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Okay, so this was a kid’s tv show. A Gerry Anderson production, hence the puppets. But I think it underscores the basically creepy nature of children’s fantasy tv in the UK. Not as out-and-out fucking strange as, say, THE CHANGES or SKY. But, really, without any context — or, hell, even with it — the intro to JOE 90 is still kind of nervous-making. I didn’t particularly like this show even as a kid. There was something essentially Wrong about it. Stick a kid with fucked-up eyes in a huge spinning machine with pulsating lights while computers ooze magnetic tape like worms. The machine he’s in, by the way, is called The Big Rat. Which is also kind of Wrong.
July 19th, 2008
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Despite lots of good sales, I still have a bunch of things left over from my yard sale. Here are some things you should buy:
Microwave, $10
Small vintage formica table with hairpin legs, $10
Humidifier, $5
TV stand, $5
Printer, $5
Vintage sewing machine with table, needs service, $25
CD rack, $5 (this is the good kind where the CDs [or whatever, adjustable shelves] stand on end, so that way you don't have to rearrange everything individually when you add something new)
Formica kitchen table, 50s or 60s era?, $25
No pics:
FreshFlow pet water dish, $5
Stainless steel 35 film developing tank w/2 stainless steel reels, $10
Grain enlarger for darkroom, new in box, $10
blue Osterizer blender, $5
Solid wood bookshelf, unfinished, about 20" wide and 40" tall, $7
Solid wood bookshelf, about 6ft tall, $10
black wire rack with four shelves, about 4ft tall, you can kind of see it in the picture of the CD rack, $5
8 piece place setting (plates, saucers and mugs), yellow and blue border print with daisies, missing one mug, $20
sleeping bag, standard style, $4
clip-on desk lamp, $2
Smells like GET IT OUT OF MY HOUSE. Email at claralea at gmail for pick-up info or call 812-322-4979.
Microwave, $10
Small vintage formica table with hairpin legs, $10
Humidifier, $5
TV stand, $5
Printer, $5
Vintage sewing machine with table, needs service, $25
CD rack, $5 (this is the good kind where the CDs [or whatever, adjustable shelves] stand on end, so that way you don't have to rearrange everything individually when you add something new)
Formica kitchen table, 50s or 60s era?, $25
No pics:
FreshFlow pet water dish, $5
Stainless steel 35 film developing tank w/2 stainless steel reels, $10
Grain enlarger for darkroom, new in box, $10
blue Osterizer blender, $5
Solid wood bookshelf, unfinished, about 20" wide and 40" tall, $7
Solid wood bookshelf, about 6ft tall, $10
black wire rack with four shelves, about 4ft tall, you can kind of see it in the picture of the CD rack, $5
8 piece place setting (plates, saucers and mugs), yellow and blue border print with daisies, missing one mug, $20
sleeping bag, standard style, $4
clip-on desk lamp, $2
Smells like GET IT OUT OF MY HOUSE. Email at claralea at gmail for pick-up info or call 812-322-4979.
I want to get from the IU campus to a certain place in Indianapolis in the shortest amount of time possible, and I need the vehicle to pick me up from my apartment. What's the best mode of transportation and/or company to go about doing this?
I realised how little that old British sf tv has still penetrated beyond our borders (and probably a couple of generations) when I made Joss Whedon look at the credits sequence for JOE 90 and got a WTF? from him. So, while I’m waiting for my forebrain to spool up this afternoon, I thought I’d YouTube a bit and collect up some stuff that some of you may never have seen (and some of you will get hideous flashbacks off):
QUATERMASS AND THE PIT:
BLAKE’S SEVEN:
SAPPHIRE AND STEEL:
DOOMWATCH:
Alright folks: most of my stuff is gone, and now it is time for the bargains. Available today, I have:
I need to get rid of it all before Thursday 7/24, so email me at wadam [at] twice-cooked [dot] com and make me an offer.
- One beautifully made, large desk -- $80
- Two maroon executive desk chairs -- $15 apiece
- Two large bookshelves -- $10 apiece
- One wood-framed futon couch -- $20
- One Television -- $40, or $50 with DVD player
- Four standing lamps -- FREE!
I need to get rid of it all before Thursday 7/24, so email me at wadam [at] twice-cooked [dot] com and make me an offer.
