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Monday, March 31, 2003
Re: Time travel
You asked, so I'll answer as best as I can. As long as I knew I couldn't screw things up too badly, I think I'd see the past. The future has the potential to be way too disappointing. If logistics (ie speaking the language, etc) weren't a problem, I'd go to ancient Egypt. Otherwise, maybe I'd check out woodstock or something cool like that. I don't think I'd go if I knew I couldn't get back, though. Too many people here that I love. :) What about everyone else?

(Still giggling at Kevin's Silliness) This is me:

Wow.


Cool pic!

Re: Wendy's Post
So, for a second, I was like "well, it's about time he showed up..." (giggle)

So, to start something for you to ponder on, what would you guys do if you could time travel?
If you had to pick one, would you go backwards or forewards?
And, if you could go, but there was no guarantee that you could get back, would you?

I have my answers, but I'd like to see what you guys think.... I'll post mine later.



Here's a vocano and aurora to make you go "wow":

News that's not about war.
Here's a funny story!

"Muggle" goes into Oxford English Dictionary
...reports the Beeb.

If you know what S1 - Tomb of Horrors is, this one's for you
RPGNow.com now has old-school TSR products for sale. Check out stuff for classic Dungeons and Dragons, AD&D, Forgotten Realms, Dark Sun, Ravenloft, Gamma World, Alternity, and much more. Links are right there on its home page.

New Wolverine Game
In conjunction with the movie release...

Link here

Watched Meet the Feebles this weekend...

It's HORRIBLY painful.

I have a serious hole in my brain where PJ went from this and dead alive straight into the frighteners and (everyone bow in reverence) LOTR....

Anyway, it's hurts in ways that only Peter Jackson can make you hurt. If you ever get the chance to see it, make sure you have something else to watch also in case you decide to turn it off 1/2 way through.

D&D Character
Dungeon Master, the Guide
You are Dungeon Master, the Guide. A very powerful wizard, you have lots of knowledge but can only give away bits of it at a time.


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Jackson to [Finally] Helm Kong Remake

From Sci-Fi Wire:
Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson will helm a remake of the classic creature feature King Kong for Universal Pictures, the studio announced. [more]

 
Friday, March 28, 2003
Which Dungeons and Dragons Cartoon Character Are You?
Hank the Ranger
You are Hank the Ranger, leader of the group. You have a nifty magic bow.

Which Dungeons and Dragons Cartoon Character Are You?
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Which Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon character are you?
Yu Shu Lien
You are Yu Shu Lien -- A master warrior, but a lady nonetheless. You keep your values and traditions strong, even when they upset what you truly want, the love of the one you long for. You are always strong, even when things are at their worst.

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Huge bummer: Buffy CCG to be discontinued
GamingReport.com is reporting that the Buffy CCG has been discontinued:

Many of you have probably guessed this already, but due to company diversification, trends in the industry and just general feasibility, we will not be producing any more card sets for the Buffy CCG. And that goes towards the Angel CCG as well. Like we said it’s unfortunate, but we just can’t produce the game anymore. [more from the official notice]
Buffy crying

Woof.
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What breed of Dog are you?
German Shepherd Dog
You're a German Shepherd Dog. You are loyal, tough
and easy-going. If you get upset, you can write
it off to experience. You are NEVER upset!


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Happy Song of the day:

This song is making me REALLY happy right now. I'm sharing

Wanna sing along? I posted it here for ya

I love my shirt
Donovan


Do you have a shirt that you really love,
One that you feel so groovy in ?
You don't even mind if it starts to fade,
That only makes it nicer still.
I love my shirt, I love my shirt,
My shirt is so comfortably lovely.
I love my shirt, I love my shirt,
My shirt is so comfortably lovely.
Do you have some jeans that you really love,
Ones that you feel so groovy in ?
You don't even mind if they start to fray
That only makes them nicer still.
I love my jeans, I love my jeans,
My jeans are so comfortably lovely.
I love my jeans, I love my jeans,
My jeans are so comfortably lovely.
When they are taken to the cleaners,
I can't wait to get them home again.
Yes, I take 'em to the cleaners
And there they wash them in a stream,
Scrub a rub dub dub
And there they wash them in a stream -
Know what I mean.
Do you have some shoes that you really love,
Ones that you feel so flashy in ?
You don't even mind if they start to get some holes in
That only makes them nicer still.
I love my shoes, I love my shoes,
My shoes are so comfortably lovely.
I love my jeans, I love my jeans,
My jeans are so comfortably lovely.
I love my shirt, I love my shirt,
In fact I love my wardrobe.
I love my shirt, I love my shirt,
My shirt is so comfortably lovely.
I love my shirt, I love my shirt,
My shirt is so comfortably lovely.
I love my shirt, I love my shirt,
My shirt is so comfortably lovely.
I love my shirt, I love my shirt,
My shirt is so comfortably lovely.
I love my shirt, I love my shirt,
My shirt is so comfortably lovely.
I love my shirt, I love my shirt,
My shirt is so comfortably lovely.
I love my shirt, I love my shirt,
My shirt is so comfortably lovely.
I love my shirt, I love my shirt,
My shirt is so comfortably lovely.
I love my shirt, I love my shirt,
My shirt is so comfortably lovely.


Re: Mike's post
Yes dear, when you are asleep and dreaming, you can understand many languages....

:-)

TGIF!!!!!!!


Happy Friday everyone!

Update: (for interested parties)
Satan is not, in fact, hanging out with Henry.

I have located him and he's safe and sound at my house.

Neat.

Hey look!
The good peeps over at NASA have created a "space station pic of the day" site.

YAY! They rule!

Here's the link.

This is RAD!

These book ROCK!!!!!

Ratner Mulls Dark Materials

Director Brett Ratner told SCI FI Wire he wants to helm the film adaptation of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy. Playwright Tom Stoppard is writing the screenplay for New Line Cinema. "There's not even a script, so it's a ways away, but New Line, the studio that I'm in business with, is developing it," Ratner said in an interview. "I'm just hopeful."

The trilogy, which begins with The Golden Compass, centers on an 11-year-old girl who tries to rescue her best friend from kidnappers. Along the way, she encounters witches, talking bears and a truth-telling compass. "It's kind of like Harry Potter [or] Lord of the Rings," Ratner said.

Re: Brain Nugget

For me, it's very very late in the evening, that I understand everything the pretty Chinese girls are saying to me.

 
Thursday, March 27, 2003
Wendy Rules
Just thought you all should know.

Thanks for the music and for the food, and for the fun! Love you!

Lyrics: Perl Jam - "Yellow Ledbetter"

Always wondeered what the hell he was saying.... Man, I love this song.

