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Monday, May 12th, 2008
1:18 am	Things That Are Awesome for May 11th, 2008 Doctor Who: I wish I could have thrown open the invitation to the meetup on Saturday to everyone, but it was at someone else's house. Nevertheless you're free to join our group and get invited to all our smashing get-togethers. You don't have to pay to join meetup.com and the only emails I get from are the group's internal emails about gatherings and such. This last Saturday, the awesome Sarah hosted a cookout, and then we watched the new Sontaran two-parter projected onto this HUGE canvas stretched over a frame. If you're a fan of the show you haven't lived until you've seen it on the big screen. Holy ceiling cat, Batman! That was awesome! Our next meetup should have a 61-inch TV and surround sound? Dude. Doctor Who/Red Dwarf: ( SPOILER ALERT under the cut: The Doctor's Daughter. Don't click if you haven't seen it! ) Frankie's: The price of food and pinball is exorbitant, but to be fair, it's Pirates of the Caribbean pinball. The food is Applebee's fare and gets no excuse. Two weekends from now will see if the mini-golf is worth the tee fee. Iron Man: More specifically, the dialogue in it. Even more specifically, sitting next to alex_annn and listening to the dialogue. If every frame of 'Manos: The Hands of Fate' looks like someone's last known photograph (as explained on Mystery Science Theater 3000), then every line of dialogue Tony Stark speaks sounds like Joe's last words, technical stuff and dirty wit alike. Which is why we love Joe. Also: Joe won't ever die. The blood of virgins keeps him young. Well, the something of virgins. Something they're in a dreadful hurry to give to him, anyway. Note for the future: I should see more movies with alex_annn. In the category of possibly-awesome-we'll-see: Blackpool? I am intrigued by the following clip: I will endeavor to illuminate myself later with 'Blackpool' and will report back on whether the whole thing is that awesome, or just that hilarious song and dance number as well as others. Meaning I need to clear off space on my hard drive. This lack of space has not been an issue until I discovered (more or less at the same time) how to use BitTorrent and Life on Mars. Both of these things have dually made my life better and eaten up my ROM. Yeah. Awesome can sure take up space... Current Mood: sore Current Music: wind outside (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, May 8th, 2008
11:00 pm	Things That Are Awesome for May 8th, 2008 - Special All-People Edition! October: I've been showing off the note you sent me to everyone. I miss you too, Toby! fitfool: For an equally wonderful note! Yep, I'm on an accentuate the positive kick, and you remind me that bacon and Whole Foods are among the many Things That Are Awesome -- but most of all, you are. Suzan Mooney: For the most wonderful gift of a Pez dispenser and a beautiful story to go with it. blue_totoroses: For an awesome email! I'll call you once I've got a minute and it's not nearly eleven o'clock at night! I'll also write back really soon. poutinstereo: ROLLER DERBY! My mom: All the days of the year, not just the impending Mothers' Day. I love being her daughter. She's both smart and cool, and how often do you get both in one mom? I couldn't even imagine a more awesome mom. Sara: Again, all the days of the year. I love being her puppy-mommy. Current Mood: sore Current Music: wind outside (5 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, May 4th, 2008
11:49 pm	Things That Are Awesome for May 4th, 2008 Audrey Hepburn: It's her birthday. You are missed, great lady. Even a surfeit of calenders showering us with your pixie-like countenance every year will never even trace the boundaries of the hole you left. Which is not to say they're not all on my wall. H2G2: Better known to us radio-ready oldschoolers as the Book, this user-created Earth equivalent to Megadodo Publications' seminal work 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' features an edited version and a free-for-all version. Apparently it is possible in some way to get the (edited) Book on a PDA or souped up internet-capable phone, but I still use my steam-powered pedal-driven phone (why is the redundant system even more outmoded?) of many years ago, so I use my computer to browse The Book. Browsing London entries introduced me to the fantastic discovery of the Earl's Court Police Box. Also, the Book will tell you how to operate all those spoons you probably have lying around the house. beatonna's Twenty History Comics: Reading these hilarious six-panel takes on historical figures like Henry VIII, Genghis Khan, Chaucer, Benedict Arnold, and Benjamin Disraeli, I find that Eddie Izzard is delightfully not alone in plumbing the history books in search of the things that make us laugh at ourselves. Plus, I