| Warner Bros. Vs. the Siegel family. Superman wins. :) |
[08 Jul 2009|11:21pm] |
To those who are unaware, for quite some time now Time Warner (owner of Warner Bros. and DC Comics) has been fighting a legal battle with the heirs of Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel over the profits earned with the Superman property in recent years, most notably from the Warner Bros. film Superman Returns.
Today, the judge ruled in favor of Warner Bros., declaring that the Siegel family can only seek profits earned directly by DC Comics and not those of sister company Warner Bros. The heirs of Siegel and Shuster (who sold Superman to DC Comics in 1938) will own the entire Superman copyright in 2013.
Sooo... what does this mean for Superman?
This means that if Warner Bros. does not begin production on another Superman film by 2011, the Siegel family will be able to sue to recover their damages. Heavily.
Better get cracking, Warner Bros. You can start by renewing Brandon Routh's contract plz, thx.
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| I swear that's what I heard. :P |
[08 Jul 2009|01:32am] |
me: ...I forget what I was saying.
Brett: *mumbles with his mouth full*
*pause*
me: Zombie strippers?
Brett: *swallows his food* Something stupid.
me: Oh.
I think we were actually talking about General Grievous.
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| An ode to our favorite little Italian plumber. :) |
[05 Jul 2009|05:07pm] |
A medley of themes from various early Super Mario video games:
Having grown up with these games, I've been wanting to record something like this for a long time. The themes (in order of release) are as follows:
1.) Super Mario Bros. for NES - Overworld
2.) Super Mario Bros. 2 for NES - Overworld
3.) Super Mario Land for Game Boy - Overworld 1
4.) Super Mario Bros. 3 for NES - Overworld 1
5.) Super Mario Bros. 3 for NES - Overworld 2
6.) Super Mario World for SNES - Overworld 1 It took a few takes to get this one right and I'm not totally satisfied with this last take, but since this is just for fun I left it as is. And this is the first video that I've recorded using my iSight + iMovie instead of my usual digital camera; the video quality and framerate is worse but the sound is much better, so I'll probably be using this method from now on. Hope you enjoy! :)
(music for SMB, SMB2, SMB3, and SMW composed by Koji Kondo; music for SML composed by Hirokazu Tanaka)
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| Michael Jackson - Ben |
[04 Jul 2009|02:16am] |
In honor of the late Michael Jackson, I decided to play a violin rendition of his first number-one single as a solo artist, "Ben," which he recorded when he was only fourteen.
I wanted to pay tribute to the man by playing one of his earlier, lesser-known hits, and something more heartfelt than his later material. I came really close to doing "Thriller" instead but decided that hearing it on a violin had too much of a hokey, comical effect. Maybe further down the line I'll record "Thriller." We'll see.
(Unfortunately, the sound keeps having these weird little blips every time I hit a high A or A sharp. :P Someday I will invest in a camera with a better mic.)
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| Women: can't live with 'em... but there's always cannibalism |
[02 Jul 2009|03:43am] |
lowbacca1977: you at least get to be empowered with the "hey, i at least get a chance/ am pursued by the chicks/ they don't mace me when I say hi" type of situation you've got going. kinda like when you get a job offer for a job you don't actually want and or get... its the promise it represents
hitokirivader: but like i've told you before, sometimes you're sick of the midget on your shoulders holding a hamburger on a fishing line in front of your face while you're starving
hitokirivader: sometimes it's better just to starve in peace
lowbacca1977: ok, it should be very clear that I've NO experience with starving..... but I mean, can't you just, like, eat the midget?
hitokirivader: ...
hitokirivader: YESSS
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| Wow, you're a great... zombie. |
[01 Jul 2009|05:08pm] |
Jennie: We just finished the dress fittings. Have I mentioned yet that I hate having to wear the same dress as Emi?
Jennie: Her dress size was a 6 and mine was a 12. And she is better proportioned to boot. So, yeah, I hate that we have to wear the same dress that she looks better in.
me: Yeah, I can empathize. My sister tends to look better in dresses than I do.
Jennie: I dunno, if you stuff the bodice then I think you look pretty damn good.
me: Um... thanks?
Jennie: Although she does pull off the short skirts better. Sorry, buddy, but you really do best in floor length numbers.
me: My sister used to put me in little dresses when I was a baby, which would then piss off my mother.
Jennie: Heeheehee. Your sister is kinda awesome.
me: Well, she was my role model growing up. So I mostly blame her for making me mildly effeminate.
