we got all night

I was supposed to be asleep two hours ago. I will pay for this tomorrow when I fall asleep while my poems are workshopped. D:

ANYWAY. This happened. I KNEW SOMETHING WAS ROTTEN IN DENMARK, DIDN'T I? That's the first time a band member has left a band I'm actively interested in. When Wes left Limp Bizkit I was only moderately invested in their music. And the shifts in Cobra Starship and The Academy Is... happened before I got into their music. I'm not as distraught as the fans on the forums/Facebook seem to be (my initial reaction was "WHO WILL BE THE CREEPY SUNGLASSES GUY AT CONCERTS NOW?" and then "Well good for Matt! It could be worse news.") but it's still weird. Every time I see another tweet about it I've auditioned other bassists I know in my mind (ROONEY AND SISKY! ROONEY WITH GARBOWSKY!) and I can't picture anyone else on that side of the stage. I'm just hoping whoever they find is ready in time for this summer tour they're alleging. And that I have money by then to see them (in a related note: omg Twitter, shut up about Extinction). And that it doesn't fall apart from here on out with Ned being busy with Emmett (HOW ADORABLE A NAME, BTW, OMG), Taylor with The Roughs and Robert doing the Solobob thing. Ack.

The point of this post was this meme that I just snatched from ewanspotter, never mind the five other ones I've been tagged for that I haven't gotten to yet:

The Find ___ Game!

1) Go to Wikipedia.
2) Click 'Random article' (on the left navigation bar)
3) From there, only using links in articles, navigate yourself to Holmes's page
4) Post your path!

Find Jason Schwartzman! (see, it fits this post!)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juice_bar
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_of_America
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Episode_IV:_A_New_Hope
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Graffiti
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Ford_Coppola
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Schwartzman

A JUICE BAR? Jason's six degrees from a juice bar. Freakin' vegan!vegetarian (I say that with love, you know this).

I have another thing to ask of you guys, but I'll make another post about it tomorrow. I want to try out ElJay's posting abilities on my phone. :P

By way of hegemony

An Open Letter to Eric Kripke

I couldn't have said it better myself, really. I'm usually one to completely miss these things on my tv shows but for some reason Supernatural makes it super-obvious and it really is my only gripe about the show (I mean, it's on CW but that's not really an excuse).

In other news, I will be listening to this for the rest of the day.

Lia

I saw Funny People. It could've been deeper but it was just glossy, depressing and long. I still enjoyed it. Although Apatow's daughter can sing pretty well and that one bar scene with EVERY COMEDIAN EVER was amazing.

TV this week-- loved Royal Pains and Leverage. I hate the stacked seasons on USA. Royal Pains is still going on, but Burn Notice is over, In Plain Sight's going to finish on Sunday and Psych and Monk are just beginning. I lik when they'd all end at the same time, right before my fall shows would start. Actually, I haven't seen this week's In Plain Sight yet. I was too busy with my layout to notice the time when they re-ran it yesterday.

Lake Bell's got a new series coming soon!! I love HBO. It's the only paid cable network I bother with, but employing my favorite B and C-Listers doesn't hurt.

( Meme )

Changed my layout. It took me forever to do the banner because I wanted it exactly like it looked in my head, so I had to track down effect tuts, textures and brushes I didn't have. And then I changed Castiel's line of vision, but it's so small you can't even tell now.

Psych tonight! I won't be home when it premieres at 10, but I'll be back by the re-run. \o/



Lia

I feel like crap. Honestly, that pain near my heart has been bothering me all day and I feel really woozy. I haven't had anything besides English muffins and tea, but that takes me through a whole day at school and I never feel like this. I watched two movies with my legs elevated hoping that would help, and I think it has.

Whatever. More importantly, I finished Freaks & Geeks and Undeclared and saw Observe & Report and I Love You, Man.

( Long drawn-out thoughts under here about the two shows )

( And the two movies! )

Also, thanks to whatever gods decided to put the trailers to Year One and Funny People before both movies. YES, PLEASE. WOULD WATCH AGAIN ON A BIG SCREEN (HAI JACK BLACK AND SCHWARZTY, HAIIIIIII). The longer trailer to The Hangover looks hysterical as well and I will definitely be seeing that, omg. (And my free bag of popcorn-- which is still in my bag for some reason-- had I Love You, Man on it when I saw Observe & Report.

