I just got back from seeing The Avengers for the first time and HOLY POOP; that was an awesome movie!! I thoroughly enjoyed the whole thing, start to end, including the extra bits after the credits (both of them!). I'm officially adding this to the list of films I think everyone should see.
The best part of this film for me was the fact that I never really got bored. During a lot of movies, there are breaks that cause me to lose focus, or get bored. In The Avengers, I found that I was engaged throughout the whole film. As this rarely happens with me, I was very pleased. I expected a lot from it, and it delivered. Also, The Avengers captured a balance between action, comedy, romance (?), and sadness that not all movies now-a-days get to. There was a proper amount of hilarity that didn't get annoying, and the action was believable in a way that didn't make me feel like I was watching a cartoon (which really wouldn't have bothered me too much, since the movie is about comic book heroes).
Everyone should go watch this movie! Or, if you're okay with waiting, rent it or buy it. I for one am definitely going to buy it when it comes out on DVD. I'll add it to my collection! I do love me some super hero!
That being said, Captain America is still my favorite.
At the moment, I am enjoying a delicious oatmeal raisin walnut Clif Bar (I missed dinner to see the movie. Dedication!). I'm enjoying for a couple of reasons: one, it's ridiculously tasty, and two, it's milk and wheat free. Yay! Something that won't cause my sinuses to explode, something that can't be said for the mass quantities of butter that the concessions guy put on my popcorn at the theatre. But we all know it was totally worth it.
If you've been following my vlog, you'll have noticed that I post there more than I do here. Sorry, sorry, it's just a bit easier to say what you want to talk about rather than type it all out. However, typing lets me think before I scribe, and this lets my thoughts stay relatively organized. By all means, watch both though! I don't always say the same stuff in both. In fact, I seldom do. However, this written blog will be far fuller of attempted wittiness and quips, if you're inclined to enjoy that sort of stuff more than me making funny faces and laughing at myself. Whatever you prefer.
This will be a short post today, since it's late-ish and I've been ill. Go and see The Avengers! And eat a lot of movie theatre popcorn!
Stay classy.
xoxo
Monday, May 28, 2012
Monday, May 21, 2012
Fire
Here's a question for you; what is the color of fire?
Now, don't answer "orange" on me, that won't do! Fire isn't orange, or blue, or whatever. Fire is light, and heat, and black body radiation. Fire is that tingly sensation you get when you see the person you like, or the feeling in your face when you're embarrassed.
The answer is that fire has no color.
Science geeks and technical people, bare with me; I realize it appears to have a color. Yes, I've taken chem before and I get that whole subject, and no, I don't care. I'm just writing about the general feeling of fire and how it works with people. Because fire can burn in all colors, depending on what elements are burning, so fire is all colors, creating light. And fire is also not a color in that it touches you like no other color can. Can blue drown you? Can yellow electrocute you? Can green cause you to grow? Nope. But fire can burn you, warm you, calm you, light your way. It is so much more than a color or a chemical reaction.
All that philosophical jabber set aside, let's talk about why people like fire, pyro-to-pyro. For me, it's the way the embers look when the fire has died down, all smoldery and hot, and how a single flame reacts to wind, growing and building till it's devoured everything in its path. The power of fire fascinates me. S'mores are also delicious.
Mmmmm.
Perhaps humans like fire so much because we're built to; when man first discovered how to create and control fire, it was life-changing. Fire gave man the ability to become the powerful force that it is today. Without fire, where would we stand? Well, for starters, we'd all probably be dead, or just frozen. It may be this instinctual feeling towards fire of simultaneous fear and admiration that creates such a strong bond between people and fire.
Or, it could be that some people just like to watch the world burn.
Weeeeeee!!
So, why all the sappy fire stuff, you may ask. To be honest, I don't really know. I think it's because I'm out of school and have no outlet for all of my fancy writing (not that this was fancy). I just have to let it all out! GAH!
Really though, it's mostly because I went camping this weekend up near Leavenworth. We built a fire every night and every morning, using it to keep us warm and cook. It was a lot of fun, like always. I'd forgotten how much I loved campfires. My sweatshirt still smells like campfire smoke and I keep catching myself sniffing at the collar. I can't wait till later this summer when it's warm enough to go camping every weekend without getting slight frostbite.
While I was in Leavenworth, I got to try some new chocolate. It's from Seattle Chocolates and is freaking delicious. It's the Pike Place Espresso Dark Chocolate Truffle Bar. Oh. My. Gosh. This chocolate not only uses my lifeblood as its truffle center but is all natural and made in Seattle. That's 45 minutes from my house! Every true chocolate lover needs to try this chocolate at least once. Seattle Chocolates has a bunch of different kinds of bars, all of them wonderful. I found mine at QFC but I bet you can find it all around the PNW. Glorious, local chocolate, where have you been all my life?
