Comments | greygirlbeast: "It's a hollow play, but they'll clap anyway."

greygirlbeast

"It's a hollow play, but they'll clap anyway."

Jul 21, 2011 12:27

Oh my fucking dogs. We didn't get to sleep until 4:30 ayem, then woke at 10 ayem. I woke from a hellish dream (thank you, both of you, you who know who you are, you and that fucking day in October 2005) into the mouth of an overheated water buffalo. More on that shortly. The overheated water buffalo, not the hellish dream or heat-induced sleep ( Read more... )

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ex_kaz_maho July 21 2011, 16:49:04 UTC

That's the first time I've seen the John Carter trailer - thanks for posting it! It looks like it has genuine potential to be good. I hope it is... Definitely a character/world I grew up loving.

greygirlbeast July 21 2011, 17:53:54 UTC

Yerp.

cimeara July 21 2011, 16:51:30 UTC

The one we needed was out of stock. AC units are crazy out of stock up here, which is hardly surprising.

Try Amazon? (One winter, there were no snowblowers to be had. I got a snowblower from them, ordered it on Friday, one-day delivery, for the storm that was coming late Saturday. It came in time.)

greygirlbeast July 21 2011, 17:54:25 UTC

We are, indeed, turning to the interwebs.

seph_ski July 21 2011, 17:25:15 UTC

...when all our lives are, genuinely, all but completely beyond our control.

True. Comforting, aggravating, and more than a little terrifying, but true.

I'm enjoying Falling Skies more than I thought I would. It gets a little over-done at least a couple times each episode, but it's still entertaining me.

Another one we're watching that I like more than I thought I would is Outcasts on BBCA. It's kind of slow at times, but they're very good at doling out the mysteries in tiny, teasing clues rather than the usual tv way of explaining all of the plot and story background in awkward dialog. I'm not entirely sure where they're going with this bit of sci-fi, but they definitely have my attention.

I'm both nervous and very interested in the remake of The Thing too. John Carpenter's version is one of my favorite movies.

ashlyme July 21 2011, 17:56:53 UTC

Outcasts was okay, a bit stilted maybe. Typical Beeb: the buggers try and produce British SF that ISN'T Doctor Who, they fail to support it, then axe it.

greygirlbeast July 21 2011, 18:04:05 UTC

Never before heard Beeb, but I've never spent much time in England.

greygirlbeast July 21 2011, 17:58:56 UTC

True. Comforting, aggravating, and more than a little terrifying, but true.

It's a fact that far too few people are able or willing to grasp.

I'm enjoying Falling Skies more than I thought I would. It gets a little over-done at least a couple times each episode, but it's still entertaining me.

Oh, I agree it's highly watchable.

John Carpenter's version is one of my favorite movies.

Same here. It has a LOT to live up to.

First aid for heat. faffinz July 21 2011, 17:43:28 UTC

In summer I keep a couple of two to four liter plastic bottles filled with tap water in the fridge, and when I need it, pour one slowly over my head, arms, and the back of my neck. Makes a huge difference. Also very helpful when I'm frazzled from insomnia.

N.B. NOT ice water, just fridge temperature, and pour SLOWLY, or you will get ice cream type "hits" in your forehead. Also, be wary of the water running straight down your back into your crack.

Re: First aid for heat. greygirlbeast July 21 2011, 18:01:16 UTC

Re: First aid for heat. fornikate July 21 2011, 18:40:50 UTC

i rub rubbing alcohol on my hottest spots. it cools me off very quickly.

Re: First aid for heat. greygirlbeast July 21 2011, 18:45:35 UTC

True.

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cucumberseed July 21 2011, 17:44:18 UTC

Ah, thanks for the trailers. I keep wanting Mars to look weirder and less like California, but the fact that it's being made at all is probably enough.

greygirlbeast July 21 2011, 18:03:18 UTC

In summer I keep a couple of two to four liter plastic bottles filled with tap water in the fridge, and when I need it, pour one slowly over my head, arms, and the back of my neck. Makes a huge difference.

Agreed. I wanted a redder Mars, but it might have confined the filmmakers to soundstages. After Avatar, anything seems possible, but possibility is tied to budget, and I doubt this film had that sort of budget.

cucumberseed July 21 2011, 18:05:21 UTC

mmm. Yeah, it looks a little like Prince of Persia which wasn't a bad movie, I thought, but clearly not an expensive one. My hopes aren't lowered by the trailer, but neither are they raised.

greygirlbeast July 21 2011, 18:24:09 UTC

My hopes aren't lowered by the trailer, but neither are they raised.

Mine were.