I was doing a meme on Facebook and I’m going to post some of my answers here because they were funny/cool. (I skipped the ones that didn’t seem interesting)
Put the ipod on shuffle and use it to answer the question then hit “next†and continue through all the questions.
1. How am I feeling today?
In Your Wildest Dreams – Moody Blues
2. How far will I get in life?
Counting the Days – Goldfinger
3. What is my best friend’s theme song?
Lower Level Ghetto Livin’ – Jody Gnant
6. What is in store for me this weekend?
Everybody Have Fun Tonight – Wang Chung (YES!)
9. How is my life going?
Deadpan Mixtape – Jack Mangan
10. What song will they play at my funeral?
What’s Going On – Cyndi Lauper
11. How does the world see me?
Wild, Wild West – Escape Club
12. What do my friends think of me?
Pass the Dutchie – Musical Youth (This is srsly the most hilarious answer yet)
20. What is my current theme song?
She Will be Loved – Maroon 5
OK Jack – I decided to stop lurking around here and post a comment. I also liked CJ’s meme so I thought I’d give it a shot. Wow. The results were kind of spooky but definitely fun. By the way Jack… Hope you had a HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
1. How am I feeling today?
Zoo Station – U2
2. How far will I get in life?
Can’t Stop Now – Keane
3. What is my best friend’s theme song?
1990′s Theme (from “Tron” soundtrack) – Journey
6. What is in store for me this weekend?
Wish You Were Here – Pink Floyd
9. How is my life going?
Cold Dark & Yesterday – Hall & Oates
10. What song will they play at my funeral?
I Can See It In Your Eyes – The Neville Brothers
11. How does the world see me?
Truth Serum – Dishwalla
12. What do my friends think of me?
Days On End – Darden Smith
20. What is my current theme song?
Somebody Else – Willy Porter
WNDRWolf: Heh, thanks for your concern. I’ll try to keep to my own path… it’s just that my path happened to cross yours regarding TEB being the rabbit from “Holy Grail.” You’ll see what I mean at a later date (hopefully in the near future).
I’m watching the Suns game on TV, but don’t think I’ll be able to spot Dan and Jack up in the stands. Looks like it’s a good game though. I hope they are having fun.
Suns game over.. Suns lost. Waiting for the guys to come back and tell me about their night! It’s early… wonder if they are coming home or going out.
I stayed home, took the kids shopping, and recorded an episode of my own darn show. Now I’m just wandering aimlessly through the house drinking iced coffee.
Another Friday night with nothing to do. Getting some reading done. Tomorrow its library time.
Hey J0e guess what….a kid from our local track may be running ARCA at Daytona, he was this month testing, timed in behind Lagano. I’m so ready for the year to start again.
I think I’m about to resort to desperate measures of distraction. I might crack open one of my holiday presents to myself–the complete Beauty and the Beast collection (…the 80s tv series)…
we had some friends over tonight and couldnt wait for them to leave so we could watch BSG
they were some of our non-geek friends. Art and music friends but not sci-fi friends
Watched BSG last night with the wife. Everything you know is wrong. I think they pretty successfully faked all the internet pundits out. I was genuinely surprised.
I have a little horoscope calendar. The kind you rip the pages off. I feel that today’s prediction for me needs to be shared as it is written:
Be true to yourself. If you commit to marching to the beat of your own (excellent) drum, you’ll notice you have plenty of company falling in behind you.
While the message isn’t very meaningful, the placement of the word “excellent” is quite excellent.
It seems that the word has attached itself to me permanently.
It was a rough Evil, Inc. and general week for me, and I sure am glad to see Saturday. Today, I think I’ll spend the day cleaning. That always makes a girl feel better (the having a clean house, not the actual cleaning part).
EssBee, I wish you a very pleasant and productive weekend. I’m the same with the cleaning. I don’t like doing it, but looking around and seeing the clean is very excellent and rewarding.
My wife and I made a commitment to ourselves a few months ago that we weren’t going to tolerate living with an utter disaster of a messy house anymore. There are some areas, especially some closets, that still need work. But, we’ve been doing a much better job of keeping the main areas cleaned up, putting away shoes and clothes, and getting the kids to put away toys. It’s amazing what coming home to a clean house will do to your mood.
Saturday’s are house cleaning days for my husband around here. He likes to vacuum and dust. I do the rest of the chores during the week so I like to watch and pretend I have a servant doing my work. He just rolls his eyes.
You’re cleaning off your desk and you come across a scrap of paper that has your on-line I.D. and a completely unfamiliar password written on it. You then proceed to …
The above was -
(A) Part of a “Choose your own adventure” game.
(B) Something that happens to me about once a month.
I know every time that I hand out my business card, it’s just going to end up in the trash or disappear forever into some drawer. Those cards probably have a much higher survival rate. Cool stuff.