If you come up with some great reasons why you like fire, send 'em my way! Or, if you find a chocolate that you simply cannot live without, please tell me about it!
Stay classy.
xoxo
Now, don't answer "orange" on me, that won't do! Fire isn't orange, or blue, or whatever. Fire is light, and heat, and black body radiation. Fire is that tingly sensation you get when you see the person you like, or the feeling in your face when you're embarrassed.
The answer is that fire has no color.
Science geeks and technical people, bare with me; I realize it appears to have a color. Yes, I've taken chem before and I get that whole subject, and no, I don't care. I'm just writing about the general feeling of fire and how it works with people. Because fire can burn in all colors, depending on what elements are burning, so fire is all colors, creating light. And fire is also not a color in that it touches you like no other color can. Can blue drown you? Can yellow electrocute you? Can green cause you to grow? Nope. But fire can burn you, warm you, calm you, light your way. It is so much more than a color or a chemical reaction.
All that philosophical jabber set aside, let's talk about why people like fire, pyro-to-pyro. For me, it's the way the embers look when the fire has died down, all smoldery and hot, and how a single flame reacts to wind, growing and building till it's devoured everything in its path. The power of fire fascinates me. S'mores are also delicious.
Mmmmm.
Perhaps humans like fire so much because we're built to; when man first discovered how to create and control fire, it was life-changing. Fire gave man the ability to become the powerful force that it is today. Without fire, where would we stand? Well, for starters, we'd all probably be dead, or just frozen. It may be this instinctual feeling towards fire of simultaneous fear and admiration that creates such a strong bond between people and fire.
Or, it could be that some people just like to watch the world burn.
Weeeeeee!!
So, why all the sappy fire stuff, you may ask. To be honest, I don't really know. I think it's because I'm out of school and have no outlet for all of my fancy writing (not that this was fancy). I just have to let it all out! GAH!
Really though, it's mostly because I went camping this weekend up near Leavenworth. We built a fire every night and every morning, using it to keep us warm and cook. It was a lot of fun, like always. I'd forgotten how much I loved campfires. My sweatshirt still smells like campfire smoke and I keep catching myself sniffing at the collar. I can't wait till later this summer when it's warm enough to go camping every weekend without getting slight frostbite.
While I was in Leavenworth, I got to try some new chocolate. It's from Seattle Chocolates and is freaking delicious. It's the Pike Place Espresso Dark Chocolate Truffle Bar. Oh. My. Gosh. This chocolate not only uses my lifeblood as its truffle center but is all natural and made in Seattle. That's 45 minutes from my house! Every true chocolate lover needs to try this chocolate at least once. Seattle Chocolates has a bunch of different kinds of bars, all of them wonderful. I found mine at QFC but I bet you can find it all around the PNW. Glorious, local chocolate, where have you been all my life?
If you come up with some great reasons why you like fire, send 'em my way! Or, if you find a chocolate that you simply cannot live without, please tell me about it!
Stay classy.
xoxo
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
IT'S ALIVE. Also, new vlog!
Well, goodness; it has been a long time since I've posted anything. AHHH. The trouble with blogs is, you have to remember to post stuff. I suck and remembering things. I should write myself a note ...
In other news, I'm home from school now, back in the good ol' state of Washington! And it's Sunny, with a capitol S (I have the sunburn to prove it). I know, I know; everybody thought that the sun didn't exists in Washington. Well, I'm here to tell you that it does, as much as you or I or Squatchy does (He's just a little shy is all).
This post promises to be short, since it's Sunny and such. I don't really want to waste it while it's here! What I wanted to do was let everyone know that I am still alive! Yay! And that I'm starting a vlog on Youtube (GASP!). Hurrah! That should be fun, I suppose, if you like watching that kind of stuff. Which you should, because you're reading this. At least, I hope somebody is reading this. Hello??
SO! Go to Youtube and check out echoiconicify, my channel, and like/subscribe to your heart's content! It's sure to be a riotous time!
Also, go outside; it's beautiful.
Stay classy!
xoxo
In other news, I'm home from school now, back in the good ol' state of Washington! And it's Sunny, with a capitol S (I have the sunburn to prove it). I know, I know; everybody thought that the sun didn't exists in Washington. Well, I'm here to tell you that it does, as much as you or I or Squatchy does (He's just a little shy is all).
This post promises to be short, since it's Sunny and such. I don't really want to waste it while it's here! What I wanted to do was let everyone know that I am still alive! Yay! And that I'm starting a vlog on Youtube (GASP!). Hurrah! That should be fun, I suppose, if you like watching that kind of stuff. Which you should, because you're reading this. At least, I hope somebody is reading this. Hello??
SO! Go to Youtube and check out echoiconicify, my channel, and like/subscribe to your heart's content! It's sure to be a riotous time!
Also, go outside; it's beautiful.
Stay classy!
xoxo
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