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December 30th, 2009

franzferdinand2

12:04 am

02:06 So, I've been following this whole Rage Against the Machine/Joe McElderry Christmast number 1 thing. #
02:07 Part of this involved watching some of his performances on X-Factor and listening to interviews. #dontjudgeme #
02:07 Anyway, Simon Cowell and all the judges congratulated him on picking "Don't Stop Believing" as a song because it is apparently obscure. #
02:08 So, the issue is this: Were they just talking bullshit, or did the British really manage to avoid Journey? #
02:08 Because "obscure" is not something I would use to describe "Don't Stop Believing." #
02:09 In fact, I would say the opposite. It is "well known" or even "overplayed". #
02:20 www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaS8YqRuY8o This is what I was referring to. #
02:20 And, rewatching it, he just says that it's "not well known". England, what kind of magical wonderland do you live in without Journey? #
02:22 Although, if that clip is to be believed, I could make a killing by importing "Anyway you want it". #
02:28 @talestoenrage I think eventually people would notice that I don't know shit about music. #
02:29 If I were doing a reality singing show, I would only have two different ratings for contestants. #
02:29 These would be "David Bowie" and "Not David Bowie". #
02:30 If you receive the rating of "Not David Bowie" then you go home. #
02:34 @talestoenrage Actually being David Bowie. #
02:34 @talestoenrage And really, if Bowie shows up, I'm not going to force him to sing, we'll just go for a bike ride together. As bros. #
16:22 Did I ever pitch my idea of a grammar-themed supervillain to any of you? The Comma Chameleon? Yes? No? #
20:27 So, I just watched Six-String Samurai. #
20:29 And you'd think that "Swordsman Buddy Holly in Apocalyptic Las Vegas" would be a surefire formula for success. #
20:29 You would be so very, very wrong. #
20:29 It's one of those concepts that, before you start filming you need to ask yourself a few questions. #
20:30 1. Am I a competent filmmaker? #
20:30 2. Do I have a budget of more than five dollars? #
20:31 If you answer "no" to either question, you probably shouldn't make a Post-Apocalyptic movie about Buddy Holly as a swordsman. #
20:47 @SparkerPants I always thought that Jem and the Holograms could use a little Danzig. #

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December 29th, 2009

franzferdinand2

12:05 am

12:29 It's the Monday after Christmas. Everyone knows what this means... #
12:30 www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBPfC9FzDL4&feature=related THE MISFITS MONDAY! #
12:36 Alright, twitter. What would you say is the most archetypal Misfits song? #
12:37 I think I'm going with Teenagers from Mars. It's based on an old horror movie and features some really unconscionable lyrics. #
17:11 Making a bunch of us feel old. As in, "enjoy drinking RC Cola while playing shuffleboard" old. #itsapuppykickerthing #
17:12 Understanding why magicians and hypnotists are walking around this bitch. #itsapuppykickerthing #
17:13 Having the following interests: 1. Pixar movies. 2. Sondheim musicals. 3. ???????? #itsapuppykickerthing #
19:08 @DrPuppykicker Fact: Once @KingOblivionPhD chased Mike Nelson around a stage. No joke. #

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December 28th, 2009

franzferdinand2

12:03 am

20:51 I'm back! Also, I was gone. #

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December 25th, 2009

lynx_child

01:52 am - A Muppet Christmas Carol
With a thankful heart that is wide awake
I do make this promise, every breath I take
Will be used now to sing your praise (Used now to sing your praise)
And to beg you to share my days (Beg you to share my days)
With a loving guarantee that even if we part
I will hold you close in a thankful heart

Merry Christmas.

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December 24th, 2009

beatonna

08:47 pm - Christmas Eve

It being Christmas Eve and all, I was thinking of this Christmas story and drew it up. I meant to draw it nicer, but didn't get time. It's about family.

( under the cut, because it's big )

If it helps to understand it better, I am the second oldest of four girls.

Merry Christmas, everyone! To you and yours.