Business cards for my music & movement program for toddlers which I’m closing down come March – both old and new versions of the cards in excess of course.
Business cards for LLAP Podcast – one stack with our oldest logo, one stack with our previous logo and a misspelling, one stack with our previous logo spelled correctly and… of course one stack with our current logo.
Business cards for our new media company which we have not yet launched.
I’m apparently horrible to our environment with my darned card obsession.
I’m going to http://www.thecomedyspot.net/ tonight to see my friend, Brian Bradley perform. He’s always very awesome. 10pm show and my haircut today turned out perfect. Tonight is going to be totally badass.
I have some strange taste in movies, so I’m told, but also don’t like horror so here are some of my favorites:
The Ref
Go (1999)
Love Actually
Risky Business (are there people who haven’t seen this?)
Pete’s Dragon
Fame (1980)
Holes
UHF
Young Doctors in Love (1982)
The Other Sister
Reality Bites
I’ll assume at this point you’re looking for older movies that she may not have seen.
Let’s start with all the Deadpan Palooza movies so far and
Blade Runner
Tron
Krull
Glory
Excalibur
2001/2010
Wargames
Star Trek 2 (KHAAAAAN!)
The original Star Wars movies (has anyone not seen those?)
The Sean Connery James Bond movies
The Untouchables
Legend
That ought to get things going. There’s plenty more good stuff. What’s motivating your friend in this endeavor? Has she already seen a lot and just looking for “important” stuff that she’s missed, or has she not seen many movies to begin and looking to jump start things with this list?
Thanks for suggestions so far, more please if any occur.
The friend in question doesn’t get to see many movies not fit for a 11 year old, her 30th is looming and she has made a list of things to do before 30..one of which is to see a bunch of movies she has never seen before.
I’ve seen a load of movies (I go once or twice a week to the cinema) but my memory is so crap these days I rarely remember them.
Oh and just from seeing ‘The Wrestler’ a ‘worthy’ film but not one to watch if you want some fun.
Please excuse the jumping around of genres here. Not sure if your friend is really girly- but there are several hardcore chick flicks in here :) :
So I Married An Axe Murderer
Joy Luck Club
Princess Bride
Hotel Rawanda
Dead Man Walking
Sid and Nancy
Blood Diamond
Fried Green Tomatoes
Gone WIth the Wind
Real Women Have Curves
Steel Magnolias
Bend It Like Beckham
Thelma and Louise
There are several war movies I am trying to think of.. but the names are escaping me. Not sure if that would be her cup of tea so I will let it go for now.
EssBee: I agree wholeheartedly that having a clean house makes a girl feel better. I spent two hours on Friday afternoon cleaning both our upstairs bathrooms, and I felt so proud of myself afterwards. I felt like I was doing a good job of taking care of my house, for a change. Plus, I hadn’t told my roommate that I was going to clean the bathrooms, so she was amazed when she saw them and gave me a hug. :-)
Casablanca
Monte Python and the Holy Grail
Raising Arizona
Fargo
Caddy Shack
16 Candles (maybe)
Roxanne
Jaws (the first one)
Animal House
Edward Scissor Hands
Serenity
Brazil
Moulin Rouge
Baron Von Münchhausen
Logan’s Run (???? maybe ???)
…
… that’s what pops to mind, that hasn’t already been mentioned.
*pinch* May you receive the courage and strength to change the things you can, the grace to accept the things you can’t change, and the wisdom to know the difference! :-D
OK – so, to add to the lovely day I’m currently having, how about if the sewage drain in front of my house cracks and floods sewage into my front yard?
It’s like a comedy around here. Let’s hope I can find a cheap hotel with free WiFi since I can’t live in a house without water – which is the current situation.
So it would appear. I will be supporting them, and will very likely be in the minority at my Super Bowl party, as most of my friends are from the East Coast or Midwest.
The matchup has been made: Pittsburgh vs. Arizona. One of the friends I mentioned in my last post about football is from Pittsburgh. This is going to be interesting. I’ve never looked forward to a Super Bowl this much in my life – mostly because I’m more familiar with football than ever before, and I also have really cool people to watch it with.
If Pittsburgh wins … will you have to sing “O Canada”? I’ve got access to the Swedish translation. Hold on a second …
I’m just getting word …
Ah, it seems that this “Pittsburgh” place IS in fact, located in the U.S. not Canada.
Pittsburgh is home to a few notable former Canadians, though. . .
I think a Deadpan-related Super Bowl wager is an excellent idea, J0e. Alice Cooper is a native AZnan; and is it Christina Aguilera who’s from Pittsburgh?
