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July 1st, 2008
mrblonde97
 | 10:54 am - Quote Of The Week
1. I know a lot of people are having a less than ideal week so this quote is a good one to pass around:
I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it.
Groucho Marx
Of course he also left this gem as well:
Man does not control his own fate. The women in his life do that for him.
No man goes before his time - unless the boss leaves early
Current Music: John Lennon-Nobody Told Me
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June 30th, 2008
mrblonde97
| 03:21 pm - Weekend Notes
1. Wed-got the riot act read to me with plenty of dirt tossed in my face by my manager. Later that night, I threw all my aggressiveness into the hockey game resulting in a "W" and me with a goal, an assist, and a minor scuffle(no penalty) which would've gotten me the Gordie Howe hat trick.
2. Fri-met up w/Redondo and Finch. Talked mostly to Misty. Finch asked if anything was going on between us which I stated no...which is kinda of a bummer. Penny was behind the bar and I walked slightly over my line and was dropped off at home just b/c there's no need to risk it.
3. Sat-Cycling class. Grabbed lunch and hung out with Tra-gal afterwards. Watched the Dodgers beat the Angels without getting a hit while I worked on a painting.
4. Sun-Watched the Yankees-Mets game. Chose and sketched out my next painting, The Eastern Columbia building, with the Dodger game in the background. Waited for it to cool down to start painting it, #11, with Wedding Crashers, then White Castle, and then Fugitive on in the background. So with one break to watch Venture Brothers. 5 solid hours. not bad.
Current Music: The Beatles-Things We Said Today
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mrblonde97
| 11:06 am - Answers to Trivia Challenge #21: Tv Daughters.
1. Punky Brewster (Punky Brewster)-Soleil Moon Frye
2. Family Ties (Mallory Keaton)-Justine Bateman
3. Who's The Boss (Samantha Micelli)-Alyssa Milano
4. Sabrina The Teenage Witch (Sabrina Spellman)-Melissa Joan Hart
5. Charles In Charge (Jaime Powell)-Nicole Eggert
6. The Brady Bunch (Marcia Brady)-Maureen McCormick
7. Married With Children (Kelly Bundy)-Christina Applegate
8. Full House (Donna Joe "D.J." Tanner)-Candace Cameron
9. 24 (Kim Bauer) Elisha Cuthbert
Bonus: The Munsters (Marilyn Munster)-Pat Priest
LJ Winner-Stefaniesays (9-9!)
Non LJ Winner-Hoss
I wanna tell her that I love her, but the point is probably moot....
Current Music: Eve's Plumb-Jesus Love's You (Not As Much As I Do)
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June 27th, 2008
mrblonde97
| 11:14 am - Trivia Challenge #20: Tv Daughters
Name the show associated with the tv daughter and if you can name names--go for it.
1. Soleil Moon Frye
2. Justine Bateman
3. Alyssa Milano
4. Melissa Joan Hart
5. Nicole Eggert
6. Maureen McCormick
7. Christina Applegate
8. Candace Cameron
9. Elisha Cuthbert
Bonus: Pat Priest
Current Music: Elvis Presley-Little Sister
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June 25th, 2008
mrblonde97
| 02:39 pm - George Carlin 1937-2008
Well folks, it's been one of those days where I'm getting kicked in the pills and I'm a day behind so I'll do my tribute to the late, great George Carlin and some of his "brain droppings":
1. Elections and politicians are in place in order to give Americans the ILLUSION that they have freedom of choice. You don't really have choice in this country.
2. Why is it that most of the people who are against abortion are people you wouldn't want to fuck in the first place?
3. So I say live and let live. That's my motto: Live and let live. Anyone who can't go along with that, take 'em outside and shoot the motherfucker. It's a simple philosophy, but it's always worked in our family.
4. Have you ever noticed, when you're driving, that anyone driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone driving faster than you is a *maniac*?
5. Here's another pack of jackoffs who ought to be strangled in front of their children. People who pay for inexpensive items with a credit card. You know? Folks, take my word for this, Raisinetts is NOT a major purchase. Get some fucking cash together. No one should be paying the bank eighteen percent interest on Tic-Tacs. And you're holding up the fucking line, too. Some dorky looking prick with a fanny pack waiting to be approved for a bag of Cheese Doodles. I need this like I need an infected scrotum. Get some fucking money. Next guy in front of me that pays for Newsweek with a credit card is getting stabbed in the eyes!
6. And for those of you who "need a little space," please... GO THE FUCK OUTSIDE!
7. You see now they're thinking about banning toy guns, and they're going to keep the fucking real ones!
8. I don't have pet peeves; I have major psychotic fucking hatreds, okay. And it makes the world a lot easier to sort out.
9. Angels, shit. What about goblins? Doesn't anybody believe in goblins? We never hear from them, except on halloween, and it's always negative shit too, you know. And zombies! Where the fuck are all the zombies? That's the trouble with zombies, they're unreliable. I think if you're going to buy the angels shit, you might go for the zombie package as well.
Bonus: The 7 Dirty Words- "Shit, piss, fuck, cunt, cocksucker, motherfucker, and tits. That was all I could think of in one sitting".
Current Music: Metallica-Hero Of The Day
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mrblonde97
| 10:42 am - Answers To Trivia Challenge #19: Stan Winston Movies
1. Terminator-There is only one time that Michael Biehn and Arnold Schwarzenegger are in the same frame together. It is when Biehn blasts Schwarzenegger the second time at Tech Noir. When they finally meet in the factory, it is not Schwarzenegger, just a metallic puppet.
2. Aliens-To bring the "queen" to life would take anything between 14 and 16 operators. H.R. Giger didn't design her.
3. Edward Scissorhands-The idea for the movie was inspired by a drawing Tim Burton had done when he was a teenager. Johnny Depp collapsed from heat exhaustion due to the extreme temperatures and the leather costume while filming.
