Random Thought Thread

"Phoo-hooo! Look who knows so much! It just so happens that your friend here is only mostly dead. Mostly dead... is slightly alive." - Miracle Max

 

Saw Harriet yesterday.

I started wondering if I’m a heartless connoisseur of film who can no longer be satisfied with anything.

Then I remember I saw Jojo Rabbit maybe two weeks ago and cried through nearly the entire film and continued being a complete emotional wreck long after I drove home.

It’s just such a shame that so very few films have impressed me in the past few months.

 

I no longer recall the words, but the Chinese words for "lawyer" and "lady" sound fairly close to the Western ear -- when in China with my wife, I got funny looks when I explained my occupation.

 

So what happened? Did they inadvertently graduate or die?

 

Inquiring minds need to know!!

 

>Person drives faster than I am: "Nut job"

>Person drives slower than I am: "Pft, lug nut"

>Person driving equal to me: "Moron"

Just can't win....

 

> driver tailgating me: please get off my ass unless you're going to propose

> driver flying past me: where's the fire buddy oh, you're not going to get anywhere so what difference does it make

> pulling alongside the driver who is tailgating me then flew by me: see, told you, you were not going to get anywhere

Me driving: what's the point of going fast only to slam on my brakes

 

> Person on the back seat: In front of you.
> Me: I'm looking in front of me. What?
> Person on the back seat: In front of you! Slow down, slow down!
> Me: What?! Where?
> Three people on the back seat and co-pilot: AAAAAA!!!! Bum..
> Bump: "Lurks in stealth mode. Says nothing".

... and as I watch my co-pilot's bloodless face get twisted in fear in slow motion, I follow the direction of his indicating finger and I finally understand. It is too late. The car takes off the ground and we fly together in the setting sun.

 

I just saw a youtube vid where a guy ate a huge bowl of food (lot's of rice and curry, fried meats and various stuff and a raw egg at the top - it looked like a mountain) in a Japanese store and the deal is that if he made to eat the whole thing under 20 minutes it's free. If he didn't, then he'd have to pay and it was quite expensive. I deducted from that vid that I could actually live in Japan forever, without paying a cent on food. What a great country!

 

CoCoIchiban (Japanese curry place) used to have a deal that if you could finish, down to every last grain of rice, their ultra-large plate of curry rice in half an hour it was free. 1.3kg of rice with a commensurate amount of curry....

 

My dude ate 2.5 kilos of whatever was in there and it looked delicious! (Except for the raw egg). Go to 9.19. This guy is a hero. I think I could manage living by eating this on a schedule. I'd go every other day (Monday, Wednesday, Friday, etc). And they would hate me. Except if this is a one time thing. I don't know.

 

I have eaten way too much Cocos. Cuttlefish with number 6 spice level. Yum.

 

I prefer 4. I can go much hotter, but I find less appeal in testing myself these days. CocoIchi was one of the first few meals I ate in Japan, so it's very natsukashi (nostalgic).

 

Getting paranoid about the frequency at which I have precisely 13 alerts when I check the forum!

 

Phlebotomy always sounds to me like it should be some discredited steampunk pseudoscience. Phlebotomy, phrenology, phlogiston, philosophy, something about that "ph" lends itself to suspicion.

 

I didn't know you could say this in english. I'll never understand why "ph" is used when "f" could be used. I'll give you another: Physiodifis. Sounds kinda evil but it's not.

 

Phlebotomy is the sound you make when you move your finger between your lips.
"Phleb-b-b-b-b-botomymy-my-my-my-my"

 

C'mon, you guys ...

 

LOL

 

Can't we all be shitty humans in peace?

 

Just opened the forum and guess what? 13 alerts

 

Yep, that's how I feel when I wake up and all the Europeans start commenting on stuff I've commented on. It's like a little present sometimes, especially if your waiting for a comment on your work.