I occasionally have "parents" who come into the pub I work in to play pokie machines, who are quite happy to leave their kids in the car while they do so. I'm not talking a quick 5-10 minutes either. Lowest of the low. My boss' have given unrestricted permission to abuse these people and kick them out. Considering how money-hungry they can be (obviously, their business is run on gambling addictions and the majority of their clientele are absolute scum), shows how ridiculous this is.
I talk a bit about my former rampant drug use on here, and a good 80% of the problems I've ever had associated with it are because you deal with some very disturbing people. Some of the most awkward moments of my life have been going to a buy in a sketchy apartment at 3am, only to see a baby (or 2, or 4) in a crib (or wandering around unsupervised). If you're coming down, the absolute last thing you want is to be in the presence of innocence - kids, sober people, whatever. So, sketched out by the moral problems of contributing towards something which may result in a kid growing up without a father or mother due to jail, I've attempted to bail. Except the line that you always hear in that situation is "c'mon man, I need this money to buy <x> for the baby". Weird moral dilemmas. Still not sure what the right call there is, depends on how you judge the likelihood of getting caught. Cue Bill Lumbergh meme: if you could just go and legalize my drug of choice so I don't have to deal with this shit, that'd be great.
I used to buy coke from a dude that one day brought his three kids to the meeting spot. He left them in the car to come to my car, they were all peering through the windows at me. I never called him again. There's just some things your kids should never be privy to, drug deals one of them. I have to admit, that scenario really made me think about what I was doing, it was the last time I bought coke.
There used to be a really nasty old guy that sold weed out of his apartment in an incredibly bad neighborhood. I mentioned him to a couple of the older guys I used to work with and they laughed their asses off at me. "You mean, Midnight? Yeah I remember him. You white boys must have really wanted to get high. I was scared to go into that neighborhood. Did he ever show you the girl he kept tied up in his bedroom?"
Someone called "Midnight" is bound to have some dark vices. Only if it's a career truly beneficial to society, like hooking or stripping. An evil henchman would be a good experience as well.
I saw World War Z ("zed") last night. I can't help but feel it's awfully similar to a plot I've read before... Don't get me wrong though, the movie's special effects were much better.
Speaking of movie references to things nobodyelse heard about . . . That lead me to this trailer! Holy crap, I didn't know that was a real movie! Eric Roberts was nominated for an Oscar! The bungee jump attack featured in the trailer is epic. Sweet fancy Moses, how do these things get financed? And it was a remake!
"We want to make a bad movie. Everyone will want to see it because it's campy and fun." Some people really do love those movies. I can't ever finish them, unless I am incredibly blazed and pass out. (It technically counts, right?)
They are awesome. I've never been a big proponent of the "so bad it's good" theory of movies, but I can't stop watching these pieces of shit. Mrs. Noland and I watched Sand Sharks one evening in open mouthed horror/glee at how awful it was. Spoiler Yes. Sand Sharks.
I've been looking forward to Sharknado for over a year now. These movies are indeed great. Another classic The shark jumps out of the ocean and eats an entire plane, like full sized plane flying at 30,000 feet. Should have won an Oscar.
Anyone feel like being depressed on a Wednesday morning? (was on reddit today): <a class="postlink" href="http://www.tampabay.com/features/humaninterest/the-girl-in-the-window/750838" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.tampabay.com/features/humani ... dow/750838</a> God bless her adoptive parents. Jesus Christ.
Yeah, I guess I like the intentionally bad ones like Sharktopus, since they're not taking themselves too seriously. Unlike the ones that are made all high brow on purpose, but then actually suck ass. Like The Constant Gardener. I still want those two hours of my life back. Another great thing in that Sharktopus trailer, near the beginning. There are some bikini girls on the beach, and one of them is rubbing lotion on another one. On her stomach. Because your stomach is sooo hard to reach, it's very normal for you get one of your friends to rub it on for you. Roger Corman, you are awesome.
I will go to my grave / shark's stomach claiming that Shark Night 3D is the greatest movie going experience of my life. The first but hopefully not last time I have a disembodied, bloody penis hurled towards my face.
Wasn't there a movie with Piranha's and strippers and David Hasslehoff? Surely that has to rate fairly high. I'm great for a tennis bandwagon when it gets late into a Grand Slam. Doesn't even matter what country you're from - chances are I'll watch anyway. And I can't really say I actually like tennis that much.
Probably should have remembered that title considering the obvious reference it was making it gigantic boobies.