One-liners and dead people

[same_sky]

We just finished watching Pulp Fiction.. Magnus bought it a few weeks ago and we've been too busy with computer games and such to watch it. ;) Since not one single person was able to explain to me what it was about, I had absolutely no hope for it being a good movie. I wasn't asking for a major analysis; I just wanted to know what the premise was. No one could tell me, but I do not have that same problem. It's about a bunch of doped-up hired killers and how circumstance brings them all together in crazy ways for one fun-filled three-hour movie. It's simply incredible how the masses of people seem to confuse "weird" and "fucked up" with "artsy" and "kickass". So the person editing the time sequence forgot where to put a few things.. big hairy deal. Having said that, it certainly had its moments, and there was a certain undeniable cool factor. I guess I'm just not big on movies consisting solely of one-liners and dead people. Much better than I thought it would be.. it was entertaining and I didn't hate it or anything. It's just not something I would rent twice, much less purchase. ;)

I just love the phrase "having said that". Have you ever noticed that the only time it's used is when people state their case, end their train of thought.. and then go on to completely disagree with themselves?

Magnus is watching the specials now. He's much more into those than I am, usually. Then again, he's more into movies than I am, and most of the movies we have are ones that he's picked out, so I guess that makes sense. It's midnight and we're supposed to go to Krista's Special Olympics thingie tomorrow in Ashland, which is an hour away. We have to be there at 10, so I'm betting that he's going to be grumpy in the morning. :) I hope the weather cooperates tomorrow.. at least it's getting warmer again.



I've been doing very well at practicing my Swedish, though I haven't yet gone anywhere with the other stuff on my list. I'm suddenly much better than before.. it ain't good, let me tell you that, but it's better, and therefore it's been fun again. I figure I'll never have more time to devote to this, so I might as well do it now if I'm going to.. and if I'm not, I should shut up about it. I'm actually behind on my vocabulary now, which is funny because that's what I was best at for a very long time, when I was just dabbling in learning a few words here and there. I wish I could make myself read the book I started.. I know that'd help with the vocab. On the other hand, who am I kidding? My pronounciation is by FAR the most in need of help. ;)

Oh, and a word of advice.. you can get out of cleaning and still have a clean-smelling house if you pour a small amount of bleach in your humidifer. *giggle* We live in a pool! It does smell clean, though, and most of the bleach smell is only in the bedroom.. it's been three days or something and it's still there. We were having a bit of a wet-dog-smell problem with it, so M added a bit of Clorox to the tank. It certainly cleared up the wet dog! Yes, I know that you're supposed to buy the cleansing junk, but well, we didn't have any. Our humidifier won't last much longer anyway.. it's kinda falling apart.

Comments

[ozswede.livejournal.com]

I could never watch a film like Pulp Fiction. I hate violence, blood and guts, horror etc. Such a wuss I am. My daughter saw it and said "Mum, don't even bother. You'd be running out of the cinema screaming and being embarrassing." She's a smart girl, so I took her advice :)

[same-sky.livejournal.com]

Yeah, you're really not missing much. Also, I'm not the type of person that really cares about foul language in a movie, but it got REALLY old in this one. And all the characters were creepy and bad. ;)

Love the picture of you running out screaming and being embarrassing, though!

[stewlis.livejournal.com]

We did the bleach thing once, hoping it would clean the air, but it ended up having the wet dog effect! Or at least, that icky dirty bleach smell. I think we just need to change the filter instead, and it would probably have worked really well. Glad it worked for someone though!

[same-sky.livejournal.com]

We had just changed the filter somewhat recently, so I was glad the bleach thing worked. Not that it matters now.. Magnus dropped it the other night when he lifted it to fill with water before bedtime, and it has a huge crack in it now, so the whole thing is history (not worth salvaging even if I could find another tank, which is somehow unlikely). It's air conditioner season now, though, so we're going to wait until fall to replace it, I believe. Magnus wants a Mr. Misty, which you stick on your shower head and it uses the water from the tap as needed, therefore you don't have to refill it and you don't have to worry about bacteria in standing water, theoretically. We'll see. ;)