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franzferdinand2

12:07 am

13:20 Am I just imagining things, or was there really a plot point that involved Hermione trying to take back the term "mudblood"? #
13:21 And if it did happen, it probably didn't happen the way I'm now imagining it. #
13:24 Was someone else talking about this? Is this a joke that somebody made that I now think is real? #
13:24 I really don't want to re-read any of the last three books to find out. #
18:25 Holy crap! @nedroid is going to be at this year's Heroes Con. #
18:27 nedroidcomics.livejournal.com/262246.html for those of you wondering. #
18:27 The delivery of the unpunctuated GORILLA seriously gets me every time. #
18:39 @nedroid Glad to see you're making it in the world. And by making it, I mean going to convention near where I used to live. #
18:39 @nedroid I've been rooting for you since the days of the Jay Pinkerton message board. #

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December 23rd, 2009

blackwell

10:16 am - Cybrosis

Recently I've been involved in a bunch of in-progress projects that I can't talk about until they go live. (I've decided that all the work I've done in 2009 that I can't talk about is going to make me look amazingly productive in 2010.) The cover I did for Cybrosis is an example of just such a project and I'm happy to say that it is now live! Cybrosis is a podcast novel by P.C. Haring and I'm pleased to say that the cover photo is mine!

I took the photograph for the cover working with Rae Winters, who is the amazing model gracing the cover. Jared Axelrod did the graphic design that makes it look so sci-fitastic. P.C. is releasing episodes now along with some of the voice best talent out there. I am so happy that he asked me to help create the cover for his novel. Thanks, P.C.!

You can download the first episode of Cybrosis here: www.cybrosisnovel.com/
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franzferdinand2

12:04 am

00:10 @KingOblivionPhD @theisb I guess if he and a few others made a kind of human pyramid. #
00:24 Is there anything funnier than using the word "ain't" in place of "don't". #
00:25 Such as in the case of, "Baby, you know I ain't know how to use a phone." #
01:16 I'm going back through @nedroid's archives and I'm reminded why everyone should follow @nedroid. #
01:16 You should also go to his website www.nedroid.com or nedroidcomics.livejournal.com #
01:17 He's also the colorist for Dr. McNinja, if that means anything to any of you. #
01:29 @theisb @talestoenrage To be fair, this time I honestly didn't think anyone could actually defend Dunham. #
01:31 @theisb Also also, so far no one's defended Dunham, there's just a guy who ain't know the difference between racist and racial humor. #
01:44 @talestoenrage How goes the slow, steady march towards madness? #
01:51 @talestoenrage Well, if it makes you feel any better, I found out there's a shounen sports anime about American Football. #
01:53 @talestoenrage No, that's the one. I'm still really confused about Japanese people playing American Football. #
01:56 @talestoenrage Here's hoping there'll be one about curling. And it'll be about a kid who's a real natural with those dumb little brooms. #
02:02 @talestoenrage And in the final showdown against Team Canada, he has to develop Phoenix Brush Stroke Zero. #
02:04 @talestoenrage I feel that we could go more places with this if either of us knew a damn thing about curling. #
02:10 @talestoenrage My favorite part of curling is the Pegasus dueling. #
02:15 Sad but true: The losing Pegasus is shot and made into burgers. #liesaboutcurling #
02:18 In curling, the bristles of the brooms are actually made of metal. Dio metal. #liesaboutcurling #
02:19 The expression "23 Skidoo" comes from curling. It refers to Canadian ace Lars Twenty-Three, who would frequently skidoo. #liesaboutcurling #
02:22 The French actually have no word for "curling". But they have at least three ways of saying "goodbye". #liesaboutcurling #
02:24 The proper pronunciation is "curling, eh?" 'Eh?' is something that Canadians say. #liesaboutcurling #truthaboutCanadians #
02:25 Oddly enough, women's curling teams tend to be disproportionately attractive. #forseriousthisisactuallytrueaboutcurling #
02:28 To become an Olympic sport, curling had to defeat biathalon in ritual combat. #liesaboutcurling #
02:29 While not technically illegal, heaving the rock at your oppoents heads is considered very unsporting. #liesaboutcurling #
02:34 Please refer to the broom-wielders by the preferred term, "spastics". #liesaboutcurling #seriouslythattermisoutdated #
02:35 Curling practices were one of the chief inspirations for Thanksgiving. #liesaboutcurling #
02:38 The traditional curling introduction involves at least 2 hours of martial arts posedowns. #liesaboutcurling #
02:39 Well, it is late and I've attracted at least 3 new curling-centric spammers. I'd say my work here is done. #
02:40 And, in a heartening moment, my 1000th tweet wasn't random complaining, it was a lie about curling. #
18:04 www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/12/star-trek-keeps-women-computer-science/ #
18:05 The thrust is this: Wired does studies about nerd culture and its effects on gender with regards to computer science programs. #
18:05 The comments, unsurprisingly, are a bunch of whiny nerds complaining about women ruining stuff. #
18:08 Listen, I am a nerd. I have been for many years. I come from a family of nerds. #
18:09 It's why I hate the idea that many nerds hold of some kind of nerd superiority (due to intelligence) or nerd persecution. #
18:13 Oh man, one of these commenters has just won the Internet for ever and always. #
18:15 Ladies and gentlemen, I present Reow, Wired Reader and all around awesome dude. #
18:16 "If women don’t have what it takes to be computer scientists, they should stick to psychology, embroidery, or other ‘meaningful’ vocations." #
21:20 @theisb Haters: A Retrospective #
21:22 @theisb Or yell at Smithy until he draws you a picture of Batman, Rom, OMAC, Devil Dinosaur, Dr. Doom and the Punisher riding/hitting bears. #
21:22 @theisb Yeah, having read some of those comments, looks like I'll have to help myself to some crow. #

