Am I just never productive on a Monday?

[cleolinda]

Deeply weird: I was thinking about The Fountain, and when I got back to my desk half an hour later, "Death Is the Road to Awe," my favorite piece from the soundtrack, was cued up on my music player. I'm not saying it came up in a shuffle; I'm saying it was the only song on the playlist. When I'd left my desk, the only song on it had been the new Paramore. (Shut up.)

By the way, I did include that Edward-Bill meetup that people wanted in the latest True Blood recap. Mostly because I had been planning it from the moment I saw that episode. Seriously, that chair in the shadowy corner, y'all.

Today's Journal Birthmonth Flashback: kind of a Samson Agonistes recap (what? I was taking a Milton class). "Baby, why am I tied up?"

Linkspam!

Toddler falls from carnival ride, caught by fairgoers.

Great pumpkin is 1,900 pounds (and growing). And will make a pie out of you.

The Five-Blade Razor: America's Folly, which notes that both SNL and The Onion had already mocked the idea of razors with fewer blades than that years ago.

Area Man Punches Shark To Save Terrier. Not, in fact, an Onion article.

The Melancholy Deaths of Edward Gorey’s [Fictional] Children. Y'all, Gorey was even more messed up than I had previously realized.

"Housewife Finds Time To Write Short Stories": An Evening With Alice Munro.

Pynchon May Be Going Both Noir And Sparkly.

Coldplay's 'Prospekts March' tracklist & info.

Cheerleaders banned for using Katy Perry song. "It was fun. There was no backdoor meaning. We just wanted to twirl."

NOBODY NOOOOOEZ DA TRUBBLE I SEEEEEN; Monorail kitteh now stops @ library.

Anything Called "Blasphemous Horrors" Belongs on My Wall for Sure.

Try some more creepy-ass McDonald's ads.

Why Was This Freaky Scene Cut From Tonight's 'Sarah Connor'?

The BBC Wanted A Baby Doctor Who, Says RTD; The Worst Doctor Who Rip-Off In Any Space-Time Continuum [Found Footage].

'Chihuahua' is top dog at box office; The Hater: What 'Beverly Hills Chihuahua' Means For America.

Oscar Update: Universal Previews Oscar Contenders; Oscar Update: 'Defiance' and 'Duchess' Scripts Online.

'Recall the Gold': Re-voting past Oscar races, starting with the Best Picture of 1998.

Steven Spielberg and DreamWorks Officially Split From Paramount.

Lauren Bacall Livens Up Nicole Kidman Profile With Cuss-Laden Slams at Tom Cruise [Old People Swearing]. And that's why I like to tell people I was named after her, even though I wasn't.

Images: First Look at Kate Winslet in 'The Reader'; Jake Gyllenhaal on set of 'Prince of Persia' in London 03.10.08; W.; Sex Drive; Exclusive: 'Special' Poster Premiere; 'Little Ashes' Movie Poster from Regent; Computer Ghosts Still Won't Die In 'Pulse 3.'

Trailers and clips: 3 'Quarantine' Clips Lock You In With The Infected; Oscar nominated Hitler film lampooned extensively by YouTubers; 'The Burrowers' Monsters Will Spit Acid On You While You're Down; Norwegian Nazi Zombies? You've Got To See This Trailer!

trailer_spot: Uninvited, Paul Blart: Mall Cop, Broken, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, Blindness.

30 New 'Quantum of Solace' Photos Hit The Web; MAJOR SPOILERS: 'Quantum' Tribute To A Past James Bond Film (SHIT I DIDN'T WANT TO KNOW THAT. Thank you, blogs who revealed the spoiler in your headlines); Bond Girls Back For 'Quantum' Main Title Sequence; Daniel Craig To Promote 'Quantum of Solace' On The Tonight Show.

Second Watchmen trailer to run in front of 'Quantum of Solace'; Exclusive: 'Watchmen' Video Journal; 'Watchmen' Video Journal: Dr. Manhattan is Composed of Numerous Lights (the picture, where Billy Crudup is in his mocap suit with Malin Akerman in her normal superhero costume? I love behind-the-scenes stuff like that).

'The Dark Knight' DVD and More 'Batman 3' Rumors.

‘Twilight’ soundtrack listing released; Twilight Soundtrack: Hayley Williams on the series/new single 'Decode'; Twilight Conventions Abound; from splits_thesky: Robert Pattinson: A Critical Examination of His Hair, 2005 - 2008.

Guillermo del Toro on 'The Hobbit' and 'Frankenstein.'

Ridley Scott Confirms He's Making Brave New World [Exclusive].

'Blade Runner' Started, And Ended, As A Comic Book.

