Wednesday, June 18, 2008

heeheeomgroflolmao

I assume all of the 8 people that might read this bloggie use some sort of instant messaging service or at least have at some point. I was typing to Mike today and I started to think about IM language. I try very hard not to get sucked into the abbreviation extravaganza as I am a word elitist and I like typing, so I try to make it last as long as possible. I do like however that there has been a sort of "laugh sound hierarchy" put into place in order to let people know just how funny they think you are.

Example...if I write something to Mike and get a "heh" or "heeh" that means one of two things. He didn't really read what I just wrote and "heh" was the quick response OR he is super busy...scanned the IM and in his rush to laughtype his fingers got all confused.
The second tier of the laughtype pyramid is the "hehe" or "hee". This means that what you typed has caused a chuckle. Not a full laugh but it definitly warrants a little something.
The third tier is the full on "haha" or even the "HAHA!" this is usually what I strive for. If I say something clever and get the "haha" I feel good about it...proud even.
The fourth tier is where I start to lose some footing. The "lol" tier. First off, ALL laughs are out loud...even "hehe's". Not to mention the fact that if something was funny and you shouted "laugh out loud" people would think that you were crazy, or a robot, or both. And nothing stops a conversation like a crazy robot.
Which brings me to the fifth and final tier of the pyramid. The paragraph abbreviations. The "omgroflmao" laughs. These should not be tolerated and if someone types that to you and they are over the age of 9 you should beat them....with their keyboard.

Just down the street from the laughtype pyramid there is a more sinister activity afoot. And as much as I despise the constant stupid abbreviations I can handle them...as long as they are in type form. The trend of saying the abbreviations out loud could possible be the most annoying thing I have witnessed since non-dancers started wearing leg-warmers. When I hear someone actually say "lol" or "btw" or "omg" I want to tear off their fingers and stuff them in their mouth. See folks, at this point the people are actually talking to each other and can say the words...or better yet...can just actually laugh. Speaking really doesn't require additional shortcuts other than the occasional contraction. And since evolutionary wise we all took the time to learn to speak and all I think we should embrace the gift.
And don't even get me started on the emoticons...you little freaks.

Friday, June 13, 2008

Things that annoy the hell out of me

1. The second after you put on lipstick, gloss, balm, anything of that nature, your nose starts to run...so you have to use kleenex...which sticks to the newly applied lip goo...getting kleenex fuzzies in it and making it so you have to reapply. At which point the entire process starts again.

2. Trying to do one simple task and having it turn out to be the most aggravating 3 minutes of your entire life. Example: coming out of the laundry room with a full basket of laundry, shifting the laundry to your one arm and hip you struggle to find the key to lock the door back up, it has fallen to the deepest part of your pocket, once you fish it out the key seems to have gone thru the ring making it impossible to put it in the key hole, as you are trying to make the key work you feel the laundry start to slip, as the key finally gets into the hole you lose the laundry spilling all your new clean clothes on the gross floor, you bend over to pick up one last sock only to have it fall out of your hand....twice.

3. When wheeltards (see transportation post) hit a curb with the bag in front of you and it flips over prompting the carrier to flail it about wildly trying to right it. Meanwhile your toes and feet are now broken all because you had the audacity to walk behind them.

4. When places like hair salons, hotels, airlines, can cancel your services at a moments notice but you must give them 4 months notice in advance to cancel, send it sealed with your blood and then pay them for the hassle of helping out your fellow man by creating a spot.












5. Murphy's Law

6. People that wear scarves for no reason. I grew up waiting for the bus when it was 20 degrees below zero windchill and I never wore a scarf. Why must you wear one when it is 73 and sunny outside? It isn't fashionable it is stupid and if I see you on the street wearing one and I am in a T shirt I am going to grab it and then strangle you with it. Just a friendly warning.

Friday, June 6, 2008

Which one would you be?

