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Ladies and gentlemen, I bring you: the POTC3 trailer, a full day early. Yes, it's dubbed into Russian. We can't have everything, now, can we? ( Can you have spoilers for a trailer? )
Also: More POTC3 pics.
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Also: More POTC3 pics.
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Apr. 13th, 2006 07:47 pmOkay, so... it's been a while. I'm not sure why I haven't updated in a few days; I feel like I've been busy, but I'm not sure doing what. ( Well... )
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( A little bit of linkspam )
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Apr. 24th, 2005 11:14 pmI forgot to mention that Katharine, one of the readers here, wrote in and asked me to post the crazy Harry Potter/Katie Leung haters link--she didn't give me her LJ username, but mentioned that she'd written about it on her journal, and that basically crazy fangirl racism like that needs to be exposed and spoken out against, possibly using more elegant grammatical constructions than the one I just deployed. And it does.
(ETA: I'm not going to link to the hate site in question, but I was able to find it pretty quickly by Googling. I mean, the article does give the name, if not the URL, in the text itself.)
Am still waiting for Aslan news. Seriously, I loved the LOTR movies, but I didn't really enjoy or understand the books until I had the actors in my head the summer before the movie first came out. It was easier to keep everyone straight when I had advance stills in front of me. Narnia, on the other hand? Yeah. Waiting to find out who's voicing Aslan is, for me, like waiting to find out who was going to play Gandalf was for a lot of people. And as Vladimir pointed out, they'll probably tweak the actor's voice digitally to make it a lot deeper and... lion... y... er. So several people I didn't think had deep enough voices are now mentally back in the running.
Let's finish up Pimp Request Amnesty Week, which will be back at the end of May if you missed it this time. I think I got everyone in, but I had a problem pulling up an entry draft at one point--I think it just cut off a couple of misc. links, but I'm not sure. If you commented during the week (AND YES, I WILL REMEMBER YOU) but your pimp didn't make it onto the journal, let me know.
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whatever3001: "Ok. There's like 20 minutes left. Let's beg for a random pimp of my icon comm thunderstills or my challenge base_challenge. Cause you're amazing like that :) "
iczer6: I messed up the link to Icz's pimp, so I'm repimping it here: http://girlgeniusonline.com/.
joannad: "Oh, um, pimp request! I don't know how many of your readers know about Death Note (and they totally should. it's an awesome manga), but there's a parody RP at ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
for_justice and we really need more players! Thanks for the exposure!"
clovecigarettes: "If you're still accepting pimpables, there's always my website -- I need to finish my album, maybe a little pimping will be the kick in the pants I need to get it done."
bakednudel: I was sure that someone responded to one of your posts with an animated gif icon of the "LOST" title (word floating through the darkness). I *lustedafter* that icon with a great lust...however, I didn't grab it when I spotted it...and now, hundreds of comments later, I can't find it. *sob* An image search on google didn't turn it up.So if anyone sees this and can point me to that icon, or to where I can ask if it can be used...I would be ever so grateful! *thanks* "
dawnie1970: "Hell, I put my 2 cents in. I want pimpage! Come by to play in or just read my role-playing community I co-mod called a_new_night. It's Ats S1 AU, Wes/Angel and Doyle/Cordy heavy."
travelsizedoug: "cleolinda dear, you're so good for pimping. And sexy. If you would pimp firstchair, a community for young musicians who love "classical" music and music in general, I'd love you forever. Also, gay_ravers is a great community that is quite self-explanatory. I moderate/maintain both."
starr234: "If I'm not too late (I've been driving for the past five hours, so telling time is starting to make my brain hurt), it'd be great if some of the multitudes who read your journal could go over to http://www.getarrested.com and sign the petition, which will hopefully convince Fox to keep Arrested Development around for another season. I'm sorry, this was perhaps the most shallow pimp request ever. I guess I can't have you pimp my new business because I don't have a name for it yet, so AD it is! Um...flattery...Cleo's awesome? ;)"
It was at this point that I realized that people thought "Flattery will get you everywhere" was me trying to say, "So flatter me, and maybe I'll pimp you," when what I was really doing was trying to humorously acknowledge some of the over-the-top thanks I was getting. Sort of like, "And on that note, maybe flattery will get you everywhere." So, uh... I was not actually demanding homage, which is... totally what it looked like, I guess.
sweinberg: "I think you should pimp your favorite geeky Jewish pothead movie critic."
lots42: "Pardon, if I make a breach in ettiquite, but if you are still taking Pimpage Requests, please consider http://www.sir-toby.com/extend-a-story. No ads, no pictures, straight up texty goodness. Branching, choose your own way storyline and any blank pages can be added onto. The new page will appear in moments. There is a concentrated effort to avoid pointless violence and gratitous cheesecake. Instead, we have plot-relevant violence and um...lots of cheesecake. Plus, a talking dog."
Misc. links:
The Daily Kitten!
Capewatch: The masks hit the block today, and bidding immediately went nuts. And Really Useful Films kind of crossed a line in touting the Butlerian detritus still attached to the iconic white mask, I think. Like, seriously, y'all. Don't encourage the crazy. If there's still hair attached to the adhesive, they're just going to make voodoo dolls or clone him or something, and you know it.
(ETA: I'm not going to link to the hate site in question, but I was able to find it pretty quickly by Googling. I mean, the article does give the name, if not the URL, in the text itself.)
Am still waiting for Aslan news. Seriously, I loved the LOTR movies, but I didn't really enjoy or understand the books until I had the actors in my head the summer before the movie first came out. It was easier to keep everyone straight when I had advance stills in front of me. Narnia, on the other hand? Yeah. Waiting to find out who's voicing Aslan is, for me, like waiting to find out who was going to play Gandalf was for a lot of people. And as Vladimir pointed out, they'll probably tweak the actor's voice digitally to make it a lot deeper and... lion... y... er. So several people I didn't think had deep enough voices are now mentally back in the running.
Let's finish up Pimp Request Amnesty Week, which will be back at the end of May if you missed it this time. I think I got everyone in, but I had a problem pulling up an entry draft at one point--I think it just cut off a couple of misc. links, but I'm not sure. If you commented during the week (AND YES, I WILL REMEMBER YOU) but your pimp didn't make it onto the journal, let me know.
whatever3001: "Ok. There's like 20 minutes left. Let's beg for a random pimp of my icon comm thunderstills or my challenge base_challenge. Cause you're amazing like that :) "iczer6: I messed up the link to Icz's pimp, so I'm repimping it here: http://girlgeniusonline.com/.joannad: "Oh, um, pimp request! I don't know how many of your readers know about Death Note (and they totally should. it's an awesome manga), but there's a parody RP at for_justice and we really need more players! Thanks for the exposure!"clovecigarettes: "If you're still accepting pimpables, there's always my website -- I need to finish my album, maybe a little pimping will be the kick in the pants I need to get it done."bakednudel: I was sure that someone responded to one of your posts with an animated gif icon of the "LOST" title (word floating through the darkness). I *lustedafter* that icon with a great lust...however, I didn't grab it when I spotted it...and now, hundreds of comments later, I can't find it. *sob* An image search on google didn't turn it up.So if anyone sees this and can point me to that icon, or to where I can ask if it can be used...I would be ever so grateful! *thanks* "dawnie1970: "Hell, I put my 2 cents in. I want pimpage! Come by to play in or just read my role-playing community I co-mod called a_new_night. It's Ats S1 AU, Wes/Angel and Doyle/Cordy heavy."travelsizedoug: "cleolinda dear, you're so good for pimping. And sexy. If you would pimp firstchair, a community for young musicians who love "classical" music and music in general, I'd love you forever. Also, gay_ravers is a great community that is quite self-explanatory. I moderate/maintain both."starr234: "If I'm not too late (I've been driving for the past five hours, so telling time is starting to make my brain hurt), it'd be great if some of the multitudes who read your journal could go over to http://www.getarrested.com and sign the petition, which will hopefully convince Fox to keep Arrested Development around for another season. I'm sorry, this was perhaps the most shallow pimp request ever. I guess I can't have you pimp my new business because I don't have a name for it yet, so AD it is! Um...flattery...Cleo's awesome? ;)"It was at this point that I realized that people thought "Flattery will get you everywhere" was me trying to say, "So flatter me, and maybe I'll pimp you," when what I was really doing was trying to humorously acknowledge some of the over-the-top thanks I was getting. Sort of like, "And on that note, maybe flattery will get you everywhere." So, uh... I was not actually demanding homage, which is... totally what it looked like, I guess.
sweinberg: "I think you should pimp your favorite geeky Jewish pothead movie critic."lots42: "Pardon, if I make a breach in ettiquite, but if you are still taking Pimpage Requests, please consider http://www.sir-toby.com/extend-a-story. No ads, no pictures, straight up texty goodness. Branching, choose your own way storyline and any blank pages can be added onto. The new page will appear in moments. There is a concentrated effort to avoid pointless violence and gratitous cheesecake. Instead, we have plot-relevant violence and um...lots of cheesecake. Plus, a talking dog."Misc. links:
The Daily Kitten!
Capewatch: The masks hit the block today, and bidding immediately went nuts. And Really Useful Films kind of crossed a line in touting the Butlerian detritus still attached to the iconic white mask, I think. Like, seriously, y'all. Don't encourage the crazy. If there's still hair attached to the adhesive, they're just going to make voodoo dolls or clone him or something, and you know it.
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Apr. 24th, 2005 04:05 pmHoroscope: Your friends adore you, and today they'll show you just how much. In the mail? I get Tim Tams and a "Never Surrender" bracelet. Aww, thank you, guys!
Let's dole out a few more pimps. Reminder: I am currently just working on the backlog. No new requests will be taken until next month.
ginmar: ""Can you pimp my domestic violence project? If you're being abused or have been abused, what would have or what would help you? What do you want? What would like people to say or ask? [Go] right here. There's an entry before and after, too about the same subject---the latter one is asking male victims and men in general for their perspective, because what I'm finding is that men's rights groups are absolutely not helping these guys at all. At the very least, they get to talk and vent and smash some stereotypes."
hadgm: "If it's not too much trouble, could you pimp Daisy's web site? She's been traveling for almost five years now. Thanks!"