YAKPTH! It was so hot and I was terribly nervous. We were supposed to have a big smiles on our faces and be perky but I was so worried about my next step that it was hard not to look like a rude asshat. ^^ But oh well, at least I had fun and tomorrow I get to do it all over again in zenith afternoon heat and humidity for hours and hours and hours!!!
I can't wait!
I think the look we were going for was Japan's answer to Rosie the Riveter. Though of the array of costumes displayed this evening, our's was the most traditional as in we didn't have feathers, tulle, neon chords or spangles sticking out of our bums.
How to look like an asshat from the back...^^
Aaaand one more out of blurred asshattery...
More tomorrow! Good night!
I can't wait!
I think the look we were going for was Japan's answer to Rosie the Riveter. Though of the array of costumes displayed this evening, our's was the most traditional as in we didn't have feathers, tulle, neon chords or spangles sticking out of our bums.
How to look like an asshat from the back...^^
Aaaand one more out of blurred asshattery...
More tomorrow! Good night!
- so tired cannot see hate everything going to pub #
- And Now A Message from FREAKANGELS: http://www.freakangels.com/?p=46 #
- The internets are very quiet today. You are all hiding from me. I can tell. Perverts. #
- Of course, with such quiet, I can just turn off the net and have a nap. (Finally cleared the last of the lungplague, but it left me tired) #
- Slept. Still tired. On the other hand, I’m still not going to San Diego next week. Ha ha ha hahahahahaHAHAHAHAHAAA cough #
- Love opening Twitter to see all my comics-making friends working themselves to death. Makes me feel better about working myself to death. #
- @BrianReed there are Marvel people on Twitter? Quick, stamp on them before they breed! #
- Obama would amuse me if he pointed out that the commander in chief probably shouldn’t be the guy who let himself get caught by the enemy. #
- “My war expertise is eating rats & getting cornholed by water snakes in a flooded paddy field for five years, but here’s the plan, boys…” #
- And yes, @dogsoldier , hope is not a plan — but it sure seems to bring the cash in, don’t it? #
- @bremxjones How can you put your penis in someone who doesn’t hate Kula Shaker? That’s like fucking a Nazi. #
Joyce and Walky!: May scar your mind's eye.
When I got my other two Indiana Jones figures, I felt something wasn't right. Something was missing!
It was the tie! He needs the tie!
The strongest mental image I have of Indiana Jones is his appearance in Last Crusade, in which he started out in more formal wear, later adding the jacket and hat. It's that tie, man. He was missing it. I found two of the Last Crusade Indy the other day, the only dregs remaining of the elusive third wave. WHERE IS MY GRAIL KNIGHT? WHERE IS MY HENRY JONES SR?! Oh well. I have a better Indy. Better to my mental recollection, anyway.
He comes with a sub-machine gun, so he's the "DON'T CALL ME JUNIOR" scene Indy. Sweet! I especially like the giant starburst call-out on the packaging that advertises the gun. He also comes with the whip and his satchel and a belt to hold the whip. Not bad. Hat doesn't come off, unlike the Older Indy I picked up, but I don't mind. Likeness is a little better, too, I think.
SERIOUSLY WHERE IS MY GRAIL KNIGHT
When I got my other two Indiana Jones figures, I felt something wasn't right. Something was missing!It was the tie! He needs the tie!
The strongest mental image I have of Indiana Jones is his appearance in Last Crusade, in which he started out in more formal wear, later adding the jacket and hat. It's that tie, man. He was missing it. I found two of the Last Crusade Indy the other day, the only dregs remaining of the elusive third wave. WHERE IS MY GRAIL KNIGHT? WHERE IS MY HENRY JONES SR?! Oh well. I have a better Indy. Better to my mental recollection, anyway.
He comes with a sub-machine gun, so he's the "DON'T CALL ME JUNIOR" scene Indy. Sweet! I especially like the giant starburst call-out on the packaging that advertises the gun. He also comes with the whip and his satchel and a belt to hold the whip. Not bad. Hat doesn't come off, unlike the Older Indy I picked up, but I don't mind. Likeness is a little better, too, I think.
SERIOUSLY WHERE IS MY GRAIL KNIGHT
This is it - the Night of the Living Dead Spectacular! Episode 25 of Mail Order Zombie is crammed full of reviews, discussions and special guest stars (a total of 21 guests make an appearance this week!). There have been several versions of the classic film since its original 1968 release, and Brother D tackles Tom Savini's Night of the Living Dead 1990 remake (with Desmond Reddick from Dread Media), John Russo's 30th Anniversary Edition and Night of the Living Dead 3D (with Brother D's brother Kevin) before finally sitting down with Bren to talk about the original movie. There is no Zombie Aptitude Test or Zombie Beat this week, but there is a new contest in which you might win a copy of TLA Releasing's Hell's Ground! This is a longer-than-normal episode, so settle down and strap in!
