Tim vs. the shower door
by Tim Faircloth on Jan 9, 2010, 4:57 pm
That’s right, folks. I got tired of dealing with shower curtains — they’re always getting mildewy so they can make you sick when they stick to you in the shower — so I got a shower door.
If you click that picture you can actually see a close-up of the etching in the glass.
It wasn’t that hard to install, and I think all this practice is making me better at cutting straight with the hacksaw.
Showering is so much more pleasant when you don’t have to worry about a curtain sticking to your wet body like it’s glued there.
...on the coolest movie of 2009
by Tim Faircloth on Jan 5, 2010, 9:45 am
…which is, of course, Avatar. Star Trek comes in as a very close second, despite the distance inaccuracies in the skydiving (base jumping?) scene.
The only thing bad I’ve read about this movie is that it’s a “white man’s sorrow” movie, much like Dances with Wolves… but wait, what’s wrong with that? Didn’t Dances with Wolves win all kinds of awards? Wasn’t it an awesome movie?
Well it’s the same with Avatar. Yes, it is a white man’s sorrow movie, but I don’t see anything wrong with that, and the movie itself kicks ass. The CG was awesome, and the Nah’vi species was well constructed (language, warfare, religion, etc. were well designed). The plot, though honestly a bit tired, was compelling and dramatic.
One thing that bugged me is the fact that they played all kinds of commercials for the armed forces before the movie — Army, Air Force, Marines, etc — but the movie itself cast armed forces (specifically, Marines) in a bad light. I believe one redditor put it best:
before Avatar: Fuck yeah, Marines!
during Avatar: Fuck, Marines!
after Avatar: Fuck Marines.