The First Avenger: Captain America Synopsis Revealed.

Jeff Bridges Finally Talks About Working on Tr2n!

Winslet To Star In Vivienne Westwood Biopic.

Exclusive: RocknRollin' with Guy Ritchie.

Q&A: An 'Ember' Fish Story; Ronan Sees Hope In Dark 'Bones.'

Woody Harleson To Become 2009's Hancock ['Defendor']; Kat Dennings Joins a Fake Superhero Thing.

Disney Star Christy Carlson Romano Gets Violent, Considers Nudity. "Wolvesbayne"?

Oops… DVD Accidentally Shipped With Kristen Bell’s Privates Unblurred.

James Caan and Gabriel Macht Create Some Internet Porn; Caan, Macht, Stormare and Taylor Join 'Middle Men.'

Brandon Routh Joins An ‘Unthinkable’ Cast; Four More Face the 'Unthinkable.'

Did '28 Months Later' Already Find its Director?

Jesse Eisenberg Jumps From Adventureland to Zombieland.

More Updates on George Romero's 'Island of the Dead.'

Has Marvel Discovered The Everybody-Wins Solution For Zombies?

Dead man on campus: 'Zombie tag' is off and running.

(OKAY, ENOUGH WITH THE ZOMBIES, PEOPLE.)

Everybody's Working For The Weekend, Including The Space Monsters [Found Footage].

Comments

[madeline-may.livejournal.com]

This was a linkspam of epic proportions, and for that I thank you.

Hey, you doing NaNo this year?

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I'm trying to finish my existing novel by the end of the year, so... as such, no.

[redcoast.livejournal.com]

She dropped her daughter?!? If I were in her position I would hold on as long as I could and never let go.

[madeline-may.livejournal.com]

I know!! She then said she had to pry her daughter's tiny fingers from her coat!

"Sorry, honey, but Mommy's survival is much more important. Someday, if you survive, you'll get through this. Of course, it'll be with thousands of dollars in therapy and a lifetime of regrets and an intense, raw, searing, yet repressed, hatred of your mother. So, uh, peace out!"

[incogra.livejournal.com]

"It was fun. There was no backdoor meaning. We just wanted to twirl."

I like those girls. Also, "I just wanted to twirl" is my new go-to excuse for everything.

I just want Del Toro to get through all these other projects and make At the Mountains of Madness, already.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Seriously, "I just wanted to twirl" is one of the best things ever.

I love the "backdoor meaning," though. Honey, it's about girls kissing girls. I don't think it HAS to have a sekrit hidden meaning.

[cleojones.livejournal.com]

Brandon Routh still exists??

I thought he was gobbled up by the Hollywood hype machine, never to be seen again.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I know, man. I was similarly shocked to find out a few months ago that Gretchen Mol is still working, too.

[holdouttrout.livejournal.com]

THERE CAN NEVER BE TOO MANY ZOMBIES.

*coughs*

Sorry. Momentary zombie insanity. It happens occasionally.

[shocolate.livejournal.com]

And that's why I like to tell people I was named after her, even though I wasn't.

Ah, I totally was!

*preens*

re: the RPATTZ hairstravaganza

[elizardbits.livejournal.com]

"I ... realized Robert's hair is nothing short of astounding."

AHA. If only they knew about it's seekrit DANGER-DETECTING CAPABILITIES.

Also, all mockery aside, that 5-bladed razor is awesome like a hundred billion hot dogs.

Re: the RPATTZ hairstravaganza

[farathoom.livejournal.com]

...I just had to applaud your Izzard reference. ::applauds::

[crumpeteer.livejournal.com]

Sure McDonalds has some creepy ads, but do they have a mascot that is an expressionless king who makes awkward advances at you and makes you question the existance of God? Game, set, match Burger King, game, set, match.

[spectralbovine.livejournal.com]

Toddler falls from carnival ride, caught by fairgoers.
Holy God. That headline does not include the fact that the toddler did not just fall: her mother actually pried her off to save herself. That is not as inspirational a story as I thought going in.

Ridley Scott Confirms He's Making Brave New World [Exclusive].
Oh, cool!! I'm seeing Body of Lies tonight.

Did '28 Months Later' Already Find its Director?
Good God, are we going to get 28 Hours Later too? And 28 Minutes Later, the TV series? And then 28 Seconds Later, which will be a YouTube viral video?

Naked Kristen Bell? Intriguing!

[skellington7d.livejournal.com]

She wasn't trying to save herself. She held on as long as she could while the crowd was shouting for her to let go so they could catch the baby, and she made the choice to trust them. If she had held on they would have both fallen and her daughter would have definitely been killed. Seeing as how no one was hurt, it seems she made the right decision.

