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Schmurr.
Stayed up late last night watching and geeking about Supernatural with virtualschmelz and Surly. Got some good, solid sleep--so solid that i didn't know the cat was standing on me until she stuck her nose into my eye--and then woke to a piece on NPR about Second LifeToday's plans include seeing people and watching the IU-O. State game. Interestingly enough, the ( Read more... ) -
Claim for the day
"I think that all great Science Fiction is based on paranoia--the fear that there is something out there greater than us."
-NPR, Weekend Edition
So...what do you think? -
Hmm...
Have you seen my force lance? -
Clint on Clint action
"The William Morris office said, 'We've got this screenplay we'd like you to look at. It's a picture in Europe - an Italian/Spanish/German co-production with European actors.' And I thought, I've been doing a Western all year long, I don't want to do that. But my agent asked me to read it, so I did. It was called El Magnifico Stragnero (The ( Read more... ) -
Grr.
Frustrated. Not only did i choose a paper topic with a whole lot of "soft" research and not very much out there in the way of hard research, but i also have procrastinated my ass off this week. Grr. I am an unhappy bear. -
The stupid thing is, i'm one of the few girls i know who has no idea what it's about...
There is a verysmall part of me that wants to see Flicka.
I'm pretty sure this urge can be quenched by watching Brokeback Mountain and Hidalgo, repeatedly, if necessary.
At least until it's in the Five Buck Club. -
One last thing for today
...and then to the grocery i go.
Earlier i posted a link to the Ok Go! treadmill video on YouTube. When i went to YouTube to find the video, i noticed a video on the front page called "Good bye Martin" with the description "Martin's wife Teresa explains Martin's death and thanks YouTube." I finally had a chance to take a look at the video, and it' ( Read more... ) -
Two more images
"The curtain of bubbles is the visual cue that keeps the animals from bumping into the glass when the exhibit is closed to the public."
-Nature: Oceans in Glass, PBS
And, via BoingBoing:
Edward Lee's photos of action figures--a stunning collection of figures in action. Seriously, they deserve a look--they have to be seen to be believed. -
Dove Ad: Evolution
This video, a Dove ad, is a fascinating look at the way beauty is manufactured. It starts with a fairly pretty-but-plain looking model, blemishes and limp hair and all, and turns her into a Tyra Banks-worthy billboard model in sixty seconds. As the end of the commercial says, no wonder our perception of beauty is distorted ( Read more... )
