I hope everyone is having a great Non-Denominational Season of Celebration....For Those Who Choose to Participate. Or, as it's known in Canada: December 8th-February 17th.
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nerd also nurd ( P ) Pronunciation Key (nûrd)
n. Slang
1. A foolish, inept, or unattractive person.
2. A person who is single-minded or accomplished in scientific or technical pursuits but is felt to be socially inept.
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Oh, my Source: Dictionary.com
Tuesday, December 30, 2003
Monday, December 29, 2003
Mr. Smokestoomuch
So........are Tauntauns native to the ice planet Hoth?
If they are, then apparently they live in caves or some sort of fashioned structure to avoid the drastic temperature change at night.
You see, when The Empire Strikes Back begins, we find Luke and Han riding on Tauntauns. They are new to the Star Wars gallery of creatures, so we assume that they are just native beasts that the Rebel Alliance has tamed while building a new base on Hoth. (we don't exactly know how much time has passed since A New Hope, but enough for Luke and Han to achieve rank, and long enough for Han to realize he doesn't have much time to go pay back Jabba the Hut.)
However, after Luke is attacked by the Wampa and doesn't come back before the shield doors have to be closed, Han realizes he must go out to find him. He requests a speeder, but they haven't been tested/calibrated to work in the temperature. So, his only alternative is to use a tauntaun, but is told that it will freeze before he reaches the first marker. (btw......Han replies by saying "Well then we'll see you in Hell!" This is weird b/c I didn't know there was a Hell in the Star Wars universe. I mean, Han doesn't believe in the Force (or religion, period) and if there is a Hell, where do the good guys go who are not Jedis?)
So anyway, Han's transportation does indeed die...which raises questions of the species' subsistence. If they really are native to Hoth, (which is probably so, b/c it would just be too much trouble for the Alliance to bring a population of animals to another planet.) it seems like they would be evolutionarily accustomed to the change in temperature at night. So the only explanations are that they come from a warmer part of Hoth, or huddle together in caves or snow banks at night. (b/c they don't all brandish light sabers and cut each other open to sleep inside like Han does for Luke.)
Oh, Ben Stiller show rules.
If they are, then apparently they live in caves or some sort of fashioned structure to avoid the drastic temperature change at night.
You see, when The Empire Strikes Back begins, we find Luke and Han riding on Tauntauns. They are new to the Star Wars gallery of creatures, so we assume that they are just native beasts that the Rebel Alliance has tamed while building a new base on Hoth. (we don't exactly know how much time has passed since A New Hope, but enough for Luke and Han to achieve rank, and long enough for Han to realize he doesn't have much time to go pay back Jabba the Hut.)
However, after Luke is attacked by the Wampa and doesn't come back before the shield doors have to be closed, Han realizes he must go out to find him. He requests a speeder, but they haven't been tested/calibrated to work in the temperature. So, his only alternative is to use a tauntaun, but is told that it will freeze before he reaches the first marker. (btw......Han replies by saying "Well then we'll see you in Hell!" This is weird b/c I didn't know there was a Hell in the Star Wars universe. I mean, Han doesn't believe in the Force (or religion, period) and if there is a Hell, where do the good guys go who are not Jedis?)
So anyway, Han's transportation does indeed die...which raises questions of the species' subsistence. If they really are native to Hoth, (which is probably so, b/c it would just be too much trouble for the Alliance to bring a population of animals to another planet.) it seems like they would be evolutionarily accustomed to the change in temperature at night. So the only explanations are that they come from a warmer part of Hoth, or huddle together in caves or snow banks at night. (b/c they don't all brandish light sabers and cut each other open to sleep inside like Han does for Luke.)
Oh, Ben Stiller show rules.
Torque: The Movie!
Saturday I saw Return of the King for the 3rd time. Matt's 3rd, Des'ree's 2nd, and T.J.'s first. I'm not saying that it's the best of the three, but it does draw a tear every 10-15 minutes that a hobbit is on screen or the score returns to the "Into the West" theme. (if you've stayed for the credits you will know what I'm talking about. Man, that Annie Lennox is cool.) I'm closing in on a favorite shot, but it's not definite yet. My favorite shot from FOTR is near the end of the movie at Amon-Hen when a bunch of Uruk-Hai are running down hill to catch Frodo. The camera follows the small army all the way down a hill in a continuous shot, even through the trees. The reason it's my favorite is b/c when I saw it, I said "How did they do that? It's not a crane shot b/c the camera is going down a hill and through trees!" (the shot is acheived by a remote controlled camera on a wire.)
