A little bit more blather

Not so much as a rant as a diss. See this commercial?



Is umami a new taste sensation or just a product of creative marketing? I only see this on the Food Network (hell an episode of Next Iron Chef was about umami. Umami was said so much I wanted to smack someone.)

I'm tired of it and despite the ads insistance, I don't think Umami is taking the world by storm either.

(Yeah I know I been gone for weeks and my first post is about food. Start with what you know! Coming soon : I compare Hells Kitchen, Next Iron Chef and Top Chef- the last one I have startede watching)

Current Mood: hungry

One of my favorite things right now are "Lets plays". Its someone playing a game and we get to watch. The better ones have lots of commentary. Look up this one when you get a chance. Its called Five days a stranger, and its a frustrating game. I can tell just by watching.

http://rmlohner.blip.tv/

Current Mood: amused

Once upon a time I tried to be an author. I wrote a book I thought was great and tried to sell it to either a agent or a publisher. I had a agent for a few months actually and it turned out to be a great big rip off. I tried working on a second book but my heart wasn't in it.

Since I wasn't going to rule the world as a author I turned to fanfiction to keep my mind fresh and the ideas rolling. That's been pretty good to me in the last few years. Course I really haven't put out a lot of fanfic in the last few years. After all it took me a year or so to do a simple fanfic about a wedding. After doing some soul searching I decided there was one thing I must do.

I must try again to create a novel with my own little hands. I must again try to get a book published.

It won't be either of the books I was working on, which is probably a good thing since both of them are on regular floppy disks I can no longer access anyway. Its going to be a whole new story idea for a whole new book.

I'm going to try to do one of those online publishing sites too. One is createspace with is link with amazon.com. I figure if that Twilight chick and that Eragon guy can get published I have a fair chance (don't call me a hater, so save your breath).

Anyway I am going to put aside fanfic writing for a while with this new goal in mind. I want to see if I can do it. I need to know.

I'm not going to tell you my idea either. In the past I've blabbed my idea and then no longer wanted to do it. Its been on the back burner in my mind and now its time to put some heat under it and see what I cook up.

I'll let you know what happens, here of course. Wish me luck. I'll need it.

Current Mood: creative

Current Mood: awake

These movies look completely lame, I gotta see them!



Get a load of the last line "Suggested for mature audiences only, leave your children at home." I guess I can't go!



And Candy, the only girl who makes Jessica Simpson look like a future member of mensa!

Current Mood: chipper

I might have changed my mind about the NCIS spinoff!

http://apnews.excite.com/article/20090619/D98U06TO0.html

Linda Hunt is going to join the show. Maybe thats will get it the interest it needs. Or not. I still think Chris O'Donnells character is a wannabe Dinozzo,and there is ONE Dinozzo.

Current Mood: contemplative

Current Mood: mischievous

I finally put a Nintendo DS on layaway at the K-Mart. I also picked out a game to go with it, one of them Raving Rabbids games. This will be great for me, and probably for my job too (I can pre-order games before they come out! Suh-weet!)

Doing well on Paper Mario the second time around. I'm up to the last star, so its to the moon for Mario (not Alice, see what I did there? Oh come on, its funny.)

I'll let you know what happens.

Current Mood: chipper

ooooh making fun of boy bands in 2009, when there are barely ANY anymore (NKOTB reunion otherwise). Thats just so EDGY.




I wanna frosty now.

Current Mood: awake

My collection of gamecube games has gone down a little bit. Why? I took most of them to a local video store (ok the store I work at) and got credit for it. It was a lot of the games I would never play again and a few I wondered why I bothered in the first place. I still have a few that I like to replay and a couple I haven't touched in years but still want to keep.

In the meantime I discovered I really don't like Sonic the headhog games. Thank god I only rented "Sonic riders" and not bought it.

I hate Paper Mario but I'm giving him one last chance. I'm going to start looking into getting that nintendo ds soon. Anyone want a gameboy with one or two games? One is a mario game (big surprise) and a Ren and stimpy game I don't even remember buying. Huh.

Current Mood: bored

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Current Mood: crazy

No behind the cut this time, its too short!

Disclaimer: I do not own the Monkees, but I do own my own original characters. So there.

