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Post by Powerline on Aug 31, 2016 12:32:35 GMT -5
Jobs? No, not yet. In fact, my one job in a writing field (proofreading), I enjoyed very much and learned a lot.
Now, classes? Yes. I remember being interested in psychology and wanting to be a psychologist and wanting to help others in that way. But then the class came around and needing to know theories and who they were attributed to and whatnot...it bothered me because, yes, I do need to understand those theories and that people might be in that frame of mind, but why did I need to know so much about the person that came up with it? In what way does being able to attribute a theory to a person help a patient? I understand, to some degree it can (and I'm not looking to get into a deep psychological conversation about it here) but there was SO much emphasis to the source of these theories and ideas as opposed to how they can be applied to a person, a group or an event, that it shut me off.
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Post by Powerline on Aug 30, 2016 15:24:18 GMT -5
There is a building in the downtown section of my small little hometown that's now an antique store. But if you go in, you can clearly see the building was made to be a theater (or at some point was remodeled to be one). There's a large white wall on the back end of the building, the front of the store still looks similar to a ticket station (the windows are now just display windows that can't open, but they're the same long shape), and there is an upstairs "room" that is only on one side of the building and a window that looks out onto the floor of the store that would've been where the projector was. And the staircase to get there is in an out-of-sight room that you can quickly get to from the ticket station but is pretty well out of the way if you were coming in from the front door to the show.
But no, we never had any makeshift theaters. We had a plentiful amount of AMC theaters and a couple malls that had multiplexes. Now though, there's only two real movie theaters close to us. There's an AMC "Odyssey" mega-theater with, like, 30 screens that charges out the ass no matter what you see or when you see it. There's also a smaller, 12-screen theater that also charges out the ass for regular showings but matinee prices are SO much better than the AMC place. They honestly are able to stay open just off matinee showings on weekends because they're so much cheaper. But their regular showing prices are almost equal to AMC so the AMC place becomes packed for premieres and stuff since it is a newer, more high-tech theater.
We also have an Alamo Drafthouse theater in downtown KC that's actually in a theater building that's 95 years old. It was going to be torn down despite its "National Register of Historic Places" claim because of renovations to the downtown area thanks to the new Sprint Center arena. But instead they renovated the hell out of it, and now it's a really neat movie theater and due to how Alamo Drafthouse operates, it's an incredible date-night destination (and this coming from someone who thinks movies are typically an awful date night idea).
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Post by Powerline on Aug 29, 2016 22:54:18 GMT -5
HHH and The Authority being involved stain this whole thing for me a bit, but I am definitely excited for KO having a world title. That's awesome. It's not like he turned on the most over wrestler in the company and completely ruined the big moment that he seemed to win the belt and booked him to look like both a blubbering moron and like a shitty wrestler that couldn't hang in the ring with the main event scene in an incredibly heavy-handed attempt to shut the crowd up. What Authority? Stephanie was disgusted and looked pissed and confused. There is more to it. They're still involved. HHH and Stephanie will be the focus on a storyline regarding the world title. Same thing.
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Post by Powerline on Aug 29, 2016 22:35:27 GMT -5
HHH and The Authority being involved stain this whole thing for me a bit, but I am definitely excited for KO having a world title. That's awesome. It's not like he turned on the most over wrestler in the company and completely ruined the big moment that he seemed to win the belt and booked him to look like both a blubbering moron and like a shitty wrestler that couldn't hang in the ring with the main event scene in an incredibly heavy-handed attempt to shut the crowd up.
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Post by Powerline on Aug 29, 2016 14:18:06 GMT -5
The guy from the Gold PS4 sweepstakes ad was so much worse to me. Making up this mafia BS all while looking like he was having a party in a mood-lit Stucco house/cave (every time I saw the ad I thought it was one or the other). At least it's not this guy He looks like a botched Mr. Bean clone, like that one clone of Master Shake from Aqua Teen with the radio in his side. "M-m...Major Shake???.........Mr. Shake?"
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Post by Powerline on Aug 29, 2016 14:03:51 GMT -5
In what world is he overpushed? He and Enzo *just* lost on PPV, and he's had like 3 singles matches. Some of you are acting like he's beating main event talent on a weekly basis He isn't at this point in time (unless you count him being in the match to start with as "overpushed", which some are). Now, if he wins the belt tonight out of the pits of the bluest hell, then I'd definitely argue it. It'd be up there with JBL's out-of-nowhere main event run, except using someone that still has plenty of work to do before he hits his potential as opposed to an industry vet and (at the time) major locker room presence working at his potential. Because at that point he'd be facing (and likely beating) main event talent on a weekly basis. And this might be the start of him doing that anyway, regardless of the result tonight. Again, I personally am not saying he's being overpushed right now. This is ONE main event spot that could easily be a one-off before he goes right back to tagging with Enzo and starts facing the midcard. I just get the idea that people are afraid this is the start of a rushed main-event run, Universal champion or not.
