Mexican Werewolves Are Coming Up From Mexico & Selling Crack.

Blog
* Not WEREWOLVES! Title is from Reno 911!.

World Peace Through Jackie Earle Haley
* Episode seven is up, and it is AMAZERING. We discuss the Voice Mail Of Win (from Mr. Haley himself), The Scream Awards (have you voted yet? Really? I can tell if you're lying), Twilight fans, how Watchmen fans need to represent, extended sex scenes (haha, extend), Dr. Manhattan's awful pauses, and Jackie Earle Haley's epic perfomance.
Good people listen to this podcast. Decent people. Attractive people. Implying nothing.

And if you haven't, for some mysterious and unfathomable reason, voted for Jackie Earle Haley and Watchmen at the Scream awards, go here and do it now.

Geek Want
* I'm still relieved that they got the REAL voice actors back for Futurama, because no one else is allowed to play Fry but Billy West. It's in the Bible, TRUTH. And I want to reenact the entire series with these:

[Found at io9]
Look at the cute little Zapp Branigan! But lock him up at night. That doll is a PERVERT. I just want a tiny Bender. Is that too much to ask?

Awesome
* Whatever shreds of sanity I was clinging to are now gone, forever, burned up in a fiery inferno of cow crazy. I hope madness is pleasant. Danceswithelvis found this, and showed it to me. She is an agent of CHAOS.

WTF, INTERNET?
* THE RETURN OF THE TOILET TO FEAR AND LOATHING:

[Found at DVICE]
I know you missed it. This toilet turns into a urinal! And then it self-cleans, with ultraviolet light and steam. Now, my cell phone is held together with tape, and needs to be smacked against a solid object before it accepts calls.

My issue is that think of the hundreds of thousands of dollars of technology we waste on these things. It's a toilet. It should not be more high-tech than my iPod. Seriously.

And I know toilet!rage is apparently a staple of my blog, but really, DO WE NEED THIS? People are starving and selling organs that they NEED, and scientists, who are supposed to make the world a better place, are showing up and going, 'Look! You don't need to clean this toi-urinal-let!' But no one cares, because we're all DEAD.

Some of my anger may be misdirected. But it's a goddamn toilet. Waste of technology FAIL. I refuse to get excited about a toilet. I have standards, dammit.

All that aside, I may have laughed heartily at the little mannequin, and I do not know why.

Daily Hot Guy

[Alan Rickman as Professor Severus Snape in the newest Harry Potter movie. I am convinced they are going to fuck up the movie version of book seven, which if you are a Snape fan is the most critical book, in no small part because Alan Rickman is getting on in years, despite his lusty baritone, black hair, and sneer of contempt, and will not be spry enough to run around like Snap is expected to. I mean, Snape is 38 in the last book. Alan Rickman is 64 NOW. DOES ANYONE ELSE SEE AN ISSUE HERE? Um. Wrong category. Snape is hotter in the books. But Mr. Rickman is indisputably one of the sexiest geriatrics.]

Journalism
* This is a really interesting article on pop culture, or what some would call monoculture. Just because it has changed forms in no way implies that the beast is dead. And you should all read Transmetropolitan, at LEAST the section on monoculture, because it essentially states that this is what we chose. After all, if we weren't all choosing it, it wouldn't be mainstream, would it? No, it would not. That is so depressing. BUT it doesn't discuss the happy medium, which is more realistic: people who like some mainstream stuff, but also some obscure things. And what qualifies as mainstream. I've only heard one Jonas Brothers song, ever, and couldn't tell you about them. But I love Lady Gaga. But I really dig Billy Talent right now. But what's popular here may be obscure elsewhere, and vice versa...
My point? Chill the fuck out. Like what you like. you should look for unique things because they're fun and interesting, but someone else undoubtably already is a huge fan. It's not a contest, not a pissing match over who's the edgiest or most mainstream. Pop culture - mainstream and otherwise - is supposed to be fun.
Which is why I still like Michael Jackson:


AND why I enjoy making T-shirts for movies, because they don't make T-shirts for certain movies that aren't Twilight:

Even though it's a major studio release movie.... but I MADE the shirt....
This may have all been an elaborate scheme to post pictures of my new jacket.
And let me be clear: I don't hate Twilight because everyone else likes it (hello, I like the Beatles), I hate Twilight because it sucks.

