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So I had plans to post more this week; I even have pictures saved and was planning out intros to posts in my head. But then I woke up this morning and realized it’s Friday. Whoops? Hopefully I can get to those posts next week.
Can I offer you a wide variety of miscellany to tide you over?
How about some art?
The Book Cover Archive (An archive of book cover designs and designers for the purpose of appreciation and categorization) has more than 1,100 interesting/beautiful/striking/provocative covers of books featured on the site. I know you’re not supposed to judge a book by it’s cover, but really … who doesn’t do that?
This cover certainly makes learning about Emily Dickinson more appealing:
The New York Street Advertising Takeover seems like a great way to make the city a better-looking place. But I’m not the NYPD—I like guerrila art.
The MAC makeup company released a set of “looks” for Halloween 2009 inspired by Lady Gaga, butterflies … and Roy Lichentstein. I kind of wish I had gone somewhere other than my couch this year.
Mark Khaisman layers packing tape into amazing Hitchcock scenes.
If art’s not your thing, how about movies?
Rumor has it Spiderman 4’s only featuring one villain: The Lizard. I can dig it. I always liked the Curt Connors storyline in the cartoons when I was little.
Zombieland was so good, you guys. I particularly enjoyed Columbus’ rules. I hope they release a full set soon. (But they’ll probably wait until the DVD’s set to be released and make a promo out of it. I’m calling it now, we will see in a few months if I am right.)
Did you know that Wil Wheaton was in the most recent Star Trek movie? Neither did I. (via)
There’s good news afoot for us fans of Dr. Horrible: Dr. Horrible 2 has songs, a title and Nathan Fillion.
Good news Horrible fans, the much anticipated sequel is still chugging along, and here’s an update from the original cast member Nathan Fillion—or as you know him, Captain Hammer.Not only is there a title, but Joss, Zack Whedon, Jed Whedon and Jed’s wife, Maurissa Tancharoen have all worked out a few songs, and Fillion has heard a few verses. But he’s mum on the potential title.
Says Fillion:
Joss, I was talking to him right before we won the Emmy. He said that he’s finished writing a song or two. He told me a couple of verses to the song…It’s going to be great. I know a bunch of cast members of Dr. Horrible who would love to get back into it.
Maybe you don’t like reading about movies, but how about trailers? Everyone likes movie trailers.
The new trailer for Avatar. I am really hoping this movie is good.
Prince of Persia:
I’ve joked in the past how this movie looks a live-action Aladdin. Well, it still looks like a live-action Aladdin, but I kind of want to see it. And no, it’s not just because there is the promise of a British-accented Jake Gyllenhaal walking around with a distinct lack of shirtsleeves (or shirt at all!). (The Boyf is shaking his head right about now.)
A new one for Sherlock Holmes:
<–Excited.
Movies don’t excite your senses? Perhaps a little TV then?
Check out the Glee cast singing the national anthem at game 3 of the World Series.
Revisit some of your old friends from the 80s at jaroo.com, a Hulu for cartoons.
Still bored?
If you’re not smiling after that, I’m not sure if anyone can help you. ;)
Hope everyone has a lovely weekend!
♥
We take Halloween pretty seriously around the office in which I work.
This year, my department (Communications/Publications) went with a dead Presidents theme.
I chose my favorite of all time:
Mr. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the 32nd president of the good old US of A.
In case you didn’t know:
Assuming the Presidency at the depth of the Great Depression, Franklin D. Roosevelt helped the American people regain faith in themselves. He brought hope as he promised prompt, vigorous action, and asserted in his Inaugural Address, “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”
Born in 1882 at Hyde Park, New York—now a national historic site—he attended Harvard University and Columbia Law School. On St. Patrick’s Day, 1905, he married Eleanor Roosevelt.
In the summer of 1921, when he was 39, disaster hit—he was stricken with polio. Demonstrating indomitable courage, he fought to regain the use of his legs, particularly through swimming.
He was elected President in November 1932, to the first of four terms. By March there were 13,000,000 unemployed, and almost every bank was closed. In his first “hundred days,” he proposed, and Congress enacted, a sweeping program to bring recovery to business and agriculture, relief to the unemployed and to those in danger of losing farms and homes, and reform, especially through the establishment of the Tennessee Valley Authority.
By 1935 the Nation had achieved some measure of recovery, but businessmen and bankers were turning more and more against Roosevelt’s New Deal program. They feared his experiments, were appalled because he had taken the Nation off the gold standard and allowed deficits in the budget, and disliked the concessions to labor. Roosevelt responded with a new program of reform: Social Security, heavier taxes on the wealthy, new controls over banks and public utilities, and an enormous work relief program for the unemployed.
