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Monday, 24 August 2009
A new post (and surprisingly substantial, for a link harvest) at
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Aug 24, 2009 11:53:35 AM
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SEK: It looks like everyone is here. How about we begin by introducing ourselves. I'll start: Hi, I'm Scott, and I grade your things. princesshotpantz: I'm Sally and you probably hate grading my things. SEK: I don't discriminate: I hate grading all things. chompchompchomp: i'm pho and i just woke up five minutes ago to join this chat WrAtHyKhAn: I'm Lou and I hate writing things. chompchompchomp: seems like we're all in agreement we hating writing and you hate grading so we shouldn't write anything for this class SEK: I suppose you think I should just give you all A's too. princesshotpantz: No . . . maybe B's. WrAtHyKhAn: We can pick any topic? SEK: So you don't want to write anything, but you want to start writing it now? I see. princesshotpantz: I just need more guidance on my topic so I can start thinking about writing. I like the discussion in Chapter 2 so far though. SEK: So you like Chapter 2. If you want to write on the topics discussed there, where should you look? chompchompchomp: foottoes SEK: Are connected to the . . . ? WrAtHyKhAn: Ankle bones. chompchompchomp: *footnoses SEK: Now you're doing it on purpose. chompchompchomp: *footNOTES chompchompchomp: sorry just woke up princesshotpantz: So I should look at the footnotes? SEK: That's where the citations live. WrAtHyKhAn: Is it dumb that I want to do a little research before I actually choose my topic? SEK: Not at all. That is, in fact, what I'm trying to trick you into doing. SEK: Did I type that out loud? WrAtHyKhAn: Your jig is up. princesshotpantz: Don't jig up Scott. He's the one who grades our stuff. SEK: Are you still with us Lou? SEK: I know you're in here. SEK: I CAN SEE YOU TYPING! chompchompchomp: yeah my bad i'm thinking SEK: Thinking's your good, not your bad. I just wanted to make sure you weren't dead. chompchompchomp: i'm thinking for a question but then i got shot. seems i am dead. SEK: NO ONE DIES ON MY WATCH! princesshotpantz: Where should we find those articles from the footnotes? SEK: I'll give you a hint: those library tutorials weren't busywork. chompchompchomp: the library website! SEK: Someone is finally awake and has his head in the game. chompchompchomp: >< SEK: Are you tweaking now Lou? chompchompchomp: wait . . . chompchompchomp: tweaking? chompchompchomp: are you saying what I think you're saying? SEK: South Park. Tweek. Too much caffeine: >< chompchompchomp: then maybe i am tweaking. i don't know south park tweaking though. princesshotpantz: Can anyone answer these questions or are you asking a specific person about the library? SEK: Anyone can answer any time. SEK: It's a party! SEK: So what does Ben-Shahar mean by flow? SEK: Feel free to answer any day now. SEK: You people type like old people. chompchompchomp: like old people what? SEK: Simmer down now. What are you people doing anyway? princesshotpantz: "Flow is a state in which one is immersed in...
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. . . to the person who claims the Pang Brother's 2006 film Re-Cycle is "THE most EMO movie EVER" as if that were a good thing. The film, though, is THE most SOMETHING movie EVER, but I'm not sure what. The list could include: THE most BIZARRE film about the unintended consequences of writer's block EVER THE most IMPRESSIVE film by twin brothers who, according to Wikipedia, "are in a relationship and rumored to be engaged" EVER THE most LIKELY FIRST film to equate throwing away a sheet of paper with aborting a fetus EVER THE most UNNECESSARILY SUBTITLED film EVER THE most OSTENSIBLY APOLITICAL Asian horror film to take its cues from the American conservative movement EVER As I said: THE most SOMETHING movie EVER. I'll start with the minor complaints and work my way forward: THE most IMPRESSIVE film by twin brothers who, according to Wikipedia, "are in a relationship and rumored to be engaged" EVER Either those two are a little too close, or Wikipedia entries sometimes need editing. THE most UNNECESSARILY SUBTITLED film EVER Unless you're being intentionally thick, as Scott McCloud is in the (center) panel from DESTROY!!! below, there is absolutely no reason for subtitles to be duo-specific: If I can see that the aborted fetus of the protagonist, Tsui Ting-Yin, is screaming and hear its banshee-keening, there is no need to have a subtitle inform me that [TSUI TING-YIN'S ABORTED FETUS IS TELLING ITS WOULD-HAVE-BEEN MOTHER HOW IT FEELS ABOUT BEING ABORTED VIA A HIGH-PITCHED SHRIEK THAT WILL LIKELY CAUSE TINNITUS]. To prove this point, I will continue reviewing the movie in the manner of its subtitles. THE most BIZARRE film about the unintended consequences of writer's block EVER THE most LIKELY FIRST film to equate throwing away a sheet of paper with aborting a fetus EVER & THE most OSTENSIBLY APOLITICAL Asian horror film to take its cues from the American conservative movement EVER
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I’ll pretend, for the moment, that my lapsed faith is the forgiving one and not the one where the Big Whatsit is all about the smiting.
We're not the ones who claim that hurricanes do God's wet-work. We had theodicy beaten out of us by the Romans. And the Christians. And the Germans. etc.
Posted by: Ahistoricality | Monday, 24 August 2009 at 01:08 PM
We're not the ones who claim that hurricanes do God's wet-work.
Then we really need to revise the Original Testament before the goyim get around to reading it, lest we provide them with even more ideas . . .
Posted by: SEK | Monday, 24 August 2009 at 07:11 PM
Let me see: ten plagues, a half dozen cities (Sodom, Gommorrah, Jericho, a couple others), internal purges (Korach, etc.), at least one genocide, and a couple of war crimes....
Yeah, I think that ship's sailed. They're hip.
Posted by: Ahistoricality | Monday, 24 August 2009 at 07:27 PM
Hey, whatever happened to the "weekly" roundups?
Posted by: Ahistoricality | Friday, 18 September 2009 at 07:39 PM