wanted to, but because every time I have gotten the urge to write about something I've been busy with work, moving, visiting with family that hasn't been seen for far too long, etc. Right now however I am sitting here wide awake in the middle of the night (I have to be up in five or six hours. gah!) and have just recently gotten a new phone that allows me to post without causing too much ruckus and waking up my fiance asleep next to me.
Okay, so, you might be wondering what all is this has to do with superheroes. Nothing so far. I was really wanting to round out my day off with a blog, but by the time I say down to work on it, all of the topics I had previously decided on seemed momentarily dull. So, I checked out all of my favorite blogs to see if I could find some inspiration, which I did. My beloved friend Katie, of 2010 A Marriage Odyssey, posted a delightful post I'm which she explained that she had discovered a blog that posted a new prompt for blogging each Saturday. This week it is superheroes. I meant to join her in her blogging venture immediately, but having lost track of time, needed to go get dinner on the stove.
I, unfortunately will have to finish this as she did hers however, with a to be continued, as it is getting far too late and my eyelids are finally starting to droop. Hopefully this has not been too much of a waste of time. I do wish to write on the subject, but it must wait for tomorrow. At least now I've gotten some practice in with this touch screen keyboard and feel confident I can write full posts in the future.

cheers

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Go Seth!

I cannot tell you how excited and glad I was at the announcement last night that Seth Aaron Henderson won Project Runway. Though I was very emotionally invested last season, since both Carol Hannah and Gordana were from Charleston, I think this season was the one I've cared about the most since I first tuned in for Season 4 with Christian Siriano.

Seth Aaron) I've been rooting for him pretty much the entire season. I only say pretty much because it takes a few weeks, because of the sheer number of contestants, to weed through them all and have opinions over them. I was won over, as assumedly a lot of viewers were, after that impeccable jacket for the child/adult challenge and I never looked back. I just love his aesthetic. I've never really been into fashion per say, because it used to bore me. I was never really interested in pretty things or popular things growing up, and that is what I perceived to be fashionable. I generally gravitate more towards the punk/rocker look. While I am starting to appreciate more in the way of other things, it used to piss me off to no end that makeover shows and what not would present an outfit for someone and call it punk, even though it really wasn't. Before I ramble for ages about all of this other stuff, the point is, I'm really excited to see work like Seth's. I love the colors, the fit, the detailing, and the "hardware." I heard on a radio interview he did that he would love to do a line for Target. I would be so down for that! Also, I just really love the fact that he seems to be a genuinely nice guy with a family who obviously loves him. He turned winning into a family thing, trying to teach his kids that if they work hard they can achieve anything, and talking about how it is going to change their lives and not just his life.

Mila Hermanovski) My feelings for Mila were varied throughout the season. Some things about her attitude I did not like, and I thought that she just kept doing the same concept over and over. As time went on I just realized that that was who she was and she wasn't changing. I still, however didn't really want her to be one of the ones at fashion week. I actually would have really wanted to see what Mia had in her had she not left the show. Overall I am not really complaining though. This dress I think was absolutely beautiful and I think they should have highlighted it more than some of her other stuff. I'm not huge on the oversized jackets and what not that hide a woman's figure. They were amazingly made though. As a person, I did learn to like her and realize she just had to relax for you to see the real her. I was pleasantly surprised how much I liked her after her family visit. The fact that she had a dalmatian was just perfect.

Emilio Sosa) I really liked some of his pieces over the season. He obviously has a good eye and good craftmanship since he pulled out all of those winners on the show. I just think his attitude got the best of him. He was so arrogant I just could not stand it. He assumed he had it in the bag and so he decided to go safe for the runway....but its a show, you have to bring it! I will say though that his dress is absolutely beautiful, and if he had made more stuff like this, I still would have been angry he won, since his attitude is so poor, but I would have respected the decision. This thing is a show stopper.

random singing angel

So I drew that in like 5 minutes on my bamboo because I was bored and needed to practice really quick before How I Met Your Mother came on. I still have a lot to practice...I need to start doing it (or at least doodling in general) daily. Graduation is in like two weeks (Gah!) so I should have plenty of time after that.