Apocalypse How?
* This category has become very plant-focused. I no longer trust weeds, and run screaming at the first sight of grass. This is problematic, since I live in the suburbs. Anyway, in Detroit, plants are reclaiming abandoned houses:

[Found at Neatorama]
Yes, it's terribly pretty, but it used to be someone's home, and now it's a pile of green shit. That's scary and sad, and awful. And pretty soon all our houses could look all mossy and empty, as Mother Earth essentially says, 'Fuck this shit,' and puts us all up for adoption.

Movie!Win
* Look, it's got Crispin Glover, Alan Rickman, Johnny Depp, Stephen Fry, and Helena Bonham Carter, and it's directed by the man who did Ed Wood. Of COURSE I'm going to continue to be excited about Alice in Wonderland:

Although I'm not sure I can handle 3-D. I mean, Helena Bonham Carter screaming in 3-D? With THAT head? Child therapy bills will skyrocket. It's going to be GREAT.

Right, to work. I know it's Tuesday, but it feels like Monday, but ultimately, I just want to curl up and go back to sleep. I had the BEST dream about Gareth David-Lloyd trying to sell me a beautiful pair of tan gloves. No, I don't want to know what it means, thanks.
- LV

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I'm Very Discreet... But I'll Haunt Your Dreams..

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* I say this in entirely inappropriate situations. Title is from The 40-Year-Old-Virgin.

T-Shirts
* I made more T-Shirts, because today was the best day ever. If you're following me on Twitter, you've already seen these, but you can see them more than once, right?
This is one side of my Watchmen tote. It reads, 'The Squid Is A Lie,' an idea I totally stole from AdrianJohnson, with Rorschch's signature underneath:

On the other side is a 'pretty butterfly':


This is the front of my Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog T-Shirt. It reads, 'I Want To Be Like Bad Horse.' It's hard to read because I'm wearing it:

The back reads, Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, but it is actually impossible to take a picture of your own back.

This is the front of my Firefly shirt. It reads 'Browncoat':

This is the back. It reads, 'I Aim To Misbehave':


This is the front of my Doctor Who shirt. It reads 'Team Gallifrey':

This is the back, with a picture of the TARDIS:


AND, if you like these shirts, and want your own, you can GET ONE, made by me. All you have to do is enter the AWESOME contest at World Peace Through Jackie Earle Haley. AND not only will you get a T-SHIRT, made for you, you will also get an icon made by Caro, AND fanart made by DancesWithElvis. HOW amazing would that be?

And what do you have to do to get all these treasures? Bitch about Shutter Island being pushed back! We want you to write a brief (70 word) Rorschach's Journal entry about Who Runs Paramount? It's a conspiracy, I TELLS YOU! So go enter the contest, and WIN SHIT. It's what Rorschach would do. Hurm.
- LV

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I'm Always Late. That's Why I Don't Wear A Watch. They Depress Me.

Blog
* I often tell people this, but they almost NEVER get the reference. Title is from Daria.

World Peace Through Jackie Earle Haley
* Newest episode is up, and it is organized, because we are PISSED, because Shutter Island was pushed back, for mysterious and sinister reasons, and we have theories but no answers. And then Megan made a list of reasons Jackie Earle Haley is awesome, and the list itself is awesome, which refracts the awesomeness, I think. AND we share reader comments, so if you send them, we'll read yours, or play an audio of it. And we talk about The Zoo Gang, again, because that is a movie you do not quickly get out of your psyche. Poodle hair. It runs free as the wind. Terrorizing us all. Anyway, go have a listen, and have you watched the movie above this entry? Because it will BLOW YOUR FRAGILE LITTLE MIND. Look what it did to me!

Stuff I Want
* This is going to be a list of stuff I want, in case you didn't get that from the subtle title. Things that are making me turn to a life of crime, FOR A GOOD CAUSE, DAMMIT. I need this stuff. They can be new book and DVD releases, comics, or just random shit that make me realize the howling void of consumerism in which I suffer:

- A red IBM Selectric Typewriter:

[Found at Treehugger]
Just like the one the Good Doctor wrote on, and I COVET. DAILY. But they are expensive, and while I do get to use a typewriter almost every day at work (because I have the best job ever), it's not red and I'm not writing my own stuff on it, and therefore it's not the SAME. And no, I didn't learn ANYTHING from Wonder Boys about typewriters versus computers, why do you ask?

