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A direct example of how what Obama said during the state of the union address is the complete opposite of what his actual administration is doing.
Speeches are for people who think that a speech means something. I didn't watch it because I know it's a puppet show. I of course still downloaded it, because I've had to play speeches in the past to prove people wrong.
Basically, Obama is waving his left hand while doing something else with his right hand. Political sleight of hand. And so many people are buying it.
January 2010
Monthly Archive
January 31, 2010
January 30, 2010
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Obama: Endorsing medical marijuana while still raiding establishments. Hope?
Obama: Just nominated the Bush-administration acting DEA director to be the official DEA director. Change?
Obama: Pledging to put science before politics. Really?Some hope this is! A lab dedicated to science and medicine, shut down by feds who don't want to listen to doctors. Meanwhile everyone froths at their mouth about the state of the union address.
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Uh… Wow. I guess it's good that he does all these things while everyone is frothing at the mouth over the State Of The Union address?
This is pretty typical of how Obama says one thing, and does another.
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What dicks. OMFG, Anne Frank had a vagina. Forget the holocaust; we can't talk about vaginas. Fucking Culpeper redneck idiot pieces of shit.
January 30, 2010
VIDEO: MOVIES: REVIEW: Inkheart (2008)
Posted by Claire CJS under Carolyn, Clio, Media, Movies, People, Reviews, Video[7] Comments
[IMDB link] [Netflix link] [official site] Watched in 720p HD :)
LIMERICK REVIEW: They once were all just characters in books:
Heroes, villains, charlatans, and crooks.
But then there were the silvertongues,
Who breathed REAL life into their lungs.
And if they ever told anyone, they’d just get strange looks.
HAIKU REVIEW: Fiction characters
should prob’ly just stay that way…
They’re often ruthless.
PEOPLE: From director Iain Softley (K-PAX, Hackers), based on the book by Cornelia Funke. With Brendan Fraser (The Mummy, Journey To The Center Of The Earth), Sienna Guillory (aka Valentine from Resident Evil:Apocalypse), child actor Eliza Bennett, and Paul Bettany (Jarvis from Iron Man, Silas from The Da Vinci Code), Andy Serkis (Gollum from the Lord Of The Rings trilogy, Clueless). And yes, that’s Jennifer Connelly in the itty-bitty role of Roxanne (the wife of Dustfinger). Which makes sense, since she’s the actor’s wife in real life (!).
The book is recent — 2003. The author actually had Brendan Fraser in mind when she wrote the book. The studios had to cave to her demand :)
QUIRKS: “Since the dawn of time, storytellers have enchanted audiences with their words. But there is an even rarer gift. There are those, who by reading out loud, can bring characters to life. Out of books and into our world. Most of these Silvertongues, as they are known, prefer to keep their skills a secret. But some do not even know this gift is theirs, until it is too late.” Expect to see characters out of books come to life. Not as many as you’d like — they’re all from the book Inkheart, except Farid who is from Ali Baba & His 40 Thieves, and Toto from The Wizard Of Oz. This is a fantasy — but one that happens in our normal, non-fantastic reality. Which makes it more interesting than most fantasies.
VISUALS: As fantasy movies go, the visual level here is really low. It takes place in *our* reality. Other than the finale, and some fire play, there’s barely anything unrealistic in this fantasy. Which is in and of itself a bit unusual for a fantasy movie.
BAD STUFF: Nothing, really… But it is rated PG.
CONCLUSION: Netflix: 4/5 stars. IMDB: 8/10. A solid fantasy movie. Good stuff! Not as cliche or as predictable as most fantasy movies. If this was edgier and more intense, it could go on to get 5/5 stars. But it’s kind of a kid’s story in some ways, so it can only be so good.
RECOMMENDATION: Writers might find this interesting due to the characters-coming-alive angle. But anyone who likes fantasy movies would probably like this.
SIMILAR MOVIES: Well… Cool World had the cartoon characters crossing over into the real world… (more…)
January 29, 2010
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The two things Clinton had going for him were: No bullshit GROUND wars [he still had his own pet war, though], and reducing our national debt the most any president has done during the 1960s.
But it looks like today's Democrats have made sure to undo all of that. (Actually, Bush already did that, so this is even worse..)
WE DON'T HAVE MAGIC MONEY. Did they learn nothing from the bailout? A huge debt will destroy our country. It's already started happening. The dollar is dropping. Nations are starting to trade in other currency. We can't just keep spending money that we don't have.
