Creative Bones
So last night was the series finale of ER. I have always had a special place in my heart for ER, since it premiered at the same time I was in EMT school. Back then, Thursday nights would be spent in the basement at my mom’s house with a bunch of my friends as we watched the weekly exploits of Mark Greene, Doug Ross, Susan Lewis, Peter Benton and John Carter. Sure the patients and their ailments were interesting, but it was really the doctors who were the center of the story.
To say that I watched it with a critical eye would be an understatement. Everytime you’d see the doctors rushing to the ambulance bay or walking with the ambulance crew while getting the “bullet” (the brief rundown given on the patient) I would yell, “That NEVER happens!” Because it honestly doesn’t… unless there is a Hazmat Mass Casualty Incident with decon set up outside the ER. That is a VERY rare occurrence.
Still, ER portrayed alot of the internal struggles that occur accurately. Whether it be a budget dilemna, a lawsuit from a patient’s family, or the emotional toll experienced by the daily battle with illness and death, ER was at times too accurate. Then of course once they started to focus on the characters more OUTSIDE of the ER with nothing to do with the ER, they lost me as a regular viewer. Most notable was Luka Kovac and John Carter going to Africa and Neela Rasgotra‘s absolute sluttery across the seasons. However last night, it was back to basics and the show brought itself around full circle in a number of ways. I’m not going to say what happens because I don’t want to be accused of spoilery again… but it left me more satisfied than the series finale of BSG.
So now it’s over… except for syndication on TBS or through the power of DVD. The question become what will replace it? Sure SouthLand looks to be taking the time slot, but what show will accurately portray Emergency Medicine on television? Hopefully someone will step up with a show that can get the (endotracheal)tube…
I have 3 uber-long posts in draft right now… and hopefully I’ll be able to finish one for tomorrow. Today I have named my post after the Cylon in The Lost Warrior from the original BattleStar Galactica series.
• The series finale for the most recent Battlestar Galactica series… ultimately was really kinda lame. Explaining Starbuck away as an angel was lame. Having them find Earth with similar continent layouts to our own planet was lame (mostly because it was the easy way out). The fast forward to present day part, REALLY lame. I did love the attack on The Colony, Galen killing Tory in a fit of rage during their cylon mind meld, and Baltar‘s redemption. Overall… I give it a solid Meh.
• Heroes last night finally revealed what 90% of us knew all along… that Micah was Rebel. Whoop dee fucking doo. I really wanted something a little bit better… but at least the action this season has picked up.
• I’ve decided I’m not into either Dollhouse or The Sarah Connor Chronicles this season. They just aren’t swaying me… although the new Terminator movie trailer looks insane.
• I’m totally for The History Channel’s Ax Men… that show is fucking great!!!
• I can’t wait for tonight’s Biggest Loser. That chick Kristin has become this season’s manipulative whiney Heba from last season. I want her off. I want her off and I will eat an entire bag of OREOs if they don’t vote her off!!! (okay… I’m eating the bag anyway… but you get the meaning…)
So I was told this week in the comments of a blog post that I tend to “throw around terms”. So yesterday I gave you the list of the Top 10 English Words Thrown Around More Than Rey Mysterio. I think my list was pretty comprehensive, although as Hilly has pointed out it may have been geographically influenced.
(Valleygirl) She’s like, probably like, right. Like, ya know? (/Valleygirl)
So today I decided to provide you a list of words used with skill, precision, and that in my opinion are the Top 10 English Words Thrown Like A Ninja Throwing Star:
- 10) Despondent - What better word could describe the current state of the GOP? Yet… it is held in reserve for those cataclysmic occurrences that threaten the very fiber of our being. Like taxpayer supported companies dolling out lavish bonuses.
- 9) Bane - How often have we looked at someone and referred to them as the “bane” of our existence? I know that I only reserve it for the REALLY special people… like ex-husbands.
- 8) Incredulous - This is the word that every product evangelist fears… because ultimately it is a sign of their failure.
- 7) Invariably - this word rarely gets used except for the vocabulary ninjas, and that “invariably” won’t change. Hay-yah!
- 6) Curmudgeon - this is such a great word, but unless someone dubs themselves one then rarely do we declare them to be it. What is it? It’s someone stuck with old stubborn ideas… like Rush Limbaugh.
- 5) Poppycock - now don’t be dirty! This has nothing to do with Poppy! Nor does it actually have to do with a rooster! The word actually means foolish talk and nonsense. There are whole blogs filled with ”Poppycock”!!!
- 4) Treasure - we often hear the term when talking about mystic Mayan gold or sunken ships at the bottom of the ocean… when in reality we are blessed with everyday “treasures”… like girlfriends who make Original New York Texas Cheesy toast for dinner.
- 3) Pusher - let’s be honest, this word doesn’t get used enough because we all have those people in our lives who are in fact “pushers” disguised as “dealers”. In reality they are doing nothing but “pushing” their product upon you although you are unwilling to participate. Products can include everything from illegal narcotics, to vacations, to cleaning detergent, to cookies being forced down your proverbial gullet. Those Girl Scouts… those bitches are a rough bunch.
- 2) Sheeple - this adjective-noun denotes a collective of people that believe blindly what they are told from a source with no individual inquiry or original thought.