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Post by Powerline on Aug 29, 2016 12:32:31 GMT -5
He's not ready brother. In all seriousness, and you can quote me for posterity, Cass is a future wrestlemania main eventer, they're slowly developing and getting him over, but he's not at that point yet, he needs Enzo to cut promos, he barely has a moveset. They push him now and they exposed him and cost the Company hundreds of millions of dollars. He's about three years to getting to that main event spot. I dunno about Big Cass being a Wrestlemania Main Eventer. But hey, if The Miz can main event a Wrestlemania long before he found a character/gimmick he nails and long before he was decent in the ring, a developed "Big Cass" isn't the longest shot. I just hope they see what you see as far as pushing him too soon is concerned. Exposing talent by pushing them too soon is a lesson this company has ignored time and time again. Even taking the pin tonight and making him seem like he got into a match he ain't ready for would damage him if they want him to be a big deal. In my "perfect booking" world, he has a few highlight spots (tosses everyone out before break, beats Reigns in a test of strength, etc.), hits a finisher and gets a 2.9 pinfall on Reigns or Rollins before they kick out, and doesn't take the pin (that, again, needs to be Reigns or Rollins).
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Post by Powerline on Aug 28, 2016 1:48:33 GMT -5
I never got into Bump in the Night that much, as I was much younger when it was on and the claymation style turned me off back then (for kid me, if it wasn't drawn animation, to hell with it). But I did catch a couple episodes and....yeah, I can see it. I always thought Squishington was more scared than slow, more like a Chuckie Finster than Patrick, but maybe I remember that wrong.
I also don't remember Molly having any kind of accent or cultural qualities. I could be wrong on that too...right now, I can't recall what she sounded like at all.
It helps them seem like different shows in that the settings were entirely different. You could have similar situations at times (especially with how long Spongebob has been on, it's starting to hit that "Simpsons Did It" level where it's covered damn near every trope imaginable), but a kid's bedroom and an ocean/sea provide for different stuff.
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Post by Powerline on Aug 27, 2016 23:05:14 GMT -5
Eh, they were always fun to watch. It's not like they're taking up a roster spot for a better team anyway. And it could work to build Slater/Rhyno. The only other options is they put a competent tag team against them right away and have them bury Rhyno/Slater (or vice versa), and then you're just hurting a team. Or you put them up against no-name jobbers, and where's the fun in that?
It is random and all, but I fail to see the harm here.
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Post by Powerline on Aug 26, 2016 23:56:29 GMT -5
As for my own favorites (I know it's bad juju to post twice in a row, but I figured it'd be better than squeezing what would be technically 5 vids into a single post.
I'll limit myself to one music game selection:
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Post by Powerline on Aug 26, 2016 23:34:43 GMT -5
Do pinball machines count as arcade? Follow-up question, do high-quality rips of pinball games count?
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Post by Powerline on Aug 24, 2016 17:27:55 GMT -5
There's a good handful for me, but the one I keep kicking myself for not playing yet is FF III (or 6, for purists' sake)
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Post by Powerline on Aug 24, 2016 16:54:02 GMT -5
The Love theme from Mother 3.
I don't even wanna put the link up because I know it'll hit me hearing just the first few notes.
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Post by Powerline on Aug 24, 2016 16:35:40 GMT -5
Because if this was the article that revealed what Brock tested positive for, that makes me wonder if now WWE will take action now that they have all the information. They could reveal Brock was on 'roids, coke, and horse tranquillisers 24/7 for the last three years and WWE would still take no action because they've already said as a part-timer Brock is exempt from the Wellness Policy. I don't get why they don't just do it. Yeah, he's a part-timer and ultimately a 60-day suspension means little-to-nothing unless it's during the Rumble-to-Mania stretch. But at least act like he's not untouchable. I mean, his UFC door is pretty much slammed shut at this point. Dana brought him in as a one-off with the potential for more, he just needed to stay clean for ONE fight, and he couldn't. Where the hell's he gonna go anyway? Bellator? They're eventually gonna tie up that loophole anyway with the USADA's policies (the fact it's even there is a joke to begin with). Just suspend the guy, act like you give a shit, act like Brock isn't exempt, and be back in time for the Rumble.
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Post by Powerline on Aug 24, 2016 15:19:50 GMT -5
For me it's March. No holidays or special events in the family.
