Topics for today:
- "Twister"
- Food ownership
- Driving
- Cool animals
Today is Saturday, and I just woke up at 6:43 P.M. cause I stayed up almost all night long last night and watched "Twister", and I still don't know exactly why. Every time the shot showed a tornado is made me cringe a little, naturally, being a Midwesterner, and the tornado graphics were awesome except for the cheesy lightning and thunder sound effects. Yet Bill Harding And Jo, the main characters, made me cringe more. The other storm chaser team members, "Dusty", "Rabbit", Laurence, Joey, Alan, "Beltzer", Haynes and "Preacher" and Jo's mom were awesome, fun characters. Couldn't help marveling (even if it was fake) how they just drove straight towards tornadoes. But the movie would have been a lot cooler if Jo would shut her whiny trap and stop being completely retarded. The entire movie she's still completely angsty about watching her father get killed by a twister when she was like 4. And She looks about 35. Also the fact that Jo and Bill seem invisible, miraculously surviving being directly hit by a tornado like 10 times throughout the movie, is extremely annoying.
And don't even get me started on how much I absolutely hate it when Hollywood tries to sound smart. For example, I cannot watch any movies about space/astronauts/NASA half of the time without getting completely ticked because of the scientific gibberish and stuff they spout isn't even right. This was one of those movies. Look, Jo. An F5 tornado is almost IMPOSSIBLE in a remote country area like you lived in, because one of the main factors in figuring tornadoes on the Fujita Scale is cost of damage to man made structures, as well as loss of life. So it doesn't matter if that tornado's winds were 600 miles per hour, if it was a remote enough area to only hit your house and some telephone poles, the highest it would likely to be ranked would be F2. Such was the case of the Seymour, Texas, tornado of April 10, 1979.
Oh, I could go on and on about this movie, cause trust me, living in Missouri has made me a mini-expert on these things. Such as: the storm chaser would be listing to the radio and it would say something like "an F3 tornado has touched down." F.Y.I., measurements on the Fujita scale are made AFTER the tornado has passed, so a news station wouldn't be able to instantly tell you what it was. Do some fricking research before you go and make a movie about stuff, Hollywood.
So, I guess it's one of those "classics" that most people "have to" watch. But in my opinion: don't waste your time. The only way this movie could be entertaining is if you get a bunch of your best sarcastic, wise cracking friends together- this movie is so easy to ridicule.
(Excuse cuss word above. I found this hilarious)
There are certain unspoken rules of my household.
If it's stashed in the back of the cabinet, in their room, or in a container marked "MINE" in the fridge, it's somebody's that is likely trying to hide it from everyone else. Hence: Don't touch unless you want to lose a finger or two.
If it's health food crap, it's my parent's. Any kind of energy bar is my dad's. Pillow case full of Halloween candy is mine. Leftover spaghetti is a free for all.
But when somebody makes their own friggin macaroni or a batch of cookies, chances are, you should ASK before eating.
Which is why I just finished off a rather tasty Crunchwrap Supreme from Taco Bell.
I think Dane has learned his lesson to never touch my macaroni :) (my mom made him go to Taco Bell and buy me dinner cause he ate mine)
Woo!
I practiced driving today for the first time since... like... January.
It was okay, despite my mom screeching in my ear every three seconds, and my left foot's tendency to want to push the brake.
Hey, at least I was able to end it by parking perfectly :)
My mom made me make a deal that in order to get a pilot's license, I had to get a driver's license first. So I am trying. Even though I hate it XD
Red Panda (above) and Maned Wolf(below)
Dane's friend Brian says Red Pandas look retarded. I beg to differ.
Isn't that thing freaking adorable? :) It reminds me of Cokes :)
Anyways, see that "fox on stilts"? That's a Maned Wolf. Their name is kind of stupid, though. Maned Wolves aren't wolves or foxes or hyenas. They're canine, but they have their very own genus. There's nothing else quite like them.
They have long elegant legs, huge ears and a fluffy scruff. They're one of my very favorite canines. In Dane's words: "WHOAH! Dude! What the heck is that?!" (really, look em up. Amazing photos. I'm considering making Max a Maned Wolf, since that's more accurate that wolf-fox XD)
Other cool canines:
The Dhole, a rare wild dog that can cluck like a chicken and form packs of up to 40 members:
The Australian Dingo, one of my favorite animals (the photo below was the inspiration for Max), was believed to have originally been domestic dogs brought by the first settlers who escaped and evolved, now thousands live wild:
The adorable Bat-Eared Fox:
The hilariously ugly Tibetan Sand Fox
Well I hope you had fun learning about the wonderful world of canines :)
Meanwhile, if you didn't, you can entertain yourself by watching this old man break it down:
Peace, Love, Squirrel Muffins
Lily