would totally be a Tesla groupie if I were in that first comic. TESLA!!! Magnetic Katamaris: I WANT ONE. I wish I could crochet! Twenty-First Century Campfire: If I had live television coming into my house and a lot of PVC pipe, this is what I'd do. Johnny Chung Lee: If you read Penny Arcade you may have already seen Mr. Lee's Head-Tracking for Virtual Reality Displays Using the Wiimote video, which does what it says on the package and creates an amazing depth of field illusion. In addition to this he's made a $14 Steadycam you can make yourself, has worked with Kinetic Typography (animated text) which as a logophile I love, and has made some beautiful experimental pictures of action like smashing bottles and light appearing to circle a person sitting on the floor. He's done other projects with the Wiimote and with brain-computer interaction, as well as paint-balloon slingshots. That all this innovation is packed into one curious mind is very cool. He's studying at Carnegie Mellon University to get his doctorate in the field of Awesome. Something like that, anyway. autumnraina: For teaching me how to put designs on shirts! I'll probably announce again that she's awesome when I finish what I'm working on and can show it off. Current Mood: sore Current Music: La Vie en Rose-Audrey Hepburn-Sabrina (7 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, May 2nd, 2008
10:04 pm	Things That Are Awesome for May 2nd, 2008 Monty Python and the Holy Grail: It's showing at The Colony Theatre in Raleigh tomorrow -- Saturday the 3rd -- at midnight. One-Stop Absentee Ballot Voting: There was something totally mind-bogglingly wonderful about filling in the little oval yesterday next to Mr. Obama's name, getting the 'I Voted Early' sticker, and then taking my post-surgical Mom there today for super-awesome curbside voting and watching her gleefully do the same. We went out to lunch afterward and talked about Bobby Kennedy. It's amazing how that makes us both tear up. I wasn't even alive then. He was so inspiring a person, so beloved to the jaded and hurt, the young, the old, the rich and poor. Barcelona: My favorite modernist architect is Antonio Gaudí. He applied so many beautiful aquatic-inspired dreams to buildings in the city. You may be familiar with the Sagrada Família, his famous incomplete masterwork and later-life obsession that is now being finished, but I'm enamored more of the Casa Milà and the Park Güell. Incidentally, Greatbuildings.com, which is where I linked to for the three examples of Gaudí's finest work, has the most amazing array of pictures of these places. It, too, is an Awesome Thing for today. Across the Universe: Yesterday I drove past a subdivision called Bishopsgate and had to stop humming the movie's arrangement of 'All My Loving' to start humming the movie's arrangement of 'For the Benefit of Mr. Kite.' I realized that it's now my favorite movie, dethroning Marc Forster's excellent and compelling 'Stay.' Last weekend, showing 'Across the Universe' to Bryan and his lovely wife alex_annn, I looked for and spotted the awesome gorgeous lady who played the Criminologist in Duke University's recent production of 'The Rocky Horror Show,' Danya Taymor. Her costume was gold boots, a slinky slip, and a riding crop. A few weeks later she came to our show at the Rialto along with other cast members and ate breakfast with us afterward. Apparently Danya's aunt is Julie Taymor, visionary director and co-writer of the film. It's a good thing I didn't know that at the time, I might have had an aneurysm of joy! AirPort Express: It takes at least six times as long to get new software or hardware up and running as any reason dictates it should. This one took the cake. I've been trying off and on for about three years to 'make it go,' and today's attempt was absolutely bull-headed determination resulting in success. My internets are barrelling along those tubes like a bunch of pneumatic puppies newly awakened from their nap. Puppies! Current Mood: tired Current Music: My Angel Put the Devil in Me-Miranda Raison-Doctor Who (7 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, April 28th, 2008
9:23 pm	Things That Are Not Awesome Mycoplasma pneumoniae. My dad noticed I had it from the sound of my breath and cough over the phone Sunday. I just thought I was still weak and congested from having three months of Upper Respiratory Mystery. I went over to help take care of my mom after Friday's hernia surgery since Dad, being handicapped, shouldn't have to take care of her all alone. I did a really crap job of helping. After pretty much passing out on the day bed for twelve hours, today Mom was looking around at us and said, "We're a regular halfway house, aren't we? Not quite a hospital." "Good!" said Dad. "Hospitals suck." I managed to make it home to my own bed but I won't be good for anything until these antibiotics do something for me. My brain's oxygen deprivation makes me extraordinarily confused and foggy. Sometimes I look at words and my rosetta stone goes on the fritz; I can't remember what the familiar shapes of letters mean in their combinations. At least I'm having wonderful dreams of Henry Fonda, TMBG, and Doctor Who. If only I could spend more time with them and less time aware of my symptoms in the waking world. I loved seeing some of you Saturday. I had such a blast. Current Mood: sick Current Music: The Stones of Blood (with commentary) (8 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, April 24th, 2008
