tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-371482592024-02-20T09:58:29.640-05:00The B-Side Entriescensored sensations - for better or for worseUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger244125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148259.post-59689409456230069042009-06-26T23:44:00.003-04:002009-06-26T23:49:13.395-04:00come and playComing soon to an intarwebz near you:<br /><br /><br /><center><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/k7Evfvvjt6U&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/k7Evfvvjt6U&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jv2WVuZmd9c&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jv2WVuZmd9c&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></center><br /><br />But until that site goes live, head over to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/thejokerblogs">TheJokerBlogs @ YouTube</a> and watch!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148259.post-63221194956447358642009-06-15T10:02:00.003-04:002009-06-16T10:55:44.552-04:00True Blood S02E01 -- teletalk and spoilers<i>(Cross-posted to <a href="http://masquedbunny.livejournal.com">LiveJournal</a>)</i><br /><br />[...]<br /><br /><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001593/">Anna</a>'s acting aside (and I know a lot of people will disagree with me on this point), my sole complaint with the series was the [perfectly canon] possibility that Lafayette (<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1734700/">Nelsan Ellis</a>) would not see the second series. He was my favourite character in the first series, and completely independent of his role in the book universe. Amazing actor, amazing character, just really entertaining and fun to watch.<br /><br /><span id="fullpost">Lafayette wasn't a major character in the books, and Charlaine Harris killed him off (in the first book, if memory serves me); but in the show, I think he has been much too well-loved by the audience to just get rid of him so carelessly. If the intro is anything to go by, perhaps Alan Ball has thrown that out the window. Fine by me ... <b>[Edit:</b> Still watching (10:31) ... am I writing too soon? Is he going to die in <i>this</i> episode? If he dies in <i>this</i>, I am going to <i>FLIP</i>.<b>]</b><br /><br />I can't help but feel a bit sad that it appears Jason (<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0477127/">Ryan Kwanten</a>) is going to be turning into a <strike>Jesus person</strike> Fellowship of the Sun member this season. He was such a fun little man-whore in the last series. Ah, well. Character development. C'est la fiction.<br /><br />Also, if the YouTube <a href="http://www.youtube.com/BloodCopyCom">BloodCopyCom</a> viral campaign is any indication, we might see the second Great Revelation (weres and shifters making themselves known) sooner than the pace of the books would have it. In the books, it didn't happen until <u>Dead and Gone</u>.<br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148259.post-59337069868901738232009-06-14T18:56:00.008-04:002009-06-14T23:55:04.987-04:00"Artistic Merit"<i>(Cross-posted to <a href="http://masquedbunny.livejournal.com">LiveJournal</a>)</i><br /><br />When last we saw him, Mr. J and Dr. Quinzel were meeting in the Arkham cafeteria for therapy (a perk after J's being attacked by Dr. Strange). This time, the Arkham staff are testing the therapeutic effects of art ...<br /><br />New from <a href="http://www.youtube.com/thejokerblogs">TheJokerBlogs</a>, "Artistic Merit":<br /><span id="fullpost"><br /><center><object width="410" height="252"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/A23OBqmvlVU&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x402061&color2=0x9461ca"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/A23OBqmvlVU&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x402061&color2=0x9461ca" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="410" height="252"></embed></object></center><br /><br />The way he pauses at 3:51 is just perfect--going from anger to interest to flippancy to blank consideration to anger again with renewed artistic vigor. Along with his take on the Mona Lisa and a portrait of Jerry the giraffe (from a comic strip he did months ago), Harleen's portrait is posted on DeviantArt: <br /><br /><center><object width="400" height="476"><param name="movie" value="http://backend.deviantart.com/embed/view.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value="id=125850115&width=1337" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://backend.deviantart.com/embed/view.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" flashvars="id=125850115&width=1337" height="476" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed></object><br /><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/125850115/">Harlequin</a> by ~<a class="u" href="http://thejokerblogs.deviantart.com/">thejokerblogs</a> on <a href="http://www.deviantart.com">deviant</a><a href="http://www.deviantart.com">ART</a></center><br /><br />The altered version is on Facebook: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/pages/Gotham-City-US/TheJokerBlogs/50467716791?sid=cb11638f7b7f89598b2264557d572af8&ref=search">here</a>.<br /><br />Also the inclusion of Pearl (from <i>Arkham Asylum</i>, and voice work done by <a href="http://twitter.com/MsManagr">MsManagr</a>) at the end made me smile.<br /><br /><br /><br />More to do with TheJokerBlogs: I ordered what will hopefully be a better version of my <a href="http://www.cafepress.com/thejokerblogs"><i>WWJokerD</i> T-shirt</a> (a white T instead of green this time). Alas, the red text on the green shirt has not had a lasting power in the washing machine. The result is that, from not very far away, it just looks like a <i>WWJD</i> slogan--and this in spite of only ever washing it in cold water. So I'm going to "fix" it myself, as it's well beyond the 30-day return time limit set by CafePress, and MsManagr has given me the go-ahead to vandalise the hell out of it.<br /><br />I think this is going to be fun. When it's done, I'll show and tell.<br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148259.post-2444881918320760112009-06-08T10:01:00.003-04:002009-06-08T10:43:59.771-04:00harping on movies and music<i>(Cross-posted to <a href="http://masquedbunny.livejournal.com">LiveJournal</a>)</i><br /><br />[...] After a casual glance at yesterday ... yes, indeed, I do tweet at least once a day. I know it was overkill, but at least neither yesterday nor Saturday included my running commentary about <b>Raiders of the Lost Ark</b>, <b><i>Ondskan</i></b>, or <i>True Blood</i>. And there was a lot. There always is--and it only gets worse the more times I've watched. This is why I tend to watch movies alone. I should just have my own <i>MST3K</i>, really.