- 1) Sycophant - defined as “a servile self-seeker who attempts to win favor by flattering influential people”, the word of course gets thrown around in Blog Wars, partially because of it’s obscurity and the need for a dictionary look up but also because not everyone wears boots. So calling someone a “bootlicker” may imply they have a foot fetish instead of being a “sheeple” of the vocalist kind.
So what words do you think get thrown like a ninja throwing star?
categories: Creative Bones The Written Words
So I was told this week in the comments of a blog post that I tend to “throw around terms”. Now I will freely admit that I do use some words more frequently than others. They have over time integrated themselves into my vocabulary both vocally and in my writing through increasing frequency, and they tend to lose their definitive quality with each use.
The terms that I supposedly “throw around” so recklessly were: Amway Pusher.
So now honestly ask yourself how many times you have read that term in my writing. I can think of 3 times over the past 4 years that I have used it, and not all of them were in blogging. I think that can hardly be qualified as being terms I “throw around”.
However I decided to provide you a list of words that in my opinion are the Top 10 English Words Thrown Around More Than Rey Mysterio:
- 10) Fresh - We’re not even living during the height of popularity for Fresh Prince Of Bel Air, but still this word is being used left and right. Fresh design, fresh content, fresh faces, blah blah blah. Fresh is finally stale.
- 9) Organic - People talk about “organic” in everything from food to search engine results. The thing is… EVERYTHING is “organic”. Even the things that are synthesized are based on “organic” matter.
- 8) Gay - This is a word that started out as meaning “happy” in the 12th Century, evolved into a description of bright and flamboyant objects by the 17th Century, and eventually became the “proper” label for homosexuality in the 20th Century. That’s over 800 years of this word being adopted, altered, and thrown around like one of those super bouncy balls you got for a quarter at the supermarket.
- 7) Nice - Hell, I throw this word around WAY more than Rey Mysterio. I use it positively (Yeah, that’s pretty nice.), negatively (Oh he stabbed you? Nice.), and sarcastically (So you’re suing me because you ran me over with the beer cart? That’s nice.)
- 6) Bad - This word has been thrown around hard and put away wet more times than “gay”. Everything from sleek cars to leather clothing to rock stars at one time or another has been considered “bad”. Michael Jackson even admitted to being “bad”, but no one realized he literally meant “bad” as in equating to evil!
- 5) Twat - This used to be a cutting word. It was kinda cute when people started by referring to Twitter messages as “twats” instead of “tweets”. Then time carried on and it moved quick from cute and funny to ugly and annoying. Now that word has totally lost its edge and been thrown around more than Rey Mysterio. Those who continue to use it are at least putting the Twit in Twitter.
- 4) Nigga - You don’t think this word gets thrown around? Well you must be a country bumpkin because allow me to assure you that it is as overused as it gets. This word gets used by black people, white people, brown people, yellow people, and even those damn Purple People Eaters. Sure there is this theory that replacing the “er” with the “a” changes the meaning of the word and makes it more of a loving word. Yet I see the use of “brotha” (instead of “brother”) and “sista” (instead of “sister”) as terms of endearment and not changing in their meaning from the root word… so why should “nigga” suddenly transform itself from bad to good? Well it has by getting thrown around more than Rey Mysterio.
- 3) Cool - I blame James Dean and Charles Schulz for this one. Back during the time that James Dean was up and coming apparently he did not have a core body temperature of 98.6. Add in the leather jacket, the sunglasses, and the stogie then you suddenly became “cool”. It could have all ended up on Dead Man’s Curve… but instead Schulz transformed his beloved Snoopy as a cartoon memorial to Dean and rebranded him as Joe Cool. Needless to say, “cool” has been through the wash, the dry cleaners, the dog house, and a couple brothels while getting thrown around more than Rey Mysterio.
- 2) Awesome - What was once a word to describe a once in a life time event has in 4 little decades become a word to describe finding a quarter in the couch cushions. I blame California for the use and abuse of this word. Like, totally.
- 1) Hot - I blame Paris Hilton for this. One night I was at MSG a few years ago in the elevator with a pack of VIPs, and the operator said, “Hey Dawg check out my new Nokia phone. Ain’t it cool?” I looked and told him, “Nah bra, that’s hot!” Then we got to the floor, I got out, and behind me I heard someone say, “Hey it’s Paris Hilton, she’s so cool!” and then I heard her say, “No darling… I’m hot!” That bitch took my word and threw it around more than Rey Mysterio.
So what words do you think get thrown around more than Rey Mysterio?
categories: Creative Bones The Written Words
If you’ve been looking at my photoblog you may have noticed a change in the photos. Then again, maybe you haven’t…
What is the change you ask? All of the pictures above were taken with my new Canon Digital Rebel XSi 12.2 MP Digital SLR Camera with EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Lens
So over the course of about three weeks, I’ve already taken over 600 photos. Now quite a few of them were experiments as I get the feel for the camera… but as you can see quite a few of them came out pretty good. I’m still using the kit’s 18-55mm lens… but hopefully I’ll be able to get a few more lenses like a nice 300mm zoom and a 50mm with a nice low f-stop. I should also put a macro lens on my list… but the truth is I’m not that into abstract or macro photography. Finn and Britt have great eyes for that kind of stuff… I’m just a dabbler at best.
So yeah, I got a new camera. Want to help me put it to good use? Vote for my Dream Assignment!!!
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