- An iPhone:

[Found at MapDS]
Because it has APPS, and maybe Watchmen apps, yes? I played a fishing app on it at the store, but I wasn't very good at it. And it can do things that sort of scare me, and I want to be able to Twitter when I'm away from the computer, and MY POS phone won't let me, and I have to HIT IT AGAINST THINGS before I can answer a call, and yes it has a Watchmen background, but that BARELY helps when it deletes all my text messages, for no good reason.

- Inherent Vice by Thomas Pynchon

[Found at Amazon]
OK, I was AT the bookstore last night, and while I was admittedly insane for a number of personal reasons, HOW could this glorious thing have slipped by me? AND it came out August 4th, so it's not like I shouldn't have heard about this. I'm disgusted with myself, but mostly all of you, for not telling me. Thomas Pynchon is GODLY, and you all need to buy his books, to atone for my sins.

- This shirt:

[Found at BackStreetMerch]
Even though my family and several friends INSIST that once you have a tattoo of a fandom, buying any more merchandise is simply moot. They are fools, obviously. HUGE fools. On a sort-of-related topic, I still can't decide if I want to make a shirt or a tote for Watchmen. I am totally stealing an idea from someone else, SHAMELESSLY, but will give her credit, and internet cookies, so it's OK, yes? Also it was her idea. Anyway, I may also post potential shirt/tote ideas, but no one sent me any image ideas, so all text again, but the tote NEEDS an image, DAMMIT. On one side. I have these thoughts.

- Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett

[Found at Amazon]
I love Terry Pratchett. So much. Like, there are no words for the level of adoration I have for this man. He is from another universe, and we are lucky he deigned to stop by ours for a little while, and give us books like this. Death and Rincewind are my favorites. Team Death: You'll meet us sooner or later.

- Astonishing X-Men Omnibus by Joss Whedon

[Found at Amazon]
DO WANT. NAOW. Joss Whedon plus X-Men equals GENIUS beyond words, except if he wrote for Iron Man, but that might kill me.

Another random. I want Jackie Earle Haley to play Spider Jerusalem from Transmetropolitan:


This isn't the best picture to illustrate what I ASSURE you is an uncanny resemblance between Mr. Haley and Mr. Jerusalem. I just really like this picture.

OK, T-Shirt Ideas. I have four shirts and one tote, so top five fandoms win. Highest winner gets the tote, probably:

* Watchmen:
The Squid Is A Lie
Waiting For A Flash of Enlightenment In All This Blood And Thunder.
Must Investigate Further.

* True Blood:
It Hurts So Good.

* Torchwood:
Team Ianto: We Make Good Coffee
Team Ianto

* Doctor Who:
Team Gallifrey

* Heroes:
Team Sylar
This Is Usually The Part Where People Start Screaming.
This Season Won't Suck.

* Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog:
The World Is A Mess, & I Just Need To Rule It.
What A Crazy Random Happenstance!
The Status is Not Quo.
I Want To Be Like Bad Horse.

* Hunter Thompson:
Team Gonzo

* Transmetropolitan:
Did You Vote? Do You Have Thumbs?
Spider Jerusalem

* Firefly:
No Power in the 'Verse
Team Wash: We Like Dinosaurs.

So make suggestions, vote, etc. DO IT. Or bad shirts will be all your fault

See? I keep my promises.
- LV

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Did I Just Hear That The Animal Turned Inside Out & Then EXPLODED?!

Blog
* Well, yes you did, but you didn't hear Guy weeping under the console, so really, you should calm down. Title is from Galaxy Quest.

Podcast
* The fourth episode of World Peace Through Jackie Earle Haley is up. We discuss Human Target, an interview with a Comic-Con lucky (who's nice, so I forgive her for having the best day of my life), and Freddy Kreuger. And of course the usual amazing genius, and WHY ISN'T HUMAN TARGET ON TV NOW? Go take a listen. Your life will be better.

