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cleolindaSo, uh. My mother's fallen in love with two terrier mix puppies and she's bringing them home. Now. AND she got Sister Girl and my stepfather to agree to it. This is kind of momentous, not the least because 1) I'm not sure I'm ready for new dog(s) yet and 2) I will now be the Daytime Dogsitter for not two but four animals, and right when I was applying for jobs, too. ETA: It should be noted that I absolutely love dogs, so that's not a problem per se. She's home now; the boy may come later. More on this in a bit.
Linkspam while waiting for eight-week-old puppies:
Ohio baseball team's bus crashes; 6 dead. "A charter bus carrying a college baseball team from Ohio plunged off a highway ramp early Friday and slammed into the pavement below, killing six people, injuring 29 and scattering sports equipment across the road, authorities said. The bus, carrying the team from the close-knit, Mennonite-affiliated Bluffton University, toppled off the Northside Drive bridge onto a pickup truck on Interstate 75 shortly before dawn, police spokesman Joe Cobb said. 'It looked to me like a big slab of concrete falling down,' said truck driver Danny Lloyd, 57, of Frostburg, Md. 'I didn't recognize it was a bus. I think when I saw the thing coming, I think I closed my eyes and stepped on the gas.' "
Huge 'Ocean' Discovered Inside Earth.
Blackbeard's ship? Archaeological booty says aye.
Cops make MySpace page in heist probe.
Expert in spy poisoning case shot: "FBI agents are assisting police investigating the shooting of a Russian expert — a man who spoke out on "Dateline NBC" last weekend and strongly suggested that remnants of the KGB were responsible for the bizarre poisoning death of Alexander Litvinenko."
Army secretary quits in wake of hospital scandal.
Cadet caught up in Academy cheating scandal withdraws.
Stolen Rockwell found in Spielberg collection.
Darth Vader Commits Armed Robbery In North Carolina.
Actress Liz Hurley 'marries in secret.'
Warner Bros. Developing Valerie Plame Film.
Jolie Interested in Real-Life Child Abduction Story. Meanwhile, Jolie To Adopt for Third Time.
Halle Berry Will Star In Tulia: "Essentially a courtroom drama, Tulia is based on real-life events surrounding the arrests of 46 black men during a Texas drug bust -- a sting operation where, in the end, no money, drugs or illegal weapons were found. However, the men were convicted solely on the testimony of one crooked cop."
Houdini biopic? It does not, as of this writing, seem to be based on the biography I read over Christmas--what was the name, Houdini: America's First Superhero? Something along that line; very interesting.
Terrence Howard on Iron Man.
Richard Dreyfuss will join Zooey Deschanel and Alan Cumming in the cast of SCI FI Channel's upcoming miniseries Tin Man, "a re-imagined fantasy take on Frank Baum's book The Wizard of Oz, Variety reported."
Tobey Maguire: It's Time For The Spiderman Team To "Break Up."
IGN Exclusive Poster: Fracture.
Watch 300 Seconds of 300.
The Ten Best Box Office Performances of 2006: "These are the movies that impressed the most based on contextual factors, such as genre, marketing and expectations. This is not a list of the highest grossing movies, which is why such titles as Cars, X-Men: The Last Stand, The Da Vinci Code and Superman Returns are omitted—while popular, they weren't exceptional compared to their anticipated ranges." Box Office Mojo's #1? The Illusionist ("This romantic mystery was the sleeper of the year. Its nearly $40 million gross may not have entranced the box office but it was about $39 million more than forecasted").
Enter Disturbia: "The full website for Disturbia has now launched at Disturbia.com. At the site, you can explore the nooks and cranny's of Kale Brecht's (Shia LaBeouf) bedroom to discover the mysteries of Disturbia. While you're there, be sure to share your neighborhood's enigmas in 'Dark Secrets' and see what your neighbors are hiding in 'Disturbia Suburbia.' "
If you've ever wanted to hear Tom Servo say "Look, fuck you, okay?," this is the MST3K clip for you. ("What's that, Shitty?") ("Owner of a ferret leash..." "Homer of the Iliad... much better than the... Homer of the Odyssey...") ("Fucking squeak.")
