~I demand a rematch~

[lumy12]

I was going to post about my evening but now I'm just not in the mood. I'm tired and cranky and annoyed that PEOPLE ARE ASSHATS (no, not you guys... unless you are and I'm unaware!).

I'm going to bed so I can get up with the sun and attack my ugly yard, which desperately needs my attention at this point.

But here's a thefridayfive, I haven't done one in a while...

1. If you had to participate in one Olympic event, what would it be and why?
Ha! Me + physical things do not mix. I guess... ice-skating. I've never done it (I'm a HORRIBLE rollerblader, though) and I would probably get famous as the girl who embarrassed herself on international TV!

2. what is the one song you always sing along to?
There is no one song. I don't sing at work no matter what comes on my iPod! In the car I sing to lotsa things.

3. Do you wear a seatbelt in the car?
...not usually. Only when I'm with someone. I NEED YOU GUYS TO YELL AT ME. Because it's a completely dumb reason and I know I should wear it but I just don't.

4. Car, suv or truck and why?
Car - even before the gas prices spiraled out of control! The smaller the better. Some people feel safer in big cars but not me; there's more to hit!

5. Are you a good/bad driver? Explain
I'm neither - I'm somewhere in the middle. I make my share of mistakes. But I don't blatantly break laws and I don't speed as much as I did in my youth.

Comments

[matchgirl42.livejournal.com]

*Yells and flails*

WEAR YOUR SEATBELT!!!!! SRSLY!!!!

And what did the asshats do this time?

[lumy12.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

They did juvenile things that made me feel the need to friends-lock my picture posts cuz of their asshattery. Grrr. I've never had a problem before but from now on I'll lock everything with pictures. Sheesh.

[matchgirl42.livejournal.com]

Ah. Trolls, or people you actually know, they're still asshats. Jeesh.

[archerstar.livejournal.com]

GOOD CHRIST WOMAN!!! WEAR YOUR DAMN SEATBELT.

[lumy12.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

It's really dumb of me not to.

[archerstar.livejournal.com]

Yes. Yes, it is.

In other news, I'm right there with you about not feeling safer in a big vehicle. I always feel like I have more of a chance of killing someone with my mom's SUV thing, than I do in my itty-bitty Neon.

[lumy12.livejournal.com]

Last I heard, though, it's not an offense they can pull you over for. It's a secondary thing. So if I'm speeding AND not wearing my seatbelt, THEN I can get a ticket, otherwise no go. I was going to look it up to see if it had changed but of course that's stupid cuz I should just wear the damn thing.

[azurien.livejournal.com]

OMG NO WAY. yeah all the states i have lived in have a HUGE penalty for not wearing one. that is really horrible!! i have never rode in a car without a seatbelt. you really should, didnt they make you watch those horrifying videos in drivers ed with teh people getting beheaded by the windshield and all?? DO IT FOR THE CATS!!

[lumy12.livejournal.com]

I noticed California's "Click it or ticket" signs. Like I said I always wear it with other people! So THEY don't get tickets cuz of me plus to avoid the drama of "zomg why don't u wear it?"

I'm assuming that was you that posted the vids below? Yeah, I vaguely recall watching things like that back in the day... that one with the people flying out of the car looks fake!

[azurien.livejournal.com]

lol who knows who posted it. i never even thought of it plus my car wont drive if you dont have it on. even the saturn like automatically went zipping on choking you the second you got in. we were forced to watch horrifying videos and read little books like "Tell right away if someone touches your bathing suit area!" & "if you call 911 as a joke you will be beaten by cops!" constantly when i was a kid, then i come to find out maybe not everyone had that!

[lumy12.livejournal.com]

I'd HAVE to wear it in your car, I couldn't stand the dinging!

lol "bathing suit area" - I don't remember watching things like that, but then, I've forgotten a lot of my childhood. O.o I have a horrible memory. It annoys Brian to no end! (tho I think he enjoys making fun of me, rly)

Okay it's 10am and I'm caught up and I need to go CLEAN STUFF. I feel lazy even though I got up at 5ish and did spend good quality time in the yard... *mentally puts "hire landscaper" on long-term to-do list*

[(Anonymous)]

you should watch Vanilla Sky!! gosh the horror.

[lumy12.livejournal.com]

Yes! But... alas, there will be no swimming for me. (ewwwwww)

[lumy12.livejournal.com]

*snerk* I bet!

