for we are the slaves of the dark lord's war.

[amand_r]

1. cruentum is taking his first oral exam (of many) for his Masters today. [insert joke about an exam room with 7.44 and GDL]. I wish him the best of luck, because he's super smart, but super freaked (completely understandable), and I would make a joke about only being a master of evil, Darth, but he doesn't know Star Wars, for which I feel like a bad big sister. Like I have failed somehow. WHERE DID I GO WRONG?

This is anticlimactic, as he has already been and returned triumphant and shit, but I wrote this part last night, so I'm keeping it anyway.

2. help_haiti has another lightning starting today. I don't think I have the will to go on it, but I encourage you to if you are up for it. If I could manage to do things BRIEFLY, I would. Jesus. Or if you make me an offer I can't resist. askance, I have not forgotten you. You have the big gun, and these are tiny, like the stun gun. And to complete the whole allusion, husiemama, you have the scanner that makes Ianto throw cookies.

3. Howard Zinn is dead. Uhm. Yeah. But yes! UNUSED AUDIO COMMENTARY BY HOWARD ZINN AND NOAM CHOMSKY, RECORDED FOR THE RETURN OF THE KING (PLATINUM SERIES EXTENDED EDITION) DVD. My favorite bit is:

ZINN: Now we flash forward to Sam and Frodo, deeply embarked upon their journey toward Mount Doom. What do they do? They sleep an extraordinary amount, and when they're not sleeping they stagger about with the glazed and dissipated stare of recovering addicts. Clearly they're struggling with pipe-weed and mead withdrawal. Where exactly are they now?

CHOMSKY: Mordor, the "dark land." Which you correctly pointed out before we began should be properly known as Orcistan.

ZINN: Naturally, seeing that it's Men who trapped the Orcs within its borders and started referring to these lands as "Mordor." Orcs, of course, used to live throughout Middle Earth, before they were corralled—in a heartbreaking Orcish "Trail of Tears"—into this inhospitable, seismically active land.

CHOMSKY: Note later the beautiful, fertile fields between Minas Tirith and the mountains that encircle Mordor. Neither Men nor Orcs cultivate them, and clearly the purpose of the garrison at Osgiliath is to keep Orcs away from valuable farmland.

ZINN: Remember: What do Orcs eat? "Maggoty old bread," as one in the previous film put it. Now we see Gandalf and company arriving at Orthanc after the battle of Helm's Deep, where they discover an Ent-caused ecological disaster.

CHOMSKY: And we have two Hobbits sitting on a wall enjoying some Longbottom leaf. I wish someone could explain to me the supposed charm of these inebriated little meddlers.

Oh you little scamps.

4. WANT.

5. Australia Bans the A cup in porn because they resemble (pre) pubescent girls or something. Look, I'm just saying, THIS IS HOW THEY GET YA. Also, they're not too fond of golden showers. (h/t kin_you_bi)

6. I wish I had a gong to ring every time something stupid was done in the world. I need a gong. Gongs make me think of (NewYorkMinimalistComposer) Phillip Glass. Why is that?

THE SHARK FROM THE THIRD ACT IS IN THERE, KENNY.

Comments

[cthonus.livejournal.com]

Yay for best Viva wishes, faux Noams and Glassworks.

But I wants a cristal baschet for the hallway
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARt4iKdRPxA

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

On one hand, how awesome. On the other hand, I have that curious destructive glee not unlike when you;re drunk and you have a sledgehammer and you're in a glass shop.

[cruentum.livejournal.com]

I HAVE VODKA!

Why is that South Park vid in German? South Park is like Terry Pratchett for me.

And 4. yes.

And and and OMG general OH OH OH I'M EATING CARROTS!

LALALA I totes don't know Star Wars. It's like South Park and Terry Pratchett for me.

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

HAAHAHAH IT MUST DEFAULT TO WHATEVER COUNTRY YOU'RE IN. MINE WAS IN ENGLISH!

