November 17, 2009
Can it be that Angels in the Outfield is not actually the masterpiece I think it is? JGL is a Serious Actor now, but articles about his career always seem to omit that film. (Including this one.) Brick, Mysterious Skin, 500 Days, etc. are all well and good, but not a one of those roles have made quite the impression on me that Angels’ Roger did. To me, JGL is still the little boy praying for his dad, Dermot Mulroney, to come back so they can be a family again. Fun fact: Mulroney went on to star in The Wedding Date, in which he played a male escort. JGL played a male prostitute in Mysterious Skin! The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, apparently. (image via film.virtual-history.com)

Can it be that Angels in the Outfield is not actually the masterpiece I think it is? JGL is a Serious Actor now, but articles about his career always seem to omit that film. (Including this one.)

Brick, Mysterious Skin, 500 Days, etc. are all well and good, but not a one of those roles have made quite the impression on me that Angels’ Roger did. To me, JGL is still the little boy praying for his dad, Dermot Mulroney, to come back so they can be a family again.

Fun fact: Mulroney went on to star in The Wedding Date, in which he played a male escort. JGL played a male prostitute in Mysterious Skin! The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, apparently.

(image via film.virtual-history.com)

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October 28, 2009
Odd little coincidence.

Odd little coincidence.

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October 27, 2009
Couple Starts a New Life With a Clean Slate - NYTimes.com

Old, but so sweet: the wedding of two people who never really thought they’d make it.

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“ Of course there were experiments on children. But probably their fathers were spies.

a “72-year-old farmer, then a medical assistant in a Japanese Army unit in China in World War II” with regards to horrific experiments on humans by the Japanese military, as quoted in an old NYT article.

This is seriously disturbing stuff, and it’s even more disturbing that not too many people seem to know about it… and that part of the reason for that is that the US government helped cover it up in exchange for their data.

(Found this article through an earlier article I posted.)

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Natalie Portman, you are making a damn fool of yourself.

On the Huffington Post (via Jezebel):

“[Jonathan Safran Foer] posits that consideration, as promoted by Michael Pollan in The Omnivore’s Dilemma, which has more to do with being polite to your tablemates than sticking to your own ideals, would be absurd if applied to any other belief (e.g., I don’t believe in rape, but if it’s what it takes to please my dinner hosts, then so be it).”

The rest of the article isn’t quite as silly… but sorry, Polanski supporters don’t get to condemn anything for its similarity to rape.

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25 of the Scariest Science Experiments Ever Conducted

danhacker:

If you want to be shocked, appalled and fascinated by what real life mad scientists are up to, you really should read this.

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October 23, 2009
35mmpaul: fuckyeahlordoftherings: Philosoraptor asks a wise question. instant velociraptor lord of the rings philosophical question reblog.

35mmpaul:

fuckyeahlordoftherings:

Philosoraptor asks a wise question.

instant velociraptor lord of the rings philosophical question reblog.

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Patrick Stewart on Extras.

It’s old, but it’s amazing. I saw it a few days ago and have been cracking up just thinking about it ever since.

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October 22, 2009
“ If it is one minute late, I will go to the animal shelter and get you a kitty cat. I will let you fall in love with that kitty cat. And then on some dark, cold night, I will steal away into your home and punch you in the face.

And that’s how Sue “C”s it.

Seriously, all I want in life is a chance to say this to someone someday.

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October 9, 2009
“

Dear Journal,

Feeling listless again today. It began at dawn when I tried to make a smoothie out of beef bones breaking my juicer and then at Cheerios practice… disaster. It was unmistakable. It was like spotting the first spark on the Hindenburg…. a quiver. That quiver will lose us nationals and without a championship, I’ll lose my endorsements and without those endorsements… I won’t be able to buy my hovercraft.

GLEE CLUB!!!
Every time I try to destroy that clutch of scab-eating, mouth-breathers that only comes back stronger like some sexually ambiguous horror movie villain. here I am, about to turn 30, and I’ve sacrificed everything!—only to be shanghaied by the bi-curious machinations of a cabal of doughy, misshapen teens!

Am I missing something, journal? is it me? Of course it’s not me.
It’s WILL SCHUSTER. What is it about him, journal? Is it the arrogant smirk, is it the store-bought home perm?
You know, journal, I noticed something yesterday. of course…it’s coming clear to me now. if I can’t destroy the club, I will have to destroy THE MAN!

Sue Sylvester

(and corrections)

(via karinanotcinerina)

Jane Lynch, I love you.

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