9:28 pm	Things That Are Awesome for April 24th, 2008 Britain!: The Office of Government Commerce had a new logo comissioned. I want them to keep it, even though if you turn it on its side, hilarity ensues. My favorite bit is the response from the OGC spokesman: "[...]it is not inappropriate to an organisation that’s looking to have a firm grip on Government spend." Both dinosaurcomics and film2edit posted about this, so thanks! World Market: The nearest store never has Jelly Babies, but as I went by to get scone mix and Flake and other such deliciousness for the Doctor Who viewing party at my house Saturday, I discovered one lone bag stuffed down and hidden in the back! Faux 1930s Swing: If you (like me) loved the Doctor Who season three episode two-parter Daleks in Manhattan/Evolution of the Daleks, and you (like me) wanted that wonderful swing number the girls perform but found out the version in the episode isn't the one on the album, then enjoy My Angel Put the Devil in Me as sung by Miranda Raison. It ain't perfect, but it's got that fantastic three-Ls-and-an-H twang! London: Speaking of Anglophilia (and it seems I rarely talk about anything else), I may be going to London for a few weeks this summer. I know some of you have been to England, Great Britain and to the City and Greater London. Any tips, other than 'take a brolly'? poisonyoulove: for making the totally awesome icon you see here! (I can't believe I forgot this and had to edit to put it in! I've got a mind like a thing you drain rice in.) Current Mood: geeky Current Music: My Angel Put the Devil in Me-Miranda Raison-Doctor Who (9 Comments |Comment on this)
5:36 pm	Doctor Who Viewing Party This Saturday! Sorry I forgot to post about this earlier! Saturday, April 26th, 6pm, my place! If you don't know where that is, drop me an email or call me for directions. We'll be watching Doctor Who, the new season, episodes 2 & 3. Apparently episode 1 debuts on the Sci-Fi Channel tonight? Or tomorrow or something? So you should be caught up and ready for some fresh if you're following it that way, but if not they're good great stand-alone episodes! Yay! There will be scones and tea and port and tea sandwiches and savories (yes, jelly babies!) and we're ordering pizza. If you go away hungry then I have failed! Come geek out to the best British sci-fi series with a disappearing blue box in. (7 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, April 18th, 2008
11:07 pm	Things That Are Awesome for April 18th, 2008 Stephen Colbert: This is actually a belated Thing That Is Awesome from April 17th. See: 'The Colbert Report' for April 17th. I had missed most of the week, not having a TV, so I didn't see the hugemongous auditorium they plonked him in for the Philly shows until now. I was trying desperately to explain to Mom the difference in size from the actual audience in Manhattan the rest of the time. And boy, did they cheer. With good reason. opaleye_dragon: for directing my attention to this shirt. The shirt itself is nice, but the description of it is hilarious. If you're a Zelda geek you know our fair princess was named for Zelda Fitzgerald. A simple sketch of quest items familiar to any player of Zelda games has been transformed by text into an allegory for Ms. Fitzgerald's life. Don't miss the description of the color at the end, poignant for anyone who has ever played a console video game. Ever. lalalee621: This lovely lady, a blast from derekjh's past, contacted me today to let me know about multiple TMBG shows in Charlotte, two family shows on June 15th that are known by This Might Be a Wiki and one 14+ on June 14th that was not. I'm really happy that at last I'm getting to meet this friend of Derek's from so long ago. I'm happy she still thinks of him. Life on Mars, Redux: I finished the first series and my craving for the second is intense, but I have to wait until I clear some ROM before downloading the massive hulking 5.57 GB. (It's massive because my computer's old, all right? Shut up.) Arrgh, it's going to take forever to download. BBC, if you'd just give us the box sets in Region 1 I would buy them. I would love them and squeeze them and call them George. Anyway, the other Thing That's Awesome about this series is that someone compiled an almost complete soundtrack for ALL the episodes, and it's like listening to the local classic rock station back before it turned into a country rock station. Led Zeppelin, Blue Oyster Cult, David Bowie, Pink Floyd, Deep Purple, Thin Lizzy, Jethro Tull, Cream, Wings, T. Rex, early Roxy Music, Hawkwind, Atomic Rooster, Sweet, The Rolling Stones, Wizzard, even Nina Simone contribute to make this the total three-point-five-hour awesomefest that it is. This is going to make my drive to Pittsburgh to see poutinstereo and that Eddie guy in May so fantastic. Current Mood: geeky Current Music: The Ballroom Blitz-Sweet-Life on Mars (7 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