Unsealed on a porch a letter sat.
Then you said, "I wanna leave it again."
Once I saw her on a beach of weathered sand. And on the sand I wanna leave
it again. Yeah.
On a weekend I wanna wish it all away, yeah.
And they called and I said that "I want what I said" and then I call out
again.
And the reason oughta' leave her calm, I know.
I said "I know what I wear not the boxer or the bag."

Ah yeah, can you see them out on the porch? Yeah, but they don't wave.
But I see them round the front way. Yeah.
And I know, and I know. I don't want to stay.
Make me cry...

I see... Ooh I don't know why there's something else.
I wanna drum it all away...
Oh, I said, "I don't, I don't know wheather I was the boxer or the bag."

Ah yeah, can you see them out on the porch? Yeah, but they don't wave.
But I see them round the front way. Yeah.
And I know, and I know. I don't wanna stay at all.
I don't wanna stay. Yeah.
I don't wanna stay. [x2]
I don't... Don't wanna, oh... Yeah. Ooh... Ohh...

Re: Famous Monkeys:
I'm into Willie B

Check it, Chim-Chim
Famous Monkeys Through History

MONKEY!


MONKEY!


MONKEY!


Pssssssssssssssssssssst: Here's a Monkey for today:


Well, it's not the LA Times, but it is Boingo...

WAR AGAIN

Don't you know we got smart bombs
It's a good thing that our bombs are clever
Don't ya know that the smart bombs are so clever
They only kill bad people
Don't you know though our kids are dumb,
We got smart bombs, what a joyous thing
Here we go so let's drink a toast
To those clever bombs, and the men who built them


Chorus:
There they go now, there go all my friends
There they go now, marching off to war again
With their bright flags waving in the wind
There they go now, marching off to war again
Smiling proudly, with their heads in the clouds


Don't you know this is better than any video friend
It's an action movie
Here we go watch the bad guys get their butts kicked
Really makes me feel good
Here we go watching CNN, the adrenaline rushes through my veins
Don't you know it's a feel good show, electronic bliss
It's a video, a video...


[Chorus]

Aren't you glad we got smart bombs
It's a damn good thing our bombs are clever
It's a shame that our kids are dumb,
But our bombs are smart, what a lucky thing now
Don't ya know it's a feel good show and it's suitable
For the whole darn family
Come on out everybody shout give a big salute to our ingenuity
Don't you know this is better than, any video friend
It's an action movie
Here we go watch the bad guys get their butts kicked
Really makes me feel good
Don't you know it's Nintendo
Really gets the blood running through my veins now
Don't you know it's a feel good show, electronic bliss
It's a video, a video


There they go now, there go all my friends
There they go now, marching off to war again
With their bright flags waving in the wind
There they go now, marching off to war again
Smiling proudly


There they go now, there go all my friends
There they go now, marching off to war again
With their bright flags waving in the wind
There they go now, marching off to war again
Smiling proudly, with their heads in the clouds
See them smile now, marching off in lines


There they go now, there go all my friends
There they go now, marching off to war again...


-from the album Boingo (1994)

La Times article:
This is long, but you have to register to read it online...

The most poinent line for me: "Public opinion polls in friendly countries regard George W. Bush as a greater threat to peace than Saddam Hussein."

Published on Sunday, March 23, 2003 by the Los Angeles Times

Good Foreign Policy a Casualty of War
Today, It is We Americans Who Live in Infamy



by Arthur Schlesinger Jr.


NEW YORK -- We are at war again -- not because of enemy attack, as in World War II, nor because of incremental drift, as in the Vietnam War -- but because of the deliberate and premeditated choice of our own government.

Now that we are embarked on this misadventure, let us hope that our intervention will be swift and decisive, and that victory will come with minimal American, British and civilian Iraqi casualties.

But let us continue to ask why our government chose to impose this war. The choice reflects a fatal turn in U.S. foreign policy, in which the strategic doctrine of containment and deterrence that led us to peaceful victory during the Cold War has been replaced by the Bush Doctrine of preventive war. The president has adopted a policy of "anticipatory self-defense" that is alarmingly similar to the policy that imperial Japan employed at Pearl Harbor on a date which, as an earlier American president said it would, lives in infamy.

Franklin D. Roosevelt was right, but today it is we Americans who live in infamy. The global wave of sympathy that engulfed the United States after 9/11 has given way to a global wave of hatred of American arrogance and militarism. Public opinion polls in friendly countries regard George W. Bush as a greater threat to peace than Saddam Hussein. Demonstrations around the planet, instead of denouncing the vicious rule of the Iraqi president, assail the United States on a daily basis.

The Bush Doctrine converts us into the world's judge, jury and executioner -- a self-appointed status that, however benign our motives, is bound to corrupt our leadership. As John Quincy Adams warned on July 4, 1821, the fundamental maxims of our policy "would insensibly change from liberty to force ... [America] might become the dictatress of the world. She would no longer be the ruler of her own spirit." Already the collateral damage to our civil liberties and constitutional rights, carried out by the religious fanatic who is our attorney general, is considerable -- and more is still to come.

What drove the rush to war? Hussein has a significantly smaller military force than he had in 1990, and he has grown weaker as more weapons have been exposed and destroyed under the United Nations' inspection regime. The cause of our rush to war was so trivial as to seem idiotic. It was the weather. American troops, our masters tell us, will lose their edge in the Persian Gulf's midday sun; so we had to go to war before summer. This is a reason to rush to war? We have, after all, a professional army -- and a professional army ought not to lose its edge so quickly and easily.

There is a base suspicion that we are going to war against Iraq because that is the only war we can win. We can't win the war against Al Qaeda because Al Qaeda strikes from the shadows and disappears into them. We can't win a war against North Korea because it has nuclear weapons. Indeed, the danger from North Korea is far more clear, present and compelling than the danger from Iraq, and our different treatment of the two countries is a potent incentive for other rogue states to develop their own nuclear arsenals.

How have we gotten into this tragic fix without searching debate? No war has been more extensively previewed than this one. Despite pro forma disclaimers, President Bush's determination to go to war has been apparent from the start. Why then this absence of dialogue? Why the collapse of the Democratic Party? Why let the opposition movement fall into the hands of infantile leftists?

I think the media are greatly to blame. There have been congressional efforts to jump-start a debate. Democratic Sens. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts and Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia have delivered strong and thoughtful speeches opposing the rush to war. They have been largely ignored by the media. Some philanthropist had to pay the New York Times to print the text of Byrd's powerful Feb. 12 speech in a full-page advertisement -- a speech ignored by the media when delivered. The media have played up mass demonstrations at the expense of the reasoned case against the war.

According to polls, a near majority of ill-informed Americans believes Hussein had something to do with the attacks on New York and the Pentagon and resulting massacre of nearly 3,000 innocent people. Hussein is a great villain, but he had nothing to do with 9/11. Many, perhaps most, Americans believe a war against Iraq will be a blow against international terrorism. But evidence from the region indicates very plainly that it will make recruitment much easier for Al Qaeda and other murderous gangs.

