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[neverwhere]

Save me Illuvatar, from the pillocks who insist on calling TTT the Twin Towers, before I can longer control myself and punch the next one right in the nose. Arrrghh!

Anyway. :)

Does this ever happen to you? You're watching tv, flipping channels, and you think you've come across a very underbudget but mildly interesting parody of Planet of the Apes, and just when you're starting to chuckle at the outrageously campy costumes and fur-clad bikini women -- oh, wait, that bikini woman is taking off her top and starting to snog her neighbour, whom you've just noticed is wearing a dog collar and is chained to yet another bikini woman. Oh. *snerk* No, I did not keep watching (for very long), but I did laugh outloud at this charming piece of cinema verite:
Bikini Woman #1: Brr! It's so cold here.
Bikini Woman #2: In Russia, we used our bodies to keep each other warm. *moves to stroke #1's knee*
Bikini Woman #1: HEY! I don't go in for that kind of thing.
Bikini Woman #3: I'm so lonely... *grabs #1 and starts snogging her with copious amounts of tongue*
Bikini Woman #1: Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...

Am I the only one who finds this complete turnaround in less than five seconds amusing? *grins*


Also on the weird tv front, I stumbled across something that I thought was Fushigi Yuugi (in an absolutely APPALLING English dub, never heard anything quite so atrocious. Thank god I have it on dvd), but after about a minute I became utterly confused, and kept repeating to myself 'What the hell is going on!?' Tamahome is mistaken for Nakago? Tama kills Koiji? Yui's back in the book? WTF?? I knew it was an OAV, but that didn't prevent me from being totally flummoxed. Sadly, I only saw the one episode, so I have no idea what happens next. Not that I really wanted to continue watching anything with such dire voice actors.

I also watched The Fantastic Adventures of Unico and Unico and the Island of Magic, the latter being the most terrifying children's film ever made. Seriously. The villain scared the shit out of me when I was five, and he still frightens me. Unico is obnoxiously adorable of course. I used to have a Unico sticker book (appropriately titled 'My Sticker Book') which I loved, and a whole bunch of other Sanrio goodies featuring the ickle unicorn. I wonder what happened to them? Probably thrown out by my father, who took all the things he considered 'rubbish' (original Star Wars figures, first edition children's books, all kinds of early-mid 80's toys and promotional items) and put them in the garbage, all of which would of course now bring me a small fortune from eBay. Damn him.


In other news...Happy Birthday sheldrake, squeetard and sillypants! *brings a very sibalent cake for you to eat* ;-) And welcome new friends cenire, copinggoggles and mermaiden! Making new friends gives me so much joy. :)

And speaking of joy, I spoke for over an hour last night with my beloved brandybuck, which definitely rates uberhigh on the HAPPY-O-Meter. *giggles* *snogs her senseless* :D

Comments

[soupytwist.livejournal.com]

Eugh, "the Twin Towers" people. Did you see some of them going around trying to get the film banned because of that?

*HUGS you*

[angelislington.livejournal.com]

Of course. *grr.arggghh*

But these people are almost worse, because they actually believe that's the title of the film. Every time I correct them, I have do so in a VERY constrained voice, trying not to be either too patronizing (or more usually) too angry. It's just so infuriating! I know I've actually snapped at a few people, and launched into a bit of a tirade about the title, but thankfully the managers were never around to hear me get shirty with a customer. But they SO deserved it.

[soupytwist.livejournal.com]

I can totally see that - it does seem kind of, well, lazy, and that in turn says that it's not worth caring about, which implies that you're stupid for doing so. Annoying to the max, man.

I do reckon that it probably shouldn't be a hanging offence, though. :)

[trianne.livejournal.com]

Someone countered that petition re TTT with an angry "rant" that they should reconsider the title of "Return of the King" as it was obviously disrespectful to the memory of Elvis...

[angelislington.livejournal.com]

*laughs*

Well, no. I wasn't suggesting anything so extreme. :-P

But a swift kick up the bum wouldn't hurt either. ;-)

[sophistry]

They would, woudn't they? Thankfully, in Ireland, I've only come across it once or twice, but yeesh...

Also, on the icon front, omgyayStephenFry*superglomp*!

[soupytwist.livejournal.com]

LOL, at least for some of 'em, can't disagree with you there. :)

[angelislington.livejournal.com]

*chuckles*

I saw that. I guess it fell through though...;-)

Are you okay dearest? Don't make me worry about you. :) *snuggles*

[soupytwist.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I feel very glad that being a Brit protects you from a good deal of that kind of scariness.

(The whole Princess Di thing, on the other hand...)

And eee, yay, you appreciate the Stephen too! He is lovely and fabulous. Have another icon of him. :D

[angelislington.livejournal.com]

*kurtstephenfryGASM*

Hee. :)

(Did that only make sense to me? No matter. I shall continue gasming away...*giggles*)

[sophistry]

Huzzah! *rolls in adorable, slightly poofy goodness*

[sophistry]

No, no, believe me, I got it. And, to fuel this ___-gasm orgy of yours... *points to icon*

Mmm...blue...

[angelislington.livejournal.com]

AlanPan! Don't you just want to run your fingers through his curly fur? *grins lasciviously* ;-)

[angelislington.livejournal.com]

You are exceedingly cool. I'm so pleased you sought me out. *hugs*

Your icon actually reminds me of Disney's Hunchback of Notre Dame, because I had to sing the Dies Irae bit in a cabaret I was in a few years ago. I thought I made a rather fetching monk. ;-)

[sophistry]

So much that it's not even funny. :D~~~~

[jaenanda.livejournal.com]

...was that the one with the bad monkey suits and pink gorrilla?

Now that *I've* ever gotten drunk and stayed up late at night watching silly porn, no, not me.

[soupytwist.livejournal.com]

LOL.

Talking of, EEEE Alan again!

(I knew I'd forgotten something on your last comment, too. We loves the Kurt, man. "Can you transport us to the ground?" "Like, picture this. Bombity bombity bombity bombity SPLAT. Too high up and vay too fast." *giggles*)

[sophistry]

Well, your username IS angelislington. We Neverwhere geeks must band together.

Also: TIG! *dead*

[angelislington.livejournal.com]

*laughs*

Yes, it was! Campy pink gorillas, men in really bad monkey masks wearing jeans and lumberjack shirts, women in furry swimsuits...yep, it's SillyPorn alright. ;-)

Of course, I don't have the drunken excuse, there was no reason I should have been watching. And I didn't for very long. I swear. No, really. I didn't!

[sophistry]

*DEAD* *REALLY DEAD* *DEADDY MCDEADSON*

"I'm fine... Why are the gypsies dancing the lambada?"

[angelislington.livejournal.com]

Just FRIEND each other already. Sheeesh.

*giggles*

[sophistry]

*salutes*

[soupytwist.livejournal.com]

HEE! That icon KILLS me. Bwah.

"I will without hesitation tear your head off."
"And I will spend days mocking it and drawing pictures all over it before teleporting it into the north sea."

*friends, as per the Nevvie's instructions*

[ashfae.livejournal.com]

We do not speak of the FY OVAs, for they should not exist. *shuddertwitchshudder* Yeesh, they make a lovely show based on the first third of the manga, and then try to slam the last two-thirds of the manga into an hour and a half long OVA...brilliant idea, really. *snorts*

[soupytwist.livejournal.com]

LOL, I would, that sounds hilarious.

Then again, I also ought to be alseep, so, y'know. Heh.