Torchwood
* This is a great review of Torchwood: Children of the Earth, in a manner that reminds me of my college. I went to liberal arts school, and this is the sort of analysis I lived for. It's well-reasoned, intelligent, and thorough. It also goes into excruciating detail about Ianto and Jack's relationship, and why it's so sad, and quotes the line that STARTED my Children of the Earth crying jag, not that I cried again when I read it, and if I did, it was due to a lack of coffee.
I really need someone to analyze Torchwood with me. I have so many problems with season one. How can one show veer so dramatically between brilliance and idiocy?

People I Love
* It's no secret that I watch Burn Notice exclusively for Bruce Campbell. I'm just thankful that the show is funny and smart and exciting and has a great cast, but even if it was the worst show in the history of television, I would tune in every week to see The Chin of Destiny. So my loyalty is clear. But Jeffrey Donovan, who plays Michael, also deserves some fangirl love. He's a superb actor, he looks GREAT in an undershirt, he can kill you with a toothpick, and when he gets arrested for a DUI, he's funny as hell:

"Sorry, I didn't see the red light or your stopped car."

He said that to the cops. And this:

"The only mistake I made tonight was drinking Benadryl with 3 glasses of wine"

BAMF. Not that drinking and driving is EVER OK, and he should be punished, and if anyone had been hurt, it wouldn't be remotely funny or cool. But nobody was hurt, so I can laugh at his lines. If you're going to get into deep shit with the cops, at least you can make it entertaining.

Stuff To Live
* This model is about the hope for the obsolescence of war, and a world of peace, and a future in which weapons are as extinct as the dinosaur.

[Found at TheWorldsBestEver]
I looked at it and shouted, 'HOLY SHIT A TRICERA-COPTER! DO WANT!' Because I'm a terrible person, and this would look SWEET in my room.

Movie!Fail
* One day I have to do a list of children's movies that RUINED MY LIFE. Like this one movie, about a puppy who nobody wants, but she gets adopted by a homeless man who loves her, then he DIES. AND I JUST SPENT TWENTY MINUTES LOOKING FOR THE MOVIE ON THE INTERWEBZ, AND CANNOT FIND IT. It was called 'Sammi,' I think. It was FUCKED UP. Can someone find proof I didn't dream it?
Anyway, another movie high on that list is The Rats of Nimh. Alarming book, disturbing movie, and really I don't need to relieve that terror with hi-tech special effects, so maybe let's not remake it, OK? Remember that movie? Baby rat is dying, so Momma Rat has to help him, and it's sad and she's so desperate and worried, and it's depressing? I'd much rather see yet another talking vegetables movie.

TeeVee
* This marks the end of an era. Reno 911! has been cancelled. So, in honor of the short-shorts, here are two of my favorite exchanges from the show:

Dangle: Smiley reminds me of someone from Mary Poppins... Not Vic, the Chimney Sweep, but another friend of Mary Poppins we never met.
Wiegel: That's funny, because Smiley also reminds me of someone from Merry Poppins. Who, for instance, comes riding in on some sort of jaloppy with Whipped ices, and he says, "Come along, children, I have whipped ices!" And when they get close enough to him, he grabs 'em, and rapes the shit out of 'em, and then tosses them in the back seat, and then, off he goes. And then: "Chip chip cherryoh!"
[Dangle is speechless.]

Unfortunately, now I jokingly say, 'Rape the shit out of them,' in mixed company.

Deputy Travis Junior: What'd I miss?
Deputy Trudy Wiegel: You're mad, aren't you? Well... maybe I will fucking try and kill myself now! You're all disappointed... that I didn't try and kill myself! Well, I'll make you happy this time! I'm gonna go jump in the fucking ocean!
[Wiegel gives everyone the finger]
Deputy Trudy Wiegel: Fuck you, cocksuckers! Fuck you!
[sad]
Deputy Trudy Wiegel: Fuck you, all right? Fuck you. I'm jumping in the ocean!
Deputy Travis Junior: What did I miss?
Deputy Clementine Johnson: She can't find her way to the ocean.
Lt. Jim Dangle: She can't find her way to her car.

When I grow up, I want to be nothing at all like Trudy. Nothing at all.

