Monday, October 31, 2005
10 Most Memorable Horror Movies
Since it's Halloween today, I thought I do something to mark the occasion. I love horror movies - everything from the creepiest, jumping-at-shadows masterpieces of suspense to the low budget slasher flicks. So I present my Top 10 Most Memorable Horror Movies (remember, the key word here is "memorable", not "good").
The Blair Witch Project
Three film students head into the woods to do a doco on the legend of the Blair Witch, and end up finding more than they bargained for.
Probably the scariest movie I've ever seen. I'd been following the hype in the US for a while, and was lucky enough to score a few tickets to the first showing in Canberra (at midnight). Everyone in the audience was really keen to see the movie, so the atmosphere really helped. And I let myself get completely caught up in the story. Afterwards, a group of us stood around talking for as long as we could, since no one really wanted to make the walk to their car by themselves.
I've only ever seen it the once. I'm not sure if I'd be able to recapture the total immersion I felt watching it originally, and I don't want to ruin such an awesome memory.
The Exorcist
A priest is called in to help deal with a young girl. Turns out she's possessed.
I'd never seen this, so when it was re-released a couple of years ago, I grabbed a couple of mates and went to check it out one Friday night. There were a couple of guys in the audience who thought it would be amusing to make "witty comments" about how "scared" they were. Funny thing was, just as things started to get really freaky, they shut up and we didn't hear another word out of them. After 12 years of a Catholic education, nothing has made me want to go to church as much as the Exorcist did.
Friday the 13th: Part VII
Jason is awakened by a psychic girl, and goes on yet another spree of killing teenagers stupid enough to come to the most deadly summer camp in the US.
This movie makes the list for one reason. It's not because of the undead, hockey-mask wearing killer Jason Voorhees. It's not because it has a girl with psychic powers. It's not even because people are dumb enough to keep going back to Crystal Lake after 6 previous mass murders. It's because at one point Jason's weapon of choice is a whipper snipper. And he even has to take the time to start it before he lays into someone.
A Nightmare on Elm Street
A girl starts having bad dreams. Turns out a pedophilia her parents and some other oldies murdered a few years earlier is trying to get revenge.
While in itself this is an excellent movie, it makes the list for one tiny scene. Near the beginning, one of the characters heads into the backyard after hearing a noise. He just decides nothing is there, when his friend leaps out of the shadows and scares the crap out of him. It's very predictable, and certainly shouldn't make you jump if you're watching it at about 11am one morning. Unless you're me. My glass of orange juice went everywhere. About a week later my Dad was wondering why a table on the other side of the couch was sticky, and I had to explain the whole thing.
Honorable mention goes to Nightmare on Elm Street II, just because of the number of essays written about how it's really a story of someone coming to terms with their homosexuality.
Halloween II
Michael Myers still isn't quite dead, and so continues his killing spree.
Most horror movie sequels are set years after the original. Everything's had a chance to settle down, so yet again everyone is taken totally unawares by the return of the killer. You get to introduce a whole set of new characters and not have to worry about anyone from the original you couldn't be bothered getting back. And you can also do the whole "what do you mean [insert killer here] is back?" thing.
The cool thing about Halloween II is that it doesn't do this. The sequel starts about 10mins after the original finished.
Halloween III could also make the list, only because it has absolutely nothing to do with any of the other movies in the series.
Scream
A bunch of highschoolers are getting killed by someone in a scary mask. What makes this different is that the cast quickly realise they're in a horror movie.
It's probably pretty obvious why I'd pick this movie. It's a pretty good slasher flick, but when you add in all the horror movie references, it becomes pretty amazing. It's also really nice to finally see characters realise what the audience is screaming at them. Part two and three are good follow ups, but don't really come close to the original.
Ringu
There's a video going around. If you watch it, you've got a week to show it to someone or you die horribly.
This is the Japanese version, not the US one. I was on a Japan-trip at the time, so I dragged a couple of mates along to a special screening just before the release of the sequel (there's a movie to make you go "what the?"). It was the first Japanese horror movie I ever saw, and it was really cool watching something where the standard Western cliches don't hold true. The end was really good, and the fact that they changed it remains my biggest disappointment about the American remake (not that the remake wasn't good, just not as good).
Interview with the Vampire
A writer who likes to hear people's life stories sits down with a stranger. Turns out the stranger is happy to talk, but he's also a vampire.
