random writing prompt: know thyself

I am at a loss for stuff to say, at least stuff that wouldn't be mindless blather on what a traitor Obama is.

In ancient times, there was a plaque in front of the entrance to the oracle at Delphi.


γνώθι σαυτόν
Know thyself


Oh boy. You know, it's really rather hard to describe yourself well? Here goes.


I think it's pretty safe to say I am clinically shy in public, and often times in private also. There's this silly phrase "People who don't know me think I'm quiet. People who know me wish I was." That fits me pretty well. I don't talk unless it's something I'm passionate about. I seriously take to heart a quote from Hamlet (that happens to be one of the many posters in my room) "Give every man thine ear and few thy voice, take each man's censure but reserve thy judgement." Basically, talk little and listen a lot.


It is for this reason that it's so strange to look at me on stage. I am so so so shy, but when I walk onto a stage, it's like a switch is flipped. I can get big and bold and crazy when I have a definitive purpose. That's part of the reason I love theater, you get to be totally who you aren't.


Part of this horrible shy/introversion is that I literally get sucked up heart and soul into books and movies. I read obsessively, and pretty much the same with movies. People call me weird for all the behind the scenes info I know about movies and actors, but that is my hobby. Some people follow sports, some follow politics (I do that also) I follow movies. I have favorite actors, directors, musical composers, and I even have certain production people I enjoy following. I can spot a movie with Hans Zimmer or John Williams music within seconds of hearing the track. I'm also getting pretty good at catching Howard Shore. John Favreau  is one of my favorite directors, I like him as an actor too. I also can read a book or watch a movie once and quote word for word most of the movie. Then don't even get me started once I've seen the movie a couple times, especially if I liked it. My brother is this way too, although not quite as good as I am.

I am a hopeless romantic and a cockeyed optimist. That's part of the reason I'm actually rather picky when it comes to movies. I refuse to watch a movie with a sad ending. This is part of the reason I have become a Marvel Maniac. My entire family sat in a movie theater for almost 16 hours to watch all five Marvel movies and the midnight showing of  "The Avengers." We then proceeded to go see that movie three more times in the theater and have plans to buy the DVD.

Now, part of the reason I like "The Avengers" so much is it has three of my top five actors. Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr. and CHRIS-SEXINESS DEFINED-HEMSWORTH!! I love that man. Legitly love him, my desktop background is currently plastered with his gorgeous face. The other two actors in my top five are Johnny Depp and Russel Crowe. I will watch a crappy movie if those guys are in it. I also like that it doesn't take itself to seriuosly, it's just a fun one liner-fest  with lots of excellently done combat sequences.

"Yeah, well, last time I was in New York I kind of.... Broke Harlem."

Lord of the Rings. Let me say that one more time, LORD OF THE RINGS. These five books (Hobbit, trilogy, Silmarillion) are my drugs. I kid you not. If I'm having a crappy day I can literally pick up any one of the LotR books and open it to a random chapter, and get high. These books just plain make me happy. I can't not smile reading any of the works of J. R. R. Tolkien. I'm that way with C.S. Lewis also, but a bit more with Tolkien. Part of the reason I love these books so much goes back to the unquenchable optimism. Lord of the Rings shows us there is always a light at the end of the tunnel. Frodo Baggins literally travels through hell and back, and saves the world. With the help of Sam and the others, nothing can stop him.

Good does triumph over evil. It has to. It will. That's just how my mind works.

So, there is a little dive into my twisted mind, hope you enjoyed the ride.

The boogeyman

Ok, it just occured to me I have yet to tell one of the funniest stories of my life on this blog. let's start with a flashback shall we?

Back to around ten years ago, I can't remember the specific date, the point is I was very young. I am sleeping over at my grandparents house, and J, the son of  a friend of the family (and my brother's godparents) is a good deal older than me, in his late teens already. I'm getting ready to go to bed, and he decides he wants to try and freak me out. So what does he do? He starts going on about how the Boogeyman is hiding in the closet, and as soon as I fall asleep he is going to come out and get me. My response?

"COOOL!!!!! WHAT MUSIC IS HE GONNA BRING!?"

