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12 years ago
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What do you plan on doing with all the rope and that ballgag in you hands?
So a funny thing happened to me the other day...
I got kidney stones. :P
Yeah, for anyone who knows, I know it's not actually funny. I just couldn't really think of a another way to set this up. XP
I'm not going to come out and say it's the most painful thing ever. Until I experience child birth, I am perfectly fine with saying there are worse pains out there. And in truth, everyone is different when it comes to pain. Some pains are worse than others for some people and it will vary from person to person. I will say that it is by far the worse pain I have ever experienced in my life. I was almost in tears and begging for something to dull the pain. Just dull it. Not just relieve it, but dull it. Any degree of pain less than what I was experiencing would have been enough. It was a pretty pathetic sight. I'll joke about it now, but only at my own expense. Anyone else experience it, I won't be joking.
I can't say for sure what makes it so painful...perhaps the size of the stone(s) against the size of the tube it has to go through...the possibility that they are rough around the edges and grind and scrape against the lining of your insides...but it does mean that I'm going to need to change my diet once I find out what caused it. Anyway, I'm doing fine now. Got some medication to help ease the pain and I get to pee through a funnel with a filter so I can see what the little devil(s) looks like. Thankfully, the process of passing it through my urethra has been painless. I'm not expecting that to last though. XD
Aside from that everything has been alright. My weekend was pretty good actually.
Helped my grandparents move out into a more rugged and more affordable area (they were paying out the ass in housing taxes) and a place from my childhood too. It's a nice little 2 story cabin house with 3 bedrooms. I remember it being bigger when I was little, of course I was "little" back then so of course it seemed bigger back then. Makes me think of the line from "Hook":
PETER: "I remember you being a lot bigger..."
HOOK: "To a 10 year old I'm huge..." (funny considering how short Dustin Hoffman is; I just recently saw it and every scene where Pan and Hook are standing toe to toe during the fight scene in the end, you can see Robin Williams and you can tell it's a double as Hook XD)
Anyway, the first day was a nightmare for everyone: grandparents, my mom, the movers, the cable guy, me (to a lesser extent)...
There was more furniture than the place could hold (it looked like a consignment center when everything was unloaded and in the house), my grandpa was a bit snippy about how he wanted his den/guestroom and made my setting up the furniture, computer, and TV a pain and a pain for the cable guy who had to crawl around in crawl spaces that were 200+ degrees because of the heat just to figure out where all the lines and junctions were...finally, once the day was done, the movers had left, the cable and internet was set up, everything settle down and was much better. The next two days were good too. Quiet, mostly stress-free, and the place was starting to come together.
Because my grandparents have some of the better cable packages, I got to watch some channels I never get to watch here at home, namely The Hub and Disney XD. Not a huge deal, but considering I love animation it allowed me some better options for programs to watch. I also got to watch a couple shows I never saw before like "Transformers Prime" (not bad), "Ultimate Spider-man" (also not bad), and a show I been hearing about (mostly due to the controversy behind it's premise) called SheZow. So, apparently this show has been getting buzz because it's about a 12 YO boy who discovers a ring hidden in a secret panel that belonged to his Aunt and after saying the phrase "You go girl!" (seriously, this is how he transforms XD) he transforms into the popular super heroine SheZow. This much to his sister's frustration since she's been SheZow's biggest fan and is even the president of her fan club. It gives her pride that her Aunt was her idol, but also gives her grief that her dorky brother is now playing the role. Meaning that Guy (yes, his name is Guy and they point this out several times in the theme song, "Guy is SheZow") can't remove the ring and his forced to don the very girly and very pink mantle of SheZow. By saying the "magic words" I mentioned above, Guy dons a very pink and very girly uniform consisting of leopard print, a miniskirt, gogo boots, and a slick hairstyle that happens to have a pink streak through it. Here's what I'm talking about: http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2.....oe-d5tz0un.jpg
So, thus begins a journey of self-discovery and potentially a better understanding of the opposite gender. It's kinda hard to believe that when SheZow's many powers seem to follow a stereotype regarding women: Super She-slap (overgrown hand), Super Scream, Laser Lipstick (lightsaber), Vanishing Cream (cream that turns her/him invisible), She-SP (ESP or a sixth sense when it comes to danger, sort of like the spidey-sense), a Hairbrush boomerang, and keeping all these powers in check is the hair. If at any point SheZow's hair is messed up her powers are nullified and she has to use a special hairspray to fix it.
Then there's the over use of "She" as a qualifier for a lot of words. It's a bit annoying, but clearly it's the gimmick they've gone with, so don't expect it to end anytime soon. On top of that, the show feels like it was written in the late 90's or the early 00's and wasn't really re-written for the 2010's. Not that it had to be. There's no reason any show has to be written for today's audience to get.