4. Predator-The original "Hunter" model was a large creature with a long neck, a head shaped like a dog and one big eye in the middle. It was only when Stan Winston moved in that the complete design of the now "creature" changed, along with the title. The mandibles of the creature was an idea James Cameron gave to director John McTiernan.
5. Terminator 2: Judgement Day-Special F/X guru Stan Winston and his crew studied hours of nuclear test footage in order to make Sarah Connor's "nuclear nightmare" scene as real as possible in the sequel. In late 1991, members of several U.S. federal nuclear testing labs unofficially declared it "the most accurate depiction of a nuclear blast ever created for a fictional motion picture.
6. Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines-Stan Winston and his team constructed flawless, life-size, fully-operational robotic replicas of Arnold Schwarzenegger and co-star Kristanna Loken because certain sequences involving fire and explosions were too dangerous for them to perform.
7. Batman Returns-In this big blockbluster sequel, Danny Devito spent two hours a day in make up and was forbidden to describe his make up to anybody including his family.
8. Jurassic Park-The full-sized animatron of the tyrannosaurus rex weighed about 13,000 to 15,000 pounds. During the shooting of the initial T-rex attack scene that took place in a downpour and was shot on a soundstage, the latex that covered the T-rex puppet absorbed great amounts of water, making it much heavier and harder to control. Technicians worked throughout the night with blow driers trying to dry the latex out.
9. Iron Man-When Robert Downey Jr. was carrying out motion-capture work on the film, he would sometimes wear the helmet, sleeves and chest of the title character's armor over the motion-capture suit to realistically portray movements.
LJ Winner-Sistersketcher
Non LJ Winner-Hoss
Current Music: Butthole Surfers-They Came In
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June 24th, 2008
mrblonde97
| 10:54 am - Weekend Notes
1. Fri-It was 107 in my hood and when I got home from the gym it was not fun to see the power out. So off for a sushi dinner I went and took a stroll in the cool Ikea. After a McD's hot fudge sundae I figured the power would be on and I was wrong. All the windows get thrown open and a couple of candles are lit while I watch "The Big Lebowski" on my ipod--still the greatest invention ever.
2. Sat-cycling class. It was Tra-gal's b-day and The Unicorn brought tea cakes...ah, breakfast. The rest of the day, I watched the Dodgers and enjoyed the AC since it was 107 again. Popped in "Batman Returns" b/c watching a cold movie helps to keep your mind of the heat. I had asked the red headed gal from class if she wanted to meet up for drinks at the OH later, but I never heard back from her (Brad Pitt rule goes into effect here) and decided to have a cocktail or 3 solo. I chit chat with Misty and around 10 I got a call from Fincher and she ended up having drinks with me.
3. Sun-pretty much watched baseball all day. Dodgers vs the Indians again and then the Cubs complete the sweep vs the White Sox. Ah the dog days of summer have come. It's too hot to do anything and I get lazy. Lazier than usual...possibly making me the laziest man in Los Angeles which would place me high in the running of laziest man world wide. I watched "Psycho" and then "Venture Bros".
4. Mon-usually not much happens, but today The Unicorn walks in with The Young K.B. and had a pie for me. Seriously, this gal is an angel who walks amongst mortals.
Current Music: Temple Of The Dog-Say Hello 2 Heaven
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June 23rd, 2008
mrblonde97
| 11:30 am - Trivia Challenge #19: Movies: Stan Winston Movies
Sorry this is late, but had a bunch of things to take care of and I wanted to do something special for the late f/x great, Stan Winston. Each section contains trivia from imdb about a movie that Stan Winston did his magic on. Name the movie.
1. There is only one time that Michael Biehn and Arnold Schwarzenegger are in the same frame together. It is when Biehn blasts Schwarzenegger the second time at Tech Noir. When they finally meet in the factory, it is not Schwarzenegger, just a metallic puppet.
2. To bring the "queen" to life would take anything between 14 and 16 operators. H.R. Giger didn't design her.
3. The idea for the movie was inspired by a drawing Tim Burton had done when he was a teenager. Johnny Depp collapsed from heat exhaustion due to the extreme temperatures and the leather costume while filming.
4. The original "Hunter" model was a large creature with a long neck, a head shaped like a dog and one big eye in the middle. It was only when Stan Winston moved in that the complete design of the now "creature" changed, along with the title. The mandibles of the creature was an idea James Cameron gave to director John McTiernan.
5. Special F/X guru Stan Winston and his crew studied hours of nuclear test footage in order to make Sarah Connor's "nuclear nightmare" scene as real as possible in the sequel. In late 1991, members of several U.S. federal nuclear testing labs unofficially declared it "the most accurate depiction of a nuclear blast ever created for a fictional motion picture.
6. Stan Winston and his team constructed flawless, life-size, fully-operational robotic replicas of Arnold Schwarzenegger and co-star Kristanna Loken because certain sequences involving fire and explosions were too dangerous for them to perform.
7. In this big blockbluster sequel, Danny Devito spent two hours a day in make up and was forbidden to describe his make up to anybody including his family.
8.The full-sized animatron of the tyrannosaurus rex weighed about 13,000 to 15,000 pounds. During the shooting of the initial T-rex attack scene that took place in a downpour and was shot on a soundstage, the latex that covered the T-rex puppet absorbed great amounts of water, making it much heavier and harder to control. Technicians worked throughout the night with blow driers trying to dry the latex out.
9. When Robert Downey Jr. was carrying out motion-capture work on the film, he would sometimes wear the helmet, sleeves and chest of the title character's armor over the motion-capture suit to realistically portray movements.
Current Music: Social Distortion-Mommy's Little Monster
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