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beatonna

12:09 am - The last man to lose his head, I suppose he deserved it

A Scottish cartoon, since I am back home for the holidays.

I'm well acquainted with the tune "Lord Lovat's Lament," since you hear it around these parts every time anyone has to pick up a fiddle and learn something. But you know, it's one of those tunes you know so well, you pay no attention to it, it's just there in the back of your head.

Then one day, I was looking up a bunch of works by Hogarth (the best) and came upon this portrait of 'Lord Lovat'. The lovely old tune and that devily face, they didn't match. So I wanted to learn more about him!

Lovat (Simon Fraser, born 1697 - there are about a million Simon Fraser Lord Lovats) really epitomizes how reading Scottish history can make you want to tear your eyeballs out, or laugh because it's nearly a farce it's so nutty. Either the people involved are disastrously loyal, or disastrously duplicitous. Everything is a disaster, but it's a hell of a ride.

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December 22nd, 2009

blackwell

10:42 am - Flipped to the Sky

After The Fall
Originally uploaded by Jared Axelrod

Photo by Rae Winters

In April, Jared jumped off of a six foot wall and broke his ankle in three places. With his remarkable tolerance for pain and his sweet demeanor, Jared manages to make this photo, where he is showing clinical signs of shock, appear like it could be a fine, relaxing photo of two lovers on a spring day.

After this, Jared had a three day hospital stay. I have pictures of him during this time, pale and drugged against pain. It was scarier than I like to admit. A broken ankle isn't a life threatening injury, and it was one that Jared healed quickly from. He learned to walk again faster than his doctors or physical therapist predicted. But I had seen my husband in a hospital bed, breathing tube in his nose, bundled and halfway concious. My world all wrapped up in starched sheets.

It was then that I wrote this story, called "Flipped to the Sky" about a man who finds himself in the hospital after a bad injury. I think that some of my experience of the hospital is in there, and some of my worry and frustration, but it's also about the future of aging and death. The story can be read here: http://www.365tomorrows.com/12/22/flipped-to-the-sky/

