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No Amount of Candy in the World
re: #30: It is staged. I saw an expose on it, and an interview with the director of it. It was intended as a stealth promo for some flick. If you look closely, you'll see in the beginning a guy goes to hit a woman or vice versa with some heavy object, and it look fake, because it is.— October 14, 2009 1:59 p.m.
No Amount of Candy in the World
So far, we have: CFish: nun Nan: sweet lil' ole lady who serves tea and cookies Joe: Nick Burns, annoying computer geek (SNL?) Pete: Milton (from Office Space) AG? A seriously unfunny person, perhaps. Nixon? SD: My problem is that I am empathic enough to find something of myself in everyone (either that or pathologically narcissistic :), and have trouble thinking about a "direct" opposite. I guess I'd be Ann Coulter. [shiver] If I can stomach it!!!!— October 14, 2009 1:57 p.m.
Degrees
...and I still have unanswered questions for SurfPuppy in #43 and #55. Perhaps occumsrazor would like to take them up? :)— October 14, 2009 12:01 p.m.
No Amount of Candy in the World
Good for you, Fishy! This is a really hard one, and I'll have to think about it for a while.— October 14, 2009 10:14 a.m.
Columbus--The Man, The Myth...The Mercenary!
Awww, ok. :)— October 14, 2009 9:56 a.m.
Columbus--The Man, The Myth...The Mercenary!
Yeah, but did it see you, baby?! I love that film! :) And speaking of, I did see YOU CuddleFish--just picked up my weekly copy of the Reader, cutie :)— October 14, 2009 9:50 a.m.
Columbus--The Man, The Myth...The Mercenary!
re: #13: "Daniels declared: "Asking if I am a food snob does not equal a sound thrashing, AG :)" It was behind the woodshed. I employed the use of a flashy thing, so you would not remember." To which I, Great Aunt Ada Doom, reply: "[No wonder I have a traumatic memory that] I saw something nasty in the woodshed!" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncYIQRIyovQ&NR=1 (see 9:32) :)— October 14, 2009 8:52 a.m.
The Other Side Of California...Life In The San Joaquin Valley
This made me laugh, LPR, considering what a dropout I was--"first runner-up for "Most Inspirational"" :)— October 14, 2009 4:52 a.m.
No Amount of Candy in the World
To combine something of the Dia de los Muertos for AG along with Pike's doll theme, here is a most relaxing destination for your next trip: http://www.mexicovacationtravels.com/ruins/isla-d… Oh, and I love that the ad suggests most helpfully that this doll would go well in a cemetery. Next time I go to place flowers on Uncle Ernie's plaque, it would feel comforting to see it, knowing that such things await us "on the other side." :)— October 14, 2009 4:28 a.m.
No Amount of Candy in the World
I don't have a copy of that particular Bakhtin, long in my past, so will post this wiki link for everyone. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnivalesque The carnivalesque is a fascinating topic, and the idea that at such times of the year as Halloween, all direct oppositions are reversed, or temporarily suspended through literal exchange of position--king become pauper and vice versa--must certainly appeal to Pike's best Marxist sensibilities :) Bakhtin's dialogic appeals to my sense that everything is a text, and everything around us can be seen to take the shape of a dialogue or series of dialogues. This is one of the many reasons I like Pike's use of craigslist ads to articulate something of his neighborhood (sort of); it is fun to think of objects and ideas in conversation with one another unbeknownst to us, not just on Halloween, or that Christmas midnight, when animals use human language. Question for all: In this spirit, what would each of you be for Halloween, if you were to temporarily transform into what you consider to be your "direct" opposite?— October 14, 2009 4:10 a.m.