I'm gonna come over after the ballgame. Unless it's an epic 16-inning game or something. (it starts in 45 minutes, and most games last 2 1/2 - 3 hours) I'll hang out with you for a few hours :) but I do have to get up at 4am so you can't be mad at me for not wanting to stay all night! Hee

[lumy12.livejournal.com]

And NO THROWING THE WENDY IN THE POOL!!!!
That's probably up there as #2 biggest fear and I would never ever forgive you if you allowed it to happen!!!

Okay, good night ♥

[lumy12.livejournal.com]

No, I'm SERIOUS! Ask my brother!!!!

But hey at least the Jedi mind tricks don't work on you. :P

[emavalexis.livejournal.com]

Heh. Yeah, you really should wear your seatbelt, but obviously you already know that. My Dad is neglectful about it, too, but here in Canada the cops CAN pull you over for not wearing it, and it's a huge fine.

As for the 'asshats', don't let them get you down. WE love you! :)

[lumy12.livejournal.com]

Thank you, sweetie! ♥

[(Anonymous)]

I couldn't post in Kate's, so I'll put it here:

They prob'ly feel that they are Keanu's future wife so they were all "oh no she di'nt!" See, this is why it's silly to even have a livejournal cuz of the crazy ljers out there - hence, the solution is, only use myspace, cuz there are never any problems there! Well, it was worth a shot.

-Brian

[lumy12.livejournal.com]

Dude, there are asshats all over the interwebz!

[(Anonymous)]

yeah i know i have stayed on mainly for wendy. on myspace you can make your whole page private, and theres no way for someone to search through blogs by keywords or whatever these people are doing.

[(Anonymous)]

but the weirdest part is.. they arent even ljers. i find that so disturbing. i always thought, yeah if someone wants to click on a friend of a friend and read my page, whatever. well apparently not.

because you asked for it

[(Anonymous)]

Re: because you asked for it

[lumy12.livejournal.com]

Thank you, whoever posted this.

[darkp-hawk.livejournal.com]

*goes into teacher mode*

Young lady! We must always wear our seatbelts in the car. In some states, it is a fine of $65 per incident and not a secondary offense. Do we need to have you sit in detention and write a 3 page paper on "why we always wear seatbelts in the car"?

*shakes an index finger of authoritative reprimand*

[lumy12.livejournal.com]

You're right, of course. I'm getting there! The first step toward recovery is admitting you have a problem, right? :)

[darkp-hawk.livejournal.com]

That is the first step. The next step is to correct the problem. I have the detention slip right here if you need added influence.

*holds out a pink slip*

[lumy12.livejournal.com]

Yes, Mr. P_Hawk!
*gives Teacher an apple*

[darkp-hawk.livejournal.com]

What kind of apple is this? Remember, MI is apple and cherry country.

[lumy12.livejournal.com]

(sorry, I forgot I hadn't replied to this!)
It's a... um... McIntosh!

[darkp-hawk.livejournal.com]

*eyes the fruit suspiciously*

Wear a seatbelt!

[lumy12.livejournal.com]

I mean... it's a Granny Smith!

[darkp-hawk.livejournal.com]

*cuts off a piece and throws it at Neesha*

[laariii.livejournal.com]

It pisses me off that people who live in the city have SUVs or 4wheel drives & only use them to pick up the kids or go to the shops.
One time when i was driving my Volvo this guy in a 4 wheel drive was trying to bully me into letting him overtake( i'd already let someone go in front & the road was narrowing so i didn't have much room) i looked at him & thought,
" Hey you might be in a 4 wheel drive but I'm in a VOLVO theres no way your getting past me!"

[lumy12.livejournal.com]

But the big guy always wins! Heh, annoying. The last accident I was in (just a fender bender on the freeway) would have been avoided if I'd been able to see over the big truck in front of me. Still, I prefer driving small cars!

[(Anonymous)]

Even though it sounds familiar (the "I demand a rematch"), it's not coming to mind, maybe cuz it's FOUR FREAKING WORDS you stupid Stad, and I'm not gonna cheat, so I'll get it whenever I hear it next.

So your punishment will be a counter challenge, and I'll even give you FIVE words, so see, yours will be easier. So popquiz, hotshot - wait, sidebar popquiz first about that phrase "popquiz, hotshot" - which Keanu movie is that from? If you don't get that right, Kate will have to unfriend you!

Anyway, the R.E.M. challenge is:

"What noisy cats are we"

See, that's an EASY one for a crazy catlady to remember! Except you prob'ly don't have it on your Ipod, haha, neener neener neener.

