My shower drain was clogged something awful. I don't have time today (I'm supposed to be working) to go out and get drain cleaner, and besides, that stuff smells horrible.
So I looked on the internet for a natural alternative, and found that
1/2 cup of baking soda
1/2 cup of vinegar
followed by 1 cup of boiling water after 15 minutes
should do the trick. So I tried it, since I'm pretty sure that what is clogging it is all the soap :D (I like lather, ok? leave me alone)
So I took a box of baking soda to the bathroom, and shook it over the tub drain while humming a song. I'm not going to waste time measuring and dirtying something for my TUB.
Next, I poured in some vinegar. That was easier since I'm almost out of vinegar so I didn't want to finish it. Shorter humming.
FWOOOSH! Volcano effect!
Then I went and did the pots from ... you know, last week. When that was almost done, I started boiling some water and when the kettle started whistling, I took it over to the bathroom and poured it down.
There was a little burping noise, and the clog either moved farther down or dissolved entirely. I'm not really sure. All I know is the tub didn't fill up immediately, so maybe now I can take a shower without soaking up to my ankles in nasty water.
*Not nature, tho. Nature sucks. Nature is the source of bugs.
I was unable to find a willing victim to go with me to the movies yesterday, so I didn't go to see Frontier(s) - that Horror Movie that I mentioned the other day. Side note: I am in fact, single. So if you like horror movies and don't mind mezzosoprano shrieking in your ears, I'm available! Please note, I cannot actually crack crystal with my voice. But I come close.
I just can't get over the scene in the trailer where they look like they are hobbling or cutting off someone's feet at the ankles. That freaked me out when I read it in Misery by Stephen King, and ever since I just really really don't like that image. *shudder*
Lionsgate was basically made on taking risks with films, and this one is a big one. Unrated, super gory, escape from evil, filled with horror. Is it going to be over the top? Will it become the next thing that people blame for everyday human atrocities? Or will it open the floodgates of supergore in theatres?
I guess I will have to wait for the DVD to see it for myself. As it turns out, the limited release is not coming to the Chicago area (I thought it was) which is too bad. If I were still in New York, I would have gone to the IFC to see it and grabbed some Columbia professor as my willing victim to see it with me. (You know who you are.) If I were in Boston, it would be that nice boy with the vampire pale skin - and he'd be a mass of bruises at the end, because I grab hard and he's frail. Not my fault.
Anyway, again, go check it out for yourself - Frontier(s) .
So... SocialSpark.com wants to know who I want to see sponsoring my blog. Well, I'm weird. I probably really do hate the bands you like. And you've probably never heard of the bands I like. Or the games I play. If you're a knitter or crocheter, you probably do know about the yarns I like though. So that's something.
I'll start with that. Yarn. Any major yarn manufacturer. Textiles. Fabrics. Pattern companies and magazines. Not crappy fashion mags, I mean magazines like Vogue Patterns or Burda Moden/World of Fashion. Sewing Today. Vogue Knitting! Threads!
I'm also into cooking and would love to have an excuse to write about flour, or why real cane sugar is better than beet sugar. Ok, I'm being weird again. Domino Sugar, Fleishmann's Yeast, King Arthur Flour. Spices! Cape Herb and Spice Company! Organic food in general. Kikkoman!
I also like books. Anything having to do with book shopping would be cool.
As far as general consumer goods, I'm a Pepsi and/or R.C. Cola drinker (again, bring back Vanilla Pepsi and I shall never stray again. Except for Black Cherry Vanilla Coke). I also like Jones. I also have a thing for really good bottled water, like Ty Nant or 1 Litre or heavens willing, 10 Thousand B.C. which I have not had enough of and probably never will....
Speaking of, Dean & Deluca. Oh, and while I'm name dropping, Coach. I love Coach bags. And Zuca bags. And Tom Bihn bags.
I guess that's enough for now.... Let me know if you need more!
I like horror films, usually. I appreciate thematically appropriate violence and in a certain type of film, gore for it's own sake. Blood doesn't scare me. Usually.
That said, I'm not sure if I'm going to see Frontier(s) - a new level in Horror movie - alone. Oh sure, the plot seems simple and mindless enough. A group of thieves on the run with their loot accidentally put up at a motel run by neo-Nazi cannibals and fall into their clutches. Whoah, that sounded a lot stranger when you say it all in one sentence! I'm worried because I'm not sure if the 'good guys' (i.e., not the neo-Nazis) get away in the end. Since the trailer features someone getting either hobbled or just having their feet lopped off at the ankles, I'm worried that the bad guys (i.e., the neo-Nazis) win and I won't enjoy that at all.
