Dale: Apparently Sharon Osborne is getting her breast implants removed and giving them to Ozzie.
me: Why is she removing them?
Dale: I don't know. Maybe they're hard to maintain.
me: What's to maintain? They're just bags of fluid - there's no maintenance.
Dale: Maybe Ozzie will use them as paperweights (laughing).
me: That's awesome. You know, if I get cancer and then get implants and then die before you, I want you to remove my implants and use them as paperweights on your desk at work.
Dale: that would be great!
me: Yeah, cause people would totally think they were stress balls and come up and start squeezing them and be all like, "what's this, a stress ball?" And then you would be like, "no, those were my wife's breasts," and they would all freak out.
both: laughing.
me: But you're making this up about Sharon Osborne, right?
Dale: No, for real, she's having them removed.
I have not tried to verify whether Sharon Osborne is having her implants removed...
Friday, April 30, 2010
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Latest hypothetical conversation
Dale and I, while enjoying the hot tub Sunday night, had the following purely hypothetical conversation.
me: If we accidentally got pregnant with twins, wouldn't it be cool to name them the male and female versions of the same name? Like Michelle and Michael?
Dale: I don't know.
me: Or like John and Jean.
Dale: How about Luke and Leia?
me: no, ewww.
Dale: Hey, Luke is a Biblical name. And so is Leia.
me: No, Leia's not Biblical. But Leah is. Leia is a pretty name. But what about the same name, just different genders.
Dale: And Luke and Leia make us sound like Star Wars nerds.
me: No, what makes us sound like Star Wars nerds would be if we named them Annakin and Amidala.
Dale: Good point.
me: So what about the same name - you're missing my point.
Dale. I'm not missing it, I'm ignoring it.
me: But wouldn't it be funny? Like Robert and Roberta?
Dale: Or Charles and Charlene?
me: Or Gene and Jean?
Dale: yeah, that would be funny.
me: yeah, we could tell everyone at Evergreen that we named the kids that as revenge, because we know they all wanted us to have babies.
Dale: Yeah, they'd be like which gene do you have, Penis Gene or Vagina Jean?
me: laughing
Dale: And then we'd just call them Penis and Gina
me: laughing.
Dale: laughing.
me: But I like the Hebrew option of naming them with full sentences.
Dale: Yeah, that's always good.
me: Or we should name them after qualities, but not qualities that everyone uses like faith, hope, or joy.
Dale: Yeah. We should use Generous
me: And Stalwart
Dale: Yes, Generous Prosperity.
me: laughing
Dale: And Stalwart ...
me: Fortress!
Dale: Yeah, that wouldn't get them beat up at all.
me: No! Who would dare to beat up Stalwart Fortress! What an awesome name!
And that, my friends, is how Dale and I decided that if we had hypothetical boy & girl twins, we would name them Generous Prosperity and Stalwart Fortress...
me: If we accidentally got pregnant with twins, wouldn't it be cool to name them the male and female versions of the same name? Like Michelle and Michael?
Dale: I don't know.
me: Or like John and Jean.
Dale: How about Luke and Leia?
me: no, ewww.
Dale: Hey, Luke is a Biblical name. And so is Leia.
me: No, Leia's not Biblical. But Leah is. Leia is a pretty name. But what about the same name, just different genders.
Dale: And Luke and Leia make us sound like Star Wars nerds.
me: No, what makes us sound like Star Wars nerds would be if we named them Annakin and Amidala.
Dale: Good point.
me: So what about the same name - you're missing my point.
Dale. I'm not missing it, I'm ignoring it.
me: But wouldn't it be funny? Like Robert and Roberta?
Dale: Or Charles and Charlene?
me: Or Gene and Jean?
Dale: yeah, that would be funny.
me: yeah, we could tell everyone at Evergreen that we named the kids that as revenge, because we know they all wanted us to have babies.
Dale: Yeah, they'd be like which gene do you have, Penis Gene or Vagina Jean?
me: laughing
Dale: And then we'd just call them Penis and Gina
me: laughing.
Dale: laughing.
me: But I like the Hebrew option of naming them with full sentences.
Dale: Yeah, that's always good.
me: Or we should name them after qualities, but not qualities that everyone uses like faith, hope, or joy.
Dale: Yeah. We should use Generous
me: And Stalwart
Dale: Yes, Generous Prosperity.
me: laughing
Dale: And Stalwart ...
me: Fortress!
Dale: Yeah, that wouldn't get them beat up at all.
me: No! Who would dare to beat up Stalwart Fortress! What an awesome name!
And that, my friends, is how Dale and I decided that if we had hypothetical boy & girl twins, we would name them Generous Prosperity and Stalwart Fortress...
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Fringe tonight!
I'm looking forward to tonight's Fringe (duh). I suspect that the twitterati will again jump on any similarities to XFiles and I will happily rebut them tomorrow... After all, the shape-shifters are coming back, and while they do their thing with cool technology instead of by just being aliens, that is a similarity to XFiles. Hey, at least their blood doesn't come out in a toxic cloud!
