October 22, 2007
Two quotes
So I watch a few TV shows, and I generally catch up on lots of TV in big chunks, last week had two incredible moments from me on two of my favorite shows.
The first is Friday Night Lights. If you're not watching this show - you should be. It's fucking incredible. You can even get the first season for 15 bucks on Amazon and they have a money-back guarantee on it. Wow!
Anyways, Landry's dad sees Tyra sneaking out his bedroom window on the morning, and ends up going to her work and confronting her after he orders from her:
Mr. Clarke: "So tell me something, are you and my son dating?"
Tyra: I um... I... I don't know , actually
Mr. Clarke: Cause I have to tell you, I don't get it. I mean, no disrespect intended, but as a parent I don't understand it, I mean, you could date anyone you want to... what do you want with my kid Landry?
Tyra: Landry, he's um... *pauses* he's a wonderful guy, he's smart, and kind, and caring, he's funny and he's really nice to be around.
*they look at each other for a few seconds*
Tyra: You should know that being his father and all.
Mr. Clarke: I appreciate that
Tyra - coldly: You want that burger medium or well done?
Mr. Clarke: Medium is fine.
Great stuff. The acting, cinematography, direction, lighting, everything is amazing in this show.
The other moment I loved was from Grey's Anatomy, a show I've been watching since episode one. Last season we rough, but it's gotten much better this year... I think removing Addison has helped the show immensely.
Anyways, Sheperd and Meredith have been discussing leaving at the end of the day to go for a weekend away to get 48 hours of uninterrupted time together (sex). Meredith comes running down the stairs chasing Shepherd as he's about to leave. She's been annoyed at him for talking to her intern sister Lexi.
Meredith: I got Alex to cover me so I can leave after I run all my patients.
Shepherd: Oh... yeah...
Meredith: 48 uninterrupted hours.
Shepherd: Um... you know, maybe this isn't a good weekend.
Meredith: What did Lexi say to you?
Shepherd: She didn't say anything, I did all the talking.... oh, don't blame her.
Meredith: So, what, you're friends with my sister now? You talked to the other Grey about me.
Shepherd: You know what I talked about with the other Grey? *pauses* All the things this Grey won't let me say.
Meredith: You can say anything to me.
Shepherd cocks his head and looks at her.
Shepherd: I want to marry you... I want to have kids with you, I want to build us a house... I want to settle down, and grow old with you... I want to die, when I'm a hundred and ten years old, in your arms. I don't want 48 uninterrupted hours, I want a lifetime.
Meredith fidgets, Shepherd nods.
Shepherd: You see what happens? I say things like that, and you fight the urge to run the opposite direction. It's ok, I understand. I didn't, but now I do. I do. You're just getting started, I've been doing this for a long time. Deep down... you're still an intern, and you're not ready.
Meredith: I'm not ready, right now... but things can stay the way they are, and I can't get ready. I'll get ready.
Shepherd: Things CAN stay the way they are, and we can meet in the elevator, in the on-call room... and maybe you'll be ready. You know what, I'll wait until you're ready.
Meredith looks unsure, and smiles.
Meredith: Ok then.
Shepherd: But what, what if while I'm waiting, I meet someone who is willing to give me what I want from you?
Meredith: Well, what if you do meet someone?
Shepherd: I don't know.
Shepherd steps into the elevator, looking upset, Grey looks after him, doors close.
Such an awesome scene.
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I has beens teh busy
Yeah, so much for this whole regular blogging thing. Things have kind of been crazy the past couple week. Work has been extremely fast paced. In addition, I've been gettin' beaten into the ground every single Saturday while watching Nebraska flounder.
I've done some cool stuff the past few weeks though.
Knott's Scary Farm -
The biggest and longest running Halloween event in the United States is an absolute blast. There are 11 Haunted Mazes, 2 Haunted rides, a bunch of shows, and the roller coasters are open. It was pretty awesome. Some of the themes included a Doll Factory, Clown College, Scary Las Vegas, Fairy Tales, an Asylum, Beowulf, The Grudge, Pirates!, and a couple other I'm forgetting. We were there till 1am and had an absolute blast.
Koala -
Nick stopped by from Tuscon. We grabbed food at a local hotspot and Larry King was in there having dinner which was kinda crazy. Outside of that we had a nice french meal the next night, watched Transformers and just hung out. I took him by the Church of Scientology which amused him.
So, you have a sister-
Katie was down in San Diego visiting a high-school friend. They came up to long-beach to see high-school friend's girlfriend, and I met them all for dinner. Good times. I'll see her and the rest of the family in a month, but it was still a good time to get a few hours of hanging out in.
