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#1621

Mood: Annoyed and frustrated

Reason: It’s been planned since “June 18th” was announced. I was going to an IMAX theater an hour and a half away (tis the closest IMAX there is)

Anyways, I called the theater yesterday, and the “First” showing in the theater of Toy Story 3 is “most likely going to be sold out.” he said everyone’s been calling in and asking and buying tickets…SO, I keep telling my parents to preorder tickets so we don’t get there and miss the first showing. I’ve seen the first showing of Every Pixar movie so far, and don’t want to let this be the first exception.

BUT Dad, who is not excited about seeing the movie, refuses to preorder tickets. and since I don’t have my own car yet, I go when the family goes. We’ve agreed to go to that showing but I am really afraid we’ll miss it.

It’s happened before…Star Wars Episode III, Star Trek, and Princess & The Frog were all sold out. But, as he so kindly put it, “Toy Story 3 is no Star Wars. It’s a stupid child’s movie. It’s not gonna sell out.”

That really, Really, REALLY made me mad. >:( I need a moment…

#1622

No offense, but your dad’s a sad, strange little man when it comes to movies. You have my pity! :stuck_out_tongue:

Current Mood: Okay-ish

I watched SATC2 and Prince of Persia and while they were okay, they were really below my expectations. i still have plans to see Iron Man 2 and Robin Hood, but most summer films this year seem disappointing so far.

And the weather outside is insane. Raining like cats-and-dogs one minute, and bright sunshine the next. And freakin’ cold all the time! I really feel like I’m living in Berk. :frowning:

Speaking of which, I’m having a blast discussing HTTYD with fellow fans on Chat-O-Rama. Hence the okay-ish feeling. :slight_smile:

#1623

TDIT: You’re not the only one who’s experiencing weird weather ATM. England’s having its fair share of humid/thunder/lightning/rain too! :confused:

Mood: A bit down
Reason: Back to school for me tomorrow :frowning: Then it’s all about “Finals” puts on sarcastic voice Whoop! :angry: This means back to the studying, taking up my precious time. Come on July 16th, I want the Summer Holidays!

#1624

Well, a huge tree was just knocked down two streets away from me at my aunt’s house. It completely ripped up the sidewalk, crushed the top porch of the house it landed on, and is now resting on my uncle’s car. Luckily, it seems the car is not damaged. As well, all the powerlines have been ripped down and a telephone pole snapped in half. It is going to be tough to move that tree! A reporter from the Boston Herald photographed my mom and I standing near the tree. We might be in the paper tomorrow!

The whole experience was very exciting.

#1625

love70ways- Whoa! That WAS a big tree! :open_mouth:

Mood: Happy
Reason: Glad to be home from leading kindergardeners around 3 different buildings up and down lots stairs. Not fun. And I had to sit around yesturday at Church to help my mom prepare her classroom for this. I am sooo happy to be home. And I got to send a thank-you letter to Pixar today. And I’m excited about next week because I might get to see Toy Story3 in 3-D after all! :smiley:

#1626

REALLY frustrated:

Reason:

i love Apple. I really really do. iPhone 4 is amazing, and I want it sooo badly right now. But, in my part of the state, there is no AT&T. I prefer Verizon as a company. So there’s 2 huge reasons I’m feeling down today. This has happened since iPhone came out…they simply won’t open it up to other carriers, so all the people who don’t want/use AT&T are left out. :confused: it’s lame. Life’s not fair. Thankfully, 11 days from now, everything will be all better :smiley:

#1627

DPA113- You could just save up a lot and buy a handset outright, then insert whatever sim card you want into it. That’s what I plan on doing- though it’s going to take a lot of saving before I can buy an iPhone 4! You’re right though, it’s unfair when something is so exclusive like that.

#1628

Current Mood - Somewhat content

Reason - The past few months have been something of an emotional rollercoaster for me. There were many positive aspects to what’s happened, but there were several negative things that went along with it. I’ve screwed up in life quite a bit… Some folks (and I’m talking about myself here) are under the impression that they can turn back time whenever they want – fix big mistakes. Unfortunately, that’s not the case. Time Turners don’t exist, kids.