What should we have done? What if opposition to war had received a fair break from the media? There are two strong arguments for the war -- that Hussein might down the road acquire nuclear weapons, and that the people of Iraq deserve liberation from his monstrous tyranny.

Unlike biological and chemical weapons, nuclear arms -- and their production facilities -- are hard to conceal. Inspection, surveillance, tapping telephone calls and espionage could check any nuclear initiative on Hussein's part. He is containable, and he is not immortal.

The more powerful argument is humanitarian intervention. This comes with ill grace from an administration that includes people who showed no objections to Hussein's human rights atrocities when he was at war with Iran. But do we have a moral obligation to fight despicable tyrants everywhere?

Hussein is unquestionably a monster. But does that mean we should forcibly remove him from power? "Wherever the standard of freedom and independence has been or shall be unfurled," Adams said in the same July 4 speech, "there will her heart, her benedictions and her prayers be. But she goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy." We are now going abroad to destroy a monster. The aftermath -- how America conducts itself in Iraq and the world -- will provide the crucial test as to whether the war can be justified.

America as the world's self-appointed judge, jury and executioner? "We must face the fact," President John F. Kennedy once said, "that the United States is neither omnipotent nor omniscient -- that we are only 6% of the world's population -- that we cannot impose our will upon the other 94% of mankind -- that we cannot right every wrong or reverse each adversity -- and that therefore there cannot be an American solution to every world problem."

Astronomy picture of the day:

Bab 5
Wendy, Dave and I went nuts last night. I saw the rest of season one and the first episode of season 2.

I can't wait to see what DeLenn looks like when she comes out!

Live action Jack?

Rock ON!

This would rule!

Jolie TV is back on!
Yay - got my wish!

Here it is!

(It's Angelinaliscious)

 
Wednesday, March 26, 2003
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle Trailer

This one is ACTUALLY online.

MONKEY!


Here's a Monkey Picture


Kevin has decided that Monkeys make people happy.

We need to be happier today.

So here's a monkey.

Wendy Makes Me Happy!

Just thought that you all should know.

Two............ More...........Hours...........

God, why is this day dragging so badly?

A lesson from History
This is a good read. The last time events such as are occurring now took place, Hitler was legitimized in Germany.

It's important to pay attention to the world around you, it is even more important to pay attention to the world as it has been shaped by the past.

Record Review:
Linkin Park: Meteora
Good stuff - nice Sophomore effort.

They took a really long time to do this because their first album was so great and VERY popular, and they did not want to produce any crap on their sophomore album just because they could. I respect that.

Bonus info: I went to high school with the bassist (Dave Farrel). He was in most of my classes. He's kind of a dick. His brother, Joe, rules though! Either way, I'm happy that he's successfull!

W[heee]TF?
It is 3/26/03, and still no Jolie.

But that Wheeee link... that was friggin' weird. "Gonads and strife." Riiiiiiiight.

I want my Jolie TV!

Is it not 3/26/03????????

Where's my Fu*&ing Trailer???????

Weeeeeeeeee

OK this is kinda strange.... People keep weeeeeeeeeeeing at me though...

Bab 5
So I get to watch the last two episodes of season one with Wendy and Dave tonight!

I am super excited to see what happens.

(this is me geeking out).

:-)

Show Review:
So we saw the Toasters, The selector, and Reel Big Fish.

I really liked The Selector - the chick wailed.

Reel big fish was really fun too and the crowd was totally into it.

A good time was had by me (although Jose hit me pretty hard and I am a bit groggy this morning...)

 
Tuesday, March 25, 2003
Mmmmmmmmmm.....!
Best.
Blog.
Ever.

;-)

Tomb Raider Trailer

Here.

Tomorrow.

Jolie.

Mmmmmmmmmmmmm.

Gulf war drinking game
Some silliness

Lyrics for your entertainment...

I LOVE THIS SONG.

It makes me happy.

You should all make me play it for you so you can be happy too.

Jethro Tull
Skating Away

Mean while back in the year one
When you belonged to no one
You didn´t stand a chance son
If your pants were undone

´Cause you were bread for humanity
And sold to society
One day you´ll wake in the present days
A million generations removed from expectation of
Abeing who you really want to be

Skating away
Skating away
Skating away
On the thin ice of a new day

So as you push of from the shore
Won´t you turn your head once more
And make your peace with ev´ryone
For those who choose to stayWill live just one more day
To do the things they should have done

And as you cross the wilderness
Aspinning in your emtyness you feel you have to pray
Looking for a sign that the universal mind
Has written you into the passion play

Skating away
Skating away
Skating away
On the thin ice of a new day

And as you cross the circle line
Well the ice wall creaks behind
You´re a rabbit on the run
And silver splinters flyIn the corner of your eye
Shining in the setting sun

Well do you ever get the feeling
That the story´s too damn real and in the present tense
Or that ev´rybody´s on the stage
And it seems like you´re the only person sitting in the audience

Skating away
Skating away
Skating away
On the thin ice of a new day

Skating away
Skating away
Skating away

Dave Matthews Band:
Playing August 1 at Shoreline. Tickets go on Sale Sunday - they'll be like 45 bucks.

Any takers? I'm going.

Tonight's Show:
We're going to see Reel Big Fish at the Filmore tonight.

I'll let you know how it was...

Bab 5 update:
Got through episode 17 last night...

Was deliquent in that Dave told me I could skip 15 and 16, but I watched them anyway just because I am thorough....

I am sooooooooooooooooooooo glad that season 2 comes out soon!

 
Monday, March 24, 2003
London from space, the real world
Your car is here, you are there

Pic of the day: London from space:

Comedy Padawan
LOL! Those are great!

The instructions article reminded me of engrish.com.

More funnyness from Paduan
This is great...

Silliness
This thread is hysterical.

Courtesy of C. Paduan

B5 Thoughts/Impressions:
So far I really like the show.

I see how you NEED to watch it in order, from the beginning to do so fully though (which is why I think some of my friends aren't that into it).

I REALLY like the characters. I thinkthat they are well acted and well thought out. I am attached to all of them in some way.

Some of the acting of the supporting people needs some serious work and some of the writing gets a bit cheesy (with big, swelling music in the background) at times, but it's totally overlookable given the overarching thought put into the details of the show.

The CG blows, but it's kinda funny now and I look forward to it in the same way that you look forward to those crappy 3D human pinball rides at the amusement parks. It's become endearing.

I like the play between HUGE things and some silly storyline taht os only one episode. Sometimes you get one, sometimes the other, sometimes both.

Overall, I think it's great and I'm glad that I am being told to do it the way that I am. I can; wait for th erest since Dave tells me that it only gets better.

Yay Noelle!
Any thoughts/impressions -- good or bad -- you want to share, having watched now the first 14 episodes of B5?

