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re: pop quiz, media, silly 

@Soreth If this were QI you'd get the siren for the obvious answer, but that doesn't mean it's not a good answer...

pop quiz, media, silly 

Who is this woman?

Both right and wrong answers will be accepted, but I'll be REALLY impressed by a right one.

@zx3 I tried so fucking hard, robot friend. Probably gonna try again at least once. *hug and a weak smile, but a smile nonetheless*

re: CAT UPDATE (++) 

@001zlnv I was going to try to get another snap of him sitting up, but HRH announced that he was weary of the paparazzi and would like to return to the royal courtyard for a widdle.

CAT UPDATE (++) 

For anyone who follows Anthracite's account, saw Shemp was AWOL for 2-3 days, and was worried...

I've got His Royal Highness right here next to me getting massive scritch and a little jingly-man time.

As you can see, he is alive and well except for apparently having a shoelace up his nose.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

@anthracite IMPORTANT NEWS FOR ANTHRACITE FOLLOWERS:

SHEMP HAS BEEN LOCATED AND SCRITCHED <3

@Leucrotta (God fucking dammit, Futurama has varying episode numbering systems. >__< It's the Popplers one, of course.)

@Leucrotta ALTERNATE TAKE: "OK, what's the most delicate way to explain this. So, look up S02E18 of Futurama..."

@Leucrotta They were both invented by legendary mobster Dutch "Don't Steal My Fursona" Schultz.

re: media 

@LexYeen @Leucrotta I think this quote from its Wiki page sold me:

"Brendan Steere wants to do a sequel to the movie as he believes the world of VelociPastor is "so permissible and fun"."

There's just something about that phrase "so permissible and fun" I find really appealing. Those are good goals for a director. It sounds like this movie was actually made with a pretty low cynicism level, which is a REAL good sign obviously...

re: media 

@LexYeen Hmm, it's right in that sweet spot of 50-70% approval rating where a LOT of interesting films reside... I might have to check this one out. I could see it being either good gonzo or bad gonzo very easily.

media 

Some people (Peggy for one) have expressed good-natured bewilderment at my weakness for "bad" media.

Sitting here watching Neil Breen's godawful Fateful Findings, I think I might have figured out part of it.

I lose myself in films a little too easily. I go into suspension of disbelief so easily, and grant a film so much artistic license, that I'll leave critical mode all together and let huge plot holes go sailing over my head.

Worse, I'll let myself be 100% vulnerable to any sentimentality or emotional manipulation in a film, and that can HURT if I'm not in the right mood. (Sometimes it's both very good AND very bad, like Secret of Kells and Song of the Sea. Those both stung a lot in ways that I guess are probably healthy.)

But watching a film like Fateful Findings, I can actually have some distance and watch it as a film. It's... it's kinda NICE for a soft sell like me watch a film like Fateful Findings or The Room that's just so fucking ARTIFICIAL in its emotions and construciton that I don't have to go through the emotional labor of letting go. I can just watch a damn film and see it as a film.

@Leucrotta Oh, and for Mexican in general: posole. All the way. I'm crazy for it. Love the texture of hominy.

@Leucrotta I really should hit the Mexican grocery again. Their bakery section is rather good and so cheap it should be against FDA regulations. Also if you go by "number of differently named cuts of meat" it's got the most impressive butcher I've ever seen.

twitter shenanigans 

nothing derails a thread like kittens :D

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