Friday nuncheon, waiting on food

[cleolinda]

Someone in previous comments brought up the idea of doing some kind of podcast, but I have no idea what I'd say; I don't think I've ever even listened to a podcast before. But I actually like doing readings and recordings and things, so it's an interesting idea. Thoughts?

Linkspam:

Before we get started, a quick note: I appreciate anything you feel is interesting enough to pass on, but--don't feel like you have to do the work for me. I have a ton of feeds on Google Reader, including CNN, USAToday, Defamer and Gawker, Yahoo! Picks, Snopes, Entertainment Weekly and a number of blogs and movie news sites; it's really easy to cherry-pick the best items. And you can imagine the number of stories I don't use. Obviously if you find something really interesting off the beaten track, I want to know about it, but... I'm just saying, I've got most of it under control.

Tornadoes rip through Ala., killing 18; Tornado survivor: School 'was complete chaos.' Enterprise got hit really hard, and several people died at the high school. Birmingham wasn't even touched--we had a rain/strong wind combo and my internet went out for a few hours--so we were very fortunate.

'Barbie Bandits' nabbed, police say.

Salmonella found at peanut butter plant.

Greek archaeologists find Hera statue.

Girl's 5 weeks of hiccups finally end.

confusedmuchly: Boy Dies of Toothache.

carebearssparky: "I don't know if this is something your masses would rally behind, but it's a city official who is facing being fired because he is transitioning from male to female. Not because (s)he is bad at what (s)he does, in fact (s)he seems to be really good at his job, but because (s)he is transitioning."

newsong: "Some guy killed himself by driving while operating his laptop. And we thought cell phones were a problem."

roseredhoofbeat: "This is a website dedicated to [seeking justice for] the torture and death of a three-month old puppy. I won't go into graphic detail, but the website does, so please be careful, anyone who goes to it. You can send an email to the judge asking him to stick to his original sentence of ten years in prison and ten years probation. PLEASE post this with your next linkspam." ETA: I took one for the team and found the actual page where you can get involved, no torture necessary.

morganwolf: "Loved the article on the hippo and tortoise. I passed it on in my own journal, and jokingly told my artist friend dino_rider to draw a picture of a hippo and tortoise being friends. He obliged, and I just had to share it. He is awesome." Okay, I lol'd.

Radio station: We sprang Bobby Brown from jail. "Bobby Brown was freed after spending three nights in the Norfolk County jail when a radio station paid the $19,150 the singer owed in late child support and court fees, the station said Thursday."

The Associated Press tries to explain what the Paris Hilton blackout was about.

Snagged from jolie laide: Not content with ruining his own life, Pete Doherty moves on to penguins.

The Geico caveman was invited to an Oscar party... in full makeup. Not coincidentally, Geico's Cavemen Bound For ABC Series.

"Zodiac is Fincher's most mature and coherent picture."

New stills: Spider-Man 3, Becoming Jane (oh, James McAvoy, you so pretty), Fracture (with Ryan Gosling, Rosamund Pike, Anthony Hopkins and David Strathairn--why have I never heard of this before?), Jindabyne (Gabriel Byrne and Laura Linney), Reign Over Me (hey, Liv Tyler is also in this?), the aforementioned Zodiac, Hairspray (oh sweet God: the images I now can't unsee), Perfect Stranger (Bruce Willis and Halle Berry), Transformers (note: no actual Transformers pictured. Also, Dane Cook is somehow in this), and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (or "TMNT," as the commercial trailer announcer always intones so seriously).

New Spidey Poster/Trailer News.

Galactus Confirmed for Fantastic Four 2.

Rumors Fly About Plot Of Star Trek XI.

One of the first seven new South Parks will be a 24 parody. I'm not sure if my mother really needs to know about this, or... really, really not.

French film award leaves Jude Law 'speechless.'

L.A. Confidential: The Sequel?

Daniel Radcliffe Signs For Harry Potter Six and Seven. Yes, he'll probably be about 22 by the time the last movie comes out. If the Beverly Hills 90210 kids can all be in their frickin' thirties, I'm thinking we can allow a seventeen-year-old character a little actorly age inflation.

Pirates MMO clarification: I mentioned a "Pirates of the Burning Sea" multiplayer game yesterday--I don't think I actually said this, but I was blithely assuming it was the Disney game. After some discussion in the entry comments, I realized: Disney wasn't mentioned anywhere in the article, nor was the phrase "of the Caribbean," and the URL was entirely different from the Disney site URL for the other game. Even at the time I saw the new article I thought, "The Burning Sea? The POTC people can't think of anything better than that, when they've got Dead Man's Chest and At World's End? " What I'm saying is, there are actually going to be two pirate-themed MMOs on the interwebs at the same time (this summer). You see why my brain developed a glitch while trying to process this concept.

Comments

[arielchan.livejournal.com]

Pirates of the Burning Sea vs. Pirates of the Caribbean: the new World of Warcraft vs. Guild Wars?

[fox-gloves.livejournal.com]

I don't want to go to the website of the puppy being tortured and eventual death being inflicted, because I don't want to go into hysterics at my day job. However, is there a way that you can link to the judge's email or a site where you can support the decision to keep that sick fuck locked away?

[vampirepig13.livejournal.com]

Something about the wording of the puppy thing strikes me wrong. Might "dedicated to the memory of" work better?

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I don't know, because I didn't want to go to the site either.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Okay, I've found it: http://georgiapuppytorture.blogspot.com/2006/12/what-you-can-do-to-help.html

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that bothered me, too. I've added "seeking justice for" in there now.

