- On the subject of my political aspirations (or, more correctly, somebody else's political aspirations for me), I decided after due consideration not to have any. Thanks to everyone who commented - if you're interested in the whys and wherefores, you might find them in the update and comments on the original post.
- I've been busily sorting and clearing out the junk in my attic (most of which has been there since before I moved in). Alas, no lost Rembrandts or the like - mostly old paint tins and curtains. One missed opportunity was a T-shirt draped over one of the joists - I am now resolved that when I move on, I shall leave in the attic a garment emblazoned with the slogan "I cleared out the junk in my new attic and all I got was this lousy T-Shirt", and I encourage all of you to do likewise. One day, the new occupant will find this Item and think "Wow, whoever used to live here thought he was a real funny guy!".
- The incentive for the above is so I can get more plumbing work done to resolve my ongoing issues with hot water pressure (or lack thereof). This may be of interest to some of you as it means that there should be shower facilities available to future visitors to the t00blerone. Oh, and I really ought to get that window fixed...
- Van Helsing - somebody really needs to tell Stephen Sommers that while you can do just about anything with special effects these days, just because you can doesn't mean that you should. Plus, if he was trying to get in a pissing contest with Peter Jackson, he lost badly. It's not just that they were horribly overdone (ooh! entirely CG environment! I can do really insane camera moves!), but in some places (mostly when doing a CG stunt double) looked downright fake. Way more over-the-top than The Mummy Returns, but without the redeeming features that allowed that to still somehow be a great movie. On the plus side, new PoA trailer.
- WTF happened to the weather? It was a real scorcher today. Apparently this is the same bizarre weather that
hermorrine has been reporting in Chicago.
Really Exciting RL Update (not)
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Not quite the Neverending Story
I mentioned a couple of weeks back that I was playing The Longest Journey - an entry of that oft-neglected genre of computer games, the…
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Random media ramblings...
SomethingAwful has a bunch of B-Movie-style poster spoofs which are well worth a look. Page 8 has the HP one, most of the rest are pretty good…
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Movie misdirection...
And the "totally misleading trailer of the week" award goes to Bridge to Terabithia. Given the current cinematic drought, I was happy to catch a…
May 10 2004, 13:09:53 UTC 16 years ago
The idea of leaving things behind when you move out still amuses me. Here if you left anything behind they would charge you for not cleaning.
It is like 88 degrees and storming insanely here. My recording of the movie last night has constant interruptions of "The National Weather Service has declared an emergency for your area. Please prepare to die." Okay, that isn't really what it says, but it was really annoying. -.-
Talk to you after your baff! ;)