<br /><span id="fullpost"><br />On the topic of <b><i>Ondskan</i></b>, by the by, for your consideration: <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1270590/">Andreas Wilson</a>. He's like a better-looking, better-acting [Swedish] <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0159789/">Hayden Christensen</a>. Don't give me a hard time about that, either. We all know he was about as dynamic as a block of wood in the <b>Star Wars</b> franchise, even if he <i>is</i> a doll-baby.<br /><br />In hindsight, the question about modern music as a lullaby--<i>What Nirvana, Pixies, Smiths or De La Soul number would you sing a small child to sleep with?</i>--might have been more appropriate to address in a journal entry, as I certainly had more than 140 characters to say about it. As to where it came from, it was posed by TheAuteurs <a href="http://www.theauteurs.com/notebook/posts/773">here</a>. I would've done the "Reading the Movies" meme, but I don't really own any books about film (though I probably should, for how much I go on [and on and on] about it), apart from scripts and annotated screenplays.<br /><br />More songs (inappropriate or not) that came to mind: The Doors' "Crystal Ship", STP's "Atlanta", Sarah McLachlan's "Angel", Massive Attack's "Teardrop", Chumbawamba's "Lullaby Demons" (which is a cheat, because "lullaby" is in the title, but I don't care) ...<br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148259.post-91865588255716723032009-06-05T11:59:00.001-04:002009-06-14T19:12:37.137-04:00a question of taste<i>(Cross-posted to <a href="http://masquedbunny.livejournal.com">LiveJournal</a>)</i><br /><br />Regarding some of yesterday's tweets--<br /><span id="fullpost"><br />For whatever reasons he may have (in or out of character), @<a href="http://twitter.com/TheJokerBlogs">TheJokerBlogs</a> asked his Twitter followers who their favourite artists were. And I responded, and you can see the response [<a href="http://twitter.com/masquedbunny">on Twitter</a>].<br /><br /><i>Now</i> he wants to know our favourite work of art [...]<br /><br />That's even more difficult than the first question, really. Art is so varied, I just don't see the point in narrowing down all mediums of art to one art form and then choosing a favourite in that category. I still responded--on YouTube, because there's no point in pretending that the answer will fit into 140 characters:<br /><br /><i>... Once again, I'm pretty sure I don't have a single favourite. <a href="http://www.geh.org/parkeharrison/">The ParkeHarrisons' "Architect's Brother"</a> </i>[I cheated here, as this is an entire exhibit of their work, but, well, I love it.]<i>. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:John_Henry_Fuseli_-_The_Nightmare.JPG">Füssli's "Nightmare"</a>. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Thetriumphofdeath.jpg">Bruegel's "Triumph of Death"</a>. <a href="http://www.ccel.org/h/herbert/temple/eye.jpg">Escher's "Eye"</a>. ... They're kind of cliché. Oh, well.<br /><br />I'm wondering where all of this is leading. Is Mr. J planning to rob and/or vandalise an art gallery? Something else deviant and devious?<br />... Or is this just for "gits and shiggles"? </i><br /><br />(Yes, keeping my language silly and clean for YouTube ...) And, honestly, I'm still quite certain that those aren't my "favourites". They're just ones I admire that I happened to think of at the time. More will probably rise to the surface as the day wears on.<br /><br />So I'll pose the question to the people reading this: Who is <i>your</i> favourite artist (if you have one)? And what is <i>your</i> favourite work of art (again, if you have one)?<br /><br /><center>~*~</center><br /><br /><i>(Comments from <a href="http://masquedbunny.livejournal.com/651251.html">LiveJournal</a>)</i><br /><br /><a href="http://measi.livejournal.com">Melissa</a>: <i>As far as art goes, I can't fairly say - my exposure is far too narrow to give a good opinion, I think.<br /><br />Of artists I've *seen* though, I tend to lean toward Impressionists for personal preference. Something about the color use attracts my eye.</i><br /><br /><center>~*~</center><br /><br /><center><a href="http://www.renoirgallery.com/gallery.asp?id=31"><img src="http://wahooart.com/A55A04/w.nsf/OPRA/BRUE-5ZKE2T/$File/Pierre-Auguste%20Renoir%20-%20Dance%20at%20Bougival%20(Suzanne%20Valadon%20and%20Paul%20Lhote).JPG" width="400" ></a></center><br /><br /><center>~*~</center><br /><br /><a href="http://nik1010.livejournal.com">Nicole</a>: <i>I guess my favorite artist is Seurat, though I also really (strangely enough) like modern art in all its wackiness, especially Yves Klein.</i><br /><br /><center>~*~</center><br /><br /><center><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Georges_Seurat_-_Un_dimanche_apr%C3%A8s-midi_%C3%A0_l%27%C3%8Ele_de_la_Grande_Jatte.jpg"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4d/Georges_Seurat_-_Un_dimanche_apr%C3%A8s-midi_%C3%A0_l%27%C3%8Ele_de_la_Grande_Jatte.jpg" width="400" ></a></center><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148259.post-84110843638574468012009-06-03T15:11:00.003-04:002009-06-05T13:33:05.852-04:00iMeme<i>(Cross-posted to <a href="http://masquedbunny.livejournal.com">LiveJournal</a>)</i><br /><br />Here are the rules - post this list on your [whatever] replacing my answers with yours.<br /><br />48 Questions.<br /><span id="fullpost"><br />1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?<br />The mother of God (<i>"in one religion"</i> - Eddie Izzard); and my father.<br /><br />2. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED?<br />Ugh. Probably in Ikea. Though I almost cried during <b>Up</b>. The little old people remind me too much of my maternal grandparents.<br /><br />3. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING?<br />It's fine.<br /><br />4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVO(U)RITE LUNCH MEAT?<br />Turkey, probably.<br /><br />5. DO YOU HAVE KIDS?<br />No.<br /><br />6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON, WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU?<br />This is a silly question.<br /><br />7. DO YOU USE SARCASM?