After a particularly troublesome situation (which was entirely my fault), I got fed up with myself being such a dimwit and speaking and thinking negatively a lot that I literally talked myself into harnessing a positive outlook on life. Additionally, I came to the realization that if I’m going to get anywhere… I need to get closer to God and study the Word a lot more often. It’s the reality of the situation. I was denying it for… months, perhaps even years. Now there’s nothing for it. I have no choice, and, believe me, through lessons/sermons by my pastor, God has been trying to tell me to get my act together. I was all, “Naaaah. I can… I can handle this! Watch…!” Wrong. Wrong. :stuck_out_tongue:

In any case, I am now much happier for the wear! Apparently, talking myself into thinking sensically helped – I tested myself out that very day by acting positively, even though I was kind of depressed, and, by golly, it worked! So, I’m going to continue to keep my chin up and remain level-headed, because I can’t afford to make any more mistakes or… let myself get down in the dumps. With God’s assistance, I shall be tenacious and persevere! I quote a line from Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood:

“Rise and rise again… until lambs become lions.”

– Mitch

#1629

Mood: somewhat disappointed, and I feel a little crazy :stuck_out_tongue:

Reason: Well I’m kinda disappointed in a teacher I used to know. You see, back in late 2009 (so the beginning half of the school year) my improv club used to practice in one of the teacher’s classes on Fridays, and he would watch us and give us pointers and stuff, and he seemed like a really nice guy. Well today I found out that he was accused of having, um, ‘relations’ with a fourteen year old girl that goes to my school. What’s worse, it’s rumored that the girl is one of my friends’ girlfriend, and I feel really bad for him. I mean, the whole situation is really shocking really, cuz the teacher was such a nice and funny guy, and then this. He messed up his life in a matter of months :frowning:

And all that aside, I feel rather like I’m going a bit crazy. Maybe it’s cuz I’m so close to the end of school, or maybe it’s cuz I’m reading a book about a kid who goes crazy and eventually tries to kill himself, but I feel really… weird. Like, I’ve felt like this before, like, optimistic and somewhat depressed at the same time. It’s weird, and i kinda like it :stuck_out_tongue: I’ve honestly been kinda fascinated with the idea of somebody going crazy. I don’t know why :laughing:

I know it sounds stupid, but yeah, I feel like I’m going crazy ;-o

#1630

Current Mood: Elated :smiley: !

Reason: I’ve just been blessed left and right this week! First, I was driving with Mom and Papa, and my mom had just decorated the car with a bunch of Pooh Bear beanies (which she now took down), and Papa picks one up to look at it. It was a wallet-Pooh with a zipper in the back. Papa opens up that zipper, and guess what pops out! A $20 :smiley: ! And it’s only about a year younger than me, so it’s kinda old (for a paper bill). So I got that. I also got a very sweet card from my aunt, and it made me laugh! Then I got some birthday money from my aunt, and money from my mom to spend on our trip. Mom also got me an iTunes card, so that was great :slight_smile: ! And I got an E-Card from Papa that was hilarious :laugh: ! It was called “The Birthday Song,” and it had stupid, but really funny lyrics. I also got one of my favorite gifts so far, my gift from TSS :smiley: ! Thanks, man! That really means a lot to me! It also seems like I’m gonna have more people showing up for my birthday than I thought. So that’s really cool! And I might get to go see The Incredibles (Disney characters) the day after my B-Day :-D) ! And I just might go in my super suit if it’s not too hot :wink: . This is nice, cause my last two birthdays weren’t so good at some moments :frowning: . Last year, I was at Disney, and my pants ripped. And the year before that, almost nobody showed up. (Although, I shouldn’t complain, I still got to be with good friends and The Incredibles.) But, God willing, this year will go great :slight_smile: !

EDIT: I almost forgot, my birthday is tomorrow :smiley: !!!

#1631

That is my favourite line from the trailer, Mitch… I really want to see this movie! :smiley:

I feel you, mo. Recently, I had someone betray me too. I promised myself I wouldn’t bring this here cos’ I’m trying not to think about it, but I just have to let this out cos’ I can’t take this anymore.

