Rant VIII: The Reckoning
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I am going to wash my hands of this whole business. All these puns are going to give me a wet dream if y'all keep this going.
As if my day or night couldn't get worse. Going through the worst bout of depression in awhile. It's to the point that I'm fighting the urge to just go somewhere in the woods, take off my jacket, and freeze to death. Which means I was so depressed at work that I was trying not to cry in front of customers. So work sent me home early. Which means Dad, of course, had to yell at me about it because fuck my depression, it's about making money. Because that's all he cares about. I might as well just be $Son to him.
And then I tried watching Big Bang Theory to maybe cheer myself up. And if I was in a better mood, this probably would:
But of course, all it makes me figure is people are going to assume I ripped Dill off from Big Bang Theory. Even though Dill predates this stupid gag by 5+ years.
And then I tried watching Big Bang Theory to maybe cheer myself up. And if I was in a better mood, this probably would:
But of course, all it makes me figure is people are going to assume I ripped Dill off from Big Bang Theory. Even though Dill predates this stupid gag by 5+ years.
I'm such an insignificant blip in the sea of media that that's very unlikely. I can't wait to hear every fucking BBT fan ask me this from now on.
*shrug* Well, worth a shot, I guess.
I think you vastly overestimate how many people will remember a throwaway gag from The Big Bang Theory.
Depends if it becomes a trendy meme on Tumblr or something.
It's animatronics ala the earlier Ninja Turtles movies or nothing.
GasBandit
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I thought those WERE guys in suits? Wasn't there a picture going around where it shows one of the actors' faces when the turtle opened his mouth to laugh?
Found it
I guess the heads might have been animatronic.
They were guys in suits, but some of the movements (eyes, for example) were animatronics, I believe. Still, same idea.
Btw, here's the full scene in question:
You know the funniest thing about this? Aside from missing his under-the-snout scruff and maybe have a more define hunchback (for the carapace), it's a pretty solid representation of Dill.
You know the funniest thing about this? Aside from missing his under-the-snout scruff and maybe have a more define hunchback (for the carapace), it's a pretty solid representation of Dill.
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I know the topic has moved onto another rant, but I just wanted to let you know, I had a college professor with similar views. Yes, someone earning a living off art, who felt this way about it, and simultaneously hypocritical about it (and a lit professor, so I presume had an English degree too, which only makes the contradictions more perplexing). Worst professor I had in all four years; was a complete moron. One can go far being a moron.
fade
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@ThatNickGuy I empathize. I have seen so many of my ideas show up on screen after I created them. I altered the original story for Fade, which I penned years ago, because of it. Imagine my irritation when I saw a male protagonist with long blonde hair use alchemy to perform magic-like effects based on state changes, all the while insisting that it isn't magic but science.
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Noah just had his first experience with this. He has been writing a series about Ninja Penguins (and other animals) since last year. A few days ago we were in a bookstore. I was browsing through some Japanese language instruction books when I found one that caught my eye: Ninja Penguin Talks Japanese in Japan. It is a language book, but has some comic book panels of Ninja Penguin, his sensei, enemies, etc. while he's traveling around Japan learning about the different regions and the language. Noah was immediately upset because he thought he wouldn't be able to write his book without someone thinking he took the idea from that book. Like I told him this is not the same thing. Keep writing about Dill. Fuck the people who might remember some obscure BBT bit.
Tell them it's a tie-in book that sheds some light on the background of a character in the series, and sell them all a copy. Sounds more productive and less likely to result in icky diseases.
what if a BBT writer posts here at HF and can't out themselves since they don't want the celebrity, etc.
and that was their way to give us a shout out
and that was their way to give us a shout out
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teamwork makes the dream work
My daughter is at a sleepover so I am trying to clean her room. This is a soul sucking experience, because no matter how much work I do her room is still completely trashed. I kept asking my husband to come upstairs to tell me that I've made progress. I need to go back in there, but I needed to escape for a little bit first.
GasBandit
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"These can't be MY socks. They bend."
GasBandit
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Maybe if you use a steam box, like how they bend wood for ship's hulls.
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I've spent the past 30 minutes or so trying mostly unsuccessfully not to bawl my eyes out like a broken hearted child, because I have a splitting fucking headache, I'm still trying to fight off the last of this flu, my wife has been stuck at the airport in Philly for the past two nights, and I'm probably going to have to have our cat put to sleep tomorrow before she gets home, 10 days before my wife's birthday.
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I've been exhausted for the past 2 months.
Like -sleep for 12-14 hours a night if I could, everything at work takes 2-6 times longer than it should cuz I can't focus or think- exhausted.
Then I f'd up some joints, so both my legs hurt, and walking is both iffy and painful.
Then my neck got re-buggered up (it's a chronic thing that's usually managed/manageable) to the point where I was basically laying prone for 4 days because of pain, nausea, and light-headedness/dizziness - and that's with taking good drugs.
Then my partner got (more) f'd up (they too have a chronic thing, that's generally a helluva lot better managed than mine), and has had, like, a medical app't every day or so for the past 2 weeks, some of which are 2+ hours away, and they can't drive/sit right now so I "get" to, in amidst the winter storms. And has gone on short-term disability at their work.
What flexibility and good-will I had at work is totally gone because of taking care of/dealing with my partner, cuz it's f'd with my schedule/the office schedule and I've had no notice for most of these things (alot of specialists and such give 24hrs notice of appointments around here, or it's been trips to the ER at odd hours.) Never mind that somehow I have actually managed to stay on top of 80%+ of my work.
Then I get a cold, 'cuz gee, I wonder if my immune system's buggered from the stress and lack of sleep (I've not been sleeping because of the pain in my neck and legs).
And I may or may not be entering into another depressive episode.
And to top it all off, 14 months after initial findings from routine bloodwork (aka: weren't looking for anything), I've gone from newly diagnosed to insulin-dependent diabetic.
Fuck. Every. Thing.
All I want to do is curl up and sleep and drink for at least a month.
Like -sleep for 12-14 hours a night if I could, everything at work takes 2-6 times longer than it should cuz I can't focus or think- exhausted.
Then I f'd up some joints, so both my legs hurt, and walking is both iffy and painful.
Then my neck got re-buggered up (it's a chronic thing that's usually managed/manageable) to the point where I was basically laying prone for 4 days because of pain, nausea, and light-headedness/dizziness - and that's with taking good drugs.
Then my partner got (more) f'd up (they too have a chronic thing, that's generally a helluva lot better managed than mine), and has had, like, a medical app't every day or so for the past 2 weeks, some of which are 2+ hours away, and they can't drive/sit right now so I "get" to, in amidst the winter storms. And has gone on short-term disability at their work.
What flexibility and good-will I had at work is totally gone because of taking care of/dealing with my partner, cuz it's f'd with my schedule/the office schedule and I've had no notice for most of these things (alot of specialists and such give 24hrs notice of appointments around here, or it's been trips to the ER at odd hours.) Never mind that somehow I have actually managed to stay on top of 80%+ of my work.
Then I get a cold, 'cuz gee, I wonder if my immune system's buggered from the stress and lack of sleep (I've not been sleeping because of the pain in my neck and legs).
And I may or may not be entering into another depressive episode.
And to top it all off, 14 months after initial findings from routine bloodwork (aka: weren't looking for anything), I've gone from newly diagnosed to insulin-dependent diabetic.
Fuck. Every. Thing.
All I want to do is curl up and sleep and drink for at least a month.