The Parts of the Sum of the Whole

So, like I said earlier today, here I am with the episode analysis...I just re-watched the pilot episode to refresh myself on some things (and boy did it make me want to re-watch the whole series again...which I think I might just do. Anyway, here we go. 100th episode.

1:02- I really like this exchange between Booth and Brennan. Its got the right amount of her social awkwardness and his teaching. I don't know how to completely take her comment that she doesn't care about the whole love thing. She doesn't say that she doesn't believe it (at least so far) and she seems to be avoiding the subject. Perhaps she knows she loves him, and as we are to conclude later, she would rather still stay where they are than bring their emotions to light.

2:00-Still she does not deny it. She states that he is allowed to be wrong in his interpretation, but the only thing she states as factually wrong are some typos and the fact that was not their first case. It also like the interchange between Sweets and Booth. They both understand whats going on here, or at least what should be going on here, and are surprised that it is not why.

2:38- Just want to say, technically I really appreciate the dissolves and extreme close ups of the balls going into the pockets. It tells everything in a matter of seconds visually before we even get Booth's comments that he always won. I will say that I had always assumed the gambling problem was way before they met, but it does work here as an anchor to an available past Booth.

4:02-This scene with Cam and Booth is perfect. As a lot of people have noted, its great to imagine she connected the two. Before the episode aired, I didn't really think about how she would fit in the mix. Putting her here really works with the way her character comes off as almost all knowing. She's an expert at Booth and always seems to have a perfect reading of others. I suppose having her in this position as coroner, makes her a bridge between the scientific types and the social/emotive types, hence why she understands all.

4:18 Just had to say, Brennan's "which is me" is adorable.

5:50- First of all, what kind of guest lecture/class lecture hybrid is this? I doubt anywhere would be so elaborate and expensive, and still allow Booth to just walk in. This first exchange here seems a little contrived with the forcing of obvious counter ideals, but all in all it works. the "absolutely not" to believing in fate is classic Brennan. Sweets seems so frustrated too. Cute.

8:01- I could totally see arrogant early Booth testing Brennan like this. Of course this differs from what he says in the pilot about her identifying the remains with just the x-rays, but thats nit picky and nothing too big to overlook. Zack seems somewhat like he used to, kind of a mixture between how he is in the pilot, since he is so out of character there, and how he is the rest of the time. I absolutely love angry Hodgins and his hair.

9:35-Oh Angela. She would be a characteraturist or whatever they are called. The whole, they met at Angela's gallery makes a lot of sense. I have wondered how Brennan became such good friends with somewhat outside the realm of science. Also answers why she works there even though she doesn't really fit in professionally. I wish they had added why she knows so much about technology however.

11:03-I love how Bones just walks away from Cam. Very headstrong early Temperance. Also, I love how "dazzled" Booth is by her abilities.

12:36- "passed with a lot of color" :) also, towards the fact that she just throws off the whole, he tested her thing.

14:12- "feeling each other up"- again :)- Also, "Like a honeymoon"-Interesting analogy there Brennan.

15:33- I never really gathered that Zack and Jack hated each other in the beginning. Eh, it works. Explains why their experiments were so important...bonding...also explains why any of them would ever get to know an angry person like Hodgins.

16:01-props on Boreanaz and that tracking shot. I realize thats his dad and adore that he put him in...and I know they did something like 44 takes...the only thing is how crooked the stack is and how he doesn't actually take a copy when he's done. Overall though it worked. I understand how much goes into just a small tracking shot like that.

17:36- I like their playfulness and the way Brennan isn't as abrasive as she is towards him in the pilot...also I like that he puts the time aside to convince her of his skills. He's always trying to show her how partners have to give and take to earn respect and form a bond. Also, nice cut from the table to the floor. ( a lil after this time marker).

