Rant!

I find it impossible to control my temper when faced with complete and utter stupidity. I just have this reflex of "Fuck you, moron."

Of course, vocalizing that to my mother (who desperately needs a psychologist, by the way) probably wasn't the best thing to do.

But she went and bitched me out for cooking one of the two pizzas we had and not moving the sausages because my sister can't bear to pick the sausages off the pizza and she only likes cheese. Despite the fact that a) we had a whole uncooked pepperoni pizza and b) my sister said she didn't care to my mom before this idiot fest.

Especially after working for 6 hours at Starbucks today, I've had my fill of petty and stupid. Honestly, toughen up. So I cooked the pizza? What's the worst that could possibly happen as a result of that? I guess she wants me to respect her or something, but I would respect her a whole lot more if she actually used logic when issuing mandates. What a dumbass. No wonder she didn't notice when I backed her car into a sign.

EDIT: Hmm, chanelling Maddox much?

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A quiz, because my mom and I have fought twice more while she tried to get me to apologize.

( Anime I don't understand! )

I've been waiting for something like this

I just got back from Seabiscuit (which I'm still not sure I'm spelling correctly, in spite of the fact that I have a poster for the movie in my room). Ordinarily, I don't like sports movies, mostly because I don't like watching sports but also because the relationships between the players are often forced, or just an afterthought. I don't think the story of Seabiscuit is inherently character-driven, but the movie is, and that's what makes it great. Really, this movie combines a lot of things I normally can't stand, now that I think about it: sports, patriotism, sentimentality. Somehow, I liked it anyway.

One of the reviewers (either Ebert or Wilmington) said that each of the main characters is an American archetype: Charlie (guessing on the spelling), the self-made man, Tom (pretty sure on that spelling), the strong, silent cowboy, and Red, the daredevil out to beat the odds. Again, usually I'd hate these types of characters (well, not the middle one), but they all seemed so human. They were all flawed, some to a greater extent than others, and all struggling. Even though we all knew Seabiscuit would win, they were just trying to get through the whole thing. Often, they had no idea what to do. Tom was the calmest about it and Charlie, rather surprisingly, was the most insecure. He spoke about the future so much in the movie, it seemed like it was kind of a scary obsession of his. Anyway, this really isn't doing the movie justice. All the actors are amazing. It's the best movie I've seen this summer. I want to marry Chris Cooper. No, seriously. Is he single?

Anyway, I found this meme, which was the real reason for my post.

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
DIRECTIONS:

1. Choose five to seven characters.
2. They may be from books, movies, comics, TV shows, games, and real life--but no traditional superheroes.
3. They may be from any place in the universe, any time. They do not have to be from the same time/place as the original League.
4. You must identify the recruiter, the villain, and the leader, and there must be at least one female.
5. Optional, you may identify their main mode of transportation.

( My League could kick your League's ass! )