Yesterday a handful of us indulged in seeing Titanic 3D on the 100th anniversary of the ship’s demise. I want to give a big shout out to the woman weeping loudly in the 5th row for making my first theatrical viewing of Titanic everything I hoped it would be and more.
Never let go.
If you’ve checked out Google today, you probably recognized this familiar sequence of images in animation form.
And this, ladies & gentlemen, is my roommate’s eyeball. Enjoy.
1: Last month I heard two high school boys talking about their crushes. I felt I was granted access to a rare, elusive ritual.
2: Valentine’s Day is all well and good, but really folks. It’s all about February 15th- the day of 75% discounted chocolate. Let’s love each other all year and focus on priorities.
I don’t know if it’s because it’s been warmer this month than most Februaries I’ve experienced, or because I listened to Vampire Weekend today, or because I indulged in an episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race…but I’m dyin’ to be in Provincetown in the summertime.
My absurdly multi-talented friend Kush is making the most adorable watercolors of all time, of a robot doing all sorts of activities, over at WhatIsHeDoing.tumblr.com. You will not be disappointed.
(Source: whatishedoing)
I’m not the most political person. I try to be aware of what’s going on in the world enough to have a vague comprehension of the conversations surrounding me, but maybe not enough to contribute my two cents. Last night though, I thought I’d be a responsible American citizen and watch President Obama’s State of the Union Address. I had gotten home from work on the late side and was hoping to get to bed at a reasonable hour, so I quickly found a video of the speech and settled in with my tea. I wondered if Obama always wears a blue tie since he’s a Democrat.
I thought it was weird when he said something about pulling US soldiers out of Iraq starting in July. Wasn’t that done? But whatever- you probably just missed a headline here and there.
I also thought it was a little odd that he spent a good chunk of time discussing the Chilean miners rescue. But I guess it was an event that captured a lot of hearts and minds.
Naturally, after watching the video, I went straight to Twitter to see what some of the rest of the world thought about it. One of the first links I saw was to Obama’s State of the Union Address in 12 Animated GIFs. Loving the internet the way I do, I clicked it with glee. After a couple goofy GIFs I notice Obama’s RED tie. Slightly confused, but mostly nervous because I knew the ugly truth I was about to face, I went into my history and reopened the Huffington Post page on which I’d watched the video of the address. There, in plain, bold, perfect english text were the words “Obama State Of The Union Speech 2011.” 2011, god dammit! I’d just watched an hour and three minutes of the wrong speech! I AM A FOOL.
Yes, ladies and gentleman, I watched last year’s speech, and was only minutely suspicious a handful of times that something was awry. This proves that I’m not very political, as stated above, but I don’t live under a rock. The fact that I barely detected anything that seemed out of place makes me pause and think about how focused we are on the same issues year in and year out. Sleepy and full of self-loathing, I read the transcript of the 2012 speech. Between obvious differences (bye bye bin Laden, the end of the Iraq war, prevention of a nuclear weapon in Iran) I was overwhelmed with sameness, both in the topics discussed and the rhetoric.
This makes sense, as these are issues that demand our attention, but it’s frustrating to be reminded how little change is actually achieved in one year’s time. Granted a lot has happened since January 2011, there’s so much that hasn’t. Obama’s broken record of “put it on my desk. I’ll sign it” seems called for.
Calvin Coolidge wasn’t the best president the USA has ever seen, and I’m not the best citizen, so I’ll share a quote of his:
I’m standing at the door as a group of elementary schoolers depart from the museum after a tour & workshop:
Kid (muttering): “…smells like toes..”
Me: What was that?
Kid: “The bus smells like toes.”
The end of a field trip is hard enough to face, even without a stinky bus ride. Major bummer, little dude.
Weather temp/color temp
grrrl.
During a discussion about music supervision, after hearing a raucous Rammstein song in place of the clip’s actual soundtrack:
Me: How did that piece of music make you all feel about this scene?
5th Grade Boy (who had assumed the power stance during during the clip): This makes me wanna play football - for the first time!
And speaking of loud, wall-permeating music, my neighbors are practicing what I think are bird calls across the tiny hallway. I suppose these things happen.
Lights Out: The Day The LOLcats Died.
[cheezburger.]
All of the lights (are green & orange).
On a barely related note, every so often I remind myself that I ought to listen to more rap, seeing as I love puns as much as life itself.
the first plague