My favorite Alice Cooper song is Poison – I suppose I could sing Genie in a Bottle if the Cards lose. I’m kinda hoping they win though. I am, after all, an Arizona native. It’s only right.
Another movie for the list – Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Why did I think of this one? Cause I have to wonder how broke Steve Martin must have become to be making a new movie like PINK PANTHER 2!!!!
Saw a preview of this during one of the football games yesterday – if the previews are supposed to bring out the best of the movie, this thing looks to be a big steaming pile.
H – Hercules
http://www.lemon64.com/reviews/view.php?id=834
I – Intergalactic Cage Match
http://www.lemon64.com/reviews/view.php?id=740
J – Jack Attack
http://www.lemon64.com/reviews/view.php?id=571
I never had a C64 (Radio Shack CoCo was my thing) so this list applies to me as well, Van ;)
K – Karnov
http://www.lemon64.com/reviews/view.php?id=243
L – Loco
http://www.lemon64.com/reviews/view.php?id=679
M – Metrocross
http://www.lemon64.com/reviews/view.php?id=657
N – Nodes of Yesod
http://www.lemon64.com/reviews/view.php?id=761
I’ve never heard of any of those games, Van.
O – Outback
http://www.lemon64.com/reviews/view.php?id=541
P – Pedro
http://www.lemon64.com/reviews/view.php?id=355
Q – Quo Vadis
http://www.lemon64.com/reviews/view.php?id=721
R – Realm of Impossibility
http://www.lemon64.com/reviews/view.php?id=165
S – Saucer Attack
http://www.lemon64.com/reviews/view.php?id=728
T – Terramex
http://www.lemon64.com/reviews/view.php?id=590
U – Up Periscope
http://www.lemon64.com/reviews/view.php?id=422
V – Valhalla
http://www.lemon64.com/reviews/view.php?id=118
W – Weird Dreams
http://www.lemon64.com/reviews/view.php?id=611
X – Xiom
http://www.lemon64.com/reviews/view.php?id=701
Only two more to go!
Y – Yeti
http://www.lemon64.com/reviews/view.php?id=702
Current album playing: All Things, Forests by Palomar
Z – Zolyx
http://www.lemon64.com/reviews/view.php?id=129
CP: The Visitors/Bye/End Titles – Close Encounters of the Third Kind Soundtrack
More cod philosophy from Clone Wars:
Fail with honor rather than succeed by fraud.
I don’t know Van, that sounds a little fishy to me…
It’s the lack of U.
Awww, what a nice thing to say… ;)
I won’t groan today (rolls eyes in TEB’s direction)
I was doing a meme on Facebook and I’m going to post some of my answers here because they were funny/cool. (I skipped the ones that didn’t seem interesting)
Put the ipod on shuffle and use it to answer the question then hit “next†and continue through all the questions.
1. How am I feeling today?
In Your Wildest Dreams – Moody Blues
2. How far will I get in life?
Counting the Days – Goldfinger
3. What is my best friend’s theme song?
Lower Level Ghetto Livin’ – Jody Gnant
6. What is in store for me this weekend?
Everybody Have Fun Tonight – Wang Chung (YES!)
9. How is my life going?
Deadpan Mixtape – Jack Mangan
10. What song will they play at my funeral?
What’s Going On – Cyndi Lauper
11. How does the world see me?
Wild, Wild West – Escape Club
12. What do my friends think of me?
Pass the Dutchie – Musical Youth (This is srsly the most hilarious answer yet)
20. What is my current theme song?
She Will be Loved – Maroon 5
I’m game, CJ
1. How am I feeling today?
December – Collective Soul
2. How far will I get in life?
Night at the Opera – Quantum of Solace Soundtrack
3. What is my best friend’s theme song?
Drive (Future Robot Masters) – TWIS soundtrack
6. What is in store for me this weekend?
Trequiem – Warp 11
9. How is my life going?
I am Not That – Michael Nesmith
10. What song will they play at my funeral?
The Mothership – Close Encounters of the Third Kind Soundtrack
11. How does the world see me?
That Spells DNA – Jonathan Coulton
12. What do my friends think of me?
River and Simon in Locker – Serenity Soundtrack
20. What is my current theme song?
Open Up Baby – Big Sugar
*scratches head* That was strange.
TEB – I love your #10.
Also, for complete list – It’s on Facebook (sorry, Jack)
http://www.facebook.com/notes.php?id=715066687#/note.php?note_id=60698150708&id=715066687&index=0
Stupid Facebook! I like the meme, though. You guys both had some funny ones.
1. How am I feeling today?
Symphony No. 9 (Scherzo) – Beethoven
2. How far will I get in life?
Lost in the Darkness – Black Ice
3. What is my best friend’s theme song?
Freddie and the Trojan Horse – The Radio Dept.
