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Sunday, July 20th, 2008
metalmikey666	3:43p	I usually get pretty annoyed when I see people making things out to be way more complicated and difficult than they are, going way over the top in terms of gesticulations in order to give the illusion of competence. Congratulations to the guy in this video for becoming the new 'best example'. http://www.gametrailers.com/player/36483.html Curses! This is going to result in a myriad of rubbish youtube videos, showing talentless people pretending to have talent by dancing around like jerks with their fisher price guitars! Nooo! Although, Rockband instruments will work on it apparently, which is quite cool :) (Comment on this)
jenoofer	2:10p	Tonight's show is a BOMfest special, rounding up the highs and lows of yesterday's festival. There'll be tracks from some of the bands that played and, if I can find the energy (given how knackered/sunburnt/in pain I am), reviews of the performances and cer-azy festival goings on. www.ymcaradiobarnsley.co.uk Be there, or I'll poke your eyes out. (Comment on this)
bohemianrain	9:43p	And just like the movies.... Just cos I thought it was fun: - Go to musicoutfitters.com http://musicoutfitters.com/ - Enter the year you graduated from high school in the search function and get the list of 100 most popular songs of that year. - Bold the songs you like, strike through the ones you hate and underline your favorites. Do nothing to the ones you don't remember/care about. (and I also added in a comment here and there.....) ( Top 100 of 2001.... ) Yeeeepers. That certainly takes me back to the days when this was more or less the music on my computer. Cringe. I've seen 3 great movies in the last week thanks to the Film Festival - Paris, Be Kind, Rewind and Elite Squad. It's hard to say which one is my favourite so far because all of them have been really really good - I guess I'll just take the cop-out diplomatic route and say there were all great in their own ways. Paris was a great movie about a cross-section of Parisian lives; Be Kind, Rewind was not your typical Michel Gondry (one of my heroes) film but it had so much heart and was such a joy to watch; and Elite Squad is inevitably going to be compared to City of God, as it's almost as good - I just think the style of that is a little better than Elite Squad. Hopefully we'll get to see a few more films this week before it ends on Sunday :(. I also watched After The Wedding on DVD this morning, and that was also a good film - not the best, and certainly not the most uplifting, but it was good. The whole resolution of redemption was slightly overshadowed by the turn of events at the end of the film, and it was a little depressing, but still an interesting watch. I have to say that it was wonderfully acted, in particular the guy who played Jorgen - the 2nd to last scene was really close to home for me and it makes me well up if I just think of it. Not the greatest film but well worth a watch anyway (plus, someone needs to see it and tell me if they thought Anna was 12 when she first appeared on screen. It was weird.) Another film I watched was The Prestige - I went to get out Batman Begins from Videon to give myself a refresher course before seeing The Dark Knight on Friday (Wooo) and it was sitting next to Batman on the shelf. Anyway I watched that last night and while I thought it was good, I was looking for a little bit more of a twist than was given. I had heard from several places that the twist was great and you can't see it coming, but after watching it it just made me wonder why people had said that. I dunno, I just thought it was obvious when you saw the bloke in the hat and then he's reading the journal in his cell and then Samuel L Jackson comes into town with his own magic show to rival the other two and Brad Pitt was just a figment of his imagination. How did people not see that coming? I am hating this hypoventilation. I've had it since Friday and it won't go away. GRRRR. Current Music: Death and all His Friends - Coldplay (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, July 19th, 2008
metalmikey666	5:39p	Additionally, anyone who hasn't seen the watchmen trailer yet, it's now officially "out there" http://watchmenmovie.warnerbros.com/ Incidentally, on that website, if you pick an option in the menu then press close, then menu, then close etc.. you can see the various characters standing in different positions. When Rorshach is at the front, his face is totally moving all over the place. Fanboy juices overload! Squeeeeeeeeeee! (Comment on this)