<br />Nevar!<br /><br />8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS?<br />Yes.<br /><br />9. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP?<br />Maybe ... it would depend on the circumstances.<br /><br />10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVO(U)RITE CEREAL?<br />Cocoa Puffs are pretty great, but I never eat them. I've been stuck on Kashi for a long time.<br /><br />11. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF?<br />Not if I can help it.<br /><br />13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVO(U)RITE ICE CREAM?<br />Chocolate chip is my usual standby. Sweet cream is good. So is coconut. None of the flavors with chunks of fruit in it, however (coconut flakes are different and more in a chocolate/vanilla category in my mind); fruit mixed into things grosses me out to no end.<br /><br />14. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE?<br />Posture.<br /><br />15. RED OR PINK?<br />Oh, I like <a href="http://kleogade.livejournal.com">Kat</a>'s answer. "Crimson."<br /><br />16. WHAT IS YOUR LEAST FAVO(U)RITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF?<br />My introversion. [...]<br /><br />17. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST?<br />The artists in my life. I never get to see them anymore.<br /><br />18. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO COMPLETE THIS LIST?<br />No, I don't care that much.<br /><br />19. WHAT COLO(U)R PANTS AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING?<br />Dark-wash denim and black with silver embroidery.<br /><br />21. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW?<br />Last.fm -- "Dirty Business" - The Dresden Dolls<br /><br />22. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE?<br />I'd be a clump of those mistreated crayons that they melt into cupcake papers in the oven.<br /><br />23. FAVO(U)RITE SCENTS?<br />Anything that comes off clean pleases me. Sickly sweet things stay away!<br /><br />24. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE?<br />I have no idea. I don't really use my phone for vocal conversations. Mayor Thomas M. Menino left a message on my voice mail the other day in promotion of the AIDS Walk--but I didn't talk to him.<br /><br />25. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU?<br />Yeah, Kat's the best!<br /><br />26. FAVO(U)RITE SPORTS TO WATCH?<br />Um. No. I don't care.<br /><br />27. HAIR COLO(U)R?<br />Light brown/dirty blonde.<br /><br />28. EYE COLO(U)R?<br />Gray-blue.<br /><br />29. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS?<br />Sometimes, but not often.<br /><br />30. FAVO(U)RITE FOOD?<br />Junk, pizza ... I've lately had a return of my yen for wasabi peas, though they make me feel ill shortly after eating them.<br /><br />31. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS?<br />I am a film junkie and can be easily pleased by both of these things.<br /><br />32. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED?<br /><b>House of Wax</b> (the Vincent Price version).<br /><br />33. WHAT COLO(U)R SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING?<br />A purple T-shirt over a black camisole.<br /><br />34. SUMMER OR WINTER?<br />Summer.<br /><br />35. HUGS OR KISSES?<br />This depends on who's doing the hugging/kissing. Most of the time I don't want people touching me.<br /><br />37. MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND?<br />Oh, I have no idea, as I'm not going to be tagging anyone--but feel free to do it, if you wish.<br /><br />38. LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND?<br />(Ditto. Sort of.)<br /><br />39. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW?<br />A few different ones, but <u>Wuthering Heights</u> is the one I have with me (by virtue of the Stanza application on my iPhone).<br /><br />40. WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD?<br />I don't have, nor do I need, a mouse pad. My mouse operates with a laser, not a roller ball.<br /><br />41. WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON TV LAST NIGHT?<br />I didn't watch any actual television last night. I watched <b>Secret Window</b> on DVD when I got home, and then used the Netflix Instant Queue to watch <b>House of Wax</b>.<br /><br />42. FAVO(U)RITE SOUND(S).<br />Music. Rain. The ocean. I don't know--the peaceful sounds you hear when there aren't any people around.<br /><br />43. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES?<br />My answer will change on any given day, and sometimes I'll probably say: "Neither."<br /><br />44. WHAT IS THE FARTHEST YOU HAVE BEEN FROM HOME?<br />South Island, New Zealand<br /><br />45. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT?<br />I don't know.<br /><br />46. WHERE WERE YOU BORN?<br />Pennsyltucky.<br /><br />47. WHOSE ANSWERS ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING BACK?<br />I don't really think I'll get any back.<br /><br />48. HOW DID YOU MEET YOUR SPOUSE/SIGNIFICANT OTHER?<br />HAHAHA.<br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148259.post-49682122042268820062009-06-02T22:13:00.006-04:002009-06-14T19:12:37.138-04:00fanning the J flame<i>(Cross-posted to <a href="http://masquedbunny.livejournal.com">LiveJournal</a>)</i><br /><br />Don't get me wrong. I'm impressed with the following video. I even applaud them for borrowing heavily from <u>The Killing Joke</u>. <i>But</i> the other side of that is wondering exactly how much money was needed to fund this little project. They claim they're non-profit, but <i>somebody</i> is obviously pouring money into it (whether or not they're getting any back). Wealthy parents, <i>ne</i>?<br /><span id="fullpost"><br /><center><object width="408" height="251"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/TfqTKt9RtNw&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/TfqTKt9RtNw&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="408" height="251"></embed></object><br /></center><br /><br />I still prefer <a href="http://www.youtube.com/thejokerblogs">TheJokerBlogs</a> (shocking, I know [/sarcasm]), because, well, he actually <i>acts</i>. When I watch him, I <i>believe</i> he's J. When I watch the above--well, it's girls lip-syncing in cosplay. Entertaining for what it is (a souped-up music video), but it doesn't make me believe in it.