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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">Hello my monsters! I haven’t had anything resembling homework for about a million years, so I apologize in advance if I’m a bit rusty. Now you know I love you all equally, but today we’re here to honor the amazing work of our very own Steph Cha for her book “Follow Her Home”. First wow, what a masterful use of the Thesaurus! (It’s probably Thesaurus.com now? Or the Thesaurus app?) Steph has created a very visual work with her use of adjectives. I could see it in my mind like a film as I read. In fact I think it would make a powerful film. Though now that I have my own idea of what everything looks like I would no doubt be one of those annoying people who, after seeing the movie, complains very loudly that “the book was much better” and “Galifianakis is NOT who I would have picked for that role”.</span><br />
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Anyway, one of my favorite lines was “…middle aged married men don’t have ‘friendly’ relationships with attractive young girls. Not if their wives can grow fingernails.” Ha! In fact I was about at this point in the book while in the spa waiting room when I was actually annoyed by the massage lady calling my name! Now there’s a good book jacket quote. “Too good to put down for a massage” –Monster Kate</div>
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Juniper Song as our protagonist (how ‘bout me with the fancy word from English class) is one of those risk taking characters I found myself yelling at in my head “DON’T GO IN THERE” and “CALL THE POLICE” or just plain “NOOOOOOO”. She’s great. Nothing like a “superhero strong” female lead. I enjoyed flipping between her two story lines, present and past, though my brain had to be torn away from each reluctantly. Get over it brain!</div>
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So there you have it. Great job Steph. Keep me in the loop for the next book.</div>
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One of the oddest and most common suspensions of disbelief
we make as readers of fiction is that the characters we follow struggle in a
world where fiction—the stories, movies, and books that help us understand our
shared experience—rarely exists. If writers do admit it, say, for example, Lev
Grossman’s use of the Narnia-like Fillory in <i>The Magicians</i>, the work itself is an invention. There are good
reasons for this; for one, an invented fiction is more malleable to the writer’s
purposes. But some of this also has to do with the writer’s ego; he or she
would rather produce a work that would someday be explicitly referenced than
the one doing the referencing.<o:p></o:p></div>
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It becomes fresh and a demonstration of bravery, then, when
Steph Cha allows the existence of Raymond Chandler’s detective fiction to weave
throughout <i>Follow Her Home</i>. It
becomes a template by which we as readers can judge her work, and one in which
her own protagonist judges herself. Early on, Juniper Song, Cha’s narrator and
a fan of Chandler, exits a party accompanying the woman who sets her on her
dangerous path: “I had entered with Marlowe on my mind and left with a case and
a femme fatale wearing four months’ rent in accessories.” In one deft sentence,
Cha both echoes Chandler’s wry prose and demonstrates its believable impact on
the way Song thinks.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The reader is not the only witness to this impact, though.
Song constantly checks herself against Chandler’s fiction—the best way to tail
a subject, how Marlowe would react at discovering a body in his trunk, how
stoically he faces the prospect of his own death—and regularly believes she may
not be up to the task. Song regularly remembers that Chandler’s novels for all
their beautiful and mysterious characters stalking through rain-soaked L.A.
streets is still a world of fiction. It becomes a neat trick then that Cha is
able to convince us of the “realness” of her Los Angeles.<o:p></o:p></div>
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This book becomes more than homage to Chandler. Yes, she
preserves some of the formula—the femme fatale, the sharp-edged diction, the chapter
cliffhangers with our hero fading into unconsciousness, secrets kept by
confidantes—but the novel explores issues that Chandler would never have been
able to touch. He could never shine this kind of light on the Asian-immigrant
experience or dig at what is so creepy and racist about some white men’s
obsession with Asian girls. For all his wit and bravado, Marlowe’s inner
turmoil was often at a low simmer, and with minimal emotional connection to the
cases he ran down.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Not so for Song. Cha moves efficiently back and forth in
time peeling back the layers of Song’s past to believably reveal why she
pursues this case with such doggedness instead of just turning it over to the
police. And, as the reader learns the horrifying details in her past, the
stakes of Song’s current predicament ratchet up. Song isn’t just fighting to
stay alive, she’s fighting to find something to live for. I’m not sure that
question ever occurred to her hard-boiled hero. But in this novel, the answer
to that mystery is more satisfying than the whodunit.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">Hello there, Monsters! It's been awhile since I have contributed to our lovely site, and I am very excited to be discussing Monster Steph Cha's </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">Follow Her Home</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">. Although this is not "I'd Hit That," I still have some things to say about this book's alluring features. Let's get to it, shall we? Our hero Juniper Song loves a good mystery especially any of the Marlowe tales written by Raymond Chandler. Although I have not read any of the Marlowe books, I could still appreciate the neo-noir quality. There was dark and dodgy feel to the narrative, but there were still parts that made me chuckle to myself too. That being said, Steph Cha has a knack for fancy words and figurative language. I would highly recommend that anyone preparing for the ACT or SAT use this book as a supplemental study guide. The style was enjoyable, but for me the real treat was the flashback dealing with Song's sister Iris. I am sucker for a good flashback--WE HAVE TO GO BACK!--or flash forward for that matter. Anywho, Song feels as though she has failed Iris, and the invitation to investigate Lucas' dad is her chance for redemption. And redeemed she was! From the moment Song begins her investigation to the conclusion of the terrifying weekend, it was like riding the Tower of Terror on a loop. Once my stomach settled back into place, there would be another surprise just waiting to finish me off. These twists and turns kept me turning the page. Another refreshing thing is that the story has a level of complexity due to the gender, ethnicity, and sexual abuse issues that are weaved into plot. Despite Song getting into so many dangerous situations, she kept her cool and ended up kicking some butt. I mean, c'mon. Using a stiletto to nail a dude in the junk and cause a car accident? That is bad ass, you guys. I applaud our leading lady! Steph Cha, you should be proud.</span></div>
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Chris Trashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02865292827217459866noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6090349809306615395.post-82342643189556906582012-02-02T16:46:00.001-06:002012-02-02T16:48:14.171-06:00Monster Games--Part OneThe first installment in THE MONSTER GAMES, a harrowing tale of survival. (If you don't show up in this installment it's because you live in the Capitol or District 13. Be patient.)<br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><p>THE MONSTER GAMES</p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><p>WHO WILL BE THE FUNNIEST OF ALL?</p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><p><br /></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><p><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Part One: The Drunks</i></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><p><br /></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;"><p>“Hey guys,” Teech said in his best business casual voice, as he tied his third of four ties around his neck. He always liked to look his best on Reaping Day. “You going to the Reaping?”</p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><p> “We don’t have a motherfucking choice, do we, motherfucker?” Danarr replied cheerfully. He was in a great mood despite the Reaping, as his wife, Dismyni, had yet to cheat on him that day.</p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><p> “Yeah, a-doy,” Teech’s wife, Freideigh said with a roll of her eyes. “I mean, obviously.” She could be a real bitch sometimes.</p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><p> Dismyni cried, “Oh, my God you guys, it’s almost FUCKING time to go to the Reaping! I hope the male tribute is hot this year.”</p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><p> “Me too,” said Freideigh, as the men exchanged knowing but defeated looks. Sex addiction was the cross so many had to bear in District 11, the producer of alcohol for Twitternem. Twitternem was the society that had risen out of the ashes of the Videogum’s comment sections—once a prosperous civilization that, due to the ravages of several civil wars, had been abandoned by all but the most resistant to reading <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Hunger Games </i>book series, even though they know good and goddamned well those books are awesome. </p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><p> Anyway. Teech, Freideigh, Danarr and Dismyni lived in District 11, where sadly more of the alcohol produced was consumed than exported to the other districts or the Blogitol. This was partly because the District 11 citizens were a bunch of full-time lushes who weren’t above stealing booze, and partly because the evil President Gabe had banned fun from the Blogitol. Either way, it meant the four of them were shitfaced as they made their way to the Reaping.</p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><p> “Say,” said Freideigh as they walked to the town square, “I’m not thinking about anyone in particular, but have you guys noticed the lack of hot underage bakers in this district?”</p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><p> “What?” asked Teech.</p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><p> “Hmm? Nothing,” replied Freideigh, then high-fived herself for her smoothness.</p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><p> “You guys, sometimes I wish we lived in fucking District 6,” Dismyni complained, so loudly that a couple of parents walking with their kids shot her nasty looks. “Oh my God, what is their FUCKING problem?”</p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><p> “Shhh,” said Freideigh nervously. “Why do you wish we lived in 6?”</p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><p> “Because that’s the karaoke district! I bet they have fun all the time.”</p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><p> “I’ve heard it’s a pretty bleak place,” Teech interjected drunkenly. “They have a 22% annual suicide rate due to crappy ‘Don’t Stop Believin’ covers alone.”</p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><p> The other three shook their heads sadly as they entered the town square, where they separated into two groups, boys on one side, girls on the other. They watched as highlights from the other Reapings in Twitternem that day played on the screen. They saw some familiar faces, some new; when Huckamitch from District 12 made his appearance, Freideigh and Dismyni both screamed “I’D HIT THAT” as loudly as they could manage. Upon seeing the male tribute from 12, Freideigh cried out, “I AM NOT THINKING ABOUT DOING ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR TO THAT UNDERAGE BAKER, PERHAPS AT MOST BEFRIENDING HIM!”, and everyone definitely believed her. The tributes from District 4, the main exporter of hot people, were a blindingly attractive male and female librarian. A little girl with an overlarge bow on her head bravely volunteered to “party” in District 3, the hair dye district, causing many an eye in 11 to mist over. They watched as a professional badass was chosen from District 6. He immediately tried to quit, then rejoin, then quit again, then, at last, he rejoined the Games for good. Then they watched the usual replay of the tragic events of District 13, just snippets of the tragedy—a woman winking at her medicine bottle, a mudskipper looking defiant, Scott Baio holding out his suspenders proudly, and, of course, Donald Sutherland pointing and screaming at the horror.</p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;"><p>When the footage had finished it was District 11’s turn. Inchmin, the Blogitol citizen responsible for transferring the District 11 tributes to the Arena for the Monster Games, stepped up to the microphone.</p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><p> “SMDH if you don’t love the Monster Games!” Inchmin laughed. “All right, let’s get those tributes chosen so we can go to the games.” He reached into a giant novelty martini glass to draw out a slip of paper, but instead grabbed two stuck together. “Oh, well, no time to separate them. We’ll send two female tributes this year. It’ll be great. </p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;"><p>“And your female tributes are…’Dismyni Temare’ and… “Freideigh Baybee’!”