This person and I were video group mates for two projects this semester, and I thought I really got on well with her. But towards the end of the second project, she started going through emotional breakdowns (probably due to the stress of being the ‘informal leader’ as the film’s story was hers). It didn’t help I had a lazy group member and another who lived far away (and was hence unable to attend a couple of the meetings). I helped her out as much as I could, defending her ideas, staying overnight with her to work on it in school while the other two went home, even letting them use my home for practically the entire film’s setting. I helped her out as much as I could, but then we had an argument on the presentation day (cos’ she underestimated herself and was dissatisfied with the whole film, although we thought it was quite good), and she got upset again. Then she started badmouthing me on Facebook (saying I was useless with programs, even though I actually helped them with using it), and claiming I promised her to do a ‘Special Edition’ DVD with bloopers for her friends, even though we promised her as a group, and it was more of a casual suggestion rather than a deed set in stone.

Now we are suppose to treat our actors to dinner, but with her ‘bipolar’ behaviour, I don’t know whether I can ever face her again. I’m really hurt and I felt like I was stabbed in the back after all I’ve done for them. :confused:

Current Mood: Okay

I’m hurtin’ because of what one friend did to me as stated above. But I also know I’m not in the wrong, and that “there’s all kinds of people in this world”, as my mama would say. I’ll just try to salvage the situation, and if I can’t, just let it go. I’ll be moving on to my postgrad next semester anyway, but if possible, I don’t want to end my degree on such a sour note.

On a lighter note, I’m looking forward to watching ‘The Losers’ with a couple of my mates this evening. Zoe Saldana is like my female idol right now, so hopefully she kicks tons of *ss in this one. A-Team ain’t got nothin’ on this! :slight_smile:

#1632

xD Sean I’m jealous over how exciting your Sundays can be!

I’m also on Verizon but so tempted by the iPhone. Why must they torture us? But AMEN to that last part!!!

That is not fun. A terrible feeling, but I’m sure I don’t have to tell you that. I’m glad you’re keeping such a level head about it though, be sensible and don’t let it ruin what would have been a decent sounding semester. I hope things do conclude in a good way so you can look back and not feel ill toward the situation.

I am still dying to see The Losers! I hope you like it, enjoy it for me. I’ll try to remember to watch it soon…

#1633

Mood: Lost, Confused, and a little nervous, relieved and annoyed all at the same time.

And here’s why

Lost, Confused, Nervous, Relieved.
Well… The Captain’s had his eyeballs hands and feels like his enitre body put through the screws the last few weeks with a deluge of assignments requiring creation and handing in, including one in which a creation of a “theme” for a “weeks worth of activities” took a Pixar touch with my created school becoming “Sunnyside Primary” and the theme including The Incredibles as the theme was Heroes.

I’ve had 2 of the 6 assignments back so far… and if everything goes to plan i will be extremely happy as so far I have scored 62 (presentation) and 66 (Assignment on the role of Personal And Social Devleopment, Well Being and Cultural diversity for children aged 3-7) which is a 2.2 grading! So the nerves are back until I get my final one back!

Therefore I am lost… new members, old members, just members, posts and threads alike all new exciting and spoiler filled! hence the next part

Annoyed
I did outline my feelings on this Last year… funnily enough this time last year when Up was released… PLEASE Keep the Toy Story spoilers clear… No new shots the world (thats the whole big area North, South, East and West of the Star Spangled banner) hasn’t seen… I’m restraining myself from going into the Boards related to TS cause of that fact… and this goes for members on Twitter too please… remember I did threaten to bludgeon Lasseter himself if Toy Story 3 was delayed outside of the US… and at the moment it isn’t! Let’s not turn the Captain into the Bounty Hunter otherwise I do think I might have to go through with some actions which a whole lot of the membership will not like!

#1634

Hey there Captain! I’ve slightly annoyed lately about everything spoilerific. Thankfully we have these lovely spoiler tags that should prevent secrets from getting out. I took a break from the board because the Art Of book had recently come up and it was a hot topic so I kept my distance. Now I’ve slowly eased myself back and low and behold; People here and there are forgetting to use the tags! Even when a whole page has grey blocks everywhere, somewhere in the middle someone will completely disregard the function and bare it all, while everyone else talking about the same subject is hiding the text respectfully.

Honestly, even as I have voiced my annoyance/fear on Twitter more than once, this is a risk we are talking. It’s a real bummer than people like you and I and plenty of others can’t talk on the forum because we’re so scared of people forgetting to add spoiler tags, but sometimes accidents happen or people just slip up. Unfortunate, but it happens.