Linkspam while waiting for eight-week-old puppies:
Ohio baseball team's bus crashes; 6 dead. "A charter bus carrying a college baseball team from Ohio plunged off a highway ramp early Friday and slammed into the pavement below, killing six people, injuring 29 and scattering sports equipment across the road, authorities said. The bus, carrying the team from the close-knit, Mennonite-affiliated Bluffton University, toppled off the Northside Drive bridge onto a pickup truck on Interstate 75 shortly before dawn, police spokesman Joe Cobb said. 'It looked to me like a big slab of concrete falling down,' said truck driver Danny Lloyd, 57, of Frostburg, Md. 'I didn't recognize it was a bus. I think when I saw the thing coming, I think I closed my eyes and stepped on the gas.' "
Huge 'Ocean' Discovered Inside Earth.
Blackbeard's ship? Archaeological booty says aye.
Cops make MySpace page in heist probe.
Expert in spy poisoning case shot: "FBI agents are assisting police investigating the shooting of a Russian expert — a man who spoke out on "Dateline NBC" last weekend and strongly suggested that remnants of the KGB were responsible for the bizarre poisoning death of Alexander Litvinenko."
Army secretary quits in wake of hospital scandal.
Cadet caught up in Academy cheating scandal withdraws.
Stolen Rockwell found in Spielberg collection.
Darth Vader Commits Armed Robbery In North Carolina.
Actress Liz Hurley 'marries in secret.'
Warner Bros. Developing Valerie Plame Film.
Jolie Interested in Real-Life Child Abduction Story. Meanwhile, Jolie To Adopt for Third Time.
Halle Berry Will Star In Tulia: "Essentially a courtroom drama, Tulia is based on real-life events surrounding the arrests of 46 black men during a Texas drug bust -- a sting operation where, in the end, no money, drugs or illegal weapons were found. However, the men were convicted solely on the testimony of one crooked cop."
Houdini biopic? It does not, as of this writing, seem to be based on the biography I read over Christmas--what was the name, Houdini: America's First Superhero? Something along that line; very interesting.
Terrence Howard on Iron Man.
Richard Dreyfuss will join Zooey Deschanel and Alan Cumming in the cast of SCI FI Channel's upcoming miniseries Tin Man, "a re-imagined fantasy take on Frank Baum's book The Wizard of Oz, Variety reported."
Tobey Maguire: It's Time For The Spiderman Team To "Break Up."
IGN Exclusive Poster: Fracture.
Watch 300 Seconds of 300.
The Ten Best Box Office Performances of 2006: "These are the movies that impressed the most based on contextual factors, such as genre, marketing and expectations. This is not a list of the highest grossing movies, which is why such titles as Cars, X-Men: The Last Stand, The Da Vinci Code and Superman Returns are omitted—while popular, they weren't exceptional compared to their anticipated ranges." Box Office Mojo's #1? The Illusionist ("This romantic mystery was the sleeper of the year. Its nearly $40 million gross may not have entranced the box office but it was about $39 million more than forecasted").
Enter Disturbia: "The full website for Disturbia has now launched at Disturbia.com. At the site, you can explore the nooks and cranny's of Kale Brecht's (Shia LaBeouf) bedroom to discover the mysteries of Disturbia. While you're there, be sure to share your neighborhood's enigmas in 'Dark Secrets' and see what your neighbors are hiding in 'Disturbia Suburbia.' "
If you've ever wanted to hear Tom Servo say "Look, fuck you, okay?," this is the MST3K clip for you. ("What's that, Shitty?") ("Owner of a ferret leash..." "Homer of the Iliad... much better than the... Homer of the Odyssey...") ("Fucking squeak.")
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Date: 2007-03-03 08:20 pm (UTC)She's seems a bit nervous about coming away with me this year - I wonder why? ;D
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Date: 2007-03-03 08:43 pm (UTC)I am so excited about Blackbeard's ship.
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Date: 2007-03-03 09:02 pm (UTC)However it does suck that you will by default be the puppy parent without being asked.