</p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><p> “Oh no!” </p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;"><p> “How terrible!” </p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;"><p> “Those poor girls!” </p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;"><p> “Won’t someone save them?”</p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><p> Dismyni and Freideigh’s voices overlapped as they protested their fates, but everyone else just sort of looked away and pretended not to hear them. Royally pissed off, they climbed the stairs to stand by Inchmin’s side.</p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><p> “And now, our male tri—oops, grabbed two again. Oh, well! Accidents happen…to…’Teech Urman’ and ‘Danarr Aetor’!”</p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><p> The raucous laughter of Dismyni and Freideigh’s voices were the only sounds carried on a haunting breeze through the town square. As the men reluctantly ascended to the stage, the two women began to plan.</p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><p> “Oh, I am going to hook up with, just, like, ALL the male tributes in the Arena,” Freideigh declared. </p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><p> “All of them?” Teech asked hopefully. </p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><p> “Well…we’ll see. I'm just thinking...maybe the cute baker is hurt, and he needs someone to comfort him, and I put my arm around him and...we share a moment. That's all.” </p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><p> “I heard Ryan Gosling lives in the Capitol, I’m going to totally stalk him,” Dismyni slurred. </p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><p> “Oh, this is just fucking GREAT,” said Danarr. “I got chosen in the Reaping, and now my wife is going to slut it up in the Capitol.” He popped the top off of his beer and downed it in one gulp.</p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><p> Teech opened a bottle of bourbon and began swilling. “I don’t know, man,” he countered. “Funniest motherfucker in the Arena wins, right? Well, we’ve got booze on our side. And NOTHING is funnier than drunk people.”</p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><p> The girls nodded and downed their glasses of wine. 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<br />Chris Trashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02865292827217459866noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6090349809306615395.post-16879098884674497382011-04-19T15:27:00.002-05:002011-04-19T15:32:40.957-05:00Foodin' With Lawblog: Dear LawblogHi guys! I've gotten many requests for a general cooking advice column, so I'm totally swaggerjacking mtnsbeyondmtns. Does anyone have any specific problems with cooking that they would like me to answer? Stuff like "I ran out of vinegar? What can I use?" or "How do I keep my steak from drying out?" or even more general like, "How do I plan to cook for 8 people?" Whatever you want to know, I will do my best to answer. You can ask in the comments below or send me an email at thereallawblog (at) gmail (dot) com. Anonymous or otherwise is welcome!Lawbloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09426952619136187200noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6090349809306615395.post-54202590397246220942011-04-19T15:00:00.000-05:002011-04-19T15:00:18.735-05:00Taking One for the TV: 90210 S3E18<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-H6W3J2Ba-M4/Ta0XG_aA5pI/AAAAAAAAAHM/_f4kqPeIOpk/s1600/90210%2BS3%2BT14TT.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 625px; height: 333px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-H6W3J2Ba-M4/Ta0XG_aA5pI/AAAAAAAAAHM/_f4kqPeIOpk/s400/90210%2BS3%2BT14TT.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597155320758593170" /></a><br />Just like all of you, I love great TV shows like <em>Lost</em>, <em>Breaking Bad</em>, <em>30 Rock</em>, etc., but I also love some really bad shit. In this column, I am going to recap some of the best of the worst. I watch bad TV so you don't have to!<br /><br />You guys may have seen me profess my love for the original <span style="font-style:italic;">Beverly Hills, 90210</span> series on Videogum. No shame, I love that show. I own all the seasons on DVD, and they bring me great joy. Shout out, Season 1-4, you guys were the best! Anyway, the reason I started watching <span style="font-style:italic;">90210</span> on CW was because of my love for the original series. You may or may not know, but some of the original cast appeared in the first season of the new series, including Kelly, Brenda and Donna. I came for the old cast and stayed for the cheesy drama.<br /><br />Let me lay this out for you guys. I am going to recap the episodes, and I will give you background on storylines and characters when necessary. We are currently jumping into this end of season, so just deal with it ok?!<a name='more'></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AbJvFukwp-E/Ta0XG6MEh-I/AAAAAAAAAHE/5dZGQUNwW9Y/s1600/90210%2BS3%2Bcast.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 625px; height: 550px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AbJvFukwp-E/Ta0XG6MEh-I/AAAAAAAAAHE/5dZGQUNwW9Y/s400/90210%2BS3%2Bcast.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597155319357933538" /></a><br /><br />Above you will see the main cast of characters. Below is a bit of background on all of them. (Not pictured: Ivy and Teddy)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Annie</span> is <a href="http://thatssofetch.com/images/becky1.jpg">Aunt Becky's</a> biological daughter. She has an adopted brother, Dixon, who is the same age as her (convenient). Her parents are going through a divorce right now, and it's really weird because her dad used to be the principal of West Beverly High School, but all of a sudden at the beginning of the third season, he was no longer the principal and her mom was divorcing him. Anyway, at the end of the first season, Annie was drinking and driving and killed a homeless dude. In the second season, she was dealing with that guilt while dating the homeless man's psychopath nephew, Jasper. In this season, she pretends like the whole thing never happened!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Dixon</span> is Annie's adopted brother. Obviously, Dixon is black, so he and Annie are like the modern <a href="http://assets.gearlive.com/tvenvy/blogimages/brandon_brenda_walsh.jpg">Brenda and Brandon Walsh</a>. He was adopted by the Wilson family when he was 10 years old. His mother was bipolar and deemed unfit to raise him. He used to date Silver and at one time dated a woman named Sasha in her 20s who faked a pregnancy, but we won't get into that unless she shows back up for some reason. Dixon was dating Ivy, but broke up with her because he thought he had HIV, but turns out that he didn't. Don't you hate when that happens?! When he tried to get back together with her, she had slept with some British family friend named Oscar. Since she was no longer pure, it wasn't going to work out between the two of them.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Silver</span> is Erin Silver or some of you may know her as Kelly and David's little sister! She is basically the only link to the original series. When the show started, she was an outcast because of some blog she wrote trashing the popular kids. But now she is popular???? If you watched the original, you know that Kelly's mom, Jackie had a drug and alcohol issue, but she was clean for years. When the new series picked up, she had fallen off the wagon, so Silver lived with Kelly who is the WBHS guidance counselor. However, we never see Kelly anymore....I guess maybe she died too? Anyway, Silver has bipolar disorder, but never has any issues with it anymore? One more thing, she just got out of a relationship Teddy.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Adrianna</span> is a former child star who had a pill problem. She also had a baby in season 1 and gave it up for adoption. She is off and on with Navid. Also, right now, she is like a pop star or something. She was on tour with this guy Javier who is supposed to be like Justin Bieber, but he died in a tragic limo accident (HAHA) and after the accident Adrianna stole his lyric book and passed the songs off as her own and became really famous. Javier's manager found out and blackmailed her, so there's that.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Navid</span> is Israeli and his parents are very traditional, but his father is a porn industry king...I know...He is filthy rich and editor of <span style="font-style:italic;">The Blaze</span> which is now a TV station and not the groundbreaking school paper once ran by the legendary Brandon Walsh.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Naomi</span> is the queen bee/rich bitch. Honestly, I don't know where the hell her parents are. I think maybe she just doesn't want to live with them, so she just doesn't. I really have no idea! I do know that she lives off a trust fund. Her bitchy sister Jen just came back into her life and had a baby with her English teacher Mr. Matthews. Naomi was raped by a teacher, so now she is over-sexed and shit. Somebody get this girl some therapy, STAT! She is currently falling in love with a nerd named Max. It is so dumb. For real.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Liam</span> has so many white people problems. He's so mysterious, you guys. Basically, his stepdad is a douche and kicked him out the house. Apparently his mom used to be his stepdad's maid and then he married her. He used to date Naomi, but is now involved with Annie.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Teddy</span> is a tennis superstar and ladies man AND the son of Cliff Montgomery (I guess he is like the Tom Hanks of <span style="font-style:italic;">90210</span>). BUT WAIT!!!! He's so gay. No, really. He is a homosexual. He just came out of the closet which kinda ruined his relationship with Silver.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Ivy</span> is just a dumb hippie bitch with a dumb hippie mom.<br /><br />Now that we have met all of the gang, let's get into the episode!<br /><br />We begin this episode with Annie and Liam driving up to school together listening to Mexican radio because they are going to Cabo for Senior trip! PARTY PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!! YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!<br /> <br />Navid and Adrianna were on-again until Silver--that bitch!--had an "affair" (Do we even call it that? They are like 17-18, you guys) with Navid. Somehow, Adrianna got a naked picture of Silver and sexted it to the whole school. She has everyone's phone numbers in her Sidekick, yo. A-duh! Now Silver is totes embarrassed and wants to crawl under a picnic table in the quad and totes die.<br /><br />Ivy has been tokin' it up big time ever since her break up with Dixon and her near death surfing accident. Last time she was at the dispensary, she was out smarted by a fellow pot head Raj. Turns out he is smoking the ganja because he has cancer. Bummer. Raj calls and asks her to come to the skate park with him and she is like "Hells no. Bitch, you about to die." Ok, she doesn't say that, but she thinks it!<br /><br />Naomi finally has sex with her nerd, Max. And it's good. Like really good. He's "like a prodigy" in bed. Turns out has had sex with seven people. Come on! Everyone knows nerds don't have sex. The only thing that makes this guy a nerd is that he is good at math and he wears glasses. CLASSIC NERD!<br /><br />Annie, Ivy, Silver, Naomi, Max, Navid, Dixon, Teddy hop aboard a private jet to Cabo. Oh man, I used to love taking my friend's private jet to Cabo when I was in high school. By private jet, I mean Honda Civic, and by Cabo, I mean the K-Mart parking lot. Anyway, everyone gets on the plane, and--OH SHIT!--Adrianna has stowed away. THAT FUCKING CUNT!!!!<br /><br />They make it to Cabo and they are staying at a hotel that is called The Enchanted Donkey. They are warned not to drink the tap water. Oh boy. I see where this is going.<br /><br />In a surprise twist, Adrianna just so happens to get the hotel room right next to ...wait for it...wait for it...Navid and Silver's room! Silver dives into the complimentary guacamole and chips and precedes to have a foodgasm that makes Adrianna jelly.<br /><br />Side note: Everyone is staying in a room with the person they are currently fucking. Now, I know this happens in high school, but I would really like to see all the shenanigans that leads up to this. Someone's parents would be objecting to this if they knew the details. So you know those little shits are making up lies in order to leave the country with no adult supervision and to stay in a room with a boyfriend or girlfriend. END SIDE NOTE.<br /><br />At the pool, Teddy and Silver are chatting and Teddy's old roommate from boarding school, Trip, just so happens to be staying at the same hotel. THERE ARE JUST SO MANY COINCIDENCES IN LIFE!!!! Teddy confesses to Silver that this guy is his first dude crush. Teddy has some beers with Trip. He has to pretend to be straight, but when the dude starts harping on how much of a ladies' man Teddy was, Teddy tells him the truth. Turns out Trip is gay too! Seriously, how many more coincidences does this show have in store for us?! So many, I hope! Anyway, they hit that. Next day at the pool, Teddy meets Will. Who is Will? Um, Trip's boyfriend. A-DUH! It's ok though, because Will and Trip have an open relationship. Way to perpetuate homosexual stereotypes, <span style="font-style:italic;">90210</span>!