The Bloggess edits Star Wars into porn: [link]
Oh my god. What can it be? We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing!? Oh right, that would be me. Back to work.
Wash ,'Bushwhacked'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Ginger - Jun 25, 2012 8:00:23 am PDT #11140 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Jesse - Jun 25, 2012 8:08:32 am PDT #11141 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Good Wife casting news: [link]
DavidS - Jun 25, 2012 8:10:28 am PDT #11142 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
tommyrot - Jun 25, 2012 8:10:31 am PDT #11143 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
IAmAn Ex-Member of the Westboro Baptist Church
My name is Nate Phelps. I'm the 6th of 13 of Fred Phelps' kids. I left home on the night of my 18th birthday and was ostracized from my family ever since. After years of struggling over the issues of god and religion I call myself an atheist today. I speak out against the actions of my family and advocate for LGBT rights today.
An interview.
Q: Any specific memories from your childhood that you can share?
A: okay...let's see. I remember running around the track at Topeka West. A kid came on the track with his bike and was riding around the outter edge of the track while we ran around the inner edge. My old man yelled at him to get off the track. When he came around again, he ran out to the kid and knocked him off the bike. The kid ran away crying and a half hour later a truck came roaring into the parking lot. The kid's father got out, decked my father and knocked him down. We left the track and when we got home he went into a rage and took it out on our mother.
§ ita § - Jun 25, 2012 8:27:23 am PDT #11144 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Damn. Marc Warren? The article's right--completely left field casting, but he's definitely good at his job.
Amy - Jun 25, 2012 9:01:16 am PDT #11145 of 30001
Because books.
The characters in Prometheus are relatable because they make stupid decisions because I am stupid and I like stories about stupid people.
But...I'm not stupid, and I like stories where, as relates to the topic of the movie, characters are brighter than I am, not dumber than or as dumb as. I'm not actually looking to learn with the characters, I'm looking to learn from them, if applicable.
Everyone can make stupid choices, so I guess for me the trick is to show me the good reasons why a smart character made a stupid choice. Like ... Buffy, let's say. Buffy's certainly smart, but she got into a relationship with Spike. That was pretty stupid for a number of reasons, but I understood why she did it.
Jessica - Jun 25, 2012 9:03:42 am PDT #11146 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I guess for me the trick is to show me the good reasons why a smart character made a stupid choice.
I would also posit that there's a difference between a character who makes mistakes and a character who is stupid.
§ ita § - Jun 25, 2012 9:09:47 am PDT #11147 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
(And Prometheus? Full of stupid people.)
Okay, so this GIF both cracks me up and depresses me. I'm working on tilting that response for the better.
Amy - Jun 25, 2012 9:12:50 am PDT #11148 of 30001
Because books.
Yeah, I mean I can't think of a lot of sort of officially stupid characters who aren't written that for a very specific purpose.
§ ita § - Jun 25, 2012 9:25:09 am PDT #11149 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I said "This is your job to do." She said "Okay, but you'll have to write it for me." So I wrote it. To which she said "I've printed it out and now I'm working on it."
DID COPY AND PASTE STOP WORKING? I wrote this for you on Friday. For Christ's sake just create the damned trouble tickets...
I did once have a user who, when asked to copy and paste, printed the text out, cut it out, and then asked what to do next.
But she wasn't on my development team.