Now, despite my gripes with the choices they made for SheZow's powers, the over use of the word "She" and the the feeling of over used stereotypes when it comes to guys and girls, I really don't have much of a problem with this show. At times, the jokes and writing can be funny and clever, even when it borrows ideas from other media:
-Kelly helps Guy develops his SheZow abilities by having him blindfolded and using his Lightsab-I mean "Laser Lipstick" and the For-I mean "She.S.P." like the scene in that popular space drama where the elder "wizard" teaches the young protagonist to use the...magical energies around him to defend himself with his lasersword against a training robot while blindfolded
-The "Laser Lipstick" resembles the type of weapon used by Eclair in the anime "Kiddie Grade" which is a whip that extends from a tube of lipstick
-Batman: with regards to the use of a utility belt, a secret lair, and a variety of vehicles (or "She-hicles" as they called in the show) to get around in
I also like the idea of a crossdressing super hero. Whether it be a woman who poses as a man or a man who poses as a woman. And yes I know, Cybersix did this concept first, but so did a number of other shows before Cybersix. So, let's not get into that silly argument. I will agree that Cybersix is a better show overall, but it's not better because it addressed crossdressing before this show. XP
Overall, the show is okay. It's entertaining and funny at times. Mostly cute and fun really. I kind of like the theme song too. I like the choice of going with a modern punk style for it. Some of the villains are creative and interesting as well as the troubles Guy faces like learning what it means to be a woman (if not in the most PC way), dealing with his father, a police officer who hates SheZow (which makes me wonder what his relationship with his sister was like, though they don't say whether she was his actual sister or sister-in-law), trying to keep his ego from getting the better of him, and dealing with questions of honor, justice, and when to fight and when not to fight (again not done in the best way). It has potential to actually be a pretty decent show if the writing can get out of the being stuck in the past 20 years and takes itself a little bit more seriously. Which, I don't mind it not being too serious, but makes me feel like they're addressing crossdressing like it's a joke and not serious issue for some people, especially given how important the LGTB debate has become as of late. I'm not bothered by it that much, I just think it could do better overall.
So, I give it a 4.5 out of 10 overall. I don't expect it to last more than a season or two if it sticks with it's current formula whether it be lack of improving upon what it's already established or enough people complain about it to get it pulled off the air. The latter I'd hate to see. It's not as offensive as some people are making it out to be and I have no problems with it being a kids show. Given some of the shows that are out there for kids these days, this is one of least troublesome shows out there. If I had kids, I'd have no problem with them watching it.
So, that was my weekend in a nutshell. :P
Stressful and relaxing, busy and fun, painful and entertaining. I real mixed bag of highs and lows.
That said I hope all of you had a good weekend. ^_^
Or at least better than the lows I had. ;P
I got kidney stones. :P
Yeah, for anyone who knows, I know it's not actually funny. I just couldn't really think of a another way to set this up. XP
I'm not going to come out and say it's the most painful thing ever. Until I experience child birth, I am perfectly fine with saying there are worse pains out there. And in truth, everyone is different when it comes to pain. Some pains are worse than others for some people and it will vary from person to person. I will say that it is by far the worse pain I have ever experienced in my life. I was almost in tears and begging for something to dull the pain. Just dull it. Not just relieve it, but dull it. Any degree of pain less than what I was experiencing would have been enough. It was a pretty pathetic sight. I'll joke about it now, but only at my own expense. Anyone else experience it, I won't be joking.
I can't say for sure what makes it so painful...perhaps the size of the stone(s) against the size of the tube it has to go through...the possibility that they are rough around the edges and grind and scrape against the lining of your insides...but it does mean that I'm going to need to change my diet once I find out what caused it. Anyway, I'm doing fine now. Got some medication to help ease the pain and I get to pee through a funnel with a filter so I can see what the little devil(s) looks like. Thankfully, the process of passing it through my urethra has been painless. I'm not expecting that to last though. XD
Aside from that everything has been alright. My weekend was pretty good actually.
Helped my grandparents move out into a more rugged and more affordable area (they were paying out the ass in housing taxes) and a place from my childhood too. It's a nice little 2 story cabin house with 3 bedrooms. I remember it being bigger when I was little, of course I was "little" back then so of course it seemed bigger back then. Makes me think of the line from "Hook":
PETER: "I remember you being a lot bigger..."
HOOK: "To a 10 year old I'm huge..." (funny considering how short Dustin Hoffman is; I just recently saw it and every scene where Pan and Hook are standing toe to toe during the fight scene in the end, you can see Robin Williams and you can tell it's a double as Hook XD)
Anyway, the first day was a nightmare for everyone: grandparents, my mom, the movers, the cable guy, me (to a lesser extent)...
There was more furniture than the place could hold (it looked like a consignment center when everything was unloaded and in the house), my grandpa was a bit snippy about how he wanted his den/guestroom and made my setting up the furniture, computer, and TV a pain and a pain for the cable guy who had to crawl around in crawl spaces that were 200+ degrees because of the heat just to figure out where all the lines and junctions were...finally, once the day was done, the movers had left, the cable and internet was set up, everything settle down and was much better. The next two days were good too. Quiet, mostly stress-free, and the place was starting to come together.