<br /><br />Silver and Navid are cozying up by the pool, and Adrianna is seething! She is going to get that bitch Silver if it is the last thing she does. She takes a bottle of water, dumps it out, and fills it with tap water. She has an unsuspecting pool boy send it to "the girl in the ugly bathing suit." UH OH! Silver is going to be shitting her ugly bathing suit within the hour! They should rename it "Adrianna's Revenge." AMIRITE?! Sure enough, Silver gets sick, and she realizes that Adrianna is the reason why. To get back at her, Silver switches Adrianna's sunscreen for moisturizer. SNAP!<br /><br />Liam and Annie take a little stroll into town, because Annie wants to be a tourist. They take a picture with a monkey, and the monkey bites Annie! HAHAHAHA. She has to get a rabies shot, so he is hanging out in bed watching TV. I hate it when monkeys ruin my vacation. Since Annie can't go into Mexico, Liam brings Mexico to her! In the form of a mariachi band and churros! These kids, they sure know how to make stuff happen. Seizing the day and shit.<br /><br />Naomi confesses to Max that she is failing math, so he tells her no more sex until she passes the practice exam. He brought a math practice exam to Cabo, because OF COURSE HE DID! She passes. More sex now! YAY!<br /><br />Ivy meets up with Dixon to catch some chill waves, bro. But something is not right...Ivy is cold. Why is she cold?! Oh, because she has been smoking some doobies. Weed, always making people cold in 100 degree weather. Dixon is shocked and appalled that Ivy would be into the dope. She's so excited, she's so scared. Dixon stays with her and a nurses her back to health with a beach towel and a bottle of water. Lesson, always keep a beach towel and bottled water in your first aid kit.<br /><br />Once Adrianna realizes that she has been burnt to a crisp, she freaks out on Silver at the pool. Ladies and gentlemen, we have a cat fight on our hands. The fight goes from poolside to in the pool. Teddy and Navid jump in to break up the madness. Navid apologizes to both the girls for coming between their friendship and then leaves them alone for a heart-to-heart. Then they apologize to each other and they are friends again! That wasn't long. Oh wait...nevermind...Adrianna requests that Silver break up with Navid to make it better. No dice, honey. No fucking dice. <br /><br />The gang returns to the 90210 donning ponchos and sombreros. Fucking hipsters.<br /> <br />Ivy pays a visit to her cancer pal at the skate park. She was scared to start a relationship because he is probably going to die, but now she is like, let's give it a go. So cool.<br /><br />Adrianna shows up to Silver's place and tells her that she is going to be ok with her dating Navid. Then she immediately asks to use the bathroom. In the bathroom, she switches out Silver's bipolar meds with some unknown type of pills. For realsies, shit just got supes real. It's good to know that they didn't forget that Silver was bipolar though...<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><br />I know this recap was really long, but I had to introduce you guys to everyone. Next one will be shorter, and have more screen caps. I promise. I just didn't have time to photoshop...See you for next week's recap!</span>thisismynightmarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13539377296403890862noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6090349809306615395.post-87738947167945801332011-04-19T08:30:00.001-05:002011-04-19T08:30:02.670-05:00Insomniac with The Narrator: Portal<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-P929wxhdpwU/Ta0ZOcMOIrI/AAAAAAAAAHg/GtYCh0Y59nE/s1600/Insomniac%2BTitle.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 600px; height: 152px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-P929wxhdpwU/Ta0ZOcMOIrI/AAAAAAAAAHg/GtYCh0Y59nE/s400/Insomniac%2BTitle.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597157647767708338" /></a><br /><br />Insomniac with The Narrator now with the Lawblog stamp of approval. <br /><br />Who is excited for <em>Portal 2’s </em>release? You could say I’m losing sleep over it, but let’s be honest, I lose sleep no matter what. The game looks like it will be awesome. So I thought it would be a perfect time for me to play some Portal to get a refresher of the mechanics and simply enjoy the game.<br /><br />Not sure <em>Portal</em> is the right game for you…….take this quick test.<br /><br />Do you like cake? (The dessert, not the American alternative rock band from Sacramento, California.)<br /><br />Do you find homicidal robots to be entertaining?<br /><br />Do you like euthanizing inanimate objects?<br /><br />If you answered yes to any of the previous questions, then boy do I have a game for you.<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_qiZfSRIZBg/Ta0ZGZxYcCI/AAAAAAAAAHY/jMys9l9MIUY/s1600/Portal%2BCover.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 256px; height: 361px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_qiZfSRIZBg/Ta0ZGZxYcCI/AAAAAAAAAHY/jMys9l9MIUY/s400/Portal%2BCover.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597157509679312930" /></a><br /><br /><a name='more'></a><br />In <em>Portal</em>, you are Chell (a female character…LADIES!!!), a test subject used to perform experiments which I am pretty sure have not been approved by an institutional review board. Chell is a quiet one in that she doesn’t speak throughout the game. In fact, very little is explained to you in the game about the character and how you found yourself “doing science.” The only information you do get comes from a questionable, to say the least, robot. Think H.A.L. She tells you that you are adopted and do not have any friends. What a stupid bitch.<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-802FE4phjAQ/Ta0Y-SWBDSI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/yceqkKqLNeE/s1600/portal-chell.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 238px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-802FE4phjAQ/Ta0Y-SWBDSI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/yceqkKqLNeE/s400/portal-chell.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597157370246532386" /></a><br /><br />GLaDOS (Genetic Lifeform and Disk Operating System) is in charge of doing science at the Enrichment Center for Aperture Laboratories (also known as Aperture Science). This is a robot with a sense of humor. GLaDOS gives you a simple task. She wants you to complete several experiments with the promise: if you don’t die, you will get cake. So your options are <a href="http://videogum.com/author/cakeordeath/">CakeorDeath</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MKQxQ88e5to/Ta0YuRhJb3I/AAAAAAAAAHA/vpQq1LS7k3Y/s1600/GLaDOS.bmp"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 309px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MKQxQ88e5to/Ta0YuRhJb3I/AAAAAAAAAHA/vpQq1LS7k3Y/s400/GLaDOS.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597157095146876786" /></a><br /><br />What kind of science are we doing? It’s all in the title, baby…PORTAL science. Using the Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device or Portal Gun, we need to make our way through various experiments (Puzzles). I could really put this portal gun to practical use so scientists get on that. I could really use a quick exit from family reunions.<br /><br />I complete the experiments and I’m being transported to some delicious cake when I start getting lowered into fire. GLaDOS reassures me that the portal gun will remain operational even in extreme heat so I needn’t worry about damaging Aperture Science equipment when I’m dying. FUCK THAT NOISE! I portal the hell out of there and start working my way through the backrooms and underground passages of Aperture Science, often seeing repeated marks on the wall “the cake is a lie.” I get that you went crazy and started writing things on the wall, <a href="http://images.wikia.com/lostpedia/images/c/cf/Kelvinlookingtough.JPG">Kelvin</a>, but how about something like this, “The cake is a lie. The robot is going to lower you into a fucking fire after last experiment.”Just sayin’! <br /><br />Finally reaching GLaDOS. <br /><br />Hold up, could I take a timeout real quick to go on a rant about sexism in videogames? It is no secret that games over represent the male perspective, especially in the action/adventure genre (I guess Portal is more a single-player puzzle-platformer, but we can argue details later). This game is kind of neat in the fact it is an all female cast. Sure there are only two characters and one doesn’t even speak, but still. It is refreshing to see a game with all female characters that doesn’t involve beach volley ball. So let’s see how these ladies handle business.<br /><br /><object style="height: 390px; width: 640px"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/SJZSionfq18?version=3"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/SJZSionfq18?version=3" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="640" height="390"></object> <br /><br /><em>Portal</em> has a very dark sense of humor that I enjoyed. After you beat the game, you get to listen to GLaDOS sing the Jonathon Coulton song “Still Alive” that was written just for the game. You should get most of the jokes from reading this recap and watching the previous video but it is enjoyable either way.<br /><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Y6ljFaKRTrI" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />Alright, I decided to start rating games that I recap. <br /><br />Portal gets points for being funny and original. It loses a little for being extremely short and lacking replay value.<br /><br />I give <em>Portal</em> 3.8 driving caps out of 5.<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dudFGqDWbms/Ta0Yhh1iX3I/AAAAAAAAAG4/q2vlquCdTQY/s1600/Portal%2BRating.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 60px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dudFGqDWbms/Ta0Yhh1iX3I/AAAAAAAAAG4/q2vlquCdTQY/s400/Portal%2BRating.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597156876189065074" /></a><br /><br /><em>Portal 2</em> comes out today. If you can’t wait, go and buy it (you may already have). I’ll have to wait until Gamefly sends it to me. FYI, I’m still waiting on Dead Space 2 and refuse to take it off the top of my queue.The Narratorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09065184283649642871noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6090349809306615395.post-55393338840162074702011-04-18T20:25:00.000-05:002011-04-18T20:25:33.620-05:00Monster Fit Club: Week 16<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cbOpucIs9Vg/TWwgnS4jw7I/AAAAAAAAADI/5rYzwVIgJn4/s400/MFC%2BBanner%2Bcopy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 608px; height: 497px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cbOpucIs9Vg/TWwgnS4jw7I/AAAAAAAAADI/5rYzwVIgJn4/s400/MFC%2BBanner%2Bcopy.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Welcome Back! I want to start off by reminding participants and also Monsters who are contemplating joining MFC that you don't have to have a weight loss goal to join. The majority of us are trying to lose pounds, but if you just want to lose inches that's fine too. If you just have a fitness goal you want to reach, jump right on in! If you do want to lose pounds, there is no need to share your actual weight. Just tell us how many pounds you are down and how close you are to your goal. MFC is whatever you want it to be...Let's do this!<br /><br />We are getting super close to bikini season, so let's report on our progress.<a name='more'></a><br /><br />This week I lost 0 lbs. I have a 14 lbs. total loss. I am 6 lbs. away from my 20 lb. goal.<br /><br />Well, technically, I lost 0.5 lbs, but I am going to add it to next week's (*FINGERS CROSSED*) weight loss. It was so little that I don't even want to count it. However, I am happy to see a slight budge on the scale. Honestly, I am surprised I lost anything at all. I didn't get all my workouts in, and I ate shit all week...So there's that.<br /><br />I have a mini-vacation planned for the second week in June, so this week, I need to get back in the swing of things.<br /><br /><strong>So how did you do this week? Put your comments and suggestions in the comments and let's discuss!</strong><br /><br /><strong>New? Make sure to tell us your goals and motivations. I strongly recommend you use Myfitnesspal.com to keep track of your calorie needs and to connect with other Monsters. <a href="http://mobfd.blogspot.com/2011/04/monster-fit-club-myfitnesspal-list.html">Check out usernames here</a>. Good Luck!</strong><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><strong>DISCLAIMER:</strong> <em>As always, please consult with a doctor before starting any diet or weight loss program. MOBFD is not responsible for you having a heart attack or anything.</span></em>thisismynightmarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13539377296403890862noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6090349809306615395.post-17813240669794811982011-04-18T12:00:00.005-05:002011-04-18T12:22:28.808-05:00Twin Peaks S01E04: Rest in Pain<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XMHLixfMUgo/TatkdkQx8hI/AAAAAAAAAEk/06UzmZ1of3Q/s1600/yelling.