Opopanox, Home of the Arrogant Worm

Does anyone know what the ‘pending review’ thing is on wordpress? Because publishing and then consistently editing is pretty rude, but it’s easier to figure out what I want to say or to clear things if I can already see it on the page as if it were ‘finished’. That was the one thing I liked about Blogger, the preview button was friggen awesome. There’s got to be something like that on wordpress. Also, if I have to go to church with my mother, I’m choosing the next one, dammit. She hasn’t been letting me choose, every time it’s my turn she’s suddenly five and throwing a tantrum. Her favorite church had two gay jokes and one long prayer for a Jewish conversion the last time we went, was the last straw. There’s got to be something in this area that doesn’t insult people, but the only other church service that goes directly by the Book Ma doesn’t like, she says it’s too ‘impersonal’. Pfffft. They should have a building and just put the word ’spiritual’ out front of it, open 24/7 with Koran’s, Bible’s, places for meditation et cetera. be much more welcoming and! less stressful.

-Can’t figure out why I put existentialism on this particular post, and as of yet haven’t figured out to remove it. Apologies.

Alright, this is probably akin to pissing in the wind, but does anyone know how to fix computer seizures? Which is exactly what it looks like, imo. It, like, flashes and brings up different program commands and the mouse arrow disappears in and out, have to push Ctrl + Alt + Del to bring up a systems status page, then you can exit that and all the extra boxes. Normally. But anyway, m’not sure what causes it and it worries me, I’d like to try n’fix it, if possible.

Dammit, I’ve got another one. Phone call, that is. Why is it the only work that calls me are nowhere near me? “Put in your application any way” and “We’ll figure transportation out if they call” T says. Yeah, well, guess who’s not around to help me figure it out at the moment. Dammit. Dad’s van isn’t working correctly and Ma’s busy and I can’t call the guy back right now because according to Dad, he’s looking for same-day hiring and I’ve no friggen’ ride, let alone on a consistent basis since Dad’s van decided to screw up last week. Was just the thing to remind me I’m fucked while I attempt to inch my way up. Do I own something unlucky? Am I unlucky? I suppose those occasional, to-whome-it-may-concern muttered prayers into the ether might’ve fallen on not so helpful to me ears, possibly. Wonder if I can word a clause in there. Couldn’t hurt to try, I s’pose.

-Edited to add; Well, this aught to be interesting. I got a hold of T and he said he could take me Sunday between ten and eight since he’s headed in that direction. Any other date is up in the air as I have no gas money and don’t get paid until Thursday. Now all I need is a reason why I can’t be there any day except for this Sunday when I call the guy, if it even comes up. Meh. And T’s still saying ‘just call him!’ at twelve thirty-nine in the night, no less. ….Yeah, that’s it, call him with transportation for only one day of work between certain set hours and he’s going to run in the opposite direction. Managers hate it when you depend on someone else to get somewhere, it screams liability. And that blasted medication has me going through moods too damn fast, one minute I’m actually happy and then a crying jag comes up. Friggen’ ridiculous, I hope it evens out.

I want spoons.

I remembered to take that blasted wellbutrin twice today, like the bottle says and I remembered yesterday, too, which was a first. Two days in a row, woo. Anyway, m’head feels funny. Sort of like when you’ve drunk the night before, had four and a half hours of sleep, then woke up. No hangover-feeling, just that weird in-between. Which really is odd, as I haven’t had a drop o’spirits in a long time, let alone last night. In that vein, I made dinner. Jambalaya courtesy of the box. It’s spicier than I expected it, doing nothing for an uneasy stomach. Most of it, in fact, is growing cold in the bowl. ‘Piano Man’ by Billy Joel below, the black and white pictures bring to mind nostalgia, reminiscent of childhood theaters for some people older’n me. Fits the song rather well, don’t you think?

Link located for Piano Man here

Unfortunately they don’t let you embed that particular video. Next is Dr. Heckyll and Mr. Jive by Men At Work, kindly played by Djspiner. I can’t be the only person who enjoys the song. The video is of the vinyl playing.

Huh. And here, two songs from Pink Floyd’s ‘The Wall’ acted out with ….marshmallow peeps from Drweir. Still wrapping my head around it.

And this one, Eleanor Rigby by The Beatles. I’m not sure what they were on, but it reminds me of Magritte.

-And, I suppose, it wouldn’t be complete without My Melancholy Baby sung by Al Bowlly, courtesy of Furlight. The video is in black and white, matches the beginning, which was unexpected.

Alright, this is mildly amusing. What’s your sexual nationality, complete with a British Passport Checker who quizes you. Bit unlike all the other quizes I’ve done, as it’s animated, and she (the passport person) also does an imitation at the end. Claims I’m 60% Swedish, and they were kind enough to give me a recipe for meatballs! Keep in mind the brassy site is also advertizing massage oil, so don’t mind the ad. They also give massage basics at the end, though, which you might find helpful. And so, the ‘Are You British In Bed’ quiz, linked below, which I found on Podblack’s wordpress page. They’ve got some nice reading for skeptics of multiple kinds, too, that Podblack. Was chugging through sexology and science m’self, but it seems my eyes are too heavy to keep up today. Pursuit of knowledge is tirin’.

Link to Podblack blog here

Link to Bed Nationality quiz here

The Impossible Quiz

Link to quiz here

Kind of surprised I got that many right as I’ve forgotten the periodic tabled number for Magnesium and some of those questions are just, well, really screwed up. Eleven minutes and some odd seconds were spent on it, I winged it, so best of luck to you! Just keep hitting ‘pass’ at the bottom of the page to bypass the ads when you’ve finished.

