[8:14
AM]
So
we didn't get real fireworks last night because of the weather.
Bummed.
I
was looking out my front door when a lightning bolt hit like half a
block away.
Actually...while
we're ON the topic of spontaneous witchcraft...
[8:15
AM] Mr. Blue:
The
radar was weird. Storms popped up but mostly stayed stationary and
grew
You
couldn't even tell what direction they were moving
[8:16
AM]
(touches
nose, points)
(Mrs.
Silver, all day) "I really don't know if I wanna go to
fireworks...I really don't want to go to the ball game. I
really don't want to go. It's going to storm. We should skip
it."
So
I look at the map close to show time due to ominous thunder.
And (town) has 1 red clump to the south making noise...Nothing else.
"All
clear! Let's go!"
[8:18
AM] Mr. Blue:
heh
[8:18
AM]
We
decide to do the top of the parking garage since we skipped the game.
Drive
there
All
clear
Way
off to the south there's some flashes
I
drive all the way up...
...And
I can see the first rain drops staining the concrete just as we come out on the top deck.
It
started the instant we got to the top.
And
opened up like a cloudburst with almost zero visibility and lightning
all over the place.
We
waited
Waited
Waited.
Gave
up
Drive
home
Little
floods all over the whole way...it's horrible...raindrops are
gigantic.
I
make a noble offer: "Sweetie, I'm going to pull up right in
front of the house so you can make the short run to the porch and
then I'll go around the block and park."
"Ok,
but you don't need to do that, I'll be fine."
"Ok...just
offering."
But
30'
from the house the rain went from Biblical wrath to light spitting.
Silver
Junior and I are glaring at her because "We KNOW you did it."
[8:28
AM] Mr. Blue:
heh
[8:34
AM]
So
we start trying to look at weather reports.
And
all we can get from one is a severe thunderstorm possible from
Weather.com
Maps
won't show anything
"60%
chance of rain"
National
Weather Service shows...nothing
Mrs.
Silver "Should we go back out?"
"I
think so. It's clearing up."
Deluge
begins again as soon as we move towards the door, with close lightning strikes as noted at the start of the story.
"Ok...They're
never going to run the show in that. Let's just forget it.
Watch the Pittsburgh one..."
So
we're sitting there...
And
very obviously – in the "pouring rain" – the fireworks
show is happening out there.
So for all I know, she had it just
raining on our half of town.
The
end.
[8:37
AM] Mr. Brown.:
With
her ability to predict things I'd think she should know if its safe.
[8:44
AM]
She
didn't "predict" a damned thing...
[8:45
AM] Mr. Brown.:
lol
Release
the nega particles
So
apparently over the hill from me was a micro burst
You
know the day that we were talking about the short storms
Big
ass trees knocked over
Split
Around
my house a there was a twig
lol
[8:41
AM]
heh
Oh...back
to Mrs. Silver witchiness.
We
had to have the "When you feel this kinda thing coming on, could
you at least direct it towards something we need?" conversation
again.
(sings
Disney earworm from when I was 6) "Drip drip drop little April
shower!"
I
never thought I'd be assaulted by "Bambi" music.
It
just popped in there during one of our devastating personal
downpours... I think my brain was feeling sarcastic.
[3:41
PM] Mr. Brown.:
I
wonder if there were any micro bursts this time
[3:41
PM]
(Disney
death metal version) "Blast Flood Drown Brutal Ju-ly Cloudburst!"
[2:51
PM] Mr. Brown.:
I
was watching Cliffhanger yesterday
[2:51
PM] Mr. Blue:
I
never liked that movie for some reason
[3:01
PM] Mr. Brown.:
I
was thinking - how much did the actors have to do in that film?
Like
climbing wise
Because
most of the shots were on actual mountains
[3:16
PM] Mr. Blue:
I
remember thinking it was very obvious when they switched between the
outdoor shots and the studio shots.
The
lighting was all wrong
[3:17
PM] Mr. Brown.:
Yes
it is
But
there was a lot of outdoor stuff
[3:18
PM]
I
recall Cliffhanger never did it for me.
[3:19
PM] Mr. Brown.:
It
does not make a lot of sense
The
action is cool
[3:19
PM]
Someone
gave us a copy of it years ago. Still on the shelf un-watched.
[3:19
PM] Mr. Brown.:
I
was thinking about that when watching - how does any of this make
sense?