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 220px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XMHLixfMUgo/TatkdkQx8hI/AAAAAAAAAEk/06UzmZ1of3Q/s320/yelling.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596677421051015698" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">“Break the code, solve the crime.”</span><br /><br />After taking his sweet time to get to it, Agent Cooper describes his dream to Sheriff Truman: the midget and Laura in the red room, one-armed Mike and killer Bob. And while it seemed clear that Bob admitted to the killing (or at least <span style="font-style: italic;">a</span> killing) in the dream, Cooper says that Laura whispered her killer's name in his ear...but he forgot it. Was the name different from Bob?<br /><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><br />Cooper does not seem to treat Mike and Bob (not to confused with Mike and Bobby, though I can't believe their naming is a total coincidence or a one-off joke by the writers) as completely literal figures. Whatever they are, they have direct ties to Laura's murder. I found the story of Mike cutting off his own arm to stop killing very intriguing – as though he is driven by forces and impulses well beyond his control.<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mlwv8SvGDHY/TatlIUgBGRI/AAAAAAAAAFM/XZ26Z31iSqM/s1600/invitation.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 220px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mlwv8SvGDHY/TatlIUgBGRI/AAAAAAAAAFM/XZ26Z31iSqM/s320/invitation.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596678155554330898" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">“Invitation to Love”</span><br /><br />The romantic moment Cooper shared with Laura in his dream seems to be crossing over into real life. Not in a creepy sort of way, but there is definitely an added layer of compassion and personal investment growing on his part, as seen in the morgue scene. I felt like I had seen a similar plot-line before, of an investigator falling for the victim who's death he is trying to solve.<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_jLKt51dKeE/TatlIGyHOiI/AAAAAAAAAFE/dVGeB1OwAHk/s1600/hands.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 220px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_jLKt51dKeE/TatlIGyHOiI/AAAAAAAAAFE/dVGeB1OwAHk/s320/hands.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596678151872133666" border="0" /></a><br /><br />While I never did figure out what sparked that connection, I did come upon an interesting parallel: a 1944 movie called <span style="font-style: italic;">Laura</span>. <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037008/">IMDB synopsis</a>:<br /><br /><span style="font-style: normal;"></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><blockquote>Detective Mark McPherson investigates the killing of Laura, found dead on her apartment floor before the movie starts. McPherson builds a mental picture of the dead girl from the suspects whom he interviews. He is helped by the striking painting of the late lamented Laura hanging on her apartment wall. But who would have wanted to kill a girl with whom every man she met seemed to fall in love? To make matters worse, McPherson finds himself falling under her spell too. Then one night, halfway through his investigations, something seriously bizarre happens to make him re-think the whole case.</blockquote></span>Weird! It's like something out of a David Lynch film.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-c9lV_ZxYJh0/TatmHhZqrzI/AAAAAAAAAFc/RpRdP9d1aAg/s1600/comeatmebro.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 220px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-c9lV_ZxYJh0/TatmHhZqrzI/AAAAAAAAAFc/RpRdP9d1aAg/s320/comeatmebro.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596679241349115698" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Erm-SEDBMu0/TatlHlOFw4I/AAAAAAAAAE0/iq92f1PpQS8/s1600/comeatmebro.png"><span style="display: block;" id="formatbar_Buttons"><span onmouseover="ButtonHoverOn(this);" onmouseout="ButtonHoverOff(this);" onmouseup="" onmousedown="CheckFormatting(event);FormatbarButton('richeditorframe', this, 3);ButtonMouseDown(this);" class=" on down" style="display: block;" id="formatbar_Bold" title="Bold"></span></span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Come at me, bro.</span><br /><br /></div><style type="text/css"> <!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> </style> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: normal;">"You know who killed Laura Palmer? We all did.”</span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Bobby's anger issues and juvenile disregard for all authority make him a hard character to like. But, in this one scene at least, his shortcomings allow him to say things in front of the whole town that may hold a lot of truth – and that connect to what we have discussed in the last couple posts. He calls out all the “good” people of Twin Peaks as being hypocrites who looked away and did nothing when they all knew Laura was in trouble. To maintain the friendly and charming exterior, has the majority of Twin Peaks been willfully ignoring a darker reality?</span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">This is in fact confirmed a couple scenes later, as Sherrif Truman reveals there is a “presence” haunting the woods around them, something they have faced for generations. “A price we pay for all the good things.” And, it would seem, only a small group of Bookhouse Boyz are privy to this information, tasking themselves with protecting the town...</span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-k_0K09XHimc/TatlH4vwMKI/AAAAAAAAAE8/GVcU31yFFOw/s1600/casketride.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 220px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-k_0K09XHimc/TatlH4vwMKI/AAAAAAAAAE8/GVcU31yFFOw/s320/casketride.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596678148104138914" border="0" /></a></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></p><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Play us off, Log Lady:</span><br /><style type="text/css"> <!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> </style> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><iframe title="YouTube video player" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/rC_c5SE5cKQ" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" width="480"></iframe></span></p>Lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15630672444118196185noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6090349809306615395.post-85778514410332328142011-04-18T06:30:00.001-05:002011-04-18T06:30:00.595-05:00R.I.P. Your Productivity: We're Going to Need a Longer Post<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QI6PLW8Kvug/TateNjwHgrI/AAAAAAAAAEM/-rLdiNSiIns/s1600/LOGO.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QI6PLW8Kvug/TateNjwHgrI/AAAAAAAAAEM/-rLdiNSiIns/s1600/LOGO.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div> Sup, my rad dudes? Welcome to another edition of R.I.P. Your Productivity! I would just like to say that for the first time in my whole life, I (along with the rest of my family) am the proud owner of a DOG! Look at this beautiful bastard:<br />
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NOW LET'S DO THIS! AAAAHHHHHH!<br />
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A slightly short but sweet puzzle game in which you use copies of yourself to progress. It also manages to be a lot more thoughtful and poignant than most online games though that's not saying a lot.<br />
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This is the whole new TVOTR album with music videos for each song. It's about an hour long so make sure you have the time available. PS: Watch until after the credits for bonus hilarity.<br />
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Four Tet is just very good at remixing things, especially for people (read: me) who do not like dance music or hip hop in the slightest.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><object width="320" height="266" class="BLOGGER-youtube-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data-thumbnail-src="http://2.gvt0.com/vi/tUIu6_eTkjY/0.jpg"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/tUIu6_eTkjY&fs=1&source=uds" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><embed width="320" height="266" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/tUIu6_eTkjY&fs=1&source=uds" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object></div>A choose your own adventure musical brought to you by Neil Cicierega (of Brodyquest and Potter Puppet Pals fame) and Emmy Cicierega (of <a href="http://emmyc.tumblr.com/">her own tumblr</a> fame). It's very much worth watching all the outcomes as they are all hilarious and awesome.<br />
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And we're done! Another masterpiece made by me thanks to my very good writing ability. #notintendedtobeafactualstatement<br />
As always, R.I.P. your productivity.<br />
PS: Please comment and tell me if you are reading these. There's not much point in doing them if they are just going unnoticed.Mr. Adventuremanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04594760828149941841noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6090349809306615395.post-34498714521408726902011-04-17T12:34:00.003-05:002011-04-17T13:03:31.384-05:00Godsauce Alters This Week's Family Circus<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i.imgur.com/THKHM.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 600px; height: 293px;" src="http://i.imgur.com/THKHM.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />This Sunday edition was too epic to fit properly into a photo post on tumblr.<br><br /><br />More alterations after the jump...<br /><a name='more'></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljh0dlGzRL1qi3hqao1_r1_400.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 346px;" src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljh0dlGzRL1qi3hqao1_r1_400.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Old Jim is waiting outside to help him thoroughly experience the themes of his life until he gains optimal knowledge from them and until his emotional attachment to those themes falls off.<br><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljjcszYM8N1qi3hqao1_400.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 345px;" src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljjcszYM8N1qi3hqao1_400.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />In Portlandia, they call that “art”.<br><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljkqx4TO0T1qi3hqao1_400.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 348px;" src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljkqx4TO0T1qi3hqao1_400.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Laugh all you want, but 75 hours of Island Nectar from Slatkin & Co. is worth the wait.<br><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljmnb9dTQL1qi3hqao1_r1_400.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 345px;" src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljmnb9dTQL1qi3hqao1_r1_400.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Jeffy can probably agree that life has a sick sense of humor, but I’m guessing that hesitation isn’t what’s causing his worst fears to come true.<br><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljp7m2GaaU1qi3hqao1_400.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 335px;" src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljp7m2GaaU1qi3hqao1_400.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />For the first time, Billy has made his father proud.<br><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljrb180g0b1qi3hqao1_400.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 360px;" src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljrb180g0b1qi3hqao1_400.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Little does Dolly know, P.J. is already OT IV.<br><br /><br />I am considering suspending this feature on MOBFD, as it seems a bit redundant. You can find daily and bonus alterations at <a href="http://familycircus.tumblr.com">Godsauce Alters Today's Family Circus</a>. If you have strong feelings about that, let me know.Godsaucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06295243296580603875noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6090349809306615395.post-69451585990836541212011-04-16T22:00:00.005-05:002011-04-16T22:57:02.881-05:00GOTH CHAT ANNOUNCEMENT<div><br /></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Get your eyeliner and candles ready..........</b></div><div><br /></div><br /><a href="http://tinypic.com/?ref=2a8ey50" target="_blank"><img src="http://i54.tinypic.com/2a8ey50.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic" /></a>SARCASTICMEOWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01607108839610260927noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6090349809306615395.post-16687880472697316622011-04-16T00:00:00.009-05:002011-04-16T00:00:05.359-05:00Dusky Panther's Saturday Morning Cartoon<center><img src="http://i.imgur.com/bbPcB.jpg" alt="" title="Hosted by imgur.com" /></center>
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So views for these cartoons have been waning as of late. There’s been too much wane on the screen and it’s really been grossing everyone out. Time to clean up our act and go to Sunday school! Let’s GOOOOOOOO [to Sunday school]. The white Jesus is gonna be so upset that I did this!