_skulking_: "ohboyd is a new Billy Boyd comm. We're just starting and the rules are not quite finished yet. But it's intended to be a well modded, Billy content-rich alternative to the current comms."
boomingvoice: "Heard the latest backstreet song? Feeling a resurgance of love/hate/interest? Join backstreetboys and keep up with the happenings. Also, like seeing naked famous people's naughty bits? celebritease is where it's at. And while I'm here, let me sheepishly do ask the following. Please join? You don't even need to do anything, I just want the points. :)"
anne_jumps: "Why not: Please pimp jumpfolks, for fans of the band Jump (also known as Jump, Little Children)."
Misc. links:
What the flaming fuck? Harry Potter fanpoodles: Once again proving that it's never too early to start hating any girl who shares the screen with Daniel Radcliffe.
Speaking of which, Sister Girl and I started looking at the cast list for Goblet of Fire and noticed... look at who's playing the band members of the Weird Sisters: two members of Radiohead and the lead singer of Pulp.
Oh, and some more weirdness, also courtesy of Sister Girl: Some guy is claiming to channel Jonathan Brandis. Because what Jonathan Brandis wants from beyond the grave are for his last thoughts on earth to be posted... on the IMDB.
Also: Eeeee hee! They're casting a new voice for Aslan!:
Actually, now that I think about it, my primary criteria for an Aslan voice are deep, booming, and beneficent. It suddenly occurred to me that Alan Rickman would make a very, very good Aslan, and it would come out different enough from his Snape voice that I don't think it would be that big of a conflict.
Capewatch: The cape is holding strong at "Too much damn money," but the white mask just hit the block and jumped from "Damn, that's a chunk of change" to "Oh my God, you people are insane" while I was watching. Literally, the price doubled on a single refresh. Also: Sort the items on that link by "highest price first" and watch the hilarity. The first non-Butler item is the wedding dress, down at number ten, below items he may or may not have even touched. The crazy is strong on this one.
Let's dole out a few more pimps. Reminder: I am currently just working on the backlog. No new requests will be taken until next month.
ginmar: ""Can you pimp my domestic violence project? If you're being abused or have been abused, what would have or what would help you? What do you want? What would like people to say or ask? [Go] right here. There's an entry before and after, too about the same subject---the latter one is asking male victims and men in general for their perspective, because what I'm finding is that men's rights groups are absolutely not helping these guys at all. At the very least, they get to talk and vent and smash some stereotypes."hadgm: "If it's not too much trouble, could you pimp Daisy's web site? She's been traveling for almost five years now. Thanks!"_skulking_: "ohboyd is a new Billy Boyd comm. We're just starting and the rules are not quite finished yet. But it's intended to be a well modded, Billy content-rich alternative to the current comms."boomingvoice: "Heard the latest backstreet song? Feeling a resurgance of love/hate/interest? Join backstreetboys and keep up with the happenings. Also, like seeing naked famous people's naughty bits? celebritease is where it's at. And while I'm here, let me sheepishly do ask the following. Please join? You don't even need to do anything, I just want the points. :)"anne_jumps: "Why not: Please pimp jumpfolks, for fans of the band Jump (also known as Jump, Little Children)."Misc. links:
What the flaming fuck? Harry Potter fanpoodles: Once again proving that it's never too early to start hating any girl who shares the screen with Daniel Radcliffe.
Speaking of which, Sister Girl and I started looking at the cast list for Goblet of Fire and noticed... look at who's playing the band members of the Weird Sisters: two members of Radiohead and the lead singer of Pulp.
Oh, and some more weirdness, also courtesy of Sister Girl: Some guy is claiming to channel Jonathan Brandis. Because what Jonathan Brandis wants from beyond the grave are for his last thoughts on earth to be posted... on the IMDB.
Also: Eeeee hee! They're casting a new voice for Aslan!:
The big news of the Biola Media Conference is that Brian Cox is no longer doing the voice of Aslan! Apparently he has lost some weight and his voice has changed.These are all problematic choices, as 1) McKellen IS Gandalf, and was Gandalf for three whole movies, and forever shall be Gandalf; 2) it's going to confuse the children horribly to go see Ralph Fiennes play Voldemort in November and then hear him play Aslan in December; and 3) as for the other guys--well, Aslan should not be sexy, I'll put it that way. (Complete non sequitur: I do have hopes that Timothy Dalton will get to reprise his role from the His Dark Materials stage play in the movie adaptation.)
Reportedly, Jason Isaacs, Timothy Dalton, Sean Bean, Gerard Butler, Ian McKellen, and Ralph Fiennes have all auditioned for the part. No choice has yet been made. Stay tuned as we’re covering this breaking story!
Actually, now that I think about it, my primary criteria for an Aslan voice are deep, booming, and beneficent. It suddenly occurred to me that Alan Rickman would make a very, very good Aslan, and it would come out different enough from his Snape voice that I don't think it would be that big of a conflict.
Capewatch: The cape is holding strong at "Too much damn money," but the white mask just hit the block and jumped from "Damn, that's a chunk of change" to "Oh my God, you people are insane" while I was watching. Literally, the price doubled on a single refresh. Also: Sort the items on that link by "highest price first" and watch the hilarity. The first non-Butler item is the wedding dress, down at number ten, below items he may or may not have even touched. The crazy is strong on this one.
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Apr. 23rd, 2005 09:09 pmAnother round from the To Pimp list, while the Spider-Man DVD is rolling over back to the beginning:
lady_tavington: "Oh, All Mighty Cleo, I have, for thy pimping, a story to push, hoping that thou willst do some magic for me... I just started a Star Wars/Lostr (LOST+LOTR pairings) fic, entitled Discord Among Us, and I was hoping you could do me some pimping... Chapter 1 be here, and Chapter 2 be here. While you're at it, could you also pimp my fic comm, literarydebris? Tnx muchleh."
divabat: "rphurtsmybrain (a spinoff of trollprincess's ithurtsmybrain) needs writers and faithlikewhoa needs more people posting. Thankee :D "
theatre_angel: "I should hope that Sherie Rene Scott Online is eligible for pimping."
shempskaya: "Please pimp my community ghpp, The Guerilla Haiku Postcard Project. The gist of it is, write a haiku on a postcard, mail it anonymously to whoever you want, and post it. It's been dead in there for quite awhile, maybe some new blood will freshen it up."
chorusgirl: ":Pimp take two: My Harry Potter fanfic. R&R maybe?"
tundraeternal: "Could you give a shout out on behalf of who_new_who, a comm for people who've fallen in love with the new Doctor Who series? We want lots of people to come join so we can all be psycho fanatics together. Thanks!"
mackzazzle: "So, my pimp request? negability. Literary history RPG. Yeah, you heard that right. It's just starting, and we're really hurtin' for characters. Any English author born before 1900 is fair came. Come on. It's only the awesomest thing ever. ;)"
akakat: "Lovely Cleo, tf I'm not past deadline could you pimp my Vid site? Music videos for HP, LOTR, POTC, and others."
Misc. links:
Sincevampychick reminded me, Capewatch: "Approximately US $4,349.63." (Emmy Rossum's Christine wedding dress? Approximately US $482.44. Oh, burrrrrrrn.) And yeah, the quills are already out of my reach. Woe for writerly mementoes. However, you can still get a whole frickin' bee costume (I know, man. Bee costume?) for like $15.
(I still want to know who ran off with the candelarmbra.)
lady_tavington: "Oh, All Mighty Cleo, I have, for thy pimping, a story to push, hoping that thou willst do some magic for me... I just started a Star Wars/Lostr (LOST+LOTR pairings) fic, entitled Discord Among Us, and I was hoping you could do me some pimping... Chapter 1 be here, and Chapter 2 be here. While you're at it, could you also pimp my fic comm, literarydebris? Tnx muchleh."divabat: "rphurtsmybrain (a spinoff of trollprincess's ithurtsmybrain) needs writers and faithlikewhoa needs more people posting. Thankee :D "theatre_angel: "I should hope that Sherie Rene Scott Online is eligible for pimping."shempskaya: "Please pimp my community ghpp, The Guerilla Haiku Postcard Project. The gist of it is, write a haiku on a postcard, mail it anonymously to whoever you want, and post it. It's been dead in there for quite awhile, maybe some new blood will freshen it up."chorusgirl: ":Pimp take two: My Harry Potter fanfic. R&R maybe?"tundraeternal: "Could you give a shout out on behalf of who_new_who, a comm for people who've fallen in love with the new Doctor Who series? We want lots of people to come join so we can all be psycho fanatics together. Thanks!"mackzazzle: "So, my pimp request? negability. Literary history RPG. Yeah, you heard that right. It's just starting, and we're really hurtin' for characters. Any English author born before 1900 is fair came. Come on. It's only the awesomest thing ever. ;)"akakat: "Lovely Cleo, tf I'm not past deadline could you pimp my Vid site? Music videos for HP, LOTR, POTC, and others."Misc. links:
Since
vampychick reminded me, Capewatch: "Approximately US $4,349.63." (Emmy Rossum's Christine wedding dress? Approximately US $482.44. Oh, burrrrrrrn.) And yeah, the quills are already out of my reach. Woe for writerly mementoes. However, you can still get a whole frickin' bee costume (I know, man. Bee costume?) for like $15.(I still want to know who ran off with the candelarmbra.)
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Apr. 23rd, 2005 07:15 pmGod, the Spider-Man subtitles are ass. The movie's in widescreen, but their widescreen ain't so wide, if you get what I'm saying, so you don't get those nice, neat little white titles on the lower black bar. No, we've got these giant, intrusive yellow titles all over the movie itself. Great. Thanks. And yeah, subtitles (when available) are a vital part of the movie parodying process, as those of y'all who read my Lost recaps will know from my constant mishearings of things. Sigh.
The summer movie preview Entertainment Weekly just came in. Interesting pictures on some of these movies--and they put Batman ahead of Star Wars, which tickles my schadenfreude bone for some reason. Still, way too many pictures of Wookiees for my taste.
Also, I'm trying something new with my Yahoo calendar--making certain things available for y'all to see. Granted, I'm not showing you everything, but I'm thinking I'll post anything interesting I see in the TV listings, like good movie recommendations (you can add to calendar straight from Yahoo TV), and you can get a small glimpse into my schedule. Because, you know, I am just that fascinating.
(The real reason I'm posting this link is because all the new Lost eps are marked on my calendar, and if you hover your cursor over the event title "Lost," you can read a brief summary of that ep. ABC put out a press release, apparently, which I in turn snaffled from a Snarkfest post.)
