August 2010
34 posts
WatchNatasha Beddingfield - (I Wanna Have Your) Babies
Forgot about this song, which I believe was only released in the UK. After re-watching the video, I think I understand the reasoning behind such a decision.
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thedailywhat:
Star Wars Motion Simulator Ride of the Day: A 3-D relaunch of the Star Tours ride is coming to Anaheim’s Disneyland and Orlando’s Walt Disney World on May 10th, 2011 and May 17th, 2011, respectively, and Disney has just released a preview of the video to be shown to visitors waiting in line for the ride.
Don’t buy your ticket to Bespin just yet — a DisneyPark disclaimer...
Life Lessons
I moved to Philadelphia on Tuesday, leaving the West Coast forever or at least until May. It is both a big deal and a big deal (in the sarcastic way) for me, as a native Californian who is not used to things like seasons or just the culture and attitude of the people across the country. Here are a handful of tips that may be common knowledge, but was new to me:
Steamholes here seem to have steam...
Drool List
Here are some upcoming releases I would enjoy watching at a movie theater, cherrypicked from IMDB’s Now Playing section:
The Other Guys (August 6)
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (August 12)
Going the Distance (August 27)
Catfish (September 17)
Waiting for “Superman,” It’s Kind of a Funny Story, You Again, Buried (September 24)
Freakonomics, The Social Network (October...
Vague cliches and the people who use them
I have a friend (hi Julia!) who hates the phrase, “work hard and play hard,” for obvious reasons: who would want to work hard and play easy? It’s the least unique philosophy ever and it it often used by the most arrogrant, vapid, empty-headed people who are very likely to end up being a subject of one of MTV’s newest and most degrading reality television shows. Gross.
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Clarification
On Facebook today, many people seem pretty jazzed that Prop 8 was overturned (for now.)
“I’m proud again to be a Californian,” they write.
The Scrooge in me scratches my head because it’s not so much a plus for California as much as it is a reversal of a decision made by around 52 percent of the state’s voters and fueled by millions of dollars from the Mormon church...
