Yubsie's Yammerings

Things that make me sad:

We were at McDonald's yesterday. They have gendered toys for Happy Meals this month. Now, almost invariably the "boy" toy is infinitely cooler than the "girl" toy, but this time it went even further than usual. Girls are apparently supposed to get Strawberry Shortcake.

Boys get freaking STAR WARS.

Fan Expo was awesome, if linerific.

( And I talk about it a lot )

Sometimes I wonder what normal families talk about. I have a feeling it's not...

Well, I sent my dad a link to this comic. And his response...

( Was kinda epic )

I love multi-fandom RPs. Because...

TOSH CALLED HOBBIE "SCI FI BOY"!

Because he mentioned the Force.

My life is MADE.

It's perfectly normal to sit on the floor and try to stand up without moving one foot if you're RPing as Hobbie, right?

Speaking of which, I'm pretty sure I'm committing some sort of nerd sacrilege by playing a Star Wars character AND a Star Trek character. I can't help it though! Who could resist Quark?

Outside of RP, my week has been the thrilling word of proofreading Laura's thesis so she can submit tomorrow morning. And graduate and rent me her townhouse. The things I will do to get out of this hellpit.

Half a day tomorrow and then off to FanExpo! Yay!

Ugh, just remembered to pay my tuition so I can get my bus pass tomorrow. Now I have no money. :p Good thing I get paid tomorrow. :p

A thought struck me in the shower today.

Why the frak did humans settle on Tatooine in the first place? Did it used to be a much more hospitable environment? Because it's not like humans developed there. Or were chased by cylons until their ships broke down. People went to all the trouble of travelling through hyperspace to get to this lousy planet where even the dust has dust. What were they THINKING?

Or is it just that magnetic force that always drew the plot back to Tatooine at work?

OMG.

( Rather minor Mindor spoilers )

&@(#&@(#*&@)#(* ACR.

I mean, I shouldn't be surprised, considering the Fiddler sims don't get birth control if they're with other Fiddler sims, but couldn't Hodel and Perchik waited a DAY or so after Yacov was born? No? Didn't think so. :p

( Pictures! Hilarious glitches! Hilarious parenting! Modestly dressed Twilek girls! )

This is mostly a GIP.

But I will add that I attempted to play Sims in windowed mode today. The phrase, I believe, is "Epic Fail"? :p It ran well for about ten minutes and then... LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAG of DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

I am sad, because I didn't get to put Jag in his "I am a terrible Star Wars fan" outfit. I finally found an outfit I like for him! It's... a Klingon outfit. :p And Jaina gets a Starfleet dress uniform for formalwear. Because it has PANTS! I have some other dress uniforms, but the female versions all have skirts, and Jaina's a pants kind of girl. :p

So, ESB is on Spike right now. Do I own this movie on DVD? Yes. Am I watching it on TV anyway? HELL YES!

This of course leads to entertaining conversations. :p

yubs_timbits: Love this scene!
Tessie: LOL
yubs_timbits: Han thinks she likes him because he's a scoundrel
Tessie: LOL
yubs_timbits: And then Threepio's Virgin Alarm goes off
Tessie: LOL!
yubs_timbits: And Han's all "DAMMIT! I was gonna get LAID!"
Tessie: he's there to represent CAPAlert
yubs_timbits: *dies*
yubs_timbits: "Sir! Sir! That's innappropriate touching!"
Tessie: LOL!
yubs_timbits: ... if Obi Wan KNEW Leia was Luke's sister, why didn't he ever tell Luke to not GO there?
Tessie: LOL
Tessie: he saw Luke drooling over her all the time
yubs_timbits: Exactly! He should have been all "No Luke, don't go there. Just DON'T. For you, THERE doesn't even EXIST."
Tessie: LOL!
Tessie: Vader must have been icked out when he read Luke's mind
Tessie: also, didn't Artoo know?
yubs_timbits: "Sissssster. So, you have a twin sister. And you... oh EW! Why would you DO that? That is seriously GROSS."
Tessie: LOL!
yubs_timbits: Artoo knew LOTS of things
Tessie: LOl
Tessie: that might have been a good thing to beeble
yubs_timbits: Maybe he was beebling it when tehre was no X-Wing to translate?
Tessie: LOL
yubs_timbits: Like he was totalling beebling "Um, LUke? That IS Yoda! Hi Yoda! How's it going? LOng time no see, Yoda!"
Tessie: LOL
yubs_timbits: Artoo is a seriously problematic character sometimes
Tessie: LOL
yubs_timbits: I love how no one EVER comments on the incest
Tessie: LOL
yubs_timbits: Well, in universe
yubs_timbits: Out of universe it's like our favourite thing
Tessie: Luke and Leia are trying to pretend it never happened
yubs_timbits: lol
yubs_timbits: LALA I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT!
Tessie: LOL
Tessie: I'm kind of surprised no tabloids ever talk about it
Tessie: Luke wasn't exactly subtle about it
yubs_timbits: "I'd just as soon snog my brother!" is way more fun than kissing a Wookiee!
Tessie: back in the day
yubs_timbits: Sludge news!
yubs_timbits: Luke was SMUG