(Note: please do not try to add me to your Yahoo Messenger, because I'm going to turn you down. It's nothing personal; I just don't have time to talk to folks. Seriously, I use it to talk to one person (guess), and occasionally Sister Girl when she's too lazy to walk twelve feet over to my room.)
Meanwhile: I'm doling out the last several pimps in smaller groups, so: if you haven't appeared yet, you will. Yes, new requests are closed until the end of May.
aberranteyes: "Could I possibly inveigle you into pimping aeoncontinuum and the comms for the individual Trinity Universe role-playing games (aeonadventure, aeonaberrant and aeontrinity)? They're actually etherlad's, not mine, but I'm doing this as a favor for him, since I'm sure there must be a TU fan somewhere on your flist. ^_^ "
cabellicious: "For people interested in fun, affordable art, frippy does awesome paintings, and has recently branched out to some painted objects like boxes. She's got a website with a lot of her art available to view at http://mentalsewage.com and she's started listing her work on eBay if you're interested in buying some. It'd be really nice if she could get some exposure because right now she feels like she's pressuring her immediate circle of friends to buy her work, not that she actually IS, but she definitely deserves a wider audience. I have one of her bunny paintings in my living room and lots of people have commented (favorably) on it."
icaruscrucified: "Could you also be so kind as to point out that tomorrow (April 23rd) is 24 Hour Comics Day? It's a worthy cause overflowing with geekery. Hooray! Further information can be found at www.24hourcomics.com."
_angsty: "You could pimp me.. because I always like having new friends. :) Yay? Oh, also, Anderson Cooper 360, which is on at 7:00 on weekdays on CNN and everyone should watch it because Andy's the best. And Dr. Sanjay is also excellent."
Misc. links:
Land of the Lost: The Movie?
Daaaaaaaaaamn, yo:
The summer movie preview Entertainment Weekly just came in. Interesting pictures on some of these movies--and they put Batman ahead of Star Wars, which tickles my schadenfreude bone for some reason. Still, way too many pictures of Wookiees for my taste.
Also, I'm trying something new with my Yahoo calendar--making certain things available for y'all to see. Granted, I'm not showing you everything, but I'm thinking I'll post anything interesting I see in the TV listings, like good movie recommendations (you can add to calendar straight from Yahoo TV), and you can get a small glimpse into my schedule. Because, you know, I am just that fascinating.
(The real reason I'm posting this link is because all the new Lost eps are marked on my calendar, and if you hover your cursor over the event title "Lost," you can read a brief summary of that ep. ABC put out a press release, apparently, which I in turn snaffled from a Snarkfest post.)
(Note: please do not try to add me to your Yahoo Messenger, because I'm going to turn you down. It's nothing personal; I just don't have time to talk to folks. Seriously, I use it to talk to one person (guess), and occasionally Sister Girl when she's too lazy to walk twelve feet over to my room.)
Meanwhile: I'm doling out the last several pimps in smaller groups, so: if you haven't appeared yet, you will. Yes, new requests are closed until the end of May.
aberranteyes: "Could I possibly inveigle you into pimping aeoncontinuum and the comms for the individual Trinity Universe role-playing games (aeonadventure, aeonaberrant and aeontrinity)? They're actually etherlad's, not mine, but I'm doing this as a favor for him, since I'm sure there must be a TU fan somewhere on your flist. ^_^ "cabellicious: "For people interested in fun, affordable art, frippy does awesome paintings, and has recently branched out to some painted objects like boxes. She's got a website with a lot of her art available to view at http://mentalsewage.com and she's started listing her work on eBay if you're interested in buying some. It'd be really nice if she could get some exposure because right now she feels like she's pressuring her immediate circle of friends to buy her work, not that she actually IS, but she definitely deserves a wider audience. I have one of her bunny paintings in my living room and lots of people have commented (favorably) on it."icaruscrucified: "Could you also be so kind as to point out that tomorrow (April 23rd) is 24 Hour Comics Day? It's a worthy cause overflowing with geekery. Hooray! Further information can be found at www.24hourcomics.com."_angsty: "You could pimp me.. because I always like having new friends. :) Yay? Oh, also, Anderson Cooper 360, which is on at 7:00 on weekdays on CNN and everyone should watch it because Andy's the best. And Dr. Sanjay is also excellent."Misc. links:
Land of the Lost: The Movie?
Daaaaaaaaaamn, yo:
Orthopedic surgeon Gary Michelson said Friday he is considering philanthropic alternatives for some of the $1.35 billion Medtronic Inc. plans to pay him to end a patent dispute.Dear Dr. Michelson: Please marry me. Not because you are now filthy rich, but because you are awesome. P.S. You are also cute.
"All you can really do with that kind of money is give it away. There's no way you can spend it," he said. "What I'm interested in doing is setting up a medical research foundation and seeing if we can't make a difference in the world."
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Apr. 23rd, 2005 12:19 amAll right, pimping is closed. Since people enjoyed it so much, I'll try to do a better-formatted version of Pimp Week at the end of May, so you'll still have a chance next month. The rest of the links will be posted tomorrow, because I'm going to bed.
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Apr. 22nd, 2005 09:13 pmRollin', rollin', rollin'--keep those requests rollin', Pimphide!
starlady42: "Not so much a pimp request as a some-of-your-readers-might-find-this-interesting-maybe... I'm doing a six-week solo driving tour around the American West (and twelve national parks) this summer -- if anyone is interested in keeping up with me, they can add ontheway_lj to their friends list. Also, my friend Heather is a semi-professional photographer... folks can check out her amazing work at hmstanfield.com. I'd support a cleolinda/LovelyEmily presidential ticket, just so you know. ;) "
kali_sama: "I'm the mod of hpchallenges and I would indeed love pimpage (huggles to squee1123 for pointing me here). The gist of the comm is that every fortnight, I post a challenge and members can do anything to answer said challenge-pic, fic, drabble, icon, whatever! It is, to my knowledge, the only community like it for the HP fandom and I would love more members and more participation. ^_^ "
yuki_onna: "Well, there's all my novels, should you like to pimp them. All three currently orderable are here (The Labyrinth, Yume no Hon: The Book of Dreams, and Oracles)."
october31st: "If you're still pimpin', I'd like to mention that my friend tymothytoastman has just posted the first episode of his "science fiction radio drama" online. He's been really excited about creating this and I'm sure a bunch of random listeners from out of the blue would rock his world. I'll be appearing as the character Kate around the 5th episode or so. If you like post-apocalyptic futures, you'll love this! Oh, and if you could pimp my journal (october31st, of course), that'd be great too, in a far more selfish way. I just like new friends. Thanks so much, oh generous one!"
ayn_rand_fan_13: "I would love you forever if you would pimp my community charlieispretty. It's just for people to post fanfiction, music videos, fanart, or just generally squee over Charlie from Lost."
foresthouse: "I just started a community for fans of the awesome Irish comedian, Dylan Moran. He's a stand-up comic who wrote and starred in Black Books and played David in Shaun of the Dead. We're having an icon-making contest that starts tomorrow, and we really want to get the word out to anyone who's a fan and wants to join in. Everyone is welcome at yourdailydylan!"
kittikattie:
If you might, pimp my fanfiction (Harry Potter). Birds of a Feather: First Flight (I'll be starting the second book, Second Takeoff, soon). Found on Fictionalley here: http://www.schnoogle.com/authorLinks/Nethilia/ , and on my site at http://www.spenecial.com/birdsofafeather/fanfics.htm . It's basically a parallel of the books (some AU, but mostly due to cultural mistakes and canon shift) through the Ravenclaws in Harry's year.
t4_flirt: "Here are two simple lil requests for Pimp Week:
1.) my yahoo group - ThatStarThatShines, a promo group for NYC based singer Chris Trousdale
2.) For all you fic writers- The communtiy called The Boyband 100. We're trying to get the communtiy really active again, and could use some new drabble writers on board. Look under the userboybanddrabbles for the link. I'm not a mod, but the mods deserve some pimpage. THANKS! *MUAH* "
megmatthews20: "My plee for pimpage...I've written a series of rough, semi-vulgar, conceivably offensive dialogs, which I posted on my lj. If I can get one person to laugh I'll feel I've done my job. And if you could link to them, that would make my day. They're basically a bunch of stories that kinda, sorta, not really link together in the end. They are as follows (in order of creation):
1st Machete Man number 1
2nd Video watching dialog
3rd Zoo Escape
4th Machete Man 2
Thanks muchly."
allthelivesofme: "Could you put up a link to Andrea Gabriel's blog? For she is funny and cool and she deserves it. :-) (she's the actress who played Nadia on Lost)"
apples_juice: "Ever wanted to make comments on a rate me community, but couldn't cause you weren't 'approved'? Then join x_rejects_x and make all the comments you want! Note: This is not a "Rate Me Community", so don't worry about being approved or rejected! ^.^ "
kira002: You already pimped for me once (Crusade for Charity), so my amnesty may be all used up. But just in case...Lost-Tees.com!"
soleta: "I co-mod fellytone_fic, in which we record HP fic to mp3, and lord do we need more readers. so. come, let us adore you?"
iczer6: "It'd be great if you could pimp the new Girl Genius comic. It's a truly awesome comic done by the talented Phil Foglio, it's used to be a paper type comic but something went wrong so they went online."
shaelbopp: "Say, could you pimp my music archive, or did I miss the ho-train?"
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notthequiettype: "I and my roommate mod awesome_points, which is really as dorky as it sounds. It's a community in which we award points based on challenges and what-not and it results in PAID TIME for the winner. We need members and the people that read your journal are awesome enough to be awarded points just for breathing."
Again: flattery will get you everywhere.
Misc links:
outlier at Snarkfest has come up with a one-size-fits-all complaint form for indignant fans to file after any offending movie adaptation comes out:( Read more... )
Why, look! It's the Alien 3: Dog Alien Chestburster Plush Replica!
Fairy tales linked to violent relationships. The sad thing is, I can totally see it.
