Thursday evening, breakfast for dinner

[cleolinda]

It was the Ides of March today, and also what would have been Lucky's tenth birthday. I didn't have time to think much about that, though, because Shelby broke loose and got into the Big Dog food one hundred times too many and had a really, really badly upset stomach. She was perfectly healthy, wrassling with Scout all day; she just also bombed the kitchen while she was at it. It took me an hour to clean it all up, and that's with a bottle of Comet scrub and a bucket of Mr. Clean. Fortunately, my mother made an executive decision at lunch to haul both of the puppies off to the vet and get checked out, which meant that I had a blessed, blessed afternoon all to myself to check my email and sleep, basically. I spend a lot of the day chasing them around and popping them on the nose (with one finger, so it's not like I'm smacking them) and telling them not to eat the spathiphyllum and not to eat the kitty litter and not to snap at Meko, and then on top of that, today they figured out how to open the door to the laundry room. This is where the cat's litter is kept--it's one of those automatic boxes with the self-combing mechanism--but there's not a lockable door, just a sliding wooden one that doesn't have anything to catch on. But still, you know, they don't have opposable thumbs or anything, right? I'll just open it when Bad Cat scratches on the door, which he immediately figured out he should do, and that'll be it, right? Nope, I hear the puppies rumbling around in the laundry room, playing in the litter grit. I still don't know how they opened it, but somehow, they did. And this is not even getting into how I have to take them and the poms outside on separate shifts, so I'm usually wiping up someone or other's wet spot on the carpet at any given moment.

POTC3 pics from the other day: Since they seem to have been removed--and posted elsewhere, but I couldn't get that page to work--I've uploaded my entire collection to sendspace. This includes the concept art with the ridiculously buxom Elizabeth that was also removed a while back, but no behind the scenes images, just official photography. I think the file will expire after a week, so grab it while you can. ETA: This just in: two more that I didn't have.

A really terrible story about a missing dog I wanted to set apart. Skip on down to the rest of the news if you don't want to see it: Girl finds missing dog's head in box on doorstep. "Two weeks ago, a gift-wrapped box was left at the house Crystal shares with her grandmother. The box had batteries on top, and a note that said 'Congratulations Crystal. This side up. Batteries included.' " What. The fuck.






9/11 mastermind confesses in Guantanamo; 9/11 mastermind admits killing reporter Daniel Pearl.

Chiquita to pay $25M in terror case.

Self-immolation by Afghan women rising.

Stray cats enter home, attack women, boy.

Hard-core porn interrupts news show.

Heather Mills says ‘huge powers’ out to get her; Police warn Heather Mills on 'crying wolf.' I just enjoyed the juxtaposition there.

Hey! It's my friend Eric's blog! I'd lost the URL but found it again on Pamie's blog.

Report: There Are Drugs In Hollywood. NO!

The Ins and Outs of Britney's Rehab; Britney Spears brings bad attitude to rehab. Apparently in the process of coming down off whichever drug(s), she's become a sugar fiend. Man, I thought I was bad, but twenty-four Cokes in a day and all the pastry she can lay hands on? Hardcore.

Dave Eggers Desperate To Welsh On Bad Bet. Specifically, "we know that many years ago, you lifetimers gave us $100 for an everlasting subscription and helped us through our infancy. We can't tell you how much we appreciated that. Now that we've somehow kept this thing going for twenty-two issues, we thought that we'd check in with you and see if we could maybe, you know, move on."

David Sedaris May Sometimes Exaggerate For Effect! NO!!

Gisele Bundchen to star in Da Vinci sequel? This is going to end well. Also, since they're officially working on the sequel, I guess this puts The Da Vinci Code back into my pool of "Series and Sequels" movies for the second book.

Caspian Production Reel Shown at ShoWest.

Daniel Craig and Julianne Moore in Meirelles' Blindness.

Don Cheadle in Miles Davis Biopic.

Jennifer Hudson To Play Aretha Franklin in Film Biopic?

Kirsten Dunst Has a Heart of Glass. I like Kirsten Dunst, but I don't know if she's got a Debbie Harry biopic in her.

New Spider-Man 3 Pics Online.

Jake Gyllenhaal May Butch Up Screen Persona By Wearing Red Tights, Gold Lamé, A Sideways Cape, And Repeatedly Yelling 'Sha-zaaaym!'

Superman Sequel Delayed -- Bryan Singer Will Helm WWII Thriller Next.

National Treasure Sequel to Film at Mount Rushmore.

