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[cleolinda]

Horoscope of Irony: If you're feeling a little slower than usual, honor that. Don't force yourself to do anything.

YOU'RE NOT HELPING, HOROSCOPE.


Spent like an hour dancing at my desk (you know, while doing other things) to that guitarry remix of "Somebody Told Me," because it makes me happy.


A little linkspam before I head out for class (last Aesthetics of Sentimentality ever, sniff!), in part to clarify a few questions that came up in the comments over the weekend:

Yes, Jeff Buckley died in 1997.

Yes, Jonathan Brandis died in 2003.

Yes, His Dark Materials is now on stage. The link is an excellent official site with lots of behind-the-scenes clips.

And in the news:

Exploding toads baffle German experts. As well they should.

Comments

[futureperfect.livejournal.com]

Exploding toads baffle German experts.

maybe it's because it's 3.30am and i'm sitting up drinking tea and eating vegemite slathered biscuits, but oh my god that's hysterically funny!

"You see the animals crawling on the ground, swelling and then exploding."
...their entrails were propelled for up to a metre (three feet).

is it bad of me that i REALLY REALLY WANT TO SEE THIS? er. maybe chalk it up to the obnoxious hour of the morning thing.

[adoresixtyfour.livejournal.com]

"is it bad of me that i REALLY REALLY WANT TO SEE THIS?" That? would be a "Yes, yes it IS bad." But you would have found that out anyway when the toad guts were launched in your general direction.

[bluestocking7.livejournal.com]

I am extremely excited about the Pullman novels going on stage - I dream of a (GOOD) movie version being made. Thanks for the link!

[edda.livejournal.com]

I love that toad thing; it sounds like something Dave Barry has (or will) cover. I especially love how they've nicknamed the source of it the "pond of death". It's like "puddle of maiming" or "juice box spill of bruising".

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Heeeeeeeeeeeeee.

[honorh.livejournal.com]

"Exploding toads" is a combination of words I never thought to see in a headline, yet there they are. For some reason, this makes me like the world better.

[someway.livejournal.com]

"Exploding toads" sounds like a rock band.

[futureperfect.livejournal.com]

German Expert and the Exploding Toads?

[particle-person.livejournal.com]

Exploding Toads are now part of a complete breakfast. They taste like a combination of Pop Rocks and chicken.

[crumpeteer.livejournal.com]

So have these German experts looked into whether these frogs have been eating Pop Rocks and drinking Coke? Because that would be my first logical conclusion.

[particle-person.livejournal.com]

That would explain a lot. See my post above.

[scornedsaint.livejournal.com]

OMG exploding toads! That is the funniest (if not squickiest) thing that I have seen all day. Thanks for the link!

[adoresixtyfour.livejournal.com]

Jeff Buckley's been dead for eight frickin' years? Damn, I feel old.

[morganwolf.livejournal.com]

Now, I grew accustomed to the sight of toads squished flat in the roads when I would visit North Carolina in my youth, but the sight of an exploding toad is quite a different thing, I'd imagine. I... certainly hope they discover the cause of this bizarre... and yet strangely hilarious... phenomenon. Maybe if it were any other animal it would be less funny. I'm sorry, toads, you're just comical creatures.

Jonathan Brandis' death still haunts me. Really, it does.

[morganwolf.livejournal.com]

Also: I wish my horoscope would make me feel less guilty about my laziness every once in a while. Stupid astrology!

[vagabondlivvy.livejournal.com]

What? Exploding toads aren't normal? Well...damn.

[thespianlizling.livejournal.com]

~snicker~ Toads go 'splode!
Oh my god, that is the funniest thing ever. Ever. EVER.
If I were a scientist, I don't think I'd stop laughing long enough to be baffled. God, scientists are such squares. Even thinking about Jeff Buckley's death only quells the giggles for a moment or two.

[megmatthews20.livejournal.com]

I was one of those who cried upon finding out of J.B.'s death. And to learn it
happened a week before I even heard about it, and the fact that many still don't know he's
dead. Kinda gives one an idea of what Hollywood does to those actors it doesn't
deem important enough for front page news...

My sister and I lived on SeaQuest for awhile (the re-runs on Sci-Fi) it was
like a support system during our parent's divorce.

And of course, who can forget Neverending story! Jump Bastian!

[allthelivesofme.livejournal.com]

Oh man, your icon. :-( I can't believe River Phoenix has been gone for over ten years now...

[iczer6.livejournal.com]

The HDM site makes me very sad because I want to see the play So. Damn. Much but have no way of achieving it.

[squee1123.livejournal.com]

I dance in my computer chair all the time...and that toad thing...it intrigues me...

[hecatemacbeth.livejournal.com]

::cries:: I totally didn't know Brandis offed himself! See? He should've married me, then he'd still be alive! :(

[jazzchang.livejournal.com]

HELP!

I put up a comment a few entries ago about doing a spin-off on Rent-A-Phantom, and I really want to do a disclaimer, but I can't find the origanal text for Phantom! I've been searching for about 20 minutes and can anyone help me? Does anyone possibly have that entry bookmarked? Because my brain is dead from jetlag and I need to get this done soon.

Thank you

[particle-person.livejournal.com]

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[duncanatrix.livejournal.com]

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If you're interested. Sorry I don't know how to do linkage.

Aslan ...

[(Anonymous)]

Does anyone beside me think they should cast an unknown as Aslan's voice? I'm thinking of how they introduced Darth Vader. At the time Vader was introduced, no one knew who played him or voiced his character ....

Aslan is such an iconic role that I think it would be better played by someone who could come in fresh ....

[shesnotallthere.livejournal.com]

I read the frog thing, and heard Eddie Izzard in my head.

"Room with a View of HELL! Staircase of SATAN! Pond of DEATH!"

[christigilly.livejournal.com]

YES!! And to think, we Americans had nothing to do with the toads! Really, how COULD one Hollywoodize "exploding toads"? It's just too good to touch.

[dreamingenigma.livejournal.com]

I love Jeff Buckley. *mourns*

I'd love to see HDM on stage, if I knew it was going to be good ;)

[foresthouse.livejournal.com]

All I could picture during this entry was: Chair-Dancing!

Hee.

I do it too.

[ankhet.livejournal.com]

*SQUEEEEE* His Dark Materials! Yey! ....And, I hear they're making a movie of it, too! *squee!*

[notalent.livejournal.com]

I'm sure that now toads will be banned from carryon luggage now :D

[particle-person.livejournal.com]

...carrion luggage...

[whisperwords.livejournal.com]

Man, no matter how many times I am told that Jonathan Brandis has been dead for a while now, it still hasn't fully sunken in. I mean, I've only just come to grips with the whole River Phoenix thing, and Jonathan Brandis just makes me full of SADNESS AND WOE.