POLARITY 182
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Why Do Men Have Nipples? The concept of the book is to take medical questions we all wonder about, but never ask professionals because they might seem stupid: why do men have nipples, is the g-spot real, what's up with female ejaculation; to just silly: can poprocks and coke really kill someone, does eating carrots help eyesight, etc. To give the book personality, the chapters are split up by narratives both fictional (which aren't funny), and through their real-life instant messaging with one another (which are), but frankly, I would have preferred less narrative and more question/answers, because the book is very informative and the answers entertaining enough that the fluff sections seem unneccesary. Nevertheless, I want a sequel!
The models for Marc Jacobs Do you ever read Jane magazine? That's mostly where I see them. The models are always these thin, pale, with almost no make-up, gorgeous everyday girls, and I'm absolutely in love with them. They totally stand out amongst other fashion models. Jacobs recently chose Meg White as his newest model, to show what kind of awesome taste this guy has. Unfortunately, I could find absolutely no links on the Internet to the print ads that I'm talking about, so you'll just have to take my word for it if you aren't familair with them already.
Girlscout Cookies Thin Mints They come once a year, and they have one of the best cookies ever: chocolate covered mint cookies. It's fab. Why didn't they have anything like that in the Boy Scouts? I'll tell you why-- because the Boy Scouts fucking sucked.
The Discovery Channel Do you remember when TDC was just reruns of National Geographic with the occasional Shark Week thrown in? All the original programming on the channel now is absolutely frigging great, with Myth Busters, Dirty Jobs, original documentaries, awesome reality shows (a genre which, on pretty much every other channel, should be pronounced dead). It's weird that The Discovery Channel is actually exciting.
Wondermark In case you haven't noticed from the webcomics I recommend, I don't like continuity. I hate it when I click on a webcomic and there's one of them stories. Continuity based comics are consistently unfunny. Wondermark, on the other hand, is the best kind of webcomic: absurdist one-shots. The artstyle is particularly clever-- like some other webcomics, the artist uses clipart to tell his stories, but they're illustrations from the late 19th and early 20th century. The results are hilarious; watching two old-timey British gents discuss Sudoku is more hilarious than a whole lot of stuff.
THE BAD
Movie theater prices Yeah, I know. It's a cliche how expensive movie prices are. But I always, always do matinee, and I haven't paid full price in... Good Lord... Maybe it was the first Spider-Man movie? Fellowship of the Ring? I don't remember. But I was distinctly appalled forking out 18 bucks for two people to see a movie just because I got there after 6 pm. For that price I could go out and buy a movie that hit theaters just three months ago. And consessions, yes, we all know how much consessions can be. But seriously, I spent an additional 18.25 (one quarter more!) on one bag of popcorn, two sodas, and two bags of candy! Industry analysts note that box-office sales are slumping, but that's because nobody wants to drop next to 40 bucks for themselves and a date to see a movie! And by the way... the movie was awful.
Preview for teen movies You know the worst part about watching a movie that's targetted for an audience that's 10 years younger than you? Provided, of course, the movie is worth your while... The previews, which are also skewed for a younger audience. We saw the trailer for V: For Vendetta, which ruled. Also, a Lindsay Lohan movie, some trading-gender-places movie (which actually looks like a cute rental), and about 15 different terrible horror movies. Well, at least the V trailer was awesome.
Me needing to diet The thing about me is that I still have this slender build, but I've got this gut. It looks like a beer gut but I don't drink beer. And this gut on what's obviously supposed to be a slim build looks downright cartoonish. I look like a muppet. Skinny arms, skinny legs, rotound belly. I seriously need to go on a diet.
My artist skillz I look back at the stuff I did when I was 16, and I was way ahead of my time. I was doing some really amazing stuff, and I wasn't using references-- I've never been good at drawing off of something in reality, because my mind wants to draw things in a different way than my eyes neccesarily see it. And I never drew using other comic book art as a reference, because that's sloppy. But now... I know logically it's just because I'm out of practice, I mean, when I was 16, I drew every single day, and nowadays months can go by before I try anything at all, so I mean, if I think about it logically, I know that I haven't just lost the talent I was once so proud of. But it's so difficult to get the desire to draw again if I can't fucking draw. It's like a catch 22. I can't draw, so I don't want to draw. And it makes me feel useless. Yes, I should be proud of my writing, because I write every single day, but I never really felt like writing was a tangible job, whereas I always felt like art was tangible. I know that seems silly, but it's just kind of how my brain works. I'm passionate about being an artist, so I feel useless because I cannot make art.
MySpace: The Movie This has been making the rounds lately, probably only because it's about a topic that everyone seems to be obsessed with lately. I've seen a lot of awesome college films on the Internet that have made me laugh hysterically. This is not one of them.
