6548 – a wealth of undead in a nearby theater!

Whoops… I’m in trouble.

Talk about being torn! I think Bruce Campbell as Elvis fighting ancient redneck mummies will win today, though… there’s always tomorrow night for the other Zombie movie.

Sunrise Cinemas – Gateway 4
1820 East Sunrise Boulevard,
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304 (954)763-7994

If anyone would like to join me, I think I’m going to hit the 5:10 showing of BHT. I’ll share my corn.

Bubba Ho-Tep – (1:10 PM), (3:10), (5:10), 7:30, 9:30

Dawn of the Dead – (1:15 PM), (3:25), (5:40), 7:50, 10:00

6547 – wordcount meme

I’d have thought the words though/piccie/link/via or newt would have come up.

the 547   he 98   have 56
to 420   his 80   not 54
a 399   be 78   if 51
and 351   at 77   get 51
i 304   from 69   like 50
of 278   out 69   by 50
in 214   but 69   it’s 49
on 203   i’m 64   so 48
that 156   as 63   all 48
for 151   him 62   about 47
my 147   me 62   more 45
is 131   up 60   too 45
it 129   or 60   some 44
was 117   comment 57   see 42
with 103   you 57   comments 42
this 99   current 57   are 42
LJ Word Count (Beta!) by hutta

6546 And so, the day begins anew.

So… it’s morning again, is it? Sunday was a lot less crazy-busy than Saturday, thank goodness. So little took place that I had to call the number to be sure that it was working. (it was). Pretty good, considering this is spring break season.

Dawn of the Dead this afternoon… no high hopes but looking for a fun diversion, hopefully better than the Texas chainsaw remake.

Catarina called me up from DD’s yesterday and let me know that the outdoor preggers kitty had 5 babies… anyone in the West Palm Beach region going to be in the market for an adorable kitten or two, six weeks from now? (That is, if she doesn’t become super attached to all of em… baby kitties are very appealing, and she’s got a slight cat-lady tendency already. One indoor, and one outdoor.)

I wish I knew more about Spanish politics… I really have no idea how to filter all the information that I’ve been receiving about the recent bombing and election there. somehow, I think it’s a pretty complex web, and I’ve only looked at two or three strands.

I did a quickie search on JTD,Jr , wondering where he’s been and what’s new… looks like he hasn’t updated his website in about nine months… and no copyright updates this year, something that was pretty important to him when I knew him. I’m guessing he’s still alive, as he’s listed as a guest at a JAFAX, which happens at the end of June. I saw that his mom was online, so I sent a pleasantry to her, figuring I could say hi, and see what was new… but after sending a hey there, she logged off. She’s kind of the flake of that family, so it’s not unexpected. I was pretty friendly with that family for a few years… an oddball crew, but wasn’t bad. Where JTD is and what he’s up to as of June of last year is still a bit of a mystery. My interest isn’t high enough to warrant more than a 5-minute cursory search. I’ll look again in a year, maybe.


Winged Sandals multimedia guide to Greek mythology from Australian Broadcasting Corporation.


The untitled project – is a series of photographs of urban settings accompanied by a graphical text layout. The photographs have been digitally stripped of all traces of textual information. The text pieces show the removed text in the approximate location and font as it was found in the photograph. See the Project Statement to read more about the project.


Never mind that there aren’t any tigers in Kenya. The song is a zippy little tune.


Internet Movie archive… most popular free feature film download is the original Night of the Living Dead, closely followed by Reefer Madness, Gunsmoke Ranch, Sex Madness and D.O.A.

So enchanted with it, I created a Livejournal feed to notify me when they add more public domain films to the list… filmadd_feed I’ve created one for recent additions to the Internet Movie archive… Hooray for DOA and Night of the living dead, freely available for download, and all legal, to boot!

I already had NotLD (grabbed it a Halloween or two ago from somewhere), but DOA! hot dog… that’s some classic noir right there. Much better than that Dennis Quaid pseudo-remake in ’88. As an opener, I also grabbed the 3 Stooges short: Sing a song of Six Pants. I recommend downloading with something that can resume, because the timeout factor can be fairly high at certain times.


robo-ellie won! Discovery had an interesting show on… “Animal Face-off: Great White Shark vs Saltwater Crocodile” sort of a bio-science / robotic simulation version of those old fanboy arguments… “Who’s Stronger? Superman or Captain Marvel? Could Wolverine beat the Hulk in a fight?” The next one was Rhino vs Elephant. I understandably bet on the elephant, based on ellie being nearly twice the mass of a rhino, and because rhinos are notoriously dull-witted “run and impale types”. Plus, I just like elephants more. I wonder what will become of the hydraulic robo-heads once the show is over? Ebay, maybe?

Hmm… This one strikes sort of close to home… Tiger vs Grizzly. Newt and I get along just fine, thanks.

Something about the show; I didn’t like the Shark expert’s use of the term “prey item”… it seemed redundant. Isn’t “prey” usually sufficient? They weren’t referring to a number of prey units or anything like that. They also appear to need more eye protection during the testing.

The Croc footage on the show was amazing, plucking large bats out of midair with a 27 mph leap from the water, and taking out a zebra out of nowhere. The Shark footage was equally impressive, but stuff I’d seen many times before… It’s hard to cover new ground after shark week a few months back, and all the post-Jaws documentaries seen as a kid. Even though the shark ultimately won, crocs are more frightening to me because they’re amphibious. Want to avoid a shark? Stay seven feet from the water’s edge, and you should be fine. Want to avoid a croc? Get in the car, and drive away.

Speaking of which, it’s time I launch!

Until later, dear journal.