Specifically Claire's deleted scene when she's in the airport talking to the Pilot. No Emilie fansites have them, and I checked LOST Media.
If anyone could help me out, it would be much appreciated!
( Day the Earth Stood Still trailer! New HBP stills! Werewolves and circuses and vampires! )
cheerfulDon't groan! I know — I have painful memories of summer reading as well (My Antonia lulled me to sleep pretty much every night of August 1986), but this book club will be fun! It features a selection of the literary works referenced on Lost, and will include a message board to discuss the titles and the participation of Lost gurus Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof.
It's unclear what direct insight into the show you'll get from reading Watership Down, Stephen King's Carrie, or The Turn of the Screw, but if nothing else, reading these great books will keep your mind occupied while you wait to find out how Locke ended up in that coffin.
What do you think? Will you spend this summer edumacating yourself, Lost-style? Or is watching the show enough of a brain workout already? — Mickey O'Connor
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- 00:04 tempted by today's woot shirt, but not enough. Will pass this time around and simply go to bed. #
- 09:03 Finally, Better Flickr for FireFox 3! #
- 09:23 Okay internet, I need a copy of Goin' Quackers on either CD or MP3 (I'm talking the album, not the game). #
- 10:23 Twitter is getting fucking annoying, and not being able to send email is debilitating. That is all I've learned this morning. #
- 10:29 Anyone want to try out Pownce with me since Twitter's been kind of boned lately? #
- 10:53 Pownce is confusing so far... Maybe Jaiku is the answer... Maybe Twitter just needs to find stability in the universe. #
- 12:44 Konami is my new best friend! tinyurl.com/6j52ld #
- 15:38 I may not be able to send any work mail all week... #
- 15:53 I need a bottle of water... anyone got one to spare within drinking distance? #
- 16:52 I am SO ready to be out of here. #
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Oh, and remember the Anne Taintor Calendar of Destiny? June's wedding-themed text turned out to be weirdly appropriate, because--I can't go into details because they're not really my details to share, but all kinds of divorce and engagement and relationship things happened to my real-world friends and family. So this month's text is, "The excitement never ends." I am terrified, y'all. It's like that Irish curse--"May your life be interesting."
Meanwhile, the medication adjustment (less Zoloft, more Lamictal, same Wellbutrin) is actually going okay. Interestingly enough, my first two days on the new mix have also been my first two days in a week or two without any headaches at all, and I feel a lot more cheerful. At the same time, I'm also really sleepy and snacky. So it's kind of weird. And possibly unrelated anyway.
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- 23:26 Get Smart was REALLY good. I will be buying that shit when it comes out! #
- 23:47 Oh, and in case I wasn't clear before... hooray for NetFlix keeping profiles! #
- 23:48 Why do I even try to read movie forums, they just piss me off as people go back and forth stating their opinions as facts... #
- 11:53 The panel on my car has been repaired. #
- 12:47 So I'm ready to go back to the Abbey Inn and try some other items on the menu, anyone else savvy? #
- 14:29 Its a good thing I'm in the office alone this afternoon... I got the toots. #
- 14:56 This new web site will be the death of me... its "user friendliness" isn't so user friendly. #
- 15:17 I hate it when my torrents get stuck. #
- 15:32 I think I need a "happy ending" to this day. You know, something to redeem the day, as a whole. #
- 15:59 *...is listening to "Cruel Summer" by Bananarama* Yay! #
- 16:09 Hi! I am now your Outlook to Entourage converterbot. Please wait while I eat all of your Outlook mail and regurgitate it as Entourage mail. #
- 16:17 chomp, chomp, chomp... hurk, hurk hurk! #
- 16:31 I hope Ansel is in a good mood tonight. I don't know if I can handle him grumpy after the day I've had. #
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for me it might as well have been titled "Lori, Apply for This Job!"
OMG I want it so much. I wrote the best, most thorough bid I've ever
written. Then I wrote up an "audition" piece of the kind of article
they want and submitted it (they didn't ask for this). Now I'm
obsessively checking the site for any responses.
*ohpleaseohpleaseohplease*
There are only six bidders, including me. And clearly none of those
other five yutzes can possibly be as awesome as me, right? I have to
get it.
*ohpleaseohpleaseohplease*
hopeful(I would love to discuss how much I loved that crazy silly movie, but I almost don't even want to spoil the awesome bits for you. Some of which I left out of the Fifteen Minutes on purpose, by the way.)