This bloggie appears to be rapidly turning into a movie review site. But that's ok because seeing movies and writing about them for money would be an awesome gig and I think I will pretend that I am getting paid for this now. Ok, delusions aside...I want to talk about the Sex and the City movie. Which from now on I shall abbreviate SATC to save my fingers. When I first watched SATC I HATED it...HATED like I hate wheelie bags. I viewed it as some rich hoes running around Manhattan talking about clothes that not only were WAY too expensive, but were ugly as hell. I think I had seen half of an episode at that time and it was a Carrie heavy one...so I thought the fashion was the focus. I couldn't imagine how watching some chick shop wearing shoes that would cripple me had garnered these legions of women fans. I chalked it up to just another class I had missed in girl school and never watched another episode.

Fast forward a couple years and we have just moved to San Francisco. We are staying at my cousin's house. He has almost the whole run of SATC on DVD (I believe it might be a requirement for successful gay males) and I have nothing else to do. So I watch it. And I can't stop. I laugh and cry and sometimes, because they have done conversations so right, I get super uncomfortable and turn it off. But I always turn it back on in a few minutes. We leave, get our own place and live our life.

Fast forward again and I start watching episodes on TBS or something. Mike gets involved and he gets hooked too. And boy do people give him shit for it...but more on that later. So we end up watching the entire run again...minus some stuff that has to get bleeped or not shown at all.

Fast forward again (last time I swear) and the SATC movie is about to come out. Mike and I are super excited...the day comes and we go see it with some friends that are going to see Indy. I was nervous because of what I read from some critics. And....I must say.....it was....awesome. I LOVED it. It was like the series...I laughed, I cried, I cried more, then I laughed. It was one of the better movies I have seen this year. Don't smirk you bastards I'm serious. Now, I'm not sure if I would have liked it as much if I hadn't watched/liked the show. But I don't think they made it for those that don't watch the show. I wouldn't have. One of my favorite things about it was that it made no attempt to spend 2 hours of the movie "filling you in" on what went on for the last 7 years. I equate it to the Simpsons movie. It was pure fluff for those of us who are die hard fans and don't mind if a movie is just 4 episodes tied together.

While I was sitting in the theater I was thinking about why the formula just works so well. And I have come to the conclusion that it is because every person that watches it can take a little something that appeals to them away from it. I like watching it because I like to see 4 successful women have each others back no matter what. It is pretty hard for me to make friends that I trust and love and to be honest I have only had probably 3 in my entire 26 years. So to see friendship like that gives me hope that it can happen. Sure...it isn't real life and they might not be able to stand each other after the cameras stop rolling but who cares. It is fantasy-the best thing about movies! Others might like the clothes...if New York is considered the 5th girl the wardrobe is a close 6th. Others might like the lifestyle of one or all of the girls...the "which one are you" question always seems to come up among fans. Others might like the sex. It is unapologetically a main part of the show and I can say if I am going to see sex in a show...I like it presented a certain way and SATC knows how to do it.

Mike on the other hand has things a little rougher. He is a heterosexual male and therefore was supposed to be either "dragged" to see SATC or was supposed to go see Indy while I went. But here's the kicker...he loves SATC too! When we left the theater and met back up with our friends they were getting on his case for saying it was the best movie he has seen all year. It is truly stupid that he can get made fun of for liking a movie...but one of the best things about my husband is that he is VERY confident in his beliefs...especially when it comes to entertainment. He is fully secure to say "fuck you I liked it" and the fact that he does like it proves my point of why it succeeds. It isn't just a girl thing, he takes something away from it too. If I were I boy I think I would enjoy watching women who are sexy, funny, successful and caring. Why not? I enjoy watching movies about men who are those traits. I mean he has me but it's not like he can watch me ALL the time. :)

So all in all SATC is a really good movie and the critics that panned it probably were just unable to allow themselves to take something from it. Which is becoming more and more prevalent with critics ...but that is a WHOLE other bloggie.
So, which one are you?