Elflore's Errant Thinking (original) (raw)

| | Mood:pleased pleased I borrowed X-Men 3 from the library today, since I felt like rewatching for Colossus, Iceman, Angel, and especially Beast and Kitty Pryde (while ignoring the crimes committed against Cyclops, Phoenix, and good dialogue), and found this Easter Egg deleted scene.Officially one of the Best Things Ever. Mood:content content Location:Guess what? NOT MY CAR!Mood:quixoticSo the other day I read this article about truck drivers text-messaging and operating computers while driving. (Most are told to pull over to use these devices to check info they need; most say they never do, can't afford to lose the time.)Today this was followed up with this article about how many more people are texting and using laptops in their cars as a sort of "mobile office" extension. Because apparently you can't compete with today's high-speed business world if you ain't doing it even when in motion at actual high speeds.ENOUGH ALREADY.People are claiming that the added "efficiency" in their business is worth the slight risk of an accident. But how can it make you so much more efficient that it's worth the lives that are lost when an accident does happen? It's BS. We didn't need this kind of "efficency" 5-10 years ago, we don't need it now. While I respect the POV that says "we shouldn't need laws to protect people from themselves," I want the law to protect me from these idiots. I want the cops to haul their asses over before they hit me.Where can I sign up for one of those no-texting no-computers hands-free-phones-only while driving laws, plz? So my love just linked me this hi-larious video starring Zach Braff & Donald Faison --J.D. and Turk from Scrubs, unofficially yet clearly in character, to promote a great cause. They're working with Soles4Souls, a charity raising funds to distribute 50,000 shoes to kids around the world who don't have them. We're not talking Air Jordans here, either--every $5 buys 2 pairs.So watch. Laugh. Buy shoes. Pimp this vid. Mood:amused amused ...when it was perfectly acceptable--nay, AWESOME--to have Doctor Doom guest star in your hero cartoon, only to make him play second-fiddle to a sad old man turned omnipotent super-being called _Mr. Frump._Yeah, I've been watching Spider-Man & His Amazing Friends again.And then Firestar pointed at something in the sky, and I had to make this icon. Mood:peacefulThe UK Royal Mail came out with a gorgeous set of postage stamps yesterday based around 6 mythical British creatures, with art by Mirrormask director/designer Dave McKean, and (very) short stories to go with them courtesy of Neil Gaiman. You can see the stamps here and read the drabblish vignettes here.They're all wonderful, but I can't say if I like the fairy story or the dragon story best. Mood:impressedRachael, her mom, and I saw the new Pixar movie "Up" this afternoon, and definitely are pointing all our thumbs that way. It starts out wacky and gets increasingly zany as it goes (so by the end it's a perfect melding of Looney Tunes and action movie), but also has a really beautiful melancholy throughout. I can't remember another kid's movie that brought tears to my eyes so many times (including the Potter films)--but in a good way. It actually reminded me of Doctor Who, in that it's a story for children, yet pervaded by a sense of loss: we lose, we remember, we go on, and find new adventures, make new family, learn to live with our ghosts.I don't know that I'm making a lot of sense or doing this movie any justice, but it's well worth seeing, even in plain old 2D. Mood:excited excited Music:Star Trek: Music from the (new) Motion PictureSo I was just amazed to notice in the TV listings for tonight...A new episode of Pushing Daisies!I'm pretty sure the show was cancelled, but apparently they're finally going to air the last three episode that were shot, starting tonight. At least that's what happening here at 10pm. So check your listings! And welcome back Ned, Chuck, Emerson, and Olive (and Digby). 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