All Things Considered


Conclusion

"So that was our wedding." Valerie said.
"What a madhouse." Mike said.
"I know, and through it all we both managed to keep our heads." Valerie said as she looks at her wedding ring.They had finally gotten them a week after the actual wedding day.
"Somethings bothering me." Mike said. "I keep thinking we forgot something." He thinks for a minute. "I know, what was that whole pregnancy test thing about? I'm sure someones still wondering about that whole thing."
"I had a test. Came back negative." Valerie said. "I know I felt all the symptoms of being preggo, but I wasn't." She shrugged. "But Chris was. I don't think I can explain it, its like girls having the period at the same time, I could sense what was happening with her..."
"Too much information." Mike rolled his eyes.
"Right." Valerie said. "I am concerned though."
"What?"
"She said she was going to name the next kid Pig Vomit." Valerie said while looking Mikes way. "Do you think?"
"Nah..." Mike shook his head. "You know what I'm thinking?"
"Nip...bud, got it." Valerie said getting out of her chair. "We gotta go."
She and Mike run out of sight. A couple of seconds later Chris pops into the scene and sits down. She's holding a cooing baby.
"I know its cruel, but I couldn't help it! They're so gullible." She says while playing with the baby. "This is Keith Anderson by the way. Theres no way I'd actually name my kid Pig Vomit!" She thinks for second. Unless hes goes into wrestling, then we'd think it over. Goodbye!" She smiles and waves.

The end

Current Mood: creative

Disclaimer: I do not own the Monkees, but I do own my own original characters. So there.

All Things Considered

Part Sixteen

The rain the previous night had thankfully not ruined the rest of the wedding preparations. Various members of Valerie and Mikes family bolted out to the park to cover up the gazebo and other things that had been left out in the rain. Aunt Kate and Valeries mom went to the park early in the morning to start doing their part of the decorating. The wedding was planned for 11 a.m with the reception happening soon after in the park.
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Current Mood: creative

I hope you like reading, I'm posting all three parts at once!

Disclaimer: I do not own the Monkees, but I do own my own original characters. So there.

All Things Considered

Part Fifteen

The Next Day

With all the drama bout bringing the guys back from their ill-fated "Bachelor party" trip to Mexico, Mike realized he forgot one thing. He never got a tuxedo for the wedding.
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We were on the special triple play deal for phone,net and tv with the local cable company. We decided to see if we could get a better deal. Turns out the answer was a quick "no!" So I spend most of the last week and a half off the computer.
Some tidbits.


1. Found a new use in several different foods for beef broth. It makes a good addition to hamburger helper.

2. Finished the fanfic! Will be posting the last three parts soon.

3. Started watching that stupid Jon and Kate Plus 8 show. Had some weird Jon fantasies before I came to my senses.

4. Drooled through an episode of Law and Order Criminal Intent. Rewatched the episode so I could pick up where I left off while I was mooning over Jeff Goldblum.

5. Concieved a new fanfic idea. It just may see the light of day and be written this millineum.

6. Went through Spoony and Atop the fourth wall withdrawl.

7. Picked up two lameo games to rent for gamecube. Was a various assortment of suck and stupid.

8. Cake boss? Way to not be a copy of Ace of Cakes, dipshit.

Current Mood: complacent
Current Music: Back in the saddle again

Till today it felt like all my shows were going to come back next year. Lie to me is back (Tim Roth is awesome) House will be back (when he gets out of the nut house, if ever), CSI and NCIS is back. 24 will be back for another season.

All my shows are except one. Eleventh Hour. CBS is cancelling this great show just so they can bring on freakin' MEDIUM, which is a recent NBC cast off.

ABC, NBC, Fox even, please pick up this wonderful show!! Rufus Sewell is wonderful as Doctor Jacob Hood. The girl is ok too, I forget her name. The FBI agent.

Grr, stupid CBS. And I aint watching that NCIS spinoff either, how you like that? Huh!

I may not be able to post for a while. We are seeking out cheaper internet service. If you know of a cheaper cable or dsl service (not dial up, we barely use a phone as it is.) let me know.

In the meantime I will use my offline time to finish up that fanfic and start a tdream project. Cross fingers!

Current Mood: cranky

I've gotten hooked into the new Discovery channel show "Pitchmen". Its about how products make it from the pitch to the screen and whether or not they make it.

One Cavaet though, its got that Billy Mays guy.
You know who he is by now, Oxi Clean shouting guy. And another guy named Sully I don't know much about. He is in that Swivel Sweeper ad. (POS, it broke after a minor clog)

My opinion of Billy Mays before the show? Mainly it ran to "I want to punch him in the face". After seeing the show? I understand the ad business a little more. Its nice to know that Mays doesn't talk LIKE THIS ALL THE TIME!!!!! Still doesn't save him from a punch in the face though. Sully is ok, mainly because he gets as annoyed with Mays that I do, so the verdict is still out on him.

Its a good show to watch to see how these informercials are made. However Billy Mays will always be mute button material. I don't mute him, mostly cause I'd miss other stuff going on.

Grade: B

Current Mood: creative

Gonna see the new Star Trek movie tonight. It's got 96% good reviews on rotten tomatoes, I hope thats a good sign.

I'm hoping to have a good time. In the meanwhile I wonder how many weird people are going to start putting out Spock/Sylar slash. (They are played by the same people!) Oh crap...did I just damn that one into existence? Sorry in advance!

Current Mood: contemplative