I love this movie. I've always had a thing for vampires, and this came out just as I was getting into that whole dark, angsty teenage thing (not that I was ever very good at it, but it was fun). It also fed into the whole White-Wolf roleplaying thing I discovered not long after I first saw the movie. Oh the woe. Oh the sorrow. Oh the angst. Plus it's got one of the best final lines ever:
Night of the Living Dead
A bunch of random people manage to get themselves trapped in a farm house while zombies roam around outside.
What can I say about this one. It introduced the concept of zombies to modern movies, it's been used as a metaphor for the black civil rights movement (it's not), and it was one of the first movies to have a black character in a leading (positive) role. I watched this movie by myself the night before my wedding. So make of that what you will.
Evil Dead III: Army of Darkness
After battling evil in the first two movies, Ash finds himself thrown back through time (and I guess space), where he has to deal with an undead horde.
While it probably should be on this list (it's not really horror), it's my list so I'm going to include it. This is a great movie to watch with a bunch of mates. It has fantastic one liners ("this is my boomstick!"), a cool story and lots of fun. Just don't bother watching the alternate ending - there's a reason they decided to change it.
I had to deal with loosing this post twice before I actually managed to finish it. So I hope you enjoy it.
The Blair Witch Project
Three film students head into the woods to do a doco on the legend of the Blair Witch, and end up finding more than they bargained for.
Probably the scariest movie I've ever seen. I'd been following the hype in the US for a while, and was lucky enough to score a few tickets to the first showing in Canberra (at midnight). Everyone in the audience was really keen to see the movie, so the atmosphere really helped. And I let myself get completely caught up in the story. Afterwards, a group of us stood around talking for as long as we could, since no one really wanted to make the walk to their car by themselves.
I've only ever seen it the once. I'm not sure if I'd be able to recapture the total immersion I felt watching it originally, and I don't want to ruin such an awesome memory.
The Exorcist
A priest is called in to help deal with a young girl. Turns out she's possessed.
I'd never seen this, so when it was re-released a couple of years ago, I grabbed a couple of mates and went to check it out one Friday night. There were a couple of guys in the audience who thought it would be amusing to make "witty comments" about how "scared" they were. Funny thing was, just as things started to get really freaky, they shut up and we didn't hear another word out of them. After 12 years of a Catholic education, nothing has made me want to go to church as much as the Exorcist did.
Friday the 13th: Part VII
Jason is awakened by a psychic girl, and goes on yet another spree of killing teenagers stupid enough to come to the most deadly summer camp in the US.
This movie makes the list for one reason. It's not because of the undead, hockey-mask wearing killer Jason Voorhees. It's not because it has a girl with psychic powers. It's not even because people are dumb enough to keep going back to Crystal Lake after 6 previous mass murders. It's because at one point Jason's weapon of choice is a whipper snipper. And he even has to take the time to start it before he lays into someone.
A Nightmare on Elm Street
A girl starts having bad dreams. Turns out a pedophilia her parents and some other oldies murdered a few years earlier is trying to get revenge.
While in itself this is an excellent movie, it makes the list for one tiny scene. Near the beginning, one of the characters heads into the backyard after hearing a noise. He just decides nothing is there, when his friend leaps out of the shadows and scares the crap out of him. It's very predictable, and certainly shouldn't make you jump if you're watching it at about 11am one morning. Unless you're me. My glass of orange juice went everywhere. About a week later my Dad was wondering why a table on the other side of the couch was sticky, and I had to explain the whole thing.
Honorable mention goes to Nightmare on Elm Street II, just because of the number of essays written about how it's really a story of someone coming to terms with their homosexuality.
Halloween II
Michael Myers still isn't quite dead, and so continues his killing spree.
Most horror movie sequels are set years after the original. Everything's had a chance to settle down, so yet again everyone is taken totally unawares by the return of the killer. You get to introduce a whole set of new characters and not have to worry about anyone from the original you couldn't be bothered getting back. And you can also do the whole "what do you mean [insert killer here] is back?" thing.
The cool thing about Halloween II is that it doesn't do this. The sequel starts about 10mins after the original finished.
Halloween III could also make the list, only because it has absolutely nothing to do with any of the other movies in the series.
Scream
A bunch of highschoolers are getting killed by someone in a scary mask. What makes this different is that the cast quickly realise they're in a horror movie.