The movie opens this weekend, May 9. It may be my Friday movie excursion since it might be bearable if I walk out to sunlight. Definitely would not go if I had to leave in the dark. Alone. *shudder* Frontier(s) is also being released on DVD shortly after the theatrical release, on May 13 so if you're brave enough to take such a thing into your home you can just buy it. Maybe watch it in smaller, less violent chunks.
I'm sure you've already read this somewhere, but this version of Frontier(s) is unrated. It was originally an NC-17 movie, but they chose to go with the unrated version for a limited theater release and DVD. It's sort of a reaction to the Hostel/SAW phenomenon. Apparently, we aren't sated yet with blood and gore in our films. The plot of Frontier(s) touches on the race riots in France, and as we mentioned, the neo-Nazis. The graphic gore and violence are rare in a theatrical release. Most unrated movies don't make it to the theatres at all, but this one did.
If you want to see the unrated Frontier(s) trailer yourself, go to Frontier(s) and navigate into the site to find the unrated trailer. Let me warn you by saying that the site is appropriately named. I covered my eyes a lot the first time.
I wrote a sponsored post on that new French horror flick with all the gore, and I was honest and it got rejected! HAHAHAHAHAHA!
They didn't say why though... I followed all their requirements, and made my own honest commentary on my misgivings about the film. They rejected it without telling me why. It didn't say in the opportunity listing that I had to be positive. Let alone that I wasn't supposed to make snide comments about the French getting their asses kicked by Germans again. I don't know for sure why they rejected my post, but I'm taking it down until they do. No free publicity for you, monsieur.
Righto, so in addition to SocialSpark, I'm also joining PayPerPost - basically, blog ads. I write nonsense, and eyeballs see it, and I get imaginary PayPal dollars that I can use to buy more yarn. See previous posts for why this is so important.
So, getting paid for babbling is good. Even though no one reads my blog (OR DO YOU??) they pay me anyway. It's good writing practice, and I really need that. More than the money really, since I'm not famous like some other Posties who have amassed thousands for their blogs. My pay is much more modest (yes, yes, I'm jealous.) What I hope to get out of this is writing practice and discipline. Then maybe I'll write a novel someday and get thousands the old fashioned way. And thanks to the gigantic icon at the bottom of each post, no one should be confused about what is paid for babble and what is straight off the cuff (probably skirt, to be honest) babble. But rest assured, I'm far too lazy and arrogant to take a job and puff something I despise (can you hear me, Microsoft? VISTA SUCKS.) just for the money. Not even a lot of money. I'd think about it, but I wouldn't be able to muster up the energy to write something interesting about something I don't like. And why should I? There are plenty of other, lower bleoples (blog peoples) who'll do it and they'll probably fill the opportunity as soon as it arises. I'll save myself for the good stuff.
No red yarn for me >< (no more, anyway). That shiny economic stimulus check is gone, intercepted by unpaid student loans.
I'm kinda bummed.
First, Seriousness. If I were president, I would implement some real economic relief, starting from the ground up. A real and reliable health care system, for one thing. Then some tax reform based on reality and not American households and business structures that existed in the 1940's. Basically, I'd start taking care of things at home instead of worrying so much about what's going on in some region that gives us no economic or political advantage. Security? Does that even matter anymore? Our current security state is the equivalent of having locked all the doors and windows while we're suffocating slowly at home. Also, all the curtains are open and the doors are made of glass. Clean up at home first. Take care of the log in your own eye before dealing with the mote in anyone else's.
Second, Humor. If I were president, I would force the entire RIAA, the FCC and the authors of the DMCA and any legislator who supports any of the above alphabet soup groups to watch nothing but commercial television and listen to nothing but commercial radio until they realize how much it SUCKS. Then force them to strip those ridiculous laws and write ones that would permit a return of our country to a state of creative development instead of padding the pockets of idiots with big lawyers. Oh, and I wouldn't let the lawyers ever turn off the tv or the radio until their brains melt. We have too many lawyers anyway. And if they don't write the laws I like, they keep watching. We can always elect new legislators. We have too many of those too. Same with lobbyists. We could tape their reactions and make a reality show out of that. It'd be great!
Third, there is no third part. Or if there was, I've forgotten it. I wouldn't make a very good president. Dictator, yes. President, not so much.