New Indy Villains Promised
Info here if you are interested...

Bab 5 update: (for interested parties)

I am a good little Bab 5 watcher!

I got through 6 episodes this weekend! (I am through ep. 14)

Oscars:
Short list posted here for those of us who were burning like a BILLION cd's and didn't watch....

But I did get the vast majority of my little project done!
:-)

This is how they end Farscape?!?
Anybody else see the Farscape finale?

What the frell were they thinking, ending it like that?

[edit: Yeah, I know that Sci-Fi axed it after S4 production had wrapped... But damn, couldn't they have cut the last 60 seconds out?]

 
Sunday, March 23, 2003
Ditto...
Porsche 911 Turbo
Porsche 911 Turbo- you can go from 0 to 200 in under 10 seconds. You love daring and adventurous things like speed. Your motto: Drive it like you stole it.

 
Friday, March 21, 2003
Nice....
Porsche 911 Turbo
Porsche 911 Turbo- you can go from 0 to 200 in under 10 seconds. You love daring and adventurous things like speed. Your motto: Drive it like you stole it.


What vehicle are you?
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Heeeeeeeeey kiddies! It's quiz time! And look what I found!
Which drug should you be hooked on?

OK, this is just silly...
I got:

ecstasy
Ecstacy.
Sex and lights,
It's totally chill,
you could really have fun,
with this little pill.

Which drug should you be hooked on?
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At least these people have their priorities...

Don't hurt zoo animals in Iraq war [More]

 
Thursday, March 20, 2003
Baghdad blogger
Here is a blog from someone who is actually there. You won't see this on the news.

REALLY good article
I wish this would get broadcast over loudspeakers all over the country. It would make people think a little about what is going on.

Petition:
I signed as well:
There are other solutions to porblems than use of force and there are other uses of force that do not involve guns and physical voilence. How can we call ourselves world leaders when we lead by an example that would enrage us if we saw any other nation practice?

Consider your actions carefully, they lead to excuses later

Re: Does this sound not right to anyone else?

I signed the petition at MoveOn.org with this statement:

In this age, when global communications are made simple by technology, we must use those resources to resolve conflicts without loss of life or the ruin of economic growth. The Bush administration's campaign to spread fear, uncertainty, and doubt regarding our national security has seriously damaged the US economy and will now lead to loss of life. And, for what? What lasting effect will this war have? Students of history know that the issues that have plagued the Middle East for thousands of years cannot be resolved through violence.

Does this sound not right to anyone else?

First Stage of U.S.-Iraq Ground War Opens - To the cheers of U.S. infantrymen, the first stage of the ground war opened Thursday with American howitzers and multiple launch rocket systems firing at Iraqi troops. [more]

<Annoyed id="Noelle" class="sarcastic">I know I cheer when ground war opens.... </Noelle>

I am ashamed of my government and my fellow countrymen right now.

There are other options. Not all wars need be fought with guns.

Here's some resources if you want to make your opinion known:
MoveOn.org
PetitionOnline
House of Representatives Listing
Seantors Listing

This concludes my PSA for now...

Concert Review:

Saw Audioslave last night.

They rocked!!! Chris Cornell is amazing and the rage guys are really incredible. Highly reccommended!

New ANIMATRIX trailer now online
The official MATRIX website has now posted a new four-and-a-half minute trailer for the ANIMATRIX that provides new information about the short films.

The Louisiana Purchase
For those parties interested, it was land on both sides of the Mississippi and Included Louisiana:


More info

Former US Vice President Al Gore joins Apple's board
Apple today announced the latest addition to its Board of Directors -- former Vice President of the United States, Al Gore. The company noted that Gore was elected in a meeting of the board today. [More]

hm. Mike said he was over there on Tuesday....

HI KEVIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Glad that everything sounds like it is going well!

 
Wednesday, March 19, 2003
Hey from Vegas
The weather: Nicely cool, formerly rainy
The shows: Good to decent
The conference: Informative but swag-stingy
The gambling: Hovering around a zero-sum

404 Eroor Page:
Giggle - check this out...

Wendy is Fun!
You are so cute! Picatta is gooooooooooooooooood!

My elvish name is: Nienna Eluch� (yes, it gave me the square).

 
Tuesday, March 18, 2003
Re: Hobbit names:
Since Mike apparently asked:
I am Iris Bumbleroot
My elvish name would be Eldarwen Coamenel
(although don't ask me how to pronounce it! )

And, on a completely different note, I get to go visit Noelle now! Yay! :)

Comic Con
If you are intending on going to Comic con, you should go to this page and download the registration form at the bottom of the page. Pre-registration saves you some cash and gets you into preview night. I am going to preview night so you want to do this if you are coming with me (or else you will be sad and alone in the hotel room)(and it saves you money so don't be lazy). The best prices are if you register before April 16, and you can even fax in your form (it's only 50 bucks for 5 days!!!!).

I also need to know really soon if you are coming with me and staying in my hotel room so Steph has a full head count.

Comic-con is one of the funnest event of the year so I strongly suggest that if you can come, you do.

Do it.....

Now!!!!!

Here's an Aurora
For yor viewing pleasure....

ooooo kay: What Self-Mutilation Are You?
You Have Normal Coping Skills
You are normal. Lucky little you


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Quiz Time! What color do you see the world in?
Go figure:

You see the world in Red
Red:
Aren't you the romantic? Life is poetic. If you
don't already, write poetry, you're good at it.


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Giles: The Movie
Sunday, March 16th, 2003...With all the hoopla surrounding the end of UPN's Buffy the Vampire Slayer, there hasn't been much talk of the British Buffy spin-off, The Watcher, that Buffy creator Joss Whedon began developing for the BBC in 2001. The Watcher, a series about the Anthony Stewart Head character Rupert Giles, was relegated to backburner status while Whedon attended to Buffy, Angel and the now-defunct Firefly, but according to Head has finally begun to materialize.
In an interview with the Liverpool Daily Post, Head revealed that he has been in talks with Whedon about the project, which is now taking shape as a feature film. Head told the Daily Post that, "instead of getting himself committed to another hour-long detective show like Angel," Whedon would prefer to do a stand-alone two-hour movie which could potentially launch a series if the interest is there.

The movie, Head said, "would look in depth into the [Giles] character more," and would be produced in Britain, where the London-born actor resides with his family.

"At the moment, that's what I'm looking at," Head added. "It makes more sense all round and I know the BBC are still up for it. Joss has got so many ideas - it's not good for one man."

Besides Buffy, Head can also be seen in the BBC comedy-drama Manchild, which airs here on the BBC America cable channel.

HELLS yeah!!!!!!!!!
AEON FLUX flick finds a director

The director of GIRLFIGHT, Karyn Kusama, is in final discussions to helm the live-action adaptation of MTV's AEON FLUX.