12:17 am	Things That Are Awesome for April 15th, 2008 *SPECIAL MIDNIGHT EDITION* Because the day had extra awesome stuff later. Joe. Yup. Maybe he doesn't live up to the hype for some people, or they think he's overrated, but to me he understands more than people who laugh and laughs more than people who understand. Smirnoff Ice: It's Highly Addictive Alcoholic! settiai once again: This time for Torchwood Babies, which is a hand-drawn comic that will evoke Muppet Babies, Torchwood, Doctor Who and pure grain cute. It really is too cute to be believed. It also features some Doctor and Rose adorableness. Current Mood: amused (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
3:08 pm	Things That Are Awesome for April 15th, 2008 Tax Extensions. USB Flash Drives: I had my first wowing experience with one over at autumnraina and ilford's; I don't know why it took me so long to get one myself. It's going to be one of those how-did-I-cope-before-this-was-invented things. Life on Mars: For those of you who enjoyed John Simm as the Master on 'Doctor Who' -- or for those of you who think of the early seventies like another planet yet love, simply love its non-discofied rock 'n' roll (Teenage Wasteland, Live and Let Die, Kashmir, and the obvious David Bowie song for starters) -- this series is for you. Scones: I baked them. They're peach. Why today? Because today is... Never Mind the Buzzcocks! Joe has been downloading series 19, 20, and 21 for our enjoyment today. ( Why is NMtB so fabulous? ) The BBC: for the above shows, and others. Also, they finally made available for download the Region 2 DVD commentary for 'Last of the Time Lords,' a thoroughly enjoyable and hilarious listen. It features David Tennant, John Barrowman, and Freema Agyeman. The reason it was left off the Region 1 DVD set was because of numerous instances of the commentators bursting into songs and creating rights issues. This is also one of the many things that makes it awesome. Thanks, Auntie Beeb! Current Mood: cold Current Music: Life On Mars? (Live at Fashion Rocks)-Arcade Fire & David Bowie-Live EP (Live at (5 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, April 11th, 2008
9:42 pm	Things That Are Awesome for April 10th, 2008 johnnygoodtimes, for alerting TMBG fans to this: They call me Doctor Mario! Also, she is intimidatingly gorgeous in person. I was shocked speechless and shy upon meeting her last November. Greek men would build temples for her. Current Mood: contemplative Current Music: Doctor Worm (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, April 10th, 2008
9:43 pm	Things That Are Awesome for April 10th, 2008 My aunt Cheryl, for sending me this item from To the Point News: "Prepare yourself for this one - maybe with a Stoli martini or two.  Back in the days of the Soviet Union, the Soviet Red Army had an official choir composed of male soldiers and musicians.  It still exists.  The Red Army Choir performs throughout Russia to this day. Now consider the Finnish rock band called The Leningrad Cowboys.  A little while ago, they held a concert in Russia, in which - to the screaming applause of Russkie teen-agers - they got the Red Army Choir to join them on stage for a performance of "Sweet Home Alabama."  In English.  You couldn't make this up. We're talking seriously off the wall here.  Better have that Stoli ready when you watch it:" There's so much to love here. The Katamari Damacy hairdos. The lady dancer. The guys in full uniform with accordions. The Worf-smashable mandolin. The minor-key vocalization at the end. The entire thing, in fact. The only thing that could have possibly made it better is if the encore had been 'Tusk.' Current Mood: amused Current Music: Sweet Home St. Petersburg (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
