Quickly
You know what really gets on my nerves? When people take on a stupid persona on the web and persist in sticking to it.
Like if they name themselves after a rat, use a rat avatar, call themselves a rodent whenever they can, and talk about liking cheese all the damn time. ”Oh, that makes this little rat cry!” ”This sucks, I need some cheese!” “Us rodents don’t have these problems!”
YOU’RE NOT A FUCKING RAT. TALK LIKE A NORMAL PERSON, YOU TWAT.
People do this because they’re so scared that they’re uninteresting that they come up with another self and hope it makes them memorable. IT DOESN’T WORK. It just makes you really fuckdamn annoying.
It’s even worse when they take on the persona of some character from a stupid book or cartoon or movie. Now, I’m not saying it’s stupid to use a character name for your web handle and have a matching avatar and signature. That’s fine. When you actually pretend to be that person, however, you turn into a douchebag.
Nick and Norah
This is the third time I’ve mentioned Nick and Norah.
But anyway, after I saw the movie, I bought the book. I got the version WITHOUT the Michael Cera/Kat Dennings cover so I can lie to people and tell them that I had the book before I saw the movie.
Holy crap, the book was COMPLETELY different than the movie. Now, I loved the movie. I also loved the book. But there is tons of stuff in the book that didn’t happen in the movie, and tons of stuff in the movie that didn’t happen in the book. Honestly, I think this is a first in movie adaptations: The movie is as good as the book but barely relates to it. I mean, the plot is the same, but there are giant plot points in the book that were completely changed for the movie, and replaced with OTHER giant plot points.
I think it’s because the book relies on a two-person first-person narrative. You can’t really do that with a movie because you can’t see what the characters are thinking. Also, the movie would have been about four hours long if it had stuck to the book.
Whatever. It’s like there are two Nick and Norahs to enjoy, so everything works out in the end. It’s a damn good thing the movie was so good, though, because if it sucked after making so many changes to the book, I would have been pissed.
Now, here is a completely unrelated but humorous image.
Gobama!
I walked in the door from class about four minutes ago, and Countdown was on the TV. Keith was talking about swing states. Apparently, the recent economic downturn has nearly killed McCain’s chances at election. Four previously undecided states are now for Obama in the electoral polls, giving Obama a lead of about 90 electoral votes.
I literally started dancing. Eat it, GOP!
By myself
Tonight, I went to see a movie by myself. I’ve never done that before. I felt so depressed by the time the credits rolled. And it certainly wasn’t the movie. I saw Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist. It was really good, so I know it wasn’t seeing a bad movie that made me feel crappy.
Maybe it was the romanticism in the movie, though. I mean, if I had gone to see Eagle Eye (which I don’t plan on, but thought about, because I like The Boof), it probably wouldn’t have been as bad. But Nick and Norah is obviously the kind of movie you’re supposed to go see with a girl.
It just wouldn’t have been so bad if I had someone, anyone to go with. None of my friends live around me. No offense to them, but sometimes it seems like I only really have one friend, and he’s been sick for a week.
One of these days, I’ll get another girlfriend, and I’ll feel better about myself.