It's probably pretty obvious why I'd pick this movie. It's a pretty good slasher flick, but when you add in all the horror movie references, it becomes pretty amazing. It's also really nice to finally see characters realise what the audience is screaming at them. Part two and three are good follow ups, but don't really come close to the original.
Ringu
There's a video going around. If you watch it, you've got a week to show it to someone or you die horribly.
This is the Japanese version, not the US one. I was on a Japan-trip at the time, so I dragged a couple of mates along to a special screening just before the release of the sequel (there's a movie to make you go "what the?"). It was the first Japanese horror movie I ever saw, and it was really cool watching something where the standard Western cliches don't hold true. The end was really good, and the fact that they changed it remains my biggest disappointment about the American remake (not that the remake wasn't good, just not as good).
Interview with the Vampire
A writer who likes to hear people's life stories sits down with a stranger. Turns out the stranger is happy to talk, but he's also a vampire.
I love this movie. I've always had a thing for vampires, and this came out just as I was getting into that whole dark, angsty teenage thing (not that I was ever very good at it, but it was fun). It also fed into the whole White-Wolf roleplaying thing I discovered not long after I first saw the movie. Oh the woe. Oh the sorrow. Oh the angst. Plus it's got one of the best final lines ever:
Lestat: Oh Louie, Louie, Louie. Still whining after allThere's a lot I could say about Interview, but I should probably leave it at that.
these years...
Night of the Living Dead
A bunch of random people manage to get themselves trapped in a farm house while zombies roam around outside.
What can I say about this one. It introduced the concept of zombies to modern movies, it's been used as a metaphor for the black civil rights movement (it's not), and it was one of the first movies to have a black character in a leading (positive) role. I watched this movie by myself the night before my wedding. So make of that what you will.
Evil Dead III: Army of Darkness
After battling evil in the first two movies, Ash finds himself thrown back through time (and I guess space), where he has to deal with an undead horde.
While it probably should be on this list (it's not really horror), it's my list so I'm going to include it. This is a great movie to watch with a bunch of mates. It has fantastic one liners ("this is my boomstick!"), a cool story and lots of fun. Just don't bother watching the alternate ending - there's a reason they decided to change it.
I had to deal with loosing this post twice before I actually managed to finish it. So I hope you enjoy it.
Wednesday, October 26, 2005
And The Worst Ad Placement Award Goes To...
We were watching House tonight. The episode was about a group of babies all falling sick from something mysterious. The good guys suspect a bacteria, but it's not responding to any anti-bacterial. So at one point Dr House goes on a rant about how it's all our own fault - we've created these super bugs by prescribing antibiotics for colds, using antibiotic soaps, filling our homes with antibacterial cleaners (not our house!).
Cut to an ad break.
Guess what's being advertised? An new fly spray that's combined with an antibacterial to kill any "nasty germs"!
Cut to an ad break.
Guess what's being advertised? An new fly spray that's combined with an antibacterial to kill any "nasty germs"!
Tuesday, October 25, 2005
F.E.A.R. Support
Yesterday I logged a support query with the F.E.A.R. support people. I got an auto-generated message telling me that they cared, and a real person would get back to me in 24-48 hours.
This morning I got a message from them. The guy pointed me to a couple of KB articles, and said if they didn't help, send him a dump of my system info. Unfortunately, the articles weren't very useful - one was the Black Screen article that I'd already gotten past (which I'd mentioned in my original message), and the other was about video card issues. But it was still nice to hear back from a real person.
I described how I'd fixed my problem, and offered some more details if he wanted to use it to update the Knowledge Base. It will be interesting to see if I hear back.
This morning I got a message from them. The guy pointed me to a couple of KB articles, and said if they didn't help, send him a dump of my system info. Unfortunately, the articles weren't very useful - one was the Black Screen article that I'd already gotten past (which I'd mentioned in my original message), and the other was about video card issues. But it was still nice to hear back from a real person.
I described how I'd fixed my problem, and offered some more details if he wanted to use it to update the Knowledge Base. It will be interesting to see if I hear back.
Monday, October 24, 2005
F.E.A.R. No Sound Fix
After installing half a dozen codec packages, driver updates and other random bits of software, I finally got F.E.A.R. to work properly last night.
Turns out that this section was the key:
Golden.