11:06 pm	Things That Are Awesome for April 9th, 2008 Doctor Who: The Celestial Toyshop (great name!) features a working replica of the Chameleon Arch Pocket Watch from season three episodes Human Nature, Family of Blood and Utopia. If only I'd bought that velvet waistcoat I saw years ago I'd have a way to wear it! They also have a replica of the Master's ring from Last of the Time Lords. It's in this lovely presentation box with the seal of Rassilon on it that I lust after much more than the ring. This year they're working on a sonic screwdriver replica which -- given the artistry wreaked on the other two replicas -- should be superb. The Sarah Jane Adventures: 'Nuff said. Thank you, settiai! Doctor Who Season Four Episode One: I couldn't wait any longer, so I caved. I liked it very much. Toward the end I was seized with a strange desire to make soap. (That won't make sense unless you've seen it, and maybe not even then.) Doctor Who Classic Commentaries: The Tomb of the Cybermen, The Visitation, Earthshock, Resurrection of the Daleks, Remembrance of the Daleks, The Hand of Fear, and The Dalek Invasion of Earth. The Music Man. Great honk! Current Mood: better Current Music: The Music Man (1962) (13 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
11:18 pm	Things That Are Awesome and Kinda Girly for April 8th, 2008 The Last Unicorn: A new deluxe edition re-release with a gorgeous cover includes the award-winning novella coda to the book, 'Two Hearts,' written in 2005. I don't know if anyone else is as mad about this book as I am, but the idea of a follow-up story made me ebullient. Corsets: The Legend of Zelda and Alice in Wonderland. I can't decide which is more awesome. I also really like the A New Hope dress on the same site. It makes me think of 1980s kids' bedsheets. My Little Pony: For seven years I've been having dreams of being in a Toys 'R' Us and seeing classic My Little Ponies on a shelf. Five years ago I saw the new ones on a shelf and almost died of awesome. Today I happened to be in Crossroads and stopped by the Toys 'R' Us just for fun and there they were. The original six My Little Ponies, in classic packaging, same old fonts and box art. The originals weren't all sparkly and twinkle-eyed. They weren't fuzzy and didn't change color in water or sun. They weren't even unicorns or pegasi. Nevertheless, these magic six started it all. Small wonder they apparently sold so well that a re-release of the Rainbow Ponies -- horses, unicorns and pegasi with rainbow-colored hair and sparkly symbols -- is on its way. Health: I've got to admit, I'm getting better. Getting better all the time. Winning formula: The Beatles, Doctor Who classic and new, cough syrup, sleep, and lots and lots of Biaxin. Current Mood: better Current Music: Let It Be (Long Version)-Carol Woods & Timothy T. Mitchum-Across the Universe (Music from the Motion Picture) [Deluxe Edition] (9 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, March 28th, 2008
11:08 pm	More Tales of Interest from the Series of Tubes The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul/The Salmon of Doubt: If you enjoyed last October's broadcast of the BBC's radio adaptation of 'DIrk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency' -- or even if you didn't -- then it may be of some interest that the same group are doing the Norse-mythology-saturated sequel 'The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul' which I secretly believe made Neil Gaiman want to write 'American Gods.' Episode 1 scheduled to broadcast on Radio Four and online June 26th, biotches. Word is they're going to do a similar adaptation of 'The Salmon od Doubt.' It will be interesting to see how they do that without painstaking use of a Ouija board. Or a mug. Going Postal: Further news from that flat turtle-riding landscape we all know and adore indicates we'll be seeing even more of it next year when the creative forces behind last year's 'Hogfather' and the recent 'The Colour of Magic' bring us 'Going Postal.' Very little has been announced except, at this stage, Jeremy Irons has been tapped to play Ankh-Morpork's infamous Patrician, Lord Vetinari. Star Trek: The Next Generation: At last, a way of distilling what little is worth redeeming from season one and wittily ridiculing or explaining the rest. Wil Wheaton has written these comprehensive synopses and reviews of TNG episodes, more or less in order. He's gotten through about half of the first season and his writeups are sprinkled with such unabashedly nerdy passages as: "[...]in the 24th century, the traditional practice of using 400 year-old comparisons is still in vogue, like when you're stuck in traffic on the freeway, and you say, "Man, this is just like Vasco de Gama trying to go around the Cape of Good Hope!"" A geek will find evidence of dligent Hitchhiker's Guide-reading, MST3K and 'Futurama'-watching, leading to the sort of recursive references that would make the Nibblonians implode in fear. At the same time certain internet-famous phrases and terms turn up often enough that one is forced to suspect this man periodically thinks in LOLCat. Also, he references the Haunted Mansion ride at least once per recap. I think someone spent a lot of childhood at Disneyland. Either that or