Okay had to take a two day break to get some stuff done. Now I'm taking a break from my paper on King Lear to work on this a little bit more. BTW, this has taken a lot longer than I thought.

18:45-Brennan and Hodgins beating Zack with a baseball bat. Priceless.

20:17 "Yes I see. So I could call you shoes [because they are so very shiny]" Lol. Oh Bones and her lack of social understanding.

21:11 "Thats too bad" "Glad you think so" such obvious flirting here. It does the shipper's heart good.

23:52- A lot went on here that I liked. Caroline is such a strong character. I am glad they figured out a way to bypass the continuity issue over the fact that it seemed previously that Caroline had met Bones for the first time on another case sometime in the run of the show. They answer this issue very true to her character too. She's very straight to the point, business oriented and of course she wouldn't take time to remember Brennan if she didn't think she would be important to her in the future. Also, the "sadistic" children's toy is great. Its so sute (in a morbid sort of way) and obviously leads the way for the Angelator. Oh yeah and the whole thing about Bones "[responding] to the breadth of [Booth's] shoulders" and his jawline...:)

25:15- "You are so hot" :)! I always love when Brennan assaults men. Women do not always have to be weak.

26:06-aw, firing Bones. :( Though it leads to them kissing, so its not all bad. I love how it always seems to be Caroline that gets them to kiss. She did the Christmas kiss after all too.

29:56-!!!!!!!! Kissing....Booth feeling he has to tell Brennan his flaws...Brennan's flustering over being fired...Sweets-"My book is crap!" alll !!!

30:42- I missed the reasoning behind why they didn't sleep together the first time around-Tequila...So, in conclusion with what is said next-She didn't want it to be a one time thing that only happened because of alcohol. They both could tell there was something more there and that it possibly would last...it couldn't happen then because they were not ready for it nor knew each other well enough.

31:28-Jack hitting on Angela-her being annoyed by it-cute!

32:18- "Do you feel like you ever saw something great that almost happened and then it didn't"

This echoes the whole missed their window thing Sweets talks about later. Its a little foreboding but I have hope. Plus they get back together and something great does happen in their partnership.

34:40-Should we assume by Booth's playfulness here that he assumes she is just as happy to work with him again as he is to work with her? She obviously looks annoyed so idk how to read this-hopefully not that he is more into the relationship...though that can't be true, because Booth is really the biggest thing in Brennan's life in the present.

36:17-Oh and the animosity begins. This is what I really love about the show btw, the eay it works like a Screwball comedy. Two people from opposite backgrounds come together, hate each other in the beginning and then fall in love. Its cliché now of course, but its cute and I like the social meaning behind it.

39:11-A lot here that works mainly along with what was said earlier....Nice father reference there to fully push Brennan over the edge. See, where as some viewers complain about episodes like this and say that they just lead us on, only to take it all away, I don't see it as that. I really appreciate how in this episode, as well as the infamous season 4 finale, Hart and everyone reward the long term fans with moments like this. What I mean is, that we are rewarded because we have followed the show and have come so close to the characters and we understand exactly why moments like this happen.

39:45 "We're not in love with each other" Its heartbreaking to see Booth's reaction here. great cutting.

40:32-Brennan looked horrified the way Sweets was begging Booth to profess his love to her. She is so horrified for their relationship to be redefined. Another nice one Hart, "nothing happens unless first a dream"

End- That last seen is just so wonderful. Great acting by both Emily and David. I personally find hope in this sad ending...It breaks my heart to see Booth so upset and to see Bones' freak out, but I know it'll all work out. She says the reason they can't be together is because she can't change, because she doesn't know how to....but she has changed over the years....and if she wants it bad enough....if she realizes that not being with Booth and only staying a friend will lead to an eventual distancing from him (via another woman or whatever) then she'll find the strength to take the gamble. A lot of people are pretty determined that the finale will be horrible and that they will end up just throwing the whole relationship out, but I can't. I think, from the evidence I have for the rest of the season, that something will finally happen for them to really push the relationship forward. If they break them up, the show has nothing to gain....it would be even worse than having them get together and lose the tension. I honestly don't know what sort of turn the show could make if they have to split them up before being together, but I'm sure they've figured it out. The writers are very smart people and they know what they are doing and do each thing for a specific reason.