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Thanks for the tip to re-cut The Flying House from Stu.<br/>
Suggestions are always welcome, especially if it’s <a href="http://youtu.be/bXiJYcK4-GU">Samurai Pizza Cats</a>.
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As always, the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/bdub2291#grid/user/25154FDCEAED4928">cartoon archive</a> is open to the public.
<br/><br/>Brandon Walshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01974340589875952705noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6090349809306615395.post-64526523900006305272011-04-15T17:53:00.006-05:002011-04-15T18:46:26.592-05:00Twin Peaks S01E03: Zen, or the Skill to Catch a Killer<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-T_3YP7uRDAA/TajSqQ2y-XI/AAAAAAAAAEU/J3TTse7UZIY/s1600/letsrock.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 226px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-T_3YP7uRDAA/TajSqQ2y-XI/AAAAAAAAAEU/J3TTse7UZIY/s320/letsrock.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595954160528980338" border="0" /></a><br /><br />A couple of days ago <a href="http://www.mobfd.com/2011/04/twin-peaks-traces-to-nowhere.html">Godsauce gave us a great primer</a> on how David Lynch depicts society and his characters: on the surface we see an exaggerated depiction of “normal” life, superficial at the surface level. Beneath the veneer, though, his protagonists discover a depth – and darkness – that seems bottomless. Likewise, Godsauce pointed out, his lead characters discover the same complexity and breadth can be found within themselves.<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"></span><br /><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TVttoUHbLBw/TajV2UO6C5I/AAAAAAAAAEc/cwr5TEolHms/s1600/tongue.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 226px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TVttoUHbLBw/TajV2UO6C5I/AAAAAAAAAEc/cwr5TEolHms/s320/tongue.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595957666128726930" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This third episode is a perfect place to look at one of the more obvious factors in Lynch's life that informs this vision. Perhaps even more than film, Lynch is an outspoken advocate for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcendental_Meditation">Transcendental Meditation</a>. Since the early 70's he has been deeply involved in the movement, and currently heads the <a href="http://www.davidlynchfoundation.org/">David Lynch Foundation For Conciousness-Based Education</a>. A quick perusal of YouTube will find dozens of talks by Lynch on the subject. Even if you share my skepticism of such things, he is a very warm and enjoyable speaker to watch.<br /><br /><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/0a86oKl34ZQ" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" width="480"></iframe><br /><br />As it pertains to our plot, the Tibet scene from this week's episode, while played for oddball humor, is clearly based on principles Lynch takes very seriously. Deepest level of intuition. Dreams. Mind-body coordination. And, sure enough, the rock and the milk jug provide answers that line up with what we as the audience have learned.<br /><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/C9kejvxRokg" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" width="480"></iframe><br /><br />In the Q&A linked below this paragraph, Lynch discusses a couple benefits he has found in Transcendental Meditation. Fittingly, they match closely to what we see at work in this episode. First, the idea of experiential knowledge trumping intellectual knowledge. While only a couple episodes in, basic investigative procedure has yet bring a real breakthrough in this case. When Cooper lets go of his intellect, as in the rock scene, and opens himself to a different “awareness”, answers begin to present themselves.<br /><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/z2UHLMVr4vg" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" width="480"></iframe><br /><br />This is most dramatically fulfilled in the final sequence of this episode. In his restless and surreal dream, amongst a dancing dwarf and an aged version of himself, the face and name of Laura's killer are revealed to Agent Cooper. As Lynch puts it in the Q&A, this next level of consciousness helps you find solutions. It would seem that only on this other plain of thought can Cooper hope to untangle the thread of Laura's story.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://th1123.photobucket.com/albums/l556/singleladad/Animated%20GIF/th_tpdance.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 160px; height: 120px;" src="http://th1123.photobucket.com/albums/l556/singleladad/Animated%20GIF/th_tpdance.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Log Lady Intros!</span><br /><br />I found out that on the original broadcast of Twin Peaks (and perhaps also on the DVDs?) every episode had an introductory monologue by the Log Lady herself. And they're great! I have posted the first three below and will try to include the corresponding one in each post.<br /><br />ep1 <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0pwzVOW4_U">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0pwzVOW4_U</a><br /><br />ep2 <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_oYVAgag-Q">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_oYVAgag-Q</a><br /><br />ep3 <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Cl6AsTY7iE">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Cl6AsTY7iE</a><br /><br /><br />Next week: E04: Rest in Pain and E05: The One-Armed ManLucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15630672444118196185noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6090349809306615395.post-3655125726225138122011-04-15T12:13:00.003-05:002011-04-15T12:42:45.395-05:00Weekly gif Round-UpWow, what a great week! New SNL, New Thursday night TV and NO New Glee!! Best of all worlds. Keep it up NBC.<br /><br />These images were found all over the internet. Some may even have been made by me.<br /><br /><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljoiw6dN2e1qftwgqo1_500.gif" /><br /><img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljoj16Tntp1qg6sdmo1_500.gif" /><br /><img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljj1fedzWD1qe1i48o1_r1_400.gif" /><br /><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><br />community<br /><img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljoewlnc2r1qd6igfo1_500.gif" /><br /><img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljoa8dBLmD1qc1896o1_500.gif" /><br /><img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljo8pzFTDi1qbvgawo1_500.gif" /><br /><img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljo9y7bMj61qbqbxfo1_500.gif" /><br /><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljoc4w44PR1qatq84o1_500.gif" /><br /><img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljo9pdXpfS1qzgu6io1_500.gif" /><br /><img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljo9l88c051qaeirwo1_500.gif" /><br /><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljo8xjNPLg1qcolx2o1_400.gif" /><br /><img 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src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljobi2ncfh1qdphjqo1_500.gif" /><br /><br />the office<br /><img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljob5cAqh71qb0kx2o1_500.gif" /><br /><img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljo9niKXU01qzydh2o1_500.gif" /><br /><img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljogzaLJm91qftwgqo1_500.gif" /><br /><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljoas8Ocwr1qzydh2o1_500.gif" /><br /><img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljocwtF5zp1qzha6yo1_500.gif" /><br /><img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljoaseXwyn1qzua91o1_500.gif" /><br /><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljoephRrAz1qaefllo1_500.gif" /><br /><img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljoa3pIafH1qazkdco1_500.gif" /><br /><img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljo50rZu2d1qeczp6o1_400.gif" /><br /><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljoe07CMLJ1qczty5.gif" /><br /><br />parks & rec<br /><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljod7wTlNn1qavbfzo1_500.gif" /><br 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Addicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14716643851645382638noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6090349809306615395.post-33702351565089545932011-04-13T18:23:00.003-05:002011-04-13T18:27:05.065-05:00In Diddy Riding A Jet Ski News<img src="http://cdni.condenast.co.uk/240x360/o_r/PDaddyJetSki_BIGB.jpg"><br /><img src="http://www.bestweekever.tv/bwe/images/2008/08/diddy_jetski2.jpg"><br /><img src="http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv26/ufckingpics/diddyonajetski.jpg">Jason Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05012414709365513843noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6090349809306615395.post-83705908541249300312011-04-13T17:33:00.015-05:002011-04-18T18:08:24.943-05:00Twin Peaks: Traces to NowhereGreetings, friends! I apologize for the tardiness and sloppiness of this post, but I have been quite busy with stuff.<br /><br>I was asked to write this piece about the first proper episode of Twin Peaks because of my longstanding reputation as the world’s foremost David Lynch scholar (nope). While it is true that I have written some delightfully undergraddy shot-by-shot analyses of Lynch films, specifically Blue Velvet and Lost Highway, I must confess that there are a few embarrassing gaps in my Lynch experience, one of which is that I have not seen all of Twin Peaks. I have seen the first few episodes, including the extended feature-film version of the pilot that Lynch made just in case the show wasn’t picked up, but I don’t really know what is going to happen. The good news is that any spoilers contained herein will be lucky guesses!<br><br />On to the business at hand!<br><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5SF-vGaHAZI/TaYnUrqkxCI/AAAAAAAAAOU/0zD4hbbCXx0/s1600/tp%2Bpie%2B2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 338px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5SF-vGaHAZI/TaYnUrqkxCI/AAAAAAAAAOU/0zD4hbbCXx0/s400/tp%2Bpie%2B2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595202823326581794"></a><br />I’m going to start with a short, shallow introduction to Lynchian themes. If you wish to get to the meat of this thing, scroll down to Special Agent Cooper hanging upside-down…<br><br />The first thing that most people figure out about David Lynch is that his movies are really, ostentatiously weird. There are probably many valid explanations for how and why Lynch creates this weirdness, but the effect can be, among other things, hilarious, heartbreaking and frightening, and his films gain much of their power from his ability to evoke these emotions, sometimes simultaneously. The second thing that people figure out about Lynch is that he is very concerned with the concept of dark complexities lying underneath the placid surface of everyday life. A lot of students and critics are dismissive of this analysis, because it seems so obvious, but I think that Lynch’s take is actually more interesting than is immediately evident.<br><br /><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/21939919" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/21939919">David Lynch Signature Cup Coffee</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/davidlynchofficial">David Lynch</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p><br />In most of his work, including Twin Peaks, Lynch starts things off with a very short period of realism, which quickly transitions into a stilted exaggeration of the artificiality of the superficial. He uses things like a cranked up Angelo Badalamenti score and intensely amplified but simplistically emotional performances from his actors to underline their surface falsity. It is only then that the audience begins delving into the strange, dark underbelly of Lynch’s world, which devolves into surreal humor and, eventually, schizophrenic insanity. Some people read this as a critique of modern life or the complacency of a well-fed society, but I think it is more of an acknowledgement that the world and the people living in it are tremendously deep and complex, far too complex to be properly understood using standard conventions.