Thought #2: In addition to trying to wrestle fifteen annotations into submission, I started to wonder if maybe $10 would be a more appealing price than $15. As in, maybe only put together ten annotations and save the rest for later. I already have 17 online "Fifteen Minutes"--two more than when I started annotating in April--anyway. It would make more sense to pick only ten than choose two to drop. That, and I had been angsting way too much about having to revisit Hannibal (not exactly my favorite piece of work).
(Thought #2b: We are, in fact, going to have to replace the dishwasher--I'd forgotten: the door is about to fall off--but it's not a priority until it actually falls down dead, and even then we can wash dishes by hand. I'm just saying, fundraising is still very much
(Oh, by the way--the Sears Fridge Guy came. The part we need is back-ordered, so unless my mother can prevail upon Manager Sayid to just switch out a new fridge with us [shpfff, likely], we're not going to have the fridge fixed until July 11th.)
So, my question is--I reserve the right to choose whatever ends up working best for me, but just as another factor to take into account, which parodies would you be most interested in reading the Pop-Up Video version of (so to speak)? I'm curious to see if something I wouldn't have expected might rank really high (or really low). (Note: Only room for 15, so I took off the Harry Potters--POA and GOF. They're almost done, and I'm sure they'd get voted in anyway.) ( Vote! )
curiousLast night I was watching "American Psycho" and pondering the whole
books-into-movies thing. Now, we all know that most of the time,
films fail the books they're based on. Sometimes egregiously. But
there are times when the films are actually better than the books
they're based on. I'm going to nominate a few. Then it's your turn!
1. "American Psycho." This one's easy, because the book is one of
the trashiest, most horrible pieces of shockmeister crap ever written.
Starting from something so loathsome, how can the movie be any worse?
The film is actually quite good. This amazing feat was accomplished
by stripping out the distractingly over-the-top gruesomeness of the
book (replacing it with a bit more garden-variety murder) and playing
up the book's satire of 1980's self-absorption. Christian Bale's
delightfully deadpan performance helps, too.
2. "Bridges of Madison County." Freed from the awful, schmaltzy
prose of the book, Clint Eastwood was left with just a very affecting
story to tell, which he did with atmosphere and mood and some of the
most amazing sexual chemistry ever. I don't know how they did it, but
it damn near crackles off the screen.
3. "The Shawshank Redemption." This is a tough call, because the
Stephen King novella on which this film is based is far from bad.
It's quite good, actually. But compared to King's other work it's
second-tier, whereas the film is one of the great films of the last
twenty years.
4. "Brokeback Mountain." Again, tough call, since the short story
was Pulitzer Prize material. But I'd maintain that by fleshing out
the story, including scenes of Jack's home life that were missing from
the text and expanding the events Proulx described, the film serves to
enhance the story and take it to the next level.
5. "Lord of the Rings." Oh man, I'm gonna get shit for this. All I
know is that I've never been able to get all the way through the
trilogy, and I adore the movies. Game, set, match.
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content…in which I talk about subversive office politics
I want to preface this by admitting whole heartedly that I am a very passive aggressive person because I hate to confront people with the probable intent of making them feel bad. I know, from experience and observation, that in fact being told something directly actually hurts less than to find out about something second or third hand, or anonymously. I know all of these things to be true, and yet, I’m probably going to rant off about things that have been bothering me lately that I’ve not confronted people about, and that’s that.
I am also aware that venting about my professional life in a public forum can, sometimes, come around and bite me in the ass. Again, I know this from both personal experience and observation, but I am willing to take the risk and be an open individual (if only in text, since only moments ago, I admitted that I fail at direct confrontation).
The office dynamic at work, lately, has become intolerable. The people in my office used to be very chummy and we not only worked together, we shared leisure activities as well. We used to chat about games and movies and go to lunch. We used to be friends and actually get work done, but also screw off on occasion. Lately, however, it seems like we all have different directions and distractions, and those variations are like fractures in a window, and they are making the office very tense. Today, due to a climactic blatant disregard for work ethic of any kind on the part of one of my co-workers, I literally stormed out of the office, kicking things as I went. Not to say that I didn’t actually get up a little gumption and attempt an amicable confrontation prior to my “tantrum,” but still. I marched out of the office with a temperature rising, vision dimming, reason clouding, torrent raging on my shoulders.