Journalism
* This actually makes me very angry, as a woman and a human being and not an idiot. Read this article on gender, and see why I am seriously pissed off. I'll wait.
You read it? I can't believe we still don't accept that women can be as geeky as men! I know that may sound stupid, but really, us women-folk can only use the Twitter and the MySpace to talk to celebrities. We don't know NOTHING about that fancy HTMLXYZ you talk about. I mean, I've been using HTML since LiveJournal, and my friend (who shall remain nameless) hacked into the school's computer system in high school, and of course there's WPTJEH which is made and run by fangirls...
Look, I'm not a huge genius at technology. I get by. But why does it have to be one or the other? Why do I have to choose between being slut with no geek credentials, or a hideous nerd stereotype?
On this blog, I argue for the widening of labels. I love comics, and zombie movies, and technology, and cartoons. I would give an organ to Bruce Campbell if he asked (not my own, but...) I have a fandom tattoo. I read science fiction and horror and fantasy. And yet I have friends and dates and a life. I am socially functional. I like wearing makeup and cute clothes. And I am not unique. I know dozens - maybe hundreds of women who can comfortably walk in both worlds. So stop trying to make us choose just one. It's less fun for all involved, and boring in the extreme.

Geek Want
* Speaking of geekery, Look at the cute little robot! Is he cute? Yes he is! YES HE IS.

[Found at LikeCool]
M-O from Wall-E was one of the best parts in that lovely and heart-wrenching movie. Yes I cried. I cry at all Pixar movies. It's what I do. Anyway, this little dude will clean up my desk, but I would just roll him back and forth going, 'Vroom vroom!' and it would make my life good.

Daily Hot Guy

[Masi Oka, most famous for playing Hiro on Heroes, who is the most adorable human being ALIVE. Seriously, when he is happy, you feel happy. When he is sad, you feel sad. I'm going to be rewatching Heroes soon, and I'm sure I'll be filled with rage over its uneven presentation, but never Hiro. Never. He and Sylar are my favorites. Also, did you know Masi Oka really is a genius? That's hot. But I prefer him with his Hiro glasses by far.]

Politics
* This is Vanity Fair's take on Sarah Palin's resignation. Look, I promise I'll leave her alone soon, but there is NOTHING going on but health care stuff, and I am not even TOUCHING that, because people get understandably mental about it. And while I do blather about politics a bit here, this is not a subject I am remotely educated enough in to discuss. So I'll continue making fun of politicians and pundits, OK? OK.

Awesome
* I want to buy this for someone:

[Found at IncredibleThings]
It's a comb for bald men. But I don't want to buy it for a bald guy. Oh, no. Not even a balding guy. I want to buy it for a dude with a full head of hair who is WORRIED about going bald. Give him this on his 30th birthday, and watch his psyche crack like an eggshell. Fun for all! At least, for me.

WTF, INTERNET?
* Well, I have been rendered speechless:

[Found at UniqueDaily]
Oh, wait, no I haven't. WHAT THE FUCK, MAN? THIS IS INSANE. I.... Can you imagine going on a date with a nice guy, and he seems funny and sweet, and a little strange, but in a good way? Then you go home with him, and see that thing parked outside his house? You'd have to join a nunnery. You'd have to give up on dating entirely.
On the plus side, maybe that bike will keep the guy from ever reproducing.

Movie!Win
* I am so relieved I Love You, Phillip Morris is supposed to be a good movie, because I am attracted to Jim Carrey in a way I don't want to discuss (and I don't LIKE him, but physically - DAMN. It's a terrible burden, believe me). And Ewan McGregor is great, and he knows Christopher Eccleston and Danny Boyle, which is REASON ENOUGH to like him. Anyway, movie!win for allowing me to enjoy attractive men AND a good movie all at once:

OK, I spent way too much time trying to find that animated dog movie (Sammi? Samantha? HELP ME). Work now.

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Man, I Don't Drop Character 'Till I Done The DVD Commentary.

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* This may be why you're alone. Just saying. Title is from Tropic Thunder. Shut up, it was FUNNY.

* I am behind on responding to reader mail. I apologize, and will answer it all soon. Let me just say that Kay's theory on why my favorite characters always die makes a terrible sort of sense, and I am relieved there is a logic, and devastated that it will continue forever. Fandom HURTS, man.

