RAVE: The glory of Iron Man 2. From start to finish, I was deeply engrossed and enjoying the visual imagery. Spoiler Having the final fight scene in a cherry blossom garden or whatever that was excellent. However, people are saying that there wasn't enough action, which is a valid point. One more thing. IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT YET, WAIT UNTIL THE VERY END OF THE CREDITS BEFORE YOU LEAVE THE THEATER.
Ah, sweet, sweet Rant Board... RANT Dear State Employee, While I understand that you are probably overworked and underpaid, does this mean that you get some perverse pleasure in totally fucking over anyone that walks in your office? I came to see you four weeks ago, with an over-abundance of required information just so I wouldn't have to receive a little memo from you stating you needed more. So imagine my surprise when I opened the mailbox the other day, only to find a pretty little envelope with a return address of your department. So I did what you asked. I wasn't happy, but going with the "you get more with honey than vinegar" bullshit my mom was always spewing, I did it all with a smile. I waited the appropriate amount of time, got the required forms, signatures, and whatever other bullshit you wanted. And yet, today, I find that it STILL not good enough. It is not my fault you apparently lack the ability to think ahead. Or to cover all of your bases. Or to ask for more versus less. Or, really, to hit a god damned button on your computer to make this problem go away. And while I understand your intention of making this my problem, I assure you it will be rewarded with a discussion so painful for you that you will have nightmares about me for weeks. Months, if I'm lucky. So go ahead, play your games, prey on the bullshit premise that "[you] just didn't know they needed this", and then explain to your department head why he keeps you employed. Because I guarantee you, I will have pie charts, powerpoints and witnesses to prove the contrary. Exasperatedly Yours, Coquette
Rant: Can anyone convince me that women won't just lie for the pure thrill of being cruel to another human being? Anyone? Thought not.
Rant: Working 3 jobs with hours that start at 6am and end at midnight only to do it the next day all over again. Rave: I have 3 jobs and can finally start paying back the immense amount of money I owe my parents. Rave: Being raised well enough to know the value of hard work and doing what needs to be done, fuck people (that I know) that instead of getting jobs, went on unemployment, as a healthy 22 year old white (I dont know if it matters, but what the hell) male. Lazy fuck.
Rave: Watching the first roller derby bout of the season. Rant: Driving around for 20 minutes to find a parking spot to said bout because tiny parking lot is already full.
RANT: God dammit, I got super drunk last night and now I can't find my bag of weed! The last time I remember having it was when I rolled a joint to smoke on the bike ride over to 7-11 at 1 in the morning... AWESOME ride, but what the fuck happened to my pot?!
RAVE: Been sick and drunk, then read this. Spoiler "3 Reasons to Train When Sick Usually when people catch a cold, they really get into it. They start walking around like death, put their sick clothes on (you know, nasty pajamas, etc.) and sit on the couch all day watching truck driving school commercials and talking to anyone that's willing to listen to their sob story. To make the experience more memorable, medications are taken by the fistful until the symptoms start declining. The fun usually lasts for a couple of weeks and then you start feeling like your normal self again. While I realize that many people enjoy being sick and derive pleasure from the attention that often comes with it, there’s a better way. While it may seem counterintuitive, training while sick can be advantageous for three reasons: 1) It helps you get over a cold faster. Top strength coach Bill Starr states that training while sick "…helps flush useful healing nutrients through the body and aids in expelling toxins." In other words, training helps purge your sick toxic body and will get you back to normal faster. 2) You'll find that you're actually stronger when training while sick! How's this possible? Starr stated the following to one of his athletes, "I explained that when he got sick, his immune system released antibodies in profusion to combat the invading toxins and microorganisms. Those antibodies are strength enhancers. This is especially true in the early stages of any illness." Hard to believe, but your body is stronger when you're sick than when you feel great. Look through your training log and you'll realize that you've probably already experienced this phenomenon. Think of a time when you felt great only to end up having a terrible workout. Now think of a time when you felt horrible and didn't feel like training, but sucked it up anyway and went on to have a fantastic workout. Remember how empowered you felt afterwards? This feeling of empowerment is the third reason why training while sick is productive. 3) Sitting around and being miserable gets you further into the role of a victim. You admit to yourself that you're powerless and act accordingly. Be a man! Take charge of the obstacle and blast through it. Even if you don't get a great workout, just doing something positive when you feel negative will give you a sense of control, which can't be overlooked. Time to relinquish the modern trend of being a victim and blaming others for your problems. Be a revolutionary and actually take charge of the situation![ I prefer my idiot board and chasing kaz forums to tmuscle's, but shit they got some stuff that makes you wanna move weight and quit being a pussy. RAVE: I feel 100 times better. RAVE: 18 years later, STP's Core album still kicks fucking ass. My first car was an '86 BMW and that was the ONLY CD that would play in it's CD player, as in it literally spit anything else out with a disc read error, before I had to get a new one. With the exception of Appetite for Destruction, no other CD has gotten as much play from me. Or MP3, whatever you kids call albums these days.