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with love from CRS @ 10:43 PM
Monday, February 27, 2006
Why Do Men Have Nipples? The concept of the book is to take medical questions we all wonder about, but never ask professionals because they might seem stupid: why do men have nipples, is the g-spot real, what's up with female ejaculation; to just silly: can poprocks and coke really kill someone, does eating carrots help eyesight, etc. To give the book personality, the chapters are split up by narratives both fictional (which aren't funny), and through their real-life instant messaging with one another (which are), but frankly, I would have preferred less narrative and more question/answers, because the book is very informative and the answers entertaining enough that the fluff sections seem unneccesary. Nevertheless, I want a sequel!
The models for Marc Jacobs Do you ever read Jane magazine? That's mostly where I see them. The models are always these thin, pale, with almost no make-up, gorgeous everyday girls, and I'm absolutely in love with them. They totally stand out amongst other fashion models. Jacobs recently chose Meg White as his newest model, to show what kind of awesome taste this guy has. Unfortunately, I could find absolutely no links on the Internet to the print ads that I'm talking about, so you'll just have to take my word for it if you aren't familair with them already.
Girlscout Cookies Thin Mints They come once a year, and they have one of the best cookies ever: chocolate covered mint cookies. It's fab. Why didn't they have anything like that in the Boy Scouts? I'll tell you why-- because the Boy Scouts fucking sucked.
The Discovery Channel Do you remember when TDC was just reruns of National Geographic with the occasional Shark Week thrown in? All the original programming on the channel now is absolutely frigging great, with Myth Busters, Dirty Jobs, original documentaries, awesome reality shows (a genre which, on pretty much every other channel, should be pronounced dead). It's weird that The Discovery Channel is actually exciting.
Wondermark In case you haven't noticed from the webcomics I recommend, I don't like continuity. I hate it when I click on a webcomic and there's one of them stories. Continuity based comics are consistently unfunny. Wondermark, on the other hand, is the best kind of webcomic: absurdist one-shots. The artstyle is particularly clever-- like some other webcomics, the artist uses clipart to tell his stories, but they're illustrations from the late 19th and early 20th century. The results are hilarious; watching two old-timey British gents discuss Sudoku is more hilarious than a whole lot of stuff.
THE BAD
Movie theater prices Yeah, I know. It's a cliche how expensive movie prices are. But I always, always do matinee, and I haven't paid full price in... Good Lord... Maybe it was the first Spider-Man movie? Fellowship of the Ring? I don't remember. But I was distinctly appalled forking out 18 bucks for two people to see a movie just because I got there after 6 pm. For that price I could go out and buy a movie that hit theaters just three months ago. And consessions, yes, we all know how much consessions can be. But seriously, I spent an additional 18.25 (one quarter more!) on one bag of popcorn, two sodas, and two bags of candy! Industry analysts note that box-office sales are slumping, but that's because nobody wants to drop next to 40 bucks for themselves and a date to see a movie! And by the way... the movie was awful.
Preview for teen movies You know the worst part about watching a movie that's targetted for an audience that's 10 years younger than you? Provided, of course, the movie is worth your while... The previews, which are also skewed for a younger audience. We saw the trailer for V: For Vendetta, which ruled. Also, a Lindsay Lohan movie, some trading-gender-places movie (which actually looks like a cute rental), and about 15 different terrible horror movies. Well, at least the V trailer was awesome.
Me needing to diet The thing about me is that I still have this slender build, but I've got this gut. It looks like a beer gut but I don't drink beer. And this gut on what's obviously supposed to be a slim build looks downright cartoonish. I look like a muppet. Skinny arms, skinny legs, rotound belly. I seriously need to go on a diet.
My artist skillz I look back at the stuff I did when I was 16, and I was way ahead of my time. I was doing some really amazing stuff, and I wasn't using references-- I've never been good at drawing off of something in reality, because my mind wants to draw things in a different way than my eyes neccesarily see it. And I never drew using other comic book art as a reference, because that's sloppy. But now... I know logically it's just because I'm out of practice, I mean, when I was 16, I drew every single day, and nowadays months can go by before I try anything at all, so I mean, if I think about it logically, I know that I haven't just lost the talent I was once so proud of. But it's so difficult to get the desire to draw again if I can't fucking draw. It's like a catch 22. I can't draw, so I don't want to draw. And it makes me feel useless. Yes, I should be proud of my writing, because I write every single day, but I never really felt like writing was a tangible job, whereas I always felt like art was tangible. I know that seems silly, but it's just kind of how my brain works. I'm passionate about being an artist, so I feel useless because I cannot make art.
MySpace: The Movie This has been making the rounds lately, probably only because it's about a topic that everyone seems to be obsessed with lately. I've seen a lot of awesome college films on the Internet that have made me laugh hysterically. This is not one of them.
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