Hangman, complete with animated stick figure and three ways to die! Your little stick figure gets a golden trophy to heft aloft if you win! Hardest word so far? Defragmentation!

Link located here

Top Songs In M’Head

(I almost want to query m’self and see if I can, in fact, hum ‘Melancholy Baby’)

The Beatles – Eleanor Rigby

Three Doors Down – Kryptonite

Edie Brickell & New Bohemians – A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall

Judy Garland – Me & My Shadow

Meat Puppets – I Quit

Phil Ochs – Draft Dodger Rag (Don’t ask, I’m not even sure m’self)

Our Lady Peace – Superman’s Dead

Everclear – Wonderful

Jefferson Airplane – Stop Children, What’s That Sound

Nirvana – Plateau

Men At Work – Dr Heckyll & Mr Jive

Scissor Sisters – Return To Oz

Freedy Johnston – This Perfect World

The Wallflowers – I Started A Joke (I know, not the original, but I like this one better)

(A-ha, turns out I’m not able to hum ‘Melancholy Baby’, the piano work is too varied for a good hummin’)

There’s images that are supposed to go in this post, but I seem to’ve forgotten how the hell to upload again, so it might be a bit before they show.

Did I mention I have sound? Ecstatic, really, been avoiding my problems and constantly downloading music. I’m technically not supposed to be floating around online doing anything that isn’t personally constructive as I’ve been putting off things like mad (big surprise there, yes yes, look at those wide innocent eyes!) and working through things, so scheduled myself for a break, but someone who shall remain nameless suggested watching a show online and lured me in with the promise of it also being a book that I could read so I figured hey, I’ll give it a shot, see if it’s any good. Turned out it isn’t bad watching, “Dexter” on Showtime.

:Image Description – Dexter, a white, middle aged man with brown hair and brown eyes wearing a white and green shirt shown from the elbows up. He looked to be reading a newspaper but his eyes are glancing to the left. The newspaper headline is in red, with ‘Miami Star’ printed across the front. ‘Miami Killer Beats the Heat’ is printed underneath. Palm trees and a heat-stressed blue sky complete the backround.

Show’s synopsis;

Set and produced in Miami, the series centers on Dexter Morgan, a serial killer who works for the Miami Metro Police Department as a blood splatter analyst.

List o’characters

• Michael C. Hall as Dexter Morgan
  
• Julie Benz as Rita Bennett
  
• Jennifer Carpenter as Debra Morgan
• Eric King as Sgt. James Doakes
  
• Lauren Velez as Lt. Maria LaGuerta
  
• David Zayas as Angel Batista
  
• James Remar as Harry Morgan
  
• C.S. Lee as Vince Masuka

Some of the premise of the show and book is a bit odd and doesn’t quite fit, but then it is fiction, after all. The forensics in it are also a smidge annoying, as the amount of mistakes made all-together is of a …rather large number. Some of it’s probably accidental but some of it’s deliberate, I imagine, due to visuals. Eh, it is only Tv, just keep reminding m’self.

Season three is due out in Oct., I’m hoping someone will be kind and put the episodes online since I lack cable and none of my friends have Showtime. Bought the first book, and the writing style itself isn’t bad, but it could stand to be cleaned up some, minorly awkward. The majority of characters are flat and unfortunately stereotypical in the book, ridiculously so even allowing for a biased account of events in first person. Still, though, it has some nice dark humor. I want to get the second book, but I heard the third book is absolute crap so now I’m a bit leery. The show doesn’t seem to be delving into the latter heard-of absurdity of the third book, though, so here’s three links plus a short music video below. I also wish Doakes had a bigger part to play, barely saw his character unfold from Angry Black Guy. Granted, most of what we saw was from Dexter’s point of view, and since Doakes doesn’t like Dexter (regularly stalks him, in fact because of Suspicions) it didn’t leave much room to work with, but I did see spots where it could’ve been improved on. Sort’ve reminds me of a soap opera, except not as melodramatic.

First Episode here

Second Episode here

Third Episode here

Link to music video here

And just in case the show agrees with you, here’s eleven pages of links for the rest of the episodes. Megavideo’s the best for viewing, I think, followed by Toduo.

Link to episodes (not in order) here

And to help, here’s the titles of the episodes in order.

1. Dexter
2. Crocodile
3. Popping Cherry
4. Let’s Give The Boy A Hand
5. Love American Style
6. Return To Sender
7. Circle of Friends
8. Shrink Wrap
9. Father Knows Best
10. Seeing Red
11. Truth Be Told
12. Born Free
13. It’s Alive
14. Waiting To Exhale
15. An Inconvenient Lie
16. See-Through
17. The Dark Defender
18. Dex, Lies & Videotape
19. That Night, A Forest Grew
20. Morning Comes
21. Resistance is Futile
22. There’s Something About Harry
23. Left Turn Ahead
24. The British Invasion

I plan on getting all the seasons once they stop running, or possibly when they come out as a set, whichever comes first.

-Edited; Oh, yeah, and the books were written by Jeff Lindsay, almost forgot to mention. “Dexter in the Dark”, “Dearly Devoted Dexter” and “Darkly Dreaming Dexter”, not in order, sorry. There’s first chapter excerpts on Lindsay’s site for all three books, the link to the excerpts located below.

Link located for all three book excerpts here