<br><br />Lynch’s stories all seem to involve people facing, often for the first time, the true depths that exist in the world and the human soul. Looking at his characters, a few major archetypes arise that are often defined by how they respond to having stared into the abyss. Some respond by shutting off their critical faculties and pretending that things are simple. Others sink into the depths and become permanently indentified with the underworld. Some go mad, becoming emotional basketcases or embracing eccentricities that allow them to cope. Then there are Lynch’s heroes, who are able to respect and appreciate the deeper layers of the world while continuing to function in normal society, stronger for their broadened perspective. And, of course, there are the innocents, who might not be well-behaved but are too naïve to have any idea what they are getting into or what depths they already possess.<br><br />I think that most of the young characters in Twin Peaks, including Donna, Bobby and James, are in this last category. I also think that Laura Palmer was killed as she was in the process of figuring out which track she was going to take. The reason that her death resonates with me is that, despite all the crazy shit she was getting into, I get the feeling that she would have been one of the heroes had she survived.<br><br><br />Anyway, enough of that crap.<br><br />tl;dr<br><br />Let’s talk about the episode.<br><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9Z13Z38nXxg/TaYnUs1LeHI/AAAAAAAAAOM/7iO8wwsdySM/s1600/tp%2Bmorning%2Bspecial%2Bagent%2Bcooper.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 327px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9Z13Z38nXxg/TaYnUs1LeHI/AAAAAAAAAOM/7iO8wwsdySM/s400/tp%2Bmorning%2Bspecial%2Bagent%2Bcooper.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595202823639496818"></a><br />This episode was not actually directed by David Lynch, but it falls between two episodes he did direct: the pilot and Zen and the Art of Killer-Catching. As such, some of the elements are toned down here. Most of the music cues are the same (they really got their money’s worth out of that Badalamenti score), but the volume level isn’t quite as oppressive.<br><br />The episode begins with our hero, Special Agent Dale Cooper, hanging upside down and dictating. Cooper seems like the perfect Lynch hero. He has seen the darkness, and it still able to enjoy the world for what it is.<br><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-g5B0j_vLNZM/TaYoOmpMAUI/AAAAAAAAAOc/FLVXPy9AT4I/s1600/tp%2Bpie.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 324px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-g5B0j_vLNZM/TaYoOmpMAUI/AAAAAAAAAOc/FLVXPy9AT4I/s400/tp%2Bpie.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595203818411000130"></a><br />Cooper is exuberant about small pleasures like coffee. He is polite and kind to the locals, but he can also see through their bullshit. He knows that the world is a dark place, and he doesn’t allow that to diminish him. He is also very competent at his job, and while his dictations and small pleasures are often played for amusement, the show never lets us forget that he is in control of his own destiny.<br><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pwSDos7NUHk/TaYnUCxaEkI/AAAAAAAAAN0/WBNDalwLlG0/s1600/tp%2Bflirt.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 648px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pwSDos7NUHk/TaYnUCxaEkI/AAAAAAAAAN0/WBNDalwLlG0/s1600/tp%2Bflirt.jpg" border="0" alt=""></a><br />One of the things this episode does is reestablish a few characters from the pilot. So just in case we forgot, Donna and James are falling in lurve but are conflicted about it. Amusingly, both of them see themselves as worldly, but they are still quite naïve and innocent. Hell, even Laura Palmer returns from the grave in the last scene to call James “sweet but dumb.”<br><br />We are also reintroduced to Bobby and his letter jacket wearing douchebuddy whose name eludes me. They are sitting in jail from a barfight discussing some sort of criminal enterprise, but the ridiculous bebop score underlines how ridiculous they are. I imagine that we will see more darkness from them later, but not yet. Look at how fearsome Bobby is:<br><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ai0cDwnKd_E/TaYmtWnjAhI/AAAAAAAAANM/gweH3KomRwA/s1600/tp%2Bbobby.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 398px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ai0cDwnKd_E/TaYmtWnjAhI/AAAAAAAAANM/gweH3KomRwA/s400/tp%2Bbobby.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595202147661840914"></a><br />The asshats are cleared and released, and we get to see Bobby at dinner with his parents. Bobby’s father is played by the awesome Don Davis, and he wins my award for best moment of the episode.<br><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/e9S-yjO1CBA?hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/e9S-yjO1CBA?hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br><br />Somehow, Bobby is boning Shelly Johnson (Mädchen Amick, *drool*), and we get to spend some quality time with her and her delightful truck-driving husband, Leo.<br><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ysC5scpZ5NE/TaYoOwisDcI/AAAAAAAAAOk/AvVnYO14Bi4/s1600/tp%2Bpussy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 389px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ysC5scpZ5NE/TaYoOwisDcI/AAAAAAAAAOk/AvVnYO14Bi4/s400/tp%2Bpussy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595203821068094914"></a><br />Leo demands that Shelly do his laundry, and she finds a bloody shirt, which she cleverly hides in a drawer before he catches her with it. He caresses her tenderly.<br><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i54.tinypic.com/67i7n6.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="http://i54.tinypic.com/67i7n6.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Later, when Leo can’t find the bloody shirt, he caresses her again with a bar of soap in a sock.<br><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i56.tinypic.com/156srgp.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="http://i56.tinypic.com/156srgp.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-f8jkGZyYcgs/TaYnUWHcrvI/AAAAAAAAAOE/nY09OjMMqlg/s1600/tp%2Bmadchen.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 378px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-f8jkGZyYcgs/TaYnUWHcrvI/AAAAAAAAAOE/nY09OjMMqlg/s400/tp%2Bmadchen.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595202817542106866"></a><br />In other news, James is also cleared and released, and his uncle Ed claims to have been drugged at the barfight rather than admit that he got beat up by those two children. Ed has been boning the other waitress at the diner, despite being married to an eyepatched woman named Nadine who is very, very sane. She is so sane, that she has engineered completely silent drapes, even though everyone knows that drapes are meant to be noisy. Luckily for the waitress, she gets to hear about this firsthand.<br><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Rp7VO_VgQkY/TaYmtkDJ_pI/AAAAAAAAANc/PIXJkMiRLHo/s1600/tp%2Bcuckoo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 497px; height: 1600px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Rp7VO_VgQkY/TaYmtkDJ_pI/AAAAAAAAANc/PIXJkMiRLHo/s1600/tp%2Bcuckoo.jpg" border="0" alt=""></a><br />I’m sure that Nadine won’t be murdering any waitress in her sleep later tonight.<br><br />So, the investigation into the murder leads us to the sawmill, where Cooper questions Josie Packard about Laura Palmer, which doesn’t seem to provide any new information.<br><br><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-A5SiC8iMDlM/TaYmtiz4GCI/AAAAAAAAANU/o2sgsy_JFC4/s1600/tp%2Bboning.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 315px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-A5SiC8iMDlM/TaYmtiz4GCI/AAAAAAAAANU/o2sgsy_JFC4/s400/tp%2Bboning.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595202150934779938"></a><br />Fortunately, our hero gets a delicious cup of coffee out of it.<br><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8dhT6pUJlHg/TaYmuGSVavI/AAAAAAAAANs/Y6FwYNSGQg8/s1600/tp%2Bfish.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 395px; height: 1600px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8dhT6pUJlHg/TaYmuGSVavI/AAAAAAAAANs/Y6FwYNSGQg8/s1600/tp%2Bfish.jpg" border="0" alt=""></a><br />The visit does lead us to some business about Josie’s sister-in-law, Catherine Martell, and Ben Horne, conspiring to burn down the sawmill and then have very offputting sex on the ashes. I had a picture of some of the toe-sucking and cleavage kissing, but ew.<br><br />In the Palmer household, Leland is taking care of Sarah. I think that Leland is shady for a couple of reasons. First, when he figured out that Laura had died the sad music got way too loud, which is Lynch code for artifice. Second, when is Ray Wise ever not shady. Anyway, Donna comes and visits Sarah, and they have a moment too long for a gif and too perfect not to embed, so here is the whole scene.<br><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/GhBQAeer6vM?hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/GhBQAeer6vM?hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br><br />Now, I don’t think I’m giving anything away when I say that the dude she sees there is killer BOB, whom I’m pretty sure I remember from the feature film version of the pilot. I hope we’ll be seeing a lot more of him soon. He is a creepy fellow.<br><br />After a long day’s work and a cup of fish coffee, Agent Cooper finally gets to have a slice or three of cherry pie, and we get a visit from the Log Lady, who swears that her log is an eyewitness to something that happened the night of Laura Palmer’s murder.<br><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FcNsAZw2I-Q/TaYnUNCWFLI/AAAAAAAAAN8/POMiPctqIv0/s1600/tp%2Blog.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 323px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FcNsAZw2I-Q/TaYnUNCWFLI/AAAAAAAAAN8/POMiPctqIv0/s400/tp%2Blog.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595202815104783538"></a><br />She is offended when Cooper declines to interrogate the log, so instead of everything being solved in this episode, we’ll get several more seasons of the show.<br><br />Finally, we close the episode with our good psychiatrist friend listening to a cassette tape of Laura Palmer and crying. In the cliffhanger of the pilot, someone recovered James’ half of the locket, and now this guy has it.<br><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OSvkQf0rZbg/TaYmuMHHy_I/AAAAAAAAANk/jjbOdccww5Y/s1600/tp%2Bdr%2Bnormal.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 330px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OSvkQf0rZbg/TaYmuMHHy_I/AAAAAAAAANk/jjbOdccww5Y/s400/tp%2Bdr%2Bnormal.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595202162021354482"></a><br />So there you go! I’m sure there was stuff I missed, so fill in the blanks (TWSS). I also am posting the first draft of this, so if you see typos, let me know on twitter, and I’ll ignore them. I leave you with this.<br><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/k3IZS2QddAY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>Godsaucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06295243296580603875noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6090349809306615395.post-78687911494281390312011-04-13T14:37:00.002-05:002011-04-13T14:41:35.634-05:00Reminder: MOBFD AuthorsA few days ago you should have received an e-mail from MOBFD concerning some exciting new developments. If you haven't done so already, please check your e-mails! Thanks!werttrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14682415346056676740noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6090349809306615395.post-33348862204470762202011-04-13T12:59:00.001-05:002011-04-13T13:00:48.317-05:00LBT's Generic Book Corner: Atlas ShruggedTL;DRlilbobbytableshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15639782718365034744noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6090349809306615395.post-37870156112178097572011-04-12T15:12:00.002-05:002011-04-12T15:15:23.207-05:00Rejected Tips: Maypreh Seh Tori<object width="608" height="486"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/i3pfsCS7fWI?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/i3pfsCS7fWI?