there's some bet or debt going on behind the scenes. The writeups are also full of insight into why and where things were going wonky behind the scenes, which is something you wouldn't get from a regular snarky clever blogger. After twenty years I'm getting some closure on things I boggled at in my childhood. In a real way I understand why 'Angel One.' Not necessarily why anything, more 'WHY' the whole thing. "Director Michael Rhodes says that a big reason this story falls flat was Gene's determination to strip any conflict out of this script, and that Gene decreed that there was "no place for conflict in Star Trek." I hate to be critical of Gene, but I clearly remember Rhodes and several members of the cast sitting on Stage 6 one morning, absolutely incredulous that anyone could think that interesting drama was possible without conflict." [...] "I've heard from other Star Trek alumni that some of the actors hated this script so much -- it was even more sexist and stupid in one of the drafts that it is in the final cut, if you can believe that -- they refused to work for a day or so until various things were rewritten." I've wondered if people working on crap movies and TV shows know they're crap and just don't care or need the money, or if they're oblivious and think they're remaking 'Lawrence of Arabia.' This leaves me with a thoughtful air toward all kinds of bad cinema I've just dismissed out of hand. RiffTrax/the nature of humor in satire: It's a long way off, but I wonder if after Mr. Wheaton gets through the pain of season one and the slightly less pain of season two the sheer hilarity will dwindle, owing to the fact that there's a lot of fodder those first two years in particular. Kind of like how MST3K probably wouldn't have been as wonderful had they been good movies. Take, as an example, RiffTrax. They were so obviously reverent fans of 'Lord of the Rings' that their cloying commentary on 'Fellowship' was unfunny and unlistenable, yet while still displaying joy over the original 'Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory' they had enough distance from it they could add quite a lot of silliness. I think some of that was due to the fact that there's something hilariously wrong with Neil Patrick Harris. "Not again, Grandpa." I guess what I'm saying is: making fun of something that's actually good is a lot harder than making fun of something that's awful, and hats off to those who can do it. I'm looking at YOU, Neil. Health: Oh, what a surprise. Still sick. I'm actually a little bit peeved about having been sick since mid-January. Sorry to bitch so much but this is really deeply irritating. There are things I'd like to do which involve me leaving the house! I'd like to sleep through the night too! I don't know why I'm shouting! Good night and have a pleasant tomorrow! (...And to the two people who will get that last line: I love you.) Current Mood: sick Current Music: I Can't Decide-Scissor Sisters-Ta-Dah (7 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, March 24th, 2008
10:37 pm	Howard & Nester Remember when Nintendo Power was geared toward kids? Remember the comic strip Howard & Nester, where the two main characters would who often wind up inside NES games and their antics dressed up useful tips on how to get through the game, or even juicy secrets on how to make the most of potion jars in SMB2? I do. They taught me everything I needed to know about Tetris. Rereading the Tetris strategy guide in the archive I was giddy to see a bit of my nostalgia recontextualized. Yes, there was a Rocky Horror reference that it took me over twenty years now to rediscover and then get. I broke my fever from the weekend! I wish I could say I'm better, but it's more like a sideways rotation through various symptoms. Right now I have a cough and a post-nasal drip even Frank Loesser wouldn't write a song about. Current Mood: sick Current Music: While My Guitar Gently Weeps-Martin Luther McCoy-Across the Universe (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
1:44 pm	Labyrinth at the Colony 3/19 Labyrinth: For the locals, 'Labyrinth' is showing at the Colony tomorrow night at 7 & 9:30 pm. Be there or be A Rectangular Thinge!! They Might Be Giants and Corn Mo: As a follow-up to this weekend's post, the show was awesome and Satellite Ballroom totally kicks Starr Hill's ass. In memoriam for the dismal old shack 'Charlottesville' was played as one of the encores. Marty Beller was back after a brief paternity hiatus to rock the drums. Over a background of reverent utter silence during the bridge of 'Particle Man,' John Linnell sang Bob Lind's 'I Love to Sing' with John Flansburgh periodically throwing in prepared drum loops from the keyboard, best moment of the TMBG show! What was most awesome about the show for me was Corn Mo. He'd brought his band, the .357 Lovers, and some of the songs I