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[IMAGINE THERE IS A REALLY BITCHIN' IMAGE HERE. PERHAPS A RAPTOR RIDING A ROCKET WITH A COWBOY HAT ALL SLIM PICKINS-STYLE AND ALSO THE RAPTOR IS REALLY GOOD AT XBOX AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO INVITE HIM TO YOUR PARTY. OR A SQUIRREL THAT LOOKS SURPRISED, OR SOMETHING. WHATEVER, GO NUTS. (GET IT???)]


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This is all fan_eunice's fault. She is a carrier. A HAPPINESS CARRIER.

festivids has posted its masterlist!

Now, I haven't watched all of them yet, but these are some that BURST THE BANKS OF MY PATIENCE.

Twin Peaks - Passenger Fever My undying <3 of internal motion aside, THIS IS A GREAT VID. It does tremendous justice to the shoe, and to the creepy creepy Daddy Daughter relationships therein. Technically, structurally, this person knows what they set out to do and they did it. More Twin Peaks vids, pls kthxbye.

Die Hard: Shooter *Ehem* I believe I make my feelings clear in the comments. BANG. Put it in your eyes. It will be good for you.

Watchmen - I'm Afraid of Americans I was uncertain about the song/source match. Sometimes it FEELS VERY GOOD TO BE WRONG. As fan_eunice said: "the vidder vid the comic and just used the movie". There was also something about it being FUCKING AWESOME, and a bit where I STRONGLY AGREED. The end.

WALL-E: Mr Blue Sky I saw the song choice and thought "that's a great idea! that could be adorable!" And it was! It really starts to pick up about halfway through, and then HOORAY FOR INTERNAL MOTION. Did I mention I am a sucker for it? YES. YES I AM. And I'm just happy a WALL-E vid exists.

Kamikaze girls: This is where I apologize to kissifa, who TOLD ME to see this I think 2 YEARS AGO. I need to see it. I need an antidote to All About Lily Chou Chou because at the moment I am having betrayal issues with Japanese cinema post-90s.

THIS LIST IS NOT COMPREHENSIVE. I AM NOT DONE YET.

WELCOME TO 2010, FELLOW AMERICANS. I HAVE DONE IT EARLY, ON ACCOUNT OF MY AMAZING SUPER POWERS (THE SECRET IS AIRPLANES)


I PROMISE YOU I AM 100% SOBER.

AS A SIDE NOTE, MY PRIMARY NEW YEARS RESOLUTION IS TO LIE AS MUCH AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE.


PEACE AND LOVE,


AMY

1. I have been wondering for a while why when something like the prong of a fork touches one of my fillings, there is CURIOUS PAIN. I chalked it up to increased sensitivity (hot and cold are bads), but today at lunch when I was biting on a foil-coated bottle sealer thing and the same thing was happening mr_twig explained that, actually, because the different metals in the amalgam filling and the metals in the fork/spoon/what are CONDUCTIVE, and the acidity in SALIVA makes it a very effective ELECTROLYTE, so when I poke my fillings with metal things I make A BATTERY IN MY FACE.

Unfortunately this is actually going to INCREASE THE TIME I SPEND DOING THIS until I can SHOOT LIGHTING FROM MY MOUTH, because based on my public school education and two humanities degrees, I am CERTAIN THAT THIS IS HOW IT WORKS.


2. Holy cow, Mad Men. Seen First 3 Eps. Don't know why I haven't watched it sooner. Except it kind of makes me want TO SMOKE AND DRINK SCOTCH ALL THE TIME.

This is the post where I cheat.

Well, I mean, I didn't cheat. One of renenet's items was "something that reminds you of this time of year".

It's not my fault that was months ago and now it's autumn, and there was a bonfire last night, and that it took me until yesterday to replace my lens cleaning cloth and charge the battery and...

ANYWAY. Last night was bonfire night! Do you like fire? OF COURSE YOU DO.

( Remember, Remember the 5th of November, or wait until the nearest Saturday and ruin the rhyme... )

Finally back at work.

Speaking of which OH HEY LOOK...my work has a sexy clickable banner on Rock Paper Shotgun.

This will possibly mean something to any PC gamers out there.

How many people on my flist are PC gamers? I actually have no idea...


SOMEDAY PEOPLE WILL KNOW WHO WE ARE, I THINK!

Since I am the genius who can't seem to get her SD card and her camera in the same place, I'm starting with jarrow's "photos in general" request, and fridgebuzznow entirely reasonable "show me your damn hairs already".

