Still deskdancing. The *shame*

[cleolinda]

Why does my internet hate me? It takes two or three refreshes for any page to load, so the problem's got to be on my end. And I've run CCleaner and AdAware and all and can't find anything. Fnarr.

Also, Sister Girl wants you to know that Pete now has a lampshade on his head. You know, one of those cones they put around dogs' necks to keep them from chewing at stitches and whatever. "I'm going to have a satellite dog for a week," she moaned. "Well, maybe you'll get better reception now," I said.

Anyway, today's journal flashback: let's do that one time I went to see Derailed.

Linkspam!

Rudy Ray Moore dies at 81; comedian and filmmaker influenced rap and hip-hop.

Banks get 30 angry letters containing powder.

'Dinosaur dance floor' unearthed in Arizona.

10 Things the Food Industry Doesn't Want You to Know (U.S. News & World Report).

Federal agents take on Mongols motorcycle gang.

Police: 89-year-old won't give kids' ball back. I keep thinking there must be an accompanying article titled "Area Man Wants You to Get Off His Damn Lawn."

What Should A Smart-Ass Be For Halloween? I just wear what I normally wear and tell people I'm an undercover FBI agent. Really undercover.

eBay has announced that it will be banning all sales of ivory.

New Feist video with puppets: "Honey Honey."

Newest 'Guitar Hero' lets you create music.

McSweeney's dumped a ton of links into its RSS feed today, so: Feature: "World of Warcraft vs. My Girlfriend" (I would forward this to my sister, except that I think she may be even more addicted to WoW than her boyfriend); Feature: "From 'The Complete Guide to the Care and Training of the Writer in Your Life' " ("In the 1920s, the French brought the first writers from Asia to Europe, often installing them in cafés. Recently, there have been news stories about writers growing to well over 200 pounds and becoming aggressive or uncontrollable"); Feature: "Excerpts From 'The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Adolescent Female Edition.' "

Tragically, due to Buster’s less-than-stellar mental capacities, the spoon bent him.

Compare movie references in The Simpsons to the originals.

The Creatures Who Eat Your Fear for Breakfast. WARNING: PENNYWISE.

Justices turn down appeal in 'Alpha Dog' case.

Oscar Update: 'Reader' Love, My Hathaway Problem and More Best Pic Talk; Recall the Gold: The 1998 Best Supporting Actor Oscar race.

Scream Awards 2008: The anti-Oscars.

Transformers Attraction Coming to Universal's Parks.

Images: Steve McQueen's 'Hunger' Poster Finally Revealed (no, a different Steve McQueen. Also: Y hello thar, Michael Fassbender).

Trailers: 'High School Musical 3' Unscripted (‘High School Musical 3’ Week Kicks Off: Ashley Tisdale & Corbin Bleu Profiled!); Exclusive 'Let the Right One In' Red Band Clip (And That's Why You Always Formally Invite Your Vampire Girlfriend Inside); Must Watch: Great Featurette on the Origin of 'The Spirit'; First 10 Minutes From 'Sex Drive'; 'Madagascar 2' Thoroughly Enjoys 'Moving It.'

Must Watch: Fantastic 'Quantum of Solace' TV Trailer; 'Quantum of Solace' TV Spot #6 Online; Behind-The-Scenes 'Quantum of Solace' Footage; Craig, Kurylenko And Forster Comment On 'Quantum of Solace'; Daniel Craig On The Tonight Show; Marc Forster Can Only Handle One Bond at a Time; Everyone Stop Thinking Daniel Craig Might Play Thor ("He added jokingly, 'It would have been too much of a power trip, both Bond and Thor, and running around with long hair and a hammer' ").

‘Twilight’ Tuesday: Anna Kendrick Asks If We’ve Heard Any Good Gossip Lately; New Premiere interview with Peter Facinelli ("So the paler you were, the easier it was in the make-up chair. So I'd be walking around L.A. pre-shoot, taking the kids to school in a hat and glasses and a hood. I looked like the Unabomber"); Three reasons Robert Pattinson should host 'SNL' (STOP ENCOURAGING THEM, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY); New Twilight footage to premiere tonight on Spike TV during the Scream awards. Call me if there's sparkling.

More hi-res HBP calendar scans; Marketing Professor: Only Hufflepuffs Totally Loyal to Harry; New Interview with Tom Felton on Music, MySpace, and More.

Neil Gaiman Steps Aside For David Fincher On ‘Black Hole’ Adaptation.

Guillermo Del Toro’s ‘Jekyll and Hyde’ Will Treat Transformation As An Addiction.

Really, Don't Hold Your Breath For Dark Knight 2.

Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige Says ‘Dr. Strange’ Movie Likely Among Next Crop Of Films.

Jackson On Fury, Iron 2, Spirit.

