January 31, 2005
posted by Colleen Shirazi at
3:40 PM (Pacific)
I think I've put my finger on exactly why I love Angel so much.
It's not really that David Boreanaz is beyond hot. I didn't even like his character before...too much James Dean :)...he got better and better as the show went on, as the show itself got better and better. (Highly unusual; most shows run out of steam toward the end.)
Two things grabbed me. One was the series of episodes in which there was a cult. It was so exactly like a real cult. At first everything was sunshine and roses...everyone was so nice and so happy and so perfect. There was love all around...and the cult leader said so herself.
In the meantime, people started disappearing. In this case they were literally being eaten by the cult leader. That was the supernatural touch...but isn't it exactly the same in real life? That people disappear? That they are, figuratively, eaten by the cult leader?
The other thing, is that Angel is one of the only shows I've ever seen, that show you what happens when you stand up to evil.
In most shows, the hero or heroine (this is true even of Buffy) is treated fairly well. Sure, someone tries to knock him or her off occasionally, but there is an overall respect for the leader somehow.
Here, people are constantly trying to kill Angel or corrupt him, or kill or corrupt the people around him, or poison people against him.
That is just so true to life. That is what happens when you stand up to evil. It makes perfect sense: evil is evil. It's not going to change just because you stood up to it. It's going to use all of its deviousness against you; all of its lies, all of its ruthlessness.
January 29, 2005
posted by Colleen Shirazi at
4:02 PM (Pacific)
I love Angel. It was really a good show.
Marcus Hamilton: Let me say this as clearly as I can. You cannot beat me. I am a part of them. The Wolf, Ram, and Hart. Their strength flows through my veins. My blood is filled with their ancient power.
Angel: Can you pick out the one word there you probably shouldn't have said?
It's comedy, with an occasional moment...or several episodes...of stunning accuracy. A literal portrait of the human condition, with a vampire, a demon, a few humans...in Los Angeles.
I have not seen the entire series, yet. I'm not even sure where I came in. They're showing the whole shebang on TNT on weekdays (twice per day, but not the same episodes). They also have it on WB Sunday nights at 10:00 pm PST.
January 25, 2005
posted by Colleen Shirazi at
1:50 PM (Pacific)
There was a tremendous din, and an enormous puff of smoke. When the din died down, and the smoke dissipated, the thieves were gone...but no one noticed.
Sorry, that image has been in my mind for the past few days.
January 22, 2005
posted by Colleen Shirazi at
1:56 PM (Pacific)
The Ying Tong Song
(Spike Milligan plays Eccles and Spriggs, Peter Sellers plays Bloodnok and Bluebottle, and Harry Secombe plays Seagoon.)
Tenor: There's a song that I recall my mother sang to me,
Spriggs: (Sighs.)
Tenor: She sang it as she tucked me in when I was ninety-three.
Spriggs: I-diddle-di. [Spoken] Who was that bum?
Bluebottle and Spriggs: Ying tong, ying tong, ying tong, ying tong, ying tong yiddle i po,
Ying tong, ying tong, ying tong, ying tong, ying tong yiddle i po
(Bluebottle has dropped behind.)
...
sigh Can they not bring back the Goon Show? There hasn't been anything as funny since.
I'm going to make a "director's cut" of it too *g*
January 6, 2005
posted by Colleen Shirazi at
3:48 PM (Pacific)
Something that is odd...
Someone I know pointed out that all of the public playgrounds around here are being remodeled--and, every time a playground gets remodeled, they get rid of the swings.
It's really true.
It's a trivial point, granted, but the thing is this. Are kids of the future not going to know what a swing is? Or how to swing in one?
The lips and Nars Flair lipstick are Dain's pics. The MAC Viva Glam V lipstick is mine.
These were created using CoffeeCup Firestarter--and if you buy it through this link, we get a commission!
That said, I actually like it. It's almost painfully easy, for a start...if you've done this sort of thing using Java, it should take you one to two days to do anything you like in this editor.
How To Link To a Remote Flash Movie
It's easy, so of course it's very hard to find an example of this. i.e. the assumption is that you're going to dump the .swf file inside the same directory as the HTML file from which you intend to call it--not.
You need only use an absolute URL for two of the parameters, movie inside the OBJECT container, and src inside the EMBED container that's inside the OBJECT container:
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