The Princess Bride: Explains so much
Oct. 8th, 2011 07:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thistlechaserI think I spent the whole movie going "Oooh, so THAT'S where that comes from!". Jokes and quotes I've been hearing for years, suddenly they all make sense!
It was quite a sweet, silly (in a good way) movie. I liked it from the very first moments all the way to the end. If I had to be critical of something, I'd say all the sword/knife wounds didn't have nearly enough blood, but this was a story in a kid's head, so that was fine and dandy.
It's really rather amazing. The movie was only an hour and a half, but they packed so much good stuff into that short amount of time. Really very impressive.
Lots of assorted other stuff:
- Cooking didn't happen today. I opened the pork to get the crock pot going, but something smelled odd. I'm not sure if the meat was going bad, but if it had a scent enough that I noticed it, I didn't want to risk it. "When in doubt, throw it out."
- The folks at![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
teenycom are a strange bunch. Almost without fail, they want you to go to furaffinity.net to see samples of their work or to see their prices. The com description is "The promotion of fantasy and furry art commissions under $10 in price". Does the idea that non-furry people also visit the com never strike these people? I don't have a FA account. I don't want one. I sure as heck am not going to sign up for one just so I can buy something from you...
- As a retirement gift to my mother, I'm taking her on a cruise to Alaska (not until spring 2012, most likely). It's time like these that make me think that I should be on prozac or valium or something. It should be a good, happy, exciting thing, but everything about it makes me nervous and worried instead. I like my days to always be the same, I like having the same routine. I like sleeping in my own bed! I like not being eaten by sharks. (Luckily the water will probably be too cold for them.)
Right now I'm looking at the Princess cruiseline, though I'm far from dead set on it, it's just what my early googling tells me might be the best option. I don't even own a coat, I'm going to have to buy one. I'm paranoid about bringing bedbugs home (that's a serious issue, really!).
It'll likely be for 10 days. As I understand it, net access will have to be paid for and will be slow. How will I survive that long! (Though on the plus side, hopefully I'll get lots of reading time.)
The more research I do, the more it helps. I was really paranoid about food (I don't want to sit at a table with strangers and eat with them! I don't want to have to get dressed up!), but as I understand it, even room service is free. I'm not sure what my mother will be up for, but if worse comes to worst I can just hide in our room and eat there.
I wish I didn't worry about things so much, especially stupid things (10 days away from my markets in WoW! Arg! How many other sellers will move in during that time?!). Plus there's 10 days without RP, which is going to leave me twitching endlessly.
Stupid, stupid brain, let me enjoy things!
- I got my first reasonable offer for that damned magic rooster. 150K, but they wanted it listed on the neutral AH. That would be a loss of 22,500 gold to the AH fee, which would put me about even for what I bought it for. I had to say no. (The guy said he'd keep saving and make another offer in a month if I hadn't sold it by then.)
- All my alts are now at least 84 (6 85s, 2 84s, 2 mules who don't count), which means I'm all set for Halloween. Not sure how many of them I'll try for the mount on, but at least they can all go.
It was quite a sweet, silly (in a good way) movie. I liked it from the very first moments all the way to the end. If I had to be critical of something, I'd say all the sword/knife wounds didn't have nearly enough blood, but this was a story in a kid's head, so that was fine and dandy.
It's really rather amazing. The movie was only an hour and a half, but they packed so much good stuff into that short amount of time. Really very impressive.
Lots of assorted other stuff:
- Cooking didn't happen today. I opened the pork to get the crock pot going, but something smelled odd. I'm not sure if the meat was going bad, but if it had a scent enough that I noticed it, I didn't want to risk it. "When in doubt, throw it out."
- The folks at
teenycom are a strange bunch. Almost without fail, they want you to go to furaffinity.net to see samples of their work or to see their prices. The com description is "The promotion of fantasy and furry art commissions under $10 in price". Does the idea that non-furry people also visit the com never strike these people? I don't have a FA account. I don't want one. I sure as heck am not going to sign up for one just so I can buy something from you...- As a retirement gift to my mother, I'm taking her on a cruise to Alaska (not until spring 2012, most likely). It's time like these that make me think that I should be on prozac or valium or something. It should be a good, happy, exciting thing, but everything about it makes me nervous and worried instead. I like my days to always be the same, I like having the same routine. I like sleeping in my own bed! I like not being eaten by sharks. (Luckily the water will probably be too cold for them.)
Right now I'm looking at the Princess cruiseline, though I'm far from dead set on it, it's just what my early googling tells me might be the best option. I don't even own a coat, I'm going to have to buy one. I'm paranoid about bringing bedbugs home (that's a serious issue, really!).
It'll likely be for 10 days. As I understand it, net access will have to be paid for and will be slow. How will I survive that long! (Though on the plus side, hopefully I'll get lots of reading time.)
The more research I do, the more it helps. I was really paranoid about food (I don't want to sit at a table with strangers and eat with them! I don't want to have to get dressed up!), but as I understand it, even room service is free. I'm not sure what my mother will be up for, but if worse comes to worst I can just hide in our room and eat there.
I wish I didn't worry about things so much, especially stupid things (10 days away from my markets in WoW! Arg! How many other sellers will move in during that time?!). Plus there's 10 days without RP, which is going to leave me twitching endlessly.
Stupid, stupid brain, let me enjoy things!
- I got my first reasonable offer for that damned magic rooster. 150K, but they wanted it listed on the neutral AH. That would be a loss of 22,500 gold to the AH fee, which would put me about even for what I bought it for. I had to say no. (The guy said he'd keep saving and make another offer in a month if I hadn't sold it by then.)
- All my alts are now at least 84 (6 85s, 2 84s, 2 mules who don't count), which means I'm all set for Halloween. Not sure how many of them I'll try for the mount on, but at least they can all go.
