So I really can’t remember how I got here.
Ah yes… helloooo…. or, as Carol Burnett would say “hiiiii…. weren’t weeeee?” in that lackadaisical drawl of hers…
So. I was at lunch, thinking about how I didn’t really sleep last night (5am – 8am), and how I had inadvertently stumbled across a showing of Tin Man, a short sci-fi series (movie into three parts, actually) I had enjoyed a year or two ago. It’s a retelling of the Wizard of Oz, and it’s pretty damn cool. But. It shows in three parts. From 1am – 3am. Yeah I know, TiVo, or any DVR system! I KNOW THIS. But mine’s on the fritz. I either have too much stuff saved (yes I already tried deleting partial records, etc) orrrr… i have no idea. It wouldn’t let me set up recordings for the next two parts.
So I go online today hoping to find it on Hulu. Nope. Sci-fi? Nope. (SUPER LAME, btw. Website sucks.) YouTube? Of course not! (Trademark, stupid corporations, blahblahblah).
I start searching Google Video and thought I had luck, but all links of the actual show, not a clip, not a trailer, are pulled. And then I did a search for “Tin Man Part 2″ and I scroll down and see “Turkish Star Wars”. Now who wouldn’t want to click that and find out what that was? Ok, yeah shut it, all o’ ya – but I’m the curious one, gotta click click clickety clack clowck click it!
And found the most hideous movie ever made. Ever. EV. AH.
EVER!
It’s in Turkish. It has English subtitles. So you can definitely brush up on your Turkish. Maybe. (Sinem? A little help?) It has Star Wars (A New Hope) clips and Indiana Jones theme song threaded throughout. It’s shot really, really, REALLY badly. Super bad. Horribly wrong.
This movie is BEGGING for Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K) treatment. It’s begging for shot games. It’s begging to be resurrected in all its “glory” if only to show the world how NOT to make a movie. Ever.
Watch it here. The fun starts around 1:58. Get to know the cast. Learn more than you ever wanted to know.
A little bit of trivia? “Adam” means man in Turkish. The Hebrew is, I think, “ah adamah” (which is probably the reference for Battlestar Galactica’s Commander Adama). Language is fun!
This whole entry should be sponsored by MST3K. Seriously.
Happy Hump Day. Ouch.
So one of my all time fave male actors, if not my fave male actor, Johnny Depp, is once again teaming up with Tim Burton, who I also love, and will be taking the part of a character I’ve always loved and tended to be able to most relate to in Alice in Wonderland….
The Mad Hatter. That’s right. Johnny Depp will be the Mad Hatter. [short article here]
I was already the Mad Hatter for my sister’s 30th birthday. [shortest video here] [pic here]
And for my sister’s benefit, here are shots from the set, showing the girl who’s playing Alice and some of the cool costuming already evident. Did I say I loved Tim Burton? Yeah. Everyone should. He GETS it.
I saw an ad for Charlie Bartlett a month or so ago and my first thought was “it’s the Ferris Bueller for the ’00s”. Seriously. Just look at the very tip of comparison, the movie poster, the pose, and the face type of the main character. I’m thinking of going to go see it, just to see if it’s an homage to Ferris Bueller, or an heir of the comic storyline and extending it some more. Meh. Should be funny though.
I used to be, apparently, an INFJ or it was an INTJ. Can’t remember. Either way, it seems I’ve shifted a bit, and that means either back to my old old roots of who I really am, or back to about 10, 15 years ago to who I can be when I want to be. I don’t know! But apparently NOW, I’m an ENFP… which is either a Champion, or an Inspirer, or a Code Monkey. I CHOOSE CODE MONKEY! YAYYYYYY!!!
But seriously – here’s some descriptives of my type – see if they jive with the person you know me as or if it seems off and I just had too much coffee before taking the test. Or not enough. HA!
Like the other Idealists, Champions are rather rare, say two or three percent of the population, but even more than the others they consider intense emotional experiences as being vital to a full life. Champions have a wide range and variety of emotions, and a great passion for novelty. They see life as an exciting drama, pregnant with possibilities for both good and evil, and they want to experience all the meaningful events and fascinating people in the world. The most outgoing of the Idealists, Champions often can’t wait to tell others of their extraordinary experiences. Champions can be tireless in talking with others, like fountains that bubble and splash, spilling over their own words to get it all out. And usually this is not simple storytelling; Champions often speak (or write) in the hope of revealing some truth about human experience, or of motivating others with their powerful convictions. Their strong drive to speak out on issues and events, along with their boundless enthusiasm and natural talent with language, makes them the most vivacious and inspiring of all the types.
Fiercely individualistic, Champions strive toward a kind of personal authenticity, and this intention always to be themselves is usually quite attractive to others. At the same time, Champions have outstanding intuitive powers and can tell what is going on inside of others, reading hidden emotions and giving special significance to words or actions. In fact, Champions are constantly scanning the social environment, and no intriguing character or silent motive is likely to escape their attention. Far more than the other Idealists, Champions are keen and probing observers of the people around them, and are capable of intense concentration on another individual. Their attention is rarely passive or casual. On the contrary, Champions tend to be extra sensitive and alert, always ready for emergencies, always on the lookout for what’s possible.
Champions are good with people and usually have a wide range of personal relationships. They are warm and full of energy with their friends. They are likable and at ease with colleagues, and handle their employees or students with great skill. They are good in public and on the telephone, and are so spontaneous and dramatic that others love to be in their company. Champions are positive, exuberant people, and often their confidence in the goodness of life and of human nature makes good things happen. [source]
Another one:
ENFPs are friendly folks. Most are really enjoyable people. Some of the most soft-hearted people are ENFPs.
ENFPs have what some call a “silly switch.” They can be intellectual, serious, all business for a while, but whenever they get the chance, they flip that switch and become CAPTAIN WILDCHILD, the scourge of the swimming pool, ticklers par excellence. Som etimes they may even appear intoxicated when the “switch” is flipped.
One study has shown that ENFPs are significantly overrepresented in psychodrama. Most have a natural propensity for role-playing and acting.
ENFPs like to tell funny stories, especially about their friends. This penchant may be why many are attracted to journalism. I kid one of my ENFP friends that if I want the sixth fleet to know something, I’ll just tell him.
ENFPs are global learners. Close enough is satisfactory to the ENFP, which may unnerve more precise thinking types, especially with such things as piano practice (”three quarter notes or four … what’s the difference?”) Amazingly, some ENFPs are adept at exacting disciplines such as mathematics.
Friends are what life is about to ENFPs, moreso even than the other NFs. They hold up their end of the relationship, sometimes being victimized by less caring individuals. ENFPs are energized by being around people. Some have real difficulty being alone , especially on a regular basis.
One ENFP colleague, a social worker, had such tremendous interpersonal skills that she put her interviewers at ease during her own job interview. She had the ability to make strangers feel like old friends.
ENFPs sometimes can be blindsided by their secondary Feeling function. Hasty decisions based on deeply felt values may boil over with unpredictable results. More than one ENFP has abruptly quit a job in such a moment.
And then there’s the one titled Inspirer – read here.
Like I said, it sounds familiar, I don’t NOT agree with it – but sometimes the mirror becomes cloudy and self-assessment becomes a more arduous task than first thought. Meh.
I love life, I live life, I have my friends, I love my iPhone, I have a sister, she’s pretty cool, and that’s about it. No? More to it than that? Hee haw schmee haw I think I need to go now. Ta taaaaa…
Oh and if you wanna take the test – take it! take it take it take it!
So I really can’t remember how I got here.