Turns out that this section was the key:
F. If you are using a Creative brand sound card and get poor frame rates when sound hardware acceleration is enabled, then check for a process called "CtHelper" in the Windows(R) task manager. If it's there, terminate it and try the game again. If this works, please contact Creative to learn how to permanently disable CTHelper. If CTHelper is not present in the list and the problem occurs anyway, then you will need to disable sound hardware acceleration in the Sound section of the game's options menu, or in the Windows control panel, or in DxDiag.Did you spot the answer? No, neither did I for a long while. I wasn't having a poor frame rate - I wasn't getting any sound. There wasn't any "CtHelper" process. But I figured I'd try anything. Using the DirectX Diagnostic Tool (open Run and type "DxDiag"), I bumped the Hardware Sound Acceleration Level down from "Full Acceleration" to "Standard Acceleration". And what do you know, the game all just works.
http://support2.vugames.com/fear/answer.aspx?ID=7323
Golden.
F.E.A.R. No Sound Fix
After installing half a dozen codec packages, driver updates and other random bits of software, I finally got F.E.A.R. to work properly last night.
Turns out that this section was the key:
Golden.
Turns out that this section was the key:
F. If you are using a Creative brand sound card and get poor frame rates when sound hardware acceleration is enabled, then check for a process called "CtHelper" in the Windows(R) task manager. If it's there, terminate it and try the game again. If this works, please contact Creative to learn how to permanently disable CTHelper. If CTHelper is not present in the list and the problem occurs anyway, then you will need to disable sound hardware acceleration in the Sound section of the game's options menu, or in the Windows control panel, or in DxDiag.Did you spot the answer? No, neither did I for a long while. I wasn't having a poor frame rate - I wasn't getting any sound. There wasn't any "CtHelper" process. But I figured I'd try anything. Using the DirectX Diagnostic Tool (open Run and type "DxDiag"), I bumped the Hardware Sound Acceleration Level down from "Full Acceleration" to "Standard Acceleration". And what do you know, the game all just works.
http://support2.vugames.com/fear/answer.aspx?ID=7323
Golden.
F.E.A.R. Black Screen on Start or No Sound
When I tried to launch the game straight after the install, the monitor would loose its signal, and then the game would crash back to the desktop (with an error message telling me that a chunk of memory couldn't be read).
The only help I could find was the official FEAR site, which said this problem was caused by one of three things:
1) Background Application
2) Incorrect Audio Codecs
3) Emulation software
I followed their instructions for disabling the auto-launch applications, I uninstalled (using Add/Remove Programs) the only codec pack I could find, and I uninstalled Daemon Tools, which was the only emulation software I had. Still no success.
Using the "Options" button on the CD menu, I eventually worked out that the game would run if I disabled the sound. Which lead me to believe that it was an audio codec problem. Using the Sound and Audio Devices control panel, I went through each of the codecs (found on the Properties tab of the Audio Codecs Properties dialog, which you get to from the Hardware tab of the main dialog). It turns out that if I disable the Microsoft PCM Converter codecs, the game will launch.
Unfortunately, there is no sound in the game. Which, for a game like this, is kind of essential.
My current plans are:
The only help I could find was the official FEAR site, which said this problem was caused by one of three things:
1) Background Application
2) Incorrect Audio Codecs
3) Emulation software
I followed their instructions for disabling the auto-launch applications, I uninstalled (using Add/Remove Programs) the only codec pack I could find, and I uninstalled Daemon Tools, which was the only emulation software I had. Still no success.
Using the "Options" button on the CD menu, I eventually worked out that the game would run if I disabled the sound. Which lead me to believe that it was an audio codec problem. Using the Sound and Audio Devices control panel, I went through each of the codecs (found on the Properties tab of the Audio Codecs Properties dialog, which you get to from the Hardware tab of the main dialog). It turns out that if I disable the Microsoft PCM Converter codecs, the game will launch.
Unfortunately, there is no sound in the game. Which, for a game like this, is kind of essential.
My current plans are:
- Attempt to upgrade my sound card drivers again - I've got a Creative Soundcard. Unfortunately I'm not 100% sure what type. The driver installed is just a generic SB PCI driver, and the Sound Blaster Live! driver I grabbed doesn't seem to believe me that that's what I think the card is. So I'm going to pull my box apart to see if I can work out what the card actually is
- Attempt to upgrade the Microsoft PCM Converter codec. Maybe the problem lies in the fact that it's too old.
- Contact F.E.A.R. support. I've already told them what's happening, so hopefully I'll hear back from them soon.