Podcast
* The newest (and in my biased opinion, best) episode of the podcast World Peace Through Jackie Earle Haley is up now! So go listen. It's funny, and has Nightmare on Elm Street, Human Target, Watchmen, and Communist Seagulls. Plus, Caro redid the website with her magic computer skills, and it is ridiculously pretty. Looks and brains. Just like Jackie Earle Haley. So go listen.

Writing
* Kay asked, and I answer, because that is how the rolling goes here. Why do I keep saying that? Lack of sleep.
- My Typewriter novel is, essentially, a story about a young woman who finds a weird typewriter. I know, original, right? It's more about my love for anagrams and palindromes then a horror story though. It's about identity, which is a recurring theme in my writing. I don't know why. The idea appeals to me, I guess. Let's not dwell on it.

TeeVee
* My favorite part of the Emmys in the past few years was when RIcky Gervais yelled at everyone for failing to see Ghost Town, and then demanded Steve Carell hand over his awards. Anyway, True Blood got shafted, and so did Battlestar Galactica, which I still have not seen, but I have been ASSURED that I will have more ammunition for my Cursed Theory, so I am angry in advance that it got no love. Here's an article on why these shows, and others, did not receive the Kiss of Validation from the wrinkled lips of the Emmys.

Journalism
* I have seriously considered going to journalism school, only to be told by professional writers that it would spell doom, and the end of my love for writing, and also be a waste of money. And I trust these people, if only because they get paid to do what I do for free, which makes me think of that 'buying the cow' metaphor, and then I get all said.
Anyway: Columbia Journalism School is filthy. FILTHY. Also, one of my best friends went to Columbia, and she was not impressed, although they had a gorgeous campus, and people actually know the name of the school, as opposed to mine, which people seem to think is a JOKE. LIKE MY DEGREE OH SNAP. Sorry. It's Wednesday. That's the only excuse I got.

Wow
* This is the coolest office ever:

[Found at DVICE]
It's in Spain, where apparently they care about aesthetics. But because I'm me, I automatically think of the downside. I mean, what if you hate your colleagues? Or what if it rains a lot, and the whole thing floats away? I would laugh, but I doubt anyone else would. This would never work at my office. We need more space to be productive. Also, I watched 'Countrycide' last night, the episode of Torchwood that takes place in the country, and while Ianto looks banging in jeans, overall cannibalism is enough to make me want to stay home with my technology, thanks.
Still, I'd work there. If only to tell people that my office is see-through, and can be lifted on pulleys when it gets hot.

Geek Want
* I can't decide if I want these Star Trek sneakers or not:

[Found at GlamBoulevard]
I'd much prefer to have someone else wear them around me, all the time. Like Zachary Quinto. He should have to, to promote the movie. But yes, these are totally ridiculous, and I find that charming. Sneakers have nothing to do with Star Trek. There were no sneakers in Star Trek. And yet I am utterly delighted, because I am one of those tragic fans that will totally purchase anything with my fandom on it. I would have bought Nite Owl coffee. Just saying.

Daily Hot Guy

[Milo Ventimiglia, AKA Peter Petrelli from Heroes, who I do not actually like, but many of you do, and you asked, and I am generous, so you can have him. Leave me the TRUE hotties of Heroes: Zachary Quinto, Masi Oka, and Christopher Eccleston, with his Baby Alan Moore Beard, and his propensity to beat the shit out of Peter Petrelli]

Politics
* Wonkette respond to Birther accusations. They are all true. Obama was actually hatched.

* Loud Dobbs is also a Birther. Lou Dobbs is like a lesser Pat Buchanan to me. Is Uncle Pat a Birther? I bet he is. I hope he is. I'm not kidding. It would jar me if he wasn't. I love Pat Buchanan. I do. I love him and his crazy, and I hope he lives forever and yells a lot, and we can disagree over scotch.

* Look, say what you will about my political leanings, or opinions. We can agree to disagree. My more conservative friends and relatives do all the time. I love debate and dialogue, and I will easily admit that I am wrong about things sometimes. But can we all agree, regardless of political beliefs, that Dave Vitter gets off by wearing a diaper? And that fact will never stop being funny and HELL. Oh, the article's not about that at all. But I don't much care otherwise. DUDE HIRED A HOOKER TO PLAY BABY WITH. I don't care if he's the most liberal man on the goddamn planet, or if he backs up every one of my beliefs. That will be funny for ALWAYS. Yes, that is infantile. But he wore a diaper. So, you know, it's appropriate. Oh, the link isn't about that at all. Apparently he might not get reelected, and then WHO will I mock?

