Lots of things have happened since I actually took the time to blog last.
Someone once said that when one door closes, another opens. And I never thought I'd be grateful for that - not after the last door closed back in 2007. But recently, instead of the door closing on me, I closed it myself. At first it was difficult to adjust until I realized how truly blissful I'd become. With that one door closed, I was able to focus on other things, and was able to reconnect with some older friends of mine, which has been fabulous. But as to a new door opening, well, I have to admit, that has been truly amazing.
I have been blessed with a new friend. I call her my mind twin, because literally, we are. Totally separated at birth by a few years and couple hundred miles. It's absolutely insane how we clicked. It started with a shared love of CSI: New York and the X-Files when eventually that snowballed into an avalanche of what can only be described as epicness. Hehe. I love my Julia.
So the other day I got really, really bored listening to one of my new favorite songs, and I realized that Jennulia (Jenna + Julia. Is not an STD. Is writers) needed their own fanvid. So I made one with Windows Movie Maker (lol, yeah. It's fail. I am aware of this.)
So anyways, yeah. Here's a video of "Jennulia in a Nutshell."
Friday, July 24, 2009
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Zero Sum
What's new, what's new... what isn't new?I met Gwen Stephani on the Fourth of July. Like, how crazy is that? I work at the Mall of America, and was tending to the ride I operate when she walked by with her band peeps and kid (whom is incredibly cute btw.) I didn't even recognize her at first, until my supervisor mentioned it to me. Gwen and the rest of her peeps were so sweet and down-to-earth.
So, in the world of art, my creation, Synnรถve, finally exists. Thanks to RavenSkar for letting me use the image. But anyways, there's another highlight.
Oh! Juliboo (Julia) and I are working on a CSI: New York fanfic that has to do with Don Flack buying a PC and Stella with her iPhone of DOOM. It's pretty epic win so far.
The Harry Potter movie actually didn't suck.
I caved in to peer pressure and got a Twitter. You can find it here: twitter.com/gerkonanaken
Quotes of the moment:
Rachel ♥: "David and Tea is just so bad it goes without saying. It's like saying.... 'One thing I hate is eating moldy mayonnaise.' Well duh! I mean who in their right mind likes that?"
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Never Again
Don't worry about me
I've got plans and places to be
I've got people who love me and people who care
It doesn't matter that you're not there
Don't worry about me
The truth shall set you free
You thought you'd hurt with all your lies
That's okay because I won't cry
Don't worry about me
Karma's what I believe
What goes around comes back again
I'm not worried, I've got my friends
Don't worry about me
Because I'm not worried about you
I got light in my life and you're not here
Karma will see to it that you take care
Don't worry about me
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Fearful Symmetry
Christy and I baked an awesome cake. It was one of those 'Funfetti' cakes with the sprinkles in it. It was awesome. Until she frosted it and threw some at me. Not so fun, so I took some frosting and attempted to shove it in her face. I failed. She, however, succeeded.
...
Bitch!
Anyways, after I left her place today, I worked at my mother's office for awhile - got in some great Jeep time, too.
When I got home at around seven, I got hit by a metaphorical brick of inspiration for another music video. This one took me quite awhile to finish, actually - about five hours - but I'm incredibly proud of how it turned out. The last video I made, "Home" , took only around two hours. I probably could have spent more time on it than I did, but I have this thing that whenever I work too long on a project, I begin to attempt to perfect it to the point where I lose my perspective on the project entirely.
I think somehow I redeemed myself with this one. The two characters I used were Mac Taylor and Stella Bonasera from CSI: New York. I've said many, many times that I love this show, so I won't bore you now with reiterations, but... I don't know.
In CSI: Las Vegas, you see fully into the science aspect of the crimes, in Miami you see more of the police force behind it. CSI: New York combines the two and blends in some amazing characters that you love to get lost in week after week. Besides, the 'star power' factor of New York is phenominal.
You've got Gary Sinise, who played the memorable Lieutenant Dan in Forrest Gump, as well many others, and he's even been presidentally recognised for his support of the troops in the war. Then you have Melina Kanakaredes, a beautiful and talented Broadway singer/dancer, a mother, a Greek... I could go on for days about her. I absolutely adore Melina.
I actually had a conversation with my mother about Melina last Wednesday.
We were both watching CSI: New York.
My Mother: [Re: Melina Kanakaredes] "Where'd she come from?"
Me: "Greece."
[Two seconds pass. I then see my mother do a mental 'facepalm', but I totally saw her half-smile.]
Mom: "No, I mean, what did she do before CSI?"