I'm sure the liberal cult of Obama is going to talk about how great this is. Short-term thinking for optimistic idealists who think this country is somehow going to go in a better route.
News flash: Every 5 year period, this country gets worse and worse. I'm starting to think the economy peaked in the 1950s, and freedom peaked in the 1970s, and it's only downhill from here.
SO HEY! LET'S MAKE IT WORSE!
January 28, 2010
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"You heard that right — under these conditions, the new proposed net neutrality regulations would allow the same practices that net neutrality was first invoked to prevent, even if these ISP practices end up inflicting collateral damage on perfectly lawful content and activities."
If this passes, will the Obamans then quote this as one of Obama's success? Because it wont be a success, it will be another empty promise, like so much of what has come out of the Obama administration.
Net Neutrality that lets an ISP block bittorrent is not neutrality in any form.
The corporations have wanted to turn the internet into "television 2.0". They hate that we can publish content without going through their channels. Lack of net neutrality is another step towards THEIR goal, which is NOT a goal that has The People's best interests at heart.
Listen to the EFF. They know what they are talking about. Always.
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Just another RSS service. This lets you monitor non-RSS pages for changes — kind of like ChangeDetect and it's email updates back in the day. (Anyone remember changeDtect? No? Bueller?)
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Yup. Glad I didn't get a swine flu vaccine.
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Lawsuit ensues. Kyle Yrigollen should be fired, and never hired as a cop again. Or better yet, remove one of his eyes. An eye for an eye.
This was probably a reprisal for a previous incident where he was assaulted by the police previously. I'm going to venture a guess that this man was black.
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Wow. Pretty amazing. Cunningham may be rationalizing immoral decisions, but he has valid points too. I'd do the exact same thing in his situation.
If you're in debt, I strongly recommend using these dickish tactics. It is absolutely nothing less than what a soulless corporation would do to you, and it's time the people fight back against these "immortal" corporations.
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I guess after bankrupting the treasury with a bailout that cost more than all wars combined, Obama's gonna save some money by not lifting a finger to go back to the moon. Must be more of the bringing science to government that he talked about.
More and more fails from Obama. Sigh.
(Actually, he said he'd do this. Still a FAIL, though.)
BTW, this isn't just moon travel. This pretty much stops all manned space exploration. When the shuttles finish blowing up, there'll be nothing (?).
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I guess this is more of that promised "change"?
The same DEA head who operated under Bush, and raided medical marijuana patients?
The same DEA head who rejected applications to study marijuana's medical value — because that might represent the same aforementioned "change" — EVEN AFTER A JUDGE RULED that they cannot reject said application.
Didn't Obama promise to not let politics get in front of science? Pffft.
Way to go, Obama. Disappointment after disappointment after disappointment. I hate being right.
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60% is better than chance.
You can indeed tell something about people by looking at them. (The PC crowd hates this idea so much, because it smacks of discrimination and therefore racism.)
It's like when I was at the mall with Carolyn, and I said, "Look at that chick! She's so hot! But like… Republican hot. You can see it in her nose." [/end anecdote]
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1) Good! I think the FDA seized some stuff headed for me, and I would like it back now.
2) New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine is an idiot. People come up with an alternative that doesn't use smoke, and he signs a law banning it in public anyway. This was never about people's rights. This was always about limiting their freedom. The drug warriors would take away everything — even our coffee — if they could.
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A Firefox Greasemonkey script to let you use YouTube without flash! PLUS it offers direct download links for each video.
No more flash player slowing down your machine and creating ugly video lag!
Play video via HTML5, or via your VLC firefox plugin!
Download videos reliably!This is totally going to change my YouTube experience. For the most part, I have been refusing to watch stuff on YouTube. I'll download a file and throw it into the pile for later viewing, but I have used YouTube more as a downloading service than as something to watch stuff with. Maybe with a tolerable non-flash implementation, my habits will change.
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Just in case you wanted to see the Muppets cover Queen. In 1080p HD, even!
January 27, 2010
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This totally kicks the ass of anything I’ve ever seen at a proper beach.
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A cop sped through a red light and killed someone. And Fairfax County is going to pay the family $1.5M.
But get this: The system is still fucked. She was found NOT GUILTY of reckless driving, despite running a red light and killing someone. Because she was a cop. Thin blue line. Underly harsh punishments.
