Minor Confession Thread

All Fast and Furious movies are banned in my house.

Daylan C (Forum Supporter) said:

Also,  all the movies suck. Do not take them seriously. 

I didn't even try to take it seriously.  I just tried to be entertained by it for 90 minutes.

It failed in that mission.

Mom came up yesterday and stayed over to check on me. She's had HGTV on all morning and it's kind of depressing seeing all these couples working on dream houses futures. We were just getting our house where we wanted it and loved talking about this stuff. 

In reply to Wally (Forum Supporter) :

Dude:  The one thing watching HGTV shouldn't do is make you depressed.  It should make you laugh out loud at the hilarity of the budgets, schedules, and results these so-called "reality" shows portray.

I watched an hour of HGTV in an emergency clinic waiting room one time and speaking as an architect I spent the entire time biting my tongue between bursting out in peals of astounded laughter and screaming at the presenters for being idiot talking heads fronting a big program of hard workers and free materials provided in exchange for "promotional consideration".

In reply to Duke :

either approach makes sense. i think the components on my bike are pretty good, for the money. then i go on pinkbike cause i'm bored and see $5000 bikes and start looking to see how cheap i could get a nice bike. it doesn't help. 

Duke said:

Daylan C (Forum Supporter) said:

Also,  all the movies suck. Do not take them seriously. 

I didn't even try to take it seriously.  I just tried to be entertained by it for 90 minutes.

It failed in that mission.

 

So...you started at Return of the Jedi and can't figure out what this whole Star Wars thing is or why people like it? 

In reply to Appleseed :

I'm pretty sure that sacrilegious statement could get you burned at the stake in some areas of the universe.

In reply to Appleseed :

I've seen chunks of many of the other ones here and there, both early and late series.  Just never all the way through.

And I have heard numerous people, like Daylan did, describe TD as one of the better ones.

From what I have seen of the franchise, the first of my complaints is the only one that might be changed by watching more.

I'll leave the 12-year-old's wet dream aesthetics out of it, but I really don't understand making a movie franchise out of building what you think are cool dream cars and then smashing them up.

Stampie (FS) said:

In reply to Appleseed :

I'm pretty sure that sacrilegious statement could get you burned at the stake in some areas of the universe.

Return of the Jedi was the worst Star Wars movie by far until Eps I-III were made.  I berking HATE the Ewoks.

I just made a chicken parm sandwich for lunch using toast made from a 5 cent sale bread loaf, shredded cheese, leftover canned marinara, and Dino Nuggets. No shame. 

In reply to newrider3 :

That sounds berkeleying AMAZING. 

as a hungry fat guy,  i approve. 

Aside from keeping up a steady exercise routine, I've been a lazy bastard lately. I've got housework to do, projects to finish and just a lot of stuff that needs to get done, and I'm slacking off.

I also know that everything be worse later on if I don't get to work on these things, but present me is being a selfish jerk and leaving that for future me to figure out.

Stampie (FS) said:

All Fast and Furious movies are banned in my house.

I only saw the original Fast and Furious, but that movie almost made me hate cars.

I hated those movies cause I sold my 3rd gen RX-7 a year before they came out

Duke said:

Stampie (FS) said:

In reply to Appleseed :

I'm pretty sure that sacrilegious statement could get you burned at the stake in some areas of the universe.

Return of the Jedi was the worst Star Wars movie by far until Eps I-III were made.  I berking HATE the Ewoks.

 

You were born before May 25, 1973.

Guess my confession for today is I enjoy the fast and the furious movies! Not from a car guy perspective but for entertainment I'm in 

In reply to mtn (Forum Supporter) :

I was indeed.  The rest of the movie was fine but those stupid neanderthal Care Bears ruined it.

dropstep said:

Guess my confession for today is I enjoy the fast and the furious movies! Not from a car guy perspective but for entertainment I'm in 

I've found they're great on the big screen, if you like explosions and lights and loud noises on a big screen. Outside of that, they're "meh" at best. 

In reply to Duke :

I know, and I usually laugh. Something about getting ready for Christmas that made me really unhappy about spending so much time alone and seeing everyone else together and happy seems to make it more obvious. 

I ate two footlong subs yesterday for lunch (one tuna, one cold cut) and was hungry again after an hour.

In reply to Pete. (l33t FS) :

I'm a debt free guy - use the cash in my wallet.  

One day in a hurry I went and got a $5 foot long that now costs $6.79 and I asked for the total with chips added.  I paid with all my singles I had and with a bunch of coins in my pocket. 

The guy felt sorry for me and gave me a 6 ounce cup/lid/straw and told me I could have a free soda which I turned down.  

I thought it was funny considering my lifestyle.   

Yesterday as I pulled into the parking lot for the mountain biking trail, Benny and the Jets  came on the radio. I only heard a few seconds of it, but it was enough to jam it into my brain.

Before too long, the words somehow morphed into Lemmy and the Jets, and I spent the next hour riding along to imaginary cover versions of Elton John songs as done by Motörhead .

And for a few minutes, Elton tried to ruin The Ace of Spades for me, but I was able to fight it off.

In reply to Woody (Forum Supportum) :

I can totally hear the Motorhead cover of Saturday Night.

I used up all my favors with God along time ago. I no longer bother her and waste her time.

It turns out the the combination of an artificial Christmas tree and kittens results in more pine needles spread throughout the house than a real tree and older cats.  Also, cuteness is a survival trait in kittens.