EEEEEE! A friend of mine who is Connected Liek Woah just hooked me up with the 67-minute cut of the unaired pilot of The Dresden Files, and I have to leave in five minutes to teach a 2-hour tutorial on making a Demo Reel in After Effects. I LOVE YOU, UNIVERSE, but your timing could be better!
More from the Half-Hour News Hour. I think I had a dream like this and woke up in a cold sweat. So… how is this political satire? Or even a parody of the news? I’m reminded of the “President Al Gore” SNL sketch, except that was actually funny and delightfully self-deprecating.
I can’t see how the Rush Limbaugh/Ann Coulter sketch would be funny at all, except as a horrific morality tale or self-deprecatingly like Al Gore, though I can’t imagine a twit like Limbaugh or a lunatic like Coulter being self-deprecating.
Ease the pain by checking out the Official Site for Oshawa’s Stephen Colbert Day.
In other TV news, House was picked up for a fourth season, and BSG was picked up for 13 episodes of a fourth season, with the possibility of extending it full-length. Sweeeeet.
You remember a month and a half ago, when I called out to the universe for someone to make a “Re: Your Brains” fanvid for Sylar on Heroes? My life is now complete. Linked from Beth!
On the other polar opposite of hilarity, someone posted a clip from Fox’s neo-con wannabe Daily Show, The Half-Hour News Hour. Painfully unfunny (the funniest aspect is how canned the laughter sounds, though I admit the “plummeting approval ratings” was amusing) and unabashedly political. There are so many hilarious and fun-poke-worthy things about the left, and they start with Barack Obama? Wow, no agenda here!
Edit: What the hell? This is being aired on FOX NEWS, not regular-Fox. The Daily Show is aired on BASIC CABLE, after a show about genetic freaks that form a squad of superheroes. How on earth can Fox justify airing this on a NEWS channel? Oh, right. Because they’re completely soulless, and someone accidentally left a bar magnet next to their moral compass. I don’t even know why I was surprised.
My god! American Idol next door sounds like a yowling cat. I want to knock on his door, then when he answers it, throw an old boot at him.
Looking through my latest posts, I see I have not properly documented this boy’s exploits. I can summarize in a few simple points. He:
- Couldn’t hit a high note even if a friend held the high note still, so that it couldn’t fight back.
- Could probably carry a tune in a bucket, but at least half of it would slosh over the sides and fall in the mud.
- Has been singing “Hallelujah” almost nonstop for the past week. Dude, I can deal with you singing badly, but you do NOT get to do so with that song.
- Has so far ignored *two* of my requests to please go downstairs to one of the soundproofed music practice rooms if he’s planning on singing another 20-30 minutes straight. That’s what they’re FOR.
- Used to have a Rick Santorum sticker on his door. Just saying.
Anyway.
For the handful of Dresden fans in my readership, they posted Chapter 1 of White Night on Jim’s website.
And OMG, my childhood! Salute Your Shorts and Legends of the Hidden Temple t-shirts!
So we were assigned partners for our Computer Modeling and Animation final project, based on our skillset. I was partnered with the girl who, though a competent coder, had never used Maya before. On the one hand, how flattering! Warren (the TA) must have a high opinion of my Maya skills! On the other hand, CRAP.
Fortunately, Warren later conceded and let us swap partners, and I’m now in a group of three: me, the aforementioned girl, and Matt, leader of our Siggraph chapter and generally cool guy. Win!
In my Sci-Fi class this week, we read Burroughs’ A Princess of Mars and Gernsback’s Ralph 124C 41+. I think this week’s theme is “hero protagonists I wish would die in a fire.” Oh, Disney/Pixar, what are you doing buying the rights to the former?
Hey! Just got around to watching this past Friday’s Monk, and Marcelina’s brother was in it! Squee!
More links:
From LifeHacker: Google Maps adds subway stations and prominent buildings!
From Becky: New Hot Fuzz trailer
From Sue: Spike and Angel sing “If You Were Gay” (and in case you missed it before, hear them sing “The More You Ruv Someone”)
From Chungy: Things With a Higher Approval Rating than Bush
From the MacAnally’s folks: College Saga, an absolutely hilarious adventure in the style of old-school video games.