My favorite shot in TTT is when Saruman leads Wormtoungue out onto his balcony overlooking his monstrous army, and Wormtongue sheds a single tear. Great shot.
Because one of these shots is purely technical and one is purely emotional, it's hard to pick one for ROTK, simply b/c i don't have a basis for picking one. And sadly, nothing has 'stood out.' Well, a runner-up is a shot of Faramir's army as he heads to re-claim Osgiliaith on a suicide mission. As his father eats while Pippin sings, the army is leaving Minas Tirith. The shot is framed so that the army lines the entire widescreen, and Minas Tirith is perfectly framed in the background. Plus, the camera has that heat effect so it's all blurry like you look across a desert or down a stretch of road on a hot day. This is great, but I'm not so sure it's my favorite. Considerable mention for a great sequence is of course the lighting of the beacons.
So now the best thing to look forward to is the extended edition, so I can see the death of Saruman, maybe Frodo and Sam marching in line with the orcs, and the mouth of Sauron.
So we played a card game in both Hardees and Wendys called Fluxx. I would explain how to play it, but it's the game with ever-changing rules. When you play a card, it changes the rules! We had loads of fun.
We laughed at some guy who loudly burst forth with a great non-sequitur: As we were playing Fluxx in Hardees after the movie at 1 a.m., we heard "Unless you like Chinese people!" After about 2 seconds of silence, we all started laughing as loud as possible. I really hate acting like that toward other people, (especially b/c that describes almost everyday for me in high school--just being laughed at) but that was just funny. So we said goodbye to the night and all that was good with the world.
Oh, saw a shooting star, too.
My favorite shot in TTT is when Saruman leads Wormtoungue out onto his balcony overlooking his monstrous army, and Wormtongue sheds a single tear. Great shot.
Because one of these shots is purely technical and one is purely emotional, it's hard to pick one for ROTK, simply b/c i don't have a basis for picking one. And sadly, nothing has 'stood out.' Well, a runner-up is a shot of Faramir's army as he heads to re-claim Osgiliaith on a suicide mission. As his father eats while Pippin sings, the army is leaving Minas Tirith. The shot is framed so that the army lines the entire widescreen, and Minas Tirith is perfectly framed in the background. Plus, the camera has that heat effect so it's all blurry like you look across a desert or down a stretch of road on a hot day. This is great, but I'm not so sure it's my favorite. Considerable mention for a great sequence is of course the lighting of the beacons.
So now the best thing to look forward to is the extended edition, so I can see the death of Saruman, maybe Frodo and Sam marching in line with the orcs, and the mouth of Sauron.
So we played a card game in both Hardees and Wendys called Fluxx. I would explain how to play it, but it's the game with ever-changing rules. When you play a card, it changes the rules! We had loads of fun.
We laughed at some guy who loudly burst forth with a great non-sequitur: As we were playing Fluxx in Hardees after the movie at 1 a.m., we heard "Unless you like Chinese people!" After about 2 seconds of silence, we all started laughing as loud as possible. I really hate acting like that toward other people, (especially b/c that describes almost everyday for me in high school--just being laughed at) but that was just funny. So we said goodbye to the night and all that was good with the world.
Oh, saw a shooting star, too.
Sunday, December 28, 2003
Unless You Like Chinese People...
Ahhhh..........Welcome!!!
I have finally created a blog to spew my political garbage all over. I hope to convince the world that being a nurd IS cool. No matter what that Urkel guy says.
You see, many think that nurds are 'weird' or 'lame' or 'virgins.' Well, this blog is to prove they really are. Daily experiences and observations will be recounted, complete with some type of Non-Sequitur as the subject line.
Oh and, b/c I have this blog now, I do reserve the right to update it only rarely.
I have finally created a blog to spew my political garbage all over. I hope to convince the world that being a nurd IS cool. No matter what that Urkel guy says.
You see, many think that nurds are 'weird' or 'lame' or 'virgins.' Well, this blog is to prove they really are. Daily experiences and observations will be recounted, complete with some type of Non-Sequitur as the subject line.
Oh and, b/c I have this blog now, I do reserve the right to update it only rarely.
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