<br /><br /><br /><b>[23:35 EDIT:</b><br />... I gave it further thought; and it's probably unfair of me to judge these two production groups on the same merit when their goals are not even remotely similar. <a href="http://www.thehillywoodshow.com/"><i>The Hillywood Show</i></a> seems geared for the spectacle, more focused on makeup and special effects (this is even more obvious in their other videos--and that they're very gifted at physically impersonating Johnny Depp characters, if not vocally so); whereas TheJokerBlogs is more interested in a realistically portrayed continued character and plot development of The Joker following <b>The Dark Knight</b>.<br /><br />Hillary and Hannah want their own televised show. [-----] wants an acting (and, I suspect, writing/directing/producing) career.<br /><br /><br />Still, seeing what amazing things he does with the low budget he has, I'd be interested to see what he'd come up with if given the kind of budget that these girls seem to have.<br /><b>END EDIT.]</b><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148259.post-26757559386766891902009-06-01T15:38:00.004-04:002009-06-03T11:08:46.007-04:00cool guys don't look at explosions<i>(Cross-posted to <a href="http://masquedbunny.livejournal.com">LiveJournal</a>)</i><br /><br />MTV can still die in a fire, for many reasons--this time for excluding Best Villain (Heath Ledger as The Joker) from their televised broadcast of the MTV Movie Awards--BUT! I <i>did</i> enjoy this:<br /><br /><span id="fullpost"><embed src="http://media.mtvnservices.com/mgid:uma:video:mtv.com:395483" width="410" height="255" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="configParams=type%3Dnetwork%26id%3D1611658%26vid%3D395483%26uri%3Dmgid%3Auma%3Avideo%3Amtv.com%3A395483%26startUri=mgid%3Auma%3Avideo%3Amtv.com%3A395483" allowfullscreen="true" base="."></embed><br /><br />01:55 and 02:09 -- LOVE.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148259.post-49679773450006128842009-06-01T10:31:00.003-04:002009-06-01T16:26:27.946-04:00sunshowers<i>(Cross-posted to <a href="http://masquedbunny.livejournal.com">LiveJournal</a>)</i><br /><br />Wandering around Salem with Melissa and Lisa yesterday, it began to grow overcast in the late afternoon and early evening. As we headed back to the depot so Lisa could take the return train into Boston, the rain picked up some force and drenched us. <br /><br />Standing on the platform under the overhang, the rain was still slanting at us, but it wasn't quite so miserable out of the wind. Then, I noticed it was growing brighter towards the West, the thunderheads rolling away to the East--half angry-gray, and half brilliant blue, and I remarked, "This looks like rainbow weather."<br /><span id="fullpost"><br />Sure enough, maybe five minutes later:<br /><br /><center><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3622/3582441951_2c7aa638eb.jpg" width="400"></center><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148259.post-66274225572602887512009-05-30T09:27:00.005-04:002009-05-30T17:15:59.560-04:00we can't stop here<i>(Cross-posted to <a href="http://masquedbunny.livejournal.com">LiveJournal</a>)</i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/thejokerblogs">TheJokerBlogs</a>' "Mr. J" is exposing another of his fandoms ...<br /><br />Yesterday, on my way home I received a Twitter device update from @<a href="http://twitter.com/TheJokerBlogs">TheJokerBlogs</a> that read: <i>I'm planning a little vacation disguised as another famous rebel and will be at Hollywood & Highland today. And I'm bringing my attorney.</i><br /><br />The inclusion of "attorney" made me think: <i>Thompson</i>--especially since I was overloading on <b>Fear & Loathing</b> a few weeks back.<br /><br />Sure enough, a few hours later (while I was watching my recently acquired Russell Brand in New York City DVD), @<a href="http://twitter.com/MsManagr">MsManagr</a> posted these:<br /><span id="fullpost"><br /><center><a href="http://twitpic.com/684ns" title="Duke & Gonzo on Twitpic"><img src="http://pics.livejournal.com/masquedbunny/pic/00084ssz" width="400" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://twitpic.com/68hst" title="Another pic of Gonzo & Duke on Twitpic"><img src="http://pics.livejournal.com/masquedbunny/pic/00083dqt" width="400" border="0" /></a><br /></center><br />There seemed to be some amount of confusion on YouTube as to which one is "Mr. J" ... I'm not sure how anyone would think that the man playing Dr. Gonzo is him, but then I've already seen video and pictures with him makeup-free. But really? ... <i>Of course</i>, he'd be Duke.<br /><br />There was further confusion regarding the characters' names. "He's Gonzo--the one in the white hat." Half-right ... While Hunter S. Thompson--may he rest in peace--is/was often known as the original "gonzo journalist", his physical representation in <u>Fear & Loathing</u> is not Dr. Gonzo (who is, more properly, Oscar Zeta Acosta), but Raoul Duke. And when someone asks which one he is, and the name choices are Duke and Gonzo, Duke ought to be the answer that would cause least confusion.<br /><br /><br /><br />... Yeah, okay, so I'm a didactic Johnny Depp fangirl and all-around bookish nerd.<br /><br /><br />More pondering: in revealing his actual face, I wonder if this is a prelude to [-----] coming out of the J-closet.<br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148259.post-20395578132985136212009-05-29T20:41:00.001-04:002009-05-30T16:29:31.032-04:00Jeff Vader<i>(Cross-posted to <a href="http://masquedbunny.livejournal.com">LiveJournal</a>)</i><br /><br /><center><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Sv5iEK-IEzw&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Sv5iEK-IEzw&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></center>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148259.post-32157658653939770242009-05-26T10:07:00.001-04:002009-05-30T16:22:31.140-04:00do something (someone?)<i>(Cross-posted to <a href="http://masquedbunny.livejournal.com">LiveJournal</a>)</i><br /><br /><center><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/GLhrOS6tYBw&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/GLhrOS6tYBw&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></center><br /><br /><br />I ...<br /><br />Well, I have a few thoughts about the Aldous Snow persona. <span id="fullpost">One is that the Aldous Snow persona seems to have a real person's hair, when Russell's usual half-back-combed 'do looks more like a character's. Two is the belief that the production didn't actually have to spend any money on the Aldous Snow wardrobe (or a very small amount, anyway), and that they probably just told Russell to show up in whatever he'd normally wear.