And the only reason they won the legal settlement was because her siren wasn’t on, and it wasn’t really an emergency anyway (it was a shoplifter).
In other words, if I’m blasting music so loud I can’t hear someone’s siren, and they run a red light and kill me: That’s just too fucking bad. I deserve nothing.
Yes: Fuck that. Washington Post tries to frame this as some noble act, but the fact of the matter is, the system is still tilted to allowing police to kill us with impunity.
They also never really punished Amanda R. Perry. They had to wait until she falsified her timecards to be able to fire her. Even then, she was just “forced to resign”.
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Wow. By not mowing my lawn [or ever having mowed a lawn], I’m saving the environment! Yay me!
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They only charge other officers if they are in an accident — and only then because it threatens their career.
When cops protect other cops, we literally create law enforcement via criminals. Criminals that have been protected by other criminals, all pretending to be enforcers of the law. You can’t be both.
January 27, 2010
VIDEO: MOVIES: REVIEW: 9 aka Number 9 (2009) (anim)
Posted by Claire CJS under Carolyn, Clio, Media, Movies, People, Reviews, Video[3] Comments
QUIRKS: Animated post-apocalyptic fantasy. This would almost be a steampunk movie, but it seems to happen after the 1950s rather than in the 1850s. But there is still a definite, modernized steampunk feel to it, what with the way everything in the movie is a cobbled together, non-digital machine.
UNCOMFORTABLE PLOT SUMMARY (inspired by this): [highlight for spoilers]→ Mankind causes self to go extinct; remaining soul of last human mostly dies.
PEOPLE: Produced by Tim Burton.
Voice actors include Christopher Plummer as #1 (Charles Muntz in Up, General Chang in Star Trek 6, 12 Monkeys, Gandahar, Dreamscape National Treasure, Wolf), Martin Landau as #2 (Scorpion in the 1990s Spider-Man cartoon, Mission Impossible, Ed Wood), John C. Reilly as #5 (Step Brothers, Dr. Steve Brule from Tim And Eric Awesome Show Great Job, Walk Hard:The Dewey Cox Story, The Aviator), Crispin Glover as #6 (Grendel from Beowulf, The People Vs. Larry Flynt, Wild At Heart, Twister, Friday The 13th 4), Jennifer Connelly as #7 (Inkheart, Requiem For A Dream, A Beautiful Mind), Fred Tatasciore as #8 (Beowulf, Samuel L. Jackson in Team America:World Police, Hulk in Hulk Vs. Wolverine/Thor, goblin voices in The Spiderwick Chronicles, William Shatner in 8 eps of Robot Chicken, Family Guy, Beast in Wolverine & The X-Men), and Elijah Wood as #9 (Frodo from Lord Of The Rings, Sin City, The Faculty).
VISUALS: Incredible cgi animation. Incredible detail. A beautifully bleak post-apocalyptic world. Looks GREAT in HD! This is the 2nd animated film released by Focus Features, after Coraline.
MORALS: Sometimes it’s better for the greater good if you take bigger risks. Don’t be a coward. I’m talking to you, 1.
BAD STUFF: This movie is too short. Things fly by too fast. The great experience is over too soon. They could have spent more time developing the characters and the backstory. On the other hand, part of the fun was guessing what the backstory was… But the lack of depth caused by these flaws keeps this movie from realizing its true potential as a 5-star fantasy adventure movie.
CONCLUSION: A great animated fantasy adventure — but a bit rushed. They should have developed the story more and made it longer. This flaw kept it from being a 5-star movie.
RATINGS:
Clint: Netflix: 4/5 stars. IMDB: 9/10. It really deserves 5 stars, but it was simply over too fast!
Carolyn: Netflix: 4/5 stars. IMDB: 9/10.
Parthena: Netflix: 4/5 stars. “I really liked it, I just think if they’d filled in a bit more detail it would have made my rating go up to 5. :) At the same time, maybe leaving a bit of mystery makes the movie more impactful/haunting?” I was wondering that myself. “In hindsight, the movie was a bit more depressing than I’d originally felt last night. Like…the reason I hadn’t been as sad when the [highlight for spoilers]→ dolls were absorbed by the machine is that I thought when the souls escaped, they’d re-animate the doll bodies and they’d continue to be basically immortal. What I didn’t expect was that the souls would simply leave the machine and just…ascend to Heaven, or wherever. So there’s only like 3-4 of the pieces of humanity left… Brutal!”
