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books,
me
I wasn't feeling well this evening, so I had a chai latte and read the first five chapters of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas while some begorrah-head with an acoustic guitar sang toora-loora at me.
This was four feet to the northeast.
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Published by :ormondsacker 2008-03-18 04:27:11.0
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http://ormondsacker.livejournal.com/51581.html
tv and such,
nerrd!
4. French Buffy villains When the French dubbers were first starting to deal with Buffy contre les vampires, they came up with a little sound-effecty gizmo that renders voices with a harsh, electronically-deepened snarl. When one of our undead characters goes to vamp-face, they hit the switch and suddenly Mercedes McNabb's Harmony is talking like Linda Blair's angrier,
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Published by :ormondsacker 2008-03-16 05:18:14.0
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http://ormondsacker.livejournal.com/51446.html
tv and such,
nerrd!
A while back, a commenter asked if I was still watching those foreign-language tracks that tend to pop up on TV show DVDs. I am. It's good practice. Also, there are other attractions.
1. Cultural referents What references translate? What subtleties get dropped as you try to cram 30% more syllables into the same forty second Anya monologue? Do Amy Wong's exasperated cries o
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Published by :ormondsacker 2008-03-06 07:10:04.0
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http://ormondsacker.livejournal.com/50967.html
life in okc
There was a report a few weeks back that the new director of the International Finals Rodeo here in OKC had installed a revamped sound system and was looking to pump up the crowd between events with some NBA-style excitement. I do not know how that came out.
Instead, I'd like to draw your attention to the tense checkers match that is House Bill 1804. As some of you may be aware, the most comprehensive an
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Published by :ormondsacker 2008-03-02 05:59:23.0
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http://ormondsacker.livejournal.com/50898.html
life in okc,
books
Today seemed like a good day to drop twelve dollars on literacy, so I swung by the Metropolitan Public Library combined book sale. It was out at the OKC fairgrounds, in a cavernous building that at other times houses chickens, RV's, and award-winning marmalade. It was also packed - I spent ten minutes hunting for parking while parents and kids and guys in dubious overcoats streamed past. Some had grocery sacks ful
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Published by :ormondsacker 2008-02-24 04:56:23.0
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http://ormondsacker.livejournal.com/50613.html
me
There was a minor traffic jam inside Braums this evening, and when it cleared there was a late-teenager lounging sprawled across the next booth. I would swear it had been empty a second ago. He had a narrow, foxy face, and an all-black track suit over a black t-shirt and black hightops, with tousled red hair escaping from under his black backwards baseball cap. As I turned my head, he tapped at his Ipod (black), t
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Published by :ormondsacker 2008-02-16 03:16:58.0
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http://ormondsacker.livejournal.com/50223.html
life in okc,
music
The weirdest-ass co-option since Bob Dylan sold hygiene products continues apace. You'll recall Oklahoma City mayor Mick Cornett, "whose humble nature, intense work ethic and optimistic attitude have become emblematic of a city that, as Cornett says, 'works hard and dreams big'" (from his official page, where he's pictured conferring jovially with Newt Gingri
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Published by :ormondsacker 2008-02-12 04:21:45.0
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http://ormondsacker.livejournal.com/50045.html
humorous lies,
books
I've dipped into him before, but I've only now got around to reading John Hodgman's The Areas of My Expertise cover to cover. His style seems oddly... I don't know the word, exactly. Take for instance these trivia facts he studs the book with.
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Were You Aware That:
Jorge Luis Borges was editor of Games magazine from 1980 to 1981?
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Published by :ormondsacker 2008-02-11 04:23:18.0
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http://ormondsacker.livejournal.com/49797.html
tv and such,
books,
nerrd!
And I'm not talking, here, about Season 8, or the Tales of the Slayers/Vampires, or even the various prestige miniserieses and one-shots that have turned up*. I'm talking about Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the teen-targeted, bad-authored monthly series that made the suicidal decision to try to keep up with TV canon as it happened. If you just have to get an idea of the resulting incoherent mess, thumb th
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Published by :ormondsacker 2008-02-07 07:28:44.0
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http://ormondsacker.livejournal.com/49423.html
tv and such,
nerrd!
*Does not include Sleeper
In honor of poldybloom and vermeil's top and bottom episode lists: There are certain episodes that are not necessarily in your personal top 10 - but for whatever reason just don't seem to get enough love. Here're five of mine.
1) The Pack. (Season 1) In which Willow is sad, Nick Brendan is menacing, Flutie is dismembered, and Joss Whedon, according to interview
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Published by :ormondsacker 2008-02-06 05:54:04.0
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