Okay, so like I said before, I know this is delayed, but it was a practice run. I haven't decided yet if I'm going to alter the process at all or not. I can't decide if it would work better to do this again or to take these notes somewhere else and make one fluid review. We'll see what I decide...Time to go back to Shakespeare however.

Wednesday night, or some night before thursday, you should expect my comments on this season's Project Runway finalists. Depending on how much homework I have, you might get another one of these tomorrow for the Death of the Queen Bee episode from this past week of Bones to get caught up....Also some monday night commentary on How I Met Your Mother and Big Bang Theory....Anyway, got to go!

Cheers!

These were tweeted from Hart Hanson. 100th episode inspired works. Wunderbar!

P.S. Bones is on Netflix instant play, which I didn't know until last night, and find very exciting as I have yet to buy the rest of the seasons.

Where Things Are

So, I haven't written in a while...this is because I have all of these ideas of where to take the blog...and every time I want to actually do something about it...I have a shiz-ton of homework to do. I graduate in about three weeks (ahh!) so I should have a lot more time after that. One thing though, that I might start doing, is taking the shows that I watch and comment on them as I watch them/rewatch them...These entrees will be rather long probably...and definitely full of Spoilers...but I think it might help me get focused and work on my analytical skills...especially now that I'm graduating and don't want to loose them....also I've got to actually do something with them. I don't know how much I'll do this with sitcoms...while a lot of them do have an overall story line they are following, you can't really be analytical...They tend to be a great deal more episodic...We'll see what happens though. Maybe they'll just have really short entrees.

Another thing I've been thinking about doing is a webcomic...I don't really know how this will pan out. I haven't practiced on my bamboo in a week or so...and I need to come up with a distinct style (that's easy to work with), characters, and a story line...I have ideas for books and things, but I really think I might keep those to myself for the simple fact that the internet is not the most trustworthy of mediums if you want to keep something for yourself...

Well, I have got to go...first episode might come tonight if I get time. I'm probably going back a week on Bones and rewatching The Parts of the Sum in the Whole (I think thats the title)...merely because I like it a lot and there is a lot to say about it. Okay, well I've got to go.

Cheers

Bamboo!

So,

I know I haven't posted in a long time...but I just wanted to post to say that I got a Wacom Bamboo today. *Super Excited* I plan on trying to do a lot more graphics stuff like I use to (plus more). Before I can really do anything though, I just have to get used to it and am actually able to draw alright with it. Here's my first drawing, which isn't too great. I don't know why I drew what I did, it just happened. You'll have to click on it to see it fully. Anyway...time for bed!

So, I was trying to use this space to do something completely unrelated to blogging and when I used the command code ctrl+p it published emptiness instead of pasting what I was trying to save. I am apparently not allowed to delete the post...but do not have the focus to make it into anything at the moment...so there you go...

cheers

Today I had time to kill, so I decided to start a graphic novel. Progress! Not really though because I only got four frames, in pencil, on ruled paper. It is a start though.

btw,

...was a great movie. If you've seen it, let me know. I read the ending completely

different from everyone else and I'd like to know that I am not alone.

-cheers

Is it a problem when you look back at your posts and just want to delete most of them because you feel like they are lame and stupid? I would start anew, but I would probably fall back into the same rut...I need to remember how to write...become objective....and get a focus...

