The Harry Potter saga, if it had been filmed by John Hughes. You know, there’s a certain part of me (the 80’s part) that can’t help but think this would have been way better.
according to the YouTube, I’m supposed to credit this to ‘Thewlis Rox’ @ davidthewlis.net so, thereyago!
In related news, click over the jump to today’s celebrity gossip links.
I win! My royal is prettier than yours!
I got this (sadly unembeddable) quiz from Archie, and it is, let me put this plainly, the fucking shizznit. I mean, how did it know that Carl Philip and I were destined for one another (and who wants to break it to the poor boy?)? I’m looking forward to a royal wedding of my own, very soon. You’re all invited, as long as you’re bringing us something in a bottle for the pressie.
Mime Manson is a thousand times more articulate than the talky one
But seriously, the albums would be better as instrumentals, and perhaps dating Marlee Matlin would be better for him than dating Starlet-of-the-Moment-He-Promptly-Turns-Into-His-Ex-Wife. PLUS he could keep the same wardrobe.
Adolf Hitler, found at last? (raincoaster)
Who’s Sari now, Elizabeth Hurley? (Ayyyy)
Daniel Radcliffe is naked without it (Lolebrity)
Food porn, Yorkshire style (Manolofood)
I need this like I need another hole in the head (ManoloJewelry)
The Big O (GreenManolo)
Knit one, parle two! (CraftyManolo)
No lip from you! (ManoloBeauty)
Madonna has cooties! (AgentBedhead)
Enter the Soundgarden! (BusyBeeBlogger)
Katy Perry’s secret not so secret anymore (CelebDirtyLaundry)
The Dream Team: Cojo and Paula Abdul (CojoStyle)
Pastel on board! (DailyStab)
Get into Grace Kelly’s skirt! (GirlsTalkinSmack)
Yes, Carrie Underwood, this makes your ass look fat (HaveUHeard)
Sexiest Men Alive, or: Your Christmas Shopping List (INeedMyFix)
Harry Potter wears Canadian makeup (FabSugar)
You know what I love? Fairy tales. You know what I hate? Disney. Oh, it’s not that these bloody-minded tales of Nemesis and warped value systems haven’t been Bowdlerized before, but they have never been Bowdlerized so creepily, yet so insipidly.
I mean, seriously, doesn’t Snow White just make your skin crawl? Is she not the most loathesomely irritating person with a simpering voice and obnoxiously dim brain since Mrs Topper as portrayed by Billie Burke?
(yes, I know this isn’t from Topper, but it’s all I could find)
Well, Snow White is up there when it comes to driveling bubbleheads with irritating, saccharine voices, surely, but at last some musical genius has made her tolerable. Behold the brilliant syncopations of “Wishery” by Pogo, a Pixar employee, and marvel at the unspeakable rendered not simply bearable, but beautiful.
Mostly by giving the dwarves more airtime, it’s true, but whatevs.
Drive In Reality Theatre Peace Arch Crossing
Pretty nifty art, eh? Find out more about it at Wired. I think I liked it better when I thought it was a drive-in screen, but maybe I was just ….
projecting.
Oh, if only my old computer George were still with us! Truly should George’s passage be mourned throughout the interwebs, for upon George is the only copy I have of one of my best short stories, one that would be a perfect addendum to this post, about a middling hypnotist who gets to do his routine in front of a very posh crowd for once in his life, slightly overreaches, and accidentally drives the entire group of Bilderbergers irrevocably insane.
Oopsie.
As a replacement, please enjoy listening to this audiorecording of the somewhat absurd and extremely creepy Sticks, the only short story of Karl Edward Wagner‘s that I ever really liked (nice guy, but better editor than writer). Best listened to by candlelight, in a remote cabin in the woods.
Audio via RadioDramaRevival.com
raincoaster 