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franzferdinand2

12:05 am

03:07 Today's holiday movie: The Fearless Vampire Killers. #
12:38 I bet John McClane's Christmas memories just involve him murdering a metric tonne of dudes. #
12:41 I bet twinkling lights just make him flash back to getting shot and and running on glass. #
13:50 Oh, I have a few words about last night's holiday movie, Roman Polanski's The Fearless Vampire Killers. #
13:50 If a movie is called The Fearless Vampire Killers, you would expect, at some point, that a vampire would be killed. You would be wrong. #
13:51 Now I know how @theisb feels re: Anita Blake. #
13:54 It did have a castle and snow, so it did feel at least somewhat Christmas-y. #
13:57 But most of that cheer was tainted by the fact that I kept seeing the actors and thinking "murdered by the Manson family" and "raped a kid." #
13:57 That would be Sharon Tate and Roman Polanski himself, respectively. #
18:18 So, my next holiday offering is the Korean Vampire movie "Thirst." #
18:19 It's weird, but good. It's really more of a meditation on sin and guilt than anything else. #
18:20 I'd give it an 8 or a 9 out of 10. #
18:21 Coincidentally, that's also the number of times in the movie I nearly threw the hell up. #
18:21 Seriously, Park Chan-wook, was it really necessary to have a close-up of a fish-hook going through someone's ear? Then ripping? #
18:23 It also qualifies for the 2009 "Least Erotic Sex Scene Ever" #
18:24 I mean, unless you're really into vampire-on-woman-with-the-ghost-of-her-drowned-husband-in-between-them. Then it's probably super-hot. #
18:26 In conclusion, Park Chan-wook makes very good movies, but I'd probably have to punch him in the balls if I ever met him. On principle. #
21:18 I'm honestly getting annoyed about video game makers touting their "tough, moral choices." #
21:19 We get it, guys. You have 2 choices. You can be a good guy or a bad guy. There are generally a few superficial differences. #
21:22 Especially when the difference between good and evil is, "Did you pointlessly murder, like, 500 dudes? Y/N?" #
21:23 I'm coming up on my 1000th tweet, and I just know that it's going to be me complaining about something pointless. #
23:47 @theisb At least with the Jeff Dunham article we've hopefully found one reprehensible thing that your commenters won't defend. #
23:53 @theisb Who knows? Maybe they'll surprise yoooooooo....fuck I can't even finish saying that. #

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December 21st, 2009

franzferdinand2

12:05 am

02:22 I've tried getting into teaching to no avail. Looks like I'll have to fall back on my Shogun Assassin experience. #
15:10 @EugePYDK Where do you hail from originally? Don't tell me you also represent the Dirty Souf. #
15:17 @EugePYDK Well, as a North Carolinian, it's my role as a Barbeque zealot to inform you that your Barbeque is an abomination unto the lord. #
15:20 @EugePYDK You have to understand, we go through years of indoctrination about that. It's an reflex. #

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December 20th, 2009

denmother2525

06:43 pm - Badness
Gaa! Look how bad I am. No entry for four weeks and nothing I really want to say now.

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franzferdinand2

12:04 am

03:16 @DrPuppykicker It's because you mentioned Bowie. #
03:21 So, I'd never seen any of Fox Reality before, but their logo is actually the Mouth of Madness. #
03:22 It makes a certain amount of sense. I mean, when you gaze into Fox Reality, know that it gazes also into you. #
12:31 I have to say, Avatar still confounds me. #
12:32 I mean, I can already tell you the entire damn plot of the movie. And not in the sense of "the good guys win". I mean the entire plot. #
12:33 To be fair, maybe James Cameron will throw everyone for a loop as the movie ends with a series of climactic battle raps. #
12:35 Or maybe it turns out that humans teach the soothing power of heavy metal to the blue cat people who are someone's exact fetish. #
12:36 Also, I have to say that from the previews, I ain't all that impressed by the visuals, especially if that's all it has. #
12:37 What I've seen thus far makes it look like the human actors are also CG. 'Cause I really wanted some Sigourney Weaver Uncanny Valley. #
12:38 I'm also reminded that I do have family members on twitter who read this sometimes. How proud they must be of me. #
12:38 Yessir, that Master's has totally qualified me to complain about things on the internet. #
13:35 I realize I'm not unique in this, but I'm snowed in. I have declared this day to be a movie day. What should I watch? #
13:36 I have the old Hammer, The Curse of Frankenstein. #
13:36 I also have a lot of martial arts movies. #
13:39 I've already done a viewing of eXistenZ and Taste the Blood of Dracula this month. #
19:59 @DrPuppykicker Still need something to mock? www.apple.com/trailers/mgm/hottubtimemachine/hottub_large.html #