Awesome
* If you buy a truck, you get an AK-47, for free, in Missouri. We don't have this in New Jersey. I don't know why. There is absolutely NO WAY that this plan could EVER backfire. Haha, fire. Free FIRE.
Moving on. Um, he says this angers liberals. Well, I'm a liberal, and I'm more frightened then angry. It is a constitutional right to bear arms, and that's fine, and I support the Constitution. However, I have read the Constitution, and I'm pretty sure there's no part that says that the only requirement to own a SERIOUS piece of machinery is the ability to buy a car. Maybe that's in your copy. But yeah, this is not going to end well. The title of this category is sarcastic. In case you missed it.

I am running late, because I no longer get a full night's sleep. FRUSTRATION STATION. But I did work on my comic a little, and T-Shirts nothing at all today!

I will most likely post again later, because I feel like it.
- LV

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Are You Pondering Cheese Sticks?

Blog
* Probably. Title is from Pinky & The Brain.

Life
* I dyed my hair red. As promised to some people, here are the pictures. I dyed it myself. Any resemblance to certain fictional characters is COMPLETELY coincidental, I SWEAR. Seriously, I've had red hair before. If I'm imitating ANYONE, it's Sally Jupiter. Stop looking at me like that.







Hair win. Redheads do it in elevator shafts. Sorry, but it had to be said.
- LV

PS More important than my hair, which is PRETTY DAMN IMPORTANT, the newest podcast from World Peace Through Jackie Earle Haley is up. We talk about the Comic-Con, A Nightmare On Elm Street, Little Children, Watchmen, and demand that someone leak the teaser trailer. It's funny and smart and kind of wonderful, much like Mr. Haley himself. Go listen.

The arms command it.

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I Wanna Lick Your Mind!

Blog
* I know it's meant as a compliment, but... that can't be sanitary. Title is from True Blood, WHICH I MISSED THIS WEEK, and need to watch on HBO On Demand, because apparently there was a foppish 1920s vampire.

Tattoo Of Win
* This tattoo is so gross I don't want to post it on my blog. But I will post the link, because that way it's not MY responsibility if you click it. But really. This is NSFW. It is Not Safe For Anything. I just.... It skeeves me. But it's definitely a Win, because if I met someone with this tattoo I would never be able to look at them again.

Food
* Germany found cocaine in Red Bull. Trace amounts. Which completely explains my attitude during my senior year of college. I was writing a paper about Red Bull, so I thought it would be edgy and post-modern to write a paper on Red Bull while drinking nothing BUT Red Bull. Unfortunately this resulted in me crying for no reason, screaming at things that weren't there, shaking, and developing a twitch. I was a wreck. They have this little car with a giant Red Bull can on it, in New York, for promotional purposes? I tried to chase it down the street. Point is, it would be much less humiliating to have to say, 'I was secretly addicted to cocaine,' instead of, 'I drank too much sugar free Red Bull and my brain cells committed suicide.
And for those who say Red Bull isn't a food? It is when you're in college. It's AMBROSIA when you're in college. I'm so glad I switched to coffee.

Words Of Win

[Found at CoolHunting]

Hunter S. Thompson
* If you read one website, read this one, obviously.
If you listen to one podcast, listen to this one.
If you read one website about Hunter S. Thompson... still read mine. But this one, too, because it's got lots of goodies. Including a petition to get Fear and Loathing: On The Campaign Trail '72 into the Modern Library, because it's one of the greatest books ever written, and what this blog is named after (NOT Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, although I love that book as well). So go sign the petition, or the god of Journalism will rise from the dead and show you images of dogs fucking the pope until your eyes rupture. He does these things. Not my fault.

Books
* My word! Is that the smell of bullshit? Yes, yes it is! Ah, the robust odor of pretension, with... yes... just a smack of ignorance! This person took people's SAT scores from Facebook, and books they listed as their favorites, averaged them out, and determined which books smart people read vs. dumb people.

