Skip to main content

Just mostly dead

Okay, I'll admit it.  I am waaaaayyyy out of the loop.  I'm stuck back in 1999ish.  I don't know what the current fashions are, what are the newest bands and songs, the latest technology, or movies. (I got made fun of by Josh Nichols because I said "Walkman").  I cannot remember the last movie I saw.  But, thanks to FB, I'll hear people talking about movies and see an occasional posted blurb.  I remember when "Thor" came out, because a lot of the ladies were very happy with the choice of actor.  I also know of Thor, because he's on a little cartoon called "Super Hero Squad."  I thought of a way to impart a little knowledge to my son.

Me:  Ethan, do you know that Thursday is named after Thor?

Ethan:  Wednesday is named after Wolverine!

Me:  Uh....


Well anyhoo, I noticed a blurb for a new "Thor" movie.  I watched the preview and it looked fairly interesting, except I probably would have needed to watch the first film to get this one.  I was able to get that Thor has to turn to his brother for help.  His name?  Loki.  Huh.  That's not exactly a name that strikes fear and dread into a person.  I would expect to see something like this, for a good Norse villain:



His name would be something bitchin' like Raknor.  Instead, we have Loki.  I don't know about you, but what generally gets conjured up in my mind when I hear Loki is something cutesy with Anime eyes that farts daisies, or something.  I think of something like this:


"Hi!  I'm Loki!  Wanna play wif me?"  Yeah...I'll pass.  Will I see this movie?  Maybe.  I guess if it really has a plot and doesn't rely solely on special effects.  Kind of hard to turn down a movie where you get to gaze upon this:

 
Because, after all, I'm not dead yet.  Just mostly.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

It's a gas

It's been quite a while since I have posted anything.  I know you've been waiting, fingernails curled and gripping the edge of your seat for me to post something highly inappropriate and gross.  Today, you are vindicated.  You shall not leave unsatisfied. As most of you know...after about 10 years I have finally rejoined the workplace.  I am working at the Chambers Library at UCO.  It was truly bizarre to be working again, since the last job I held was before I had kids.  Yes.  That matters.  You see, my body has changed a lot in those years--especially in the areas of going to the bathroom.  I didn't realize that a whole, new adventure awaited me.  You see, since everything is loose down in Dixie from having kids, I don't have quite the control that I used to.  Simple things such needing to pee have now become dire.  You don't have any waiting time.  Your body says, "You need to pee.  Now.  NOW SUCKER!!!" ...
Post a Comment
Read more

Panties and Heart Failure

  Yes, I know it's been a while since I've blogged, but I have tried to reserve blogging to when I have something mildly interesting to tell.  So here are two tales from my weird life: Okay, many of you know that my house is haunted.   Most of you probably believe that I'm on something, or it's just my imagination.  That's fine.  Actually, we rarely get activity.  It's a pretty chill spirit, whoever it is...or was.  But occasionally, it decides to make its presence known, as it did the other day. I was in the bathroom, and I had forgotten the need for a clean pair of undies.  This is a situation that no one wants to find themselves in, so naturally, I hollered for reinforcements from my daughter.  Ethan was at esports, and I wouldn't traumatize the poor boy by making him retrieve a pair of my dainties. Livi had been chatting with me through the door, so she said okay and....I guess she wasn't moving quickly enough for our ghosty.  T...
Post a Comment
Read more

I'm spilling the tea. It's old but well-brewed

This is kind of long, so buckle up. We're 10 days into January, and it still feels weird.  Kind of like trying to break in a new pair of shoes.  Over the break, I've done little odd jobs here and there--stuff I really didn't have time to mess with, or I just didn't WANT to mess with.  One of those things was working on applications for a grant for Ethan's college.  With the new semester, I have realized that Ethan is half done with his sophomore year.  Only two more years after that....I seriously cannot believe it.  Even though my body cheerfully reminds me of my age every day, I still sometimes think about myself in college or fresh out of it.  Sometimes college seems like a weird dream, or something I watched happen to someone else.  I have frank, open talks to my kids about college (or trade school if they are interested), and both kids are pretty much wanting to attend UCO and (to my surprise), they want to live at home.  I told them not...
Post a Comment
Read more