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Date: 2007-03-03 09:24 pm (UTC)Faramir's gone all Frodo what with the falling down a lot. And did I sense a little Legolas/Gimli action with the first two guys and their banter? Although I guess in this case the homo-eroticism is right there on the surface. YAY GREECE!
Meanwhile I am still getting over that clip. Is it Friday yet?
Good luck with those puppies. And getting a job. Cover letters are the lowest form of written word known to man.
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Date: 2007-03-03 09:30 pm (UTC)Wha?
Date: 2007-03-04 12:39 am (UTC)Re: Wha?
Date: 2007-03-04 02:48 am (UTC)Re: Wha?
Date: 2007-03-04 01:38 pm (UTC)Keepvid doesn't work either, so I can't upload it. :(
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Date: 2007-03-03 09:59 pm (UTC)Costumes? As far as I can tell the "costumes" involve helmets and leather loincloths.
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Date: 2007-03-04 11:56 pm (UTC)Someone should have told Frank Miller that the Spartans did not go into battle dressed like porno superheroes.
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Date: 2007-03-03 10:19 pm (UTC)Having lost that dog last year, I'd love to get another puppy but can't because we have my grandmother's dog and she's eleven and doesn't play well with others.
On another topic, I keep reading that 'Stolen Rockwell' headline as 'Sam Rockwell Found in Spielberg Collection' and I honestly did think at first, when he did go missing and why did nobody told me, and why is Stephen Spielberg involved? I think this lunar eclipse is messing with my cognitive abilities.
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Date: 2007-03-03 10:35 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-03-03 11:55 pm (UTC)I hope the title of the Valerie Plame project is Snakes on a Plame.
You know that quote from that guy that's totally pretient to the situation?
Date: 2007-03-04 12:08 am (UTC)Vet guy. Wrote books. Not Gerald Durrell. Welsh countryside. A lot of dogs. Very neat quote about the only cure for loosing a dog was getting another, filling up a hole of some sort... only more neatly phrased. WTH was his name?
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Bah.
Re: You know that quote from that guy that's totally pretient to the situation?
Date: 2007-03-04 12:21 am (UTC)Hah!
Oh, also the most retarded "300" complaint you're ever likely to hear.
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I like the whole "formations" fighting idea, execution and tactics. Phalanges, "turtles" flanking manuevres, etc, always enertained and interested me.
Hollywood, otoh, freaking hates them. Not a single film-maker has the desire or the ability to show meelee combat as anything but one bunch of guys charging head-on into another bunch of guys.
And that's... reality. You get used to it.
But ffs. The only freaking reason this battle took place, the only reason the Spartans survived for as long as the did is because they fought in proper formations, within the bottle-neck between the ridges. If the meelee devolved into a series of individual combats that filmmakers find son enertaining, the whole thing would have been over in an hour, and history might have went in a totally different direction.
Bah. Again.
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Date: 2007-03-04 12:45 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-03-04 01:08 am (UTC)That"s a sticky thing, your mom being ready for new pets while you"re not sure about it. You can"t exactly make a big deal about it, because not only are you in the minority on this, but you don"t want to keep everyone else from getting something they obviously want (or at least are okay with).
Here"s hoping that the pups are cool enough to make you feel a little better about the whole situation. (And Lucky is probably feeling a little better, wherever he is, now that he"s certain his person will be looked after.)
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Date: 2007-03-04 02:16 am (UTC)That, and I was already kind of feeling like a dishrag from the amount of mopping I was having to do for Meko (diabetic, incontinent, etc.), and that can't get any better with an eight-week-old puppy.
(Awwwww.)
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Date: 2007-03-04 07:33 pm (UTC)Maybe the puppy will be easy to housebreak. Fingers crossed.
totally random BUT
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Date: 2007-03-04 05:37 am (UTC)I always think these things are amusing title-length summaries of your own creation, and then they turn out to be the actual titles. Gets me every time.
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Date: 2007-03-05 01:31 pm (UTC)"A heap of booty is a joy forever."
Yarha, Paraquoting