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- This is fucking incredible: rediscovered Delia Derbyshire tapes reveal her as being 40 years ahead of her time in sonic experiments.
July 18th, 2008
I just threw some of Juan Jose Ryp’s pencilled pages up at Whitechapel. Here’s one, in smaller size — the others are over here, all in larger size.
NO HERO #1 is published in September. (Avatar released the #0 issue, containing the crucial first chapter, ahead of BLACK SUMMER #7, which ships next week.)
Ok kids, as if there isn't enough going on with me right now...
Job potential!!
The voice team has an opening!!! It would be a fairly technical spot on the customer/administrator based side of the team, with the potential to migrate to a Project Manager spot in time when my skills are up. I like the manager and the team lead.
I AM STILL UNCERTAIN.
I hate change.
Job potential!!
The voice team has an opening!!! It would be a fairly technical spot on the customer/administrator based side of the team, with the potential to migrate to a Project Manager spot in time when my skills are up. I like the manager and the team lead.
I AM STILL UNCERTAIN.
I hate change.
I want to do an at home seaweed wrap (like you'd get at a spa).... does anyone know of a place where they sell seaweed, seaweed paste, dried seaweed....you get the picture
Second, I wanted some stylist suggestions. I have really fine hair that doesn't take to perms very well but I love love love my hair curly. So I'm looking for a stylist who is good at perms, charges decently, and won't over process and fry my hair.
THANKX!!!!!
Second, I wanted some stylist suggestions. I have really fine hair that doesn't take to perms very well but I love love love my hair curly. So I'm looking for a stylist who is good at perms, charges decently, and won't over process and fry my hair.
THANKX!!!!!
Update on books. They're on their way to Columbus, with an ETA of the 22nd. That's not a guaranteed date. When they do get here, I'll need either a broker or a bunch of documentation signed by the customs authority. Plus according to this documentation I'm reading, I may not be able to pick it up the day it arrives, since it mentions a 24-48 hour post-arrival period of buttfingering. So even if it does arrive on the 22nd, the day before I leave for San Diego, there's the distinct possibility I can't touch the shipment until after I'm gone.
Updated best-case scenario: I enlist one of my in-town friends to pick up a literal ton of books, and have them over-night me a few boxes for a lot of money so I can have books on the last half of the convention.
Grarrgh.
In better news, The Dark Knight was fantastic. I feel kind of useless saying so, since everyone in the world says it's the fuckin' bomb, but it was fantastic.
Updated best-case scenario: I enlist one of my in-town friends to pick up a literal ton of books, and have them over-night me a few boxes for a lot of money so I can have books on the last half of the convention.
Grarrgh.
In better news, The Dark Knight was fantastic. I feel kind of useless saying so, since everyone in the world says it's the fuckin' bomb, but it was fantastic.
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July 15th, 2008: Hey I'm thinking of coming out with some new shirts! If you've read something in my comic and you've said to yourself, "MAN I wish I could spend money on that!" why not email me? That way if I get a thousand emails saying MAKE A SHIRT THAT SAYS "WHOAH, CHECK OUT THESE GENITALS" then I'll know you're all crazy. Crazy prescient!
go figure it's about zombies. Go ahead and click here and choose the type of zombie you prefer, it goes mostly by movie reference. Click the "Fill Out Poll" up at the top. Please & thank you. Have fun.
★ EDIT: Thanks everybody!! ★
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erin_eyesore was really interesting!! (Thanks erin_eyesore!) - But I wonder if anybody can tell me something about a few of the pictures?
Does anybody know what movies these came from? :
I'm in the mood for zombie movies that scare the sh.t out of me, lately, and these look like they may fit that bill... Thanks!! :D
So that article in the previous post by
erin_eyesore was really interesting!! (Thanks erin_eyesore!) - But I wonder if anybody can tell me something about a few of the pictures?Does anybody know what movies these came from? :
I'm in the mood for zombie movies that scare the sh.t out of me, lately, and these look like they may fit that bill... Thanks!! :D
curiousfive scientific reasons a zombie apocalypse could actually happen.