[3:21
PM] Mr. Blue:
Did
Stallone show his bare ass in it? I forget if he was able to fit
that into the script
[3:22
PM] Mr. Brown.:
No.
Just short shorts
lol
[3:22
PM] Mr. Blue:
"Yo
uhh what if like, there's a cave on the mountain with a hot spring so
my charactuh just wantsa take a dip, y'know?"
I'm
going to make a list of Stallone movies where he shows his bare ass.
It's
probably like 40% of them.
[3:29
PM] Mr. Blue:
In
1977, Stallone was nominated for two Academy
Awards for Rocky, Best Original Screenplay and Best
Actor. He became the third man in history to receive these two
nominations for the same film, after Charlie Chaplin and Orson
Welles.
That's
crazy
[3:30
PM] Mr. Brown.:
He
is not a bad actor
[3:30
PM] Mr. Blue:
Chaplin...
Welles... Stallone...
[3:30
PM] Mr. Brown.:
I
just think he needs to retire now
lol
[3:30
PM] Mr. Blue:
He's
a talented guy
I'm
a fan
But
he's kind of a goof too
[3:30
PM] Mr. Brown.:
Yeah.
Right now he is doing whatever he can get his hands on instead of
trying to do something original
Other
than The Expendables
[3:33
PM] Mr. Blue:
I
think both he and Arnold need to do something different.
Maybe
stop being the leading man... Move into character roles, like
Stallone did in Guardians of the Galaxy
[3:34
PM] Mr. Brown.:
Secondary characters
[3:34
PM] Mr. Blue:
Yeah
[3:34
PM] Mr. Brown.:
Shows
up and you're like OH YEAH! for a couple scenes and kicks some ass
or
does something funny
[3:34
PM]
Kicks
and shows some ass.
[3:35
PM] Mr. Brown.:
Kick!
Then swings to the side and sticks it out
[3:36
PM] Mr. Blue:
I'm
not sure what i'd like to see Arnold do
Something
with a decent script though
Maybe
a villain. Has he done that since Batman?
[3:38
PM]
Possibly
a killer robot from the future who shows his ass
(psychologist)
"Oh yeah, back to that. Why do you have to come through
the time thing naked?"
(Kyle)
"Something about the matrix wanting butt shots or it wouldn't
let you go through."
[3:41
PM] Mr. Brown.:
“Come
with me if you want to live.”
“Eeew!
No. You're naked.”
[3:41
PM]
"Moon
me if you want to live."
[3:42
PM] Mr. Brown.:
The
Terminator was a very sloppy terminator killing all the bystanders
and stuff.
Its
supposed to be a killing machine meant to kill one person
Instead
it kills everything around that person
lol
Also
I noticed when the terminator hops up on to the curb to go to the
phone booth
it
suddenly does not look like a killing machine anymore.
lol
[3:50
PM] Mr. Blue:
What
if it was so sloppy it ended up killing the inventor of its
technology instead of Sarah Conner?
[3:51
PM]
[Silver's
brain] ({echo effect} terminator hops up on to the curb.)
Night,
exterior. Terminator walks up sidewalk, pump shotgun in hand.
Robot-eye-view
registers chalk Hopscotch pattern with pebble in "7".
Calculates...derives solution...
Terminator
skips the pattern, stoops and picks up pebble. Finishes.
Turns...
Robot
eye view registers chalk Hopscotch pattern and pebble in hand. Screens start
churning as it re-registers.
Terminator
pitches pebble. Starts hopping.
Police
called 7 hours later as people start waking up and looking outside.
[3:52
PM] Mr. Blue:
His
hops start denting the cement
[3:52
PM]
Yup
Boots
worn through, shreds of leg meat hanging off metal bones, dried blood
everywhere
[3:53
PM] Mr. Blue:
How
much does a terminator weigh? It's gotta be like several times
a normal human
Even
if the alloy is "lightweight"
[3:53
PM]
I
doubt that, actually
They'd
have difficulty functioning and blending in. Flesh damage just
running. Environment hazards like mud we could get through would be
potentially mission ending.
Tough
as hell? Yes
[3:55
PM] Mr. Blue:
Even
an elevator
[3:55
PM]
It
probably weighed close to “normal”
[3:56
PM] Mr. Brown.:
Like
big dude Arnold weight
[3:56
PM]
Nod.