Odd response eh? Well, here's the deal. My parents are not young, so I grew up with a lot of oldies music... and disco. For anyone without knowledge of that time, disco dancing was also called the boogy.

When most kids think of the boogeyman, they think of this horrible creature who is going to come out and kill him. I grew up with boogy music. I hear the phrase boogeyman and I think of a guy with a big afro, neon green suit, doing the freaking boogy. That's just always what I imagined.

It annoyed the living hell out of J. Because he couldn't scare me with it. Then he started trying other tactics like monsters in the closet or under the bed. Well, by this time I had read books like Narnia and the Phantom Tollbooth, and seen movies like "Monster's Inc." I just couldn't be scared as a little kid.

Dear Supreme court,

forgive me if I am wrong, but are you not supposed to uphold the Constitution? Where does "universal healthcare" fit into the Constitution? It just seems not quite right. This healthcare you have so thoroughly forced upon us seems rather to go against it. One clause, if I'm correct, actually states that anything not specifically listed in the Constitution belongs solely to the state... well, perhaps I'm wrong.

Lucky for us citizens, we will soon have an opportunity to undo your unfortunate mistake.

Your humble servant,
Silence Doogood II

random writing prompt: Three perfect hours

Time for another random writing prompt!

Three hours. Three hours of total perfection in life. What is it?


Sitting outside on a pleasantly cool day. A big, poofy, obscenely comfortable chair on a deck looking out over the ocean. Next to me is a table with a large pot of Earl Grey tea that has been perfectly brewed with just the right amount of milk and sugar. I have a medium size cup with no handle (they bug me) that doesn't let my tea get cold. I can hear the calming sound of the waves, and an unseen source is quietly playing a mix of Bach, Yiruma, Vivaldi, Pachabel, and Mozart. I have a large, thoroughly enjoyable book (most likely Lord of the Rings, but really anything I just can't put down) and can just immerse myself in it, and leave reality for three hours.

My perfect three hours.

random writng prompt: Imaginary Eden

I ave decided every few days I am going to pick a random writing prompt from one of many websites and write about it. Just to get the creative juices flowing. Here is what I picked today:

What is you imaginary Eden? The perfect getaway, with everything you could ever want or need

Alright, I have actually thought about this type of idea many times. The landscape would be very picturesque, pretty much how Tolkien describes Rivendell in LotR. Hilly, with mountains to look at in the distance, and a beautiful lake that I could swim in, or go boating on. The climate would be temperate/cold. I definitely prefer chilly weather, but I wouldn't want to be freezing all the time. just cool enough to wear long sleeve shirts most of the time. Taking that into the real world, it would probably be somewhere in Austria, Switzerland, or maybe Germany. but we're not really talking real world here.

The house would be very large (because naturally I would not ave to worry about cleaning it) with large high ceiling rooms. The grandest and most important room in the house would be the library. When I picture my perfect library, it's a mix between "Beauty and the Beast," and "High Society." It would be absolutely huge, with hundreds of books of all kinds, with a big roaring fire place and over sized furniture around it. I'm a chair, rather than couch, person, so they would be big fluffy chairs with a decent sized hearty side table next to each one (for the mount of books and tea that will undoubtedly be occupying it) The "High Society" part comes to play in that I would love that hidden bar that comes out of the wall. There would be alcohol, (not gonna lie, I'm really looking forward to 21) and a large tea kettle with many different kinds of tea to choose from. 

My bedroom would be just off the second floor of the library, and be spacious, but not huge. A luxurious four poster bed would be on one side, and there would be at least one more bookshelf in there. Once again, a nice big fireplace is a must. There would also be a big balcony over looking the lake, and preferably facing East so I can watch the sunrise every morning.

Outside of the house, away from the lake, would be a winding path through a large vegetable and herb garden. the plants closest to the path would be things like tomatoes, mint, bell pepers, etc. The things I could just pick off the plant and take a bite of. beyond this garden the path would branch off in two directions. One would lead to an orchard with all manner of yummy trees, the other would lead to a large walled garden in the English style. In this walled garden would be lots of very smelly plants, especially roses and carnations. Through ought this garden, and indeed the whole property, there would be lots of comfortable benches for me to sit down and read.