Based on the cartoon series of the same name created by Peter Chung, AEON FLUX has been in development hell for a number of years at Paramount Pictures. Screenwriters Matt Manfredi and Phil Hay wrote their draft of an AEON FLUX film back in 2000, and it seems that's still the draft that Kusama will be working from.


AEON FLUX first debuted on MTV in 1995 as a series of short animated films following the exploits of female secret agent in a future society. The series quickly developed a strong following and soon the movie rights were picked up by producers Gale Anne Hurd, Bonnie Lee and Diana Phillips. Hurd's Valhalla Motion Pictures film production company remains involved in AEON FLUX's development process.

SWEET!

 
Monday, March 17, 2003
St Patty's day note from Odd Todd (daily fact I learned from the TV today):
Today Martha Stewart and some Irish guy told me about roof thatching. The guy who was doing the thatching said there is a tradition where the thatcher guy always leaves a bottle of whiskey hidden in the thatch for the next thatcher to work on the roof. Seemed like a pretty cool tradition... except for the getting drunk and falling off the roof thing.... but I'm sure the policy is- they'll be time enough for drinkin... when the thatching's done.

X-Files 2 In The Works?

Dark Horizons reported a rumor that a second X-Files movie might start by the end of the year. The site based its report on comments made by Gillian Anderson (Dana Scully) on the British talk show Parkinson.

Anderson reportedly told the show that she and David Duchovny (Fox Mulder) have signed on, as have Robert Patrick (John Doggett) and Annabeth Gish (Monica Reyes). She added that the film might be a prequel set before the events of the TV series.

The cast will also include Brian Thompson as the alien bounty hunter and Mitch Pileggi as Walter Skinner, the site reported.


Big Willy doin' it again
MEN IN BLACK III in development: but it will be a while. [Article]

SpaceWeather News
Earth has entered a solar wind stream flowing from a coronal hole on the Sun. Geomagnetic activity reached storm levels for a while on March 14th when Earth first glided into the stream. Conditions have since quieted, but they could intensify again this weekend as solar wind gusts continue to buffet our planet's magnetic field. Sky watchers at high latitudes, e.g., in northern Europe, Canada, Alaska and US states like Wisconsin or Minnesota, should be alert for Northern Lights this weekend. Visit spaceweather.com for images and updates.

Magic Articles
Morgan sent these articles along about playing magic for anyone who is interested...

Hobbit Name
So, I got: Dimple Chubb of Deephollow

Mike and I are related......... hmmmmm, that explains a lot.

 
Sunday, March 16, 2003
Two more for the road...
I'm literally about to head out to Vegas, but here are a couple of links for y'all:

The Periodic Table of Haiku - as seen on TV^H^HSlashdot!

The Borg are coming to Enterprise

Dirk the Daring he ain't - but it's a fun game
Check out Dungeon Escape, a stick-figure, work-in-progress homage to those old laserdisc games like Dragon's Lair and Space Ace.

Only three rooms are done as of this writing, but I found it to be a hoot. :-)

 
Saturday, March 15, 2003
Hi ho there...
Berilac Boffin of Needlehole here.

And Have You Seen ...

The Hobbit Name Generator

My hobbit name is Berilac Chubb of Deephollow ( through no fault of my own ).

Finally! Sign Language I Can Use!

Check this out Fudtz Sign Language !!

You gotta scroll down for the really good stuff.

 
Friday, March 14, 2003
I'd be pissed, too... if it wasn't a fake... and if it wasn't so funny!
Evidence: The fan doesn't wobble (though the erratic camera movement disguises it pretty well).

This is WRONG:

Nokia Commercial.

Jesus Christ.

SETI News:
This is an exciting time for SETI@home. On March 18-20 2003 we travel to the Arecibo radio telescope to re-observe the most promising "candidates" produced by our search so far. There is a chance that these new observations will yield the first real evidence of extraterrestrial life.
You can join the project if you want by letting them use your CPU when you aren't http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/download.html

NASA News:
The ongoing El Niño climate disturbance has a unusual personality. It's weak where it should be strong, warm where it should be cold. And now it seems about to end earlier than expected. One word sums it up: Quirky. [More]

Children of Dune:
Here's the blurb I got - Watching it on Sunday if any of you are interested:

The story begun in Frank Herbert's Dune continues in another blockbuster event on the Sci Fi Channel with Children of Dune, adapted from the novels by Frank Herbert. This exciting new series begins Sunday, March 16, 9 p.m. ET/PT, only on the Sci Fi Channel--and Amazon.com has a trailer, photos, and series information for you.

Children of Dune picks up where the Emmy Award-winning Frank Herbert's Dune left off, 12 years after Paul Atreides--also known as Muad'Dib--tentatively preserved peace between his people, the Freman, and the corrupt House Harkonnen on the planet Arrakis. He has come to witness his glorious revolution become a bloody jihad, with all manner of corruption performed in his name. While bound to the Harkonnen princess Irulan in a loveless marriage made for political expediency, Paul has become emperor of a society terrorized by its own soldiers. Surrounded by corrupt families and bureaucrats, Paul eventually comes to realize that the only hope for the future may lie in the hands of his twin heirs, son Leto II and daughter Ghanima. Ultimately, the only salvation from the revolution begun by Muad'Dib may be the absolute destruction of his myth. And the tempest begun by the father must somehow be ended by the son.

The stellar ensemble cast of Children of Dune includes Academy Award® winner Susan Sarandon as the deliciously evil Princess Wensicia, Alice Krige, Edward Atterton, and Steven Berkoff. Reprising their roles from the first miniseries are Alec Newman as Paul and Julie Cox as Princess Irulan. Click here to view the trailer and find more information.

 
Thursday, March 13, 2003
Christopher Reeve Gets to Breathe
Christopher Reeve is breathing a little easier these days.

The Superman star, paralyzed from the neck down after a near-fatal horseback-riding accident eight years ago, underwent an experimental procedure on February 28 that doctors say will allow him to regain the ability to breathe on his own. [more]

Star Wars Episode III will look a little familiar
Official movie website confirms classic trilogy locations to be seen. [more]

Fanboy glee
Lee and Loeb stay onboard DC's Batman:
A-list artist/writer team to extend run an additional 6 issues.

LXG teaser poster
Pic up on Cinescape.

 
Wednesday, March 12, 2003
News flash
Missing Utah teen found alive.

Lizzen to zee zeitgeist...
The latest Google Zeitgeist indicates that somebody's favorite was the #1 Lord of the Rings search criterion in January.

coughnoellecough ;-)

NASA news:
For more than a century, astronomers thought the Great Red Spot was the biggest thing on Jupiter. But cameras onboard the Cassini spacecraft have revealed something at least as large: a dark cloud twice the size of Earth swirling around Jupiter's north pole. [Full Story]

Something Silly
Only go here if you have sound.

