Ben Linus and Gay Diego

I promise this will be my only post that has anything to do with Lost.

In one episode I described him as "rat-like". A few episodes later....and I had a crush on him. He's my background image on my computer for god's sake! *shame*

Ben Linus. mmm! Not only did he finally bump himself to the top of my favorite character list......he became the character I would have a crush on in Lost. I'm not sure why this happened...but it did.

I know for a fact that there are women out there who aren't completely out of their minds like me and have more appropriate responses towards Ben like "his eyes freak me out" or "he's killed a lot of people and he's a creepy manipulative bad guy" or "ew no".

I was always really fascinated by him. He's had a few WTF moments....but I never disliked him. He is a funny looking diabolical man. He is unpredictable, witty, and manipulative. What's not to like?

In the episode where it is revealed Ben likes sweet ol' Juliet...I found him even more delightfully creepy than I previously had. He pretty much kills off the man that Juliet loved, shows Juliet his dead body and says "YOU'RE MINE!....take all the time you need." At that moment....I had this fleeting feeling that I wanted Ben to shout "YOU'RE MINE!" at me all creepy and clingy like that. Then,a couple episodes after that, Ben is seen playing the song Prelude in C# Minor by Rachmaninoff. I have been trying to play that song for ages. My hands are small though. Points for him. In that same episode, Ben used "Moriarty" as his fake name. More points. THEN that whole scene with his daughter being held hostage and everything that happened (you really just have to know what I'm talking about. I can't explain. Just trust me.)....that was that. Ben was officially my favorite character.

The moment I knew I had this ridiculous crush on Ben was later though. Would you like to know what it was? Season 4. Episode 11. At 8min and 51seconds....Locke awakes to find Ben just staring at him. My reaction? This is what I wrote to hobbesjobs: "...at this point, I wouldn't mind waking up to Ben staring creepily at me. I would tell him to knock that creepy shit off and then we'd go on some crazy adventure.It would just be the start to an awesome day I think."  I figured that I was just really tired...and that I seriously needed to go to bed. Nope. Not sleep deprivation's fault this time.

That's when I did a little digging on the internet to see if I was crazy. It turns out that I'm not alone.  This happened to a surprising amount of Lost fans. It appears that it happened around the same time for all of us as well: during season 4. So that's nice to know.

So I was all worried that I still haven't grown up because I have a crush on a fictional character again. But maybe that's not the case. I think I've figured out what my true deal with Ben is: I want to BE like Ben. I'm jealous of Ben's ability to always have a plan. I want to be a an unpredictable scheming witty person. The only difference between Ben and diabolical me would be that I'm legitimately attractive (yeah?). I would be unstoppable!

I guess that's all I have to say about Ben without sounding like a completely idiotic fangirl. Or maybe I've already reached that point.

BONUS MOVIE REVIEW Ice Age 3: something with dinosaurs

Quite honestly, the only character I'm interested in while watching any Ice Age movie is Diego. I'm convinced he's a big gay cat. I'm just waiting for him to admit it already. The new character they introduced, "Buck" the weasel, (voiced by Simon Pegg!) was a really great character. To my delight, it appeared as though Buck and Diego were hitting it off rather well. Unfortunately, Diego goes with the green thing and the mammoths who do stuff sometimes and Buck stays with the stupid dinosaurs. Let me clarify, normally dinosaurs are awesome...but the dinosaurs in this movie are literally idiots. Every single damn dinosaur wanted to eat Diego and friends. Even plant-eating dinosaurs. It bothered me. The plot with Manny and lady mammoth having a baby was awkward. Apparently, baby mammoths sound like baby humans. On top of that baby plot, Sid takes care of T-rex babies and stuff happens to him. Too many babies. They also kept those two possum guys for some reason. Scrat's little story was pretty entertaining. I just focused on Diego and Buck for most of the movie though.

Favorite line:

Diego: "I feel...tingly"

Manny: "Don't say that while you're pressed up against me!"

Final thought: Have you noticed how we've never seen a female saber tooth tiger in the Ice Age movies? I think I know why they went extinct....

~AM

Squirrel Cop

http://www.tavres.com/Dave/TAL-SquirrelCop.wma

Listen to it.

Or you can not.

Anyway, today I was social. Hooray! I don't have a job though. Oh no! I tried getting a job as a telemarketer...though they claim it's not. The jobs were all taken though. :-(I can get a job as an assistant to the environmental studies department....yep.I can't save the earth by typing in data...but I guess it's a start.

I went to a GLOW (Gay Lesbian Or Whatever)meeting today. No, I am not gay, lesbian, or whatever. I'm a supporter....and supporters are allowed in the club too. Plus it's a way to be social without worrying about creeper guys stalking you. I guess...it might be girls now who might want to stalk me. Eh...I'll take it as a compliment. It was a lot of fun though. Fun people.