metalmikey666	5:30p	So just finished watching the third part of Dr Horribles sing along blog, Joss Whedon's little pet project during the writers strike; It's classic Whedon - funny, devilishly intelligent dialogue and a blatent disregard for upsetting people! I was actually converted to Whedon by rubytitania. Before meeting her, i would have probably thought you were daft if you reccomended shows like Buffy and Angel to me. Funnily enough though, i was in a restaurant with some of my very good friends about 1 year ago, and I remember them basically laughing at me because I was trying to convince them that Buffy and Angel are two of the most culturally important movements in our generation. If I'd have said that to me five years ago, I'd probably have laughed at me too. So, this is the long way of saying... if you haven't already... go and check it out. http://www.drhorrible.com/ (Comment on this)
Sunday, July 20th, 2008
peak_in_darien	1:21a	24 icons - Dr Who quotes - Hogwarts houses themed 24 icons of Doctor Who quotes with a Hogwarts houses theme. From New Who S3&4. Teaser: ( Who'd have sonic? ) Credit would be appreciated so others know where to find them, but I'm not going to fuss about it. (35 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, July 19th, 2008
happy_daiz	2:56p	Up yours cancer My Auntie Marilyn has been diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. Turns out she's had it for years and just not known. Kind of explains why she was so poorly in Spain with my mum last week. We've been told to get up and see her as it probably won't be long. The extra kick in the teeth? She's in the same hospital and ward where my gran died three years ago. Ouch. Mum is not coping, but she's hiding it as best she can. We're okay, so no worrying about us. Not really feeling the urge to talk much about it at the mo to be honest. Would rather go and do something to relieve tension, like paintballing or killing things on the xbox. Shooting things would be good right now. Current Mood: shocked (2 Comments |Comment on this)
gerbie	3:14p	Bob Fosko – Sodemieter op! Bob Fosko – Sodemieter op! (08-033) Een van de meest bijzondere bands van de jaren negentig, was ongetwijfeld het gezelschap rondom zanger Bob Fosko, De Raggende Manne. Ooit zag ik ze live in Enschede optreden. Kort maar krachtig. Zoals hun liedjes, zoals al hun optredens, zoals hun teksten. Wat ik pas later begreep, was dat Fosko op doktersadvies niet meer dan twee keer per maand mocht optreden, zelfs dan niet langer dan een uur. Dus terwijl de meeste concerten al snel anderhalf, twee uur duren, dan nog een toegift of twee, in totaal zo’n twee en een half uur, was het bij de Raggende Manne na een uur echt over. Hun toegift duurde een seconde of zes. Hun hitsingle “Nee ’s niks” duurde nu eenmaal niet langer. Ik vond de band altijd al fascinerend. Chaotisch, absurde teksten, bij elkaar geraapt, de naam van de band gaf eigenlijk al veel weg. In hun nadagen deden ze een tour voor een bekend sigarettenmerk dat graag Nederlandse artiesten hun helden liet naspelen. Voor De Raggende Manne betekende dit het vertalen van de rockopera Tommy. In het Nederlands werd hij al snel, zijn gedrag indachtig, Stommie. Prachtige vertalingen, maar vooral ook muzikaal erg goed. Ik vind het nog steeds jammer dat ik die tour gemist heb, dat ik slechts een half uurtje op televisie zag. Het cassettebandje met die opnamen draai ik nog geregeld en stiekem hoop ik nog altijd dat er opnamen van zijn en deze op CD of DVD uitkomen. Mijn verbazing was groot dit voorjaar toen ik las over de vertaling die Jan Rot van de opera gemaakt heeft. (lees verder) Di-rect gaat deze vertaling ten tonele brengen. En niemand die vertelt dat het al eerder gedaan is. Dat de ‘Trekkastmafkees’ al een onovertroffen vertaling is. (Mijn favoriete trekkast haalt die gozer helemaal leeg ik kan me niet meer heugen dat ik zo op mijn flikker kreeg met zijn gekke flippervingers alle punten uit de kast die dove stomme blinde heeft iedereen verrast!) Als reactie besloot ik de biografie van De Raggende Manne die nog in mijn kast stond maar eens te lezen. Een kijkje achter de schermen door Bob Fosko. Eigenlijk klopt het beeld wat de meeste mensen hadden niet echt. Het was allemaal nog een graadje erger. Nieuwe nummers voor het eerst spelen tijdens een optreden, zonder ooit geoefend te hebben. Bandleden die vervangen werden tijdens een tournee. Drankexcessen. Het clichébeeld van de rock ’n roll wordt bevestigd. Dit allemaal staat in het erg leesbare boek, waarin ook foto’s, recensies, posters en hoezen te zien zijn. Gelukkig ook meerdere teksten, want die waren niet altijd even goed verstaanbaar als Fosko over de herrie van zijn band heen moest zien te komen. Ook blijkt overigens dat Fosko de band altijd als zijn speeltje heeft gezien. Democratie is leuk, maar in dit geval niet van toepassing. Hij bepaalde wat er gebeurde en als hij vond dat iemand vervangen moest worden, dan gebeurde dat ook. Maar ja, als bedenker, gezicht, tekstschrijver en zanger van de band, is dat ook wel weer te begrijpen. Quote: “Een tijdje later hoor ik van een oom die samen met zijn broer en diens kinderen het spectaculaire concert had gezien, dat deze verbouwereerd en teleurgesteld had gestameld: ‘…staat er eindelijk ’s een keer iemand van de familie op een podium…doet-ie dit…!’ Hoofdschuddend was hij doorgelopen.” (blz. 38) Nummer: 08-033 Titel: Sodemieter op! De roemruchte jaren van de Raggende Manne Auteur: Bob Fosko Taal: Nederlands Jaar: 2001 # Pagina’s: 176 (5876) Categorie: Muziek ISBN: 90-204-1748-7 (Comment on this)
metalmikey666	10:19a	So we settled on a name for the cat; Princess Ambelina Dax not my idea :) which when you consider that our other cat is called 'Francisco Morah Catlet', means we have some pretty oddly named cats! Although, their collars just say 'Amber' and 'Cisco' :) (Comment on this)
Friday, July 18th, 2008
angeweeks	8:32p	Cramping and Cupcakes and Bath Bombs, oh my! ( You are about to view content that may not be appropriate for minors. ) Current Mood: uncomfortable (8 Comments |Comment on this)
cherylbird	5:01p	Nerd Alert I got fascinated watching these...i'm going to start going to power stations instead of gigs In other news...after Monica and me finding each other again after years, one of my oldest truest long lost friends has tracked me down.I think we might have been 19 or 20 when we met. Last time i new whare she was she was in Cornwall. And she turns up...living up the road from me. I'm amazed... Its like i expect to say to Kirsty "oooh i had a weird dream last night that Jay turned up down the road" God bless the internet! (Comment on this)
bandersnatch_02	10:38a	For absolutely no reason, other than it makes me cry with laughter From Family Guy: Stewie teases Brian about that novel he's been working on. (3 Comments |Comment on this)
tabimendou	4:20p	Voice Post VoicePost 189K 0:57 (no transcription available) (3 Comments |Comment on this)
gerbie	3:58p	Francesco Sunday morning, half past seven. Not a time most of us feel at their best. My day had begun two hours earlier even, I had to catch a flight. Breakfast was not available in the hotel, but after check in, after handing in my rental car, I did have some time for a muffin and some orange juice. And there he was. Wet cloth in his hand, searching for work. The fastest employee I had seen in ages. And proud of his job! Francesco. He made me wake up. He made my day. Just by doing what they had told him to do. Clear away the mess, leave the table clean for the next customer. I didn't dare asking him to pose for a picture, but on my way to the gate, he had to take a detour as well, so luckily I was able to make a snapshot. (Comment on this)
dreamingofme	10:27a	James (my cat) is having an extended stay at the vet while they try to figure out what's wrong with him. :( I know it's 'only an animal', and he is old now, but still... Edit: It's not looking good. Even if he holds on a bit longer, it seems like he's on his way out. And now the vet is saying they can't find anything specifically wrong with him despite his symptoms and not eating. £300 a night to keep him there and they still can't figure it out?! (7 Comments |Comment on this)
bluesound	8:13a	It'll soon be Xmas! Will you be getting on from me as a Christmas pressie this year? Although the keywords in the meta tags are a tad disturbing... meta name="keywords" content="Official Borat Mankini Thong,Mankini,MANKINI,Dressing_Up_and_Make_believe,Pretend Play,sacha boran cohen, ali g, hen party, stag,prostitute, hooker, kazikstan, USA" (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, July 17th, 2008
farklebarkle	9:27p	important update! The cat is snoring. It is totally hilarious. (5 Comments |Comment on this)
farklebarkle	7:13p	neighbor girl figures something out Neighbor girl: "Do you live here now?" "Yes, we live here now." "Do you really live here now?" "Yes, we really live here now." "Do you have a husband?" "Yes, I have a husband." NG [looking confused]: "Is he really your husband?" "Yes, he's really my husband." "He lives there with you?" "Yes, he lives here with me. You probably see him in the garden sometimes. His name is [SO] and he has a mustache and a beard and dark hair." NG [looking even more confused]: "Oh. Because I thought he lives there [points at neighbor's house] and you live there [points at our house]."  "No, we live together in the same house." "Oh. Can you bring him out so I can see him?" Note: This is the THIRD TIME we've had this conversation. (10 Comments |Comment on this)