Kyle sent it to me and it's just silly.

Craft Day
Craft day is on the 23rd this month! Be there or be uncrafty.

Re: Gold Fish
LOL!

He IS Jolly lucky.....

And Now For Something Completely Different

from Reuters: Police Nab Boy Torching Goldfish with Flame-thrower

Re: What a productive use of time...

This is exactly the kind of arrogance that got us into this mess in the first place.

 
Tuesday, March 11, 2003
What a productive use of time...

Fu%$ing congress - we should have to approve anything that they spend time on.

Blair Fires Up Hellboy

Selma Blair, who plays fiery Liz Sherman in the upcoming Hellboy movie, told MTV.com that she's happy to stray from her previous prissy roles. [More]

 
Monday, March 10, 2003
Re: Dragon!
I had to take this quiz:
You're a water dragon! Congratulations. You're
mostly calm and compassionate, but sometimes
your temper gets the better of you. You belong
in the Water Dragons Faction.


What type of dragon are you?
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My God, the Elfman
For any of you who don't worship the man as your own, personal God, you should check him out.

He RULES. He most recently worked on the score for Chicago, which you should all see also....

Go! ......... Now!......... Fall in love with him.......... Go!

Grr. Argh.
Well, since I can't have my Aly either, I feel your pain!

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
My dreams have been dashed!!!!!!!!!!!
Danny is my hero and love not that (insert Dexter voice here) stupid girrrrrrrrrl's!


CRAP. That completley blew my day. (giggle) (I do love him though)

<dragon id="kevin">
You're a fire dragon! FWOOSH.
You're tough, independent, and a little obsessed with fire. You belong in the Fire Dragons Faction
Quizilla: What type of dragon are you?
</dragon>

<dragon id="kevin" class="pulling-a-noelle">
You're an air dragon!
Your mood can change as quickly as the wind, and you love nothing more than a breeze in your face and doing anything rather dangerous. You belong in the Air Dragons Faction.
Quizilla: What type of dragon are you?
</dragon>

The Elfman Proposeth
Bridget Fonda, you just flipped your car on a Malibu highway and fractured two vertabrae. What're you going to do next?

Why, marry Danny Elfman, of course!

WENDY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Look at this one!!!
What type of Dragon are you?
You're a fire dragon! FWOOSH. You're tough, independent, and a little obsessed with fire.
You belong in the Fire Dragons Faction

What type of dragon are you?
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Spaceweather News:
MARS: Mars and Earth are converging for an extraordinary close encounter later this year. The approaching red planet is now brighter than a 1st-magnitude star--it's gliding through the star fields of Sagittarius in the morning sky.

JUPITER: The brightest "star" in the evening sky is Jupiter. This month the giant planet is gliding by the Beehive Cluster of stars in the constellation Cancer. The view through binoculars is splendid!

Bab 5 update
For interested parties, I am a bad little Bab 5 watcher.

I did none of my homework this weekend. (was having too much fun for TV)

I will make it up with extra credit this week.

Walken, Close Mull Stepford

Oscar-nominated actor Christopher Walken (Catch Me If You Can) and Glenn Close are in talks to join the cast of Frank Oz's remake of The Stepford Wives, Variety reported. Paramount is also wooing country singer Faith Hill to play a role in the film, the trade paper reported. [more]

How rad is that???

Tickets
If your name is Wendy, Diane, Noelle, Chris Paduan, Zak Nelson, or Coalee, you have a ticket to Pearl Jam.

 
Friday, March 07, 2003
HA HA HA HA HA YOU SO FUNNY!
Funny Asian Man <-- click for big version
Funny Asian Man
What's Your Personality Type?

Speaking of too much time... What's your personality type?

Geek


What's Your Personality Type?
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And after "pulling a Noelle" (can I actually do that?)


Hopelessly Romantic Geezer Named Alfred


What's Your Personality Type?
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I can call you Betty, and Betty, when you call me, you can call me Al.

WAY too much time on thier hands...
Ok, so what? You are sitting there one morning and you decide "Hey, I have nothing better to do; I think I'll take up extreme ironing today"???

Check out the galleries....

Children of Dune
I'll be watching this next Sunday if anyone wants to come geek out with me.

I anticipate it to be very good.

Sweet: Cusack Eyes Stepford

John Cusack is in talks to star opposite Nicole Kidman in Paramount Pictures' upcoming remake of The Stepford Wives for director Frank Oz and producer Scott Rudin, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The movie will begin shooting in June.

Cusack's sister, Joan, also stars in the project, marking the seventh time that the siblings have worked together, the trade paper reported.

Stepford is a remake of the 1975 SF thriller film about a woman (Kidman) who moves into a neighborhood where husbands have transformed their wives into robots designed to cater to them. Cusack will play Kidman's husband. Joan Cusack plays Bobbie Markowitz, a hostile, sarcastic, cranky woman who is out of shape and enjoys drinking, but gets transformed into a robot, the trade paper reported.

Paul Rudnick wrote Stepford, which is based on Ira Levin's novel of the same name.

John Cusac ROCKS!!!


Bab 5 update
For interested parties, I am on target with my viewing. Watched through episode 3 and plan on more this weekend.

I REALLY need a DVD player in my bedroom....

When is the second season coming out?

NEAT-O!
Check out the Soul Cookie (Kevin's blog)! There's a link to an article about Decipher making a LOTR card for a guy to propose to his girlfriend!

Sooooooooooooo Sweet.

There's other interetsing info/news over there about Bab 5 stuff that I did not click on....

Pearl Jam
OK, you need a promo code to get tickets today. Will get on sunday morning - all seats ate 38 bucks except lawn which are 34 - I'm just gonna get best available.

Lemme know if anyone else wants to go.


What Ninja are you?
you are a stealthy ninja you will do your mission full of confidence.


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Dude, hand me a Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster. And another one. And another.
You are Zaphod Beeblebrox, President of the Galaxy.
You don't just know how to have a good time, you ARE the good time! A little full of yourself, but you don't care. Everybody else is just jealous they're not you.

Cut to the chase
You're a Knife. You don't make a big deal about your presence, but people should stay back if they're smart. You wait until the right moment to make your move and when you do people tend to see things your way.

"A hamster on LSD"? Isn't that Hamtaro?
Genetically engineered for maximum cuteness

 
Thursday, March 06, 2003
And today's favorite... What weapon are you?
I am:
You are a switchblade! You are fast and witty. Very quick to jump into the fray and fight like a hamster on lsd when provoked.

Can I just say that I fight like a hampster on LSD when provoked.... (laughing hysterically)

What dictator are you?
Here's me:
YOU ARE jesus, i shall say no more....


What dictator are you?
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Sooooooooo, I really enjoy the fact that they consider Jesus a dictator.... that makes me giggle.

