The 3 upcoming Pixar movies.
I am so excited about The Bear and the Bow. So excited. So.
“Cars 2”? “Cars 2”?! Of all the Pixar movies, the mediocre and universally-agreed-upon-as-the-worst-one “Cars” gets a sequel?
Ugh!
And also, the use of the phrase “fucking manned up” makes it sound like you don’t like your friends. And I know that’s not the case, but I just sometimes wonder if you understand the severity of your internet voice. Because you come across as a much bigger stick in the mud than I know you to be in real life. It’s whack.
So yeah, I’m frustrated, because everybody is upset with this straw man. Should I apologize for the things you think I said? I didn’t say them! But if I don’t you’ll go home thinking about what an asshole I am. It’s not me, it’s a straw man!
I am responding to all this stuff on the IRC now. Not a fan of clogging up dashboards with this, and the IRC is just one public step below this.
Likewise, if you’re doing a show like this, it is presumptuous to demand that anybody pay attention to you before you’ve done anything to prove you’re worth their time. Especially because, unlike a high school classroom, you’re not even supposed to be there.
I believe management hired them. There’s nothing presumptuous about performing where you were asked to perform.
Additionally, they’re not interupting anybody’s dinner. They were invited by the owner of the restaurant to accompany the dinner performance. If the owner didn’t properly advertise that to patrons, it’s on him.
Look, I’m not saying they shouldn’t have done the show. I know for a fact that they were invited by the manager. But once you enter a room it and it’s clear the audience isn’t there to see you, you adjust your behavior accordingly. I’m saying that instead of shouting “excuse me?” for two minutes, they should have just started the show.
“Adjust their behavior”? “Should have”? Are you familiar with improv, or Dreadnought?
Let me rephrase, since people don’t seem to understand what I’m saying: they should have fucking manned up and dived straight into performing, instead of begging like a bunch of pansies for people to look at them.
If that’s antithetical to Dreadnought or improv, I guess I know nothing about either.
Exhibit A of why I hate not being at a computer all day. I go to class and I’m not caught up on all the dirt.
Can someone clear up as to whether or not this audio clip is from the beginning of the set? From second hand accounts I’ve heard tonight, I don’t think it was. So odds are they did “fucking man up” and “dive into scenes” but when you’re doing a weird, free-form, possibly organic (?) improv “set” in a sushi restaurant, then I doubt normal scenes are what will transpire.
And I agree with Nicole. It’s completely up to the owner of the sushi place to advertise “Hey, improv show, happening, tonight, probably during your meal.” Then all bets are off. If you come in, with knowledge that an improv show is happening, then buckle up. That’s what you are getting. You are agreeing to be an audience member. If you don’t want it, then don’t eat there after reading the sign. Same thing when you see that there’s live music at a restaurant on a certain night. Now, did the sushi place properly advertise it? I dunno, but that’s certainly not Dreadnought’s fault.
And also, the use of the phrase “fucking manned up” makes it sound like you don’t like your friends. And I know that’s not the case, but I just sometimes wonder if you understand the severity of your internet voice. Because you come across as a much bigger stick in the mud than I know you to be in real life. It’s whack.
AND TUMBLR IS THE PLACE TO SOLVE THIS! HI FOLLOWERS! HIIII!!!!
I want to write, but coming up with an original idea is so hard for me. WHY AM I ONLY INTERESTED IN WRITING X-FORCE STORIES?!
This was a hard night for television. I’ve been rooting for these two for weeks, and I cannot fathom a Wednesday without Laura’s giggly and earnest enthusiasm and “aw shucks” demeanor, or without Eli’s, well, being Eli (I’m obvious, right?).
Seriously, Tyra making Laura cry makes me want to never watch Top Model again. You are evil, Tyra. Evil.
And I hate Michael Voltaggio more than anyone else on TV right now. Even more than Pete Campbell.
vaov:
I like this name for a team. I’m calling dibs
Amy Whitehouse wanted to buy these shirts for Daddy to wear in our Cagematch. Appropriate.
