{"id":4488,"date":"2008-12-08T16:13:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-08T21:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/?p=4488"},"modified":"2021-03-12T10:14:11","modified_gmt":"2021-03-12T15:14:11","slug":"popping-up-on-radar-for-a-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/?p=4488","title":{"rendered":"Popping up on radar for a moment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><u>Kids<\/u><br \/>\nChanging dirty diapers has moved to the easier end of the scale.  It&#8217;s when the human waste ends up on the -outside- of its intended receptacle that it becomes difficult.<\/p>\n<p>Christmas shopping for the boys is done, and we&#8217;ve been out shopping for either that or the house nearly EVERY day of the week.<\/p>\n<p>And we all know how much I LURVE shopping.<\/p>\n<p>Hunter&#8217;s been with his Dad for the last few weekends, plus the Mondays and Tuesdays.  I miss him a bunch.  Aidan&#8217;s been clingy enough to make up for it, though.  <lj user=\"nitoria\">&#8216;s got PT for her hip, Aidan&#8217;s got a yearly checkup this week, and holy crap busy.<\/lj><\/p>\n<p><u>Netflix<\/u><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.netflix.com\/Movie\/Blade_Runner_The_Final_Cut\/70082907?trkid=190393\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn-7.nflximg.com\/us\/boxshots\/large\/70082907.jpg\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\"><\/a>Okay, so this is a classic.  Like my not having read Dune (despite having seen both versions), not having seen Blade Runner plunked me into the &#8220;unread heathen&#8221; category of Science Fiction fan.  Let alone having the cred to write.  So, out of all of the different cuts and edits of the movie, I figured the &#8220;Final Cut&#8221; was the best.  It being final and everything.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s likely that I wasn&#8217;t impressed because I&#8217;ve seen these tropes over and over and over again.  Granted, this was the movie that originated them, but it wasn&#8217;t the first that had hit me, so it was the same-old same-old for me.  I totally dug the noir aspects of the movie, the &#8220;more of the same&#8221; future that is shared by Firefly\/Serenity, and the human\/replicant love interest.  I disliked the thuggishness of the main character, but I admired his tenacity.  If I had seen it earlier in my life, it would have probably made more of an impact.  Three stars.<br clear=\"all\"><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.netflix.com\/Movie\/FLCL_Vol._1\/70023792?trkid=190393\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn-5.nflximg.com\/us\/boxshots\/large\/70024145.jpg\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\"><\/a>This anime was just as psychotic as I remember it being.  Eyebrows.  Robots popping out of heads.  Guitars as weapons.  Sexual innuendo&#8230; er&#8230; more of a beating you over the head.  Less of the innuendo.  Factories that look like clothes irons that aren&#8217;t really factories.  Other robots that look like hands.  Eyebrows?!  Three stars.<br clear=\"all\"><\/p>\n<p><u>Job<\/u><br \/>\nStill only had two interviews.  I have applied for nearly forty jobs.  Still going.  Working on another possibility.  We shall see how that develops.  Vagueness will continue until something concrete is developed.<\/p>\n<p>I hope that everyone can stay sane this Holiday season. :)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kids Changing dirty diapers has moved to the easier end of the scale. It&#8217;s when the human waste ends up on the -outside- of its intended receptacle that it becomes difficult. 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