September 2003 Archives
Arr. I have to say that the Return of the King trailer has led me back towards full Lord of the Rings obsession/fandom again. Not that I ever stopped liking it but my enthusiasm had died down quite a bit. I'm now fairly obsessed with it again, perhaps it will get me to pick up the book.
Anyways, the day is December 16-- the one and only day that all 3 films will be shown in sequence in the theater:
Leading up to the December 17 release of The Lord of The Rings: The Return of the King, the final film Peter Jackson’s epic trilogy, New Line Cinema will bring moviegoers an exclusive, ONE-time-only in-theater event:
The Lord of the Rings Special Extended Edition Screening Engagement.
The schedule for this special theatrical screening series is as follows:
December 5-11
Special Extended Edition The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
December 12-15
Special Extended Edition The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Tuesday, December 16
One-time-only marathon of both the Extended Edition prints followed by the first screenings of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
Anyone up for it? I know Heeble's in ;-) I think tickets go on sale for this in October, though I have yet to confirm that it's actually happening at the Jordan Commons yet. If the movie is indeed 3 1/2 hours long, that's over 10 hours of LOTR in one day. Holy sheezy....
9/30/03 - Update:
Had ye ole urine test. Just in case you were wondering how it went (people actually aske me "how'd it go"-- what am I supposed to say?) I refrained from taking pictures, I'm sure you're glad, hehe. Peeing in a cup isn't so bad, it's the fact that they make you pour it into these little vials that's annoying. I mean, who doesn't like to play with their pee? Err..... I'm just glad I don't have that woman's job, handling everyone's pee vials and stuff.
Ugh, Monday again already.
On Saturday I went down to Provo to meet up with Schmidy and Heffe to see "The Rundown" -- pretty cool action flick. During the trailers there was a pretty sweet Matrix Revolutions Trailer. What I really wanted to see, though, was the Return of the King trailer...
The ROTK trailer was released online today and I managed to download it and watch it-- holy trash, I can't even begin to describe how excited I am for this movie. Crazy because I already know how the story goes (more or less, though they do change some stuff for the movies)-- even then, I cannot wait for this movie. Anyways, I think you can find links to the trailer at http://www.theonering.net. Especially if you're a Lord of the Rings fan, check out the trailer. This movie will be amazing!
As I sit here in my cubicle at work I smell smoke, and even begin to feel the effects of the smoke. It's a ton worse outside of the office. The picture above is just of the Salt Lake Valley, and the fire isn't even that close to where I am. It's a 3,200-acre wildfire near Cascade Springs in Uinta National Forest-- and the weather is stagnant. I guess it was a planned "controlled" burn that is obviously way out of control. At least it wasn't some idiot who purposely lit the mountain on fire in order to get sent to jail.
The real reason I decided to write about this is that lately I've experienced smells that brought back memories, much like how certain sounds or songs can bring back very vivid memories. I didn't really notice the smell of smoke up at the house, but when I got out of my car at work, it was pretty strong. The smell sorta reminded me of a campfire, but more than that, it reminded me of certain areas on my mission where someone in the neighborhood would burn trash in order to avoid having to pay for the special bags that you were required to dispose of your garbage in. The haze outside is also reminiscent of some of the larger cities I served in that had problems with polution. Even though the smoke is a negative thing it brings back fond memories. Strange, huh?
Another recent experience took me even farther into my past. Last Saturday I stopped off at the grocery store in the morning to get some stuff to make samkyupsal with Joel later on. After going through the produce section I wandered past the bakery, I can't remember why. What I do remember is that I caught the aroma of what smelled exactly like the sweet rolls my grandma used to make. Ah, I used to look forward to those sweet rolls every time grandma would come to visit, or when we'd go to visit grandma. She always made them, and they were so good-- glazed with a layer of frosting and with various flavors of jelly at their center. It is tragic that no one ever learned to make them like Grandma did. She's now too old to make them anymore and Mom doesn't make them, and I'm not even sure if she knows how. This smell was almost like a ghost or phantom from the past, because it tantalyzed me, brought back memories of being a child, yet I could not find a pastry there that resembled Grandma's sweetrolls. As if my sense of smell had been decieved... There was one that was similar looking with the jelly-filled center, and so I bought it, but there was far less frosting and the flavor wasn't very similar, how disappointing. Perhaps grandma has that recipe locked away somewhere in her memory....
...is vashing my vindows. (anyone ever read "Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark"?)
Man, this guy scared me. Not that I haven't seen them in the past, but I can see people's reflections in my monitor because of the windows behind me-- helps keep people from sneaking up on me (besides that fact that I can often hear them coming). This guy just swung into view while I had my headphoens on and I thought it was someone behind me at first, hehe. Gave me a start, he did. Anyways, how'd you like that job, hanging from a rope on a tall building washing windows several stories in the air...