[Found at SociologicalImages]
Now, I could spend literally HOURS screaming about this. I'm tempted to. Only I have work and a life, and screaming for hours would be time-consuming, yes? So I'm going to point out the most unforgivable bits of bullshit:
- He's Just Not That Into You is smarter than Where The Red Fern Grows
- Angels and Demons is smarter than Lord of the Flies
- The Lovely Bones is smarter than A Tree Grows In Brooklyn (WHAT. THE. HELL. WHAT IS WRONG WITH EVERYONE EVER?)
- Not reading at all is smarter than Fahrenheit 451
- Life of Pi is smarter than The Catcher In The Rye
- The Da Vinci Code is smarter than Hamlet
Let's ignore the fact that arguing for which books make you 'smart' is ridiculous, as there is a drastic difference between reading a book in school and actually understand and enjoying it. I'm more horrified by the quality, and that your SAT scores determine your intelligence, and that generally speaking books I really find infuriating did so well on this, and that The Color Purple is apparently only the vestige of dumb people. That is MORONIC. Smart people can like stupid books, and awful, ignorant people can like good books. THIS IS NOT A VALID REPRESENTATION OF INTELLIGENCE. I hate this chart. It has ruined my morning. CHART FAIL. And HOW funny is it that not reading is considered 'smarter' than reading Fahrenheit 451? It's so funny! These are tears of laughter!

Harry Potter
* Here is an article on the homosexual undertones of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. It had to be done. But Alan Rickman does NOT look like a New Wave lesbian in a CAPE, and shame on you for insulting him SO. I don't really agree overall, and to be honest I was more interested in saying things like, 'Where the hell is Neville in this movie?' and 'Damn, Draco became a MAN. He's legal now, yes?'

Daily Hot Guy

[Zack Snyder, director of Dawn of the Dead, 300, and Watchmen, secret lover of Blu-Ray (show us the Dark Mark, ZACK) and disproving the theory that directors are not hot]

Star Trek



* Star Trek/Office Space macros. You're welcome.

Doctor Who
* I am still mad at Russell T. Davies, but I love both David Tennant and John Barrowman, and do not blame them for the sins of TV shows they happen to be in, or the EMOTIONAL RETARDATION OF CHARACTERS WHO CANNOT ADMIT THEIR LOVE TO PEOPLE THEY WILL NEVER SEE AGAIN. I'm fine, I'm back, it's all good. Anyway, my friend Larissa, who chose the 'I will wreck this place with my anger' attitude instead of my 'Crying in the corner and naming everything in the house Ianto and drinking' attitude, because she's more mature than I am, sent me this clip:
DAMMIT. EPIC FAIL OF INTERNET. FINE, ONLY ME AND LARISSA GET TO SEE THE HOTNESS. HAHAHA.

I need to go to work now.
- LV

PS If you don't listen to World Peace Through Jackie Earle Haley, the best podcast ever, I'll expose your horrible secret. I KNOW WHAT YOU DID. Also, it's incredibly funny.

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This Is A Pie Shop, Not An Herbal Crack Den.

Blog
* Who needs drugs when you have pie? Title is from Pushing Daisies.

Podcast
* If you read my blog, there's a good chance you like Watchmen, and Jackie Earle Haley, and ALL THINGS GLORIOUS. Ergo, you should listen to this podcast: World Peace Through Jackie Earle Haley. It's a podcast for the fans, by the fans. And it's insightful and hilarious. Puina is the mastermind behind it, and the gorgeous website that I would hug if it were a person. I've tried to hug it even though it's not a person, but listening is much better.

We've started off talking about Watchmen, because all things begin and end with Watchmen, but over time we'll be covering films from Jackie Earle Haley's career, and looking at new releases (including A Nightmare On Elm Street, Shutter Island, and Human Target)

The cast includes DanceswithElvis, eringoblah, serena_eliza, miss_bushido, youquit, and me. They are epic in their win, and I am so lucky to count myself among them on this podcast. These are intelligent and insightful fans who just happen to have a weak spot for sugar-chewing vigilantes and the actors who play them.

It's a lot of fun. Go take a listen. Then tell all your friends. If you don't have friends, FIND friends, solely to get them to listen to this podcast. It's that much fun. Because, really, who DOESN'T need more Jackie Earle Haley in their lives?



I think I've made my point.
- LV

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