Annoying F.E.A.R.
My wonderful wife decided to buy my F.E.A.R. on Saturday morning. The only condition was that I couldn't play it until Sunday night. So I was very excited when I finally sat down at my computer and started the installation. It finished pretty quickly - the DVD edition is really nice, since it save you having to worry about swapping discs. Unfortunately, I can't get the game to play.
Very annoying!
Very annoying!
Thursday, October 20, 2005
My Shoulder
Yesterday my left shoulder and neck were really sore. So sore that I put the call out for some neurofen or something similar at around 10am (half was for the pain, and half was because I thought I'd make if worse by unconsciously not moving).
I spent a while pondering why my shoulder would suddenly start hurting. I wondered if it was because of the way I was sitting on the couch watching Buffy the night before. I wondered if it was because I'd been cracking my shoulder. I wondered if it was how I slept the night before. I wondered if it was RSI or something similar.
I decided to play some UT 2004 just before bed last night, and that's when I realised what my problem was. As I was frantically trying to avoid being shot while turning my opponent into a pile of goo, I realised I was clenching my entire body, especially my left arm. And I kept doing it, whenever I needed to do something quickly. It's obviously been way too long since I played any fast-paced FPS.
My shoulder feels a lot better today, by the way.
I spent a while pondering why my shoulder would suddenly start hurting. I wondered if it was because of the way I was sitting on the couch watching Buffy the night before. I wondered if it was because I'd been cracking my shoulder. I wondered if it was how I slept the night before. I wondered if it was RSI or something similar.
I decided to play some UT 2004 just before bed last night, and that's when I realised what my problem was. As I was frantically trying to avoid being shot while turning my opponent into a pile of goo, I realised I was clenching my entire body, especially my left arm. And I kept doing it, whenever I needed to do something quickly. It's obviously been way too long since I played any fast-paced FPS.
My shoulder feels a lot better today, by the way.
My Weekend
But seriously, I have been a but slack with my blogging. So I'll answer the question that's been on everyone's lips - what have I been up to lately?
A friend is getting married soon, so he decided to have his bucks night on Saturday. He wanted something fairly small and quiet - there were only six of us, we weren't going out anywhere, and no-one was coming to "visit".
Since we're all such nerds, I offered to host a LAN-fest in the afternoon. Thanks to some friendly network support people, we all got LCD monitors (which made the setup that much easier - no one had to lug around a CRT). It had been so long since I'd played any network games (except of course for WoW, but that doesn't really count), I'd forgotten how much fun it can be spending a few hours shoot your mates to bits with high powered weapons.
The bucks party itself was pretty fun. It was really more an evening of hanging out with the boys, which is something we hadn't actually done for ages. The only difference was that there was more porn stuck on the walls (the one "bucks night" thing they did was stick pages of various magazines all around the house). It's funny how quickly you get used to anything - after a few hours you didn't even notice the pair of breasts inside the fridge when you grabbed another drink.
On Sunday the guys from the night before all rocked up at various points to pick up their machines (they'd left them at my place when we'd headed off for the party). Unfortunately, the buck's car decided to die and dumped most of it's oil. He ended up having to get it towed to Phillip. Just want he needed a couple of weeks before his wedding.
So yeah. That's what I've been doing.
A friend is getting married soon, so he decided to have his bucks night on Saturday. He wanted something fairly small and quiet - there were only six of us, we weren't going out anywhere, and no-one was coming to "visit".
Since we're all such nerds, I offered to host a LAN-fest in the afternoon. Thanks to some friendly network support people, we all got LCD monitors (which made the setup that much easier - no one had to lug around a CRT). It had been so long since I'd played any network games (except of course for WoW, but that doesn't really count), I'd forgotten how much fun it can be spending a few hours shoot your mates to bits with high powered weapons.
The bucks party itself was pretty fun. It was really more an evening of hanging out with the boys, which is something we hadn't actually done for ages. The only difference was that there was more porn stuck on the walls (the one "bucks night" thing they did was stick pages of various magazines all around the house). It's funny how quickly you get used to anything - after a few hours you didn't even notice the pair of breasts inside the fridge when you grabbed another drink.
On Sunday the guys from the night before all rocked up at various points to pick up their machines (they'd left them at my place when we'd headed off for the party). Unfortunately, the buck's car decided to die and dumped most of it's oil. He ended up having to get it towed to Phillip. Just want he needed a couple of weeks before his wedding.