The native public rating for this movie is Netflix: 3.6/5 stars (3.7/5 stars for people who rate like me), IMDB: 7.1/10.
RECOMMENDATION: Animation and fantasy lovers must see this!
MOVIE QUOTE: #6: The source! The source! Go back… to the source.
COINCIDENCES: (Terminator 4:Salvation, 9) 2 movies in a week where the good guys wanted to destroy the bad-guy robot-factory, but were split into 2 factions: Those who wanted to blow it up, and those who wanted to go in and save those who were imprisoned.
FRIENDS’ RATINGS: Christian loved it. (more…)
January 26, 2010
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Ooh, he had a gun! Therefore it's justified! [/sarcasm]
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Religious oppression: Jews do it too. Funny how if you are really into your religion and it's Islam, you are "radical", but if you are really into your religion and it's Judaism or Catholocism, you are "orthodox".
No matter what religion you are, you're fucking crazy if you beat people up for not sitting where YOU think they should sit.
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It's fanmade, but it's about as crazy as your average Mr. Bungle video.
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More flow chart fun. My favorite is "Are you a puma?"
January 25, 2010
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Yes! We have the right to detect radar if we want! The airwaves are public property; we should be able to detect whatever the hell we want. We can thank our local Virginia Republicans for this. [Though they were probably the ones who put this in there in the first place…]
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The secret's out! Every gmail account has a backdoor to it, so that the government can read your mail with a warrant. These are the backdoors used by China when they hacked Google, causing Google to stop censoring results in China, and to consider pulling out.
In the end, it was our own government that hurt our own corporation — all in the name of security.
As if terrorists and smart criminals can't just encrypt what they send through gmail. There's no way to stop secrecy. No matter how much privacy they take away from us, there will always be encryption, and there will always be criminals with anonymous communication routes.
This reminds me of gun control: They take away our rights in the name of safety, but in the end, the criminals will continue to do exactly what they want.
We are better off when our government does not purposely make us weak. Not by taking away guns; not by forcing our email to have security holes. Those do not make us safer.
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Obama's failed promises make him the same as Bush: People unconstitutionally held in violation of the Geneva Convention. At least Bush said this was the right thing; Obama said this was the wrong thing and STILL didn't do anything about it. Of course Obama isn't doing to relinquish those powers that Bush gave the govt: The Republicans and The Democrats both play the same game: Get people to support removal of freedom, so that they have more power.
This is the end-result of the false dichotomy pep rally of 2-party politics. You either get a turd, or a douche.
Of course, Nader would have done exactly what I wanted. And exactly what the liberal sheeple who blindly voted for Obama wanted too: Release these people, and ACTUALLY end the war on terror.
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John The Canadien reviews some of the shows we watched at my house with Mark on Saturday: UltraBlue, the new Kids In The Hall series, and Archer.
January 24, 2010
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"Bizarre Ritualistic Feline Sex Act Watched By Some". Good stuff. He gave our cats last names!
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The first picture only looks mildly disturbing. But then you scroll down, and see what the first picture is. OUCH.
January 24, 2010
VIDEO: MOVIES: REVIEW: Extreme Movie
Posted by Claire CJS under Carolyn, Clio, Media, Movies, People, Reviews, Video[2] Comments
[IMDB link] [Netflix link] The very last “*.* Movie” that we need to watch. I think. I hope. It got a 4.7/10 on IMDB. It is essentially a series of sketches about the joys and embarrassments of teen sex.
HAIKU REVIEW: Teenagers have sex;
Sometimes via awkward means.
Sometimes it’s funny.
PEOPLE: This movie is NOT directed by the same people who made Disaster Movie, Epic Movie, Meet The Spartans, and wrote Scary Movie 1-4. These are new writer/directors.
Some known stars include Michael Cera (George-Michael from Arrested Development, Superbad, Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist), Frankie Muniz (aka Malcolm from Malcolm In The Middle), Matthew Lillard (as himself, in some funny PSA spoofs), and Andy Milonakis.
QUIRKS: This actually isn’t as much of a spoof movie as all the other spoof movies we’ve watched. In fact, most of the movie is original material, with very little, perhaps 15%, devoted to spoofing other movies. They spoof Weird Science.