Ignorance

I recently was a part of the wedding of one of my dearest friends, who just so happens to be a part of the Church of Latter Day Saints. It was a great and beautiful experience. I was reminded however, while I was there, that Katie and I haven't gotten to talk much over the last few years (she moved to VA) and I need a refresher course on her faith. It is not that I forget what she told me before, its that I am not fully aware of the portions of her faith that apply more to her now than before, like marriage and endowment. I could just wikipedia it, which I did somewhat, but I feel that I am cheating myself, as well as Katie, by doing so. For something so intrinsic to her soul, I really need to learn how she believes and not what everyone else thinks she believes.
For some religions I may or may not feel okay just doing a little research online, but, as I have learned, Mormons are very often prejudiced against and therefore, whatever I find online may be skewed. Also, a lot of the prejudice against them is merely from ignorance. There have been multiple times that I have read something somewhere about the Church of Latter Day Saints that is clearly written as a reason you should stay away from Mormons and it has been completely false. This is one of the things I hate most about the world. People go through life ignorant, but act as though they know whats going on. I admit that I am ignorant of a lot of things...but that's it right there, I admit it. I do not like to give opinions on things I do not know anything about. I think its ridiculous. I also try not to judge people, especially not until I know the whole story behind why they are the way they are. I think the world would be a much better place if everyone did this.
For example, in one of my classes last semester, we read Norman Mailer's The Executioner's Song. The novel is a new journalistic approach to the story of Gary Gilmore, the first man to be put to death once capital punishment was reinstated. Anyway, my teacher led a discussion over whether Mailer completely degraded (though thats not the word I'm looking for) the Mormon victim's of Gilmore because she said they seemed cookie cutter and flat. This was based on the fact that their idea of fun was throwing cream pies at each other, that they went to Disneyland for their honeymoon, and other such things. I guess for people who do not know or understand Mormons, it may seem a little bit ridiculous that the reader is to believe that there are adults that are truly like this in life.
One girl in my class spoke up and said that if you knew any Mormons, which she did, that they were just happy people and that through their beliefs of purity and what not, this is truly how they are. No one seemed to listen to her. I still feel bad that I did not speak up. I completely agree. This is not meant to degrade anyone either. The Mormons I know are some of the best people I have ever met. Sure, they don't go out drinking, sleep around, watch R rated movies, or even drink coffee, like all of the "cool people," but I find that endearing. They know what they believe. They know how to live their lives the way they feel they should, and they do exactly that. If anything I am jealous of their abilities to live life like that. I do not choose to live my life entirely like they do, I do curse, watch R rated movies etc., but I am completely okay that they do. I respect them wholeheartedly.
Granted, some people might judge me because I do live my life rather reserved, as in I don't drink or party or any of that. Oh well. I think the biggest problem along with ignorance is that people assume that since someone does not do the same things they do, then they obviously must be judging them and assuming they are going to hell. The world is not black and white. The absence of love is not necessarily hate. There is a wide spectrum of feelings between the two extremes.
The point is, I know that it is probably impossible, but I just wish people would be a little bit more knowledgeable and respectful of everyone else. No one can go through this life alone. You need people if you want to survive. Its stupid to hate, you're only bringing yourself down. Trust and embrace the people you meet in life. Don't hate them because they are not just like you. Love them because they are different.

cheers

Happy New Year!

So,

I'm here watching my fiancé put together the bookcase my dad gave me for Christmas. In case you're wondering why I'm not helping, he won't let me. New Years Eve was fun, but rather dangerous. Thomas caught his hair on fire and got hit by a firework. I got temporarily deafened by an artillery shell that blew up on the ground rather than in the air like it is supposed to. Several other mishaps with explosives occurred, but I do not feel like listing them. I would have pictures, but alas, I only just found my camera battery charger. I therefore have no pictures of Christmas, the after Christmas visit to VA/D.C., or anything else. Oh well, besides the loss of memory inducing pictures for when I get old, it was probably good for me. I was forced to experience things directly rather than at one remove through the camera lense/as events than merely existed to be photographed. The only picture I have of the holidays actually, is one that I drew of Thomas/the fiancé. More to write later. I better go see if he'll let me help now.

Cheers!