Ratchet -
Almost done with this campaign. The game just got moved back up to its original release, so it should be out in the next couple days. Been a busy and exhausting campaign at times, but it's good to have shipped a second game.
So now the month is widening down and we're heading into the Holiday season. I'm totally looking forward to Halloween and have to put my costume together this weekend. After that holiday is over we'll see where things go. Football season has lost a lot of its luster for me, but I'm still trying to enjoy it - though Nebraska's games have turned into the least pleasurable aspect for me.
November is a month that looks like it holds some promise. Schedule is very much up in the air, but I've got meetings in San Francisco for a couple of days, and I want to try to get to Portland for a weekend. It's been a month since Kristin was here, but finding the time to get together is always a challenge.
After that, I'm back in Nebraska for a few days for Thanksgiving. I'll be back in L.A. right after Thanksgiving. I may or may travel a bit during that month, but we've got a few things going on, and Ryan will likely be out post-production vacay and I'll be running point. The company holiday party falls in there, and then I've got 3 1/2 weeks off. What will I do? That's the main thing I'm trying to figure out right now. I'll be in Lincoln for the holidays, but from Jan 2-Jan 17th is very much up in the air. Who knows, I may be visiting YOU.
-Will
When the power's out, in the heart of man.
Take it from your heart, put it in your hand.
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October 06, 2007
Optimist, Realist, or Pessimist?
I love the phrase, "I'm not a pessimist, I'm a realist." You hear it all the time, and it ties in with "Hope for the best, expect the worst." It's sort of this interesting situation where people really don't want to be let down, so they don't allow themselves to hope and expect the best for their life.
I'm guilty of the realist phrase, I said it a lot for a long period of time. Somewhere in the past few years though, I realized that it wasn't really being true to myself.
In reality, to me, minimizing the hope I have for something by being realistic about it is a way of avoiding the pain if it doesn't happen, or if nothing else, lessening it. In several ways, I'm not being true to myself, I'm not allowing myself to understand how much I want something to happen, or understand why I'm so disappointed when it doesn't. I essentially numb myself to strong feelings that I can learn a lot from.
It's been hard, but it's something I've managed to pull myself away from being a "realist." I let myself hope, I really grab onto those dreams and try to understand what it is about them that appeals to me. Sometimes it works out, and I feel like I can fully enjoy the successes and things that work out. I've been crushed, hit with devastating disappointments - but I feel like I cope with them better, I get past them more quickly. Disappointments used to be buried, I'd harden myself against them, experiencing even some suppressed anger or frustration.
It could be I'm wacko and relying on feelings - which I'm sure some of my friends would think is illogical. I understand why people are realists, I understand that it's the logical thing to do. I also know that it's not true to what I'm really feeling or thinking, and I'm doing my best to stick to that.
-Will
A vial of hope and a vial of pain
In the light they both look the same.
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October 04, 2007
This thing called Halo
I have lots of thoughts on Halo 3. The marketing is everywhere and impressive for a game. It's the first single-player campaign in a Halo game that I've actually liked and enjoyed. I really wasn't planning on playing much multiplayer, lots of other games I want to check out.
But then I go and get sucked in. Kristin and I were on the phone before I was going to go to bed, and she asks "Do you want to play Halo with me?" Nothing I could do, I had to play. Two and a half hours later I didn't feel too bad about my Halo skillz. I'm not as good as her or the peeps that are regular Halo players, but c'mon, I played Halo 2 online for maybe 5-10 hours tops. I really haven't played the game significantly since H1 in Kauffman when we did the LAN nights.
So I was happy with my performance overall. Had some stinkers of games, but also had some pretty impressive ones, and I'm still a complete badass on a Ghost.
-Will
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w00tfest
Matt Brand is out here for some training or some nonsense. Now, despite this being in Costa Mesa and both of us not being available till evening and him not having a car, it's pretty awesome to get to hang out. We had dinner and wandered around one of the O.C.'s many crazy shopping centers (IMAX Transformers had awful times available to see it).
Heading back down there tonight and will brave the traffic on the 5 Freeway yet again. Going to take him up to the South Bay area, it's just a bit too far to get back up to Santa Monica/Hollywood knowing I'd have to drive back to Costa Mesa and then back to Studio City again. But it should be fun to go hang in a typical beach town with Skyler and co.
Lots of entertaining stories last night, hopefully tonight holds more of the same.
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