{{ That being said it still WOULD be awesome if everyone would try and remember a little better pretty please. After all it is a rule :wink: }}

But I completely understand. Yet as of lately I’ve been afraid to just turn on the television! What with new clips coming out and they’re even a bit revealing! :open_mouth:

As for Twitter everyone I follow has done a good job at keeping their topics subtle. You’re probably following a lot more Pixar Planetians than I am and so maybe you’re seeing things I’m not. I suggest you tweet and ask them to try and remember to keep their secrets to themselves! :smiley:

#1635

Thanks for the kind words, gazelle. I really needed that.

Welcome back Pan! I had a crazy week last week too (I had to take a self-imposed hiatus or I would never finish my work), but thankfully it’s over. Now I’m just chilling by going to the cinemas every two days (since Thursday) and visiting the libraries to read all the books I’ve always wanted! :slight_smile:

Like both of you, I’m really annoyed with spoilers. So far, I count myself lucky not to have encountered anything I didn’t already know, but I can see some people posting up images that have not appeared in any trailers to my knowledge (and no, Disney sneak peeks and clips are not considered to be in wide-enough circulation, so they are pretty close to spoilers). My rule of thumb is:

If something is not shown or mentioned in the official trailers or posters, you have to take it as a spoiler. It doesn’t matter whether it appeared in a Movie Surfer’s Clip, or a featurette, or on the official website, or in the ‘Art of’ book… if it appears outside what they screen in cinema previews, most people wouldn’t have seen it. So don’t assume everyone did.

Current Mood: Pretty good

I caught The Losers, although I was alone since my friends bailed on me for this one. Pretty enjoyable experience, I’m in love with Ms Saldana! <3

#1636

Mood: Excited

Rockin’ some oldschool Nintendo games today, and I ordered Donkey Kong 64 from ebay which should come tomorrow! :smiley: it’s exciting to be playing all these games from my childhood again. :smiley: 10 days!!

#1637

I’m glad to hear that you’re feeling better and motivated, Mitch. It’s easy to get stuck in a rut sometimes, but so much more difficult to pull yourself out of it, so well done for managing to do so.

Gosh, sorry to hear about that teacher of yours, mo. It’s strange when you find out something like that about someone you respect.

And you’re right- insanity is fascinating! I hope you don’t feel too crazy, though. :laughing:

I’m so happy to hear you’re having a good birthday, Violet Parr! :smiley:

Sorry to hear about how you were feeling, thedriveintheatre. gazelle’s right, it’s great that you’re being so level-headed about this. At least you know you’re being the ‘bigger’ man as such, without being drawn into all of these arguments too much.

It’s great to see you back on the boards, Captain Pan. Well done on your marks so far, and I hope the rest of your assignments that are handed back do equally as well! Haha, and as much as I don’t want people to keep revealing spoilers on here and everywhere else, I can’t help but think that the image of you, Captain Pan, as the Bounty Hunter is one that I like. :laughing:

Mood: Exhausted.

Reason: Well, that’s what I get for staying up all night cramming for a biology exam. Had it this morning and it went okay, so fingers crossed. Now I’ve just got to get started on the next one…I swear my whole life is biology at the moment.

#1638

Glad everyone’s doing ok. And happy birthday VioletParr! :smiley:

Mood: Bored and excited
Reason: Bored because not many people are posting anything.(atleast, nothing that’s interesting to me.) And excited because my friends are spending the night thursday night. One of them is going to bring both the Twilight movies to watch because I’ve never seen it, and since I’m gonna watch it, they have to watch atleast the first Lord of the Rings movie! :smiley: YESSS! Maybe they’ll see it’s an awesome movie after all!
And I survived another exciting day of bible school. One of the kids fell asleep during one of the classes.XD And the lady that was teaching it asked if they knew what a Pharoh was, and one of the girls said,“A ferris wheel?” :laughing:

#1639

Mood: Incandescently Happy

Reason: Not quite sure why…I finished a music video tribute to my high school teachers, and woke up in a genuinely happy mood today. The kind of happy where I don’t know what to do about it. I don’t ever want this feeling to go away though, that’s for sure :wink:

9 days

#1640

Thanks lizardgirl and skunklover :smiley: !

Current Mood: Elated, wonderful, fulfilled, excited, and more :smiley: !!!

Reason: Long story, I’ve just had the best B-Day, EVER :smiley: :slight_smile: ! But I’ll tell you all about it later… Right Now I’ve gotta go spend some time with my family :slight_smile: !