I used to be really bad. I used to come to work everyday and do as little as possible. I was as American as media makes out the middle class to seem. I could blame it on laziness, indifference, or the media; but the blame game is pointless and worthless. In the past couple of years, however, I’ve attempted to turn my work ethic around. I try to focus at work and get as much done as I can. I’m conscious of my reputation at work amongst the faculty and administration. I want them to know they can count on me to solve their problems. I know that, in the past, problems have gone unreported simply because our patrons knew it wouldn’t really make a difference. I’m working as hard as I can to change that. I try to keep track of everything I’m working on. I try to jump up and take care of things as quickly as possible. I am trying to be a pleaser. The problem is, stagnation is a very powerful force and our office is filled with it. There is so much history of it residing within these walls, and pockets of it still extant in the occupants, that I often feel like a fly trying to pull away from earth’s gravity to keep my work ethic and energy up. Most of the time I can ignore the lackluster efforts made by my peers, but today was not the day.
After blowing up, tromping out, venting to my wonderful wife, driving around, venting more to a dear friend, and then going to the autobody shop and reading a book, I’m better. I’m still not happy with our situation in here, but I can ignore it for a while before it really starts breaking me down again.
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looked down and discovered that I was wearing two different shoes.
Both slides, both with a similar arch strap, just...one black, one
brown. I guess they were sitting right next to each other in the
front hall. I don't know how that happened.
Luckily I had another pair of shoes in my office. Not my favorite
pair but at least they match.
*facepalm*

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Originally uploaded by Kacey3.
Date night at The Abbey Inn (followed by Get Smart with Stephanie and Jason)
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- 08:42 I was pretty sure that was Jello Biafra... #
- 09:07 Damn torrent is stuck at 78%. GRR! #
- 10:43 "The situation can always be made worse with either a major electrical fault or the sudden addition of many sharp knives." #
- 10:56 I think I just wet my pants: tinyurl.com/5z73ah #
- 13:00 #LJ: Standing Tall and Proud tinyurl.com/4dkrbh #
- 14:42 Frou Frou's female vocalist really does sound like Billy Corgan. #
- 15:18 I'd also like to see DLC be integrated into the solo tour. #
- 16:23 Well shit in a basket #
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I've been really busy since I got back from my road trip to Washington D.C. For those who haven't seen what's kept me busy all that time, my vacation album on flickr is at: Americana road trip 2008.
As was bound to happen eventually, I'm now living my life almost completely on flickr on my photo a day account. I know a few people on here have come over there with me and I still see some of you on Facebook but I think except for checking in this once a month, I'm not even going to pretend to be on LiveJournal.
I used to say that the reason I didn't write was my life was so uneventful but really that's not the case.
Toward the end of last month, my life took a major turn when I moved into a new place on Milwaukee Avenue (a little too well documented on my photo a day account on flickr).
With this new apartment, I really have turned over a new leaf.
I'm cooking, I'm cleaning, and I'm even going to sleep at relatively (for me at least) early times every night.
This place is so quiet and so minimal that my mind really does feel uncluttered. Sometimes a little too much so. July seems like it will be a very busy month but I don't even want to picture how boring that winter might be.
Speaking of which, today was my five year anniversary on Netflix. It's really hard to imagine that until five years ago, I barely ever watched movies. Now this year I'm on pace for well over 300 movies (well, maybe not well over but just around).
Though I think I decided recently I'm going to start to watch TV on DVD. It seems as though I lack conversational skills as all of my friends now are old enough that they've gone back to television.
Of course, some of them never left.
And I have nothing against television. Though my first attempt at this, watching an episode of "Rome" with Samantha (who I now live a block away from) and Allen was a failure. I just could not get into it.
I think I'm going to attempt "Rescue Me" or "Weeds" (because the latter is available watch instantly on Netflix).
But if anyone has a T.V. show (not "Lost" - because that show just makes me cry when I watch it - or any show that has ended) they'd like to recommend, let me know.
On the photography front, I recently got the front page on Gapers Block with this photo:

So I'm pretty proud of that.
I also got an e-mail about this photo being considered for publication in a magazine (not a 'zine but an honest to goodness glossy type):

But I never heard back from them, so I don't think it's a go.
Oddly enough, these two photos considered publishable, I don't particularly like. Maybe my taste has just gone to crap again. With my new camera, I'm still not striking the right balance for both laptop and desktop monitors yet, so that might say something.
Well, off to start the second half of the year.
Hopefully it's better than the first. Though I'm kind of guessing it will be about the same. If anything eventful happens, I'll try not to wait a month to put it on here again.
Also, the right side of my jaw hurts for no good reason, and it's really bothering me. Woe.
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