Saturday, February 14, 2004
Piranha...hahahahahahha!
Piranha...hahahahahahha!
10:46 AM
So, last night was, of course, horribly awful but super entertaining B-rated Horror Movie night! Wow! That's a mouthful! Jessie, Tod, and I headed over to Family Video on Cottonwood. Man oh man was it awesome. We got three videos for 50 cents! It was phenomenal! Hey, if anyone needs movies in the next two weeks, I get 50% off. Plus there's an entire section of movies where you can get 2 for a dollar! COOLNESS!
Anyway, back to the matter at hand. Since we got three videos, we each chose one horribly awful but super entertaining B-rated horror movie and volunteered to write a review on our chosen movie. Although I cannot speak for my fellow moviegoers...Jessie and Tod...I can honestly say that it was a fairly successful night in movie watching. Piranha, my choice, was in no way the best, but I feel as though it came in at second. This movie, concocted in 1995, is actually a remake of a 1978 movie with the same title. Video Universe offers a quick glimpse of the cover and a brief synopsis. I like how they say that the '95 version is "a technologically advanced remake of the original 1978 Roger Corman cult fave." If only you knew just how technologically INADVANCED this movie actually is. The best part of this movie? The fact that Jackie from That 70s Show is in it...at about 9 years old. It was priceless! She was this little girl who had always been afraid to swim or go into the water. Well when the piranhas attack her summer camp, she springs into action to save her friend and her camp counselor...Punky Brewster. Oh Punky Brewster...it's too bad I don't know any of these people's real names. In addition, Stephanie, or Alexandra Paul, from Baywatch was in this film as well. For those of you who may not remember Stephanie, she was Mitch's best friend for a long time and then they started dating! She was always a butch sort of woman, and she wore her hair super short. She sort of looked like a man from the back.
Now in case you were wondering how they cinematically achieved creating these oversized, overcharged, overagressive creatures, most of the time they showed underwater silhouettes that for some reason made dolphin noises. At some points, when the fish were close to the surface of the water, plastic hand puppets were used to create a "realistic" effect. And these piranha were so strong, that you couldn't simply pull your feet out of the water. In fact, in most cases, they'd pull the rest of your body right on in! These were strong little piranha created to destroy "the river systems of Eastern Europe and Russia." Oh Cold War biological weapons...how magical you are.
Overall, I give this movie a B- on the B-rating scale, or, as a better gage of its true garbage-like quality...
6 evil trolls
The unnecessary nudity of two females, although offset by the fact that no one committed adultery in the movie, contributes to this lower rating. The killing of a beautiful golden retriever also lowers this rating. Thankfully, no children were killed in this film, just injured, cause that would have launched it out of the B category altogether. Additionally, the lack of a decent one-liner keeps this grade at the low scale. I sometimes wonder if we will ever find another movie that will top Despiser. Psyclops, the "half man half video camera" fiasco came close, but never quite reached the Despiser quality. perhaps some day...
For further movie review enjoyment, see Jessie and Tod. Find glimpses of the movies and the nights events in my photo gallery.
[Listening to: Thousand Foot Krutch - Lift It - Various - Custom Music CD (04:30)]
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Thursday, February 12, 2004
9:45 PM
[Listening to: Rendered Unconscious - Fortune's Fool - Fortune's Fool (03:39)]
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6:48 PM
Do you have any weird pet peeves? I know I do. I have this sort of weird thing where I freak out whenever someone puts their hand UP my pants. Like they're tickling my feet and then their hand starts to go up my pant leg. It freaks me out! Every one of my friends thinks I'm a little weird for that. But it's so creepy! I'm shuddering just thinking about it right now! Someone's hand...up my pant leg...AHHHH! I have to stop talking about it. It's freaking me out too much. But I've always wondered what little things really creep other people out? So far I have discovered that NO ONE can tolerate a finger in the ear...whether it is wet or dry. That always creeps people out. I have yet to find someone who can sit still through it all.
I got a new book from the library. So far I haven't had the chance to read it. It came highly recommended by Eric. The Mists of Avalon it's entitled. By Marion Zimmer Bradley. It's like 876 pages long...but...it should be a good time! haha! It's not due until mid March so as soon as drama settles down I should be good to go. Speaking of drama...I have a meeting in like 13 minutes! time to eat bopmmmbopmmmba! (That's what my family called dinner when I was little. Ask me to pronounce it sometime if your confused)
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12:39 PM
No, I'm not talking about the kind of raspy hacking cough that accompanies the deterioration of your lungs through smoking. I don't smoke, so that can't be it. It's the kind of smoker's cough you develop when you simply desire to show disdain for what's happening around you. At first I made obvious attempts to show my displeasure by making my coughs rather obvious. But now, it's developed into an automatic reaction. I don't even think about it anymore. I spot a cigarette, and I cough! It's sort of bizarre!
So as I'm coming OUT of Kleiner, I see that these same two people have finished their cigarettes and are now kissing. And I think to myself, "kissing a smoker has got to be gross." But then a strange thought occurs to me, both of these people are smokers! Is it gross for two smokers to kiss each other? And more importantly, is one smoker breath stronger than the other? Can they taste the different cigarette brands? Are they connoisseurs of smokers breath? Does it ever smell BAD? So many questions for smoking couples...and so few couples to ask...
