| Poem for Tuesday |
[Jan. 11th, 2005|01:06 am] |
( From 'Doctor Faustus' )
Nothing exciting to report from my day. Took kids to the mall after school because older son needed to have his glasses repaired; made the mistake of going into Game Stop at their request and then had to deal with meltdown because I refused to buy a Kirby game on the spot (older son has a $35 Best Buy gift card that has been sitting at home since his birthday in September, no way was I letting him spend cash on a mall-priced game), bought them Dippin' Dots which apparently did not make me the good guy, dragged them into Ritz looking for a decently padded neck strap for a tiny digital camera, came home and overate just because the spicy peanuts were there. I feel like I'm drowning in stuff -- too many games the kids can't fit on their shelves, too many CDs we can't fit on the rack, too many computer parts we no longer use...anyone need a Mac (SCSI) Zip drive, unused for two years but in great shape, takes only 100 MB disks? Free to anyone willing to come and get it.
Incidentally, are there differences among brand names for SD cards? How come some have more little gold contact points on the back than others? Is it necessary to store them in little plastic cases away from the batteries or do they do all right just dropped in a camera bag? How come I can get a Kingston 128 MB card for $15 but would have to pay nearly $70 for a Panasonic 256 MB card?
And while I'm asking questions, has anyone found a downloadable version of the first 5 minutes of Elektra, posted on Yahoo!, which apparently contains the entirety of Jason Isaacs' part in the movie? I would so love a link, as I can't figure out a way to save it and I really don't want to see the film but I was whimpering over his accent. ETA from ![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) eiluned: here! Thank you, sweetie! (I assume most interested people will have found cleolinda's Phantom of the Opera in 15 Minutes but I will link to it anyway just in case, because it made me howl so!)
Gacked from bloodraven77, my angst tastes like licorice, like hers, which pleases me because it means my breath probably smells sweet, but I'd rather my angst taste like dark chocolate. ( Here. ) And sanon asked whether I had any photos of Matildaville, the remains of the village near Great Falls, Virginia. These are a couple of years old, but as you can see, there is very little left of Matildaville, so it changes very little year to year...
( 'Light Horse' Harry Lee's town. )
Having lunch with my beloved gblvr, shall answer comments later! |
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| Movie Night Baaaaa |
[Jan. 11th, 2005|07:32 pm] |
The guess-my-line meme:
1. Pick one dozen movies that you have special feelings about.
2. Pick a few lines of dialogue.
3. As people guess the film, strike out that entry.
4. If possible, after the film is guessed, explain why that movie made the list.
I decided arbitrarily not to include any Star Trek, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Harry Potter or Lord of the Rings, partly because everyone would get them immediately and partly because I couldn't decide which to choose.
1. From now on we are enemies, you and I. (xochiquetzl)
2. It won't be a home-cooked meal, you know? (sistermarysith)
3. The nicest thing about being happy is that you think you'll never be unhappy again. (watergal)
4. It costs extra to carve "shmuck" on a tombstone, but you would be worth the expense. (melina123)
5. Everyone lies...but not all the time. (boxer_ferret)
6. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. (sheafrotherdon)
7. This isn't my gun. I was never here.
8. In the end I distilled everything to one simple principle: win or die. (trexphile)
9. God, whose name I do not know, thank you for my life. I forgot how big... (timetiger)
10. Do you know how you got that dent in your top lip? Way back before you were born, I told you a secret. Then I put my finger there and said "Shhhhh!" (ribby)
11. You're the one who stopped sleeping with me! It'll be a year come April 20th. I remember the date because it was Hitler's birthday. (timetiger)
12. There's no Messiah in here! There's a mess, all right, but no Messiah! (mneme_forgets)
ETA: Am screening comments so that people who want to guess can guess untainted. *g* Shall mark off the ones already guessed correctly with the username of the person who guessed first!
ETA #2: Answers here.
And in unrelated entertainment news, October Project has uploaded a free download of an a cappella version of "Eyes of Mercy"! Voluntary donations will go to help tsunami victims. |
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