From Moony: Every Episode of House, in Yahoo!Mail icons
From ?: Mario Theme on Beatbox and Flute
From Wisteria?: 24: Aqua Teen Hunger Force
From Violet: John Barrowman movie rumor I hope hope hope is true
Renata: N. This is what we call a “ghost post.” I am blogging from beyond the grave!
So. *cackles* So much love for all the ridiculous similarities between The Dresden Files and Psych. As I pointed out before, both series already have a smartass private detective with apparent supernatural abilities, brought in as a police consultant by a blonde cop named Karen. But in tonight’s episode? Juliette wears a necklace remarkably similar to TV Murphy’s. I am so easily entertained.
There was a brief island of squee earlier this week when I bid on an Advance Reader’s Copy of the next Dresden book, White Night. I knew going in that there was no way I was going to get it, because in the past they’ve always sold for over a hundred bucks (which I wouldn’t pay even if the book was printed on solid gold. Well, okay, maybe then). Still, there was a lovely nine hours last Sunday when I could pretend it was mine. 7 weeks to go! (Edit: the auction just ended, and it went for $192.50. Some people have too much money.)
I got out of the dorm more this week, despite the bitter cold. During the month of February, Penn has a series of events for the seniors almost every night, collectively called “Feb Club.” Tuesday night, a group of friends and I went to the trendy, pan-Asian restaurant Pod for drinks. We each had one, over the course of an hour, and I was amused that I wasn’t even tipsy, unlike some of my friends. I’ve never had enough alcohol at one time to actually get drunk, and I was curious to see if I’d inherited my mom’s lightweightedness, but I guess not! I’ll still be very careful until I figure out exactly how my body reacts to alcohol, though, because I am not an idiot.
Thursday, I went to Ko’s play, which was utterly hilarious. It was put on by the English department, and it was a series of three scenes from different plays, on the theme of unrequited love. Ko played a housewife having an affair, and she gave what was easily the funniest performance in the show (well, with the exception of Professor Rachetti, who played a Puck character through all three, and was brilliant). Ko wins!
Last night, I saw The Vagina Monologues (also known as The Hoohah Monologues among conservative idiots), which was excellent. Sterling performances all around: some hilarious, some insightful, some devastating.
So apologies for not posting in forever. Here, have some funny stuff!
Kat: ….YES JOHN BARROWMAN SCOTTISH ACCENT *melt*
Me: YESPLZ
Kat: [as Maggie, her gay RPG character] I would totally turn straight for John Barrowman.
Me: I would turn gay so I could turn straight for John Barrowman.
Kat: John Barrowman is definitely worth changing sexual orientations more than once for.
Also, Will linked me to this great article on The Onion. I would totally vote for him.
Not funny, but fangeekish: Drive promo, focusing on Nathan Fillion!
Oh my good gravy. Sannali, I thank your mother on bended knee for the best Rice Krispie Treat recipe in world history. The “Heart-Healthy” version they’re sticking on boxes nowadays can bite me, because MAN that’s delicious.
Sannali’s Mom’s Recipe of Deliciousness:
16 oz marshmellows
9 cups cereal
Whole stick of butter
I also added M&M’s minis to the mix. Then after refrigerating them a few hours, I stuck them in the oven a couple minutes to warm them up before bringing them to Matt’s Superbowl party. YUM.
So JKR signed a statue of Hermes in her hotel room when she finished Book 7. Ridiculousness aside, Hermes. The name of Percy’s owl. This just goes to show how crucial Percy will be to the 7th book. Also that he is in fact secretly the Scarlet Pimpernel.
Due to creative differences, Joss is no longer attached to the Wonder Woman project. Suckage.
At least that gives him more time to work on Goners and Runaways and the Buffy season 8 comic and stuff, but… no, there’s no way to positively spin this. It’s just lame. After Serenity‘s lackluster box office performance, see if he ever gets tapped for a major motion picture again. Now how soon can the fandom get a hold of the script?
I cheer myself slightly with the news that a helpline for distressed Potter fans is being set up, because two characters will be killed off in the final installment. Too funny!
Okay, let’s answer some comments!
Rebecca: The Dresden Files has billboards? Sweet!
Sara M: Since when is “not knowing each other” a barrier to sharing digital content online? XD
Chungy: Bush/Sloth? This is why I love you.
Keith: Re: “punching people in the face” as a tag, I’ll do my best. :D