6. What is in store for me this weekend?
Fools – The Dodos
9. How is my life going?
Kaiowas – Sepultura
10. What song will they play at my funeral?
Roadhouse Blues – The Doors
11. How does the world see me?
Baby it’s OK – Matt Mango
12. What do my friends think of me?
Diamonds and Rust – Judas Priest
20. What is my current theme song?
Concert for Guitar and Strings in D Major, Largo – Vivaldi
I don’t know CJ, I think my # 20 could be interpreted in so many wrong ways :D
Don’t have enough tracks on my phone to play.
TEB – this is true! I like that one as well ;-)
Jack, hmmm your #6 – Fools eh? The people you’ll be seeing this weekend? Let’s hope that Friday night does not count as part of your weekend! :)
1. How am I feeling today?
Odd-fellows Local 151 – R.E.M.
2. How far will I get in life?
Fat Man and Dancing Girl – Susan Vega
3. What is my best friend’s theme song?
Jingle Bells – Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians
6. What is in store for me this weekend?
Do I creep you out? – Weird Al Yankavic
9. How is my life going?
Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps. – Cake
10. What song will they play at my funeral?
Dance Soteriose Johnson, Dance – Jonathan Coulton
11. How does the world see me?
Images – Sun Ra
12. What do my friends think of me?
Europa – Tuck & Patti
20. What is my current theme song?
Back Door – Xymox
“Back Door”, J0e?
Bunny, I kept my #20 interpetations to myself. ;)
Cj, maybe “Fools” refers to the Suns?
I’m afraid that, given #1,6,9, and 12 … #20 has pretty much sealed my fate. I knew Karma had it in for me!
Lost in the mists of time is my Creative Zen player, metal shelled and very useful for throwing at would be muggers.
CP – “Like leaves that before the wild Hurricane fly” – Mur Lafferty
My nomination to the list of “Best Lines Ever”.
“I got a Zeppelin and a Jet Pack. What more could a girl ask for!”
Or the very right way even.
Those pesky advertisers:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ3d3KigPQM
OK Jack – I decided to stop lurking around here and post a comment. I also liked CJ’s meme so I thought I’d give it a shot. Wow. The results were kind of spooky but definitely fun. By the way Jack… Hope you had a HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
1. How am I feeling today?
Zoo Station – U2
2. How far will I get in life?
Can’t Stop Now – Keane
3. What is my best friend’s theme song?
1990′s Theme (from “Tron” soundtrack) – Journey
6. What is in store for me this weekend?
Wish You Were Here – Pink Floyd
9. How is my life going?
Cold Dark & Yesterday – Hall & Oates
10. What song will they play at my funeral?
I Can See It In Your Eyes – The Neville Brothers
11. How does the world see me?
Truth Serum – Dishwalla
12. What do my friends think of me?
Days On End – Darden Smith
20. What is my current theme song?
Somebody Else – Willy Porter
1. How am I feeling today?
Burn — The Cure
2. How far will I get in life?
All Uncovered — The Watchmen
3. What is my best friend’s theme song?
Cacophony — Tilly & The Wall
6. What is in store for me this weekend?
Wizards In Winter — Trans-Siberian Orchestra
9. How is my life going?
W.M.A. — Pearl Jam
10. What song will they play at my funeral?
Under My Thumb — Social Distortion
11. How does the world see me?
The 7 Chakras Of The Body, Chakra 2 — Mannheim Steamroller
12. What do my friends think of me?
Freewill — Rush
20. What is my current theme song?
Mayday!!! — Flobots
1. How am I feeling today?
High Maintenance Woman – Toby Keith
2. How far will I get in life?
Some Beach – Blakae Shelton
3. What is my best friend’s theme song?
Before he Cheats – Carrie Underwood
6. What is in store for me this weekend?
Fully Alive- Flyleaf
9. How is my life going?
All Around Me – Flyleaf
10. What song will they play at my funeral?
I Cant Get Over You – Julie Roberts
11. How does the world see me?
American Idiot – Greenday
12. What do my friends think of me?
Cassie – Flyleaf
20. What is my current theme song?
Me and My Gang – Rascal Flatts
Um….wow……..
Let’s see… LCMoD likes country & punk. That about right? ;)
1. How am I feeling today?
Instinct Blues — The White Stripes
2. How far will I get in life?
When the Hunter Gets Captures — Jerry Garcia
3. What is my best friend’s theme song?
Roll With It — Ani DiFranco
6. What is in store for me this weekend?
Jelly 292 — Jimi Hendrix
9. How is my life going?
Carnival — Los Hombres Calientes
10. What song will they play at my funeral?
Bones — Radiohead
11. How does the world see me?
Strawberry Fields — Ben Harper
12. What do my friends think of me?
Not A Pretty Girl — Ani DiFranco (this one CRACKS me UP)
20. What is my current theme song?
Evolve — Ani DiFranco
Give it time:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=OZCIKjYDf1g
WNDRWolf: Heh, thanks for your concern. I’ll try to keep to my own path… it’s just that my path happened to cross yours regarding TEB being the rabbit from “Holy Grail.” You’ll see what I mean at a later date (hopefully in the near future).