Friday, April 16, 2010
Fringe and Xfiles are DIFFERENT
Last night I noticed several tweeters commenting that Fringe was just a rip off of the X Files episode Monday. This comment has been made many times before - because Fringe has covered many similar themes to X files episodes. I would like to point out, however, that both shows, while excellent sci-fi FBI shows, are really quite different in thematic content, explanations, and general story telling.
We'll start with White Tulip vs. Monday.
In White Tulip, we encounter a bad guy (Robocop, or as my husband likes to call him, Robert O. Kopp), who can time travel. The only drawback? Wherever he lands, he sucks up all the energy present, killing anything living around him as well as sucking all the energy out of phones, lights, batteries, etc. He appears on a train, killing several passengers, which brings the Fringe team in to investigate. It turns out that the bad guy, Dr. Peck, is on a mission. His fiance was killed 10 months earlier, and he plans to save her life. He even has a plan to avoid killing others - he will land in a field where there are no people present. The beginning of the episode plays off the time travel by having the train event happen twice. Then the story moves forward, as Walter confronts Dr. Peck and tries to convince him to abandon his plan, Dr. Peck goes ahead with his plan but with a twist, and Walter finds an unexpected miracle.
In Monday, we see Mulder wake up late because his water bed springs a leak which shorts out his alarm clock. He runs to work, but has to deposit his paycheck or else his rent check will bounce. When he gets to the bank, a robbery is in progress and Mulder is killed. Then the scene resets with Mulder waking up to a soggy bed. This chain of events happens over and over, with variations - sometimes Scully goes to the bank for him, sometimes he is accosted by a woman who tries to warn him. Finally the woman tells him that they are stuck in some kind of time warp - that she has tried to change the future a hundred times but it always ends with disaster at the bank robbery. In the end, the woman dies saving Mulder's life and ends the cycle.
Parallels: Events repeat themselves. The person aware of the time repeats ultimately dies.
Differences: in Monday, we have no idea why there is a time loop. In White Tulip, the time travel creates the repeated events and a scientist is doing it deliberately.
In Monday, Mulder and Scully try many different ways to resolve the problem and fail each time. Ultimately, the only person who can stop the event is the one who knows about it. In White Tulip, Walter tries to resolve the problem by sharing his own, similar experience, with Dr. Peck. It is most likely this conversation which changes Dr. Peck's intent and resolves the issue.
In Monday, there is no redemptive theme for any character. In White Tulip, Dr. Peck provides Walter with the one thing he is looking for: a symbol of forgiveness for what he did.
In Monday, almost the entire episode is dedicated to the repeated bank robbery. In White Tulip, only about the first 20 minutes shows repeated events - then the story moves forward.
In Monday, only 2 people (Pam & Mulder) believe that events are repeating. In White Tulip, the whole team is basically on board with Walter's idea about time travel.
Need I go on? Probably not, but I will. I'll be going back and comparing other Fringe and X Files episodes that people claim are the same. I will say this: X Files was on for 9 years. It was a great show that covered a lot of sci-fi ground. It's probably impossible to create a show like Fringe and not cover some of the same themes and ideas that X Files covered. BUT, there are still important differences. In X Files, the bad guys were the government, and the problems were mainly caused by aliens. In Fringe, the bad guys are big corporations and mad scientists, and the problems are mainly caused by experiments on non-consenting people. Big differences.
We'll start with White Tulip vs. Monday.
In White Tulip, we encounter a bad guy (Robocop, or as my husband likes to call him, Robert O. Kopp), who can time travel. The only drawback? Wherever he lands, he sucks up all the energy present, killing anything living around him as well as sucking all the energy out of phones, lights, batteries, etc. He appears on a train, killing several passengers, which brings the Fringe team in to investigate. It turns out that the bad guy, Dr. Peck, is on a mission. His fiance was killed 10 months earlier, and he plans to save her life. He even has a plan to avoid killing others - he will land in a field where there are no people present. The beginning of the episode plays off the time travel by having the train event happen twice. Then the story moves forward, as Walter confronts Dr. Peck and tries to convince him to abandon his plan, Dr. Peck goes ahead with his plan but with a twist, and Walter finds an unexpected miracle.
In Monday, we see Mulder wake up late because his water bed springs a leak which shorts out his alarm clock. He runs to work, but has to deposit his paycheck or else his rent check will bounce. When he gets to the bank, a robbery is in progress and Mulder is killed. Then the scene resets with Mulder waking up to a soggy bed. This chain of events happens over and over, with variations - sometimes Scully goes to the bank for him, sometimes he is accosted by a woman who tries to warn him. Finally the woman tells him that they are stuck in some kind of time warp - that she has tried to change the future a hundred times but it always ends with disaster at the bank robbery. In the end, the woman dies saving Mulder's life and ends the cycle.
Parallels: Events repeat themselves. The person aware of the time repeats ultimately dies.