<br /><br />Three is more of a wonder than a statement, and that is my wondering if Russell actually did the singing for the part (for this and/or "Inside of You"--which is similarly hilarious for how heartfelt, earnest, and chock full of cellophane-thin innuendo it is).<br /><br />I think my favourites of the signs are: "<b>F</b>alse <b>U</b>ntruths <b>K</b>ill" and "Sodomize Intolerance"<br /><br />I kind of want to make some icon bases--him GLOMPing the man in the Middle Eastern garb, snogging the policeman, molesting the nun, etc. The video has nice still possibilities. I should probably finish my bases from the caps of <b>Disco Pigs</b> first though ...<br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148259.post-87118552575893006622009-05-19T11:08:00.004-04:002009-05-20T11:34:06.474-04:00Writer's Block: Space Wars<i>(Cross-posted to <a href="http://masquedbunny.livejournal.com">LiveJournal</a>)</i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076759/"><b>Star Wars</b></a>, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060028/"><i>Star Trek</i></a>, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076984/"><i>Battlestar Galactica</i></a>, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0379786/"><b>Serenity</b></a>, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078748/"><b>Alien</b></a>, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062622/"><b>2001</b></a>—there is a long list of movies and TV shows that take place in space. Which is your favourite?<br /><br /><span id="fullpost">I think the honour goes to <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092455/"><i>Star Trek: TNG</i></a>, and I might've said <b>Star Wars</b> once upon a time. But the prequels seriously damaged my fondness for Mr. Lucas and his universe. I still love the OT (and I mean the real OT, not the souped up re-released versions of those films), but <i>ST:TNG</i> ... I stayed up much later than I should've last night because Sci-Fi was playing reruns all evening until 23.00. It's probably fortunate that I don't own the series on DVD, because I'd sit around watching it all the time.<br /><br />Sure, it's kitschy and self-righteous--but, honestly, the "do the right thing" message always appealed to me as a kid, and the possibility that people with power might do the right thing. And now, it's more a nostalgia for considering matters in a simpler light. Wouldn't it be great if planetary issues could be cleared up by some moral high-ground in the course of an hour (not even an hour, really--45 minutes)? That might be very dangerous in reality, actually, but it's [usually] done very neatly in <i>TNG</i>.<br /><br />Also, we return to one of my favourite toys (I could call it "recreational equipment," but it's just an over-sized, expensive toy) of the future: The Holodeck. Sure, the crew are always getting into trouble on the holodeck (trapped in the Wild West with a dozen Data look-alikes, or a Sherlock Holmes novel with Professor Moriarty on the loose, etc.); but without the crazy and dangerous glitches, how brilliant would <i>that</i> be?<br /><br /><center>~*~</center><br /><br /><i>(ETA: Comments from LJ)</i><br /><br /><a href="http://trilogyqueen.livejournal.com">Susan</a>: <i>Geek.<br /><br />Yeah, I think that I would pick </i>Star Trek<i>, too, actually. It's been consistently entertaining. I remember watching it on TV with my mom and brother and being just so excited and enthralled by what it had to offer ... new worlds ... new technology ... and, yes, the holodeck.<br /><br />I must admit that my love for <b>Star Wars</b> has lessened--not that I don't love it, but my interest has been put into other things. Yeah, there are really annoying things in those films ... all in the prequels. LOL.<br /><br />I was tempted to say </i>Battlestar Galactica<i>, but the 70's version was laughable but entertaining. And the recent series was just frakken brilliant, but the ending kind of disappointed me.<br /><br />And yes I too was watching </i>ST:TNG<i> on Sci-Fi last night. :)</i><br /><br /><center>~*~</center><br /><br />It never fails to draw me in. I was watching the episode with the Romulan spy, and I thought, <i>Oh, I'll go to bed after this is done.</i> And then I caught the teaser for the episode with the militant revolutionaries (well, terrorists, really), and I couldn't turn off the television without knowing what happened to Beverly--because I couldn't remember how the episode played out at all!<br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148259.post-13928132862762947822009-05-13T11:18:00.005-04:002009-05-13T11:37:29.700-04:00Flip Mino Camcorder<div style='width: 300px; max-height: 234px; padding: 8px; margin: 0 auto auto 2px; overflow-y: auto;'><div style='float: right; width: 113px; height: 100px; padding: 0; margin: 0;'><a href='http://www.share-server.com/view/content/43c4161e-3fd1-11de-ec8a-5fd660221f6c'><img src='http://share-server.com/view/post/43c4161e-3fd1-11de-ec8a-5fd660221f6c'/></a></div><div style='font: 12px Tahoma; color: #2f2f2f; padding: 0; margin: 0 123px 0 0;'>Flip Mino Camcorder with Personalized Design - Available only at www.theflip.com. Check out this unique Flip Mino design. The Flip Mino camcorder combines remarkable video quality in a pocket-sized package. Now personalizable - create your</div><div style='font: 11px Tahoma;padding: 0; margin: 8px 0;'><a style='color: #005cff;' href='http://www.share-server.com/view/content/43c4161e-3fd1-11de-ec8a-5fd660221f6c'>View >></a></div></div><br /><br />I love it. It's very "Land of the Rising Sun."<br /><span id="fullpost"><br />... But, as nice as it is, I don't think my Mac has a new enough operating system or enough memory to deal with the Flip or its software.<br /><br /><i>However</i>, if this sort of thing and viddycasting/vlogging appeal to you, there's a great resource with information about software and the steps needed to update your computer. <a href="http://www.freevlog.org/">Freevlog</a> has video tutorials about storytelling and the rudimentary technical steps involved in editing video and audio, things you'd probably like to do before any kind of transfer to BlogSpot or YouTube.<br /><br />It all makes me long for a new computer, to be honest.<br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148259.post-68250092247893537932009-05-10T13:14:00.006-04:002009-05-14T08:04:53.336-04:00just a note<i>(Cross-posted to <a href="http://masquedbunny.livejournal.com">LiveJournal</a>)</i><br /><br />Reports say: <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0796366/"><b>Star Trek</b></a> is awesome. You should see it.