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="608" height="486"></embed></object>werttrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14682415346056676740noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6090349809306615395.post-23346094506988429772011-04-12T13:15:00.000-05:002011-04-12T13:17:45.479-05:00Insomniac with The Narrator: New Super Mario Bros. Wii<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-A7Yk1DQcLrc/TaSSV8ejNJI/AAAAAAAAAGw/1578w40pGiI/s1600/Insomniac%2BTitle.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 600px; height: 152px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-A7Yk1DQcLrc/TaSSV8ejNJI/AAAAAAAAAGw/1578w40pGiI/s400/Insomniac%2BTitle.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594757542810170514" /></a><br /><br />If you haven’t heard, I got a problem with sleeping in that I don’t do it. Seriously, you know how much sweet, sweet night time hours you people are wasting “resting peacefully.” Anyways, I can’t sleep so tonight, forget it, PS3… It’s Wii Town tonight. I’m popping in <em>New Super Mario Bros. Wii</em>.<br /><br />First off, I like names that explain things. It is the NEW Super Mario game so of course they have to include NEW in the title. Unfortunately, games can’t be new forever, so I’m not sure how that name will age. Secondly, the title ends in Wii because it is for the Wii. Now the game is idiot proof. I’m sure that Dusky Panther was super excited to play this on his Sega Saturn. Well he will just have to deal with it. This game is for the Wii (it’s in the title).<br /><br />Who is ready for some mad 2D action?<br /><br />Here We Gooooooooooooooooo!<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vLMqzBKkWM4/TaSSNYFK7fI/AAAAAAAAAGo/K16FxKoiSnc/s1600/Mario%2BCover.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 284px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vLMqzBKkWM4/TaSSNYFK7fI/AAAAAAAAAGo/K16FxKoiSnc/s400/Mario%2BCover.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594757395601092082" /></a><br /><br />ESRB: E<br /><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><br />This is like the oldest story in the books. Classic story. Italian plumber falls into giant pipe. Italian plumber falls in love with princess. Princess has hots for working class Italian. Giant (dragon looking) turtle named Bowser kidnaps princess (we videogame insiders call him King Koopa #humblebrag). Adventure is had by all. <br /><br />What were the Mario brothers suppose to do? The Koopas had a solid plan: <br /><br />1. Steal princess <br /><br />2. ????? <br /><br />3. PROFIT! <br /><br />Taking control of the Italian brothers, I set out to return Princess Peach from Bowser, his Koopalings (Bowser Jr., Larry Koopa, etc…) and hoards of Koopa Troopas. In doing so, not only get Mario laid, but also save the entire Mushroom Kingdom. Shit just got real.<br /><br />I don’t know a whole lot about killing turtles. However, I do know that even a man-sized turtle is instantly killed if you jump on its head. That’s easy enough to understand. I’m not an Italian plumber, but I’m pretty sure a stocky Italian jumping on your head is instant death. What’s the likelihood that these turtles will wise up and start wearing helmets anyways?<br /><br />Furthermore, the Mario brothers have a few more flowers and magical mushrooms (I’m pretty sure they are just getting high) attached to their utility belts this time.<br /><br />Have you ever wanted to be a penguin, but you didn’t want to listen to Morgan Freeman talk about your hardships? Well, how about using the penguin suit? Not only can you harness the awesome sliding skills of a penguin, you can also shoot snowballs.<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-reNWrfgkJic/TaSSFEzrsYI/AAAAAAAAAGg/00wUq_LnpxQ/s1600/Penguin-Suit.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 350px; height: 361px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-reNWrfgkJic/TaSSFEzrsYI/AAAAAAAAAGg/00wUq_LnpxQ/s400/Penguin-Suit.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594757252988514690" /></a><br /><br />I’ll see your pool of lava and raise you a propeller hat. Mario has gained the ability of flight without using that ridiculous raccoon suit. Raccoons can’t fly! A hat with a propeller on it makes much more sense for high flying adventures. Bravo Nintendo.<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-A9zu6o33a4E/TaSR8WQN6eI/AAAAAAAAAGY/M_I7s7sxD2s/s1600/propeller%2Bsuit.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-A9zu6o33a4E/TaSR8WQN6eI/AAAAAAAAAGY/M_I7s7sxD2s/s400/propeller%2Bsuit.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594757103052777954" /></a><br /><br />While not new, it is still awesome…Yoshi! Who doesn’t want to ride on the back of a colorful dinosaur that can eat turtles? If I have any complaint, it is that there isn’t enough Yoshi. <br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rBrT8j8JPaA/TaSRwMyXPiI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/NUfPtgObW1I/s1600/Yoshi.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 228px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rBrT8j8JPaA/TaSRwMyXPiI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/NUfPtgObW1I/s400/Yoshi.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594756894353210914" /></a><br /><br /><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/22225306" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/22225306">The_SuperMario__</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user6355413">Bradley Ross</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p> <br /><br />I’m not an evil genius but I’m pretty sure it was a bad idea to install the giant red button that instantly destroys your castle.<br /><br />Anyway, if you weren’t convinced Mario and Luigi are awesome how about this.<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vCSzRdR7pM4/TaSRKeq3afI/AAAAAAAAAGI/wAxHHPeTLiM/s1600/Epic%2BStash.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 336px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vCSzRdR7pM4/TaSRKeq3afI/AAAAAAAAAGI/wAxHHPeTLiM/s400/Epic%2BStash.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594756246318574066" /></a>The Narratorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09065184283649642871noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6090349809306615395.post-6203877226603598932011-04-12T12:41:00.005-05:002011-04-12T13:16:49.411-05:00Transatlanticatastrophe: The Players and the GameHello, monsters! Kittensmash here! I am only an occasional VG commenter and chatter at the moment. Regardless, I am a champion lurker, and we are all BFFs in my head. Change in my life looms large like a mushroom cloud of glitter. I thought it might be fun to explore the sparkly fallout here.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">THE GAME</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Current location:</span> Bible Belt, USA (a.k.a. the dirty south)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Future location:</span> A small city in Germany (approximately the size of Asheville, NC for USian reference).<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">THE PLAYERS</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Name:</span> kittensmash<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Taxonomy:</span> Homo sapiens (XX)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Age:</span> 33<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Occupation:</span> Scientist<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Travel experience: </span>Visited two other continents in the past 20 years, but travel has taken a sideline in lieu of WORK for the past decade.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Name:</span> mistersmash*<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Taxonomy:</span> Homo sapiens (XY)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Age:</span> 32<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Occupation:</span> Tattoo artist & painter<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Travel experience:</span> Has never traveled north of the Mason Dixon Line or west of the Mississippi River. Passport? What’s that?<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Name:</span> neuroticat<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Taxonomy:</span> Felis catus (XY)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Age:</span> 7 yrs<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Occupation:</span> Baller<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Travel experience:</span> Why would I ever want to leave the house?!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Name:</span> egotisticat<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Taxonomy:</span> Felis catus (XY)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Age:</span> 10 yrs<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Occupation:</span> Shot caller<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Travel experience:</span> Why can’t I leave the house without a leash?!<br /><br />In summary, the four of us will be moving to Germany in about six months. None of us speak German. We have all lived in the south (primarily Georgia) for most of our lives. This move is exciting and overwhelming. I will have a series of posts on the trials and tribulations of moving abroad. This will include a broad range of things including, but not limited to:<br /><ul><li>Using Rosetta Stone to learn German</li><li>Figuring out how to move my cats without neuroticat going permanently insane</li><li>Deciding what household items to bring, store, or sell</li><li>Getting a work visa for an artist (mistersmash and I are not actually married)</li><li>Trying not to end up in a mental facility due to overwhelming anxiety </li><li>Figuring out how I will be able to watch all my TV shows<br /></li></ul><br />Mistersmash and I were invited over to explore the region while I interviewed for the job. My next post will discuss our first impressions of Germany since neither of us had been there before, nor had we even traveled much together beforehand. Pictures will be included!<br /><br /><br />*For monster reference, mistersmash does not read VG regularly despite my encouragement (nor has he ever commented), but he understands my manic page refreshing when I do post comments.kittensmashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09874460764964880183noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6090349809306615395.post-11590824118007190222011-04-12T10:30:00.000-05:002011-04-12T10:30:01.315-05:00I'd Hit That: Jimmy Fallon<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gyqTWPb3puc/TXJ6tTNvYWI/AAAAAAAAADw/cazp8L0z7SM/s1600/I%2527d%2Bhit%2Bthat%2B2%2Btext.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 608px; height: 259px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gyqTWPb3puc/TXJ6tTNvYWI/AAAAAAAAADw/cazp8L0z7SM/s400/I%2527d%2Bhit%2Bthat%2B2%2Btext.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580657806936072546" /></a><br /><br />I have said it <a href="http://www.mobfd.com/2010/12/id-hit-that-paul-rudd.html">time</a> and <a href="http://www.mobfd.com/2011/04/id-hit-that-dave-grohl.html">time again</a>. Funny guys are the best kinds of guys, and this week's subject is no exception.<br /> <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GR31ZQ1bOHE/TaEbL0idm_I/AAAAAAAAAG8/32n_Ri-23zQ/s1600/Jimmy-Fallon%2BTIMN.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 610px; height: 394px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GR31ZQ1bOHE/TaEbL0idm_I/AAAAAAAAAG8/32n_Ri-23zQ/s400/Jimmy-Fallon%2BTIMN.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593782102066568178" /></a><br /><br />Jimmy Fallon, you guys! This week is kind of also doubling as "Shows You Should Be Watching" sort of thing. <span style="font-style:italic;">Late Night with Jimmy Fallon</span> is pretty much the cat's pajamas. Seriously, this show has some of the most original sketches and bits and is consistently better on a day-to-day basis than, say, <span style="font-style:italic;">Saturday Night Live</span> is on a week-to-week basis. Quite often they make me laugh until I cry. From the audience and celebrity games to the recurring TV show parodies to the interviews, this show is solid gold. <a name='more'></a><br /><br />Below I have posted some of highlights from this fabulous late night program. I know it's a lot of videos, but really, you should watch each and every one of them. By the end, I dare you not to have a crush on Mr. Fallon.