In 1936 he was re-elected by a top-heavy margin. Roosevelt had pledged the United States to the “good neighbor” policy, transforming the Monroe Doctrine from a unilateral American manifesto into arrangements for mutual action against aggressors. He also sought through neutrality legislation to keep the United States out of the war in Europe, yet at the same time to strengthen nations threatened or attacked. When France fell and England came under siege in 1940, he began to send Great Britain all possible aid short of actual military involvement.
When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec.7, 1941, Roosevelt directed organization of the Nation’s manpower and resources for global war.
Feeling that the future peace of the world would depend upon relations between the United States and Russia, he devoted much thought to the planning of a United Nations, in which, he hoped, international difficulties could be settled.
As the war drew to a close, Roosevelt’s health deteriorated, and on April 12, 1945, while at Warm Springs, Georgia, he died of a cerebral hemorrhage.
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I love me some FDR.
Be back next Friday with your weekly dose of all things nerdy—Friday’s Bits.
♥
P.S.—Just found out I won runner-up in the Best Individual Costume Contest here in the office. :D
This is very similar to one of my dad’s favorite bits of advice. I took it to heart the first time he told me it and I still hold on to it to this day. I try to focus on it on days when I’m overwhelmed with all the “stuff” that comes with being an adult. Then I go watch cartoons.
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I want this coat:
So badly. It’s Stella McCartney for Gap … Kids. It’s a little boy’s coat.
I am very seriously considering trying to find the largest size they have, and hoping it’s actually for boys, rather than toddlers.
Read more about the line, and see some of the other adorable items, here.
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Pardon the sap for a moment …
Today is the nine-year anniversary of the day The Boyf and I first started going out. We were so young and so googly eyed over each other … And I am happy to say I am even more twitterpated with him today than I was all those years ago. It just keeps getting better. ♥
Now back to our regularly scheduled program. ;)
I’ve made some changes around the blog over the past couple of weeks. Little tweaks here and there to really make it my own. Ya dig? Leave me a comment and let me know what you think. I know you readers are out there …
Check out this guy’s special edited version of a Super Mario level. (All the nerdy, Nintendo-loving girls out there, be prepared for *swoon*age.)
I am very excited about this news:
‘Glee’ exclusive: Joss Whedon to direct!
If I hadn’t been warming to Glee already, this for sure would’ve begun defrosting me: Dollhouse-keeper Joss Whedon has agreed to direct one of the back nine episodes that Fox just ordered.
Turns out, the genius who gave us not only the “Once More, With Feeling” musical episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer but also Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog is a big fan of Ryan Murphy’s new phenom. So when Twentieth (the studio behind Glee) approached him about the gig, pretty much his only reservation was scheduling.
“Joss directed one of the great musical episodes in the history of television on Buffy,” gushes Murphy, “so this is a great, if unexpected, fit. I’m thrilled he’ll be loaning us his fantastic groundbreaking talent.”
And there’s no reason to panic, Dollhouse fans: I’m told the auteur’s moonlighting in no way, shape or form suggests that that show is a goner. He’d most likely tackle the side job after Eliza Dushku and Co. have wrapped their 13-episode order.
So whad’ya think? Good news or great? And any bets on how soon the petition will be started to get Sarah Michelle Gellar a bit part?
(source)
And Joss even confirmed it on his blog. This is me –> : D.
I want these Mark Ecko-designed Star Wars watches. And these hoodies and shirts.
Is this real life? Man seeks double amputee for “amazing” Star Wars costume.
When at ComicCon this summer, we just so happened to be camped out in Hall H (for New Moonish reasons) on the day of the release of a bunch of highly anticipated Avatar footage. The movie (not to be confused with Avatar: The Last Airbender) looks mighty interesting. And the CG is stunning. Click on the pics below to embiggen and pay particular attention to the skin and lips in the first one.
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Amazing, non?
I don’t know that I’ve mentioned this here before, but I am a huge Stargate fan. The TV shows, more so than the movie—not that it wasn’t good, but it’s not quite as awesome as the Richard Dean Anderson, et al. cast. I’ve been watching Stargate: Universe since it premiered earlier this month, and although I haven’t quite given up on it yet, it’s really not the same. At all. Or even close. So when I was searching for something online and ran across the news that “they” are working on an Atlantis movie, I got very excited. then I read this article, on how the “economy” is delaying the movie (and some SG:1 ones?). Bummer, dude. Hopefully Obama fixes it soon so I can get me some good Stargate again.
If we have to get Windows 7 in the office, I am totally making it look as much like a Mac as possible. (Even if we don’t, I might even try some of the icons out on my outdated Windows XP system!)
Speaking of Macs, have you seen these new commercials?
I’ve got deep hurtin’ nerd love for those two men.