I never noticed until just now when I saw the Funny People trailer again at the new site, but apparently Jason Schwartzman did the music for the movie? LOLOLOL, PLEASE TO BE PUTTING OUT A SOUNDTRACK/SCORE. I WILL COMMENCE WITH THE BUYING, THANK YOU.

I've had Opposite Sex on my iPod FOREVER so now I think I'll watch those episodes before I dive into Touching Evil. And then I think I'll flip-flop between Mad Men, Doogie Howser and Friday Night Lights, since the last two are on Hulu in full and I don't have to worry about HD space to watch them. And by then, school will be back in session. D:

Lia

P.S. I love this moodtheme picture's scene. "The Ls go like that." I want a guy to make a font inspired by me! I have a very geeky idea of romance, but heck, yes. Also, writing a love letter within the coding of an app would be amazing.

P.S.S. OH WHAT, MARTIN STARR IS ON PARTY DOWN? *OFF TO WATCH, NOW, KTHNXBYE*

ETA: Disney Templates. :O I noticed some of those, but wow, Disney. WOW.

I realize I haven't spoken about Psych or BSG, but I don't think I'll be doing posts for BSG. I sort of missed the whole last half hour of Psych though. So I have to watch it again before I can actually talk about it. Whenever I get time before the next episode. I did watch Brothers & Sisters and Big Love tonight, along with that We Are One concert. I wasn't going to watch, but then I saw Jack Black, Rosario, Kal Penn and Steve Carell's names on HBO's site and suddenly it was on my schedule. I loved that little girl asleep behind Obama the whole day and also Obama grooving along, lolol.

SNL was a lot better yesterday. Twitter was hating all over it, but hey, at least Rosario sang and used some of her crazy Hispanic impressions. I love her impressions. I just wish they'd let NPH sing last week. But let's discuss my weekend of HBO marathoning!

( Band of Brothers )

( Generation Kill )

THIS MEANS I GET TO FINALLY START WATCHING AVATAR TOMORROW! \O/ \O\ /O/ \O/

In other news: ON TUESDAY DAVY COMES OUT. That's the second album from Coconut Records. I have been listening to it non-stop since I downloaded it the other day, but because I only have digital copies of both his albums I don't have the credits and thank yous that comes in the liner notes of albums. That'll always grate me the most about downloading digital music, since I grew up pouring over the thank yous and writing credits of songs whenever I got a new album.

Anyway, there's this one song called "Drummer" that's definitely a downer but also the kind of song with little hints that I'm trying to figure out. So far I get that he mentions his dad dying, dating someone (I'd assume Selma Blair but hell if I'll ever understand how they fit together) and moving to New York. So now I'm trying to figure out who "West Coast" and "Back to You" were about. I always assumed they were random songs or about Zooey-- which didn't make much sense (such a Cali girl). And I'm pretty sure he never dated Kirsten Dunst and she's the only one I know that seems like she would live in NYC. I get too involved with these things. ALSO, I WANT TO KNOW WHO DOES WHAT ON THIS ALBUM AND IT'S DRIVING ME NUTS. I can't tell if I'm hearing two Jasons or Robert backing or if that's Louie on piano or Taylor's guitar. Ugh, damn you digital downloads for being so enticing. WHY ARE THE COPPOLAS SO TALENTED. And why is Nic Cage trying so hard to destroy that image. D:

Lia

P.S. Someone tell the possible UFO outside my house to go away. D: That whirling sound is bothering my eardrums.

On Friday they aired the ALMA awards on TV. Now usually, I could care less for any awards show that isn't the Oscars, Golden Globes or Primetime Emmys. But for some reason I decided these were important this year and I taped them. So I watched it Sunday morning, and I have to say I felt pretty proud. With the way society is still focused on white vs. black (and with good reason) in Hollywood, I tend to forget just how many Latinos there are in entertainment. I'd heard people say the reason Cane failed is because America wasn't ready to watch a show about a Latino family. But yet, Ugly Betty seems to be going strongly into their third season. There's not a lot of Latinos on the shows that I watch (by my count: James Roday, Jorge Garcia, Cristian De La Fuente, Dania Ramirez). But then I factor in all the other shows I'm not watching and-- well, you can make a two hour awards show with four nominees in each category, obviously. So there's a lot.