[barrelgoddess.livejournal.com]

Pete Doherty, you're a fucking asshole.

24 parody on South Park? I MUST SEE THIS. XDDD

[jantalaimon.livejournal.com]

...you used "inflammation" in mentioning the Radcakes link on purpose. XD

[thegeneralerin.livejournal.com]

caveman TV? I'd watch that.

Also, 24 in southpark? I'll probably watch that. I'm not a huge Southpark fan, but I'm a huge 24 fan. *sigh* The simpsons are spoofing it, too, this year.

[canonball13.livejournal.com]

Yes, he'll [Daniel Radcliffe] probably be about 22 by the time the last movie comes out. If the Beverly Hills 90210 kids can all be in their frickin' thirties, I'm thinking we can allow a seventeen-year-old character a little actorly age inflation.

THANK YOU. Seriously, I've been saying that for a while now, exactly with 90210 as the example. If two 30-year-olds and however many 20-somethings can hold our belief as 16-year-olds, then I'm pretty sure that unless Daniel sprouts two feet, overbulks with Quidditch-toned muscles and looks like 30 at age 22, he can pull off 17 five years after the fact.

*lol* I'm just sayin'.

[vampirepig13.livejournal.com]

Much better. It's not that it was completely off or anything, but it's one of those that you had to be all, "wait, what?" and read over.

Also, that Hera statue bears an uncanny resemblance to a drawing I did last year, from robes to armrests. Freaky. I wish I hadn't given the damn thing to my history teacher...

[fox-gloves.livejournal.com]

It gives me a 404 error. Dude, I really don't want to actually go to the site. But, it seems you've braved it. How bad is it?

[bigeyedrabbit.livejournal.com]

ETA: I took one for the team and found the actual page where you can get involved, no torture necessary.

And for that, you rock.

(I, of course, had to read the torture details anyway, because when you've got an anxiety disorder like mine, you know that Not Knowing will cause your brain to imagine much worse horrors than what actually happened. And even though the details had NOTHING on my OCD-induced imaginings, they STILL made me want to vomit.)

[entropy-and-me.livejournal.com]

I've noticed from the icons in your comments that you have more than a few Doctor Who admirers (myself included). I don't know if you yourself are much into Doctor Who, but I saw this interesting article this morning that says that the BBC has contracted with Google to allow archival and special edition video clips to be placed on youtube.com. I suspect much rejoicing will be heard throughout the lands when this hits fandom.

http://www.gallifreyone.com/cgi-bin/viewnews.cgi?id=EEZklFluuyPfWNgGxs&tmpl=newsrss

Hopefully I am not oblivious and you have already linked about this. :D

[sucrelefey.livejournal.com]

If you are feeling podcast shy you can always make yourself a fun persona character to speak through.

[aelfsciene.livejournal.com]

Friends of mine work for Flying Lab, the company creating Pirates of the Burning Sea, and the game is full of awesome. I cannot allow myself access to MMOs because I would never leave my room again, but the details and stories I've heard about are incredible, and this game will blow the (supposedly slapdash) Disney Pirates MMO out of the water. Just as a random commendation, if people hadn't heard of Burning Sea yet. ^_^

[corkdorkdan.livejournal.com]

I've been on a bit of a podcast kick lately. They're fun because, unlike my music collection, it's something new every time I turn it on. I only listen to a few, mostly based on the talk radio that I like (NPR has a lot of support for it). But there's also the official LOST podcast, and of course tons and tons of amateur ones, on all kinds of topics. There's movies, TV, science, really anything. As far as starting one yourself, I'd definitely add you to my reader if you offered one.

One suggestion: maybe find a friend to record with? Most of the ones I listen to involve some sort of cohost banter, although I'm sure lots of people fly solo too.

Oh, and I use Juice (http://juicereceiver.sourceforge.net/) which is free and very easy to setup and use.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Honestly, the "how you can help" link is in the header, and there aren't even any pictures (except one of a healthy dog "of a similar breed and color") visible when you first get there. I assume you have to scroll down to see any of the awful parts, but I wasn't going to try. It really wasn't so bad, but there's no reason for you to *assume* that it won't be bad.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Heh--as far as I'm concerned, "Cleolinda Jones" is my fun persona character. I'm actually not very shy in that regard, so much as I just don't know what your average podcast sounds like. Looks like I have some homework to do. : )

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I'll definitely look into Juice. I was going to listen to a handful of podcasts as homework, to get a feel for what you get in a podcast as a medium. I was thinking about the Leaky Cauldron podcast, the Lost one is a good idea, and maybe something else--some solo podcasts if possible. Banter's an interesting point, though--my problem is more that I can control how often I do one and how casually or spur-of-the-moment I do them if I don't have to schedule recordings with someone else. Really, I'm almost thinking of something on the level of the LJ phone posts--not necessarily using that technology, but just an audio post of some kind. Which is why I'm having to look into what the actual medium involves.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I did?

[sucrelefey.livejournal.com]

I just wanna hear the accent, cause natural accents are cool.
There is a lot of variety to podcasts so go with feels right for you.

[carnotite.livejournal.com]

I would love to hear your voice. Given your literary skills I believe your readings will be funny and entertaining.

[celtprincess13.livejournal.com]

Just copy and paste the letter, don't read it. There is still a graphic description of the torture there.

[eyemage.livejournal.com]

I was the someone who mentioned the podcasty thing.

I do beleive that LJ has a phone post option.

You could do a short try out on that to see how things work.