Differences: in Monday, we have no idea why there is a time loop. In White Tulip, the time travel creates the repeated events and a scientist is doing it deliberately.
In Monday, Mulder and Scully try many different ways to resolve the problem and fail each time. Ultimately, the only person who can stop the event is the one who knows about it. In White Tulip, Walter tries to resolve the problem by sharing his own, similar experience, with Dr. Peck. It is most likely this conversation which changes Dr. Peck's intent and resolves the issue.
In Monday, there is no redemptive theme for any character. In White Tulip, Dr. Peck provides Walter with the one thing he is looking for: a symbol of forgiveness for what he did.
In Monday, almost the entire episode is dedicated to the repeated bank robbery. In White Tulip, only about the first 20 minutes shows repeated events - then the story moves forward.
In Monday, only 2 people (Pam & Mulder) believe that events are repeating. In White Tulip, the whole team is basically on board with Walter's idea about time travel.
Need I go on? Probably not, but I will. I'll be going back and comparing other Fringe and X Files episodes that people claim are the same. I will say this: X Files was on for 9 years. It was a great show that covered a lot of sci-fi ground. It's probably impossible to create a show like Fringe and not cover some of the same themes and ideas that X Files covered. BUT, there are still important differences. In X Files, the bad guys were the government, and the problems were mainly caused by aliens. In Fringe, the bad guys are big corporations and mad scientists, and the problems are mainly caused by experiments on non-consenting people. Big differences.
Thursday, April 15, 2010
7 Quick Thursday Takes
1. All the broken equipment from last Sunday is now working again, praise God!
2. Only 7.5 hours until my favorite show, Fringe!
3. Pretty soon I'm heading over to New World where I'm gonna eat a cupcake for lunch.
4. I noticed in my hot yoga class this morning that my balance is actually improving!
5. Now that I Twitter, this quick take thing isn't quite as fun any more.
6. After a very windy spring, Dale and I have finally given in and are going to purchase TV again, because bunny ears are no match for wind.
7. But we're purchasing a $13 month package - the "broadcast" - so we're still saving good money!
2. Only 7.5 hours until my favorite show, Fringe!
3. Pretty soon I'm heading over to New World where I'm gonna eat a cupcake for lunch.
4. I noticed in my hot yoga class this morning that my balance is actually improving!
5. Now that I Twitter, this quick take thing isn't quite as fun any more.
6. After a very windy spring, Dale and I have finally given in and are going to purchase TV again, because bunny ears are no match for wind.
7. But we're purchasing a $13 month package - the "broadcast" - so we're still saving good money!
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Gardening
Today I spent gardening! I'm hoping to develop the greenness of my thumb. I had $180 to spend at the nursery and spent $178 of it, pretty good! Then I planted. And planted. And planted.
I planted 3 kinds of ground cover under my cedar and dogwood trees - hoping to find one that really works. I planted some impatiens and petunias in the front of my front bed, so I'll still have some color there after the daffodils are finished. I did a ton of weeding in the backyard - nasty unpleasant sticky plants! Then I planted a bleeding heart plant and a hosta in my back garden - I hope it's not too sunny for them. I love bleeding heart plants. Finally I planted some more vinca and mondo grass. Slowly but surely, I will eradicate the Japanese weed grass that loves to take over the back yard. Then to top things off, Dale and I planted a variegated pink dogwood in the back yard. I think it will be very happy there, in the full shade of our tented yard.
I planted 3 kinds of ground cover under my cedar and dogwood trees - hoping to find one that really works. I planted some impatiens and petunias in the front of my front bed, so I'll still have some color there after the daffodils are finished. I did a ton of weeding in the backyard - nasty unpleasant sticky plants! Then I planted a bleeding heart plant and a hosta in my back garden - I hope it's not too sunny for them. I love bleeding heart plants. Finally I planted some more vinca and mondo grass. Slowly but surely, I will eradicate the Japanese weed grass that loves to take over the back yard. Then to top things off, Dale and I planted a variegated pink dogwood in the back yard. I think it will be very happy there, in the full shade of our tented yard.
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Good Friday Prayer Vigil
We had our annual Good Friday Prayer Vigil 2 days ago. It was really great, even if I did organize it and do half the work in setting it up. :) Just some of the conversations I had made all the work worth it - a friend and I slaved for 2 days straight to create a Stations of the Cross experience and I think it was really great. You can check out the album on my Facebook page. It was funny - I was a little disappointed in the turnout, but knowing how much people were touched by the experience makes me realize I would do it all again. It makes me think about all the effort God puts forth to save one person, to touch one person's life. Why should my ministry be any different?
Still, I'm very glad that I scheduled a pilgrimage for myself this week. I'll have time to rest and reflect in one of my favorite cities, DC, at peak cherry blossom time with warm weather! God is smiling on me.
Still, I'm very glad that I scheduled a pilgrimage for myself this week. I'll have time to rest and reflect in one of my favorite cities, DC, at peak cherry blossom time with warm weather! God is smiling on me.
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