DON'T PANIC! Which Hitchhiker are you?
Here's me:
You are Ford Prefect. You are a thrifty kind of guy that knows how to get in and out of just about any sticky situation. You hate to be bothered with responsibilities, and do your best to avoid them at all costs.

Figures...
I am:
Which OS are You?
Which OS are You?


What OS are you?
Which OS are You?
Which OS are You?


Woo hoo! Perl Jam!
I always liked the video for #!/usr/bin/perl/jeremy.pl... ;-)

New Line Updating Holmes
New Line Cinema will develop a modern-day version of the Sherlock Holmes story in Holmes and Watson, from Darkness Falls producers William Sherak and Jason Shuman, according to The Hollywood Reporter. James Robinson (The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen) will write the screenplay, the trade paper reported.

The film will center on the descendants of the legendary sleuth and his sidekick, Dr. Watson, and will be set in modern-day London. The heir to the Holmes legacy will be portrayed as a twentysomething playboy who uses his talents mainly to pick up girls, until he is unwittingly drawn back into the family detective business by a young, sexy Dr. Jane Watson, the trade paper reported.


Pearl Jam
Tickets for Perl Jam for June 1 go on sale tomorrow morning for pre-sale and on Sunday for normal. I think that they are 38 dollars. I am gonna go. If anyone wants me to get them a ticket (on the off chance that I can get seats, then we could sit together), lemme know ASAP.

I went a couple years ago and it was one of the best shows I have ever been to - despite the fact that I don't really like a whole lot of their new stuff - they always play all the good old tracks.

Oh no!
Bin Laden has the giant Cheeto!

(If you find yourself asking "WTF is Kevin going on about now?" check out this CNN news story.)

One More Before I Jam

Wanna see what comes after Warcraft III?

World of Warcraft

If you get audio but no video you need the latest Div-X codec...

Futurama Console Game

Blog

GlobalUnderground sounds like something I've heard of before, but I don't specificly know what it is.

Gotta run....

A search sent me here:
info here

Lemme know if you guys know anything else...
N

Dave/Wendy,
Hey, what do you know about GlobalUnderground?

I have a copy of the john Digweed one that you guys have, and I got a Paul Oakenfold one last night (copies will arive to you two soon, along with Tranceport, Dirty Vegas CD, and Orbital/Work). Is it a show or a special recording thing or what?

If so, we all need to go.

Lemme know if you know anything.
N


And for the geeks:
Oh, this is great...

Select game 2 or 3 and enter the maze in the Black Castle. Move screen to the left of the first maze screen. At the bottom center of this room is a closed cubicle. Use the bridge to enter that area and collect the "dot". Carry this item to the screen just above the catacombs, located one screen down and to the right of the Gold Castle. Note: The "dot" is the same color as the ground outside, so care must be taken not to lose it in transit. Drop the "dot" here, and bring two other items onto the same screen. Move through the line on the right side of the screen to view the programmer credits.

This is my second runner up:

Walk blindly into a midget's home.

Oh, this is by far my favorite:

Just don't ever go to Texas. EVER.

My favorite caption
man, door, radiation
Do not open the door for radiation, now matter how politely it knocks.

Check it out - they even have some captioned merchandise for sale.

 
Wednesday, March 05, 2003
Silly captions for government created pictures.
Please note that this is kind-of a mixed bag. Some are really funny, though...

Fair 'nuff
I never caught Farscape until after the Sci-Fi Channel announced its cancellation. Since then, I've seen the pilot (very cool) and some of the newer episodes (intriguing as hell, but not exactly newbie-friendly).

Vertigogo
For any of you who loved the intro theme to four rooms, I have it up on my site.
Go get it.

edit: Also, here's the backstory on it, apparently, they couldn't get an Oscar because the lyrics are "unintelligable".

You be the judge:

Vertigogo
Do yah dot'n duy
ba da dot'n duy yah
oo-ee dot'n duy.

Oo-ee zabba duy
do yah zabba dot'n
doo-ee dot'n duy.

Zoo-ee bah,dabba do yah
da da dwee-a-dabba
da da ba-da da da DWEE-a dada!

buh-dee,buh-die,buh-doy,buh-dot'n duy
buh-dee,buh-dot'n duy.

Buh-dee,buh-die,buh-doy,buh-dot'n duy
buh-dee,buh-dot'n duy.

Zoo-ee bah,dabba do yah
da da dwee-a-dabba
da da ba-da da da DWEE-a dada!

Aaaaaaaaah.
aa-aa-aa-aa-aa-ah.
aa-aa-aa-aa-aa-aa-ah.
Ooh,ooh...
Oooooooooooh.

Do yah dot'n duy
ba da dot'n duy yah
oo-ee dot'n duy.

Oo-ee zabba duy
do yah zabba dabba
doo-ee dot'n duy.

Zoo-ee bah dabba do yah
da da do-yah dabba
da da ba-da da da DWEE-a dada!

da da ba-da da da DWEE-a dada!

AAAIIII!!



Farscape is great, though it's been canceled suddenly without warning and it's being left without time for them to wrap up the plot.

Ok, here's what I am gonna do...

Because Dave enjoys virgins....... um, I mean wants me to go in unspoiled, and I trust him with my audio visual world, I am gonna do so the first time. Then, after I have seen them all, I will go through the series again at some point with research in hand to enhance my viewing.

Then I will dominate as the ultimate Bab 5 geek and know even more than the two of you combined!!!!!!!

(reality check)

OK, 1) that could never happen, 2) that was the geekiest thing I have said in years and 3) my life has really gotten sad....

Nah, I plan to do it twice anyway (with a Farscape interlude in between) so I can have an intelligent conversation about it, so I'll do it Dave's way once and Kev's the second time.

Speaking of Farscape, anybody have any comments about that series?

I disagree slightly...
The Lurker's Guide to Babylon 5, specifically the episode-by-episode synopses, can be a very handy companion piece to the B5 viewing experience.

Reading the Notes and Analysis sections in the "Midnight on the Firing Line" (first ep) page, for instance, can really help one appreciate later developments in the story arc.

Heck, a ship in one of the first-season episodes was even named after the old home of the Lurker's Guide!

The hardest part there would be to not read ahead.

Yeah, I've seen Quills...
Marquis de Sade
You are the Marquis de Sade. Even stripped of exaggerations, your real life was as dramatic and as tragic as a cautionary tale. Born to an ancient and noble house, you were married (against your wishes) to a middle-class heiress for money, caused scandals with prostitutes and with your sister-in-law, thus enraging your mother-in-law, who had you imprisoned under a lettre de cachet for 14 years until the Revolution freed you. Amphibian, protean, charming, you became a Revolutionary, miraculously escaping the guillotine during the Terror, only to be arrested later for publishing your erotic novels. You spent your final 12 years in the insane asylum at Charenton, where you caused another scandal by directing plays using inmates and professional actors. You died there in 1814, virtually in the arms of your teenage mistress.

