Guess There's A Little Smith In All of Us

I swear I didn't cheat. Honest to God.


You are Agent Smith, from "The Matrix."
No one would ever want to run into you in a
dark alley. Cold as steel, tough as a rock,
things are your way or the highway.


What Matrix Persona Are You?
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I think I'm gonna keep this one *BIG grins*.

Whine Whine Whine

Petty Real-Person Angst

God, it is such a grey and shitty day. Outside and in. I didn't really get to do anything.

I didn't even get to watch Pete&Pete *hmmph, pout simper pout*.

I wish I had new headphones--good ones, the "can" kind that fit completely over your ears with a long cord and adjustable jack. The pair I had for four years finally broke beyond repair (some kind of internal wiring problem--the broken band was fixable with superglue and that worked for about a month, but they finally died).

I have the money for new ones. But that's money I just got and I have no idea when I'll be getting more, and my headphones will end up being used by the entire family, like they were last time.

F*ck.

I'm also getting into a phase where I really don't want to eat.

Of course, that could be attributed to the extreme monotony of my diet: one kind of breakfast, one kind of lunch, one kind of dinner (two kinds of either lunch or dinner, if I
swap one meal for the other). It's slowly driving me insane.

At least we changed what kind of dinner we're having. I suppose that's some cause for celebration. That's the only problem with letting Tench do the cooking--he makes the exact same kind of meal. Over...and over...and over again.

I don't know what I'm going to do while he's in Europe. Go out of my skull with boredom, probably. Or write a hell of a lot of fanfic. Or some combination of the two--yeah, probably that. He's going to be gone for an entire month. Christ.

We have a new water filter, so our water doesn't taste disgusting anymore. I don't care. I still hate it. It's kind of like the food thing: I'm going through this bizarre phase where
I can't stand it.

*Gulps water, makes a face* so much for my resolve.

A note about that person I trumped recently:

They dine in restaurants frequented by the United States President (I'm not making that up).

I eat toast from Save Rite.

It's at moments like these that I sit and wish with all my power that this person's head would just spontaneously explode. POW.

Grrr...

I found a new band *dances around giddily*. A new band to sate my craving for musical weirdness:

Luscious Jackson. Weren't they like really big for a few seconds and then vanished?

All I care about is that cool trippy track in the Pete&Pete episode "Dance Fever". I think it's called "Satellite"...*Goes looking for it.*

Found it. WHEE *^_^*

Oh, and Buffy fans will be happy to note:

Little Pete's best friend Nona Mecklenberg was played by none other than a young Michelle Trachtenberg (Dawn). Cool? Cool.

I thought so, anyway.

And there's another thought: her eyes are incredibly wide-set. They're like, spaced at opposite edges of her skull. It's really kind of strange.

Much worse than Hugo's ;^p

Working on a Trinity rap. And I've got to go now since mom is basically mandating that I go and wash the dishes.

See you 'round peepz :^)

Another Fandom Survey

Short, I Swear

Taken from here, via random surfage...

Anyway...

1. What was the very first fandom you got involved in?

Legend of Zelda, when I was like six.

2. What is the most recent fandom to catch your interest?

Matrix (Utena before that)

3. Fandom you've stayed loyal to the longest?

Mortal Kombat. For literally half my life. Sad, I know.

4. Fandom(s) you're most passionate about?

Mortal Kombat, Matrix.

5. Fandom(s) you wish you could get into, but can't?

Visions of Escaflowne, Jem and the Holograms, Galaxy Rangers, and Pirates of Dark Water.

6. Fandoms you're curious about, but never had the chance to get into?

Same list. Ish. Plus Buffy--I haven't got the time to give it the devotion it deserves. Bad, bad me, I know.

7. Fandom that's been the most fun to be involved in?

Matrix. Mortal Kombat is gruelling after ten years solid. And Utena requires a certain serious, literary frame of mind to do it proper justice (which I'm rarely in).

8. Fandom that's been the least fun to be involved in?

Mortal Kombat quite often makes me want to rip my hair out screaming. What can I say? I'm a glutton for punishment. And I made a few stabs at Pirates of Dark Water. That was almost as much fun as practicing dentistry on myself.

9. Fandom you're ashamed to admit you were involved in?

Sailor Moon. Thank God I never actually WROTE any of it *shudder*.

10. Are you looking for a new fandom, or actively avoiding getting sucked into something new?

Matrix seems to have provided me with my Next Great Fandom, and I'm certainly not looking for anything else atm.

The Greatest Warrior Is...

Me, Apparently *Shrug*

Of domestic relations...

Hmm. How to phrase this? I think I'll put it in kombat-speak.

"Caught off guard, they are no match for Mileena's speed."

And I didn't even have help. W00T! GO me.

Really, though, it was just a little disappointing. I threw out one tiny submission hold, and it was over. Talk about not putting up a fight.

*Clears throat* Anyway, moving right along...and yes, I'm deliberately being vague...

Hrrm. Here's a Friday Five, a bit early:

Five Old School Movies You Shouldn't Live Without

Ziegfeld Girl ("We'll raise ducks. And kids. Little yellow fuzzy ones..." Classic.)

Meet Me In St. Louis (All bow down to Judy Garland!)

Holiday Inn (Tunes guaranteed to stick in your brain for at least three days, or your money back.)

It's a Wonderful Life (Oh, look, it's Jimmy Stewart. Again.)

Arsenic and Old Lace (Screamingly funny. Really. Also with Jimmy Stewart. Are we seeing a theme? ;^) )

Are they sappy? HELL yeah. Being a somewhat sappy person, can't really recommend any other

sort of movie, now can I?

Oh, alright, here you go. ^^;

Action Film Five

Terminator 2 (Top of list. Possibly forever. Made the biggest impression on me of any movie in my life--except for that whole Captain EO thing.)

Executive Decision (Halle Berry, before she was Somebody.)

Die Hard (Yippie-Kai-Yay. WITH Alan Rickman.)

The Matrix (Umm, duh.)

Lethal Weapon (Mel Gibson. With most of his original hair. Now THAT's impressive.)

Hardly slept. Got to bed at midnightish and it's barely 4AM.

Seeya 'round.

Violent Mood Swings

Changing Her Mind

Was browsing for Smithness. That somehow led to looking at the official site (such as it is).

Which led to looking through their group of black and white publicity photos.

Somehow, that led to snagging a bunch of them, coloring them in PSP7, and deciding on a whim to tear up all that Fathom stuff I spent a week on and go with a Matrix look instead.

It's going to be a lot simpler; text-wise I want the participant to feel as if they're reading it on an old 80's greenscreen. (Y'know, the little boxy monitors that registered everything in shades of green, and only shades of green.) And that's about it.

That's it for this entry, too.

Well, I have concocted "The Real Smith Matrix", but I'm not done editing it (parts of it still don't fit the meter, grr...) so that won't show up for a while.

I'd be closer to finishing more intensive projects, but the atomosphere of stress in my house right now is incredible.

There was one high note this morning:

MOM: I noticed something.

ME: Hmmm?

MOM: You're like Agent Smith.

ME: ?!? (*somewhere between ^_^ and ^^;* )

MOM: You think the same way.

All things considered, I'll take it as flattery.

"Me, too." >^D