Perhaps I've been cursed. September 19th-- talk like a pirate day, Marianne's wedding day, etc... will I remember this day for these things? Nope. I think this day might be cursed or unlucky for Sloanie. Unfortunately I don't have my archives online currently, so I can't post a link to it, but about a year ago I posted about the tragic loss of my hard drive and many precious files. Well I went back and looked and the date that my hard drive died was on September 19th, 2002.
So why do I say I'm cursed? Well, instead of writing about the wedding or anything I'll just do one of the things I do best on here and complain about something that annoys me. About 9:30 pm I'm driving away from the Alpine Art Center where the reception was held. I'm headed west on SR 92 or whatever it is, the main highway that goes from Pleasant Grove to the Highland/Alpine freeway onramp by Thanksgiving Point. A freaking DEER ran out in front of my car! It happened so fast-- we thought it was a person running across the highway-- but a person would have seen us and stopped. I hit the brakes but couldn't stop before I hit the thing and it flew off the hood of my car into the brush on the north side of the road. I wasn't driving particularly fast, either, well under the speed limit. It was just one of those things completely out of my control that happened in a flash, and I'll no doubt be in the hole a grand or more for the damage done to my car. Man, what's with September 19th for me man?
Anyways, I'm so irritated that I haven't even taken pictures of the damage. Truthfully it was probably fairly minimal for what could have happened. Dan went with the cop and they couldn't find the deer-- so it probably lived and scampered off somewhere. No one in the car was injured, the car runs fine, so I guess things could have been a lot worse. It still sucks though-- how many people actually hit deer when driving?
Arrr... more negative experiences in Utah Valley. The dang Lehi cop I talked to first couldn't even figure out if I was in Lehi or Pleasant Grove or Alpine from the coordinates I gave him on the phone-- that's how retarded the layout of Utah Valley is. Grrr...
So that's it folks. I'm cursed, I get bent every Sept. 19th...
Ahoy mates-- here ya go:
Learn about why tomorrow's special and how to talk like a pirate. Arrr!
Guess what September 19th is? Well, besides the day that Marianne is getting married and having her wedding reception, it's Talk Like a Pirate Day, woo! I couldn't have picked a better day myself, now I can film parts of Mar's reception and what not and narrate with a pirate voice... dang, I HAVE to remember Talk like a Pirate day. I may have to go see Pirates of the Caribbean once before Friday too, to refresh my memory a tad on pirate speak. And perhaps I can sneak a pirate jib onto the reception CD, haha...
Word of the Day:
altercation
\Al`ter*ca"tion\ (?; 277), n. [F. altercation, fr. L. altercatio.] Warm contention in words; dispute carried on with heat or anger; controversy; wrangle; wordy contest.
Yeah, Josh taught me this word the other day. He said he felt an altercation with the in-laws coming on because someone had impersonated his brother and left some bitter remarks about Josh and his wife Megan. LOL, I gave Josh the heads up on checking the IP address and the madness ensued. I got about half of it last night but missed the other half today. Man it really makes me look forward to having in-laws ;-)
Anyways, I'm trying to decide if I should bring back the chatterbox on my site-- it seems it can liven the place up a bit ;) Then again, there's really nothing that can save this site!
I tried on my tux today that I'm to wear at Mar's reception on Friday...
Just practicing my picture-face for the photos that will be taken just prior to the reception, tee hee...
I was just mid-conversation with my friend Ty on messenger when the power went out. I'm sure the football junkies upstairs aren't too happy about this, hahaha... but I logged back on with my laptop and cell phone just because I could-- yes, I'm so proud of my geekiness.
I do wonder what the deal is and how long the power will be out...s for now, I will simply enjoy the silence resulting from this power outage, ahh....
Got this e-mail from Mar-- worthy of posting :D Sorry if you've seen it before.
HOW TO BATHE THE CAT!
1. THOROUGHLY CLEAN THE TOILET.
2. LIFT THE LID AND ADD SHAMPOO.
3. FIND AND SOOTHE CAT AS YOU CARRY IT TO THE BATHROOM.
4. IN ONE SWIFT MOVE, PLACE CAT IN THE TOILET, CLOSE THE LID AND STAND ON TOP SO CAT CANNOT ESCAPE.
5. THE CAT WILL SELF-AGITATE AND PRODUCE AMPLE SUDS. (IGNORE RUCKUS FROM INSIDE TOILET, CAT IS ENJOYING THIS)
6. FLUSH TOILET THREE OF FOUR TIMES. THIS PROVIDES A POWER RINSE, WHICH IS QUITE EFFECTIVE.
7. STAND AS FAR FROM TOILET AS POSSIBLE AND QUICKLY LIFT THE LID.
8. CLEAN CAT WILL ROCKET OUT OF THE TOILET AND OUTDOORS, WHERE IT WILL AIR DRY.
SNCERELY,
The Dog
you find yourself sucking on a packet of Grape Jam from McDonalds. Not too bad, actually-- tastes very much like a grape fruit rollup, hehehe...
