Reporting live from Interzone

Our team for the 2008 Seattle 48 Hour Film Project is well under way.  For anyone interested in our progress over the next 2 months, go here.

Rules of the meme:
1. Pick 15 of your favourite movies.
2. Go to IMDb, and find a quote from each movie.
3. Post them here for everyone to guess.
4. Strike it out when someone guesses correctly, and put who guessed it and the movie.
5. NO GOOGLING/using IMDb search functions.

1. Character 1: Phew! I haven't felt that good since Archie Gemmill scored against Holland in 1978!

2. Character 1: I felt like putting a bullet between the eyes of every Panda that wouldn't screw to save its species. I wanted to open the dump valves on oil tankers and smother all the French beaches I'd never see. I wanted to breathe smoke.

3. Character 1: Would you like a free condom? They're boysenberry.
Character 2: No, thanks. I'm off sex right now.
Character 1: My boyfriend wears them every time we have intercourse, it makes his junk smell like pie.

4. Character 1: Man, a lot of people are running... I could run... I could run, tonight. A friend of mine, he's got this helicopter. He does traffic reports for GON. He asked me to come with him. Do you think it's right to run?

5. Character 1: Hey, you guys know that chick from Dairy Queen?
Character 2: The fat one?
Character 1: Yeah, she was coming over tonight. I would've tapped that shit for sure.
Character 3: Character 1, dude, everybody's dead, OK? Your mom's dead, your brother's dead, the fat chick at Dairy Queen... dead.
Character 1: Yeah, that sucks too.

6. Character 1: Does it give you some sort of perverse pleasure to expose your... penis in front of my 16-year-old daughter?
Character 2: My... exposure does not face your windows.
Character 1: George, this is the third time.
Character 2: The plumber's due out tomorrow.
Character 1: You will just have to explain that to the police.
Character 2: You were the one neighbor I could tolerate.
Character 2: Colleen! Just how far out that window did you have to stick your head to be able to see my dick?

7. Character 1: Now, repeat after me: "Homosexuality is the best all-round cover an agent ever had."

8. Character 1: This famous linguist once said that of all the phrases in the English language, of all the endless combinations of words in all of history, that Cellar Door is the most beautiful.

9. Character 1:  When you decide to be something, you can be it. That's what they don't tell you in the church. When I was your age they would say we can become cops, or criminals. Today, what I'm saying to you is this: when you're facing a loaded gun, what's the difference?

10. Character 1: There's only one reason Christian girls comes down to the Planned Parenthood.
Character 2: She's planting a pipe bomb?
Character 1: Okay, two reasons.

11. Character 1: I think they're up to something.
Character 2: They're just being normal teenage girls.
Character 1: Then why are they suddenly so interested in what _you_ have to say?
Character 2: Stay in your own little world, Henry. This one just confuses you.

12. Character 1: Fucking... What the fuck. Who the fuck fucked this fucking... How did you two fucking fucks...
Character 1: Fuck!
Character 2: Well, that certainly illustrates the diversity of the word.

13. Character 1: 'Purple Rain'?
Character 2: No.
Character 1: 'Sign o' the Times'?
Character 2: Definitely not.
Character 1: The 'Batman' soundtrack?
Character 2: Throw it.
Character 1: 'Dire Straits'?
Character 2: Throw it.
Character 1: Ooh, 'Stone Roses'.
Character 2: Um, No.
Character 1: 'Second Coming'.
Character 2: I like it!
Character 1: Ahhh! 'Sade'.
Character 2: Yeah, but that's Liz's!
Character 1: Yeah, but she did dump you.
Character 2: Oh!

14. Character 1: Be excited, be, be excited.

15. Character 1: I need a favor.
Character 2: Wow, I didn't know we'd become such good friends, because if we had, you'd know that I give head before I give favors and I don't even give my best friends head so your chances of getting a favor are pretty fucking slim. 

Hi, my name is 70m and I have an addiction. I am addicted to Lifehacker. Of all the sites that I spend waste my time reading during the day, this one is probably the one I spend the most time on.  I wake up, go to work and while I am waiting for my email to sync - Lifehacker.  During meetings when I probably should be paying more attention - Lifehacker.  When I need to work and I simply can't get my brain in gear - Lifehacker.

What you ask is Lifehacker?  Well, it is a site dedicated to the DIY'er in all of us.  It proves what I've known all along - there isn't anything you can't hack.  Yes, most of the content is computer/electronics related.  No, it isn't the kind of hacking where you hook up to a Blue or Beige Box in an effort to appease your more anarchistic side, or give yourself a raise by tunneling in to your company's HR servers to alter your salary.  This is a site that believes no aspect of your life is safe from some sort of hacking or DIY modification.  Lets say for example, you want to post a picture of yourself on MySpace, but your just not happy with that whole bathroom mirror chic.  Perhaps you should read this.  Ever wanted to print a list of all the files in a specific directory on your PC?  Read this. Or maybe you just have a dire need for an LED holiday wreath.  Well, Lifehacker has you covered.