soupytwist	11:20p	fnuuuueeeuuuughhhhhh!!!1!!11!!! Some of you reading this might have noticed that most of my fannish energy these days is going into knitting. However, I just saw the Watchmen trailer. Um, I think I will be over here dying of geek anticipation for the next, oh, YEAR. OhmyholygodiftheygetitanythinglikeasgoodasthattrailerIwillbesohappy!!!!!! (9 Comments |Comment on this)
happy_daiz	11:09p	Gah, brain is jumbled up mess thanks to someone sending me provoczative text message. Damn you. Had a lot to write about, but brain not working now so not possible. Cannot wait till 2.30 tuesday. No more kids or teachers for 6 weeks. MADE OF WIN. Cold, brrrr. (Comment on this)
slumberpartyfun	2:15p	Long Pig The Movie: Chapter 11 - Bowels In The Attic Act I of the dark myth of "Long Pig" comes to a close as a young woman named Miranda finally runs out of places to flee and the demonic soldier of Hell that chases her closes in for the kill. Starring: Michelle Vanegas, Cody Hinson, Jennifer Ladenburg, Jenn Lyon, Ashtyn Sonner, Misty Coty, Laura Carter, Andrew Russell, Brooke Riley, Greg Clark, Brack Tipton, Matthew Misamore, Asad Latif, Glen Philip, Garret Graham, Grace Carpenter, Jessica Sahm, George H. Russell, Dr. Kenneth L. Russell, Amy Nolte Current Mood: complacent (Comment on this)
spectralis	7:24p	Thursday It's been a funny old day today. After all the excitement about catching up with our comics, I went up for the new releases today and found that I had a grand total of two titles out this week! Boyfriend did a bit better and got a few things. Had I been getting all the ones I was before the break then I would have had more but I was very restrained. Er, go me. On the way I back I wandered into Accessorize, just for a look (honestly!), and managed to get a birthday present that has been bugging me for a couple of weeks as I had no real idea what to get and the birthday is next week (one of two!). It's funny how sometimes you just happen to see something that seems to fit the person perfectly. Current Mood: chipper (Comment on this)
jenoofer	5:27p	Hey reaperfox, I don't know if you're much of a Red Dwarf fan, so I'm not sure if this would be of any interest to you. A customised MLP signed by Chris Barrie up for auction. (Comment on this)
gerbie	6:25p	Frank Verbeek – P.s. U wordt vanaf de platenwinkel in de gaten gehouden Frank Verbeek – P.s. U wordt vanaf de platenwinkel in de gaten gehouden (08-032) Tussendoorboekje. Stond ook al heel wat jaren, misschien wel 15, in de kast voor het er uit kwam. Het idee is goed. Een bibliothecaris komt regelmatig briefjes tegen in boeken die ingeleverd worden. En aan die briefjes zit soms een verhaal. Soms duidelijk, soms zelf in te vullen. Ook op straat verzamelt hij briefjes. En na een tijdje heb je dan een geweldige collectie ‘gevonden’ briefjes. Stop ze bij elkaar en je hebt een boek. En inderdaad zitten er leuke vondsten bij. Maar helaas blijkt dat niet genoeg voor een geheel boek. Want vele saaie, waardeloze krabbels zijn ook door de ballotage gekomen. Was meneer Verbeek zo trots op zijn idee, dat hij het boekje zo snel mogelijk heeft uitgebracht, durfde hij niet langer te wachten op meer interessant materiaal of mocht het boekje niet te dun worden? Jammer dus. Maar goed, beter een goed idee met matige uitvoering, dan een slecht idee… Quote: “In de consentratiekamp was de computer al aanwezig, bij de vernietiging van de mens. (…)Wat de mensen kregen van deze computer is duizend keer erger als een duivel het doet, in de hersenen en lichaam een grote vernietiging.” (blz. 69) Tegenwoordig heeft Frank een website over hetzelfde onderwerp. Nummer: 08-032 Titel: P.S. U wordt vanaf de platenwinkel in de gaten gehouden Auteur: Frank Verbeek Taal: Nederlands Jaar: 1989 # Pagina’s: 144 (5700) Categorie: Non fictie ISBN: 90-229-7855-9 (Comment on this)
joosy_froot	5:09p	Geek grin Sometimes, just sometimes, I'm grateful for statistics. Take now, for instance. I'm running analyses on my data and SPSS is producing lots of lovely little graphs that tell me that my project *may* have been worthwhile. Because I conducted all of my research "in the field" the model fit boundaries are a bit lower than if I'd been in the lab. The fact that data collected from a relatively small group of children is conforming to my expectations is hugely satisfying. I couldn't do this full-time though! Current Mood: geeky Current Music: Cum on feel the noize (Comment on this)

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