<br /><br />Also: You'll cry, not once, but twice. Emotional wreck!<br /><br /><i>(ETA: ... More from LJ)</i><br /><span id="fullpost"><br /><a href="http://agent0fchaos.livejournal.com">agent0fchaos</a>: <i>Did you see Gaila</i> [<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0629697/">Rachel Nichols</a>]<i> and think, "OMG! IT'S THE BEST POISON IVY EVER AND SHE'S IN A TREK FLICK!"</i><br /><br />"Hahaha--very close to that reaction, yes.<br /><br />"I didn't even notice that her complexion was green until she called for lights. Then, my mind--channeling <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000434/">Mark Hamill</a>, apparently--went: 'PAMMY?!'<br /><br />"Come to that, they did a pretty decent job of creating alternate species for this. I mean, there were still a lot of typical Trek humanoid variations with impressive make-up, but the use of computer graphics for non-humanoids (or humanoids with extremely emphasised features) was pretty tight, too."<br /><br /><center>~*~</center><br /><br /><a href="http://trilogyqueen.livejournal.com">Susan</a>: <i><b>Star Trek</b> is AMAZING. I cried like after the first five minutes. Best movie this year! I LOVED IT!</i><br /><br />"YES. Five minutes in, I was crying and on the verge of an outright sob--and really, <i>really</i> grateful that I was in a row by myself so that nobody had to witness it. ... And then it happened again, on Vulcan when they were trying to beam out the Council, and--agh! Blubbered like a little girl!"<br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148259.post-3178231504358441792009-05-07T15:25:00.002-04:002009-05-07T20:51:05.511-04:00wow, not-a-blip-and/or-tweetStaying up late reading might've added to the morning's misery... <br /><span id="fullpost"><br />I nodded off reading <u>Wuthering Heights</u>, which is one of the many free books you can download to the Stanza application on the iPhone.<br /><br />On a related note, it's more fun to read literature now that I'm not required to respond to it formally. I've downloaded forty or fifty different texts. They'd seem like too many, were it not for the 1.5 hour commute to work in the morning--and then again at night. It's a lot of time, and, most rides (when I'm stuck standing and need to hold on to something), the iPhone is easier to read than a physical book would be. I know I've touted it before, but it really <i>is</i> that useful.<br /><br /><center>~*~</center><br /><br />I've watched <i>The Big Fat Quiz Of The Year 2007</i> several times (okay, maybe more than several), but now that I've found it, I just like replaying this particular clip:<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rrnNn0mt8h4&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rrnNn0mt8h4&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Noel Fielding's reaction is best. The first time I watched it, I definitely shared his sentiments.<br /><br /><center>~*~</center><br /><br />... Have you seen Last.fm lately? The new player is quite flashy and it's twice as large as the previous version. <a href="http://www.last.fm/listen/user/masquedbunny/personal">See?</a><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148259.post-45926685335563747302009-05-04T11:18:00.002-04:002009-05-04T12:22:34.673-04:00is this catching?<i>(Cross-posted to <a href="http://masquedbunny.livejournal.com">LiveJournal</a>)</i><br /><br />The masks, I mean--not the actual flu:<br /><br /><a href="http://guanabee.com/2009/04/swine-flu-mask-fashion/pimp_mask">Swine Flu Mask Fashion</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148259.post-29671244992128953652009-04-30T10:39:00.004-04:002009-05-13T11:36:03.609-04:00no, I didn't<i>(Cross-posted to <a href="http://masquedbunny.livejournal.com">LiveJournal</a>)</i><br /><br />My mother just texted me to ask if I'd gone to the doctor's yet.<br /><br />No, I haven't. I'd thought about going yesterday after work, but then the time came and I wasn't feeling particularly wretched anymore. That's usually the way of it: I decide to go seek professional help, and suddenly my symptoms don't seem as serious. So I didn't go, because I was tired of having people look at me like I'm a hypochondriac (thanks, I got sick <i>before</i> any of this swine flu bullshit came reeling out of the woodwork).<br /><span id="fullpost"><br />I almost always feel this way in the presence of health professionals, actually--like they think I'm faking just to enjoy the pleasure of their company. Or that I'm being sick <i>on purpose</i>. Don't you just love it when people make you feel guilty about being sick? It's ridiculous, because I rarely seek out doctors. The last time I sought professional assistance (beyond the annual physical exam) was when I split my head open snow-boarding. See? Actual emergency situation. I hate hospitals and I hate doctors, and I don't try to spend time with them until I've exhausted all other options and it's become my last recourse.<br /><br />So I felt marginally better yesterday afternoon (after eating half a dozen lozenges and a pair of Mucinex tablets), and decided to forgo the hairy eye I knew I'd get in triage.<br /><br />Of course, then I woke up this morning and my left side sent me a throbbing pain whenever I breathed. Over the course of the hour between waking and walking to the Salem depot, I coughed up a bunch of fun stuff--and now it doesn't exactly hurt to breathe anymore. It just feels like there's a weight on my chest.<br /><br />I know I should just go and deal with whatever typical incredulity gets thrown at me. I guess being treated like a faker for a few hours is better than contracting full-blown pneumonia from leaving bronchitis to fester.<br /><br />Blah. I really don't want to go. But today is the seventh day, and I'm only feeling worse as time goes on. So--and so it goes.<br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148259.post-40401604460476714192009-04-29T18:16:00.000-04:002009-04-30T10:48:11.620-04:00glassy pic blobs<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_k09SLCaTbiI/SfjR5rm6lpI/AAAAAAAAANM/S-pShL56LjM/s1600-h/photo-730893.jpg"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_k09SLCaTbiI/SfjR5rm6lpI/AAAAAAAAANM/S-pShL56LjM/s320/photo-730893.