Because my grandparents have some of the better cable packages, I got to watch some channels I never get to watch here at home, namely The Hub and Disney XD. Not a huge deal, but considering I love animation it allowed me some better options for programs to watch. I also got to watch a couple shows I never saw before like "Transformers Prime" (not bad), "Ultimate Spider-man" (also not bad), and a show I been hearing about (mostly due to the controversy behind it's premise) called SheZow. So, apparently this show has been getting buzz because it's about a 12 YO boy who discovers a ring hidden in a secret panel that belonged to his Aunt and after saying the phrase "You go girl!" (seriously, this is how he transforms XD) he transforms into the popular super heroine SheZow. This much to his sister's frustration since she's been SheZow's biggest fan and is even the president of her fan club. It gives her pride that her Aunt was her idol, but also gives her grief that her dorky brother is now playing the role. Meaning that Guy (yes, his name is Guy and they point this out several times in the theme song, "Guy is SheZow") can't remove the ring and his forced to don the very girly and very pink mantle of SheZow. By saying the "magic words" I mentioned above, Guy dons a very pink and very girly uniform consisting of leopard print, a miniskirt, gogo boots, and a slick hairstyle that happens to have a pink streak through it. Here's what I'm talking about: http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2.....oe-d5tz0un.jpg
So, thus begins a journey of self-discovery and potentially a better understanding of the opposite gender. It's kinda hard to believe that when SheZow's many powers seem to follow a stereotype regarding women: Super She-slap (overgrown hand), Super Scream, Laser Lipstick (lightsaber), Vanishing Cream (cream that turns her/him invisible), She-SP (ESP or a sixth sense when it comes to danger, sort of like the spidey-sense), a Hairbrush boomerang, and keeping all these powers in check is the hair. If at any point SheZow's hair is messed up her powers are nullified and she has to use a special hairspray to fix it.
Then there's the over use of "She" as a qualifier for a lot of words. It's a bit annoying, but clearly it's the gimmick they've gone with, so don't expect it to end anytime soon. On top of that, the show feels like it was written in the late 90's or the early 00's and wasn't really re-written for the 2010's. Not that it had to be. There's no reason any show has to be written for today's audience to get.
Now, despite my gripes with the choices they made for SheZow's powers, the over use of the word "She" and the the feeling of over used stereotypes when it comes to guys and girls, I really don't have much of a problem with this show. At times, the jokes and writing can be funny and clever, even when it borrows ideas from other media:
-Kelly helps Guy develops his SheZow abilities by having him blindfolded and using his Lightsab-I mean "Laser Lipstick" and the For-I mean "She.S.P." like the scene in that popular space drama where the elder "wizard" teaches the young protagonist to use the...magical energies around him to defend himself with his lasersword against a training robot while blindfolded
-The "Laser Lipstick" resembles the type of weapon used by Eclair in the anime "Kiddie Grade" which is a whip that extends from a tube of lipstick
-Batman: with regards to the use of a utility belt, a secret lair, and a variety of vehicles (or "She-hicles" as they called in the show) to get around in
I also like the idea of a crossdressing super hero. Whether it be a woman who poses as a man or a man who poses as a woman. And yes I know, Cybersix did this concept first, but so did a number of other shows before Cybersix. So, let's not get into that silly argument. I will agree that Cybersix is a better show overall, but it's not better because it addressed crossdressing before this show. XP
Overall, the show is okay. It's entertaining and funny at times. Mostly cute and fun really. I kind of like the theme song too. I like the choice of going with a modern punk style for it. Some of the villains are creative and interesting as well as the troubles Guy faces like learning what it means to be a woman (if not in the most PC way), dealing with his father, a police officer who hates SheZow (which makes me wonder what his relationship with his sister was like, though they don't say whether she was his actual sister or sister-in-law), trying to keep his ego from getting the better of him, and dealing with questions of honor, justice, and when to fight and when not to fight (again not done in the best way). It has potential to actually be a pretty decent show if the writing can get out of the being stuck in the past 20 years and takes itself a little bit more seriously. Which, I don't mind it not being too serious, but makes me feel like they're addressing crossdressing like it's a joke and not serious issue for some people, especially given how important the LGTB debate has become as of late. I'm not bothered by it that much, I just think it could do better overall.
So, I give it a 4.5 out of 10 overall. I don't expect it to last more than a season or two if it sticks with it's current formula whether it be lack of improving upon what it's already established or enough people complain about it to get it pulled off the air. The latter I'd hate to see. It's not as offensive as some people are making it out to be and I have no problems with it being a kids show. Given some of the shows that are out there for kids these days, this is one of least troublesome shows out there. If I had kids, I'd have no problem with them watching it.
So, that was my weekend in a nutshell. :P
Stressful and relaxing, busy and fun, painful and entertaining. I real mixed bag of highs and lows.
That said I hope all of you had a good weekend. ^_^
Or at least better than the lows I had. ;P
As far as SheZow, from what I've heard it was a popular Australian show and the HUB has just now started porting it into America.
Unless Australia's culture is behind ours in terms of pop culture and stereotypes. :P
There's no guarantee I'll never deal with them again, but so long as I eat healthier and drink more water it should increase the odds of not having them again. ;)