J0e: I agree, that was an awesome line.
I saw your meme note on Facebook, CJ. Here are my answers:
1. How am I feeling today?
Assimilation Crisis – Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra (from an anime soundtrack album)
2. How far will I get in life?
Praise for the Virgin – Hildegard von Bingen
3. What is my best friend’s theme song?
Our House – Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young
6. What is in store for me this weekend?
Bounty for a Wookiee – John Williams (from the “Return of the Jedi” soundtrack album)
9. How is my life going?
South Wind of Summer – The Flatlanders
10. What song will they play at my funeral?
Down in the Light of the Melon Moon – The Flatlanders
11. How does the world see me?
Opposing Friend – Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
12. What do my friends think of me?
American Idiot – Green Day
(Interesting that LCMoD both got this song in consecutive spots.)
20. What is my current theme song?
Happy Smile – Maeda Ai and Mizowaki Shihomi (another Digimon song)
+and i (after “LCMoD”)
+a closing HTML tag after “spots.”
Ditto…yeah pretty much. :)
I’m watching the Suns game on TV, but don’t think I’ll be able to spot Dan and Jack up in the stands. Looks like it’s a good game though. I hope they are having fun.
*pokes a tumbleweed with a knitting needle*
How they hangin’ marlo?
BSG — watched. EssBee — surprised.
Hi Cj! Hi Mistress!
Hi, EssBee!
Suns game over.. Suns lost. Waiting for the guys to come back and tell me about their night! It’s early… wonder if they are coming home or going out.
I stayed home, took the kids shopping, and recorded an episode of my own darn show. Now I’m just wandering aimlessly through the house drinking iced coffee.
Another Friday night with nothing to do. Getting some reading done. Tomorrow its library time.
Hey J0e guess what….a kid from our local track may be running ARCA at Daytona, he was this month testing, timed in behind Lagano. I’m so ready for the year to start again.
EssBee: the pain is…bad.
I think I’m about to resort to desperate measures of distraction. I might crack open one of my holiday presents to myself–the complete Beauty and the Beast collection (…the 80s tv series)…
Hey pan
Hugh and I are hiding in our house from the cold
we had some friends over tonight and couldnt wait for them to leave so we could watch BSG
they were some of our non-geek friends. Art and music friends but not sci-fi friends
soooo.. re:BSG: ummmm… wow :)
Mistress?
Leather clad mistress of Deadpan?????
Cool :)
Hugh and I go MIA and the mistress comes back :)
ok lets see what else we find looking back
Sorry the pain is bad Marlo :(
we sympathize.. well Hugh sympathizes.. he is trying to get used to having pain again
to our Phoenix friends- sorry the Suns lost, We are happy the Bulls beat LeBron and the Cavaliers Thursday night w00t bulls!
ok I want to play this music meme game
1. How am I feeling today?
What you Are – Audioslave
2. How far will I get in life?
Amazing – Madonna
3. What is my best friend’s theme song?
Tragic Hero – Funker Vogt
6. What is in store for me this weekend?
Second Skin – VNV Nation
9. How is my life going?
Only You- Yaz
10. What song will they play at my funeral?
Hips, Tits, Lips, Power – Pigface LOL!!!!!!!!!!
11. How does the world see me?
Bugle Blues – Cab Calloway
12. What do my friends think of me?
Little Red Corvette – Prince
20. What is my current theme song?
Wild Gardens – Magenta Lane
Hugh’s
1. How am I feeling today?
Superstition – Stevie Wonder
2. How far will I get in life?
CatDiesel – K-OS
3. What is my best friend’s theme song?
Leggy Blonde – Flight of the Conchords
6. What is in store for me this weekend?
One Thing – Luscious Jackson
9. How is my life going?
Dirt off Your Shoulder – Jay-Z
10. What song will they play at my funeral?
Hit The Road Jack – Ray Charles
11. How does the world see me?
Wash The Day – TV On The Radio
12. What do my friends think of me?
The Greater Good _ Nine Inch Nails
20. What is my current theme song?
Song To Bobby – Cat Power
night pan
*mwa*
*tucks in the tumbleweeds*
David G – you are free from moderation! (way up there) Welcome to Deadpanland, and thanks for the birthday wishes.
Hope things get better for you soon MD.
Morning Pan, stormy weather this weekend, boots on standby.
I think I will resist watching the new BSG till Sunday.