So that's my perfect world. I could get into things like a media room and the kitchen, but what I just talked about are the things that really matter when I imagine a dream house.

Chris Hemsworth

This man.... My god this man is the physical embodiment of sexiness in my own humble opinion. He is six feet and three inches of muscular man-ness, an insanely sexy Australian accent, and ice blue eyes. From what I have heard he is not such a horrible guy either.

and it helps that he is an epic actor. He just... Gah... words cannot describe the amazing-ness of this dude.

plus the beard... I am a total sucker for beards. Russel Crowe, Robert Downey jr, Chris Hemsworth, Matt Lewis... Beards are my weakness.

Letter

Dear anonymous person henceforth referred to as "you,"

Man you have become a bitch. We have been friends for how long? And yet when I unfriend you you don't even notice! We always talked about how guys were awesome, but we didn't feel like we needed to go scrounging for one, and yet here you are.

Subject one asked your friend out in front of you.
Subject two just up and ditched you.

This latest subject is younger than your gosh danged brother! Now I realize that three years is not a huge age difference, but when one person can drive and the other hasn't even hit puberty yet it's a little awkward.

Okay, time to list the other crap bugging me and be done with it.
You have become an insufferable gossip, swear like a sailor, dress like a tramp, your hair looks retarded, I can't believe you would debase yourself to listening to a type of music you have always hated just to have a pathetic excuse to hangout with certain people, and you pretty much dropped me like a hot potato.

In short, you suck. And I'm not really sorry to have you out of my life.


~Peace out nerdyo

Woman in black

http://www.imdb.com/rg/em_share/rt_iphone/title/tt1596365

Oh. My. God.

This is without a doubt the scariest movie I have ever seen. Now, to be fair, I am not exactly a horror movie aficionado, but this movie is scary as hell. I don't want to give to much away, but it is your pretty basic ghost/haunted house story.

What makes this movie so scary is what makes it so good. There isn't a hole lot of gore, but jump scenes abound. A favorite tactic of the director is to zoom in on a character's face off to the side of the screen, and have the ghost show up dimly down the hallway. Major freak factor.

I don't recommend this to people who like jump scares, but if you can handle it, it is a movie worth watching.

It is quite a bit different from the original book ( which is also super awesome and super scary) but both of them are worth the sleepless nights.


~Peace out nerdyo

Dreams

We have been talking a lot about the mind and dreams in my philosophy class lately, and I have decided I want to record some of the most memorable drams I've ever had.

The first dream I ever remember having was a very simple one. I was walking down a beautiful little path in the woods with Winnie the Pooh and Piglet. Nothing more than that.

The first nightmare I ever remember having took place up in the mountains. It was cold and snowy, and for some reason I found myself in and abandoned logging facility. Foghorn Leghorn and Wile E. coyote grabbed me, tied me up, and put me on the machine that cuts the logs in half. The last bit of the dream is me getting free and a crazed feral coyote jumping at me. It doesn't sound like much now, but as an eight year old that dream scared the crap out of me.

The weirdest dream I've had involved to many things to describe in detail. Basically, I was married to Caspian at a seaside gladiator arena in Narnia, kicked Edmund Pevensie's butt in swordplay, walked inside and came out of the bathroom of the aquarium. Weird stuff.

My favorite dream involved my dream guy proposing to me with a replica of Nenya while dressed as a Gondorian soldier. In elvish. God yes.

So those are some of the most memorable dreams I've had. Though I have a feeling after last night (I watched woman in black... That's another post) I may have more nightmares to record.

The horror

I just came to the disgusting realization that the sheer amount of shaving necessary is one more of the myriad of reasons I will never wear a bikini. I will admit I don't even wear shorts or tank tops, and I just read an article about Brazillion waxing.... No. Just no no no no no. This is why I don't wear swimsuits period. I'll stick to dude swim trunks and a tshirt.
Modern bikini, slutty


Old school swim suit, sexy