New movie stills at Movieweb: Superman; Mr. and Mrs. Smith; Kingdom of Heaven; and Star Wars.
starlady42: "Not so much a pimp request as a some-of-your-readers-might-find-this-interesting-maybe... I'm doing a six-week solo driving tour around the American West (and twelve national parks) this summer -- if anyone is interested in keeping up with me, they can add ontheway_lj to their friends list. Also, my friend Heather is a semi-professional photographer... folks can check out her amazing work at hmstanfield.com. I'd support a cleolinda/LovelyEmily presidential ticket, just so you know. ;) "kali_sama: "I'm the mod of hpchallenges and I would indeed love pimpage (huggles to squee1123 for pointing me here). The gist of the comm is that every fortnight, I post a challenge and members can do anything to answer said challenge-pic, fic, drabble, icon, whatever! It is, to my knowledge, the only community like it for the HP fandom and I would love more members and more participation. ^_^ "yuki_onna: "Well, there's all my novels, should you like to pimp them. All three currently orderable are here (The Labyrinth, Yume no Hon: The Book of Dreams, and Oracles)."october31st: "If you're still pimpin', I'd like to mention that my friend tymothytoastman has just posted the first episode of his "science fiction radio drama" online. He's been really excited about creating this and I'm sure a bunch of random listeners from out of the blue would rock his world. I'll be appearing as the character Kate around the 5th episode or so. If you like post-apocalyptic futures, you'll love this! Oh, and if you could pimp my journal (october31st, of course), that'd be great too, in a far more selfish way. I just like new friends. Thanks so much, oh generous one!"ayn_rand_fan_13: "I would love you forever if you would pimp my community charlieispretty. It's just for people to post fanfiction, music videos, fanart, or just generally squee over Charlie from Lost."foresthouse: "I just started a community for fans of the awesome Irish comedian, Dylan Moran. He's a stand-up comic who wrote and starred in Black Books and played David in Shaun of the Dead. We're having an icon-making contest that starts tomorrow, and we really want to get the word out to anyone who's a fan and wants to join in. Everyone is welcome at yourdailydylan!"kittikattie:If you might, pimp my fanfiction (Harry Potter). Birds of a Feather: First Flight (I'll be starting the second book, Second Takeoff, soon). Found on Fictionalley here: http://www.schnoogle.com/authorLinks/Ne
t4_flirt: "Here are two simple lil requests for Pimp Week:1.) my yahoo group - ThatStarThatShines, a promo group for NYC based singer Chris Trousdale
2.) For all you fic writers- The communtiy called The Boyband 100. We're trying to get the communtiy really active again, and could use some new drabble writers on board. Look under the user
boybanddrabbles for the link. I'm not a mod, but the mods deserve some pimpage. THANKS! *MUAH* "megmatthews20: "My plee for pimpage...I've written a series of rough, semi-vulgar, conceivably offensive dialogs, which I posted on my lj. If I can get one person to laugh I'll feel I've done my job. And if you could link to them, that would make my day. They're basically a bunch of stories that kinda, sorta, not really link together in the end. They are as follows (in order of creation):1st Machete Man number 1
2nd Video watching dialog
3rd Zoo Escape
4th Machete Man 2
Thanks muchly."
allthelivesofme: "Could you put up a link to Andrea Gabriel's blog? For she is funny and cool and she deserves it. :-) (she's the actress who played Nadia on Lost)"apples_juice: "Ever wanted to make comments on a rate me community, but couldn't cause you weren't 'approved'? Then join x_rejects_x and make all the comments you want! Note: This is not a "Rate Me Community", so don't worry about being approved or rejected! ^.^ "kira002: You already pimped for me once (Crusade for Charity), so my amnesty may be all used up. But just in case...Lost-Tees.com!"soleta: "I co-mod fellytone_fic, in which we record HP fic to mp3, and lord do we need more readers. so. come, let us adore you?"iczer6: "It'd be great if you could pimp the new Girl Genius comic. It's a truly awesome comic done by the talented Phil Foglio, it's used to be a paper type comic but something went wrong so they went online."shaelbopp: "Say, could you pimp my music archive, or did I miss the ho-train?"notthequiettype: "I and my roommate mod awesome_points, which is really as dorky as it sounds. It's a community in which we award points based on challenges and what-not and it results in PAID TIME for the winner. We need members and the people that read your journal are awesome enough to be awarded points just for breathing."Again: flattery will get you everywhere.
Misc links:
outlier at Snarkfest has come up with a one-size-fits-all complaint form for indignant fans to file after any offending movie adaptation comes out:( Read more... )
Why, look! It's the Alien 3: Dog Alien Chestburster Plush Replica!
Fairy tales linked to violent relationships. The sad thing is, I can totally see it.
New movie stills at Movieweb: Superman; Mr. and Mrs. Smith; Kingdom of Heaven; and Star Wars.
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Apr. 22nd, 2005 09:04 pmBy my watch, there's still three hours left in April 22, so get your last-minute pimp requests in.
andrealyn: "While I've got my flattering wand out: Would it be too much to ask for perchance bhc_meanwhiles to be pimped? It's a community for all things Broken Heart's Club (fic, pics, commentary, quotes, love), but as of late, it's just been me loving it."
house_monkey: "If you don't mind pimping something that actually costs money and because many of your readers appear to be pretty astute film lovers, if you could give the magazine I'm doing some work for a little push that would be great. It's called Illusions and is a New Zealand produced publication about NZ film (duh). I've been doing some work updating the subscription database (actually, putting one together from scratch based on the editor's handwritten notes) and part of my job is to find new subscribers as well, if possible. Illusions is a professionally produced magazine with 2-3 issues per year. Individuals and institutions everywhere are welcome to subscribe." (More details here.)
delle: "Cleo.... for your pimping, may I put forth my Sayid story?"
nardasarmy: "I have a couple of comms I'd love you to mention: fontshare (for sharing fonts), damonaffleck (Matt Damon/Ben Affleck fan community - mostly fic), and little_sibling (liberal swimming pool). Then over on Journalfen, I have a Project Greenlight community that could use some love. Then if you're feeling generous, and I haven't been too greedy yet, I'd love it if you would pimp my doodle blog, I Have No Pants. Thank you so much.
Also, I just wanted to link to a friend of mine. She's a quilter, it's the business she's just started up. But one of the quilts she does is for Spider-Man, and it's rather adorable. So I thought I'd pass on to those that might enjoy a look. A sample of Spin's work, and this is her website, Shalee Creations."
queeniexb: "Oooh Oooh! Please, please, please pimp deadmentalking! It's a community where you can ask dead famous people anything you want. There's ancient Greeks, European royalty, rock stars, actors, writers, artists.... And it's always fun to see Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr insult each other! But remember - tea will never be the same again."
halona: "We could really using some pimage over at ga_icons and ga_fanfic. The communities are for the new show Grey's Anatomy. So far, we've had great participation, but we can always use more. Come on over if you like doctors and flirty!Patrick Dempsey."
cpip: "Hrm. I don't have much to pimp these days... my rpg is filled up. Maybe you can pimp my LJ too? I waver between political rants, gaming blather, and incoherent rage involving Louisville Sluggers!"
spectralbovine: "Well, if you're being a totally pimptastic pimp this week, might as well get a couple more in under the wire, huh? Thanks! tvgirlfriends is a community dedicated to the notion that men are in fact allowed to SQUEE over the hot women on our television just as freely as all the ladies swooning over their TV boyfriends of choice. And in non-television news, I have a science blog, Protein Angst. Since I'm going to be a science writer, I'd love to have as many non-sciencey readers as possible. I try to be both entertaining and informative. My earlier series of posts about HIV and AIDS was inspired by a comment in your journal. And I totally stole the title of my last post from Lost. [...] I just remembered another comm I think you should pimp. If it's not too much trouble. I'll give you a hug! *hug* rat_slaves is the meta analysis community for Veronica Mars and other Rob Thomas works. Less "OMG LoVe!" and more 'Hm, how does The Brothers Karamazov fit into the context of the entire season?' "
the_wanlorn: " *jumps on the request for pimpage bandwagon* Could you, perchance, pimp two links for me? One is my deviantArt page (because everyone loves looking at baby animals and sunsets, right?) and the other is my website, Nireville, which has a bunch of fanfic and original stuff on it."
teleute12: "Could you let people know that I'm trying to get 1000 comments? I'm going to upload a couple songs/a music vid/whatever else I can find online for every fifty comments I get, so there's something in it for everyone. Also, I'm going to be posting two songs a day until the Supreme Court decides what they think about copyright violations/downloading/etc. Also too, I would much appreciate it if anyone feels like pimping some free (or cracked) cd-ripping software."
kali921: "I have a supergroovalisticpimptastic pimp for you: sages_of_chaos. We've had to take out Worker's Comp and liability insurance because people are threatening to sue us right and left from spraining various body parts while laughing. Constant hilarity meets cccasional schadenfreude meets altruism meets the mother of all multiverse advice columns. Everyone should come join; the place is open to everyone."
cocoajava: "Any chance of pimping two fairly new communities? Both started while I was apparently on crack?
_dangerpants_ (NC17 warning on this place!)
The community that is complete and utter pants. And damned proud of it. Men in pants. Men nearly *out* of their pants. That's what Danger Pants is all about. Got a piccie of a pretty who's nearly losing them? Share it with us! Check out the picture of our Official Poster Boy on the info page and you'll instantly get the concept.
_dangerblouse_ (and yet another NC17 warning!)
Need a place to keep abreast of the latest news to come out of fashionable society? Welcome to Danger Blouse! Wherever buttons are popping, we'll be there. When she's wearing a Small even though she's obviously a Large, we'll be there. When there's a tragic dryer shrinkage accident but the blouse MUST be worn regardless, we'll be there!!"
skyblade: "Last day? But my special ho ain't turning tricks until tomorrow! Oh well, I know Superdickery was already advertised by you, (and is pretty well known in its own right) but I just thought I'd let people know I've been writing an Ask Bizarro column, and people shouldn't be shy about sending questions in. (It is shyness, right?) Also, the site will see an original strip by your's truly starting this weekend."
chorusgirl: "Yayyyyyy for pimpweek! Pimp me and my superhot lj?"
adoresixtyfour: "And I'd neeeeever ask you to pimp Adoresixtyfour.com again, since you've very kindly done so before and it was much appreciated then. Of course, I did just post an Amityville Horror review there...
wickedgoddess_: "Can I request a pimpage as well? I moderate carnivalecontst, which is the only icon challenge for fans of the tv show Carnivale. We'd love to have more members; the more the merrier!"
eve_the_just: "If you're up for pimping charities outside the USofA, I work with an organization up in Canada that tries to find homes for abandoned beagles. Sometimes we even get puppies, but usually it's older dogs, often all housetrained and everything. They're really cute. We regularly ship doggies all over Canada in our efforts to find a home for every beagle. If anyone in your readership lives in Canada and is in the market for a new pet, please send them over to Beagle Paws."
rosetapestry: "In honor of Pimp Request Amnesty Week - there's an online petition for a release of the instrumental version of "Cells" by The Servant. Who knows if it will do any good, but what harm could it do?"
sweetdaddydavid: "Hey if these pimps are free: Please pimp www.filmfanaddict.com and www.somevelvetmorning.com. For all your indie/horror and erotic film review needs, respectively."