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December 19th, 2009

franzferdinand2

12:05 am

00:44 Did we ever establish how Jimmy Fallon got The Roots as his house band? #
00:44 Did Spider-Man put in a good word for him with Mephisto? #
00:47 @theisb Did you at least get a kindly aunt saved out of that breakup? #
00:55 But seriously, what kind of dirt does Fallon have on ?uestlove? #
00:55 I have learned that it looks weird to have ?uestlove's name be the last sentence in a question. #
02:10 Okay, so @KingOblivionPhD is sick of this, but I'm posting about it anyway. #
02:11 Back when he was in college, there was a guy who lived on his hall who was really pathetic. #
02:11 Naturally, my roommate and I (at a different college) spent our time following this guy's website. #
02:12 I'm not proud of this. But I still take glee from him. #
02:12 We despaired briefly when his website went down, but then we remembered archive.org. #
02:13 So, in summation, if you're ever feeling bad about yourself, just read this, and feel better. tinyurl.com/ydrz38c #
02:14 But here's a taste: "I thought that I could get this girl because she wasn't really that attractive and she would be an easy catch." #
02:31 I would once again like to point out that @KingOblivionPhD does not condone this behavior at all. #
02:33 @DrPuppykicker It isn't a video, and it's a couple months old. But you could take this on: tinyurl.com/yk342l5 #
03:40 I have to say, my main problem with Avatar is knowing that I am looking at someone's exact fetish. #
14:31 New new favorite Onion line: New study links heart disease to eating like a big fat disgusting pig that no one could love. #
15:09 The true reason that I'm not going to see avatar: Out of all of the cliches that exist, the Noble Savage is the one I hate the most. #
19:33 I hope everyone likes shutter shades, because that's the only gift I'm giving. #

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December 18th, 2009

truthclown

12:34 pm - health care reform
If you are feeling disappointed about where health care reform is headed here are some thoughts that might make you feel better:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/18/opinion/18krugman.html?_r=1&hp

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franzferdinand2

12:04 am

02:40 This will only be of interest if you like both Iron Man and Mad Men: John Slattery will apparently be playing Tony Stark's dad. #
02:51 So, through long and embarrassing series of links, I ended up reading summaries of various shitty movies. #
02:52 When reading about The Core, I stumbled upon the greatest narrative prowess that language can offer. I hope you're all sitting down. #
02:52 "One of the debris hit Iverson in the head. He died." #
03:31 Christ, I'm ready for the nerd obession with zombies to go the way of the dodo. #
03:32 And the thing is, I like zombie movies. Or rather, I like George Romero movies and 28 Days Later. #
03:33 I also fully realize that this is an extreme case of zombie hipsterism and nerd rage. #
03:34 Like people talking about zombies wanting to eat brains. Brains weren't until Return of the Living Dead. #
03:34 Okay, if this doesn't lose me any followers, I don't know what will. #
13:55 I gotta say, the thing I miss most about North Carolina is the sever lack of raising up, taking my shirt off, and twisting it round my head. #
13:55 That was my bimonthly Petey Pablo reference. Keeping the streak alive. #
14:22 Why Marvel should hire me: I have a whole story about Ol' Dirty Bastard not really being dead, because it was actually his LMD that died. #
14:23 But then: It turns out that maybe ODB was the LMD the whole time. And yes, that sound you hear is your mind exploding. #
14:27 If that doesn't work, I also have a pitch about Jimmy Stewart as a vampire. #
20:09 @DrPuppykicker Would you be willing to go after any of the myriad videos surrounding Avatar? #

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December 17th, 2009

franzferdinand2

12:06 am

03:16 Is there a better shorthand for "given up on life" than Hot Pockets? #
03:25 Well, I guess maybe owning beanbag furniture after you're 30. #
15:22 So, there's an entire thing on TVTropes that's just people complaining about Hollywood swordfighting. #
15:22 NEWSFLASH! Real swordfights are boring. #
15:23 Now they're arguing about lightsabersohmydearJesusareyoukiddingme? #
17:37 When planning the party, need not invite Andrew WK. He is already coming. #partyguru #
17:45 Bull Moose Party has not been popular since 1918. #partyguru #
18:11 Remember, do not prevent leaving people from your party. Even if they refer you as "Mr. Han Man." #partyguru #
18:15 As a note to anyone following me: I will clumsily shoehorn secret island martial arts tournaments into any joke that I possibly can. #
18:25 Seriously GRE people. I paid you money to take your damned test. Can't you just give me my score? #
18:26 Yeah, sorry I didn't meticulously save that web registration code that you gave me four and a half damn years ago. #

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December 16th, 2009

beatonna

08:50 pm - Familiar Faces

Some holiday comics! The Kiss Elves return.

Oh and I am posting journal type comics on twitter sometimes. If you are on twitter I am @beatonna

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