So yeah. That's what I've been doing.
More Blogging!
Gordon's unhappy that we haven't been blogging more lately. Well, I guess he's just going to have to start reading my Warcraft blog as well...
Wednesday, October 19, 2005
I Think This is Cool
Neil Gaiman was asked how he felt about people borrowing the MP3 of his latest book, Anansi Boys, from the library and keeping it on their iPod:
What a wonderful ethical question. I feel almost rabbinical pondering it. No, I don't believe you've broken any law. If you'd checked out the MP3 CD from your library you'd be expected to put it onto your iPod, after all. There's a weird sort of ethical fogginess, in that I suspect that part of the idea of libraries is that when you're done with something you return it, and of course once you have your MP3 on your computer and iPod you can keep it forever. But I think this is just one of those places where changes in technology move faster than the rules.And this is why Neil Gaiman is a very cool person.
If you're listening to it, and you've got an iPod or suchlike MP3 player, you're almost definitely going to listen to it on your iPod. That's how things are, and it's a good thing (it's why I got Harper Collins to release American Gods and Anansi Boys on MP3 CD, after all).
Probably wisest not to pull it off your iPod and give it to other people, though. Let them at least take it out of the library themselves.
http://www.neilgaiman.com/journal/2005/10/dublin-again-and-lots-of-other-things.asp
Monday, October 17, 2005
Best Blog Spam Evar!
This comment just appeared on a old post on my blog:
So their great marketing idea to sell their free blog site is to spam a free blog site...
EDIT: It seems kind of approbate that I got a spam comment within 5mins of making this post...
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So their great marketing idea to sell their free blog site is to spam a free blog site...
EDIT: It seems kind of approbate that I got a spam comment within 5mins of making this post...
Saturday, October 15, 2005
Still a Nerd!
Okay, so now you can control the speed of the balls by clicking on them with the left (faster) or right (slower) mouse buttons.
I'm actually going to bed now.
I'm actually going to bed now.
Late Night Nerding
It's 1:15am, and I'm still up. I've spent the last few hours writing code to control bouncing balls. I just deleted the code I spent the last hour hacking out because I wasn't happy with how the balls behaved when they were traveling directly vertically or horizontally and encountered a collision.
Stilly, is this what you meant when you said I should do something worth while with my time rather than play World of Warcraft?
I need to go to bed
Stilly, is this what you meant when you said I should do something worth while with my time rather than play World of Warcraft?
I need to go to bed
Thursday, October 06, 2005
Music for Life
On Thursday night before Serenity, there was a Coke ad going on about how people should be respected for their love of "real" music. As someone rightly said when it finished, "what a wank" (if nothing else, they pushed their point way to hard - something half as long would have still been a bit much). But I did find myself agreeing with the thought - music is something special.
Most of the time music is just something in the background. Something that sounds good at the moment, and nothing deeper. But the right song at the right time can be magical. I'm one of those people for who music can be a powerful tool - it can make me feel good, help me deal with badness in my life, help me concentrate or help me switch off.
I happened to watch Australian Idol on Sunday night (I'm usually doing something else - anythine else - but I was too lazy to get off the couch), and so saw Mark Holden chuck his wobbly and storm off. Part of his problem (well, his problem with the performances that night) came from the fact that one of the contestents sang a political song (Holiday by Green Day) without caring about the message. A lot of people couldn't get past him being angry at someone for singing a song they happened to like, but I think I can see what Holden was actually saying - some songs are special, and you have to respect that. Personally I'd feel pretty annoyed if I had to listen to Britney Spears doing a version of Imagine.
I found this article on Boing Boing this morning interesting. It's about the drummer for the Doors, who even after all this time won't let their music be used for commercials. He basically says the same thing - some songs are special, and you have to respect that.
So yeah, go and listen to a good song - something that is special for you - and appriciate it. But also go and listen to some random crap that you like. After all, that song can't be special unless there are other songs that aren't.
[EDIT: My song choice by the way was With or Without You by U2. What's yours?]
Tuesday, October 04, 2005
Joss Whedon Article
I found this article, and thought is was pretty interesting. It's about how Joss Whedon should stick to writing TV shows. But be warned, it does have spoilers for Serenity. So if you haven't seen that AWESOME! movie yet, you might want to do yourself a favour and skip this link.
