I don't know why Pushing Daisies makes me creative like this, but I'm not going to complain. A Ned fanmix centered around death and its role in his life. Also check out my Ned/Chuck mix, if you haven't already.

For lookslikelove, the Anna to my Lee. :P

Right click & save, please.




Death and All of His Friends: A Ned Mix
Zip file, 15 songs, 68mb

( Single links & art. )

I think my aunt is starting up some kind of tuna melt casserole or something and it's making me hungryyyy.

God love my sister, but when I send her a two paragraph email after not having heard from her in a while and all I get is a two word reply, I want her to come back home just so I can smack her in the face. Then I feel bad when I remember she hates it in Iraq and wants to come home already. I can't wait until my brain doesn't use the At Fucking War excuse for her in my mind and I can go back to being annoyed by her like normal. My life is all turned upside down when I can't hate on my little sis. :P

ETA: EVERYBODY GO FORTH AND PICSPAM.

( Daily Joe )

Nothing chatty to say today so we'll just jump right into the images instead...

( They say our love won't pay the rent... )

Watching John Barrowman on Never Mind The Buzzcocks has given me so many Simon Amstell for 11 ideas for banners and macros it's unreal.

Come on you know you all want to see Jack kissing Ianto and then The 11th Doctor walking in and shouting 'You have out gayed me Harkness!!!' 

Also wouldn't Davro or Dennis be so much better if it was Dalek or Doctor? 

I have obviously spent far too much time thinking this through.

I know I said I'd stop posting soon. Alas, today is not that day.

So there's been a lot of talk in the run-up to the announcement of each candidate's pick for VP that Evan Bayh is on Obama's short list.

Excuse me while I do the dance of the happy.

People, this man is the best we could possibly hope for -- and I'm not even a little bit biased by the fact that he's 1) a Hoosier, 2) a Democrat, and 3) our former Governor. You can't get more apple-pie than this guy. I mean, really.

Do you still doubt his awesome, despite my well-reasoned endorsement? Well, then take a gander at these:

-- Evan Bayh's Indy Star bio, because sometimes they're tolerable.

-- Evan Bayh on the Issues, which contains a detailed list of his Congressional votes -- or at least his stance -- on a variety of topics.

-- Evan Bayh on Wikipedia. You know, if you're the type of person who believes everything you read.

Yeah, OK, so he's not perfect -- find me a politician who is -- but he's a good guy with a good heart and he has some smurts about him. Plus, he doesn't look like he eats babies for breakfast, which is always a big friggin' plus in my book.

In fact, speaking of babies, if I recall rightly -- and I believe I do -- he once pulled his wife and twin baby boys out of a house fire way back when. You know, if that helps. :)

Working on the EyeCandy post but a couple of movie news tidbits that make me all squeey.

First is no real surrpise but it's good to have it officially be official -- PJ, Fran, and Philippa sign on for The Hobbit and Sequel. Squee about it HERE.
Now maybe they can get on with the casting. I liked the rumor about James McEvoy as Bilbo. Yes it was just a rumor but it appeals to me. No I'm not a huge James fan but A. I know he can act and B. he definitly looks the part so it works in my head. It sounded like he would be interested in thinking about it when he gave the interview shooting the rumor down so...maybe...

The second piece of movie news is that Rob Thomas and Kirsten Bell got together for a little impromptu powwow about the possibility of a Veronica Mars movie. See HERE. Obviously it's still in the very, very early stages and there are a million things that could cause it from not happening but a Veronica Mars movie would be MADE OF AWESOME. It makes sense that they would consider it they only had three seasons and it's not like they really gave up on it as much as they were given up on. Plus the shows concept fits really well with a big-screen format without a ton of tweaking or having to squeeze in too much backstory for people who didn't watch the show. It's a perfect fit.

*scuttles off to finish EyeCandy*

My love for Paper Route has been rekindled with their latest EP: We Are All Forgotten. Sadly, I don't own it yet but I've been listening to it whole on their website. The angsty "You Kill Me" is my latest obsession followed by the title track. With the addition of a drummer their sound has become a little more rock though still experimental and surprisingly epic. (Like a cross between The Postal Service and Muse.) I discovered the band's self-titled EP last year over at Virb where I fell in love with the song "Second Chances".