I decided to make a list of my 20 favorite songs of the decade based solely on my iTunes play numbers. #1 is my favorite overall song in terms of plays on my computer and iPod, and so on down. Here’s what it looks like (arbitrary rule based on a whim: only one song per artist):
Dunford’s List
I was contemplating doing a for-real for-real version, not using iTunes Play Counts as a guide (using my own emotional attachment and enjoyment instead), BUT I am obsessed with the play count feature and have not reset it once in the five years I have had my iPod.
This list is weird for a couple reasons.
1. I listen to the same artists a lot, and whole albums a lot, so doing the whole “one song per artist thing” makes my list crazy. It takes 108 songs to get from the #1 on my list to the #20 on my list. BUT if I didn’t use this arbitrary rule set up by Dunford, the entire list would be Strokes/Futureheads/Go! Team.
2. I listen to a lot of music pre-2000, espeically in the last decade. The Kinks and Roxy Music take up a big, big chunk of that 108 songs.
3. This list contains my most-listened to songs by my favorite artists. Yes, a joke b-side is apparently my “favorite” Apples in Stereo song.
4. I know a ton of people have high play counts on their songs, whereas my #1 has 137 plays only. Let it be known that I purposefully plan a lot of my listening habits to not neglect lesser-listened to songs, and not to spread too much love on my favorite songs. I don’t like that there are 4 Go! Team songs in my top 10 most listened to, and I listen to a lot of other songs in hopes of changing that.
I’m crazy.
My List
1. “You Only Live Once” by the Strokes (2006; 137 plays)
2. “Area” by the Futureheads (2005; 111 plays)
3. “Titanic Vandelism” by the Go! Team (2007; 104 plays)
4. “Don’t You Evah” by Spoon (2007; 97 plays)
5. “Way Out” by Yeah Yeah Yeahs (2006; 92 plays)
6. “Adventure” by Be Your Own Pet (2006; 88 plays)
7. “Angel, Won’t You Call Me?” by the Decemberists (2003; 88 plays)
8. “Abra Cadaver” by the Hives (2004; 86 plays)
9. “Little House of Savages” by the Walkmen (2004; 86 plays)
10. “Pumpkin” by Starlight Mints (2006; 85 plays)
11. “Sukie in the Graveyard” by Belle & Sebastian (2006; 82 plays)
12. “If You Want To Wear A Hat” by Apples in Stereo (2001; 81 plays)
13. “Spanish Dance Troupe” by Of Montreal (2004; 77 plays)
14. “Long Live Revolver” by the Bang Up (2005; 73 plays)
15. “Miracle Drug” by A.C. Newman (2004; 72 plays)
16. “Ghost Boobs” by Gravy Train!!!! (2004; 72 plays)
17. “The Second Line” by Clinic (2000; 71 plays)
18. “These Are The Fables” by the New Pornographers (2005; 71 plays)
19. “The Meaning Of Soul” by Oasis (2005; 71 plays)
20. “The Denial Twist” by the White Stripes (2005; 69 plays)
(via ladidaladida)
I’ll never be a successful comedian because I can’t pull off smarm as well as these two.
Two. Heroes. No one will ever be as cool.
Eh.
Every time I tell people, “Hey, suffer through the first season of Angel, it gets better,” this is the exact episode I’m thinking about. Wow, what a weird, poorly executed waste. The two letters in “eh” sum it up perfectly.
The Japanese version of the 90s X-Men Animated series is very, well, Japanese.
I wonder if Japanese audiences were disappointed when the X-Men fought intolerance and not demons from hell.
Also: did Japan really love Cable? wtf is he doing in the opening?
I think it’s more accurate to say that the ’90s loved Cable. I remember Cable being on tons of merchandise back in the day, even though he was not an X-Man and not a character on the show (aside from a guest appearance once in a while). In those early days of the ’90s, Cable had almost as many action figures as Wolverine (he even had a deep sea figure with flippers). The popularity waned as the Big Guys With Big Guns trend died down.