Me: "Ooh! Well she was on the daytime soap called 'Guiding Light' for about forty-ish episdoes awhile back, and then she was the star of 'Providence' back in '02, and... oh! a few years ago she played 'Sally Bowles' in 'Cabaret' on Broadway! She has a beautiful voice. She's so cool. She even sang the national anthem for a Browns' game awhile back..."
Mom [attempting to cut me off] : "Well aren't you just a walking 'National Enquirer...' "
Me: [sighs] "Mom, the National Enquirer tells stupid lies to make money. I tell the truth. "
LOL. Yeah, that's the actual word-for-word conversation we had. I was recording a video with my phone and accidentally left it running while we talked. It keeps going, though - I start going into Marg Helgenberger's carrer starting with Ryan's Hope, and then we talked about her role in China Beach, for a while, yadda yadda yadda. I swear, the conversations I have with my mother could be made into a documentary.
Ok, to sum all of that up, CSI: NY is awesome, Melina Kanakaredes is the best actress ever, and my mother and I are crazy.
...
Bitch!
Anyways, after I left her place today, I worked at my mother's office for awhile - got in some great Jeep time, too.
When I got home at around seven, I got hit by a metaphorical brick of inspiration for another music video. This one took me quite awhile to finish, actually - about five hours - but I'm incredibly proud of how it turned out. The last video I made, "Home" , took only around two hours. I probably could have spent more time on it than I did, but I have this thing that whenever I work too long on a project, I begin to attempt to perfect it to the point where I lose my perspective on the project entirely.
I think somehow I redeemed myself with this one. The two characters I used were Mac Taylor and Stella Bonasera from CSI: New York. I've said many, many times that I love this show, so I won't bore you now with reiterations, but... I don't know.
In CSI: Las Vegas, you see fully into the science aspect of the crimes, in Miami you see more of the police force behind it. CSI: New York combines the two and blends in some amazing characters that you love to get lost in week after week. Besides, the 'star power' factor of New York is phenominal.
You've got Gary Sinise, who played the memorable Lieutenant Dan in Forrest Gump, as well many others, and he's even been presidentally recognised for his support of the troops in the war. Then you have Melina Kanakaredes, a beautiful and talented Broadway singer/dancer, a mother, a Greek... I could go on for days about her. I absolutely adore Melina.
I actually had a conversation with my mother about Melina last Wednesday.
We were both watching CSI: New York.
My Mother: [Re: Melina Kanakaredes] "Where'd she come from?"
Me: "Greece."
[Two seconds pass. I then see my mother do a mental 'facepalm', but I totally saw her half-smile.]
Mom: "No, I mean, what did she do before CSI?"
Me: "Ooh! Well she was on the daytime soap called 'Guiding Light' for about forty-ish episdoes awhile back, and then she was the star of 'Providence' back in '02, and... oh! a few years ago she played 'Sally Bowles' in 'Cabaret' on Broadway! She has a beautiful voice. She's so cool. She even sang the national anthem for a Browns' game awhile back..."
Mom [attempting to cut me off] : "Well aren't you just a walking 'National Enquirer...' "
Me: [sighs] "Mom, the National Enquirer tells stupid lies to make money. I tell the truth. "
LOL. Yeah, that's the actual word-for-word conversation we had. I was recording a video with my phone and accidentally left it running while we talked. It keeps going, though - I start going into Marg Helgenberger's carrer starting with Ryan's Hope, and then we talked about her role in China Beach, for a while, yadda yadda yadda. I swear, the conversations I have with my mother could be made into a documentary.
Ok, to sum all of that up, CSI: NY is awesome, Melina Kanakaredes is the best actress ever, and my mother and I are crazy.
Monday, February 23, 2009
Rush
Ok, so I love CSI: New York. It's no secret. I practically wear my CSI: NY t-shirt every day (yes, I was it, TYVM) and constantly quote the show, though hardly anyone ever notices. I love that 2we get to see more into the lives of each of the characters - my favorite being Melina Kanakaredes' character, 'Stella Bonasera.' She's tough, funny, beautiful, and totally badass. She had a tough childhood and had many issues with men recently, but she's so strong and she cares deeply for those around her. I'm rambling.
The point I'm trying to make here is that I really, really love CSI:NY. So, what does any bored, obsessed fan do? Make a fanvid!
The point I'm trying to make here is that I really, really love CSI:NY. So, what does any bored, obsessed fan do? Make a fanvid!
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Revelations
I've discussed "Twilight" at great lengths with a friend of mine who started as a super-fan and has recently realized that she doesn't like it. I'm quite sure we've both spent hours discussing the subject at random intervals, the most memorable occasion being in a Target store. God, I loooove Target. Anyways, I am seriously needing to blow of some steam regarding Stephanie Meyer and the Twilight series. But it has been bugging me and Christy as to why we began to hate it so much.