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Wednesday, February 11, 2004
Nicknames
Nicknames
11:40 PM
So I'm talking to Zac on-line the other day...if you don't know Zac he's a really awesome guy. Goes to Grand Valley and is loads of fun. Meet him. He's cool. So anyway, we decided to tell each other stories...because there was nothing to talk about and stories are fun. So I get in there with my story, and you know that whenever someone demands a story of you you always tell a story about you and that person...it like, can't be helped. I think there's some unwritten rule about it. Anyway, it took place "once upon a time in a land far far away..." and basically there was this girl (me) who made snow angels and did cartwheels all day. Don't ask me why she (I) did this, it's just the way it is. And of course I came up with new names for the characters, so Zac was Zacariahbus (yeah...pretty strange) and then somehow I magically devised this....are you ready for this one? Because I don't think you are.
That's right, my name in the story was Lizagna. Now, I know you all have come up with some great nicknames for me in the past...Lizarooski, Lizard, Tin Lizzie, and the ever popular Jiz JaGee to name a few. But man, how do you top Lizagna!!? I mean, I have never even heard of that one before...and it just seems like such a completely obvious play on my name! Lizagna! It's phenomenal! I can't believe I never turned my head before when people said that word. "What? Did someone just say my name?" Reminds me of Zac turning his head when people say "exactly" because it sounds to him like "exzachary." Come on! Lizagna! It is so cool! Oh wow. Good times, great oldies, and Lizagna that makes snow angels. If any of you can come up with something better than Lizagna...I'll give you, oh yes, a high five.
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Tuesday, February 10, 2004
Bigger than my imagination...
Bigger than my imagination...
11:02 PM
Anyway, just a little update about life here at the GV for those of you who are interested. I am super busy this semester...with work, school, drama team practice, Honors Council meetings, and praising God the whole way through. This past weekend was President's Ball...if you have yet to view the pictures, I highly suggest you do...they will provide you with some mild entertainment to say the least. It was a great time and I'm super glad I went. We danced the night away and I got to see all of my firends spiffed up and pretty. they need to have more organized dances at school...better yet...we need to have more Open House Parties in our room. That would be great! I'm excited. I think we need one of those this weekend.
Anyway, drama is slowly but surely taking over my life. We have a pretty big performance coming up in less than a week and because it was almost impossible to get time to practice in Cook-DeWitt...we are meeting tomorrow morning at 6:00 so we can actually use the stage before our performance. Although it's a lot of hard work...I am absolutely having a blast. I'm becoming great friends with so many of the people there...it's awesome. They're like my third family...following my actual family and of course the GiVSU family. Ahhhh...it's so great to have three families! I highly suggest everyone acquires two additional families to the ones they already have....it makes for happy days.
Speaking of happy days...I feel as though I am transforming into THE Keith Nadolny. I have never been happier in my entire life. I don't know what it is...well...actually I do. God is blessing me in so many ways that I can't lose! I can't be sad! There's just no way around it! And the best part is...I'm rubbing off on other people! You know, we learned in my Language in Cognitive Science class that happiness is like a universal emotion. It is widely the most recognized emotion, both among Western Literate cultures, Non-Western literate cultures, and Non-literate isolated cultures. Everyone recognizes happiness...and just like yawning (I'm gonna talk about yawning here and you know what...I bet you are all getting the urge to yawn right now...just by think about it. Go ahead...try to think about something else. Try to avoid yawning...I bet you can't...oh...oh...here I go! YAWN!), happiness and laughter are contagious. It's like you can't avoid laughing or being happy when the people around you are doing the same thing. If I walk around super excited all day long...you know what? Everyone else is going to be super excited too! Oh! I'M SO HAPPAY!
I've heard from Craig...he's doing well. He went to a party tonight with someone he met at church and he is having lots of fun seeing the sights of London...as I am sure you have all noticed through his picture gallery. If you have not...LOOK AT THEM NOW! I miss him. I'm just starting to really. I don't miss him in a worrisome way though...it's more in a "I used to see him everyday and I miss praying with him and telling him I love him and having him tell me he loves me" kinda way. I miss hearing his voice and all of his little Craigisms. There have been so many times now when someone has done something and I've thought to myself "that's something Craig would do or say." I miss the way he always begs for backrubs or back scratchies. I miss his cute innocent little kid routine. I miss the way he makes horrible faces when I hug him very excitedly in front of other people. I miss the way he tells me "your little mind is working! it's thinking of things to do and say!" Most of all, I miss his Godly presence in my life. Craig has become such a strong embodiment of Jesus Christ that not having him here has left me with a bit of a struggle. I am managing on my own, and in fact I know that I'm growing very close to the Lord right now. Craig's passion for Christ, though, made it so easy for me to be in the Lord all the time. With Craig right here beside me, I always had someone keeping me on track...showing me the ways of the Lord. I have grown a fellowship like that with Jessie now...so that's definitely awesome. I just miss it with Craig. There's something truly uplifting and encouraging when you have such an awesome spiritual connection and respect with the man (or woman) you love. Everyone should experience that kind of connection sometime in their life.
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