More in just a moment.
andrealyn: "While I've got my flattering wand out: Would it be too much to ask for perchance bhc_meanwhiles to be pimped? It's a community for all things Broken Heart's Club (fic, pics, commentary, quotes, love), but as of late, it's just been me loving it."house_monkey: "If you don't mind pimping something that actually costs money and because many of your readers appear to be pretty astute film lovers, if you could give the magazine I'm doing some work for a little push that would be great. It's called Illusions and is a New Zealand produced publication about NZ film (duh). I've been doing some work updating the subscription database (actually, putting one together from scratch based on the editor's handwritten notes) and part of my job is to find new subscribers as well, if possible. Illusions is a professionally produced magazine with 2-3 issues per year. Individuals and institutions everywhere are welcome to subscribe." (More details here.)delle: "Cleo.... for your pimping, may I put forth my Sayid story?"nardasarmy: "I have a couple of comms I'd love you to mention: fontshare (for sharing fonts), damonaffleck (Matt Damon/Ben Affleck fan community - mostly fic), and little_sibling (liberal swimming pool). Then over on Journalfen, I have a Project Greenlight community that could use some love. Then if you're feeling generous, and I haven't been too greedy yet, I'd love it if you would pimp my doodle blog, I Have No Pants. Thank you so much.Also, I just wanted to link to a friend of mine. She's a quilter, it's the business she's just started up. But one of the quilts she does is for Spider-Man, and it's rather adorable. So I thought I'd pass on to those that might enjoy a look. A sample of Spin's work, and this is her website, Shalee Creations."
queeniexb: "Oooh Oooh! Please, please, please pimp deadmentalking! It's a community where you can ask dead famous people anything you want. There's ancient Greeks, European royalty, rock stars, actors, writers, artists.... And it's always fun to see Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr insult each other! But remember - tea will never be the same again."halona: "We could really using some pimage over at ga_icons and ga_fanfic. The communities are for the new show Grey's Anatomy. So far, we've had great participation, but we can always use more. Come on over if you like doctors and flirty!Patrick Dempsey."cpip: "Hrm. I don't have much to pimp these days... my rpg is filled up. Maybe you can pimp my LJ too? I waver between political rants, gaming blather, and incoherent rage involving Louisville Sluggers!"spectralbovine: "Well, if you're being a totally pimptastic pimp this week, might as well get a couple more in under the wire, huh? Thanks! tvgirlfriends is a community dedicated to the notion that men are in fact allowed to SQUEE over the hot women on our television just as freely as all the ladies swooning over their TV boyfriends of choice. And in non-television news, I have a science blog, Protein Angst. Since I'm going to be a science writer, I'd love to have as many non-sciencey readers as possible. I try to be both entertaining and informative. My earlier series of posts about HIV and AIDS was inspired by a comment in your journal. And I totally stole the title of my last post from Lost. [...] I just remembered another comm I think you should pimp. If it's not too much trouble. I'll give you a hug! *hug* rat_slaves is the meta analysis community for Veronica Mars and other Rob Thomas works. Less "OMG LoVe!" and more 'Hm, how does The Brothers Karamazov fit into the context of the entire season?' "the_wanlorn: " *jumps on the request for pimpage bandwagon* Could you, perchance, pimp two links for me? One is my deviantArt page (because everyone loves looking at baby animals and sunsets, right?) and the other is my website, Nireville, which has a bunch of fanfic and original stuff on it."teleute12: "Could you let people know that I'm trying to get 1000 comments? I'm going to upload a couple songs/a music vid/whatever else I can find online for every fifty comments I get, so there's something in it for everyone. Also, I'm going to be posting two songs a day until the Supreme Court decides what they think about copyright violations/downloading/etc. Also too, I would much appreciate it if anyone feels like pimping some free (or cracked) cd-ripping software."kali921: "I have a supergroovalisticpimptastic pimp for you: sages_of_chaos. We've had to take out Worker's Comp and liability insurance because people are threatening to sue us right and left from spraining various body parts while laughing. Constant hilarity meets cccasional schadenfreude meets altruism meets the mother of all multiverse advice columns. Everyone should come join; the place is open to everyone."cocoajava: "Any chance of pimping two fairly new communities? Both started while I was apparently on crack? _dangerpants_ (NC17 warning on this place!)The community that is complete and utter pants. And damned proud of it. Men in pants. Men nearly *out* of their pants. That's what Danger Pants is all about. Got a piccie of a pretty who's nearly losing them? Share it with us! Check out the picture of our Official Poster Boy on the info page and you'll instantly get the concept.
_dangerblouse_ (and yet another NC17 warning!)Need a place to keep abreast of the latest news to come out of fashionable society? Welcome to Danger Blouse! Wherever buttons are popping, we'll be there. When she's wearing a Small even though she's obviously a Large, we'll be there. When there's a tragic dryer shrinkage accident but the blouse MUST be worn regardless, we'll be there!!"
skyblade: "Last day? But my special ho ain't turning tricks until tomorrow! Oh well, I know Superdickery was already advertised by you, (and is pretty well known in its own right) but I just thought I'd let people know I've been writing an Ask Bizarro column, and people shouldn't be shy about sending questions in. (It is shyness, right?) Also, the site will see an original strip by your's truly starting this weekend."chorusgirl: "Yayyyyyy for pimpweek! Pimp me and my superhot lj?"adoresixtyfour: "And I'd neeeeever ask you to pimp Adoresixtyfour.com again, since you've very kindly done so before and it was much appreciated then. Of course, I did just post an Amityville Horror review there...wickedgoddess_: "Can I request a pimpage as well? I moderate carnivalecontst, which is the only icon challenge for fans of the tv show Carnivale. We'd love to have more members; the more the merrier!"eve_the_just: "If you're up for pimping charities outside the USofA, I work with an organization up in Canada that tries to find homes for abandoned beagles. Sometimes we even get puppies, but usually it's older dogs, often all housetrained and everything. They're really cute. We regularly ship doggies all over Canada in our efforts to find a home for every beagle. If anyone in your readership lives in Canada and is in the market for a new pet, please send them over to Beagle Paws."rosetapestry: "In honor of Pimp Request Amnesty Week - there's an online petition for a release of the instrumental version of "Cells" by The Servant. Who knows if it will do any good, but what harm could it do?"sweetdaddydavid: "Hey if these pimps are free: Please pimp www.filmfanaddict.com and www.somevelvetmorning.com. For all your indie/horror and erotic film review needs, respectively."More in just a moment.
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Apr. 22nd, 2005 02:30 pmYay calcium deposits! Mom's home and--well, she's bustling around the house talking on the phone. My stepfather basically had to come home and shoot her with an Oxycontin dart just to get her to lie down. So now they're watching season three of 24. Again.
Pimp Week continues through tonight. Get all y'all's requests in, because I won't be doing another Pimp Week until the end of May.
robot_sarah: Okay, I totally got one for your pimp-tastic pimp week. My community, tds_quotes is, well... for fans of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, and a fan of the quotes from the show. And everyone who watches the show knows that every episode is quotable... so here is a place to post them and read them and HOORAY!"
house_monkey: "If you don't mind pimping something that actually costs money and because many of your readers appear to be pretty astute film lovers, if you could give the magazine I'm doing some work for a little push that would be great. It's called Illusions and is a New Zealand produced publication about NZ film (duh). I've been doing some work updating the subscription database (actually, putting one together from scratch based on the editor's handwritten notes) and part of my job is to find new subscribers as well, if possible. Illusions is a professionally produced magazine with 2-3 issues per year. Individuals and institutions everywhere are welcome to subscribe."
cjk1701: "Whee, pimping!Cleo to the rescue. If you haven't pimped fabu's rec poll, could you please consider doing so? ;) "
honerbright: "Would you mind pimping losticontest?"
alexthedevil: "Would you mind pimping lost_eps? I know you've got a huge Lost fan base, and we could always do with more members. 1500 and counting!"
squee1123: "As for the pimp requesting...it hadn't occured to me until now that this is what the community I'm part of needs. hpchallenges is a harry potter challenge fic...or not fic...thing...i'm not the mod there...but the mod would like pimp-age...and so i ask..."
goldie_black: Would you mind pimping adulthpfanatics? I am planning to have "Potter Feud" games at HBP and GOF release parties. Right now, I'm conducting the 'survey' part, but I need more Potter fans to survey. You know!"
auraesque: Jinni, the senior editor of Soap at Kiwibox.com, is looking for writers for next season. Since many of your readers are writers themselves, I thought they might be interested in checking out the soap (http://kiwibox.com/kiwisoap.asp) and sending in an application (http://www.absynthemuse.com/index.php?option=com_mosforms&mosform=3). The deadline for applications is May 12."
chaosvizier: "The Live Journal Daily Quiz is always seeking new members. It's a community that's a game show that's a comedy gag reel, only with less Bob Barker and more pudding. The mods ask six trivia questions, revolving around a theme. The players answer. The mods drink heavily, then select the best answers from the bunch. In most cases "best" has little or nothing to do with "correct". Then the mods post the answers, like this one during St. Paddy's Week, everyone has a hearty chuckle, and the cycle begins anew the following week. Come on over; ljdq wants you!"
trollprincess: "Feel like pimping plan_9_from_lj? It's like TWoP and your Lost summaries, but specifically for movies. We just started, but we're sure having a hell of a lot of fun with the whole thing. :) "
pjrampolla: "I don't really have anything except my journal. Which, actually, if you wouldn't mind pimping that, because I can always use more 'friends'."
wokeupinnacar: "Oo Oo!! Pimp my domain! http://caindo.net."
50ftqueenie [during a discussion of my woeful attachment to stone-age technologies like Geocities' Page Builder: "I started with geocities and pagebuilder, but moved to something just as easy but a LOT more versitile that makes cleaner code. I now use mozilla suite. The mozilla browser has a composer with it that i've been using for a couple years now and didn't need to know any html to get started. all the pages on both www.sh33pie.com and www.deadplanet.info were made with it.