Have a great weekend, y’all. Going to see Zombieland with The Boyf tonight to celebrate our gross, sappy love. :D
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I’ll need to see that set list for Sectionals after all. And I’ll want it on my desk warm from the laminator at 5 p.m. If it is even one minute late, I will go to the animal shelter and get you a kitty cat. I will let you fall in love with that kitty cat. And then on some dark cold night, I will steal away, into your home, and punch you in the face.
—Sue Sylvester
(Glee, Episode 8: “Mash-ups”)
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The New Moon soundtrack was released today. Only 34 more dayssssss!
In honor of today’s event: Watch some cats react to the New Moon trailer. This made me giggle for a long while.
There’s a concert? Showing? I’m not sure what to call it? Of Star Wars: In Concert Oct. 23 in Dallas. I’m seriously considering making the trip.
Supposedly Bryan Singer’s making moves on another X-Men film. To this I say, yay! X-Men and X2 were good. X3 WAS NOT.
This video:
Was filmed at my alma mater, with kids from the most excellent Minuteman Marching Band. I miss UMass. It’s not a bad song, either.
Listen to the soundclip on this page with your headphones on. Nutty, right? I feel a little like I was part of a Walter Bishop experiment.
Neil Patrick Harris can do no wrong. Especially when he’s singing and playing an evil genius. No, it’s not a sequel to Dr. Horrible, although I am longing for one of those. This time he’s menacing Batman.
The new Olympic medals are weird.
A couple of movies I’m looking forward to seeing:
Toy Story 3
The Expendables
Ian McKellan talks Hobbit and Magneto movie in this article:
It seems like Ian McKellen is really the only guy talking about the upcoming Hobbit film being directed by Guillermo del Toro. Del Toro has teased us with casting announcements that never happened, I’m sure he’s just having a laugh, messing around with our heads. Casting announcements wont happen any time soon. McKellen recently did an interview with Empire in which he talks about where the production of the new Hobbit film currently stands, and also briefly discusses how Del Toro and Jackson are alike.
The scripts for the two films will be delivered very soon. Then they’ll be budgeted, and then they’ll be cast. And they’ll be going when they’ve always said they would be, which is next spring – March or April. Guillermo even told me at one point, ‘We’re going to film for 383 days.’ He’s got that artistic autism! Jackson’s the same; they’re very, very, very alike. They also very different, but they’ve so much in common. They both can’t stand Hollywood and have wonderful imaginations, and they’re both obsessed with gore and fantasy. Both of them laugh a great deal. Guillermo’s one of the most brilliant men I’ve ever met. His English vocabulary is way superior to mine!
Check out the UK poster for the Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus. This movie has a distinct possibility of being as weird or weirder than Brasil, but I want to see it nonetheless.
And finally, HOLYCRAP!
This is rumored to be a shot from the set of Castle. This is supposedly Castle’s Halloween costume. Nathan Fillion is SO DANG COOL. (Also, ff you’re a fan of Castle, and want to read the first Nikki Heat book: You can. I like this merch idea quite a bit.)
Have a great weekend, y’all!
<3
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I felt the need to change it up a little on the blog this week, so I altered the header slightly, messed with the widgets in the sidebar, and cleaned up my blogroll. I’m still a bit conflicted, however, on the use of this blog. It’s a personal one, but I mostly post bits of information about items of a pop culture variety. Every now and then I throw a little more personal/crafty stuff in. Does this make it a confusing mess? I mean, it’s me. I am a bit of a confusing mess at times. I just know that blogs, to be successful (whatever that means) are supposed to have a clear focus. And mine really doesn’t.
Hrm. Things to ponder …
Not too many things for you on this week’s edition of Le Bits, but you’ll forgive me, right?
GOOD LOVIN’!
I don’t watch much SNL these days (unless Justin Timberlake is hosting), so I missed this video of Neil Patrick Harris and the “updated” Doogie Howser theme song. I wish I could embed it here, but WordPress doesn’t like Hulu, it seems.
A new, hipper (?) logo for the new Doctor:
I can dig it. As for Matt Smith … we shall see.
If comic characters had facebooks:
*giggle* More here.
I ran across a new Web comic this week and caught up on the archives. Ellerbisms is an autobiographical journal of sorts, in comic form. Particularly liked this one:
As it is totally, completely accurate. When I play video games, which isn’t very often, I always jiggle the controller around, like it’s going to help. I think this is why I enjoyed the Wii for as long as I did, because moving the controller actually did something.
A little bit of info on the WoW film … still not sure if this is a good idea.
And finally, take a listen to this mashup of “It’s My Life/Confessions” from this past week’s episode of Glee.
You should definitely be watching this show.
Have a great weekend!
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