heard last summer were finally given full voice. He did all the time traveler songs I love so much and 'Hava Nagila Monster.' Having brough a copy of 'An End to a Means' all the way to the show I lost my nerve at the last minute and thought giving him a copy of my book would be egomaniacal. After the show when I asked him to autograph my Corn Mo setlist, the first thing he said was, "So, how do I get a copy of your book?" He was delighted I happened to have brought him one. He wanted me to autograph it. I was so full of adrenalin and excitement I almost forgot how to spell my name. Mr. Cunningham, I beg to differ: the magic is YOU! Health: Still sick, but at least I had fun. Dad wants me to see a specialist. Probably will happen. Current Mood: sick Current Music: Lollipop-Corn Mo-The Magic is You! (5 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, March 14th, 2008
11:49 pm	Charlottesville Apparently I'm going to see They Might Be Giants on Sunday. My dad has become internet-savvy enough to keep up with TMBG's tour schedule and under the excuse that seeing them might make me feel better persuaded me to snap up bec_87rb's offer of tickets at cost (thanks, bec!). I think he just really wanted to go see them but needs someone to travel with, what with all his health issues. I found out yesterday Corn Mo's opening, though, and did a Kermit-the-Frog-style 'Yaaaaay!' freak-out. Have I ever mentioned how kind and empathetic he is? We talked so much about speculative fiction last time I saw him I'm going to give him a copy of 'An End to a Means.' He's also got one of the most awesome girlfriends I've ever met. Her name's Una, she's a total sweetheart and a gorgeous circus trapeze artist. They met when he was a ringmaster... he's got a song about it even. It's hard to find two kinder people than them. Even the smallest of kindnesses they cherish, and with that attitude of gratitude it's just great to be around them. Anyway, if this concert makes me better I'm going to call up Dead Elvis and tell him he's been succeeded. That would be awesome, wouldn't it? Well, at this point getting better by almost any means would be awesome. Except drinking human blood, ick. I am not returning Mr. Nosferatu's calls. The pain medication they gave me creates little oases of sanity in the sandstorm of sick. Well, maybe not 'sanity.' 'Happy painlessness.' Current Mood: sick Current Music: Happiness Is a Warm Gun-Joe Anderson-Across the Universe (Music from the Motion (9 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
8:53 pm	Ibb and Obb This game looks like puzzle crack: It's this guy Richard Boeser's graduation project and it isn't playable yet, but it needs to be. It's so gorgeous and tempting. The clinic finally elected not to put me on more antibiotics, but instead just to treat these lingering symptoms of myalgia, malaise, congestion, coughing, sneezing and digestive dysfunction -- the latter of which is most likely from being on five rounds of antibiotics in a row. The myalgia's definitely the worst, followed by malaise. I can manage to get out once every two days and do one thing before I'm too achy to stand and falling asleep behind the wheel. This is in the middle of the day, after having only been awake a couple of hours. I don't know how people with fibromyalgia can stand life. Current Mood: sick (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, March 10th, 2008
8:44 pm	I'll be in my bunk. Casanova. BBC period miniseries. Russell T. Davies (new 'Doctor Who' mastermind) writing, Peter O'Toole & David Tennant (old-school hotness & new-school hotness) starring as title character. Caveat on box: 'This program includes material that may not be appropriate for younger viewers. Viewer discretion is advised.' Valentine's Day came late for Kassi, but it finally arrived. Romance is not dead, it was just pining for the fjords. There may even be... velvet. (...Since I'm still sick after all medical science has tried to do for me, maybe what I really need is a Doctor.) EDIT: Green velvet for Mr. O'Toole, whose acting presence was so charismatic it overshadowed the all-you-can-watch David Tennant eye buffet. Man's still got it. This and 'Stardust' sure made up for 'Troy'! Mr. Tennant was in claret velvet. Whoo. They gave him blue contacts to match up to Mr. O'Tooles famous Irish Baby Blues. If I had to describe the material that's not appropriate for the kiddies I'd use words like 'frisky' and 'romp.' And definitely not for the kiddies. The aging-figure-telling-story-to-wide-eyed-young-listener format was unbelievably hackneyed and clearly not out to break new cinematic ground but otherwise it was all massively enjoyable. If I haven't mentioned it already, sexy British blue-eyed guys in velvet, oh my yes. Scads of other 'Doctor Who' guest characters lying about the place too! Current Mood: sick (2 Comments |Comment on this)