You are a revolutionary deviant. I applaud you.

OK, No B-5 Web info for me
Yes sensai. I hear and obey.

WTF???: Woman Offers Bush Crucifixion-For-Peace Deal
A New Zealand woman said on Wednesday she was willing to be crucified by President Bush if he pledges not to attack Iraq.
More

Noelle

Don't look on the web for B-5 stuff ok? Why do it? Your going to watch all of it without missing a single episode. If you start looking on the web you'll run into spoilers I garuntee it so try not to.

As for Vir, I have a feeling you'll have a completely different opinion of him before the show is over.

He's Colin's favorite character BTW.

Don't hunt for B-5 stuff. That's today's rule.

Today's Quiz: Which Imfamous criminal are you?
Here's me:
HASH(0x8650f5c)
You are Jack the Ripper. Yours were some of the most brutal murders recorded in history--yet your case is still to this day unsolved. You came from out of the fog, killed violently and quickly and disappeared without a trace. Then for no apparent reason, you satisfy your blood lust with ever-increasing ferocity, culminating in the near destruction of your final victim, and then you vanish from the scene forever. The perfect ingredients for the perennial thriller.
You are quite the mysteriously demented?


Which Imfamous criminal are you?
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Second ANIMATRIX short now available
Matrix site

Vir Cotto Salami
Nope, sorry, you won't be rid of Vir soon.

But the character does get less painful to watch...

Dave and Kevin
Rock out with your Bab 5 geek out! You guys are too rad. I watched the first episode last night.

Vir Cotto was painful - please spoil me and tell me he gets shot soon???

:-) I'm gonna try at least one a day so I jam through these in March (but knowing me, I'll power through a whole bunch this weekend). I'll keep you updated.

So, if I am careful to only stay in the season 1 seaction, can I be looking at this site for character guides and stuff?


I thought you where Noelle!

...at first. For a few seconds my brain was like "My God how many episodes did she watch?!??". Then the exact episode that was from solidified and I realised it was impossible for her to have seen it yet. :)

By the way Kevin's quote comes from the first of 2 B-5 Episodes to win the Hugo.

Every Wednesday that had a new episode for 3 1/2 years my best friend and I (he joined in at second season) would watch B-5. HIm being British we would always look for the best insults to be thrown out (they get better later), and there's a certain short smarmy looking guy in black who would always get a "warm" welcome whenever he showed up in an episode. Oh man some of them are great.

"...and if he tries anything here we will throw him IN....no UNDER the brig!"

Anyways I dare not speak too much less risk horrible spoilers being chanted....

But first, here's my personal favorite quote but I have to edit it heavily (too heavily), it's from late in the show...
"...No we're riding in. Anybody who wants to join us, fine. If they get in our way, we will knock them down. If they kill one of our ships, we'll kill three of theirs. And we keep going. We never slow down, and we won't stop.... We're going after...... then.... and then...... And God help anybody who gets in our way." Screen fades, episode ends.

Just wait till you hear it in context. :)
(Kevin and Dave do strange secret B-5 handshake)

My favorite quote
from Babylon 5:

The past tempts us,
 the present confuses us,
  and the future frightens us...


and our lives slip away,
   moment by moment,
      lost in that vast, terrible in-between.


link to sound Listen to it here. [MP3, 196k]

 
Tuesday, March 04, 2003
Phone
For those of you who don't check whatever e-mail - my land line is turned off as of tomorrow so I am cell only from now on.

Saving money for more concerts! :-)

Got rid of my man, now I can concentrate on Bab 5!

I'm clearing my life out for it! I'll start watching them tonight!!!!!

Hurry and get to the series

It's leagues better then The Gathering... You can kind of think of the rest of the show in this way... every batch of 5 or so episodes you go, you've stumbeled into a better batch then the last. That holds true till 5'th season where it stops to take a breath before the ending. Enjoy :)

Dave,
BTW, watched "The Gathering" last night.
(not putting anything up here that would ruin anyone else's fun, just wanted you to know)

Thanks for the heads ups (especially on that)..... :-)

mmmmmmmmm math fun.....

Tricky crystal ball (Noelle fails the IQ test for today)....

Lets hold off on spoiling anything till a few others try it out...

The bunny is easy, the ball trips me out....
IM me Kevin, I wanna know....

Sneaky bunny
I figured it out.

And the Crystal Ball too.

Should I spoil the mystery?

The Bunny Knows...

Crystal Ball

WHOA! It totally worked!!! Ok, what's the algorithym for that????

Crystal Ball

Also March's Animatrix is up.

Noelle gets Invader Zim monkey stylings, and I get Justin Timberlake? Unfair!
Crotch Monkey
You are a Crotch Monkey. You are a very naughty, vile thing. You are very tiny and cause a distracting and unsanitary itch. You seem to favor musicians with attitudes, at least from what we've seen, because they are always grabbing themselves, like Justin here.

And so I ask you, What is Your inner Monkey?
I am:
Scary Monkey
You are Scary Monkey! You are an angry and addictive monkey who has taken over the airwaves at Invader Zim's secret hideout, at least when GIR has the remote. We're not sure what you do exactly, besides stare in a scary way. And sometime growl. You are mysteeeeeerious. Is that some kind of attraction for goth girls and brainless robots?


What's YOUR Inner Monkey?
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Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
I want the man of steel to be my man of candy!!!!!!!!!!

DAMN. :-)

Sorry, Noelle
Angel star David Boreanaz denied in a chat on E! Online the rumor that he has been cast in the title role of the upcoming Superman movie. [small blurb on Sci-Fi Wire]

At least you can still watch him tomorrow night or read this extemely spoilerific synopsis of tomorrow night's episode.

Buffy Quits
Here's an except from the Entertainment Weekly Interview.

More Brothers Grimm news...
check it out.

 
Monday, March 03, 2003
Hallo. Wie geht's?
You are Bavarian
You are a Bavarian.


What's your Inner European?
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Oh, oui?
You are French
You are a Parisian.

What's your Inner European?

What is your inner European?
heheheh - this is silly - here's me:
You are Italian
You are an Italian.


What's your Inner European?
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Meyer, Hewitt top cats in Garfield
Am I the only one that thinks this is just wrong?

I mean, Jennifer Love Hewitt, yay. But Garfield? Live-action Garfield?

Boreanaz Bites Into Superman?

mmmmmmmmmm angel.... he's like candy.

More on Superman stuff.

New Line: 'No Plans for ROTK trailer behind TTT'
Well, I think we woke someone up with the last batch of rumors.. Apparently
there will not be a trailer for The Return of the King attached to The Two
Towers, that is at least what ComingSoon.net is reporting. [more]