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Japanese fighting combining spaceships/robot, puppetry from the people of Thunderbirds and Queen (okay, just Brian May), WHAT COULD POSSIBLY NOT RULE ABOUT THIS?
(Yes, I watched this as a kid. It was awesome. Thanks to my brother sending me the link.)
Fuck, I'm getting old.Feeling:  amused *swingin' to: Tears for Fears - Shout |
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I have a very clear sticker on my letterbox that says I don't want spam. Advertising that's dumped into it without my name and address on it (sadly I can't stop companies that know me from spamming me, but hey). Still, every few months I get those tiny pieces of paper from some crazy African psychic that says he will solve all my relationship problems and bring back my lover like a well-trained dog. And more brilliant superpowers.
I've seriously wanted to flame this guy to hell and back, because he keeps doing it. I've even thought of me making a YouTube video of printing thousands of the same little notes that say FUCK OFF, going over to his mailbox and dumping them all in there. But then I realised something. This little notes always only have a phone number. I've tried tracking the name and the phone number, but all I came up with was advertisements in newpapers from the same psychic.
And then I realised, this psychic is probably not just one dude working solo. It's probably some shady fraud gang (Nigerian spammers, probably quite literally) who have a phone sex line and bait people with problems to call them for an interesting charge per minute. Hell, they probably even try to convince people to send them money to heal their problems, of course making sure they are untraceable.
Fucking IRL spammers.Feeling:  annoyed |
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Mar. 7th, 2010 @ 08:42 pm
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Has anyone ever read anything by Louise Erdrich? I'm currently reading The Beet Queen, and I can't decide whether I actually like it. It's such an odd book, it has bits of magical realism in it which I generally enjoy, but in this book somehow it's weird. The story is entertaining enough, but I can't really get into it. I don't really feel anything for the characters, don't really care about what happens to them, which makes it hard for me to like the book. Anyway, I've almost finished it. At least it's a fairly quick read. :D
I have slowed down a lot when it comes to reading in the past months. I spent a lot less time on the train since I started my bike + train + bike routine to go to work and somehow I don't feel like reading most of the time. I used to read almost two books a week, but that has gone down considerably. I'm lucky if I do one book a week now. It's not a problem or anything, I just need to get used to it. The pile of books to read is still humongous, and I must admit it's starting to stress me out a little. Which is kind of weird, 'cause it's not like the books are going anywhere and there is no penalty for me not finishing them within a certain amount of time, but still. Sometimes I think I put too much pressure on myself and for what? Who cares if I read one book or two in a week?! It's so strange what people do to themselves. :D
I haven't decided yet what will be my next read. The last couple of books I read weren't particularly gripping, so now I would like something that I really like and that makes me want to finish it right NOW. Unfortunately you don't really know which book that will be until you've started it, and once I've started a book, I need to finish it before I start the next one. Like I said, I put too much pressure on myself when it comes to reading, but I guess everyone has their own quirks and obsessions. :D
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