I also totally didn't realize Linda Ronstadt had Mexican roots, what. I love mariachi music, haha. I need to get that album.

Meanwhile, the film we watched last night in Latin American Cinema had SO MANY GRAMMATICAL ERRORS IN THE SUBTITLES I WANTED TO SHOOT THE TV. Just... no. I don't even know what they were saying, but hell, what's the point of subtitles when you can't understand them either?

And some random tidbits from my brain over the last few days:

- My connecting bus stop usually has HBO ads on it, (Sopranos, Entourage, John Adams, the Sex and the City movie-- now it's True Blood) so I'm suddenly really excited to start seeing Bored to Death ads.
- I think Jack Black has hazel eyes. I have never seen his eyes look green, but it seems like too much of a coincidence for both Lenny and Po to randomly have green eyes. CONSPIRACY!
- The restroom at my school reminds me of the restroom in one of the Tenacious D short films (this one-- NSFW, like any of the three are), so I can't stop laughing every time I pass the men's room (which I assume has the same style as the ladies') now. Which must look really mature, you know?

Lia

Alexander is the longest movie ever. I started watching it last Tuesday and it just went on forever. 39 chapters, and by chapter 24 there was still an hour and a half to go. Suffice it to say that no, I do not care for Oliver Stone, Platoon aside. Never bothering with him again. Sorry, Elizabeth Banks, I'm not going to be in line for 'W'.

( Memes )

( My Boys )

( Fear Itself )

And it was Jason Schwartzman's birthday, but now it's Drake Bell's birthday. I was going to do a picspam but I'm too lazy/hungry/sleepy/uninspired and it's hard to find anything new of either since they both disappeared into oblivion this year. So uh, yeah. *confetti*

I can has July? And some S3 promos for Psych?

Lia

Preview. Download.

credit to boheme06.

No one happens to have Robert Downey's CD, do they? I forgot all about that CD until the song popped into my head the other day and I went "OMG, I think I have that song!" But I don't have the CD. And I've grown accustomed to his voice, so... wantie.

I don't think I'll be watching "Dirty Sexy Money" or "Chuck" anymore. "D$M" doesn't seem to interest me, and "Chuck" is just ... there. I want to watch it because of Adam Baldwin, and no one deserves success more than the BDHs, but I don't really care about the show. I'd watch it on Saturdays if NBC always gave it on Saturdays, but then LOL when am I ever at home on Saturdays since the family got Good Vibrations (that's what I named our car)?

I haven't even watched the pilot of "Life is Wild" and "Aliens in America" isn't on the CW site so that makes it a little harder and therefore I don't care if the network doesn't.

Anyway, I saw a movie for $5 today! Well, I had a free ticket and when I redeemed the free ticket, I got free popcorn and my drink was only $5, so yeah. Besides a bagel and chai tea, that's all I've had to eat today too. But obviously I saw The Darjeeling Limited and it was awesome. Some bullets:

1. You really should see Hotel Chevalier first. It tells you more about Jack. I don't know why Jack gets the most development, but that damn iPod, lol.
2. I love the way Wes's movies look. From the first shot to the way the cameras move to that last slow-mo scene, it has Wes all over it. And I love it.
3. Jason is so SHORT! ROFL, how are we to believe these dudes are related? Plus, bare feet, wtf?
4. They robbed me of Natalie Portman, wtf. Anglica Huston however continues to remind me of my mom and I adore her.
5. I want to be Sweet Lime, :(
6. So much better than The Life Aquatic, which leads me to believe that Noah Baumbach should never write a Wes movie again. The Squid & The Whale looked so good, but I didn't feel anything. And I'll be seeing Margot at the Wedding but I'm not expecting anything from Baumbach on the level of Wes's anymore.

I was humming along to my iPod, and I guess I hum louder now because of my ears, so I distracted this one guy. He came up to me and asked what I was listening to. We had a good chat about Glenn Miller and big band music and even saw the same movie, but he left before me. I think that's what I like about NY so much. You can get into a conversation with someone completely random and not be obligated to become friends. We're all complete strangers, but there's always that one connection you can make that makes life here so special. Damn. Why is it that we hold our cities so close to our hearts?

( Memes below )

Lia

The Phuck Attack Icon Challenge!
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