[snowwhite2421.livejournal.com]

I see your moustache (http://community.livejournal.com/ohnotheydidnt/28513613.html) and raise you THIS BEARD. (http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1475188992/tt0758774)

[crumpeteer.livejournal.com]

But have you truly contemplated the moustache?

HAVE YOU!?

[tabbyclaw.livejournal.com]

Known for her parts in the Disney shows “Even Stevens” (co-starring with Shia LaBeouf) and “Kim Possible,” Romano is trying to step out from her kid-friendly past. “Now all my fans are in college and they’re happy to see me do stuff like this,” she said.

I was already in college when I was a fan of her old stuff. >.> And I don't feel the need to see her doing "adult" stuff now. That's what Kim Possible fanfic is for.

[callmesyd.livejournal.com]

mmm shego

[robinmc.livejournal.com]

Have you seen the new Twilight poster yet? (I'm sure you have, but...anyhoo)

http://community.livejournal.com/ohnotheydidnt/28534096.html

Because the first one wasn't playing up the creepiness factor enough.


And speaking of Doctor Who: Captain Picard--er, Patrick Stewart is going to make an appearance on the show.

It's enough to make a sci-fi nerd swoon.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I just now saw it on Cinematical. I'm a little thrown off by the idea of Edward smiling, though.

[sugarcages.livejournal.com]

AAhh, they should totally make a Cinderella carriage out of that pumpkin...

[ringlass.livejournal.com]

NO SUCH THING as too many zombies.

Jus sayin.

[moogleybacon.livejournal.com]

The Dark Knight hits DVD on December 9th...

heeee! It comes out the same day as Lost! That's gonna be my favorite day in December, I can tell. 8D

[tinyammmy]

I actually saw a child fall off an amusement park ride! This would have been... geeze, probably 12 or 14 years ago now. But I was waiting in line for a ferris wheel, and a toddler slipped under the safety bar when his car was at the top of the wheel. It was actually the operator, a teenaged guy, who caught the child.

...needless to say, my parents didn't let me ride the ride. But it was immediately what I thought of, with the first piece of linkspam. It was something I still have to get my family to confirm actually happened, because even at the time, it seemed unreal.

[discogravy.livejournal.com]

zombies are like the cool cousins that vampires try to emulate at the horror-movie get-togethers.

actually the best zombie story i ever heard of was a post-apocalypso (new word, shut up) future where vampires were protecting humans from zombies...because zombie blood is no good to a vampire. so the humans were basically cattle. very post-meta-whatever. damned if i can remember the name of the thing though.

[jharrison19.livejournal.com]

timeline of rpattz's hair = AWESOME.

[mercat.livejournal.com]

SPIELBERG NOOOOOOOO

How can you make an Indy V without the Paramount Mountain intro?!

I think that would break my heart D:

[somewhatmoot.livejournal.com]

The fountain haunts me too. I'm terrified that a sickly Rachel Weiz is going to pop out of my bathtub with a telescope and a leatherbound journal

[swordmage.livejournal.com]

When I went to Gorey's house several years ago, it was around Halloween. There were a number of tombstones in the yard with children from The Gashlycrumb Tinies.

Honestly, I love the man deeply and utterly. No matter how odd his images and stories may be.

[misachan.livejournal.com]

Awww man. I love the second Doctor so much I actually enjoyed that Professor Wagstaff clip. I have no doubt I would own that if it became available. I am that big a nerd.

Did '28 Months Later' Already Find its Director?

Noooooooo! Why?!?

[kosher-jenny.livejournal.com]

Woah, some of the Gorey stuff in that link is messed up, and I say that as someone who likes his stuff (that last image, geez)

However, this does give me an excuse to link to Shaenon K. Garrity's excellent Gorey-style take on The Trouble with Tribbles (http://shaenon.livejournal.com/48834.html#cutid1), not that I usually need an excuse.

[barrelgoddess.livejournal.com]

That was pure win.

*

[frogempress.livejournal.com]

I was just thinking about The Fountain, too. I went on a mad quest to unlock its meaning, but wasn't what I'd call successful. Oh, well. I think I've grasped the basic gist...

Perhaps?

I got back to my desk half an hour later, "Death Is the Road to Awe," my favorite piece from the soundtrack, was cued up on my music player. I'm not saying it came up in a shuffle; I'm saying it was the only song on the playlist

Dun-dun-DUN. Now that is creepy! I love it when stuff like that happens.

[softerthansound.livejournal.com]

I was thinking about The Fountain right before I read this. Maybe it's something about today.