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Aug 8, 2006

Talladega Nights

Some of you might have noticed there are several comments on the Hear Ye, Hear Ye! post that may seem disjointed and strange...On the other hand, if you were one of the moviegoers that contributed to the $40 million+ in opening weekend sales, you will recognize those comments as a product of Talladega Nights.

Sunday, I saw the movie with 4 male friends, one female friend, and several pitchers of beer at the local Studio Movie Grill. We laughed for hours! Is this movie as good at Old School? No, but it's close. There are more one liners in the movie than any I can think of in recent history. To name just a few:






Abracadabra, Holmes!

Shake...and...Bake!

Because, I like to party.

If you're not first, you're last!

Which, now that I have typed them, look really stupid, but if you have seen the movie, and can picture the actions that went along with the words, well, let's just say I will be hearing them for months to come from my guy friends at any chance they can find...

The reviews of the movie are very split, but I think it is safe to say, if you are a Will Ferrell fan, you won't be disappointed. And if you are like my mother and are wondering, "does he show that fat little body of his in this movie, too?" The answer is a resounding, yes! Once again, we get to see the beauty that is Will Ferrell's physique in nothing but his whitey tighties...
posted by Ty @ 8/08/2006 | 0 comments
Fingertips of Death
For the last two weeks I have been a cranky, snappy, pain in the ass at work. My computers, Eric and Charles, have made my life a living hell. Creating problem after problem, which are still not entirely resolved. Something is still causing Charles to have issues on start up; I am still waiting for a replacement copy of MS Office XP to be shipped to me so that I can reinstall it properly and maybe have Outlook run correctly AND use MS Word as my e-mail editor; I am still waiting for a replacement wireless connector to be sent to me to replace the one that isn't working with my only 6 month old wireless mouse and keyboard...oh did I tell you about that? Yes, apparently when my power supply went, it did something to my wireless connector, and since I have only had it for a few months, they are sending me a replacement...that will take two WEEKS to get here.

And, until a few minutes ago, I couldn't get iTunes to load properly. It would crash at the end of the install everytime. Thank goodness Apple has better forums than Microsoft. Several people were having the same problems I was. Apparently, the solution is to load an independent copy of Quicktime (versus the one that comes with iTunes) then install iTunes. Who the heck figures this stuff out??

So now I have music. I haven't had music in two weeks. It's fabulous! It's actually making me happier. Work isn't quite as taxing with some music.

Oh, did I mention my iPod is having issues too? I think my iPod should be named Izzie. Izzie has acquired Charles and Eric's proclivity for making my life feel like a papercut--irritating, and fucking annoying, but, in truth, non-threating. Izzie doesn't like to be left unused for several days in a row. She gets mad and dumps her battery charge. Then she gives me a crazy looking black and white screen with an uncharged battery when I try to charge her. Then if I leave her charging, she battles for a while, trying to start up, flashing her beautiful apple icon, then shutting down. Then starting back up, then shutting down. Then starting back up and shutting down. All the while, making noises with her hard drive that are loud enough to actually hear, which scares the shit out of me each time she powers down. Then after about 20 minutes on the charger, she suddenly has enough energy to start up, showing her beautiful colors and Menu screens. She's very passive aggressive, looking like everything is just fine--until the next time I ignore her for a few days, and then she scolds me with her black and white screens of evil.

I think her battery is going. I also think I got an extended warranty when I bought her at Best Buy. I need to find it. It covered a replacement battery if I remember correctly...

I am running out of electronic equipment to kill. If you are looking to crash anything, just send it my way for a week or two. I am sure my fingertips of death can do your machines in too.
posted by Ty @ 8/08/2006 | 2 comments