Comments | iidoru: This and that.

iidoru

This and that.

Jul 17, 2007 09:34

The Festival has begun again! Haven't you missed my stories about the Festival? I know you have. Last year the merchants in the area decided they'd had enough and the Festival moved several blocks down the street. It was great! No crowds, no nerve-wracking baseline all day long, no idiots screaming into microphones for hours on end. But this ( Read more... )

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funkmastermo July 17 2007, 17:10:21 UTC

I'm going to be a geek for a second:

There's a character in some Star Wars books named Talon, I think he's some sort of space pirate or gangster or something, but he was like, more like Han Solo than Jabba the Hutt. So maybe they're fans of that Star Wars book, and want their kid to grow up to be a space pirate. And, judging from the movie Ice Pirates, space pirates are pretty damn cool.

Ice Pirates! iidoru July 17 2007, 19:37:07 UTC

I totally almost bought Ice Pirates the other day. And The Last Starfighter. I should have. Man, those were movies.

Re: Ice Pirates! funkmastermo July 17 2007, 19:41:08 UTC

I love The Last Starfighter, almost to an unnatural degree. Heh.

Re: Ice Pirates! iidoru July 18 2007, 00:16:15 UTC

Do you remember watching it for the first time. I do, I remember I thought it was sooo cool. Ha.

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Wow kuzibah July 17 2007, 18:42:50 UTC

Let's take these one at a time ( ... )

Re: Wow iidoru July 17 2007, 19:40:15 UTC

We complain and call the cops constantly, but there's a bit of a feud going on between the Festival and the city, something to do with extra police fees, or something. So they don't often patrol at all. After 10 pm, a security force is on site, but until then, we're kind of on our own.

Anakin is geeky, Aaron is not, I'd say. My totally personal criteria? Anakin wasn't a name before Star Wars. And I don't know that I'd have a problem with Anakin. Well, I probably would. But TALON? It's like a character from a romance novel or a bad sci-fi movie. Hee.

Re: Wow kuzibah July 17 2007, 20:18:39 UTC

Let me tell you the Anakin story:

The parents- real geeks. But the kid was born, I'd say... 1987, or thereabouts. Return of the Jedi came out in 1983, and Darth Vader's real name was only mentioned in it in passing. The family had a real Scandinavian last name, I want to say Nillsen or something like that, and they thought the names sounded good together. I guess they figured it would be an in-joke for them and just sound Scandinavian to everyone else. Then The Phantom Menace came out. Luckily, the kid seemed to have a good sense of humor about it. Of course, I only ever saw him at a Sci-Fi convention. High school may have been a nightmare.

Re: Wow iidoru July 18 2007, 00:17:36 UTC

High school is a nightmare for most people, anyway. If he had a typical Scandinavian name, he probably would have been teased anyway.

At least they didn't call him Greedo or Jabba.

wwolfe July 17 2007, 22:16:32 UTC

Be happy it was his fist that he shook at you. (I'd say "Be thankful for small favors," but that would be hitting below the belt, as it were.)

One of the big manufacturers of zippers is Talon. I'm not sure what connection, if any, that has to the kid in the story. If nothing else, though, he'll never have any excuse for leaving his fly unzipped. See - if the guy outside your window had only been named "Talon"...

This sentence made me laugh: "It's not creme brulee just because you seared the top of it with your itty-bitty welding torch." Words to live by.

My boss is on vacation this week and we've got a break from our union contract negotiations. So I'm slacking within an inch of my life. It is profoundly satisfying on a deep spiritual level.

iidoru July 17 2007, 23:01:03 UTC

My mom got flashed by an exhibitionist a few years ago, and her response was, "Tant pour si peu," which translates roughly into, "So much (fuss) for so little." I thought that was priceless and have been hoping for the opportunity to use it.

Thank you so much for the movie! I got it last night and can't wait to crack it open. I've been looking for it everywhere but none of the stores I've been to had it in stock.

Yay for the slacking! Slacking is definitely necessary. Slacking and vacation, not simultaneously, of course.

I love your mom's response. wwolfe July 19 2007, 22:59:43 UTC

It reminds me of David Niven's great ad lib at the Oscars in the mid-1970s, after a streaker ran across the stage: "Isn't it a shame that fellow's one moment of fame will be when he stripped down and revealed his shortcomings?"

I'm glad you hadn't already found the movie. I'll be interested in hearing what you think of it.

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Re: Hee-hee! iidoru July 19 2007, 21:00:30 UTC

You're right! It never even occured to me that he might pee on me! Ewwww!

You have all the luck. cazadora July 19 2007, 02:21:51 UTC

You should just put a sheet of tissue paper over the window until Festival is over, so you can't really see anything but blurs. It will be easier.

Shouldn't you be at your beach house anyhow?

Re: You have all the luck. iidoru July 19 2007, 21:02:04 UTC

I've been closing the blinds when people linger near my window today. It's raining, so it's not that depressing. Or more depressing, I should say.

I'll be at the cottage visiting my sister and my nieces at the beginning of August. The trip with friends is scheduled for the beginning of September, but a huge implementation at work was scheduled for September today, so that might not work out. Argh!