Regardless of your needs, Lifehacker has something for everyone.  Take a look.  The worst thing that could happen is you form a similar addiction and whittle away the hours you were probably going to spend trolling MySpace anyway.

How is it that we got snow before Freeport did?? It just isn't right. Wish me luck cause driving to work with all these other idiots on the road because it will be interesting. If you are one of my Seattle peeps, I don't mean you. I mean the other idiots. :P

See the snow. Its almost like you're really there...

New Chinese Leader

Oh, and for anyone hiding under a rock lately: Little Edgar has born himself unto this world. OK, he didn't really "born himself" as I am sure my wife will quickly point out, but you get the idea.

Pictures:

http://flickr.com/photos/39571276@N00/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/66908995@N00/
http://www.freewebtown.com/70mstudios/edgar/index.htm

Comment, and...
1. I'll respond with something random I like about you.
2. I'll tell you what song/movie reminds me of you.
3. I'll name something we should do together.
4. I'll say something that only makes sense to you and me (or just me).
5. I'll tell you my first/clearest memory of you.
6. I'll leave you a quote that is somehow appropriate to you.
7. I'll ask you something that I've always wondered about you.
8. If I do this for you, you must post this on your journal so you can do the same for other people, well, only if you want to...

I tried out TrustFlow II for LiveJournal. The following people not on the friends list for futuredirt are close by:

• heathersblue, claireebearee (0 - 50)
• omadon, jupiters_moons, bi73siz3d_21, sara_03_07, m_r_schwartz, joe_bain, janeyjones, justanthy, shacky22, b00jum, tarc_maylor, snipafist, dilacerated, uhohipooped (50 - 100)
• velvetroze, briankotarski, kittenmouse, dodgingwndshlds, ssutterw, cmpriest, dragonsdancer, lildancerboy, whitr, reichmarshall, lunamama3, accioayla, lifthras, socialistboy, litfiend, mizkismet, a_swift, kiwani_bite, arkadei, venomhrt, excellist, qillow, critiqueoblique, finamenon, beardedguy, ganlet, meow_mix_rules (100 - 150)

( More results below the cut... )

Created by ciphergoth; hosted by LShift.

TrustFlow II: Who is closest to your friends list?

FUCK!

I just found out that the lead singer of God Lives Underwater died like 6 months ago! (http://www.enjoyglu.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=78)

FUCK!


I feel the train changing tracks
The sound of that
I reminisce

I try so hard to stay in tact
Noone knows..
Noone cares

I'll take whatever you've got
I'll take whatever you feed me
When it's time for me to come down
There's never a compromise
You know

I'll take whatever you give
And what you give I'll put in me
When it's time for me to come down
There's never a compromise
You know it, You know it

I feel the thoughts that you don't have
Think of me
You probably don't

Disappointment's all I know
And all I do
But I say I won't

I'll take whatever you've got
I'll take whatever you feed me
When it's time for me to come down
There's never a compromise
You know

I'll take whatever you give
And what you give I'll put in me
When it's time for me to come down
There's never a compromise
You know it, You know it

I feel the train changing tracks
The sound of that
I reminisce

Disappointment's all I know
And all I do
But I say I won't

I'll take whatever you've got
I'll take whatever you feed me
When it's time for me to come down
There's never a compromise
You know

I'll take whatever you give
And what you give I'll put in me
When it's time for me to come down
There's never a compromise
You know it, You know it

I'll take whatever you've got
And what you give I'll put in me
I'll take whatever you've got
And what you give I'll put in me
I'll take whatever you've got
And what you give I'll put in

Take Whatever You Got - God Lives Underwater

I should have taken it as a sign yesterday when I started getting CRC errors while backin up my hard drive that digital horror awaited me. I should have, but I didn't. I thought installing my new RAID array would be fun and exciting. It wasn't. I thought cats liked baths. They don't.

