Nobody can tell Marmaduke what to do. That's my kind of dog.

Trick ,'First Date'


Natter 42, the Universe, and Everything  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, flaming otters, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Frankenbuddha - Jan 18, 2006 9:56:25 am PST #1133 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

I've also read that the movie doesn't do much to concentrate on "Muslimness". I guess the title is suggesting one thing but the movie is about something else. That does bug.

Well, it's an Albert Brooks movie. No matter the title of the movie, the subject is going to be his (inevitably neurotic) reaction to it, not the subject itself. It also sounds like he's getting back to the kind of film he used to do in the 80s (aka pre-DEFENDING YOUR LIFE, which I loved, but signaled a big shift in direction and tone for him).


Strega - Jan 18, 2006 10:05:21 am PST #1134 of 10002

stabby stabby FUCKING STABBY stabby

That's the one I got! Even though I don't feel like I can wear it outside the house.

I love the cell phone cards. For more general purposes there are Glark's Urban Asshole Notification Cards. I think the "not making more coffee" item was my suggestion.

I'm trapped at home, waiting for the phone repairman to come and tell me that he has to get into my neighbor's place to fix whatever's broken, so that then I can spend a week trying to track them down. And I can't go run to the store or even take a shower in case he comes. I bet he comes at 6. Sigh.

I guess I could do laundry.


Jesse - Jan 18, 2006 10:11:21 am PST #1135 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I mean, I assume there are hundreds of thousands of Muslims in India, but can it really be representative of "The Muslim World"?

I thought that was part of the joke, actually. Not that I've seen the movie.

So, on re-read, I actually believe I might be a genius. I seem to have taken many piles of crap and turned them into something not-bad. Huh.


§ ita § - Jan 18, 2006 10:13:45 am PST #1136 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I actually believe I might be a genius

Didn't you believe you were poisoned yesterday?

The neurologist's assistant just called back to relay an answer. I didn't even listen and told her I needed to talk to the neurologist instead. Hopefully not during my two hours of meetings this afternoon.


Jesse - Jan 18, 2006 10:15:35 am PST #1137 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Didn't you believe you were poisoned yesterday?

I was poisoned! Just a little, though.

Possibly what I really am is over dramatic.


msbelle - Jan 18, 2006 10:18:53 am PST #1138 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

I HAVE MADE MAJOR STEP IN DEALING WITH THE SCHEDULE FROM HELL!!

Take That, Schedule Monster!


§ ita § - Jan 18, 2006 10:38:20 am PST #1139 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

404 pages from around the web.


beth b - Jan 18, 2006 10:42:02 am PST #1140 of 10002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

I love Paul Walker, but Itook my stand with no more Vin Diesel.

Vin Diesel is the only reason I watched the fast and the furious.


Calli - Jan 18, 2006 10:43:44 am PST #1141 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

Yay, msbelle!

That reminds me, I saw a car on Monday with this license plate: MSBELLE.

I have a minor quandry. After months and months of bitching about never getting called in for interviews, I have my second interview request in the past week. But it's for a job that I'm not sure I want, and I don't remember why I applied for a job in Lewiston, Maine. Did someone tell me it's particularly spiffy? Should I take these people's time and money for them to fly me up there, put me up in a hotel, and interview me when I'm sitting here going, "Wait, I applied for what, now?"

FWIW, my manager's sitting there going, "Hey, free trip. Go for it!" But it's with a school, and I feel uncomfy spending a school's money, since it's usually not too thick on the ground.

Suggestions?


Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 18, 2006 10:56:37 am PST #1142 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

I don't know that I ever had much success making converts to Firefly, but casually mentioning that my envy for Zach Braff stems not from his comedic talent or skill as a director but from his likely being the only man that's gotten to make out extensively with Christian Kane sent a number of people racing to rent or buy The Broken Hearts Club today. Greg Berlanti should put me on his marketing payroll.