...that sure helps me sleep at night. if this is a repost, i apologize. i checked back 100 entries and couldn't immediately find it, so... -shrug-
...that sure helps me sleep at night. if this is a repost, i apologize. i checked back 100 entries and couldn't immediately find it, so... -shrug-
Shortpacked!: Link no worky until 11pm EST!
We're off to see The Dark Knight, after all.
So hooray? I got a call from the guys in LA who received my book shipments from China! THEY STILL HAVE THEM. I need a broker? And more money? And they won't arrive until the 22nd? (Though I'm not holding my breath.) So assuming I can release them tomorrow and actually, amazingly get them on the 22nd, it means I'm either overnighting some 44-lb boxes to San Diego or smuggling as many as I can into our suitcases.
And if I don't pick them up in five days once they arrive in Columbus, I pay a storage fee. Which is great, because I'll be in San Diego for longer than that. So if they arrive one day late, I'm kinda fucked.
IT IS FANTASTIC.
In possibly sunnier news, I'm bringing a portfolio to our Comic-Con booth full of original art pages with added dialog balloons. I've chosen a few I think will go over well, but if you're going, and are interested in buying a strip from the past from me, let me know! I will do my best to put it together for you so you can buy it there. Just send me an email with the date and/or URL of the desired strip, and I'll let you know if it's available and/or possible.
We're off to see The Dark Knight, after all.
So hooray? I got a call from the guys in LA who received my book shipments from China! THEY STILL HAVE THEM. I need a broker? And more money? And they won't arrive until the 22nd? (Though I'm not holding my breath.) So assuming I can release them tomorrow and actually, amazingly get them on the 22nd, it means I'm either overnighting some 44-lb boxes to San Diego or smuggling as many as I can into our suitcases.
And if I don't pick them up in five days once they arrive in Columbus, I pay a storage fee. Which is great, because I'll be in San Diego for longer than that. So if they arrive one day late, I'm kinda fucked.
IT IS FANTASTIC.
In possibly sunnier news, I'm bringing a portfolio to our Comic-Con booth full of original art pages with added dialog balloons. I've chosen a few I think will go over well, but if you're going, and are interested in buying a strip from the past from me, let me know! I will do my best to put it together for you so you can buy it there. Just send me an email with the date and/or URL of the desired strip, and I'll let you know if it's available and/or possible.
- Stevie Gray finally makes an online home for her writing.
- My friend Sanny’s new clothes shop
July 17th, 2008
I'm sure we're all aware of the perils of drinking and then going shopping on Amazon.com, right? Well, it seems they've installed software that can detect when you've been drinking and stop the site from working in that event. At least, that's what's happening to me now.
See,fyreflyblue recently purchased all 7 seasons of Buffy, because they were on super-crazy sale. On a whim, I stopped by this evening (while drinking a large glass of Malbec) to check it out myself. Sure enough, each individual season is only $19.99, bringing the total for the six seasons I don't have to a whoppiong $120 (as opposed to $180 for the boxed set, or $240 for those six seasons at "regular" pricing).
of course, as soon as I put them all in my cart and get ready to head to checkout (after begrudgingly removing all five seasons of Angel (also super-discounted)), the site stops working. Like, my computer just can't find Amazon anywhere. It can connect to every other site I try, but not Amazon. boo. (but also maybe "yay"? at least insofar as my credit card is concerned?)
::EDIT::
Amazon stopped being pissy, and I now have 6 seasons of Buffy headed my way. So much for getting the credit card debt paid off by the end of August, eh? I guess that's been pushed back to the end of September now. ugh.
See,
fyreflyblue recently purchased all 7 seasons of Buffy, because they were on super-crazy sale. On a whim, I stopped by this evening (while drinking a large glass of Malbec) to check it out myself. Sure enough, each individual season is only $19.99, bringing the total for the six seasons I don't have to a whoppiong $120 (as opposed to $180 for the boxed set, or $240 for those six seasons at "regular" pricing).of course, as soon as I put them all in my cart and get ready to head to checkout (after begrudgingly removing all five seasons of Angel (also super-discounted)), the site stops working. Like, my computer just can't find Amazon anywhere. It can connect to every other site I try, but not Amazon. boo. (but also maybe "yay"? at least insofar as my credit card is concerned?)
::EDIT::
Amazon stopped being pissy, and I now have 6 seasons of Buffy headed my way. So much for getting the credit card debt paid off by the end of August, eh? I guess that's been pushed back to the end of September now. ugh.