BAD STUFF: Some jokes fell flat. This isn’t consistently funny. There are hit and miss moments. But since it is in sketch format, if something sucks — a new something will replace it in just a few minutes. Bad parts are tolerable when you know they are going to end.
CONCLUSION: I reluctantly give this 4/5 stars on Netflix, and 7/10 on IMDB — because it was so much better than I expected, and so much better than some of the really poor spoof movies we’ve watched. They didn’t stick to spoofing movies and actually had some original material that was funny. That being said, if I were to just watch the worst 30% of this movie, I’d probably give it a 4/10 and 2/5 stars on Netflix. I guess it all depends on whether you can enjoy the good while swallowing the bad.
RECOMMENDATION: If you love comedies, spoofs, and sex — there’s some good humor in here. It’s not consistently funny, but it definitely has its good moments. We laughed waaaay more than we expected.
QUOTES: “Did somebody order the rape?” -Michael Cera
SIMILAR MOVIES: The Onion Movie follows a similar *format* — lots of loose sketches, with some recurring sketches that roughly form a “plot”. Though The Onion Movie is much funnier. This is NOT as similar to the other spoof movies such as Date Movie, Epic Movie, Disaster Movie, Scary Movie 1-4, Meet The Spartans, as one would expect.
COINCIDENCES: (Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist, Extreme Movie) 2 movies 2 nights in a row with Michael Cera. (more…)
January 23, 2010
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Tom Tauke had an assistant who put me in touch with "executive customer service", where I talked to a Zra Gonzales (212-321-8459). She said she would call someone at the director level to get them to fix my service. We'll see. Thanks for the link, Dad!
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THE site to get fan edits of movies.
Personally, I'm not a big fan of edits where people cut out the parts that annoy them. But I *am* a big fan of edits where they restore the deleted scenes into the proper movie continuity. Harry Potter 2 & 3 were SOO much better with the deleted scenes intact; they felt less rushed. Good books take over 3 hours to cover the story of.
January 22, 2010
VIDEO: List of movies watched in 2009 — main post
Posted by Claire CJS under Carolyn, Clio, Journal, Media, Media Consumption Lists, Movies, People, Video, Year In Review[4] Comments
TOTAL MOVIES WATCHED: 245
3 of them were watched twice this year.
1 of those was watched thrice this year.
249 total movie viewings.
239 new movies.
AWARDS:
BEST OVERALL MOVIE: Sympathy For Lady Vengeance
WORST OVERALL MOVIE: National Lampoon’s The Last Resort [aborted]. Honorable Mention: Fraternity House [completed and rated 1/5 stars].
MOST DISTURBING MOMENT OF THE YEAR: Antichrist. Though I’m sure Saw 5 had its moments.
PER-GENRE AWARDS ARE LISTED BELOW THE GENRE, BELOW.
MISC:
LANGUAGES WATCHED: English (American, British), Korean, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Swedish
MOVIES WATCHED MORE THAN ONCE: Rocky Horror (3x), Sympathy For Lady Vengeance (2x), Hardware (2x)
MOVIES WATCHED IN THE THEATRE: Rocky Horror Picture Show – 4/11, 5/17, 6/11
MOVIES ALREADY WATCHED PREVIOUSLY: Hardware, Mean Girls, National Lampoon’s Beach Party At The Threshold Of Hell, Rocky Horror, Sex & Death 101, 40 Year Old Virgin/Harold & Kumar 1 (flipped between the two for 2 hours; both count as half a movie).
Genres:
(comedy=89/36%, horror=38/15%, scifi=33/13%, action/thriller=25/10%, fantasy=18/7%):
Ratings:
(5-star=19%, 4-star=32%, 3-star=42%, 2-star=6%, 1-star=1%):
Cartoons (7%) Vs. Live (93%)
Fewer animated movies this year (10% animated last year):
Quality: 28% in HD this year
(up from 19% last year, 14% in 2007):
Read past the jump for the lists of individual movies, separated by rating. (more…)
January 22, 2010
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Obama administration files briefs agreeing that downloading an mp3 with a 99-cent retail value make syou liable for $750 to $150,000. Sheer idiocy. Let's just go steal CDs from record stores, since apparently that is a lesser crime.
First comment is telling: "Enjoy your choice And two party system." Yup. Big Business gets a free handjob as long as people vote 2-party. This is what happens when you hire someone who promises "Change", but then fills his justice department with CORPORATE lawyers.