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Bothered</span><br /><br />This is a recurring sketch where Jimmy plays Robert Pattison and he sits in tree and talks about stuff that he hates. There was Valentine's Day one from last year that was really funny, but I couldn't find it. This one will work though.<br /><object width="610" height="343"><param name="movie" value="http://www.hulu.com/embed/7I_hCanjQVqfS5ap370Pgg"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.hulu.com/embed/7I_hCanjQVqfS5ap370Pgg" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="610" height="343" allowFullScreen="true"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Reflections</span><br /><br />Jimmy plays Justin Bieber and chats with us about current issues facing the world today. 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WATCH THIS NOW!<br /><object width="610" height="343"><param name="movie" value="http://www.hulu.com/embed/GYHGsNyqf1_nlNxfNe3XBA"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.hulu.com/embed/GYHGsNyqf1_nlNxfNe3XBA" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="610" height="343" allowFullScreen="true"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Video Vision</span><br /><br />Remember those dumb educational videos we were forced to watch in middle school? Well, this is kinda like that, only far more entertaining. "Video Vision" might be my favorite series on <span style="font-style:italic;">Late Night</span>.<br /><object width="610" height="343"><param name="movie" value="http://www.hulu.com/embed/30HkeG_-r609gRfqLlKSIQ"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.hulu.com/embed/30HkeG_-r609gRfqLlKSIQ" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="610" height="343" allowFullScreen="true"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Bob Dylan "Charles in Charge"</span><br /><br />Quite often Jimmy shows off his musical skills in parody form, and this is a recent example of that.<br /><object width="610" height="343"><param name="movie" value="http://www.hulu.com/embed/uhX7c280WsfAT4WRU-BY4A"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.hulu.com/embed/uhX7c280WsfAT4WRU-BY4A" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="610" height="343" allowFullScreen="true"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Wheel of Carpet Samples</span><br /><br />On <span style="font-style:italic;">Late Night</span>, they are always playing silly games with the audience like "Spit Takes," "Put It in Reverse" and "Cell Phone Shoot-Out," among others. This is one of my favorite games right here.<br /><object width="610" height="343"><param name="movie" value="http://www.hulu.com/embed/193KXTiK4wapr9BcruDtfA"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.hulu.com/embed/193KXTiK4wapr9BcruDtfA" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="610" height="343" allowFullScreen="true"></embed></object><br /><br />Now these last two are really old, but are awesome-sauce. Since they are so old, the videos are no longer on Hulu, so I had to get them off Youtube and the quality isn't so great.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">6-Bee</span><br /><br />This is a parody of <span style="font-style:italic;">Glee</span>, and in this episode, the <span style="font-style:italic;">Late Night</span> glee club faces off against the cast of <span style="font-style:italic;">Parks and Rec</span> and hilarity ensues.<br /><object width="610" height="488"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/T1yyar3SJvw?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/T1yyar3SJvw?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="610" height="488"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">LATE</span><br /><br />"Late" is a parody of <span style="font-style:italic;">Lost</span> in which Jimmy gets trapped on a deserted floor after a tragic elevator accident. On this floor, mysterious and amusing things begin to happen.<br /><object width="610" height="488"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/WYZfn12-c50?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/WYZfn12-c50?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="610" height="488"></embed></object><br /><br />Ok, I know...TL;DW, right?!<br /> <br />Anyway, besides Jimmy being really funny, he is all totes a cutie. He is the kind of guy you can take home to mom. I know my mom loves Jimmy. She thinks he's adorable. He fills out a suit pretty well too, you guys. Also, he seems like probably the nicest guy on the planet? He would totes give you his jacket when it's cold and hold doors open for you and the old lady behind you. You know what?! I bet he is really awesome at getting his snuggle on.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XiYSbe5QiOA/TaEbLmk_99I/AAAAAAAAAG0/7NkftZ4jYJQ/s1600/Jimmy%2BFallon%2BHit%2BThat.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 610px; height: 555px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XiYSbe5QiOA/TaEbLmk_99I/AAAAAAAAAG0/7NkftZ4jYJQ/s400/Jimmy%2BFallon%2BHit%2BThat.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593782098319112146" /></a><br /><br />One of my favorite things in life are gifs. So let's look at some gifs of Jimmy!<br /><br />Bieber gifs!!!<br /><div align="Center"><a href="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lj88ucz8sE1qdunp6.gif"><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lj88ucz8sE1qdunp6.gif "/></a><br /><a href="http://cache.blippitt.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Popcorn-14-Jimmy-Fallon.gif"><img src="http://cache.blippitt.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Popcorn-14-Jimmy-Fallon.gif"/></a></div><br /><br /><div align="Left">Dance gifs!!! Jimmy has some SICK moves, y'all!</div><br /><div align="Center"><a href="http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/238/2/b/Jimmy_Fallon_GIF_by_a_new_hope.gif"><img src="http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/238/2/b/Jimmy_Fallon_GIF_by_a_new_hope.gif"/></a><br /><a href="http://images.buddytv.com/articles/jimmyelmo.gif"><img src="http://images.buddytv.com/articles/jimmyelmo.gif"/></a><br /><a href="http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/243/4/b/jimmy_fallon_gif_2_by_a_new_hope-d2xpzhk.gif"><img src="http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/243/4/b/jimmy_fallon_gif_2_by_a_new_hope-d2xpzhk.gif"/></a></div><br /><br /><div align="Left">Puppy (resident pup Gary Frick) gif!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</div><br /><div align="Center"><a href="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_leh6gzeJNu1qbvn02.gif"><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_leh6gzeJNu1qbvn02.gif"/></a></div><br /><br /><div align="Left">Finally, I want to say that I know people don't like that Jimmy breaks in the middle of sketches, but to me that is one of the things that is so charming about him. In fact, it makes the sketch even funnier sometimes. Haters gonna hate, something, something, something...DEAL WITH IT!<br /><br />Oh yeah, and I made this:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3mAkJ6q6_c8/TaEbLqB4o-I/AAAAAAAAAGs/LK5L2s_gSRs/s1600/Jimmy%2BFallon%2BGreasy%2BSpoon.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 610px; height: 458px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3mAkJ6q6_c8/TaEbLqB4o-I/AAAAAAAAAGs/LK5L2s_gSRs/s400/Jimmy%2BFallon%2BGreasy%2BSpoon.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593782099245573090" /></a><br />FUCK YEAH JIMMY FALLON<br /><br />Now a reminder, be safe out there when you are hitting celebrities, you guys. You don't want to contract any gross diseases, ok?<br /><br />Next time, I will countdown the Top 5 hotties on NBC Comedy!</div>thisismynightmarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13539377296403890862noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6090349809306615395.post-70370038333934772872011-04-11T17:00:00.000-05:002011-04-11T17:00:56.052-05:00Monster Fit Club: Week 15<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cbOpucIs9Vg/TWwgnS4jw7I/AAAAAAAAADI/5rYzwVIgJn4/s400/MFC%2BBanner%2Bcopy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 608px; height: 497px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cbOpucIs9Vg/TWwgnS4jw7I/AAAAAAAAADI/5rYzwVIgJn4/s400/MFC%2BBanner%2Bcopy.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />It's that time again! Let's weigh-in! <a name='more'></a><br /><br />This week I lost 0 lbs. I have a 14 lbs. total loss. I am 6 lbs. away from my 20 lb. goal.<br /><br />My weight remains popular in syndication, you guys. However, I was able to move down a notch on my belt this week. So that was very excited!<br /><br />At this point in our process, I want to see if you guys have anything you would like to talk about in these posts or something you would like us to discuss. If you have any ideas, please let me know!<br /><br />I hope everyone had a great week!<br /><br /><strong>So how did you do this week? Put your comments and suggestions in the comments and let's discuss!</strong><br /><br /><strong>New? Make sure to tell us your goals and motivations. I strongly recommend you use Myfitnesspal.com to keep track of your calorie needs and to connect with other Monsters. <a href="http://mobfd.blogspot.com/2011/04/monster-fit-club-myfitnesspal-list.html">Check out usernames here</a>. Good Luck!</strong><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><strong>DISCLAIMER:</strong> <em>As always, please consult with a doctor before starting any diet or weight loss program. MOBFD is not responsible for you having a heart attack or anything.</span></em>thisismynightmarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13539377296403890862noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6090349809306615395.post-30281498863032816742011-04-11T12:55:00.005-05:002011-04-11T13:24:55.024-05:00PigeonsHello friends! Let's get right into it. Pigeons are weird. They're slow and dull and they get in the way and, considering they are birds, they really stink. Like they smell bad. It's weird. <br><br>I guess pigeons can be useful and smart and whatever, like pretty much any other animal that someone would spend years training (check out my weather predicting snail!). But did you know that pigeons can also be <i>leggy</i>? <br><br><img src="http://i53.tinypic.com/2pqlwdt.jpg" width="400" /> <br><br>According to the <a href="http://www.npausa.com/index.htm">National Pigeon Association</a>, pigeons can be all sorts of fucked up shapes! More shapes!<br><br><br /><img src=http://i54.tinypic.com/23t10ef.jpg width=400><br>Dignified/haughty.<br><br><img src=http://i51.tinypic.com/34etira.jpg height=400><br>Heart shaped.<br><br><img src=http://i51.tinypic.com/zt8xo2.jpg height = 400><br>Top heavy.<br><br><img src=http://i54.tinypic.com/2wmfjpk.jpg height = 400><br>Mane pattern baldness.<br><br><img src=http://i55.tinypic.com/mj67h2.jpg height = 400><br>Pigeon lump.<br><br>This is all I have time to post right now but you should seriously go check out all the weirdo pigeons on the NPA's <a href=http://www.npausa.com/news/2010grandnationalchamps/2010.htm#top>website</a>. And if you are a pigeoner, link some pictures of your pigeons in the comments!Supergluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11678208647215203712noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6090349809306615395.post-70322807096426411292011-04-10T23:59:00.002-05:002011-04-11T00:00:44.762-05:00R.I.P. 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Hello human friends and good morning to you. I am definitely not a robot put into place by the masters in order to deal with the difficulties of writing a single blog post every week. *cough* Bleep bloop *cough* Anyways, it is time to activate chemicals in our brains through the internets. Airline food jokes.<br />
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Oh man, soooooooo good. You can buy their stuff <a href="http://www.flemisheye.com/women">here</a> (Canada/digital download) or <a href="http://www.jagjaguwar.com/artist.php?name=women">here</a> (US), and listen to their album <i>Public Strain </i><a href="http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/album/Public+Strain/4670495?src=5">here</a>.</div>
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Here are some pretty the best <a href="http://emmycic.livejournal.com/699239.html">Harry</a> <a href="http://emmycic.livejournal.com/699643.html">Potter</a> comics, done by my fave, Emmy Cicierega.</div>
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