You have it set on "whore."

Just a little while ago I was browsing through the sites of some fellow bloggers. I do this sometimes. Just kind of randomly hit the "next blog" button and see what comes up. So I hit the button. And all of a sudden I'm seeing some things I just don't want to see! It seems I had been redirected to porn. This is why I don't do any browsing during work time - you really never do know what you're going to get as you're clicking through. You're going along thinking Oh, a music blog. Ah, they post MP3s, sweet, just bookmark, and nex....ahhhhh, sweet merciful Jesus noooooo! as images of unspeakable things appear on the screen and you try to figure out how to navigate away as quickly as possible before someone walks past your cubicle of the damned.

Gah...how shall I strike the horrors I have unwittingly witnessed from my memory banks...*thinks of Clive Owen and a puppy frolicking in a field of daisies*...

...That's a little better. Moving on, now...

Have I mentioned lately that I think Javier Bardem is going to be one of my new favorite actors? Oh yes. It's true. Javier says "You will see Love in the Time of Cholera. You cannot resist me". And I cannot resist.

But I can resist this movie, which seems like a poor retelling of the older than dirt and over romanticised myth of eternal love. Today we would call this depth of emotion bordering on obsessive and punishable to the fullest extent of the law. Having never read the novel, I find the basic idea showcased by the film utterly depressing, but I'm not big on overwraught tales of unrequited love. Have a look at the movie's official website, just the same. I may read the book eventually, although I'm not sure I'll be moving it up on my list any time soon.

I've been posting a lot lately. I need a new hobby. And it is waaay past my bed time...

Winning at irony abnormally fast!!

On the heels of the knowledge that there is actually a Brawndo drink for sale (seriously - it has electrolytes and will make you need new pants), here are the ads for Powerthirst...harness the power of 400 babies!






Just for M, for all of your energy drink needs - Bawls. Now available at Target! So you can stop depending on me as your seedy back alley supplier.


And I just wanted to post this because it was cool -- a list of Pixar "in jokes" that tie the various films together. I'm partial to finding the Ray Harryhausen references in a lot of today's animated feature films, like the name of the restaurant in Monster's Inc. and the brand of piano in both Corpse Bride and Wallace and Grommit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit.

The spirit of giving and all that crap

Over the last couple of days I've been going through my favorite websites, culling and sorting. Here are a few I thought I'd share. Don't say I never gave you anything...

I have no idea what caused me to save this...Friends With You is utterly weird and beyond description (hint: skip everything else and go straight to the gallery).

I have an inexplicable love of widgets. Widgetbox is a good site, and Konfabulator has a decent selection, too.

Pajiba is where I go for reviews of movies and tv and random missives on pop culture.

Because I love everything Jim Henson ever touched - I'm still waiting for my Dark Crystal sequel (and my Fizzgig plushie) - I like to keep up with the happenings at Muppet Central.

Now I'm going to go do some other stuff to waste my valuable time. I would be going to the grocery store right now, but my son decided to crash out on the living room floor and is not to be disturbed.

This is a fire door-never leave open.

Lately we've been keeping the main door closed. It cuts down on the noise from the rest of the building, almost totally eliminates the number of buzzing, flying annoyances, and keeps the food smells from the main corridor from infiltrating our space. It has smelled like pancake syrup out there for three days straight. I heard yesterday that while I was gone earlier this week the former co-worker came over and voiced her disapproval of the closed door. As far as I'm concerned, she can disapprove all she wants - it is none of her damn business whether the door is open or closed since she no longer works in the building. The boss is satisfied that we are productive and welcoming when we need to be, and he likes the quiet and the fact that there is no longer a steady stream of admirers and socializers that he has to wade through in order to get to his office - and the boss's opinion is the one that counts. It's a win-win for all of us, really. If I were equally petty, I'd walk down to the space she now occupies and find something to be disapproving about. I'm sure it wouldn't take long to find something...

Because my son was sick again (or still?) this week (bronchitis and an ear infection!), I had to reschedule my root canal. And wouldn't you know it - now that tooth starts to bother me!

It was discovered by a co-worker earlier today that our IT is starting to block access to certain websites. So far none of the ones I frequent have been targets of this campaign, but time will tell.

Go!

I didn't know the new Speed Racer movie was a Wachowski brothers project. The racing scenes look awesome, but I'm not crazy about the rest of it. As far as casting, I do think Matthew Fox was a good choice for Racer X, but I'm kind of meh about Emile Hirsch...and Christina Ricci and her fivehead make a horrrrrrible Trixie. Keep an eye out for Chim Chim in the trailer.

Here's a side by side for comparison:









I found the image and an overview of part of the cast at First Showing.