( You Kill Me Lyrics )

The still unsigned band designs their own album packaging and website which has the entire background like an rough experimental film. "Sheer elegance in its simplicity."

I feel oddly accomplished about working a Flogging Molly song into the Ned fanmix I'm currently making.

Snagged from cammissbloom

( What do I do? )

If you're bored, please do the meme! =D

Birthday Alert! It's time to celebrate!

~*~ HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO jenlynn820 !!! ~*~



Happy 33rd Birthday Jen! I hope your special day is as wonderful as you are. *squishies* Thanks for being such a great friend! May all your dreams and wishes come true. SMILE! I ♥ you! =D

(I wasn't about to let Tropical Storm Fay keep me from making this post! =P)


And some eye candy to finish off this entry ..

( a couple new pics of Orlando from yesterday )

That's it for now. =D I hope everyone is having a great week!

I'll stop posting soon, I swear. There's just so much material!

1. Ladies, do your boobs hang low? Do they wobble to and fro? Can you tie 'em in a knot? How 'bout a bow? Can you... use them to deflect bullets? NO?!

Well, fret no longer, because now there's the Bulletproof Bra: Combining style, support and safety. *wink*

2. ASPCA. A-S-P-C-A. Asspicka? *shrug* I laughed.

3. Rob Thomas? They're called balls -- grow some.

Still love Bob Morris, though. Oh, Bob.

4. OMG, y'all, Jesus went to med school -- and I never got the memo! Talk about a physician with a God complex.

In other news, someone stick a fork in the debate over universal health care -- it's DONE!

5. Thanks to the wonders of networking, I may soon find myself in the employ of a character from Fraggle Rock. (God helps us, there's a Muppet Wiki.)

Obscure branch of law enforcement, watch out.

6. This just in: MILF declares war on Philippines. Man, I love it when pop culture makes the news unintentionally hilarious.

7. Cat people, I know we'll always fundamentally disagree about the superiority of our furry, four-legged beast of choice. And though I respect your right to be wrong, I still ain't never seen a dog that looked -- or sounded -- like Satan. Just sayin'.

Additionally, in my abandoned quest for the perfect demon picture to accompany the kittie article, I stumbled upon this: attack by 5-horned demon in sleep (help needed).

Loaded words, my friend.

If you have any information that could lead to the apprehension of this five-horned menace, please contact the original poster. No man should be plagued by dreams of his mother engaging in an orgy. It's unconstitutional.

How many of these movie poster fonts can you recognize? I got 27 of them right, despite the fact that I kept putting "Speed Racer" for some of them (I got it eventually) and thought Aliens, Species and Signs for some others(it was Showgirls, which I don't mind not recognizing). I am very ashamed that I didn't recognize Titanic, though. Woe.

Oh, look, NPH as Barney Stinson rocking the karaoke mic. Oh, and some plot stuff in between. "What? Rock-upied!" There are only 64 episodes of "How I Met Your Mother," and I rewatched them all last week as well as all the online extra videos (Lily/Marshall/Barney threesome ftw). I have decided that this is not nearly enough. I need more. Now. Or now. Or now. Or now.

Since I'm posting videos, I might as well post this fake trailer from Tropic Thunder starring Tobey Maguire and the fab RDJ as gay monks. I'll probably end up not getting to see the movie until it's on DVD, but I guess I'm okay with that because I really should not be spending the spare cash . I need advice on what to get two fourth-year med students for their birthday. (We're celebrating them both together in advance because they'll both be out of state for most of their fourth year. Sob.) Any suggestions? Right now, we're thinking portable DVD players because they'll be traveling so much and need something to help them unwind during their few hours off. I'll probably end up making them small photo albums for each, too.

Sometimes, it's just not easy having friends so far on the path of being super successful and upwardly mobile and knowing that I could've been there, too. And it's freaking me out a bit that, oh, my God, they're turning 24. (I'm less than a year younger than they!)

fandomsecrets cracks me up. Someone posted a secret not too long ago, saying that they were afraid their friends list would kill them because they preferred Ianto/Tosh (ftw) over Jack/Ianto. It seems like a silly reason to be afraid to say something so... not that big of a deal. This is why I don't go very deep into fandom. Okay, so it's just one of many reasons. Maybe I'm just saying this because I, too, prefer Ianto/Tosh. (They're cute, damn it.) Someone also posted this winner which isn't all that convincing when they can't even figure out where to put the comma or which is the correct pronoun to use. (Mmm, hypocrisy.)