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330240947881678482" /></a></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148259.post-58960054756628832012009-04-29T07:55:00.000-04:002009-04-29T08:32:55.121-04:00It's far too tempting to *oink* after every time I cough--especially when riding the MBTA. :-PUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148259.post-60024412266378476852009-04-28T10:10:00.003-04:002009-04-28T18:16:10.517-04:00Saturday into Sunday, NY and NJ<i>(Cross-posted to <a href="http://masquedbunny.livejournal.com">LiveJournal</a>)</i><br /><br />On Saturday, <a href="http://slywinkle.livejournal.com">Rodney</a> and I left <a href="http://ariestar.livejournal.com">John</a> to his <i>grating</i> (how he refers to grading), and took the train into New York City for the purpose of photographing urban over-development in what is technically historic Harlem. It was a little difficult to capture the right angles to make his point, and, in some cases, just impossible--but we wouldn't have known if he hadn't tried.<br /><br />I think my favourite of the ones I snapped off on my iPhone was this one, which we entitled "Our Lady of the Condos":<br /><br /><center><a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3629/3473508341_51736a917d_o.jpg"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3629/3473508341_4b41f03e4c_m.jpg"></a></center><br /><br />More about <a href="http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/finger_building/">finger buildings</a>.<br /><br />More about Saturday & Sunday:<br /><span id="fullpost"><br />There were only two subway rides over the course of Saturday, and mostly we just walked everywhere (woe to my flip-flopped feet), because the weather was gorgeous and Rodney is very familiar with the area. We went to a vegetarian dim sum restaurant for lunch, and then walked to the shopping strip, because--<br /><br />In addition to my inappropriate footwear, the strap on Rodney's bag fell apart halfway through the day. Thus, we were looking for comfier shoes and a new bag. Of course, nothing we saw gave us any compulsion to buy. Sad feet. Sad bag.<br /><br />When we returned to Rahway, all three of us went over to Little India for dinner and window-shopping. Dinner was delicious. Shopping was awkward, but then we didn't stick to simple window-shopping; we actually <i>went inside</i> three places. You could tell it made the clerks confused and anxious--which, in turn, made me feel anxious and guilty. It's a shame, really, because the fabric selections and the artistry involved in creating these clothes--it's amazing. Yet I feel undeserving and somewhat voyeuristic, a dull interloper.<br /><br />As I told <a href="http://kleogade.livejournal.com">Kat</a>, I was having poor luck with shop-keepers, in general. Later, we were at the mall (where I continued to feel awkward and wrong), and I laughed too loudly in the Game Stop at something or other that Rodney had said. I'm pretty sure the clerk wished me miles away.<br /><br /><center>~*~</center><br /><br />Sunday was a quieter affair. We all went to New Brunswick so that John and Rodney could get some school work done. Rodney went to the computer lab, while John and I hung out in Au Bon Pain, taking advantage of their wireless access and air conditioning.<br /><br />For dinner there were stromboli from Stuff Yer Face, followed by bubble tea at I's Cafe. I'd never had bubble tea before, and I can say that I really enjoyed the kind I tried (coconut milk tea) and can't wait to try others.<br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148259.post-68343572704954892762009-04-27T19:01:00.001-04:002009-04-28T17:42:01.023-04:00more from the Mid-Atlantic<i>(Cross-posted to <a href="http://masquedbunny.livejournal.com">LiveJournal</a>)</i><br /><br />I'm ill and have been since Friday night/Saturday morning.<br /><span id="fullpost"><br />A sore throat and congestion that makes my head feel disconnected from the rest of me. My breathing isn't blocked or anything, but I've been coughing on and off. Also, this ridiculous heat wave makes it difficult to tell if I'm really feverish or just feeling naturally hot like everyone else.<br /><br />I used a Phenol throat spray this morning, which numbed me for a while but tastes the way dissection labs smell--formaldehyde and pickling jars. Not a pleasant association, that.<br /><br />Having said all that, I knew I wouldn't be feeling well enough to go to work today... I spent the majority of the day on the couch, watching <i>My So-Called Life</i> and going in and out of consciousness.<br /><br />Wandered upstairs around noon for a cool shower, and then returned to napping.<br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148259.post-39518076909527016752009-04-27T11:04:00.002-04:002009-04-28T18:18:19.081-04:00take the highway to the end of the night<i>(Cross-posted to <a href="http://masquedbunny.livejournal.com">LiveJournal</a>)</i><br /><br />My feet belong to a zombie. It's been somewhat painful to put shoes on, and they've occasionally been sticking to fabric (like the couch and my socks) ... and, well, they look terrible. But, along with all that, there's a familiarity with the situation that's left me vaguely detached. (<i>Not </i>my<i> feet! Zombie feet, I tells ya!</i>) I've done horrible things to my feet in the past (and know that I will continue to do so, because I am that sort of incorrigible creature), and thier current appearance exhibits the recognisable damage of walking too far in flip-flops too early in the season. Unfortunate temptations of 90° weather in April.<br /><br /><center>~*~</center><br /><br />Friday night:<br /><br /><span id="fullpost">My new license was waiting for me in my mailbox when I came home from work on Friday evening, so I decided to go through with the previous weekend's plan: I ate what little dinner I could scrape together after not being able to go grocery shopping for too long, filled a backpack with the necessities, set the iPod to shuffle, and left Salem at approximately 20.00.<br /><br />I stopped only once on the five-hour journey to Rahway, NJ, and that single stop reconfirmed what has been repeated to me several times in the past: Connecticut is cold and dark. "Dark" being the operative word on this particular trip. Fuel signs are not to be believed. They will lead you off the precarious safety of the highway into the resident-friendly and traveler-hostile darkness of bedroom-community Connecticut. There are no lights. There's just you and whatever the high beams might illuminate ...<br /><br /><i>AH! A <b>BUNNY</b>! BUNNY!BUNNY!BUNNY!BUNNY!