“I started climbing upward taking one step at a time
The higher I got the harder I climbed
I’m still climbing upward and my journey’s almost ended
I’m nearing the top and you ought to see the view
Oh the water flows freely, there’s enough to make you free
So friend if you’re thirsty climb this mountain with me”
- “Great High Mountain”
Last week, I was hit with something more difficult than I could ever imagine.
This has been an incredibly hard couple of years. My life has never been ‘peachy keen’, and I’ve accepted that, I mean I’m a survivor if nothing else, but sometimes I seriously think that something has got to give. First I moved away from my Grandma and Uncle (we all lived together) to live with my mom, then we moved back due to my mom’s personal issues and “relapsing” I guess… there were other incidents as well. Then last year, My uncle and very best friend came out, “fell in love with his soulmate” (who ultimately broke his heart) and aside from his random dude drama (and suicide worry over his first love breakup, which nothing happened thankfully but he was so depressed you couldn’t help but worry) and ultimately he found someone else (who I hope loves him as much as he does him) and then moved 4 hours away so I never got to see him. There was also my house fire, which left us homeless, with basically nothing and a new set of worry. After thanks to some truly *amazing* people who helped, we were able to settle into a new home and go about our lives again. In June I started my first job, and was consequently fired late last month due to yet another “relapse” from my mother. This was all bad enough, granted it was never as bad as it could be… well that was until I lost perhaps the most important member of our family, the glue which held us together.
On Sunday morning, my grandmother passed away due to a massive heart attack. She was a stubborn woman, sure, but she was an amazingly strong lady, who would have done anything for you if she could. She was an incredibly funny, sassy, loud (definitely loud!), and most definitely a stubborn country person (A self proclaimed “red neck woman”). She absolutely loved her dogs and family.
And a heads up - I won’t be online this coming month. I will be traveling around Finland to see friends and then going on a mini-trip to Paris before I return to university at the end of this month. The summer’s gone by so fast, it’s insane.
PS. 90210 tomorrow - I’m so watching! Brenda 4-ever!
“If only life were a Judd Apatow movie where geeks ruled the world. But it’s not, so let’s just suck it up.” - Weeds
I must say, while I find it a bit ironic but totally thrilled how geeks are slowly taking over the entertainment world. When did it become cool to be a loser? Well sometime post 1999. I guess nerds have kinda had their following sure, but does anyone notice how us ‘losers’ are definitely having the last laugh. Take my baby Comic-Con for instance, this had perhaps the biggest turn out yet - not to mention take a look at the mass amounts of comic-to-screen adaptations over the last 5 years alone. But I friends have been their since the beginning and I’m proud to be a geek. Say it with me brother, are you proud to be a geek? I sure am. I also am happy my fellow losers are getting their share of the spotlight too. Take the amazing “Judd Apatow crew” for instance. Freaks & Geeks made it’s debut in 1999 and while it didn’t score in the ratings it did create a cult fanbase (Yups, I was there!) and still remains one of my top 10 favorite shows. Now look at them, The 40 Year Old Virgin, Knocked Up, Superbad made so much money it’s not even funny. And heck, Google and Youtube were all created by guys seemingly sitting at home in their mama’s basements and now look at them too.
A few entries back I said that I really cannot imagine what they could do with the next Batman film to top The Dark Knight. Well, I think I might change my mind if they brought in the characters of Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy, in the forms of ladies like Amber Heard and Amy Adams, respectively. And, of course, threw in some homosexual overtones. Man, would that fucken rule or what!
The relationship has a homo-erotic quality. Many have theorized, based on the strong lesbian overtones in the Harley and Ivy stories, that the characters are, in fact, bisexual. While she frequently refers to the Joker as “Puddin’” and “Mr. J”, she refers to Poison Ivy as “Red” (a reference to her red hair). (Source)
ChickHabit.org is a joint blog colaboration between two ladies, Baby Firefly & Amy Blue (aka M & R). Pop culture is our drug of choice. We started this site on May 25, 2008 to write about films, music, telly and stars, the good and the bad. We host this blog ourselves. For more information see their respective areas of the site.
Awaiting
Dexter Season 3 (Fall 2008) Twilight (November 21, 2008) The Spirit (December 25, 2008) Big Love Season 2 (Winter 2008/09) Confessions of a Shopaholic (Feb 13, 2009) The Wolfman (April 3, 2009) Jennifer's Body (2009) Red Sonja (2009)
... Baby Firefly's Terminator: Salvation (May 22, 2009) Friday the 13th (February 13, 2009) Watchmen (March 6, 2009) X-Men Origins: Wolverine (May 1, 2009) Drag Me to Hell (May 29, 2009) Transformers 2 (June 26, 2009) Harry Potter (July 17, 2009) G.I. Joe (August 7, 2009) Final Destination 4 (August 21, 2009) Tyrannosaurus Rex (Aug 28, 2009)