I just figured it out and feel compelled to add this post. It took 4 books and countless wasted hours, but I now understand why I dislike the Twilight series so much. It is the author's complete lack of skill in creating multi-dimensional characters.
First let me explain that I continued to read the series in part, because I have a hard time quitting a book. To top it off, each book ended on a cliff hanger so you felt compelled to find out what happened. What a waste.
Anyway, the author creates a 17 year old character, Bella, that acts and thinks like a 30+ year old. That's conveniently explained away by saying she's an "old soul." My belief is, this adult author didn't have the skill to write a first person story from anyone else's point of view but her own. Then in the 4th book of the series this 17 year old, now a 19 year old becomes a vampire. That's a major transition. Most vampires in this series go through a year or more of being completely feral. Besides that, immortality and almost indestructibility would bring some major changes to the psyche. But no... Bella makes the transition almost wholly herself. This is written off as a unique skill to Bella. Again, my belief is, the author didn't have a clue how to write any other character than herself so she basically used dues ex machina... the lazy writer's tool. It's a miracle... no change.
And in my view, those beliefs were solidified on page 674 of "Breaking Dawn"... the 4th and final book of that series that I will ever read since I've been told it doesn't end on a cliff hanger. On this page, Bella, the 19 year old girl who was not a particularly fine student or ever went past high school, had this thought. "Edward and I had not had a last grand farewell nor did I plan one. To speak the word was to make it final. It would be the same as typing the words The End on the last page of a manuscript."
How is it that she would know what typing The End on the last page of a manuscript would feel like? Unless you've done it, it wouldn't resonate with you and therefore you probably wouldn't think to use it as an analogy. As I suspected the main character is nothing more than a projection of the author.
Whew! It's been eating me up why so many of my peers think this is the greatest series ever and I can't stand it. Character and dialogue are my strong points and what I value in a story. In Twilight the characters have no depth. They have no dimension. This is why I dislike these books so much.
I just figured it out and feel compelled to add this post. It took 4 books and countless wasted hours, but I now understand why I dislike the Twilight series so much. It is the author's complete lack of skill in creating multi-dimensional characters.
First let me explain that I continued to read the series in part, because I have a hard time quitting a book. To top it off, each book ended on a cliff hanger so you felt compelled to find out what happened. What a waste.
Anyway, the author creates a 17 year old character, Bella, that acts and thinks like a 30+ year old. That's conveniently explained away by saying she's an "old soul." My belief is, this adult author didn't have the skill to write a first person story from anyone else's point of view but her own. Then in the 4th book of the series this 17 year old, now a 19 year old becomes a vampire. That's a major transition. Most vampires in this series go through a year or more of being completely feral. Besides that, immortality and almost indestructibility would bring some major changes to the psyche. But no... Bella makes the transition almost wholly herself. This is written off as a unique skill to Bella. Again, my belief is, the author didn't have a clue how to write any other character than herself so she basically used dues ex machina... the lazy writer's tool. It's a miracle... no change.
And in my view, those beliefs were solidified on page 674 of "Breaking Dawn"... the 4th and final book of that series that I will ever read since I've been told it doesn't end on a cliff hanger. On this page, Bella, the 19 year old girl who was not a particularly fine student or ever went past high school, had this thought. "Edward and I had not had a last grand farewell nor did I plan one. To speak the word was to make it final. It would be the same as typing the words The End on the last page of a manuscript."
How is it that she would know what typing The End on the last page of a manuscript would feel like? Unless you've done it, it wouldn't resonate with you and therefore you probably wouldn't think to use it as an analogy. As I suspected the main character is nothing more than a projection of the author.
Whew! It's been eating me up why so many of my peers think this is the greatest series ever and I can't stand it. Character and dialogue are my strong points and what I value in a story. In Twilight the characters have no depth. They have no dimension. This is why I dislike these books so much.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
This is Not Happening
It's no secret that I love CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. It's also no secret that I am a hardcore 'Grillows' (Gil Grissom / Catherine Willows) 'shipper. I've been watching CSI for quite a long time - almost the entire nine years, and loved almost every second of it.
CSI defined quite a bit of my personality for awhile. It made me find the uber-geek inside of myself, and I 'shipped for the very first time. That's right, folks, Grillows was my very first 'ship.
Unfortunately the writers had other plans. While many saw the amazing chemestry that the actors had together and wrote that into the show when they could, others decided to attempt to hook Grissom up with another co-worker instead.
Sara Sidle.