Supporting Cast Lines Up For Kate Beckinsale's 'Whiteout.'

Charlize Theron On Board Kathryn Bigelow's Iraq War Action Drama.

Eddie Murphy Starring in Fantasy Island. He's really taking the whole Oscar thing pretty hard, isn't he?

'Knocked Up' May Restore Trust In Mainstream Comedy Stolen By Fat-Suited Eddie Murphy. From the makers of The 40-Year-Old Virgin, by the way.

WIP Remaking Night of the Living Dorks.

The Giver Lands at Warner Bros.

Mad Max 4 Announced -- Mel Gibson Will Not Star.

Johansson To Star On Broadway? Ah, one more thing to make my sister furious.

Watchmen Test Hidden in 300 Trailer.

If you like cat macros, you'll love 300 macros. This one, although not a variation on "THIS IS SPARTA!!," may be my favorite.

Something else I ran into in the macro thread: Scared of Bees cartoons. They have nothing to do with bees, by the way.

(Speaking of cat macros: GET OFF MY LAWN, YOU DAMN KIDS!)

The most deliciously useful page I have seen in a while: soundtrack.net's list of music used in movie trailers. I had actually been trying to find the song used in the Ever After trailer this very week.

Comments

[splits_thesky]

Oh God, I KNEW I should have skipped that dog story, but noooo, I couldn't leave well enough alone and just gone ahead and clicked the other cut. SDIUFHASKDANLSD GOD, SELF, WAY TO GO. :(((((

[ilanka.livejournal.com]

You articulate what I thought to myself when I read the first few lines. *gags*

It really hit home, because in middle school, kids threatened to do this to my Baby (my kitty). I always feared they would, and this story sent a cold chill down my spine because someone - somewhere - did.

[koritsimou.livejournal.com]

I am an intelligent woman. I have a college education. I got a 33 on my ACTS. I read books constantly. I is smart, SMRT smart.

And yet - I Can Has Cheezburger reduces me to helpless, tear-inducing, abdominal bruising giggles. I don't know why.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I can't help it either. I love me some cat macros.

[sigma7.livejournal.com]

God, yes, the 300 macros are made of win and love. But then, I still enjoy O RLY, so I'm not sure how rational my perspective is.

[evilbearhunter.livejournal.com]

Back the fuck away from The Giver, Hollywood. NO.

[pigsnicket.livejournal.com]

AGREED.

OT: The Tudors

[tsuki-no-yami.livejournal.com]

I don't know if you've already heard about this, but Consumerist.com has a directTV promo link that lets you watch the 1st to episodes of "The Tudors" online. The password for the videos is currently: " king ".

http://consumerist.com/consumer/showtime/free-stuff-watch-the-first-2-episodes-of-the-tudors-online-244593.php

*heads off to peek*

Re: OT: The Tudors

[songstressicons.livejournal.com]

Dammit! Why must I live in Canada? I curse you, "can only be accessed from within the United States"!

[artemis-archer.livejournal.com]

NOOO! Not The Giver! I was always so sure it was safe because of the whole color thing playing such a big part in it. I don't want it to be a movie =(

And that dog story is the worst thing I've heard in a long time. That poor girl. Why are people so screwed up like that?

[fateorlate.livejournal.com]

Thank you for that soundtrack.net link. I had been looking for that song they used in the Catch and Release and Reign Over Me T.V. spots.

[falco-conlon.livejournal.com]

300 Macros: I almost peed my pants. Honestly.

Eric Blog: Isn't that the Eric Conveys an Emotion guy? I LOVED him!

Brittney's Sugar Addiction: Mmmm...sounds like heroin! And/or Meth. Probably "and"

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Actually, I'm not sure that's the same Eric. He is Nun-Clown Eric, though.

[mustang-bex1126.livejournal.com]

First: The dog thing, I work for a National DV organization and I have to tell you, the articles don't mention it, but this sort of thing can be indicative of an abusive ex-boyfriend. It was a bad week for women, with the woman in Wisconsin getting killed at the police station, and the woman in Boston being blown up by her exboyfriend in her building's elevator. The time immediately after seperation are most dangerous for people leaving abusive partners- remember 25% of women will be victims.

ANd now for something completely different-I laughed so very hard out loud at the 300 Macros, my husband is playing Warcraft with headphones on in the other room and he heard me. Thank you for making me less distraught.

[misachan.livejournal.com]

The "We can't stop here! This is Spartaaaaaaaaa!!!!" macro slayed me. I am slain.