My morning started out decent enough. Well, as decent as it can be when you open you computer to install the afore mentioned RAID and you find that one of your graphics card's heatsinks was resting nicely on the HD capture card below it. Fucks sakes. Is it really that hard to tape a piece of metal to a video card? Apparently so, because this turns out to be a common problem with this model.
Well, atleast I got that third hard drive in so I can build my RAID. Oh, what's this, I didn't finish backing up the files from the existing second hard drive? No problem, the system solved that for my by wiping its contents all by itself. Now how about that for efficiency! Fine, whatever, I didn't need that 30GB anyway. At least I will now have a nice fast disk array to save even more crap to, right?
Oh wait, I only have 2 connectors for 3 drives. @$%##%!!! Nothing an expansion card can't handle, oh wait, I don't have one. Doh! Thankfully the big M did and upon getting that, the 3rd hard drive and new (and by new I mean older and slower)video card installed I was finally ready to turn my beast on. Yay!
Beeeeep. Beeeeep. Long pause. Beeep. Beeep.
Translation: You have fucked something up. Please try again.
Trial and error revealed that I had a bad video card. But it was working 3 months ago when I took it out....*shrug* Luckily we have a few more of the heatsink losing variety laying around. *Card swap and sailor talk*
Finally, a computer that knows enough to boot when its told. And now that my RAID is all happily configured I think I'll just format it so that all the little 0's are in their happy little homes. Huh, what do you mean "Not responding"? I give you a command and you do it, dammit. *Kick* *Reboot* There, that's better. No, wait, don't hang. I didn't mean to call your mother a TRS80. Noooooo.... *Sigh*
And then it happened. Dead. "We're sorry, you have fucked up your machine so bad that the Hardware Abstraction Layer had taken its own life. We'd love to help you, but we don't like you. Have a nice day." *Head hits the desk* *Frantic search of internet for fix*
Ah, there we go, I can just extract a new copy from my Windows XP CD. Yay! Wait, what do you mean "Access Denied"? Let's see you deny access to my foot in your ass.
Happy days again when I finally locate a new computer with enough RAM and proper coloring to insert my dismal piece 'o crap system drive into. Now I'll just go in there an pop in a new hal.dll and away we go... um, hey System32, why are you missing all files that start with letters F-Z? *Cries*
Aww hell with it, whats a few more minutes (read hour and a half) to back up some more files and do a Windows repair? No problem, what with the way my day is going it should be a walk in the park. *Trot the system disk back to my side of the building and reinstall it to the original system* There, pretty as a picture (in my best Scottsman's voice). Boot baby, boot. Aw, what do you mean the disk is damaged??? A quick (yeah right) test in the second comupter confirms my grim fears. The data has left the building. Duhn Duhn Duhn.
After reviving from the catatonic shock of losing around 300GB of data in one day totally everything I have ever worked on since I started my job I manage to pull myself together enough to realize I have an image of my system from a few months ago. It's not great, but it's a start. And, as Carol reminded me, I have my weekly backup on the network server. Too bad I didn't do it the last couple of weeks. Again, still better than nothing. The day is saved, right? Wrong again. 45 minutes of loading my image and after one successful boot all my black bitch can do is reboot itself everytime it goes to load Windows.
"Is Tom gonna have to choke a ho?"
M says it is time to send the box in for a replacement and I am inclined to agree. I just hate the idea of being without my main PC for however long it will take Dell to get me a new one. At least my home PC is still working.... famous last words.

Tonight while watching Walk the Line little Edgar kicked his mother.. then his father. :) Liz thought his kicks were a little stronger than usual so she put her hand on her stomach and he kicked her hand. I then put my hand on her stomach and felt him kick me too. I am soo excited. My little boy is already kicking his parents around. Awwwww....

For all you ninjas out there, I have a site for you: askaninja.com

It is a series of questions about ninjas, answered by a ninja. Very, um, insightful. ;P

This site is the best waste of time... EVER! 7r01, trust me on this one, you will laugh till your ninja falls off.

7 tagged me, and I will extract my revenge slowly... bwah haha

1. Anything that will make my son behave.
2. Anything that will make my wife happy.
3. Electro-gadgetry.
4. Lemurs
5. Cool William S. Burroughs stuff.

And I know it only asks for 5, but meh, I'm easy to bribe:
6. Money
7. Peace and quiet
8. Comics
9. Zombies

Now, I'm told I have to tag 5 other people. I'm sorry about this:
1. Ryan
2. Hannah
3. Jason
4. Chuck
5. Stewickie (because they didn't follow through when tagged by Liz)

I am exhausted. I have a headache. Did I mention that I am exhausted...?

In other news:

The baby is doing fine. Mommy may not agree (that horn can get mighty mean when pressed against one's insides).

Zach is zach.

Jason got his InDesign ACE. Congrats dude.

The rest of the team finally saw the movie we made. The process of showing it was painful, but the movie itself was well received.

Liz is going back to Illinois for 3 weeks in March. Hey Keech's, how about a visit to Seattle?

Production Studio has shipped. Sweet Zombie Jesus things are busy at work.

I updated my jounal for the first time in a few weeks. I really need to pay more attention to this thing.

I am gonna go wash some dishes. Your lives are now complete.

A few quick updates before I get to the serious subject matter.

1. Baby - Yes, we are still having a baby. Didn't know? Ummm, where the hell have you been?? We got the first ultrasound on Friday - see Liz's journal for the picture. Stay tuned here for the teaser trailer - coming to a media player near you.

2. Rest of the family - Anxious for baby to "arrive".

3. Work - Awesome as usual albeit very busy. I'm sure my wife is glaring at me as she reads this - work is kinda slow this week because there are like 5 of us working, but really there is alot to be done. Honest.

4. Everything else... Do you really care now that you got your baby fix?

5. THE BIG UPDATE... If you haven't seen War of the Worlds yet, stop reading. If you have, you'll know what I'm talking about. The ending blows... hard. We are talking gale force winds here. So much potential gets fucked away by a horribly Disney ending. I can only imagine that Spielberg one day realized he was tired of looking at Tom Cruise and terribly intimidated by an 11 year old girl and just kinda handed the production over to one of the prop guys. Fucking idiot! So with this in mind, I ask you to help me compile a list of the top ten worst movie endings. I'll get it started:

1. War of the Worlds
2. Hause on Haunted Hill (1999)
3. Signs
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