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Post by Powerline on Aug 24, 2016 14:51:41 GMT -5
Alright, welp, if we're gonna be rude (and I read the post above this one, you're a real class act, pal)... Serious question, have you watched the guy in your own avatar? Or are you just trying to look like one of the cool kids? Cause how someone can look at Nakamura and The Miz and think they're on the same level in-ring is crazy. Have you watched any AJ Styles match on the main roster? C'mon. Miz and his in-ring work this year is a total joke compared to Nakamura or Styles. And that's just for starters. I'd take over half of the main roster and over half of NXT (and I'm not even talking the guys that can outwork the vast majority of the main roster; Joe, Nakamura, Roode, AA, etc.) over Miz. If you're going to throw away the Darren Young match because it was Darren Young, then you expect me to believe The Miz held his own with KO, Zayn and Cesaro? Cause I don't think KO/Young, Zayn/Young or Cesaro/Young could be as awful a match as Miz/Darren was. And that wasn't meant as a shot at Enzo, I legit think he's one of the best promos around. He convincingly made Jericho (and Jericho did his job in the feud too) look like a blubbering idiot that needed Owens to stand up to him on the mic. Miz ain't no beast on the mic though. Again...ONE good promo. And yeah, he has had a handful of good ones. He's also had about 5-6 awful backstage segments (earlier in the night when Slater was searching for a tag partner...what Looney Toons bullshit was that) for every one decent promo. Again, take nothing away from the promo on Talking Smack. It was great. But his promo is lightyears ahead of his ringwork. Where are you getting the idea that anyone is saying the Miz is as good of a wrestler as Nakmura, AJ, or any other workrate monster you want to name? There's levels to ability, friend. If you're going to say "well he's not as good as Nakamura, so he's shit", then you're saying 95% of the roster is garbage. The Miz is not one of the best wrestlers in the world, and he isn't shit either. There's a whole lot of middle ground there that you're completely ignoring. And keep the flaming to yourself, man. Nobody's got time for that. You yourself said he was "Wrestler of the Year". And you started the flaming, man. If you didn't have time for it, you shouldn't have talked down to me.
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Post by Powerline on Aug 24, 2016 14:41:07 GMT -5
Hardy har har. Two nights ago he was out-of-place for spots, a month ago he had a shitty match with Darren Young, and before that he was in a great match that was great because of the other three people and in spite of him, and now suddenly he should be in the main event spot because he said a couple edgy lines against Bryan? Why don't we just name Enzo Amore "Wrestler of the Year" in the Observer if we're gonna put that much stock into ONE SINGLE good promo? I don't know if you know this, but there's a big gap between "drizzling shits" and wrestler of the year. That's where the Miz is. Alright, welp, if we're gonna be rude (and I read the post above this one, you're a real class act, pal)... Serious question, have you watched the guy in your own avatar? Or are you just trying to look like one of the cool kids? Cause how someone can look at Nakamura and The Miz and think they're on the same level in-ring is crazy. Have you watched any AJ Styles match on the main roster? C'mon. Miz and his in-ring work this year is a total joke compared to Nakamura or Styles. And that's just for starters. I'd take over half of the main roster and over half of NXT (and I'm not even talking the guys that can outwork the vast majority of the main roster; Joe, Nakamura, Roode, AA, etc.) over Miz. Hardy har har. Two nights ago he was out-of-place for spots, a month ago he had a shitty match with Darren Young, and before that he was in a great match that was great because of the other three people and in spite of him, and now suddenly he should be in the main event spot because he said a couple edgy lines against Bryan? Why don't we just name Enzo Amore "Wrestler of the Year" in the Observer if we're gonna put that much stock into ONE SINGLE good promo? Let's get one thing straight, His shitty match with Darren Young was because of Darren Young (a guy who would be overall worst even if you ONLY counted the so-called "bad" wrestlers who have come and gone over the years). And in the Fatal 4 Way, Miz wasn't out of place at all. And no, Enzo is nowhere near Wrestler of the Year, but he possesses charisma in spades, same as Miz. Miz is a beast on the mic, not just a guy who had one good promo. If you're going to throw away the Darren Young match because it was Darren Young, then you expect me to believe The Miz held his own with KO, Zayn and Cesaro? Cause I don't think KO/Young, Zayn/Young or Cesaro/Young could be as awful a match as Miz/Darren was. And that wasn't meant as a shot at Enzo, I legit think he's one of the best promos around. He convincingly made Jericho (and Jericho did his job in the feud too) look like a blubbering idiot that needed Owens to stand up to him on the mic. Miz ain't no beast on the mic though. Again...ONE good promo. And yeah, he has had a handful of good ones. He's also had about 5-6 awful backstage segments (earlier in the night when Slater was searching for a tag partner...what Looney Toons bullshit was that) for every one decent promo. Again, take nothing away from the promo on Talking Smack. It was great. But his promo is lightyears ahead of his ringwork.
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Post by Powerline on Aug 24, 2016 14:24:35 GMT -5
So how is this just now getting out if the rules and what they tested positive for were known all along? Or was this the reveal of what they tested positive for?
Because if this was the article that revealed what Brock tested positive for, that makes me wonder if now WWE will take action now that they have all the information.
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Post by Powerline on Aug 24, 2016 14:14:24 GMT -5
Good promo. Now if only he wasn't drizzling shit in the ring, I'd be down with this. So you're down with this then? Hardy har har. Two nights ago he was out-of-place for spots, a month ago he had a shitty match with Darren Young, and before that he was in a great match that was great because of the other three people and in spite of him, and now suddenly he should be in the main event spot because he said a couple edgy lines against Bryan? Why don't we just name Enzo Amore "Wrestler of the Year" in the Observer if we're gonna put that much stock into ONE SINGLE good promo?
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Post by Powerline on Aug 24, 2016 14:07:04 GMT -5
Good promo.
Now if only he wasn't drizzling shit in the ring, I'd be down with this.
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