So here's a final hint: it's one of my favorite R.E.M. songs. That will really narrow the options down from the billion songs they've done to the million that are my faves, haha.

-Stad

[lumy12.livejournal.com]

Kate wouldn't defriend me over that! But jeez how am I supposed to remember some Keanu movie I've probably never seen, or fell asleep during?? And how am I supposed to know the R.E.M. song if it's not on my iPod, which means I don't have the CD, so I've probably never heard the damn song in the first place???? EVILE, you are!

Unlike you, Mr. Aries, I am not above cheating (only sometimes!). But since there's really no point in cheating for this I'll wait until I can snag YOUR CDs to load and THEN I'll just hear it naturally some day.

I can give you more words if you want - I googled it and now I see why I didn't remember the other words. Heh.

Oh, and next time Aaron decides to grace YOUR blog with a comment, tell him to get his ass on LJ once in a while. Cuz I said so. I would tell him myself but gee, you can't do ANYthing on myspace without an account! We're supposed to do dinner this week so maybe I'll yell at him then and maybe make him feel guilty enough to buy me dinner. Except that's mean because he's poor.

I'm so tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiired. I don't know how you function on little-to-no sleep.

No hot girl icon for you! But only you will understand the glory of this particular new icon I got :)

[(Anonymous)]

It looks like a Droideka, eh? Cuz we're doing battle with these challenges, I guess?

Yeah, "some Keanu movie you've never seen," yeah right. It was from back in the early 90s, so it was prob'ly your theater days, or just before it, I dunno, but EVERYONE saw this movie back then. Dennis Hopper said the line. It also stars Sandra Bullock. Derrr, now you should know it.

If you wanna give another line or few words of the R.E.M., that's cool, otherwise I'll get it eventually when I hear it next.

-Stad

[lumy12.livejournal.com]

I suppose that's one way to look at it. I just thought it looked cool!

I was going to guess Bill & Ted but that was 80s sooooo... okay, um... would it be Speed?

I'll give you a BUNCH of lines.

I've a rich understanding of my finest defenses
I proclaim that claims are left unstated,
I demand a rematch
I decree a stalemate
I divine my deeper motives
I recognize the weapons
I've practiced them well. I fitted them myself

[(Anonymous)]

Yes of course it's Speed.

And now the song's easy with all that - World Leader Pretend.

-Stad

[lumy12.livejournal.com]

Good job! I don't think any of those lyrics scream WLP at me. Only the rematch one stood out and screamed "use me."

The one I'm going to use tomorrow is the "sun spot flares" one - have to look up the exact quote... I KNOW you know that one because... DUH.

So since I obviously fail at remembering this when I TALK to you... you should list some old movies you want me to get. They don't have White Men Can't Jump. But list some others - have to get Jumper this week!

And gee, wowie, look how much you're online now! Imagine that! I wonder WHYYYY! (ha ha, welcome to my hell)

[(Anonymous)]

I'm not online much more than usual, though - remember I make my Big O & Dukes CDs all the time and tend to my sportsnerd needs almost daily, but you're just seeing more responses from me lately from the vacation talk and the continuing R.E.M.-ness.

Yeah of course I know your next song, another of my million faves, so I won't say it. "The sunspot flares of the early 90s" - that's as far as I can get with exact wordage offhand, so look it up if you want more than that.

Old movies - I dunno, I thought there were a couple I wanted, but White Men Can't Jump is the main one (I still refer to it often when playing ball with Brandon, so he needs to see it!). You still need to see Demolition Man just so you can see Sly Stallone with the "at least I didn't have to use the three seashells" haha, but I dunno if that's enough for you to BUY it.

-Stad

[lumy12.livejournal.com]

Not like anyone else will guess it either. Unless drowning_jedi surprises me again. Or someone cheats and googles it! Thanks, I won't look up any more lyrics, that one's good. ETA: I lied, I just looked up the full line - "The sun spot flares of the early 90s light up your wings."

You're not usually on both in the afternoon and after work, though. Or so it seems. But yay for you commenting more!

I'm not going to give Aaron a hard time about his MySpace love, it's cool he uses it for his harem and all. And I suppose YOU need to be able to write stuff that my prying eyes don't see too? You're gonna be tempted to blog more now, aren't you. *snicker*

I should buy Demo man if it's cheap, just for all that TP stuff. Will look. And I'll keep looking for White Men cuz sometimes they do add older movies to their library.