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And we make another step towards fascism…
Corporations were never meant to have constitutional rights. That is not part of how they originally came to be. This is bad. Future elections will be even more controlled by business than they already are!Capitalism becomes Corpratism: Letting businesses run your government. When corporations were originally established, they were only chartered for a decade or so at a time. They could only renew their charter if the government decided they had benefited the public good. It was not about capitalism or profit, but about helping society.
Nowadays, the corporate death sentence exists, but it's simply not done anymore. Except Elliot Spitzer. He's fighting the good fight.
January 21, 2010
THIS BLOG: Reaches 700,000 hits on 1/21/2010
Posted by Claire CJS under Clio, Computer, Journal, PeopleLeave a Comment
I hit 700,000 blog views today (1/21/2010) (17 days before my predicted 30-day window).
I hit 600,000 on 7/7/2009. (within 1 week of vague “June” prediction).
I hit 500,000 on 12/4/2008. (no prediction)
I hit 400,000 on 5/24/2008. (27 days past prediction)
I hit 300,000 on 2/13/2008. (1 day before prediction)
So, 300K-400K took 3.5 months, 400K-500K took 6 months, 500K-600KÂ took 7 months, and 600K-700K took 6 months. Maybe things are picking up agian? Maybe 700K-800K will only take 6 months as well? That would put my prediction for hit #800,000 at around 7/21/2010 plus or minus 15 days. We’ll see what happens. I’ve been playing this game for awhile.
- Monthly blog stats – 15,836 is for Jan, 2009
I still miss my popular period in 2007, before google (at least, that’s who I’m going to blame) started lowering me in search results…
January 21, 2010
VIDEO: List of movies watched in 2009 — for horror movies only
Posted by Claire CJS under Carolyn, Clio, Journal, Media, Media Consumption Lists, Movies, People, Video, Year In Review[8] Comments
AWARDS:
• BEST HORROR OR THRILLER: The Number 23
• best creepy horror: Mirrors (honrable mention: House Of 1000 Corpses)
• best tension-building horror: Quarantine
• best make-you-squirm horror: Saw 5 (honorable mention: House Of 1000 Corpses)
• best psychological horror: Mirrors, Funny Games U.S.
• best psychological thriller: The Number 23, Live! (tho Live! is a bit more of a drama)
• best gross-out horror: Drag Me To Hell
• best sci-fi horror: Hardware
• WORST HORROR: Mimic, Rise Of The Gargoyles
Read past the jump for the lists of individual movies, separated by rating. (more…)
January 20, 2010
VIDEO: List of movies watched in 2009 for comedy movies only
Posted by Claire CJS under Carolyn, Clio, Journal, Media, Media Consumption Lists, Movies, People, Video, Year In Review[2] Comments
Well, here is our list of 2009 movies we watched. We decided to break comedy off into its own post, since we watched so many (245, 89 of which are listed here).
AWARDS:
•best OVERALL comedy: The Hangover, Sex Drive, Jackass 2, Fanboys, Miss March. Honorable mention: Role Models, other Jackass “movies”.
•best comedy cast: Wet Hot American Summer
•best dark comedy: Observe And Report. Honorable Mention: Jawbreaker.
•best caper comedy: Sex Drive, Fanboys, Miss March, The Stoned Age
•best college comedy: Carolyn:National Lampoon’s Van Wilder 1 (not 2), College (2008)
•best alcohol comedy: The Hangover (Strange Brew deserves an honorable mention)
•best pot comedy: Pineapple Express, The Stoned Age (but it’s not *really* a pot-heavy movie)
•best ecstacy/LSD comedy: When Do We Eat?
•best family awkwardness comedy: When Do We Eat?
•best reality comedy: Jackass 2 & 2.5
•best sci-fi comedy: Land Of The Lost & Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel. Summer Time Machine Blues was certainly interesting… But British humor > Japanese humor.
•best spoof comedy: Totally Awesome
•best sports comedy: Foot Fist Way
•most insane comedic dialog: Female Trouble
•worst spoof movie: Plump Fiction
•worst college comedy: Fraternity House
•worst OVERALL comedy: Fraternity House, Plump Fiction
•Read past the jump for the lists of individual movies, separated by rating. (more…)
January 19, 2010
VIDEO: MOVIES: REVIEW: Timecop
Posted by Claire CJS under Carolyn, Clio, Media, Movies, People, Reviews, Video1 Comment
[IMDB link] [Netflix link] We do love time travel movies…
LIMERICK REVIEW: There once was a time traveling cop
whose martial arts skills could not be topped.