NOTE: All pictures link through to Flickr, because it's their community rules, or something. So yeah, click through for HUGER sizes and pictures that have nothing to do with anything else. WORD.

LARGE PICS BEHIND CUT.

1. My (now ex-)hair.

( GREEN-BLUE: BEHOLD MY FEARFUL ASYMMETRY )

2. General photos: Not wanting to get bogged down in how many photos of what kind from where/when, I did a nerdy thing.

I assigned 7 categories to 7 ranges on a d20. 1d20 determines number of photos in total (14 in total).

THE RESULTS:

( Work(1) )
( Recent Outings(3) )

( OX4ord (3) )
( WILD CARD(2) )
( Scenic Oxford(1) )

( University(2) )

( Critical Fumble: Baby Pics (2!) )


RIGHT. If all that HTML is tagged correctly, it's a damn miracle. In the next post, I will start addressing the requests for specific things. Which will now require actually taking the camera out and using it again...

Posted here so I don't actually comment on the BBC News site (nothing good has ever come of this)

What's behind the cut assumes some knowledge of the current Roman Polanski NEWSSTORM. So, I guess this is a good place to start: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8277886.stm

For the record: When I say "We", I am referring to the Western developed We. Because that's my frame-of-reference, and I'm not going to pretend I'm savvy to any other cultural generalisation :-P (I almost said "mainstream", but actually, I fucking well know better than to pretend it's only there.)

( In which I devote more words than usual to a few social bugbears OR 'a few well-regarded films and suddenly everyone's a rape apologist' )

OMFG.

Behold my raw, mostly uncut reactions to this show that I have been eagerly anticipating for ages.

Right. CUT TIME

( Cut for spoilers. And ranting. And swearing. And repeat )

People (as in Omaha people) have mentioned in the (quite distant) past they were interested in seeing pictures of Oxford, how I live, etc. Of course, that was before the Great Journal Change of Ought Nine, so there may be only one of you left, but on balance I actually have more Americans on my flist now, so who knows?

ANYWAY, it's my journal, and I should be using it for "staying in touch". I'm bad at it. I want to get better. So, I'm stealingborrowing a thing that absolutedestiny did a few years ago:

Post a comment below of something you'd like me to take a picture of with the proviso that it has to be something that you'd be happy doing if you were me.


Note: there is a good chance that I'll have a lot of pictures of things already. If that's the case I'll direct you to the appropriate entry on my Flickrstream, unless some weird whim takes me.

So yeah, go nuts.

Revisiting that list of posts I was going to make from a few weeks ago:

1. VVC in-depth somethingorother. I don't know if it'll be a vid review, or a general con review, or what. But there will be pictures (friends locked, of course). Not so indepth, and no pictures. The latter is a tactical desicion. I think I owe someone an animated gif as well...
2. Review of Inglorious Basterds. Whoa, forgot about that...
3. Photopost of Chicago stuff, and CRAZY HAIR for fridge_buzz_now. Hey, I should *do* that!
4. Day In the Life photo thing I did like 5 weeks ago and never posted. WHICH BRINGS ME TO...

A different post!

Holy shit, Radio 1 just played Grizzly Bear.

What is going on?

OMG and my housemate liked it...


WHAT IS GOING ON?

Back in the UKGB (boy). My brain just about has regained the concept of time-of-day, but until this morning it just completely failed to comprehend "morning, i.e. the time when you get up and eat breakfast". Weeird.

Chicago is an awesome city. This is the first time I've had a chance to spend any actual time there, but every time I've gone I've been impressed by the beauty, the people, and the general atmosphere.

Vividcon was an amazing experience, which I will write more about when work/life calms down a bit, but suffice to say I don't know if it's a good idea to meet so many awesome people in such a high concentration at once. I'm not used to these things. It will give me unrealistic expectations for the rest of the world.

Argghhh so many posts I need to make...

And I have so many blackmail great pictures of absolutedestiny now :D

COMING SOON:

1. VVC in-depth somethingorother. I don't know if it'll be a vid review, or a general con review, or what. But there will be pictures (friends locked, of course).
2. Review of Inglorious Basterds.
3. Photopost of Chicago stuff, and CRAZY HAIR for fridge_buzz_now.
4. Day In the Life photo thing I did like 5 weeks ago and never posted.

Public because...why not?

YES