I don't have anything thrilling to say. The weather here has been scuzzy: hot, humid, or flat-out raining shitbuckets. My plants have suffered major casualties due to the abundance of moisture in the air and soil, and the complete lack of sunlight. It's been better today, but supposedly not for long. It took me 5 trains to get to work this morning due to L train "technical difficulties", and then to my subsequent dumbass-ness. If I take a train that's not on my regular route, I am almost guaranteed to get lost. Certrain trains stop at certain stations, or discontinue service after a certain point, leaving me at a station that connects to nothing useful. I kept calling my boss from payphones along the way, which placates him nicely. Also, the battery in my laptop is finally kaput. I have to buy one off of EBay, but I can't afford one for a few weeks. My husband lets me use his computer, but he's home so often, using Logic, and now he's teaching himself Final Cut Pro. I don't have a chance in hell of getting online that much for a while. Great, now I have to use my brain. 
SEE? I said I had nothing thrilling (or even mildly interesting) to say! Sucker; you made it this far.
But I can leave all you rockers out there with this (watch me fuck up the pic)....
From the Irish Independent:
Pope Benedict Bans Rock 'n' Roll
The Pope has called for an end to electric guitars and modern music being played in Church and demanded a return to traditional choirs and Gregorian chants. The Catholic Church has been experimenting with new ways of holding Mass to try to attract more people as attendences continue to fall. The recital of Mass set to guitars has grown in popularity in Italy. In Spain, Mass has been set to flamenco music and in the United States, the Electric Prunes produced a "psychedelic" album called Mass in F Minor.
And this was in The Independent this morning:
Troubled Scientology Church in Ireland Is Now 1million in Red
INTEREST-FREE loans from abroad are propping up the troubled Irish branch of the controversial Church of Scientology.
Financial documents seen by the Irish Independent reveal that the church is more than 1m in the red after running up huge legal bills in an epic eight-year battle brought by a disgruntled former member.
As a result, members of the mega-rich Church of Scientology in the United States have had to cough up almost 400,000 just to keep the Dublin arm afloat.
The celebrity endorsed group landed itself in a financial hole after a case was taken against it by a former owner of a sports equipment shop, Mary Johnston.
In the high-profile case, Ms Johnston alleged conspiracy, misrepresentation and breach of constitutional rights, as well as deliberate infliction of emotional harm, against the church and three of its members. The case was eventually settled out of court in 2002.
The Scientology spokesman in Dublin, architect Gerard Ryan, said yesterday: "Obviously, if you get into a legal thing that lasts eight years, the legal bills are going to be simply staggering. There is no pressure on us to pay the money back. It has been donated by various Scientologists across the world. In the States, we are very large and some of the more affluent people have been able to help us out."
Mr Ryan admitted that the growth of Scientology here had been "very, very small". Eighteen years after the Dublin office opened, it had managed to attract only a few hundred members. "We have a different point of view of things. We have teachings on past lives. From my point of view, I will be coming back next time," he said. "If someone isn't a Scientologist this time around, they may be next time."
Mr Ryan admitted, however, that the Church's 1m deficit was making it "difficult" to achieve things in its current lifetime. The Church has also failed to achieve charitable status in Ireland, which would give it tax-free status.
The head of Scientology in Ireland is Kerryman Gerard Collins. Other prominent cientologists here include members of Mr Ryan's family as well as a Swede, Anna-Lena Blance, who edits the church's infrequent magazine, called Freedom. Outside Ireland, Scientology - which was set up by the deceased US author L Ron Hubbard - has celebrity devotees including Tom Cruise.
"It is a double-edged sword having celebrity members," Mr Ryan said. "One the one hand, it i promotes the fact that we exist, but on the other, it means we can be associated with airy-fairy land."
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SEE? I said I had nothing thrilling (or even mildly interesting) to say! Sucker; you made it this far.
But I can leave all you rockers out there with this (watch me fuck up the pic).... From the Irish Independent:
Pope Benedict Bans Rock 'n' Roll
The Pope has called for an end to electric guitars and modern music being played in Church and demanded a return to traditional choirs and Gregorian chants. The Catholic Church has been experimenting with new ways of holding Mass to try to attract more people as attendences continue to fall. The recital of Mass set to guitars has grown in popularity in Italy. In Spain, Mass has been set to flamenco music and in the United States, the Electric Prunes produced a "psychedelic" album called Mass in F Minor.
And this was in The Independent this morning:
Troubled Scientology Church in Ireland Is Now 1million in Red
INTEREST-FREE loans from abroad are propping up the troubled Irish branch of the controversial Church of Scientology.
Financial documents seen by the Irish Independent reveal that the church is more than 1m in the red after running up huge legal bills in an epic eight-year battle brought by a disgruntled former member.
As a result, members of the mega-rich Church of Scientology in the United States have had to cough up almost 400,000 just to keep the Dublin arm afloat.
The celebrity endorsed group landed itself in a financial hole after a case was taken against it by a former owner of a sports equipment shop, Mary Johnston.
In the high-profile case, Ms Johnston alleged conspiracy, misrepresentation and breach of constitutional rights, as well as deliberate infliction of emotional harm, against the church and three of its members. The case was eventually settled out of court in 2002.
The Scientology spokesman in Dublin, architect Gerard Ryan, said yesterday: "Obviously, if you get into a legal thing that lasts eight years, the legal bills are going to be simply staggering. There is no pressure on us to pay the money back. It has been donated by various Scientologists across the world. In the States, we are very large and some of the more affluent people have been able to help us out."
Mr Ryan admitted that the growth of Scientology here had been "very, very small". Eighteen years after the Dublin office opened, it had managed to attract only a few hundred members. "We have a different point of view of things. We have teachings on past lives. From my point of view, I will be coming back next time," he said. "If someone isn't a Scientologist this time around, they may be next time."
Mr Ryan admitted, however, that the Church's 1m deficit was making it "difficult" to achieve things in its current lifetime. The Church has also failed to achieve charitable status in Ireland, which would give it tax-free status.
The head of Scientology in Ireland is Kerryman Gerard Collins. Other prominent cientologists here include members of Mr Ryan's family as well as a Swede, Anna-Lena Blance, who edits the church's infrequent magazine, called Freedom. Outside Ireland, Scientology - which was set up by the deceased US author L Ron Hubbard - has celebrity devotees including Tom Cruise.
"It is a double-edged sword having celebrity members," Mr Ryan said. "One the one hand, it i promotes the fact that we exist, but on the other, it means we can be associated with airy-fairy land."
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its silly and campy but right on target...
and its funny as all hell.
I'm not picky about films which is why i would be a horrible film critic!
if it even mildy entertains me, i just can't bad mouth it
Back in a few days. Don't miss me too much now.