Alright. This is what I'm going to talk about today though:

http://shelleytherepublican.com/2006/04/27/harry-potter-the-hogwarts-express-to-hell.aspx

Oh. My. God.

I don't care if this has been going on since the books first came out. It is still entertaining for me to read stuff like this. The first paragraph just kills me.

Oh yes, children yearn to be good and learn about the wonders of God's glory. Where do they go? The library...which is supposed to be safe and good and full of christian-approved books. Then those damn librarians have to come and expose our children to satan!!!! And to think...they stock those books right next to the beloved Narnia books! The horror of it all!

The little anecdote provided by some kid in Atlanta? Yeah I didn't understand that either. It seems like they left out a few sentences. I didn't understand the connection of witchcraft and depression. "I like the books. Therefore I wanted to see if the spells worked because I'm a kid and I do stuff like that. Then I got depressed for some reason in 7th grade. I mean...no one is depressed at that age!"

Then it goes on to mention that Harry doesn't pray to God when he tries to defeat Voldemort and stuff and that God isn't mentioned at all. Oh no! There's a lot of books that don't mention God. Clifford...Arthur...you know...supposedly kid friendly books. So one could say also that...these lovable books are actually books that are evil and written by satan. I mean come on...there's got to be some witchcraft behind Clifford's enormous size and the fact that Arthur is a talking aardvark.

I don't know what this CAP alert that she mentions is...but I'll be sure to look it up.

blah blah blah it ends with god Bless America.

Fun Fact:

books that have been banned in various places in the USA:
Grapes of Wrath
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Catcher In the Rye
To Kill a Mockingbird
...pretty much a great majority of the books we had to read in High School have been banned in other places.

Also surprisingly, "Julie of the Wolves" is a challenged book. Which, I honestly don't understand at all.

~AM

Shock Me Like An Electric Eel

So today I got to go to my two other classes.

My first class for the day was Environmental Studies. So...I've been noticing that lutherans are really clicky. haha...I think word got out that I'm a Missouri Synod Lutheran and not an ELCA Lutheran. More on that later. That rant is for another time I think.

But no...like there were tables that fit 3 people at them. At every table there was either 3 girls or 3 guys. And of course everybody was scandinavian. Then there was this Chinese guy sitting by himself at his table. I felt bad for him. The other white people looked menacing to me so I sat by him. Yeah...I think I'm racist against white people now. I mean they aren't all like that I just...I dunno. huh.

So anyway I sat by him. Turns out he came here directly from Shanghai, China. His name is....Xiang? I think so. He was really nice and it turns out he signed up to be in the party dorm without knowing it. So he really hates going to his dorm and does everything possible to not go there except to sleep and stuff. He kept asking me which dorms were the studious ones. So yeah I talked to a person finally.

Then I learned to never go to lunch right at noon. EVERYBODY WAS THERE.

My storytelling writing class. I. Love. That. Class. My professor is so nice and...it's a storyteller class! What is there not to love!? I think I'm going to enjoy that class a lot. Oh and I met someone who challenges AP's fierceness. He is...fabulous.

Then I did homework for a million hours it seems...and I still have a bit to do tonight...

I signed up to be in GLOW....The Gay Lesbian Or Whatever club. My conservative-minded family members would just LOVE me if they found out about that.

I'm not a lesbian in case you were wondering. I joined it because I care. Plus I got a cool button.

The title...um...the radio station KSTO...they were playing Electric Feel by MGMT and I really like that song...and it's stuck in my head...and I feel happy that they played that song. I went up to them and told them that. They had a giant domo set up too outside...and they were proud of me because I seemed to be the only one who knew what it was. Next year...I will be on KSTO. Next year.

Up until today...I had never had a Klondike Bar. I had one today....I wasn't impressed. So what would I do for a Klondike Bar? Not much. Certainly not pay for one.

~AM

"We're Lesbians....Boys Aren't Invited!"

So...

I'm feeling all nerrr.

The title is just a silly thing I heard. But it also relates to my nerrr.

I just....I don't want to deal with guys. I just...don't. There's...reasons that contribute to this that I could explain now, but don't really feel like it because it just ends up making me really sad plus you really don't have to know. Then there's also the fact that the guys here are either awkward, very religious, sporty jocks, creeps, or the male equivalents to sluts. I don't trust them. Not at all. I don't want to deal with them. I'm not interested. I'm not looking. DO NOT WANT.

Girls and gay guys. That's who I want to be friends with. Just saying.

I'm feeling anti-social and tired now. I miss familiarity so much. My bed...oh Higher Being Of My Personal Choice how I miss my bed too.

"It must be really hard to walk with your knees bent in and your feet pointed in and your @$$ sticking out"

~AM