And hee, "Doctor Who" reference in "Eureka" and possibly the coolest take on the time loop trope EVER. This has been happening to me too often this summer. Excuse me while I try to collect myself.

HOW DID I NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS MOVIE?

Penguins

No reposting whatsoever without my permission. Copyright by KerrSmith2306
at my local zoo. I love penguins, did I mention that? I sure did. Anyway, while those here are considered being from South Africa, I'm not sure if that's really the whole truth, since none of them actually has ever seen South Africa. They are all born within the borders of a zoo. And they sure seem to have fun.

And since I missed it last weekend: Congratulations are in order for Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi who "just" tied the knot. I'm so happy for the both of them.

Oh yay, random dreams during naps.

The first was sort a Pie Hole Over the Years dream, as I watched random things happen there over time. Ned had...I can't even say this with a straight face. Ned had dreads in one scene. Dream Me WTFed as hard as I am now. The second was another one of those about my first boyfriend, except he looked like Lee Pace (and was still my boyfriend). There was snuggling.

I think this is a sign for me to go buy Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day...which I'm doing as soon as I get the baby dressed up.

There is now daily_friel to go with daily_pace, because Lina is my enabler.

I am trying so hard not to die laughing here. I'm sitting at the airport in Cork. There are two German guys, maybe 18 or 20 years old. They stood in front of me in the check-in line and now they just sat down across from me in the waiting area. They have no clue I understand them. It is so fucking funny.

1) They have no clue about English. Know that every German that age learns English in school for years.
1.a) They were told that our flight is late. They did not understand a word.
1.b) Ergo, they are now staring out the window bullshitting about which of the oncoming planes is ours. They do pseudo tech-babble to impress the other.

I am dying here.

Ahahaha, omg. One of them just pulled out a pocket translator and typed in some obscure stuff printed on the side of one of the planes.

One of my favourite past times, listening in on Germans abroad.

ETA. And now I can see them standing at the boarding gate. Well, good luck. It's opening in 30 minutes.

I passed out around 10 last night after watching Good Night and Good Luck (excellent, totally reccommended), and actually slept the entire night through, waking up only once for long enough to glance at my clock. I still feel like taking a nap, though.

You know, after my many (many) repeated viewings of the NKOTB vid, I have to say that I am thoroughly amused that where Joey or Jordan may have gotten the spotlight, Donnie seems to be there. I guess that's what happens when you have the most successful career post-NKOTB. >_>

( Daily Joe )

Members of London Underground’s biggest union, the RMT, have planned two 72-hour strikes between noon on Wednesday 20 August and noon on Saturday 23 August, and then from noon on Wednesday 3 September to noon on Saturday 6 September.

The striking workers maintain track and trains on the Jubilee, Northern and Piccadilly lines.

bastards. how am i supposed to get to work, eh, RMT? did you think of that? thanks a smegging buncharooni.

EDIT. presumably sensing my displeasure they have cancelled the strike! hurrah!

Just a heads up, there is a like a negative value to this update. In fact, it might make you less intelligent by viewing it. I don't know why, it just might.

FIRST IS THE BEST THING I HAVE FOUND ALL DAY:



I will be watching the entire film tomorrow, so anyone who wants to watch it with me (if you need the hookup, let me know, and I'll give it to you & we will have a GROUP CHAT OF CRACK). I also promise to stop spamming people with this video even though the cartwheels are totally worth it.

I've made up an Olympics drinking game. It's amazing, no really, but then again all drinking games are.

And lastly I've cracked up the fickle pressures of my more adorable fandoms and now instead of just modding daily_pace (which is beautiful), I now have daily_friel since you can't have one without the other, right? RIGHT?

See? Less intelligent already.

Dear Former Flistie,

Posing as a zygote on Myspace? Awww.

I miss you sometimes.

Regards,

Me

Babies: NOT microwaveable.

Also, note to Apocalypse: Any day now, asshole.