I just realized I splatted two birds with one stone since i was going to ask you to pimp those sites anyway. ;) Dead Planet is a zombie conspiracy page that includes fiction, art, a zombie newspaper, horoscopes, loads of other stuff.The Sh33p's Fluff is my main site and home to loads of Daria fanfic, and other odd ends."
ladyvyola: "Pimp my movie! My friends and I made a Star Wars fan film -- pretty damn cool, if I do say so myself -- that has just been released on the 'net. Revelations -- http://www.panicstruckpro.com/revelations. Yes, it's necessary that everyone know exactly how big a geek I am."
upc747: Could you possibly pimp my photography? ( http://barcodeplane.deviantart.com )
joyous_trouble: Could you pimp this entry http://www.livejournal.com/users/joyous_trouble/97607.html, I'm walking in the March of Dimes and I'd like to bring awareness. 's a good cause if anyone's feeling charitible and I'll love you forever!
newsong: "Please pimp my website! http://www.twylacentral.com. Just stuff I like, random lists, links and stuff."
glittergram: "if you could pimp my website? i try and not just blog my random thoughts but also things about makeup (yeah, im a nerd) and old school poetry. im also a jersey girl and try to get out and write about cool jersey stuff, too. cleolinda for president, y'all."
Flattery, my dears, will get you everywhere.
Misc. links:
POTO movie props up on eBay. The girls on Snarkfest are waiting for the cyberbrawls that will inevitably break out over the Phantom's cape. Seriously, I am expecting actual blood to be shed over this one. Me, I'm sort of tempted to bid on a quill when those go up--one of many, writerly item, probably one of the least expensive things, less likely to involve fannish bloodshed. You know, as a "POTO in Fifteen Minutes" memento. Too bad there's a large message board full of obsessive women with large pocketbooks who will bid TO THE DEATH. ("Seriously, you guys? Can I just buy a quill that thought about being in the movie? It doesn't actually have to have been touched by His Holy Butterflyness... no? Okay, I'll go back and sit in my corner.")
Pimp Week continues through tonight. Get all y'all's requests in, because I won't be doing another Pimp Week until the end of May.
robot_sarah: Okay, I totally got one for your pimp-tastic pimp week. My community, tds_quotes is, well... for fans of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, and a fan of the quotes from the show. And everyone who watches the show knows that every episode is quotable... so here is a place to post them and read them and HOORAY!"house_monkey: "If you don't mind pimping something that actually costs money and because many of your readers appear to be pretty astute film lovers, if you could give the magazine I'm doing some work for a little push that would be great. It's called Illusions and is a New Zealand produced publication about NZ film (duh). I've been doing some work updating the subscription database (actually, putting one together from scratch based on the editor's handwritten notes) and part of my job is to find new subscribers as well, if possible. Illusions is a professionally produced magazine with 2-3 issues per year. Individuals and institutions everywhere are welcome to subscribe."cjk1701: "Whee, pimping!Cleo to the rescue. If you haven't pimped fabu's rec poll, could you please consider doing so? ;) "honerbright: "Would you mind pimping losticontest?"alexthedevil: "Would you mind pimping lost_eps? I know you've got a huge Lost fan base, and we could always do with more members. 1500 and counting!"squee1123: "As for the pimp requesting...it hadn't occured to me until now that this is what the community I'm part of needs. hpchallenges is a harry potter challenge fic...or not fic...thing...i'm not the mod there...but the mod would like pimp-age...and so i ask..."goldie_black: Would you mind pimping adulthpfanatics? I am planning to have "Potter Feud" games at HBP and GOF release parties. Right now, I'm conducting the 'survey' part, but I need more Potter fans to survey. You know!"auraesque: Jinni, the senior editor of Soap at Kiwibox.com, is looking for writers for next season. Since many of your readers are writers themselves, I thought they might be interested in checking out the soap (http://kiwibox.com/kiwisoap.asp) and sending in an application (http://www.absynthemuse.com/index.php?option=com_mosforms&mosform=3). The deadline for applications is May 12."chaosvizier: "The Live Journal Daily Quiz is always seeking new members. It's a community that's a game show that's a comedy gag reel, only with less Bob Barker and more pudding. The mods ask six trivia questions, revolving around a theme. The players answer. The mods drink heavily, then select the best answers from the bunch. In most cases "best" has little or nothing to do with "correct". Then the mods post the answers, like this one during St. Paddy's Week, everyone has a hearty chuckle, and the cycle begins anew the following week. Come on over; ljdq wants you!"trollprincess: "Feel like pimping plan_9_from_lj? It's like TWoP and your Lost summaries, but specifically for movies. We just started, but we're sure having a hell of a lot of fun with the whole thing. :) "pjrampolla: "I don't really have anything except my journal. Which, actually, if you wouldn't mind pimping that, because I can always use more 'friends'."wokeupinnacar: "Oo Oo!! Pimp my domain! http://caindo.net."50ftqueenie [during a discussion of my woeful attachment to stone-age technologies like Geocities' Page Builder: "I started with geocities and pagebuilder, but moved to something just as easy but a LOT more versitile that makes cleaner code. I now use mozilla suite. The mozilla browser has a composer with it that i've been using for a couple years now and didn't need to know any html to get started. all the pages on both www.sh33pie.com and www.deadplanet.info were made with it. I just realized I splatted two birds with one stone since i was going to ask you to pimp those sites anyway. ;) Dead Planet is a zombie conspiracy page that includes fiction, art, a zombie newspaper, horoscopes, loads of other stuff.The Sh33p's Fluff is my main site and home to loads of Daria fanfic, and other odd ends."
ladyvyola: "Pimp my movie! My friends and I made a Star Wars fan film -- pretty damn cool, if I do say so myself -- that has just been released on the 'net. Revelations -- http://www.panicstruckpro.com/revelations. Yes, it's necessary that everyone know exactly how big a geek I am."upc747: Could you possibly pimp my photography? ( http://barcodeplane.deviantart.com )joyous_trouble: Could you pimp this entry http://www.livejournal.com/users/joyous_trouble/97607.html, I'm walking in the March of Dimes and I'd like to bring awareness. 's a good cause if anyone's feeling charitible and I'll love you forever!newsong: "Please pimp my website! http://www.twylacentral.com. Just stuff I like, random lists, links and stuff."glittergram: "if you could pimp my website? i try and not just blog my random thoughts but also things about makeup (yeah, im a nerd) and old school poetry. im also a jersey girl and try to get out and write about cool jersey stuff, too. cleolinda for president, y'all."Flattery, my dears, will get you everywhere.
Misc. links:
POTO movie props up on eBay. The girls on Snarkfest are waiting for the cyberbrawls that will inevitably break out over the Phantom's cape. Seriously, I am expecting actual blood to be shed over this one. Me, I'm sort of tempted to bid on a quill when those go up--one of many, writerly item, probably one of the least expensive things, less likely to involve fannish bloodshed. You know, as a "POTO in Fifteen Minutes" memento. Too bad there's a large message board full of obsessive women with large pocketbooks who will bid TO THE DEATH. ("Seriously, you guys? Can I just buy a quill that thought about being in the movie? It doesn't actually have to have been touched by His Holy Butterflyness... no? Okay, I'll go back and sit in my corner.")
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Apr. 22nd, 2005 05:48 amGet your pimp requests in, kids, because today's the last day of Pimp Request Amnesty Week (although maybe I'll do another one next month):
Fromtheonlykow: "So I normally don't ask for stuff like this, but it is your pimp week (apparently) and despite our pastry/confection disagreements, I ask for a pimp of my new layout community, not_layouts. I do layouts (pretty layouts! GORGEOUS LAYOUTS!) for people for free, and although I appreciate donations of paid time and whatnot, I really only do it because I have a shitload of creativity that I have no outlet for. Also, I love layouts. Also, I get bored easily."
Fromtabbyclaw: "I wouldn't pimp normally, but I don't think anyone who actually reads my journal watches "LOST" and I <3 debating about it, so here's my survey."
Fromsapphires13: "I'm trying to increase awareness of my graphics requests community morethanicons. We make just about everything, from icons, to wallpapers, to whatever. But business, so to speak, is slow. Advertising in promo communities full of people advertising their Paris Hilton infused rating communities, just isn't getting the job done. Nor is it bringing me the quality of requests that I desire."
And, since You Share It apparently both sucks and blows:
The Killers: "Somebody Told Me"
http://s39.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1K49K6EHQWJLC0NDMBF3I1UEE4
The Killers: "Somebody Told Me (King Unique Vocal Remix)"
http://s39.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=04Y9J0JN44YFZ1E1TEEM93KZSB
The Killers: "Somebody Told Me (Mylo Remix)"
http://s39.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0FZOMW575U3OH0NIHTKZHX1Y7Y
From
theonlykow: "So I normally don't ask for stuff like this, but it is your pimp week (apparently) and despite our pastry/confection disagreements, I ask for a pimp of my new layout community, not_layouts. I do layouts (pretty layouts! GORGEOUS LAYOUTS!) for people for free, and although I appreciate donations of paid time and whatnot, I really only do it because I have a shitload of creativity that I have no outlet for. Also, I love layouts. Also, I get bored easily."From
tabbyclaw: "I wouldn't pimp normally, but I don't think anyone who actually reads my journal watches "LOST" and I <3 debating about it, so here's my survey."From
sapphires13: "I'm trying to increase awareness of my graphics requests community morethanicons. We make just about everything, from icons, to wallpapers, to whatever. But business, so to speak, is slow. Advertising in promo communities full of people advertising their Paris Hilton infused rating communities, just isn't getting the job done. Nor is it bringing me the quality of requests that I desire."And, since You Share It apparently both sucks and blows:
The Killers: "Somebody Told Me"
http://s39.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1K49K6EHQWJLC0NDMBF3I1UEE4
The Killers: "Somebody Told Me (King Unique Vocal Remix)"
http://s39.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=04Y9J0JN44YFZ1E1TEEM93KZSB
The Killers: "Somebody Told Me (Mylo Remix)"
http://s39.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0FZOMW575U3OH0NIHTKZHX1Y7Y
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Apr. 21st, 2005 12:02 pmIndependence Day coming along really well. Just... really, really slow. I hate this--I'm having great ideas, but I was supposed to be finished with the whole book as of last Friday. Craaaaaap.