</i><br /><br />Eventually I was able to make Nigel-the-GPS lead me to a little oasis in the dark--Sunoco. Twelve gallons later, I was back on the road and back on course.<br /><br />Apart from my little detour, it was smooth sailing most of the way. The only spot of traffic was around the George Washington Bridge in New York, and that's usually to be expected. I was afraid I might zone out, but my iPod had me fairly entertained for the duration of the trip. Lewis Black kept me company for an hour or so in Connecticut. Russell Brand, Matt Morgan, and Trevor Locke were with me through part of New York and New Jersey.<br /><br />Unlike my last journey to Pennsylvania, the New Jersey Turnpike turned out to be my favourite part of this drive. There was this lovely stretch of time around Newark where there was a cluster of lorries far ahead of me and another cluster far behind me--and just my little blue space buggy coasting along by itself between them. I love being the only one on the highway, and that's as close as I came to it on this drive.<br /><br />I made it to <a href="http://ariestar.livejournal.com">John</a> and <a href="http://slywinkle.livejournal.com">Rodney</a>'s by one in the morning, very happy to be done with driving, but sort of hungry. There was a tour of their portion of the Irving House and a run to McDeath, but I was very tired and nothing really took. I'm not even sure what time it was when we all said good-night ...<br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148259.post-85193288948659798072009-04-23T08:35:00.003-04:002009-04-26T23:34:36.282-04:00re: argh<i>(Comments from <a href="http://masquedbunny.livejournal.com/651251.html">LiveJournal</a>)</i><br /><br /><a href="http://kleogade.livejournal.com">Kat</a>: <i>You see that book? The one by the pretty man? Yeah, I'm going to borrow that from you.<br /><br />And how did I know the instant I saw him, that he was undeniably one of your current (and possibly everlasting) deep, dark, and guilty pleasures?<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />(BTW, this means I get Johnny.)</i><br /><br /><center>~*~</center><br /><br /><span id="fullpost">Russell <i>is</i> pretty. <i>And</i> funny. If you haven't seen it yet, I encourage you to search for and watch "The Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2006" on YouTube; he and Noel Fielding comprise the third team, and they are wonderful together.<br /><br />Why does my fondness for Russell mean giving up Johnny [Depp]?<br /><br />[...] I finally finished the book of Lovecraft stories I was reading, so I'm only just on Chapter 5 of <u>My Booky Wook</u>. It's hilarious one minute, and terribly sad the next--but you can definitely hear Russell's voice throughout. It's excellent.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148259.post-29520925493952054412009-04-21T10:19:00.000-04:002009-04-23T13:42:06.366-04:00yesterday's fake-holiday activities<i>(Cross-posted to <a href="http://masquedbunny.livejournal.com">LiveJournal</a>)</i><br /><br />Yesterday was good for nothing. I should've done laundry. Instead, I watched most of Season 2 of <i>Dexter</i>. I'd forgotten many of the subplots, so it all felt sort of new and interesting. I still strongly dislike Lila--which makes sense, I suppose, as we're not <i>meant</i> to like her. Still. What a skank-ho'.<br /><br />I also messed around with my iPhone some more; and, on that topic, two more good and useful applications that also happen to be free:<br /><br /><span id="fullpost"><b>Wikipanion</b>, because it's about as close as we're going to get to an actual Hitchhiker's Guide. It's Wikipedia in a more iPhone-friendly format than you'd get browsing through Safari.<br /><br /><b>Stanza</b>, because I don't want a Kindle, but I like the notion well enough. Hand-held electronic books (plenty of them for free if you're meaning to play catch-up with the classics), with changeable fonts and background contrast. It pulls from a variety of sources, including but not limited to: BooksOnBoard, Project Gutenberg, Feedbooks, and Fictionwise. And while I definitely prefer physical books, this makes for a good alternative if I run out of space in my bag or just forget to pack one.<br /><br /><i>And</i> I discovered that it was much better for reading in bed when I'm cold (good grief, I was cold last night). I can burrow under the blankets and I don't need a light to see the text.<br /><br />Mainly, I just keep thinking of little things that interest me and inspire me to seek out applications that correspond to them. Really, anything that deserves a button on my bookmarks toolbar has been given a search in Applications.<br /><br />The one I've been avoiding downloading is Facebook, though it's in the Top 25 on the App charts. I think I probably share enough of myself as it is with LJ and Twitterrific. LiveJournal to satisfy my verbosity while maintaining a relative privacy (hello f-lock), and Twitter for the more public and more meaningless bits of life (<a href="http://twitter.com/StephenAtHome">Stephen</a>: <i>"twitter's right - every little thought that pops into my head is worth sharing"</i>). Facebook still feels like giving and receiving much unwanted information. I'm okay with checking in at my desk, but I don't especially need it at my fingertips constantly.</lj-cut><br /><br />What else? I started making icon bases for <b>Disco Pigs</b>. You can see them over at <a href="http://phantasm-bunny.livejournal.com">phantasm_bunny</a>. Cillian Murphy's character Pig is a careful combination of adorable and creepy, which, by the end of the film, slides in favour of scary. I enjoy Cillian like that though (see: <b>Red Eye</b> and <b>Batman Begins</b>). The images, so far, come from The Cillian Site, but I think I might do some of my own screen-caps for my next part in the icon base series to see if I can't up the image quality a tick or two.<br /><br />Other fun things to do: beating up lawn gnomes and flamingos (or being beaten up by lawn gnomes and flamingos) in the ZOMG! game on Gaia. The wasps found on Rancho de Bill frighten me, though. They're no more difficult to fight than the gnomes or the flamingos, but--they're giant frackin' wasps! BLEAH. Oh, well. My virtual purple sari and Colbert also make me happy.<br /><br />... Is it wrong that I'd like to wear an actual sari? It feels somehow socially and ethnically incorrect--but they look so nice and vibrant!<br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0