But when traveling in time,
it’s easy to commit crime.
Often leaving a bloody mess that requires a mop.
HAIKU REVIEW: Time traveling cops.
What could ruin your day more–
Your wife being killed?
PEOPLE: Did not realize this starred action legend Jean Claude Van Damme. Mia Sara (aka Lili in Legend, Sloane Peterson in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, and Harley Quinn/Dr. Harleen Quinzel in Birds Of Prey). Ron Silver — who just died of cancer 3/15/2009.
QUIRKS: Time travel. Cops. Duh!
Based on the TimeCop comics — which I didn’t know existed.
VISUALS: A lot of great action scenes and good fighting. The time travel itself is not visual at all, really. The movie takes place mostly in the year it was made — 1994. But they do jump forward to 2004, and show some futuristic cars that look laughably bulky. They also go back to 1984.
MORALS/POLITICS: Power corrupts. Power over time travel corrupts absolutely. It’s probably better to have Timecops than to not have Timecops… But, good luck keeping the piggies clean when they can rob anyone anywhere anytime.
BAD STUFF: If you’re looking for a movie explicitly about time travel, this may disappoint you — It’s mostly an action good cop vs. bad cop movie within a time travel framework. That still makes it cooler than the same movie without time travel, though.
CONCLUSION: 3/5 stars on Netflix, 7/10 on IDMB. Carolyn agrees. A decent action flick with some time travel thrown in to liven it up.
RECOMMENDATION: If you like action movies, this is a good pick. If you hate action movies, but like time travel movies — you might not actually like this. Better stories that use time travel as a more central plot device include 12 Monkeys, Time Bandits, Futurama movie Bender’s Big Score, Terminator, Back To The Future 1 & Back To The Future 2, The Time Machine (original, not remake–very rare you’ll hear me say that), and the Avalon trilogy from the Gargoyles animated series.
SIMILAR MOVIES: There are not many similar movies to this. Time travel movies usually are more grandiose. Unless you’re talking about that piece of crap The Girl Who Lept Through Time.
MOVIE QUOTES: Eugene Matuzak: “You’re allowed to have a life, you know. I read it in a manual somewhere.”
Senator Aaron McComb: “Look don’t expect to be my chief of staff if my slamming your face into the side of the car is gonna turn you into a sniveling worm.”
FRIENDS’ RATINGS: Compn liked it. (more…)
January 17, 2010
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The next stage of the game is beginning. As more and more bittorrent trackers are being taken down — it took the industry over 5 yrs to really start to take action — bittorrent is going to move to trackerless "magnet" torrents. The studios will then lose tracker admins as someone they can target. But let's hope the availability and speed doesn't end up being more like Gnutella/Emule!
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Since, you know, missionary vaginal sex is the only sex God allows, a prostitute doing oral is a sex offender. They get their driver's license stamped, aren't allowed in the same emergency shelter for hurricanes, have to send postcards to every one in their neighborhood informing them they are a sex offender, and are not even allowed to wear a costume at Mardi Gras.
This is much like putting children on the sex offender registry for sending naked pictures of themselves.
Government interference ALWAYS grows. You give them a list, they'll expand who is put on the list. This is why the extrajudicial punishment of sex offenders has never made sense in the first place; the list has nothing to do with people who violate children.
483 out of 861 in New Orleans were convicted of "crimes against nature" and nothing to do with children. Most are, of course, black women.
And if you have 2 offenses, and challenge one in court and lose? That counts as a 3rd strike. 20 to life for challenging!
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Lawsuit filed! How can you arrest someone for public intoxication when you forced them into the public by tasering them 20X? How can you arrest someone for resisting arrest when there are no charges to arrest them? How is it obstruction to not get out of a car, if drunk in public is illegal and that is entrapment?
Sadie Hockenberry is a bitch! But then, I've never met someone named Sadie who WASN'T a bitch.
January 16, 2010
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Just a bunch of FAILs posted on Haluze. Good stuff.
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\m/ — all the variants on “Satan fingers” / “metal sign” / “devil horns” / whatever you want to call the metal symbol
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If you ever want to do one of those photos where you tag your Facebook friends as the various things in the photo, here is a flickr account devoted to the practice. It came to my attention via The Simpsons photo.
Claire's blog 