Hulk Hate Puny Movies, And The Feeling Is Mutual.

Classic Swashbuckling Space Action — Frank Miller Style! He's not telling us who or what yet, though, which is good because a lynch mob might form after what complaints about he's done to The Spirit.

Mickey Rourke and Jason Statham Join '13 Tzameti' Remake.

David Gordon Green to Take On 'Freaks of the Heartland.'

‘The Princess Bride’ Director Rob Reiner To Helm Zoe Green’s Action-Adventure ‘Book Of Shadows.’

Hopkins Conducts Texan Orchestra.

Fickman, Twisted Remaking Four RKO Horror Pics.

Dispatches From Direct To DVD Purgatory: Brendan Fraser Gone Crazy Edition.

Comments

[sigma7.livejournal.com]

I keep thinking there must be an accompanying article titled "Area Man Wants You to Get Off His Damn Lawn."

Heh. Let's not drag presidential politics into this....

And I would've recommended both installments of MightyGodKing's 'shopped book cover collection (as seen on BoingBoing (http://www.boingboing.net/2008/10/21/true-nature-of-scien.html)) but his host got Boinged into oblivion and he's currently scouring for a new place to call home....

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I wondered what happened to that--it's been linked all over the place and I wanted to link it too.

[foresthouse.livejournal.com]

I love MightyGodKing - his commentary on lesser-known comic book heroes and villains in scans_daily was PRICELESS.

[scarletsherlock.livejournal.com]

GAAAAHHH PENNYWISE EEP

[elizardbits.livejournal.com]

"Area Man Wants You to Get Off His Damn Lawn."

SURELY that must be an Onion article somewere.

Also, that Simpsons movie references site is awesome, and yet is barely a drop in the bucket. Trying to catalogue all the refs from 20 seasons worth of episodes* would be even more insane than tracking down all the samples on Paul's Boutique was back in high school.

*Somewhere out there, a crazy media history grad student is probably doing this RIGHT NOW, actually.

[jharrison19.livejournal.com]

i think, and this maybe rumor, they're gonna have some of the baseball scene on scream awards, so it might be worth it.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Oh God, if there's a lot of speed-mo I don't think I'll be able to handle it.

[jharrison19.livejournal.com]

oops. sorry, i guess i misunderstood the meaning of exclusive clip to be a new clip, not the same clip from the mtv awards.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Oh, have they shown it already?

[cmdr-zoom.livejournal.com]

Frank Miller's Star Wars!
In which Han Solo and his huge, shaggy "partner" show whiny young Luke Skywalker how to be a Real Man, while romancing hot-and-cold bitch-tease Leia Organa and putting her in her place. Meanwhile, old, wise, and stone-cold Jedi hitman Obi Wan Kenobi kills a [censored] lot of mother[censored]s who had it coming.

[callmesyd.livejournal.com]

Needs more whores.

[cmdr-zoom.livejournal.com]

Saving it up for the third movie, where Luke (now a Real Man in his own right) has to track down and "rescue" Han from the depths of Jabba's Palace, the biggest [censored] whorehouse on Tatooine.

[callmesyd.livejournal.com]

Sweet.

Though I've always suspected Mon Mothma of whoritude.

[lunylucy.livejournal.com]

As much as I love the Hufflepuff shoutout, that guy doesn't know what he's talking about.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Like... I kind of see vaguely what he was going for, but... what?

[lunylucy.livejournal.com]

And talk about stereotyping.

[iczer6.livejournal.com]

Hey.

I wanted to let you know that there's a review of 'Twilight at mrsgiggles.com (http://www.mrsgiggles.com) and fairly indepth review of of 'The Seeker' at The Agony Booth (http://www.agonybooth.com)

[barrelgoddess.livejournal.com]

... more importantly, how did I neglect to see their Space Mutiny recap until now???

[fox-gloves.livejournal.com]

Dave Barry wrote an article entitled "Bagfoot and Satellite Head" about his two dogs who both had operations. Sadly, I've looked all over for the article, but have found the precursor to it.

http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/449850/

[idrach.livejournal.com]

It was published in his book Dave Barry Talks Back, which is hilarious and I highly recommend to everyone.

RANDOM EVIL-CLEO TWIN TIDBIT....

[cleojones.livejournal.com]

I have Rudy Ray Moore's autographed poster over my desktop computer.

TRUFAX.

Re: RANDOM EVIL-CLEO TWIN TIDBIT....

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow.

I will note here that when I woke up from having my wisdom teeth out--I woke up in a different room--the first thing I said, half-conscious, was, "What the shit is this?"

[thelovely2.livejournal.com]

Hehe that Derailed post makes me crack up so much. The power of a mountain dew.
DEAR GOD, Dark Knight 2... DEAR EFFING GOD, Rob Pattinson on SNL...
My point? People with ideas suck.

