You are my sunshine . . .

Stolen from @heirss2elegance (Twitter). Two questions: Would you let your significant other sleep with another man/woman in exchange for a million dollars? And if you had the chance to get a million dollars, but it meant that a stranger had to die, would you accept?

1. I don't see what's the big deal about it. If sleeping around with other people makes them happy, I have no reason to object. Although I'd rather have no money involved, otherwise it would look like prostitution - but if it's only once (I mean for money) and they don't mind, it's all right with me. (Now, where do I find some desperate chick who would pay a million to get laid by my SO?)

2. Only if I know that this particular stranger deserves to die (in my highly biased opinion, of course ;) - for example, if it's a religious fundamenalist, a rapist, a spammer, a terminally ill person who would be better off dead anyway, etc - the possibilities are endless. In fact, if I know it's safe, I would do it (make them die) without any reward :)

I like to listen to music while coding, it helps me to get the energy and to stay awake when relevant (like right now). And suddenly I'm overwhelmed with the feeling of a huge conceptual mismatch between the user administration software and Rammstein songs :) Am I doing not what I'm supposed to do, or listening to what I'm not supposed to listen? On the other hand... one word - BOFH ;)

Dreamed of a nice romantic (non-explicit) scene, and upon the transition to another scene it was revealed to be an ad for a TV show, the episode where my character dies the most gruesome death! This woke me up and now I'm curious how it would've happened :) (being the character, not the actress, I have personal interest :) They had mentioned something about mafia and betrayal but nothing specific.

Actually, I had a bad feeling right away upon realizing that I had forgotten my Rammstein ring. Heh, guess I've got too dependent on this item (I've read these things can happen ;) Whenever I have to go out without it (like the beach - for the fear of damaging it), I feel insecure and vulnerable. But I'm never forgetting it in strange places...

The sleep challenge tally so far:
Day 1: 6:50am (woken up by the cat)
Day 2: 6:58am (unknown reason)
Day 3: 6:00am approx (bad dream)

This month, (not) looking forward to getting up at 7am every day. May not seem much of a challenge to most of the people here, but it's 2-3 hours earlier than I normally wake up, and I take fucking with my sleeping hours very bad (as opposed to fucking with the diet). Didn't get much sleep this night, being nervous and literally scared to envision how I'll manage to go through the day. (See why I'm doing this?)

Hopefully it gets better when I'll be compelled to go to sleep earlier. Sleep deprivation is not a goal, and neither is suffering. Actually, my feelings are irrelevant, but if I feel nice about it, it's even amusing (relax and enjoy the abuse, lol). And self-pity is definitely not helpful.

So, if I say or do anything extraordinary stupid during the current month, please consider the excuse that I may be too trashed to think properly ;) Just kidding. The challenge includes being able to function approx. within the normal parameters.

Stolen from barush. How to do this meme: Using only EPISODE names from ONE TV SHOW, cleverly answer these questions. Try not to repeat an episode title. It's a lot harder than you think! Repost as "My life according to (show)".

Describe yourself: "Facets"
How do you feel: "Broken Link"
Describe where you currently live: "Far Beyond the Stars"
If you could go anywhere where would you go: "Past Tense"
Your favorite form of transportation: "Through the Looking Glass"
Your best friend is: "Distant Voices"
What's the weather like: "Statistical Probabilities"
Favorite time of day: "In the Pale Moonlight"
If your life was a TV show, it would be called: "Crossover"
What is life to you: "The Darkness and the Light"
Your fear: "Invasive Procedures"
What is the best advice you have to give: "Favor the Bold"
Thought for the Day: "Take Me Out to the Holosuite"
How I would like to die: "Blaze of Glory"
My soul's present condition: "Shadows and Symbols"
My motto: "It's Only a Paper Moon"

Finally saw the infamous "Inglourious Basterds". I had the file for ages but in such a lousy quality that I had considered waiting for the DVD, until I get really bored or something.

So, after all the hype, it left me entirely unimpressed - and I don't think it's the quality of the video which had spoiled it. The plot is boring, the characters are boring, you don't care what happens with any of them either way (with one exception, see below), it's neither shocking nor depressing nor amusing nor atmospheric.

The alleged blood & gore (e.g. scalping) is shown very briefly and is too obviously fake. I had expected to see more of Basterds' action, as a proof why they are supposed to be so fearsome - but most of the movie is talking talking talking. Lt. Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt) looks and acts like a clown with a funny moustache. Sgt. Hugo Stiglitz (Til Schweiger) is just hanging around looking bored (although I do appreciate the 4 seconds of the whipping scene :)

The only redeeming quality of this movie is the character of Col. Hans Landa - he is intelligent, devious, charming, subtle and dangerous - everything one wants to see in the movie character! The bargaining bit at the end spoils it a little, but I suppose it was a followup to the intro, when he mentions that he knows how to think like a Jew. And the scene when he uncovers the disguise of the pseudo-Italians in the movie theater had totally cracked me up!

A couple more scenes worth watching:

- The capture and murder of Sgt. Werner Rachtman (a German soldier who chose death over betrayal, that was at least touching)

- the torture scene of Bridget von Hammersmark (not much to see but heck, with 2.5 hours of trash, you gotta be grateful for every bit of amusement you've got)

Also, I've learned a new bar game :)