Give in, Van.
Watched BSG last night with the wife. Everything you know is wrong. I think they pretty successfully faked all the internet pundits out. I was genuinely surprised.
Alright, let’s give it a go:
1. How am I feeling today?
Heli-Ride – Marco Beltrami – Underworld Evolution Score
2. How far will I get in life?
Not Yet – Hanz Zimmer & Lisa Gerrard – Gladiator: More Music from the Motion Picture
3. What is my best friend’s theme song?
Goodbye – Natalie Imbruglia – Charmed: The Final Chapter
6. What is in store for me this weekend?
Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song – B.J. Thomas – AM Gold 1970s
9. How is my life going?
Spanish Inquisition – Monty Python – The Final Ripoff
10. What song will they play at my funeral?
Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen – Classic Queen
11. How does the world see me?
Kiss (Aon Mix) – The Art of Noise (featuring Tom Jones)
12. What do my friends think of me?
The Hunter – James Horner – Battle Beyond the Stars
20. What is my current theme song?
I’m Alive – Celine Dion – A New Day Has Come
Interesting.
For those who saw BSG already, here’s some interesting interviews with Ron Moore, as well as the writers and directors of the episode:
Final warning – don’t click this link if you haven’t seen the new episode yet!!!
http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2009/01/
Way belated Happy Birthday Jack!
Been a busy and frozen week, training someone so I can have time off for the birth of my daughter, and yesterday morning -26ºF…
Now it’s 20ºF above and tonight Sigler comes to town….
Good morning, Pan.
I have a little horoscope calendar. The kind you rip the pages off. I feel that today’s prediction for me needs to be shared as it is written:
Be true to yourself. If you commit to marching to the beat of your own (excellent) drum, you’ll notice you have plenty of company falling in behind you.
While the message isn’t very meaningful, the placement of the word “excellent” is quite excellent.
It seems that the word has attached itself to me permanently.
Good morning (excellent) Deadpan!
It was a rough Evil, Inc. and general week for me, and I sure am glad to see Saturday. Today, I think I’ll spend the day cleaning. That always makes a girl feel better (the having a clean house, not the actual cleaning part).
EssBee, I wish you a very pleasant and productive weekend. I’m the same with the cleaning. I don’t like doing it, but looking around and seeing the clean is very excellent and rewarding.
I most definitely agree, Essbee & CJ.
My wife and I made a commitment to ourselves a few months ago that we weren’t going to tolerate living with an utter disaster of a messy house anymore. There are some areas, especially some closets, that still need work. But, we’ve been doing a much better job of keeping the main areas cleaned up, putting away shoes and clothes, and getting the kids to put away toys. It’s amazing what coming home to a clean house will do to your mood.
So, you think you can drive?
http://tinyurl.com/6bawam
Morning Pan!
The consensus is, it’s a beautiful day to comb the kitties.
Kitchen clean.
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Saturday’s are house cleaning days for my husband around here. He likes to vacuum and dust. I do the rest of the chores during the week so I like to watch and pretend I have a servant doing my work. He just rolls his eyes.
I can smell the rubber burn just watching that video, Ed.
Star Wars retold by someone who hasn’t seen it.
http://vimeo.com/2809991?pg=embed&sec=2809991
Well pan, looks like I’ll be very sporatic for the next little while. My computer just blew up. Thank god for I pod touch.
Thanks, JB!
TEB, that sucks! I hope you can get your replacement going quickly. What’s with all of hte hardware issues around here, of late?
Ed, just read your song meme. Nobody expected your number 6 reply!
My chief weapon is surprise!
if anyone else here is interested in design-
I came across this post of the 20 most creative resumes
really amazing work for something most people just type up in Word. They make the resume a thing of beauty:
http://blogof.francescomugnai.com/2008/09/the-20-most-creative-resumes-ive-seen-in-a-long-time-pure-inspiration/
and then his pick of the best business cards of the year:
http://blogof.francescomugnai.com/2008/12/the-best-65-business-cards-of-the-year-the-final-collection/
cool stuff if anyone is interested
You’re cleaning off your desk and you come across a scrap of paper that has your on-line I.D. and a completely unfamiliar password written on it. You then proceed to …
The above was -
(A) Part of a “Choose your own adventure” game.
(B) Something that happens to me about once a month.
I had a second to look at the business cards. Cool-mo-De!
Almost makes me want to have a card again.
There was one that said “Chris Fisher – Radio Announcer”. Any chance that was “podcasting’s” Chris Fisher ?
I know every time that I hand out my business card, it’s just going to end up in the trash or disappear forever into some drawer. Those cards probably have a much higher survival rate. Cool stuff.
I have …
Business cards for my music & movement program for toddlers which I’m closing down come March – both old and new versions of the cards in excess of course.