[madeline-may.livejournal.com]

Holy crystallized soda on a stick, Batman! I utterly forgot about Crazy Capslock Cleo and the sugar high that nearly ushered in the Apocalypse.

Such sweet memories. (ba-dum-CHHH)

[robinmc.livejournal.com]

Michael Fassbender...om nom drool. I used to watch Hex on BBC America just for him. When I went to see 300 I told my best friend about him, and somewhere in the middle of the movie she leaned over and said "yeah, that guy...yeah."

I just wear what I normally wear and tell people I'm an undercover FBI agent. Really undercover.

I once put on a nice shirt and heels to go to a Halloween concert, and when people asked me what I was supposed to be, I said "someone who gives a damn."

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Yeah, last I heard they'd gotten him for the new Wuthering Heights they're doing, but they're still fishing around for a Cathy (both Keira Knightley and Natalie Portman turned it down? I'm not sure).

hen people asked me what I was supposed to be, I said "someone who gives a damn."

Oh, nicely done. Hee.

[robinmc.livejournal.com]

I could see him playing Heathcliff...I guess...if they feel they really must remake it...again...oy.

Oh, nicely done. Hee.

Gracias.

[visceralvamp.livejournal.com]

I don't know why people are all "AAAH DARK KNIGHT 2" when it was announced after the success of Batman Begins that Christopher Nolan would make a trilogy. It's always been a trilogy. It's not them cashing off The Dark Knight.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Yeah... I don't get it either. Doesn't it seem natural that we'd have a third movie about, like, the redemption of Batman in the eyes of Gotham?

[gannet-guts.livejournal.com]

Damnit, when the hell does Let The Right One In come out here. No one is giving me concrete dates. I may or may not have let out a "DUDE THAT WAS AWESOME" when I saw that clip. And I'm sitting alone.

Why I love America...

[pastry-face.livejournal.com]

If you haven't heard, Obama is apparently officially a dictator.

Why, you may ask? Well, look no further than his blatant use of a flag with a big "O" on it... In Ohio... Bob Grant, being the genius he is, clearly caught-on that this flag was a representation of the coming leadership should Senator Obama win the election and not at all the state's flag.

My oh my, I love idiocy in the evening.
http://mediamatters.org/items/200810160022?f=h_latest

Re: Why I love America...

[callmesyd.livejournal.com]

FFFFFFFFFFFF AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Oh my God, that is awesome.

Re: Why I love America...

[robinmc.livejournal.com]

What's that smell? Ah yes.

DESPERATION.

Re: Why I love America...

[jharrison19.livejournal.com]

awesome

[t4-flirt.livejournal.com]

"I'm going to have a satellite dog for a week," she moaned. "Well, maybe you'll get better reception now," I said.

Take pictures of Pete. ;)

[graydown.livejournal.com]

DUDE! My company publishes Palaios -- I proofread the dinosaur dance floor paper! And now it's in the news!

That just made my night.

[soccerharry.livejournal.com]

I would watch SNL for the RPattz/Amy Poehler Breaking Dawn scene. I would just about die, from shock or laughter.

[yeuxdebleu.livejournal.com]

Why does my internet hate me? It takes two or three refreshes for any page to load, so the problem's got to be on my end. And I've run CCleaner and AdAware and all and can't find anything. Fnarr..

I don't think it's just you. I've been having the same problems for a couple of days now and my checkers can't find anything either. Bummer!

[wirrrn.livejournal.com]

Tim Curry's Pennywise was the only good thing about the IT miniseries. They left so much out, and had too many comedians in the adult roles. If ever a remake is actually warrented, IT calls out for one (with Tim Curry returning, natch)

[greedyskunk.livejournal.com]

Dude, with what they show on TV nowadays, an IT remake would scare the pants off me. *shudder* Bring it!

[decor-noctis.livejournal.com]

I'd just like to say thank you for the Pennywise warning on that one link. That would not have been fun *shudder*

[mustang-bex1126.livejournal.com]

Is relevant to your interests: http://failblog.org/2008/10/20/sneaky-restaurant-fail/

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

It is? I mean, it is funny, though.

oops!

[mustang-bex1126.livejournal.com]

Sorry, trying to show you this one, since you introduced me to the wonders of Smart Bitches, and that's the first thing I thought of when I saw this picture:

http://failblog.org/2008/10/09/three-handed-fail/#comments

Medieval Mutant Romance stories ftw.

Re: oops!

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Ah, hee. I've always liked that cover.

[ironclad1609.livejournal.com]

Dear God, that Simpson comparison was a wet dream coming true. I always wrote down the references I noticed in an Excel list/episode guide. *geekasm*

They missed the one from The Fugitive, though :)