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This assumes (and I think I assume correctly) that most of the people that read this journal and are likely to respond know me to some reasonable extent.

So tell me in a comment: If you saw me cuffed and sitting in the back of a squad car, what would you imagine I was being charged with?

( What Big Cat are you quiz results behind the cut. )

You can't tell me you're honestly surprised.

Disclaimer: Normally I'm not prone to posting what everyone else has already been talking about. But I'm making an exception this once because, well, I like things that fly in the face of conventional Hollywood and this really is Just That Good.

So these last few days the Ell Jay has been alive with commentary about Joss Whedon's latest endeavor. I thought Firefly was great and the original Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie was funny and irreverent, so I guess that I can say I like the man's work but wouldn't put myself in the category of "huge fan." I also have to admit that up until last night I had mostly resisted all the posts commanding that I Go look! Now! because I figured it was yet another case of overblown propaganda and somewhat fawning appreciation (Joss tends to inspire rabidness in his fans).

I was wrong. It's not overblown at all, this is fantastic stuff. And so I give you:



The blog expires and goes away at midnight (I dunno what time zone) tonight, Sunday the 20th. As for me? Well, I went ahead and bought all three acts for $3.99 on iTunes to support the effort. If you enjoy what you see, then I highly recommend that you do so as well. Products like this deserve recognition and income.

PS: Yes, that's Neil Patrick Harris in the title role.

In order to try and help out while troubleshooting a problem lady_curmudgeon was encountering with Facebook, I ended up joining as well.

One of us. One of us. One of us.

Tallears, I will get you for doing this to me. I know where you live, I have a key to your house, your dog likes me and revenge will be mine if it's the very last thing I do.

For those of you who have no idea what I'm talking about, it all started with this Flash animation that roho coaxed me to download a couple of days ago. It's an animated music video set to the song "Move Your Dead Bones" by Dr Reanimator (to my understanding, the song originally was made for an accompanying live-action video that was included as bonus material on the Beyond Re-animator DVD). This fan video was created by zarla and seems to have hit official Internet Meme status with various demographics including furries, video game fanatics and slash authors. The animation features her original character (Zarla) along with a cast taken from such cult hits as Johnny the Homicidal Maniac, Final Fantasy, Silent Hill and others. The various characters are all dancing and ... well, just watch it and see. It defies description at certain points. Despite the animation's relative simplicity it's actually fun to watch and the music is catchy, perhaps because of how campy it is (and if you take into account the films that inspired it, this shouldn't be a surprise). It's probably the most enjoyable 3 minutes and 14 seconds I've ever spent on a meme.

The problem with campy, catchy music is that in some cases it is prone to lodging in your brain. Once there it absolutely will not leave and you find yourself humming it at very odd or inopportune times. You are hereby warned: if you watch the video and find that you become infected as well ... it's not my fault.

Let me give you some green color