[ninepointfivemm.livejournal.com]

God, yes. I'm STILL cracking up.

[roseredhoofbeat.livejournal.com]

Yeah, so the sick son of a bitch that did that to her dog and was cruel enough to do that needs to have his head chopped off with a chainsaw.

[lezopez.livejournal.com]

National Treasure Sequel to Film at Mount Rushmore.

RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGE. My horrible horrible anger at the horrible horrible stories has successfully been transferred to Nicolas Cage and that HORRIBLE HORRIBLE MOVIE AND OH GOD WHY ARE THEY MAKING A SEQUEL KDSJFHKDSJFHKJHF.

[lilgoala.livejournal.com]

I am in tears over that dog thing. I didn't even click the link. What the hell is wrong with people?

[apocalyptically.livejournal.com]

I kicked back for a nice relaxed scroll through ONTD, and - Veronica Mars cancelled?! See woe here: http://community.livejournal.com/veronica_mars/1594812.html

[frodosgoosegirl.livejournal.com]

So you're the reason I have Eric on my feed. I've been reading him since before he went to Scotland and I just don't remember where he came from.

Also I do believe my boy and I spent a good hour at least dying of laughter over at I Can Has Cheezburger. Good stuff.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Yes! I think I found him on pamie.com, and then we started chatting a bit and I linked to him. He's switched blogs so many times, though, that I lost track of him at one point.

[megalion.livejournal.com]

Got this email tonight.... I'm sure your readers would be interested...

http://megalion.livejournal.com/234886.html

[spherissa.livejournal.com]

Crystal seems like a very lonely girl. The story leaves me worried about her and her grandmother's safety actually.

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

Oh, god, the "music used in movie trailers" thing is such a trigger for me. I'm always ticked that trailers use music that doesn't even have the decency to be IN THE MOVIE; there was a musical segment from the Aliens soundtrack that showed up in action film trailers even more than O Fortuna ever did. And coincidentally, when I first saw the trailer for Ever After, I actually said something to the effect of, "OMGWTF you KNOW that Loreena McKennitt's The Mummer's Dance, which I LOVE, isn't even IN the actual film, STFU. Pissed now."

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

*dies* I just now saw the list of "frequently used" on that site, and, whaddya know, I was dead on--The Aliens soundtrack is indeed used a bit more than O Fortuna has been! :D *wins*

[themindseye.livejournal.com]

Ever After? Possible the group Texas or Robert Miles. I had a bunch of their music back in the day before some ass broke into my car and stole all my cd's. I know the song on the credits was by Texas and the more electronic music was by Robert Miles...if my memory is to be trusted. Great great music all around. I was quite obsessed with both of them after that movie.

Ok...I just found the Texas song. It is called "Put Your Arms Around Me" (http://www.last.fm/music/Texas/_/Put+Your+Arms+Around+Me) Otherwise it would probably be the Robert Miles song "Fable".

[themindseye.livejournal.com]

Possibl(y) not possible. Jeez.

[amaelamin.livejournal.com]

Old Dog figured out the sliding door trick a while back--apparently she paws at the crack between the door and the wall or between doors until it's large enough to put her nose in, and then levers the door open that way. She's a collie mix, though, so she has quite a long nose to work with--I'm still trying to fathom how your puppies managed it.

[bigeyedrabbit.livejournal.com]

I like Kirsten Dunst, but I don't know if she's got a Debbie Harry biopic in her.

See, this is why I hate biopics in general. No matter how charismatic the actor they pick, that person is probably going to fall short of the charisma generated by someone who's intriguing enough to make a movie about.

[scarolinagrl.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much for the trailer/music link! That Ever After trailer and the music issue has troubled me for years.

[word-herder.livejournal.com]

Is there a limit on how many downloads are allowed for the POTC pics file? I followed your link but nothing is there? Or perhaps I have to sign up for an account...?

(I seem to be destined NOT to see these pictures.)

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Huh, I don't know. I wonder if someone reported it and had it taken down or something. Try it at yousendit.com:


And just for you? I threw in five new pictures that I just got today. : )

[annlarimer.livejournal.com]

My office mate tried to tell me the dog story this morning. She got as far as, "box on her front porch" and I covered my ears and started with the LA LA LA LA LA. It didn't help at all.

[arielchan.livejournal.com]

I'm willing to bet a good deal of money that the dog head in the box was done by one of the girl's classmates as a form of extreme bullying.