Anyway. I know y'all are probably going to hit me, but I can't tell you the extent of my relief upon finding out that last night's Lost was a repeat ("Outlaws"). This is not to say that I don't love the show, or that I don't love recapping it. My problem is just that--the show takes one hour and then the recap takes another three, and those three hours involve some hard, fast writing. It takes a lot out of you. I don't have anything left to be taken out of me right now, what with being over this deadline and all. I hear next week is the big clip show, which... I'm not sure how that's going to work. Like, are they all going to get together and try to remind Claire of all the stuff shenever knew anyway, because it's other people's flashbacks forgot, or is it going to be, like, a show actually hosted by the actors? Because I'm thinking it's going to be way cheesy either way.
Pimp Request Amnesty Week continues:
Fromfreethegayboys: Subject: PIMP ME!!! *dances... erotically to get your attention*
"I don't know if you're still taking PIMP requests, but this one (For me) is kind of important... I'm planning to write an essay on the nature of fandom, and I want as many different sides of fandom, and all types of fandom-people to respond. I really do need a HELL of a lot of information for it to work. If people want to comment here... I'd really appreciate it... a lot. *grin* "
Also,lorien__ is looking for a couple of songs, if you could help us out: "The songs are 'Nightmare by the Sea' and 'Witches' Rave' by Jeff Buckley and it's from the album that was released after his death, My Sweetheart the Drunk."
Speaking of music, something for y'all while I'm down here in the comedy mines:
The Killers: "Somebody Told Me (original)"
http://s3.youshareit.com/files/a1af0d710c5f3c5f7341a8f9f3246a54.html
The Killers: "Somebody Told Me (King Unique Vocal Remix)"
Not to be confused with the "King Unique Frogger Dub," by the way. I really love it--I actually think the song works better with a layer of techno over it. Very nicely blended--not one of those remixes that just repeats half a line over and over again against a techno beat and an intermittent WHOOP WHOOP WHOOP WHOOP. I mean, Strong Bad can get away with it, but it gets tired after a while.
http://s3.youshareit.com/files/abbb9746e1aece81b43f9ef57e552130.html
The Killers: "Somebody Told Me (Mylo Remix)"
Starts off with two and a half minutes of nothing but remixed guitars, and is awesome.
http://s3.youshareit.com/files/7aa6583eb1145e14cf19a888d0680a34.html
And guess what? No download limits! SWEET.
Misc:
Wow... they don't sell Surge anymore? Wait... it has less sugar and caffeine than Mountain Dew? The hell? Surge used to make my frickin' heart race, y'all! I remember they'd bring the Surge truck around to the school parking lot and I'd be all like, "Nah, you guys, that shit's gonna kill me. I got to stick to doing the Dew, y'all." In fact--you know how J.K. Rowling's website has her little interactive desk covered with gum wrappers? Yeah. If that were my site, it'd be covered with Mountain Dew bottles rolling around and falling off the shelf onto my head.
Just for that, I'm putting a Surge joke into Independence Day.
ETA, because I can't believe I forgot to say it: Thanks so much for all the good thoughts for Mom. All of them meant so much to me.
Anyway. I know y'all are probably going to hit me, but I can't tell you the extent of my relief upon finding out that last night's Lost was a repeat ("Outlaws"). This is not to say that I don't love the show, or that I don't love recapping it. My problem is just that--the show takes one hour and then the recap takes another three, and those three hours involve some hard, fast writing. It takes a lot out of you. I don't have anything left to be taken out of me right now, what with being over this deadline and all. I hear next week is the big clip show, which... I'm not sure how that's going to work. Like, are they all going to get together and try to remind Claire of all the stuff she
Pimp Request Amnesty Week continues:
From
freethegayboys: Subject: PIMP ME!!! *dances... erotically to get your attention*"I don't know if you're still taking PIMP requests, but this one (For me) is kind of important... I'm planning to write an essay on the nature of fandom, and I want as many different sides of fandom, and all types of fandom-people to respond. I really do need a HELL of a lot of information for it to work. If people want to comment here... I'd really appreciate it... a lot. *grin* "
Also,
lorien__ is looking for a couple of songs, if you could help us out: "The songs are 'Nightmare by the Sea' and 'Witches' Rave' by Jeff Buckley and it's from the album that was released after his death, My Sweetheart the Drunk." Speaking of music, something for y'all while I'm down here in the comedy mines:
The Killers: "Somebody Told Me (original)"
http://s3.youshareit.com/files/a1af0d710c5f3c5f7341a8f9f3246a54.html
The Killers: "Somebody Told Me (King Unique Vocal Remix)"
Not to be confused with the "King Unique Frogger Dub," by the way. I really love it--I actually think the song works better with a layer of techno over it. Very nicely blended--not one of those remixes that just repeats half a line over and over again against a techno beat and an intermittent WHOOP WHOOP WHOOP WHOOP. I mean, Strong Bad can get away with it, but it gets tired after a while.
http://s3.youshareit.com/files/abbb9746e1aece81b43f9ef57e552130.html
The Killers: "Somebody Told Me (Mylo Remix)"
Starts off with two and a half minutes of nothing but remixed guitars, and is awesome.
http://s3.youshareit.com/files/7aa6583eb1145e14cf19a888d0680a34.html
And guess what? No download limits! SWEET.
Misc:
Wow... they don't sell Surge anymore? Wait... it has less sugar and caffeine than Mountain Dew? The hell? Surge used to make my frickin' heart race, y'all! I remember they'd bring the Surge truck around to the school parking lot and I'd be all like, "Nah, you guys, that shit's gonna kill me. I got to stick to doing the Dew, y'all." In fact--you know how J.K. Rowling's website has her little interactive desk covered with gum wrappers? Yeah. If that were my site, it'd be covered with Mountain Dew bottles rolling around and falling off the shelf onto my head.
Just for that, I'm putting a Surge joke into Independence Day.
ETA, because I can't believe I forgot to say it: Thanks so much for all the good thoughts for Mom. All of them meant so much to me.
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Apr. 19th, 2005 05:26 pmSo. I'll head you off at the pass and tell you that my updated cartoon icon is from avatar.yahoo.com. You'll need a Yahoo Messenger account to make one, but all you have to do is hit shift + Print Screen, paste it into a photo editor, and go to town.
Independence Day is going well, except for the whole being overdue part. The only reason I stopped just now is that Sister Girl needed help getting all her pastry into the house--apparently her team won an informal cook-off in bake shop today. She brought home boxes of croissants and danish and pecan rolls. Mmm, danish.
In more serious news, Mom's having to go in Friday for a biopsy. They think it's a calcium deposit, but it could be breast cancer; the surgery is to find out. Tonight, she's going out to dinner with my stepfather for their anniversary--I think it's their fourth, since they got married the year I graduated college. I sound pretty calm about this, but that's basically the only way I've learned to cope with stress. Better living through denial and all that.
Pimp Request Amnesty Week continues:
From Jillian and Christina: "We just put 14 items on eBay & I updated the items listed on the Associates page of the 4Christina website includes A Series of Unfortunate Events DVD, some Sin City, and Star Wars stuff. ;) "
Fromallthelivesofme: "Since it's Pimp Amnesty week-- can I ask you to put up a link to the book I co-authored, We Were Strangers? If you wouldn't mind? *bats eyelashes and all that stuff* :-)"
Misc. links:
Jodie Foster, Denzel Washington, and Clive Owen to do Spike Leejoint film:
Am longing for samples I ordered from Black Phoenix Alchemy. In the meantime, check out their new Springtime in Arkham scents, which crack me up (Yog-Sothoth: "The perfume of eternity in vast, unknowable space. A glittering oil, ephemeral, iridescent, and horrifying in its immeasurable emptiness. This is the scent of air and darkness"). I kind of want to try out the tarot oils, and the forums have been really helpful in terms of finding out, you know, what they actually smell like. (I really wish I could get a sample of the Sagittarius blend, but apparently it's discontinued.)
Anyway. Must go do laundry, walk dogs, not panic.
Independence Day is going well, except for the whole being overdue part. The only reason I stopped just now is that Sister Girl needed help getting all her pastry into the house--apparently her team won an informal cook-off in bake shop today. She brought home boxes of croissants and danish and pecan rolls. Mmm, danish.
In more serious news, Mom's having to go in Friday for a biopsy. They think it's a calcium deposit, but it could be breast cancer; the surgery is to find out. Tonight, she's going out to dinner with my stepfather for their anniversary--I think it's their fourth, since they got married the year I graduated college. I sound pretty calm about this, but that's basically the only way I've learned to cope with stress. Better living through denial and all that.
Pimp Request Amnesty Week continues:
From Jillian and Christina: "We just put 14 items on eBay & I updated the items listed on the Associates page of the 4Christina website includes A Series of Unfortunate Events DVD, some Sin City, and Star Wars stuff. ;) "
From
allthelivesofme: "Since it's Pimp Amnesty week-- can I ask you to put up a link to the book I co-authored, We Were Strangers? If you wouldn't mind? *bats eyelashes and all that stuff* :-)"Misc. links:
Jodie Foster, Denzel Washington, and Clive Owen to do Spike Lee
On a news day slower than a snail with chronic fatigue syndrome, we bring you the other of several small morsels of interest. Raise a cheer (or, being Monday morning, raise your eyebrows) to the news that Jodie Foster is all signed up to appear in Spike Lee's next project, Inside Man.Doctor Who To Play 'Da Vinci Code' Thug?
The film has at this stage been described as a complex cops and robbers tale (with a twist, of course), pitting bank robber Clive Owen against cop Denzel Washington. The bank robber is trying to pull off that elusive 'perfect heist'. Fate has other ideas, and the standoff ensues. Foster enters the already tense scenario playing a lawyer who further complicates the situation. Never one to coast, we're expecting Jodie to wring every last drop out of the role, and raise this already promising premise. We're thinking Heat, we're thinking Dog Day Afternoon, we're thinking the good bits of The Negotiator. (Empire Online)
British actor Christopher Eccleston has wasted no time in finding his next big project after giving up on TV series Doctor Who after one season - he's reportedly in talks to play the villain of The Da Vinci Code. The Gone In 60 Seconds star is said to be the new favorite to play killer monk Silas in director Ron Howard's adaptation of Dan Brown's best-selling book, according to website Digitalspy.Com. Jim Carrey was also rumored to be in talks for the role of the monk, who is a fearsome albino in the story. The Da Vinci Code, which will star Tom Hanks, Jean Reno and Audrey Tautou, begins filming in June. (IMDB)My next garage band is totally going to be called Fearsome Albino.