Jennie: And the rest is Jeremy's fault?
me: ...
me: I am ending this transmission.
Jennie: Nooooooo I take it back. Promise. You are the manliest man who is routinely humped by other men that I know.
me: Thaaat's right.
Jennie: See, you're so manly that the other men just don't know what to do when overwhelmed by your massive manliness, and that's why they hump you.
me: K you can stop now.
Jennie: No, I can phrase this in serious psychological terms.
Jennie: Men are driven by their primal desires to possess that which they desire. Usually, this results in sexual behavior towards an attractive female.
Jennie: In your case, however, the vast gap between your level of masculinity and theirs results in the overhwhelming desire to possess that same quality.
Jennie: And in the face of such extreme masculinity, they are reduced back to a primal state and therefore will instinctually resort to basic behavior, IE humping.
Jennie: Eh?
me: Yeeeah... me no speaky English.
Jennie: Oh come on, I did a pretty good job with that!
me: You did, but I still no speaky English, so we're changing the topic of conversation.
me: I like turtles.
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| Hooray for pseudo-chauvinism! |
[30 Jun 2009|03:32pm] |
me: Did you talk to Rachel about the ticket?
Mike: I sent her a message on TheForce.net but I haven't heard back from her yet.
me: Y'know Mike, you can call women.
Mike: I call women lots of things.
*pause*
me: Like what?
Mike: Broads.
*pause*
me: *I stammer for a bit as I try to think of a spiteful retort, to no avail* Y'know what, high five.
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| The Man in the Mirror |
[25 Jun 2009|11:27pm] |
At 3:07 PM today, my friend Danielle texted me the news. My heart immediately started pounding in my chest. I didn't want to believe it. MJ is gone.
Having been born too late to remember his golden years, I grew up just like many of you, in a world where Michael Jackson wasn't "The King of Pop" but rather "Wacko Jacko," a bizarre man with a laundry list of eccentricities, sequestering himself away in his mysterious Neverland Ranch. The image of a little boy with the huge Afro singing his heart out on The Ed Sullivan Show or the memory of a strapping young man breathtakingly gliding across the stage at Motown 25 had already begun to fade away from public consciousness forever. I think Entertainment Weekly put it best when they named Michael as one of the top 10 greatest entertainers of all time:"That the name Michael Jackson doesn't immediately conjure such images—that he more often inspires thoughts these days of a freakish sideshow act—is entertainment's great tragedy. For all the glory of his spectacular showbiz ascent, from wonder child to Epic Thriller, it pales in comparison to his Icarus-like fall." For years, I used to laugh at the thought of Michael Jackson. Who didn't? He made it so easy for us to poke fun at him with his rampant plastic surgeries, pet monkeys, and allegations of child molestation.
But I distinctly remember that day in high school when my friend Sam and I were cruising down Jeffers Lane in his Dodge Dart when he started playing a familiar song on his CD player. I really liked it and I knew I'd heard it before, so naturally I asked him what it was; it was Michael Jackson's "Smooth Criminal." Suddenly I grew fascinated with the man's early glory. I wanted to know more about the time when he was "The King of Pop" and not just "Wacko Jacko."
I became obsessed with Michael. I listened to every one of his albums repeatedly. I pored over every one of his music videos. I cranked up "Billie Jean" as I slid around the kitchen in my socks. I got ridiculously giddy over his reunion concert with The Jacksons and replayed the footage over and over and over. I proudly dressed up as Captain EO for Halloween last year. Before long I began to forget his ugly public image... and I grew to appreciate Michael Jackson as the extraordinarily talented stage performer he truly was.
 Michael Jackson (1958 - 2009)
He was without a doubt one of the greatest, most influential entertainers in history... and he should be remembered exactly as such. Because he's a lot like Star Wars: love him or hate him, you have to respect that he's had an unprecedented, ENORMOUS impact on popular culture. For better or for worse, he changed the world forever.
Rest in peace, King of Pop... and thank you for everything. We'll never be the same without you.
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| Yesterday at DCA |
[22 Jun 2009|11:38pm] |
While in line for Maliboomer:
*Jeremy, Mike, and I work on a word search where we have to find three different kinds of fruit*
Mike: Joke about Bryan!
*pause*
Jeremy: Wow. You really are lazy.
While in line for Tower of Terror:
*I point to a sculpted artwork on the wall*
me: What a relief!