Words cannot begin to describe how much I hate her. Not just because she is/was Catherine's competition for Gil's affections, but of who she is. She is a whiney pile of walking angst and the world must always revolve around her. 'Oh noes my boss won't return my advances or go out with me cry cry cry.' She seems to be a very static character with little to no death at all. Eather she's 'Lovesick Sara,' 'Sad Sara,' 'Angry Sara,' 'Angst/Emo Sara,' and on very, very, rare occasions, 'Happy Sara.' She also seems to have a thing for being a total bitch to Catherine all the time.
I also hated her because of who Gil Grissom turned into when around her. In the first few seasons of CSI, Gil Grissom was a cute but geeky CSI guy. In season three to season six, he had somehow turned into this devilishly sexy bearded badass that just so happened to have a geeky bug thing. But then Sara comes along, shaves his beard, and makes him wear the ugliest purple shirt I have ever seen, and the infamous straw hat.
My hero, almost overnight, turned into a wimpy looking turdface.
One thing I noticed during these hard times was that Gil and Cath rarely had any scenes together - or even made any eye contact. My fellow shippers quickly came to realize that the writers must have realized the natural chemistry that Marg Helgenberger (Cath) and William Peterson (Grissom) had, and forbid them from making eye contact.
Anyways, on to the true reason of this blog.
William Peterson decided after nine long but fun years acting in CSI, it was time to move on. His final episode was tonight, actually, and minus the last scene, it was a great episode. There was lots of what us Grillows fans call 'eye-sex' between Gil and Cath, so we had predicted the episode to end with Grissom just walking out of the lab.
Oh, but the writers couldn't leave damn well enough alone.
They just had to bring Sara back, didn't they?
Somehow I both did and didn't see the last scene coming at the end. I was already in tears as Gil was leaving the office and then when the GSR happened the sad tears turned into tears of fury.
The damage has been done. A song came to mind after the episode had ended... it's called "White Flag" by Dido.
I will go down with this ship
And I won't put my hands up and surrender
There will be no white flag above my door
I'm in love and always will be
CSI defined quite a bit of my personality for awhile. It made me find the uber-geek inside of myself, and I 'shipped for the very first time. That's right, folks, Grillows was my very first 'ship.
Unfortunately the writers had other plans. While many saw the amazing chemestry that the actors had together and wrote that into the show when they could, others decided to attempt to hook Grissom up with another co-worker instead.
Sara Sidle.
Words cannot begin to describe how much I hate her. Not just because she is/was Catherine's competition for Gil's affections, but of who she is. She is a whiney pile of walking angst and the world must always revolve around her. 'Oh noes my boss won't return my advances or go out with me cry cry cry.' She seems to be a very static character with little to no death at all. Eather she's 'Lovesick Sara,' 'Sad Sara,' 'Angry Sara,' 'Angst/Emo Sara,' and on very, very, rare occasions, 'Happy Sara.' She also seems to have a thing for being a total bitch to Catherine all the time.
I also hated her because of who Gil Grissom turned into when around her. In the first few seasons of CSI, Gil Grissom was a cute but geeky CSI guy. In season three to season six, he had somehow turned into this devilishly sexy bearded badass that just so happened to have a geeky bug thing. But then Sara comes along, shaves his beard, and makes him wear the ugliest purple shirt I have ever seen, and the infamous straw hat.
My hero, almost overnight, turned into a wimpy looking turdface.
One thing I noticed during these hard times was that Gil and Cath rarely had any scenes together - or even made any eye contact. My fellow shippers quickly came to realize that the writers must have realized the natural chemistry that Marg Helgenberger (Cath) and William Peterson (Grissom) had, and forbid them from making eye contact.
Anyways, on to the true reason of this blog.
William Peterson decided after nine long but fun years acting in CSI, it was time to move on. His final episode was tonight, actually, and minus the last scene, it was a great episode. There was lots of what us Grillows fans call 'eye-sex' between Gil and Cath, so we had predicted the episode to end with Grissom just walking out of the lab.
Oh, but the writers couldn't leave damn well enough alone.
They just had to bring Sara back, didn't they?
Somehow I both did and didn't see the last scene coming at the end. I was already in tears as Gil was leaving the office and then when the GSR happened the sad tears turned into tears of fury.
The damage has been done. A song came to mind after the episode had ended... it's called "White Flag" by Dido.
I will go down with this ship
And I won't put my hands up and surrender
There will be no white flag above my door
I'm in love and always will be
I don't think I will ever stop shipping Grillows. I will fight it to the death; I will go down with my 'ship. I will never surrender to the GSR (Grissom-Sara Romance) fans. You will never see me back down. I'm in love with the relationship between Gil Grissom and Catherine Willows and nothing can ever change that.
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