It turns out that Mordor smells like women's perfume. Or at least that's my guess. What does the "per" stand for? We know it's a deadly fume!
DANG! Rant time. Someone *cough* same annoying director of the department *cough* just walked past my cube into hers and DANG, could you put any MORE perfume on? I'm suffocating over here and getting a terrible headache. How many more ways can you possibly devise to give me a headache, woman?
Seriously, it's like she took a perfume shower. Why do women do this? There are some scents that I agree are good, especially in moderation. But sometimes I feel like there's a Mogi Man that sprays perfume on these people rather than insecticide.
(ahh, a Korean dvd I have I discovered has a clip of the Mogi man doing his job and the kids frolicking in the mist he's leaving behind... mogi is korean for mosquito. These guys have these little trucks that just spray clouds of mosquito killing chemicals out the back... you'd think they were bubbles or something else "fun" as the kids run up and play in the clouds. As I watch, I think "dang, that can't be good for them", hehe).
Anyways, women-- what's the deal, why do you feel a need to destroy all living organisms around you with such heavy doses of perfume? I can feel my brain cells dying... What I wouldn't give for a gas mask right about now.
I just had to take a moment to pause and express how grateful I am for music. Some of you know that I like to blow my money on gadgets and stuff that enhance my music listening experience. I have a new toy ;) and as I sit here at work listening to music with a smile on my face, I have to say, I can't imagine what life would be like without music. How would life be without a soundtrack to live it with? Music seriously is a language that transcends simple words in its ability to communicate and express, it can lift you up, inspire you, make you happy, sad, angry, sad, it can drive you to new limits, or relax, soothe, and put you to sleep... it can be powerful stuff. It makes things like work tolerable ;)
Just wanted to say I love music. That is all.
Today I packed up the Joycook "Rosta" grill and headed down to Salt Lake to meet with Hae An, Joel, and Hang for some Samkyupsal. Man, that was, as Joel said, one of the best Korean meals I've had in the states. It was much like the time before when we had it, except this time Hae An grabbed some kimchi from his friend's apartment, and it was freakin' good kimchi-- the best / most authentic I've had in the states as well. So in addition to the meat, onions, and garlic on the grill, we also thew on some kimchi and added that to the lettuce wraps-- I thought I had died and gone to heaven. A strange thing to me about Korean food is that in cases like this, it leaves me craving more instead of satisfying me for a while. I can hardly wait to make samkyupsal again...
Joel, Hae An, and Hang's arm
So yeah, it was fun hanging out with Hae An again since he moved back to the states a couple weeks ago-- that guy is so funny and fun to be around. He actually lives pretty dang close to where my Dad lived long ago, up in the Avenues in Salt Lake City-- kinda trippy.
We just hung out for an hour or 2 until we had to go, at which point Joel was gracious enough to give Hang (and I) a ride to the Korean market on 3300 So., after which we all headed our separate directions.
Hehehe... I'm still laughing about this, and I thought I'd share. Maybe you've seen this already but I found a link to this site promoting Ahnold in my junk mail. Here's one of the better governator shirts below:
Ah, if only politics were always this entertaining. Should be interesting to see what happens in California...
Joel mentioned the price of gas in his post yesterday, reminded me that I had taken these pics a week ago...
So yes, gas prices are at an all-time high. Who else is feeling the pain? This was a first for me to have to pay over $30 to fill up my car. I mean it's not like a drive a friggin van or SUV... I guess the Maxima's tank is big enough.
And this was one of the cheaper prices I was able to find, ouch.
What do you put as the title of a post that you know will be totally inane anyways? Guess that shows how out of it I feel, hehe. It's been almost a week since I last posted (thanks for the reminder, Josh), so I thought I'd throw out an inane, useless post for the sake of posting, hehe. (if you wondered what I did over the weekend, not much-- non-eventful as usual. For the most part it was sacrificed to the God fo Video Games, whom I've recently begun worshiping again thanks to Counter Strike).
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So sometimes I run and get fast food for lunch during work. I have to clock out for lunch and don't like to stay later than usual so this usually puts me in a hurry (yes I wouldn't have this problem if I weren't so lazy and just made a lunch to bring with me to work). Last time I went to Taco Bell, I went inside, thinking "there's only one or two people in line, as opposed to the big lineup in the drive through". So I went inside. But of course, some hoser in front of me is ordering lunch for their entire office or whatever and their order takes longer to fulfill than it would have taken me get through the drive through.
So again I have been lazy and I'm hitting taco bell for lunch today, I cleverly decide that even though the drive through looks decievingly long, it'll no doubt be faster. Nope. Of course someone in front of me has a huge order. Figures.
I can't win.
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