Am longing for samples I ordered from Black Phoenix Alchemy. In the meantime, check out their new Springtime in Arkham scents, which crack me up (Yog-Sothoth: "The perfume of eternity in vast, unknowable space. A glittering oil, ephemeral, iridescent, and horrifying in its immeasurable emptiness. This is the scent of air and darkness"). I kind of want to try out the tarot oils, and the forums have been really helpful in terms of finding out, you know, what they actually smell like. (I really wish I could get a sample of the Sagittarius blend, but apparently it's discontinued.)
Anyway. Must go do laundry, walk dogs, not panic.
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Apr. 18th, 2005 09:01 pmSISTER GIRL NEEDS TO TURN OFF THE HEATER TOUTE SUITE. IT'S 73°F OUTSIDE, I CANNOT ART IN THIS HEAT. WHY AM I RHYMING? PLEASE SEND HELP, AND POSSIBLY A PORTABLE AC. And chocolate.
Good discussion about The King and I in class today--visiting professor sat in. I can't tell if she's written her book or is writing her book. I hope if she's writing it still that we helped.
I'm still taking my Headcold of Death zinc supplements. Can anyone give me a reason why I should stop? Seriously, I don't know if they're safe for regular use or not.
It's Pimp Request Amnesty Week here on Occupation: Girl:
Frommodpixie: i'm making a movie based on "tam lin" and set in the 1920s. in order to raise money, i've put an excerpt from it online, and if your readership wishes they can donate a few dollars. (of course, i'd also love for people to review the film at archive.org and link to it.) i hope to go into production this summer, so wish me luck. :)
Fromallova: I'd like to put our 'Darth Vader for Pope' campaign and petition forward for your consideration, in the vague hope that the idea will appeal to your sense of humour and thus be worthy of pimpage.
Misc. links:
No, I am not linking to the $250 vulva puppet.
I shouldn't find this as funny as I do: Kasparov Hit Over Head With Chessboard.
This is just disturbing: Man Catches Fire During Surgery.
Viggo pornstache ahoy!
Less interesting, but seedier: Arrest Warrant for 'American Pie' Actress Lyonne.
Oh, andvladimirsever says that The Interpreter is pretty good after all. Also, he has Lemony Snicket book and movie sequel scoopage. Go, go!
( Firsthand celebrity gossip. Well, technically, coming from me, it's secondhand )
Good discussion about The King and I in class today--visiting professor sat in. I can't tell if she's written her book or is writing her book. I hope if she's writing it still that we helped.
I'm still taking my Headcold of Death zinc supplements. Can anyone give me a reason why I should stop? Seriously, I don't know if they're safe for regular use or not.
It's Pimp Request Amnesty Week here on Occupation: Girl:
From
modpixie: i'm making a movie based on "tam lin" and set in the 1920s. in order to raise money, i've put an excerpt from it online, and if your readership wishes they can donate a few dollars. (of course, i'd also love for people to review the film at archive.org and link to it.) i hope to go into production this summer, so wish me luck. :) From
allova: I'd like to put our 'Darth Vader for Pope' campaign and petition forward for your consideration, in the vague hope that the idea will appeal to your sense of humour and thus be worthy of pimpage. Misc. links:
No, I am not linking to the $250 vulva puppet.
I shouldn't find this as funny as I do: Kasparov Hit Over Head With Chessboard.
This is just disturbing: Man Catches Fire During Surgery.
Viggo pornstache ahoy!
Less interesting, but seedier: Arrest Warrant for 'American Pie' Actress Lyonne.
Oh, and
vladimirsever says that The Interpreter is pretty good after all. Also, he has Lemony Snicket book and movie sequel scoopage. Go, go!( Firsthand celebrity gossip. Well, technically, coming from me, it's secondhand )
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Apr. 17th, 2005 09:23 pmPimp requests:
Fromkira002: "If you're still taking requests for posting things, would you give a mention to the Crusade for Charity? We're running a raffle with some pretty great prizes (signed Kingdom of Heaven poster; two of the bags that FOX gave out at the junket, and lots more); proceeds go to Doctors Without Borders, earmarked for their relief efforts in the Sudan."
Fromsapphires13: "I wonder if you've heard, ABC is showing Chamber of Secrets on May 7th, sprinkled in with the commercials will be sneak peeks at Goblet of Fire."
Helpslacker1985 with character names for her book.
Other links:
Something Awful's Photoshop Phriday does Sin City. Absolute best picture, will destroy your universe: J.K. Rowling's "Muggle City."
Brandon Routh IS Clark Kent. Y'all, this is just freaky.
The 213 Things Skippy is No Longer Allowed to do in the Army
Spinning wheels on Independence Day. Dammit. And I still have to watch The King and I for class tomorrow, too. Gladiator, however, is officially turned in and off my hands as of this past Friday.
From
kira002: "If you're still taking requests for posting things, would you give a mention to the Crusade for Charity? We're running a raffle with some pretty great prizes (signed Kingdom of Heaven poster; two of the bags that FOX gave out at the junket, and lots more); proceeds go to Doctors Without Borders, earmarked for their relief efforts in the Sudan."From
sapphires13: "I wonder if you've heard, ABC is showing Chamber of Secrets on May 7th, sprinkled in with the commercials will be sneak peeks at Goblet of Fire."Help
slacker1985 with character names for her book.Other links:
Something Awful's Photoshop Phriday does Sin City. Absolute best picture, will destroy your universe: J.K. Rowling's "Muggle City."
Brandon Routh IS Clark Kent. Y'all, this is just freaky.
The 213 Things Skippy is No Longer Allowed to do in the Army
7. Not allowed to add “In accordance with the prophesy” to the end of answers I give to a question an officer asks me.
10. Not allowed to purchase anyone's soul on government time.
66. There is no “Anti-Mime” campaign in Bosnia.
73. No military functions are to be performed “Skyclad”.
116. Crucifying mice - bad idea.
155. Teaching Albanian children to taunt other soldiers is not nice.
164. There is no such thing as a were-virgin.
167. Not allowed to operate a business out of the barracks.
168. Especially not a pornographic movie studio.
169. Not even if they *are* “especially patriotic films”
179. On Army documents, my race is not “Other”.
180. Nor is it “Secretariat, in the third”.
200. My chain of command is not interested in why I “just happen” to have a kilt, an inflatable sheep, and a box of rubber bands in the back of my car.
Spinning wheels on Independence Day. Dammit. And I still have to watch The King and I for class tomorrow, too. Gladiator, however, is officially turned in and off my hands as of this past Friday.
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Apr. 16th, 2005 05:39 pmWent out for breakfast--Chappy's--and had a waffle. Mmmmwaffles. Also some sausage; I don't trust restaurant bacon, because it's never as crispy as I want it. And then I came home and went back to bed; and then I got up and worked; and then I had a headache and said, "I will write a journal entry now."
Random thoughts:
Do you ever reread something you wrote and find a really bizarre typo?
Walt sees Locke and Boone hiking back to camp and ducks away, yelling that he's gonna go get some whater.
I wonder if they keep that next to the haterade.
Whee! My Kate + Charlie 4Ever button (as seen in a slightly different format on E!, no less) arrived! Thank you,kira002!
MY HED IZ PASTEDE ON DAY! (Huh? Also, the short[er] version.)
Another great example of fandom crazy.
Helprestriction out with her Fandom Cliché Poll.
Helpjedilora out with her poll on media and celebrity.
Some of y'all asked me to post things and I have completely flaked and lost those links. If posting it would still do any good, let me know in the comments here, and I'll try to make up for that. (It seems that Veronica Mars got safely renewed and doesn't need our help or anything, for example.)
In that vein, if you ever ask me to do something, and I say I'll do it, and then I don't, please come back and remind me ("Hey, how's that thing coming?"), because... well, I don't want to make it sound like I'm a complete space cadet, but I have a lot on my mind. Let's put it that way. And this is not something that's going to change--it's not necessarily a stress thing; it's just how I am. I've usually got current schoolwork, future evil term paper and/or exam, current writing project, five other projects that want to be worked on, various personal relationship issues, something I've inevitably forgotten to do and am now in trouble for, and one or more Stupid Crack Songs roaring through my head at any given time. I'm not saying the rest of y'all don't have the same stuff going on, but... I don't think I compartmentalize well. It's all going on, simultaneously, all the time. You know how you're turning the dial on the radio and you sort of get two stations playing over each other at once? And then someone next to you in the car is talking, and there's another conversation going on in the back seat as well? That's kind of what my head is like. I just need y'all's patience and a little help sometimes, is all I'm saying.
Random thoughts:
Do you ever reread something you wrote and find a really bizarre typo?
Walt sees Locke and Boone hiking back to camp and ducks away, yelling that he's gonna go get some whater.
I wonder if they keep that next to the haterade.
Whee! My Kate + Charlie 4Ever button (as seen in a slightly different format on E!, no less) arrived! Thank you,
kira002! MY HED IZ PASTEDE ON DAY! (Huh? Also, the short[er] version.)
Another great example of fandom crazy.
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restriction out with her Fandom Cliché Poll.Help
jedilora out with her poll on media and celebrity.Some of y'all asked me to post things and I have completely flaked and lost those links. If posting it would still do any good, let me know in the comments here, and I'll try to make up for that. (It seems that Veronica Mars got safely renewed and doesn't need our help or anything, for example.)
In that vein, if you ever ask me to do something, and I say I'll do it, and then I don't, please come back and remind me ("Hey, how's that thing coming?"), because... well, I don't want to make it sound like I'm a complete space cadet, but I have a lot on my mind. Let's put it that way. And this is not something that's going to change--it's not necessarily a stress thing; it's just how I am. I've usually got current schoolwork, future evil term paper and/or exam, current writing project, five other projects that want to be worked on, various personal relationship issues, something I've inevitably forgotten to do and am now in trouble for, and one or more Stupid Crack Songs roaring through my head at any given time. I'm not saying the rest of y'all don't have the same stuff going on, but... I don't think I compartmentalize well. It's all going on, simultaneously, all the time. You know how you're turning the dial on the radio and you sort of get two stations playing over each other at once? And then someone next to you in the car is talking, and there's another conversation going on in the back seat as well? That's kind of what my head is like. I just need y'all's patience and a little help sometimes, is all I'm saying.