Business cards for LLAP Podcast – one stack with our oldest logo, one stack with our previous logo and a misspelling, one stack with our previous logo spelled correctly and… of course one stack with our current logo.
Business cards for our new media company which we have not yet launched.
I’m apparently horrible to our environment with my darned card obsession.
CL: My daughter singing Jingle Bell Rock
So new BSG…err I’m a bit non plussed.
Hopefully things will improve as the remaining episodes are aired.
I’m going to http://www.thecomedyspot.net/ tonight to see my friend, Brian Bradley perform. He’s always very awesome. 10pm show and my haircut today turned out perfect. Tonight is going to be totally badass.
Is the Deadpan broken? I sent a comment and it vanished *poof*
It was littered with swear-words. I bet that’s what did it. The comment-board is self-censoring.
Van, I loved the episode. Why so non plussed?
Indeed, Van. Inquiring minds want to know.
Cj’s comment is free from the spamnet.
Ha, Cj! “riddled w/ swear-words” = “badass”?
Just watched BSG from the DVR and I liked it a lot. A bit of a downer, but that was expected.
Just watched BSG
I am pleased to see that this show can STILL make me say “Ah … I did NOT see THAT coming.”
In fact, at least three times in this episode.
Nicely played, BSG team. Nicely played.
Thanks, Jack. I didn’t know what I’d done wrong.
EssBee, OK maybe I exaggerated a little bit, but it was only a little teeny bit.
The show was completely awesome. I almost fell out of my chair laughing so hard. Glad I decided to go! (I almost didn’t!)
Wasn’t too bothered about the episode being a downer, but found the revealing of the hidden Cylon an anti climax.
Ok fellow deadpanites, some help if you can. A friend has asked for a list of 30 movies to see before she turns 30 in summer.
She isn’t keen on horror, so any recommendations for movies?
Van, some of my favorites:
-Freedomland
-Things We Lost In The Fire
-The Usual Suspects
-Pecker
-Monster’s Ball
That’s all my no-coffee brain can come up with this early on a Sunday.
I have some strange taste in movies, so I’m told, but also don’t like horror so here are some of my favorites:
The Ref
Go (1999)
Love Actually
Risky Business (are there people who haven’t seen this?)
Pete’s Dragon
Fame (1980)
Holes
UHF
Young Doctors in Love (1982)
The Other Sister
Reality Bites
I’ll assume at this point you’re looking for older movies that she may not have seen.
Let’s start with all the Deadpan Palooza movies so far and
Blade Runner
Tron
Krull
Glory
Excalibur
2001/2010
Wargames
Star Trek 2 (KHAAAAAN!)
The original Star Wars movies (has anyone not seen those?)
The Sean Connery James Bond movies
The Untouchables
Legend
That ought to get things going. There’s plenty more good stuff. What’s motivating your friend in this endeavor? Has she already seen a lot and just looking for “important” stuff that she’s missed, or has she not seen many movies to begin and looking to jump start things with this list?
Thanks for suggestions so far, more please if any occur.
The friend in question doesn’t get to see many movies not fit for a 11 year old, her 30th is looming and she has made a list of things to do before 30..one of which is to see a bunch of movies she has never seen before.
I’ve seen a load of movies (I go once or twice a week to the cinema) but my memory is so crap these days I rarely remember them.
Oh and just from seeing ‘The Wrestler’ a ‘worthy’ film but not one to watch if you want some fun.
must see movies?
Please excuse the jumping around of genres here. Not sure if your friend is really girly- but there are several hardcore chick flicks in here :) :
So I Married An Axe Murderer
Joy Luck Club
Princess Bride
Hotel Rawanda
Dead Man Walking
Sid and Nancy
Blood Diamond
Fried Green Tomatoes
Gone WIth the Wind
Real Women Have Curves
Steel Magnolias
Bend It Like Beckham
Thelma and Louise
There are several war movies I am trying to think of.. but the names are escaping me. Not sure if that would be her cup of tea so I will let it go for now.
EssBee: I agree wholeheartedly that having a clean house makes a girl feel better. I spent two hours on Friday afternoon cleaning both our upstairs bathrooms, and I felt so proud of myself afterwards. I felt like I was doing a good job of taking care of my house, for a change. Plus, I hadn’t told my roommate that I was going to clean the bathrooms, so she was amazed when she saw them and gave me a hug. :-)
Casablanca
Monte Python and the Holy Grail
Raising Arizona
Fargo
Caddy Shack
16 Candles (maybe)
Roxanne
Jaws (the first one)
Animal House
Edward Scissor Hands
Serenity
Brazil
Moulin Rouge
Baron Von Münchhausen
Logan’s Run (???? maybe ???)
…
… that’s what pops to mind, that hasn’t already been mentioned.