Rant: Track Banquet today. Really fucking sad seeing the Senior Guys and Girls together for probably the last time ever. Writing this is getting me choked up. I went back and looked at a bunch of pictures today of everyone....all I can say is, Damn. Rave: I've made some great memories, and even greater friends in that class. I'm a Sophomore at University so I still have two years to relish what really is important: friends and family, and I hope to get to know even more of the team over that time. I wish you graduating all of the best at Law school, Med School, Grad School, Jobs, everything. You're going to do great. Thanks for everything.
Rant: All my sports teams are out at the moment. Rugby gone, Red Wings just knocked out. Only got one left to watch now.
RAVE Apparently I am reliving the 90s. Somehow in the matter of a month or so I am seeing/have seen Pearl Jam, Tool, Stone Temple Pilots, Alice in Chains. Now we just need Axl Rose to get over himself and reunite with Guns and Roses and Kurt Cobain to rise from the dead and my summer of nostalgia will be complete. Oh, and the Soundgarden tour they keep talking about to happen. RAVIER RAVE My 60 year old mother is going to the STP and AIC show. I was going out to visit and we were looking at things to do and I mentioned a "show" thinking we would go to see a nice play or something. Somehow this is where we are ending up going. RANT/RAVE So in preparation, I have been listening to lots of old 90s music, and music really has gown downhill since then, hasn't it? And I even like the more experimental approach of some of the newer bands, but you just can't beat some 90s rock.
Rave: In less than 36 hours I will be finished with the worst professor/class in academia. And, I'm pretty sure I'm getting out with an A. I will start drinking at 7:01 pm tomorrow night. Rave: Less than 3 weeks to go at my current job. That also means it's less than 3 weeks until my drunk ass is floating down the Guadalupe with about 20 drunk ass friends. Ravest: Going to visit my #1 pick grad school program this week! I'm using my last PTO hours for it! I'm so excited it's almost time to apply there!
RANT: I loathe Mother's Day. And Father's Day for that matter. I hate that I have to put on this fake persona to honor two women* (my birth mother and my mother that subsequently raised me) that were at best half-assed in raising me. For those of you that would say something like "They raised you and didn't take the easy way out" like I've heard before, please die in a fire. My birth mother was absent for 3/4 of my life by her own choice and my mother has gone completely out of her way to tell everyone that listens "Oh, Pink and her father, they've broken me. They're just awful, rotten people" to the point that someone actually said "PinkMom, get off your cross. Someone else needs the wood." So, in short, fuck Mother's Day. See similar rant on Father's Day. Why I have to honor people that couldn't figure out birth control is beyond me. *it's a complicated story. I'm not adopted. My birth mother was the deadbeat father.
Rave: Shogun wins! Rave: Josh Koscheck's post-fight interview was fucking hilarious, despite the sucker punch from that cunt Paul Daley. Rave: I got hammered drunk last night with some friends I haven't seen in almost a year. Rave: No hangover. Rave: My parents got another new dog. This makes 4. The picture isn't our dog, but that's what it looks like.
Rave Holy shit, Betty White KILLED on SNL last night. Plenty of sexual innuendo and age jokes, but the show overall was refreshing and good-hearted. Jay-Z even gave respect to her. Bravo SNL
Rave: Motherfucking finally! The Suns FINALLY beat the Spurs in the playoffs during the Nash era. Fuck. Yes. And a glorious beating it was. Sweep bitches.