January 27th, 2006
Photoshopped Miscreants
Another Brand Huntsville test, roughly two years old. Like the last one.
Nothing much to say here. Only I like the look of it now better than I did then.
Time’s a funny thing.
January 26th, 2006
Last Night for Crafty Anime Goodness
And so it’s over. The monthlong courtship is finished. The morning sun is coming and it’s time for you to get out from under that girl’s balcony before her father wakes up.
The last two Miyazaki films in Turner Classic Movies lovefest ends tonight with Only Yesterday and Pom Poko.
Set your dvr/vcrs, kids. Don’t let the affair end without saying goodbye:
Only Yesterday: A single young woman in 1982 Tokyo trips into nostalgia while on a trip to the countryside with the family of her sister in-law. Both trips cause her to make tough decisions about her future.
Pom Poko: Magical raccoons fight the good fight against a government construction project. The mischievous little buggers rally other animals in trying to sabotage the project and save their home.
I can’t do the descriptions justice. Just know that when you see any Miyazaki movie, you’ll experience worlds that you never thought possible. Yet they seem so very familiar. You visit the world for around 2 hours and you’re sad when you have to leave.
January 24th, 2006
IE is the devil's tool
Folks trying to view this section with the browser IE may experience loading issues. I’m not sure what the issue is just yet. I’m only sure that this site works best in Firefox.
And that IE can lick my taint.
This message is mostly for folks who use multiple browsers for whatever reasons.
I’ll work on the issue when time permits.
January 22nd, 2006
Groonkly Bit
“When a man becomes middle-aged, he becomes a pig”
–Hayao Miyazaki(Porco Rosso press release: “…he was disillusioned with humanity, and cursed himself to be a pig.It seems that Porco is carrying a lot of baggage, and that has something to do with him quitting being a human.”
–Hayao Miyazaki(Porco Rosso press release: “…he was disillusioned with humanity, and cursed himself to be a pig.It seems that Porco is carrying a lot of baggage, and that has something to do with him quitting being a human.”
January 20th, 2006
Right of Groonk Ave
About a year and a half ago, I began to brand downtown Huntsville. This is one of those first tests.
There are three alterations in this photo. Two obvious. The other, not so much.
January 19th, 2006
Miyazaki love continues
Porco Rosso and My Neighbor Totoro and Whisper of the Heart tonight:
Only four five more Hayao Miyazaki masterpieces left on TCM’s January Miyazaki love-fest. I’ve already said a lot on the subject.
Tonight it’s Porco Rosso and My Neighbor Totoro.
Are you watching?
If you’re not watching, then gosh, I don’t want to know you.
update: I missed out on the fact that Whisper of the Heart also played along with Totoro and Porco.
My bad.
January 16th, 2006
Groonkly Bit
In the end, I think bukakke is a little like war. Bukakkes are all about dodging flying shots, avoiding close encounters, and stealing glimpses of other people.
—Susannah Breslin “My, My American Bukakke”
—Susannah Breslin “My, My American Bukakke”
I know what you kids are thinking.
“Hey… Groonk… what the fuck, man?”
That’s what’s running though your minds, it is.
Well. This week came round and I had jack for quotes. I couldn’t find any that friends have sent me. All the others I searched for bored me to tears. My personal database of quotes prepared for such dry spells was wiped out last summer.
I found myself reading Ms Breslin‘s comic about bukkake and there it was.
When all else fails, throw in a sex quote.
Or maybe you just didn’t care at all.
Apathetic bastards.
January 15th, 2006
Not So Easy Delivery
Based on truth.
- INT. APARTMENT – GROONK’S LIVING ROOM
- GROONK sits alone in his apartment. He’s zombified by his TV.
- TV MAN
- (O.S.)
- …and if we take the overdrive oscillator, insert the vibrux sealing rod, and flip the switch to the on position…every bona fide woman on this Earth will spontaneously orgasm.
- TV WOMAN
- (O.S.)
- Oh Doctor, flip the switch. Flip the switch!!
- GROONK
- (to himself)
- Why do I watch this?–I need a switch like that.
- The doorknob twists violently and the door shakes.
- GROONK
- The Fuck?!
- (beat)
- KNOCK! KNOCK! KNOCK!
- A startled, angry Groonk opens the door to find a TOMBOYISH DELIVERY GIRL in the hallway. She reminds you of a high school lunch lady mixed with the crazy cat lady on the corner. She’s carrying Chinese takeout.
- DELIVERY GIRL
- Speedy Chin-Easy Pizza!
- The girl looks around the corner into the apartment. Groonk body blocks her view.
- GROONK
- Right. One sec.
- Groonk reaches for a pen on the nearby counter. The delivery girl proceeds to enter the apartment unbidden.
- GROONK
- Woah, Woah, Woah!
- Groonk snatches the food.
- GROONK
- Did I say you could come in here?
- DELIVERY GIRL
- No, but…
- The Delivery Girl fidgets and constantly tries to see inside the room.
- GROONK
- Are cats, dogs, or some other fuzzy creatures falling from the sky in large amounts? Or is it otherwise inclement in any way?
- DELIVERY GIRL
- No, but I…
- Groonk signs the receipt keeping a wary eye on the strange girl. She flashes a toothless smile.
- GROONK
- Do you pay rent here?
- DELIVERY GIRL
- (unsure)
- No?
- Again she try’s to peer past Groonk.
- GROONK
- What business could you possibly have inside my apartment then?
- DELIVERY GIRL
- You have any pez?
- Groonk blankly stares at her.
- SLAM!
January 11th, 2006
Riddle me this…
I’m not a big fan of riddles. But this one amused for all of 2 minutes and I need some filler while I balance the real world with the interwub.
A part of the bird.
That is not in the sky.
Which can swim in the ocean,
And always stay dry.
Answer after the jump…