Hottie – great suggestion on So I Married An Axe Murderer — one of my faves.
Today apparently I needed a reminder of what it feels like to not be happy.
Unhappiness, you can leave now. KTHXBAI
I’m gonna go cry myself to sleep on my huge pillow.
!!! And with all the awesome, happy things that have been happening in Phoenix lately, too!
*hugs* to Cj
Hope things get better for you soon Cj.
So if a bottle of cider has a label stating:
Contains sulphur dioxide
Should I be worried?
Aw, Cj! *hugs*
Van, According to the great and powerful Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulfur_dioxide it’s used as a preservative in a lot of different things.
I think you’ll be ok.
Thanks, friends.
If virtual hugs could solve the world’s problems, we could save the world. Wouldn’t that be awesome? They help me :)
Just knowing that people care is what I need most right now. Ugh… I hate when I’m like this!
Maybe y’all should just pinch me and tell me to get over it since some things in life will simply never change.
*pinch* May you receive the courage and strength to change the things you can, the grace to accept the things you can’t change, and the wisdom to know the difference! :-D
OK – so, to add to the lovely day I’m currently having, how about if the sewage drain in front of my house cracks and floods sewage into my front yard?
It’s like a comedy around here. Let’s hope I can find a cheap hotel with free WiFi since I can’t live in a house without water – which is the current situation.
And, just so I’m not only posting stuff here – I have a joke for you.
A termite walks into a bar and asks, “Where is the bartender?”
Wait for it… It will come.
Sorry to see that you’re having a rough day over there, Cj.
Van, I’ll add the Godfather movies to everyone else’s lists.
Well wishes and hugs to everyone!!!!
CP: Red Hill Mining Town — U2
The AZ Cardinals are going to be in the Superbowl?
So it would appear. I will be supporting them, and will very likely be in the minority at my Super Bowl party, as most of my friends are from the East Coast or Midwest.
Ah another one from my childhood passes away:
http://tinyurl.com/9t7sal
Won’t mean much to North Americans, but his show give the guys behind Wallace and Gromit a start (with Morph).
Sorry about the sucking vortex that has park on your life as of late, CJ :(
*HUGS*
I’ve got to send a guy an email now … with some info he does NOT want to hear.
meh
So just used Oovoo for the first time. For video chatting it works better than skype on my netbook.
I’ve added you to my contact list ditto.
Kewl, Van. Look forward to talking to you at some point. Need to install Skype on the new computer as well.
The matchup has been made: Pittsburgh vs. Arizona. One of the friends I mentioned in my last post about football is from Pittsburgh. This is going to be interesting. I’ve never looked forward to a Super Bowl this much in my life – mostly because I’m more familiar with football than ever before, and I also have really cool people to watch it with.
If Pittsburgh wins … will you have to sing “O Canada”? I’ve got access to the Swedish translation. Hold on a second …
I’m just getting word …
Ah, it seems that this “Pittsburgh” place IS in fact, located in the U.S. not Canada.
Pittsburgh is home to a few notable former Canadians, though. . .
I think a Deadpan-related Super Bowl wager is an excellent idea, J0e. Alice Cooper is a native AZnan; and is it Christina Aguilera who’s from Pittsburgh?
If we’re wagering for audio content again, I’m in this time. :-)
My favorite Alice Cooper song is Poison – I suppose I could sing Genie in a Bottle if the Cards lose. I’m kinda hoping they win though. I am, after all, an Arizona native. It’s only right.
I wonder if there are any other musicians from Pittsburgh…
Heading to bed soon. Night, Pan.
I’m sure there are. . . . But could there possibly be a more respectable musician than Christina Aguilera?
Morning Pan, switchover to earlies, on autopilot.
Morning Pan.
Another movie for the list – Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Why did I think of this one? Cause I have to wonder how broke Steve Martin must have become to be making a new movie like PINK PANTHER 2!!!!
Saw a preview of this during one of the football games yesterday – if the previews are supposed to bring out the best of the movie, this thing looks to be a big steaming pile.
Hmm, I wonder how “Genie in a Bottle” will go to the tune of “O Tannenbaum.”
Good Morning, Deadpan.
ZOMG… Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is an amazingly fun movie!
I’d also recommend
Time Bandits
The Wedding Singer.
St. Elmo’s Fire
and if she hasn’t yet seen it because an 11 year old might like this one, Enchanted is a great movie for grown-ups.
And like the majority of women I know, my current favorite movie is Mamma Mia!
My coffee is delightful this morning which means it’s going to be a good day!
Hmmm, CJ may be on to something …
“Has bean GOOD is WILL be good”
(… no, I haven’t had my coffee yet. Why do you ask?)
Or is it “has good BEAN . . .” ?