. A test card is the image shown during the time between scheduled broadcasts. The american equivalent is the color bar shown after a station signs off for the night or during some sort of technical failure. As more and more stations will show paid programming all night long the test card will soon become a thing of the past.
In this light I have made my own test card with a flying eye from a german woodcut. "Illuminati Test Card" so there it is.
Weekend was brightened despite gloomy whether by spending Sunday with our good friend and my "best person" EQ. We saw
Star Trek Nemesis. Luckily I was convinced this movie would suck. I say luckily because it was a decent movie and was much better than I was led to believe. It was nice to see Patrick Stewart and the gang. mrs. mice and I were able to predict a lot of what was going to happen before it happened. A game we like to play. Hopefully it didn't spoil it for Emily or anyone else in the theater.
I did sorta make a joke during the movie. There is a love scene between Deanna and Will who are now married. Will is on top and there aren't a lot of covers to go around. The shot begins by showing their kissing faces and gradually the shot is panning down more and more you see more and more of Johnathan Frakes' (Riker) nekkid body (or a body double I'm guessing). I said it before I had a chance to censor myself and it was loud enough that a couple people laughed. "Please God, don't show his butt." I try to be good and not ruin a movie for the other people who paid their hard earned money for a movie ticket. Sadly, I hear my brother has a similar problem. I just dread the day that someone has to shout "Shut up!" at me in a movie house. Because I really would feel bad.
EQ is a good person. We realized again for the 100th time that we share a lot of values with her. That sort of begs the question, well, what values? Lets just say the that she is trustworthy, and that I consider her part of my family. I know I didn't really answer the question. But there is a tendency recently amongst some of our friends, I think, to be disrespectful. And luckily we have one friend who isn't and that is Emily. Yes I am being judge-mental, yes I should be able to accept people for who they are. I can't tell people what to do. But can I wish that they wouldn't act foolish and break each others hearts? Of course not. everyone has to learn the hard way, especially me.
I have said too much already.
So with that,
More later.
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