*Mike is about to hit me when he instead points to a door behind me*
Mike: Did you catch the number on that door?
*I turn and look*
me: Yeah, 22.
Mike: Good catch.
While in line for Monsters, Inc.:
*Jeremy brings up how it's weird that he keeps running into a former student*
*I start to mention examples of how I randomly run into people I haven't seen in ages*
Mark (whom I've not seen in years): Bryan? Is that you?
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| To Do List: Update |
[15 Jun 2009|03:21am] |
One week has passed. And now that I've officially started moving my stuff today, let's see how I did:1.) Get traffic school done online to clear my driving record.
DONE!
2.) Laundry.
DONE! (will probably have enough to do one more full load by the end of the week)
3.) Clean my room and get everything I can into boxes.
(about 60% done)
4.) Clean out my car and transport everything I can with my car to Larry's place.
(car is totally cleaned out and with Mike's help I've already moved over everything I can for the time being; will transport the rest over the course of the week)
5.) Cancel all my automatic utility bill payments and remove my name from the record.
DONE!
6.) Fill out a change of address form.
(decided this was not necessary for the time being)
7.) Clean out Emory's cage, buy him new food, dust, and bedding, and decide what I'm going to do with him.
DONE! (Emory is now under the care of Kristal and Amanda until I can reclaim him in a few months)
8.) Get fitted for my tux for Tony and Jess' wedding.
DONE!
9.) Get a haircut.
DONE!
10.) Try not to bomb the harbor.
(ongoing)
Tuesday/Wednesday night will be more cleaning/packing/boxing. Thursday/Friday night will be more moving smaller stuff. Saturday all day will be moving all the really really big stuff. And hopefully by Father's Day, I will be totally and successfully done moving out of here.
I am very very very much looking forward to that feeling.
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| 나는 나의 누나를 사랑한다. :) |
[11 Jun 2009|11:00pm] |
Grace: I hurt my neck the other day. Y'know what I was doing? Nothing.
me: 누나... you are so freaking old.
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| Get pumped... |
[11 Jun 2009|12:15am] |
...cuz this shit just got REAL.
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| The correct way to spell it. |
[10 Jun 2009|05:08pm] |
Terra: Oh hey! The other day I was talking to this guy named Bryan who spells it with a "y" just like you! Hmm, who was that... *pause* Wait... oh... nevermind, I was just texting you.
me: Yeah, that was me.
Terra: I was drunk.
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| :P |
[09 Jun 2009|06:48pm] |
Normally I'm quite the pig, but all I've eaten in the last four days is two sandwiches, a granola bar, a little bit of fried rice, and a few French fries... what I'd normally eat in 12 hours. Some of that I had to force myself to eat.
I'm not sure what's wrong with me. I don't feel sick and I don't feel weak. And I'm not getting any less sleep than I normally get. I've just lost my appetite.
Hopefully this will end soon. I like food.
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| Movie channels make the best fanvids. |
[08 Jun 2009|08:26am] |
Seriously.
I remember a couple years ago when Cinemax was advertising the network television premiere of all six Star Wars films in a row. They had an awesome print campaign and started airing this really neat music video (set to Coldplay's "Fix You") to promote the event:
Then over the weekend, HBO started airing ads to promote the network premiere of The Dark Knight, including this badass video set to The Pixies' "Where Is My Mind?":
Someday I'll have the time and means to make my Star Wars "Wonderboy" and Batman Begins/The Dark Knight "American Psycho 2" music videos... but if I never do, the above videos will suffice. :)
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| To Do List |
[07 Jun 2009|03:14pm] |
Things I REALLY NEED TO (Or at Least Would Very Much Like To) Get Done This Week:
1.) Get traffic school done online to clear my driving record.
2.) Laundry.
3.) Clean my room and get everything I can into boxes.
4.) Clean out my car and transport everything I can with my car to Larry's place.
5.) Cancel all my automatic utility bill payments and remove my name from the record.
6.) Fill out a change of address form.
7.) Clean out Emory's cage, buy him new food, dust, and bedding, and decide what I'm going to do with him.
8.) Get fitted for my tux for Tony and Jess' wedding.
9.) Get a haircut.
10.) Try not to bomb the harbor.
All while working full time. Bah.
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| Yellow Fever |
[05 Jun 2009|06:02pm] |
From my friends at Wong Fu Productions, a short film about Asian men's inability to date in America. :)
I should try the thick accent. Maybe that'll work.
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