GET LOADED FOR ME! I'LL GET DRUNK TONIGHT JUST FOR YOU!

[bk7brokemybrain.livejournal.com]

Gong: Get yourself a brass meditation bowl, with carved wooden stick. Run the stick around the rim, make it sing, then strike it. Glorious. I recommend trying out many bowls as they sound in different keys. Find one that matches your inner soundtrack.

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

LOL I WANT THE GONG WITH THE HAMMER.

[itcamefromjapan.livejournal.com]

3. I'll admit to having read very little Zinn, but I'm super bummed about his death. I just felt better knowing he was around. What a fascinating guy.

5. Hey, Australia. AUSTRALIA. You're just...not even trying to get back in my good books, are you? *eyeroll*

6. Gongs make me think of (NewYorkMinimalistComposer) Phillip Glass.
I was going to tell an ~exciting anecdote~ about having performed 4'33" with my high school orchestra, and then I remembered that that was John Cage. Oops. D:

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

HAAHAHAHAH TOO BAD IT WASN'T LUKE CAGE.

[kin-you-bi.livejournal.com]

We're not fond of anything that's a fetish. Because spanking's, like, evil, don't cha know? ::headdesks repeatedly::

Oh South Park. I love you so, so much.

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

FETISHES LEAD TO HAVING SEX WITH KIDS.

[easilymused1956.livejournal.com]

I had to go to the Aussie site as a cached page. Apparently it's been taken down. Hopefully.

What the FUCK are those people thinking? ARE they thinking? What are they ON?

Fuck, I'm so glad I live in America. Yeah.

Renee

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

I think this is one of those times when I pump my fist and say, "America, Fuck Yeah!" It happens very very rarely.

[adjovi.livejournal.com]

ok--i had to look up BAMF, and YES! mr. rogers was totally one. my bro-in-law currently taking classes from handyman "joe" negri, who is a famous jazz guitarist when not in reruns of mr. rogers.

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

You know who I love? Mister McFEELEY.

[askance.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the shout out about the fic, but I'm a very patient person. Anticipation only increases the fun. Take your time :)

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

I know. I just like to keep it in the foreground, and with all my other muttering about fics, I can see how it would be easy to think that I'd forgot about you.

[topgeargirl2.livejournal.com]

James Moran was talking about the A-Cup thing yesterday on Twitter. Ok so I can kinda understand but do guys really think about that when they are watching that. I don't think so.

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I think this os more telling about the personal fetishes of the control committee than they realise.

[blue-fjords.livejournal.com]

Crue's awesome!!!! And Star Wars is my favoritest movie of all time. Even if he doesn't know it, I think it's awesome that you toasted him w/ it. In fact, you're awesome.

That is all.

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

Awwww, you too are awesome. I wish you could scan in your card and share it with everyone. I should have done that.

I would still suck the coffee out of your off white sweater.

[adjovi.livejournal.com]

dood...blue! did i ever tell you that my undergrad thesis was on "star wars being a western interpretation of taoism"?

[curriejean.livejournal.com]

The tit thing. I can't even. The size of your tits determines how old you appear? I can't even a'sejf;akwljteaow6407e7rysiuojhs;ldfg>___<inhumansexismfuckinghell.

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

HAAHAHAHAHAHA. my tits are huge! i'm fucking older than methuselah. Not really, but compated to an a cup I have to be at least like, 30.

[huesiemama.livejournal.com]

#2 Also thanks for the shout-out, I am patiently anxiously anticipating post-it goodness!

#4 YES. They have dinosaurs and a dragon and a Cyberman!

#5 FFS

#6 Bang a gong. THE SHARK FROM THE THIRD ACT IS IN THERE, KENNY. I read it, then I heard it in context and LOLR5KATES!

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

the musical part just made me lol and lol and lol.

[sthayashi.livejournal.com]

I've always wanted to keep a gong close to the entrance of a large room just so I can hit it when I enter.

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

I KNOW. HOW AWESOME WOULD THAT BE?

Someone would have to hide it when I was drunk.