111 more Days 'til Halloween, Halloween, Halloween

So, jet_li_wannabe made it here at 9:15, and I unfairly chewed him out, since he didn't realize how early we generally should be at these screenings. Fortunately, this was at the Regal, which holds about twice as many folks as Phipps. So we were fine.

Movie was damned fun, if not particularly good. Wasn't helped by the fact that Busta Rhymes was quite possibly the second or third best actor in the flick.

And that he spoiled a fact in his interview on Smackdown earlier.

But the flick was fun -- some very nice imagery harking back to the original movie (including an accidental recreation of one of the murders in that movie), as well as tributes to a lot of other flicks -- Blair Witch and Friday the Thirteenth Part 3, most noticeably.

And this was the first horror flick that's really used the Internet in a halfway intelligent way, which gets them bonus points.

But it's certainly not worth paying a ton of money for in the theaters. I mean, it's just not as good as Minority Report, no matter how much it wants to be. :-)

On the other hand, did Minority Report have any half-eaten rats? I think not.

And as an added bonus, Katee Sackhoff, who plays the yummy (if slutty) best friend of the lead, shares my birthday (although she's eight years younger. Gah).

Todd'n'Erik: Whiny little bitches

Wondering where the Image Comics 10 Anniversary Hardcover is? Originally due in February, its been made clear the project is being held up by Todd McFarlane, who has yet to turn in any pages for his 20-page story. Now Erik Larsen is providing his take on why his Image partner on has yet to turn in any work…

In an interview with Caleb Gerard of the Comic Word News website, asked for an update on the project, Larsen told Gerard the project is late “cause of cause of Neil Gaiman”, explaining McFarlane wanted to use a character that's being legally contested by Gaiman in his lawsuit against McFarlane and that Image can’t release the book "until the lawsuit is settled, dammit.”

“…I just don't know what I can really say other than Todd was really stupid to let somebody else create evil twins of his characters, then claim to own them,” Larsen went on to say. “Just stupid. Bunch of bull. At this point Todd's the hold up and I don't know when and if that's gonna get cleared up. Todd's gotta find the time to do it and find the urge to do it. We all keep trying to get him to get off his rear-end and get it done, cause we'd all like to get the book out. The rest of us are sitting here done or mostly done. “

Um, yeah, Erik. Neil''s ripping off Todd. Sure.

Aside from the fact that that's horseshit, why in the world can't Todd tell a story without Angela or Medieval Spawn (aside from his inability to tell a story, period)? Oh, could it be that he just can't make deadlines in general, and is looking for a scapegoat?

And come to think of it, was anyone actually waiting on the Image 10th Anniversary hardcover? Anyone? Bueller?

Another Meme!

Meme (and even a couple of answers) swiped from redwaterlilly:

Name four bad habits you have:
1. Chewing my fingernails
2. Overeating
3. Snoring (allegedly)
4. Talking too quickly.

Name four scents you love:
1. cinnamon
2. Vanilla
3. Popcorn
4. Bacon

Name four things you'd never wear:


1. Leather pants.
2. A Fedora
3. Period Garb.
4. Fur.


Name four artists/groups most people don't know you like:
1. Night Ranger (although I may have mentioned them here recently).
2. Dot Allison
3. Rocket From the Crypt.
4. Charlie Parker


Name four drinks you regularly drink:
1. Coffee
2. More Coffee
3. Even More Coffee
4. Chai

Name four random facts about yourself:
1. I could eat nothing but seafood, if given the choice.
2. I love slasher movies.
3. I still haven't seen Episode 2.
4. I'm very moody.

Name four random facts about your family:
1. My grandfather owned an extremely successful Oklahoma department store chain, Streets.
2. My mom's first cousin, Alan, is a millionaire (possibly billionaire) who also is a champion at bridge.
3. My father died when I was three.
4. My father was 5'6". I'm taller than both of my parents.

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Music survey, swiped from dslartoo
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Wow. I am so fucking exhausted. Want to curl up and nap the rest of the afternoon away.

I'm falling amazingly behind on work, but I just don't care right now. Have no energy or willpower whatsoever. I don't even mind not having any energy.

Hell, if it weren't for the fact that I'm afraid of oversleeping, I'd head up into the library stacks and take a nice nap right now.

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So I just ran into Lloyd, my old College Bowl coach and a librarian here. I'd given him a copy of Lamb to read, and he's loving it, and has decided he needs to have all the rest of the books Moore has written. I love making converts, whether it's to good authors, good bands, or good food. The best part of enjoying something so much is being able to spread that joy.

Soccer fans get paid!

http://msn.espn.go.com/soccer/news/2002/0712/1404997.html

Now this could get me to follow the sport. Although they'd have to raise the rate to at least minimum wage.

slutty kitten!

Yes, pictures of Max, the slutty Siamese cat!

http://www.geocities.com/delintfan/max.html

I need to run 'em through iPhoto and get the redeye out at some point, but since folks have asked shadesong and me what they looked like, I figured I'd post.

Updated kitty photos

Since Yahoo has hella nasty bandwidth limits, try http://homepage.mac.com/alipkin/PhotoAlbum1.html

This explains the popularity of Windows

http://news.com.com/2100-1040-943519.html?tag=fd_top

:-)

And yes, thank you very much, but I'm aware of the flaws in this sort of generalization.

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&ncid=716&e=1&u=/ap/20020712/ap_on_re_us/un_international_court_41

Wow. US Soldiers now have a mandate to rape and pillage overseas. I'm sure this will do wonders for Army recruitment.