The Incredible Shrinking Brain

amusing, apparently I'm a Jack Russell Terrier...

Sat, 01 Nov 2008 20:14:54 GMT

This must be why Harley Quinn, our JRT, loves me, hehe.

oh the joy for a lovely halloween

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 22:22:13 GMT

thanks fearnet!

watch the whole film for free of Midnight Meat Train, (based on a story by the lovely Clive Barker) here!

Midnight Meat Train on fearnet.com

Wow, two posts in less than 24 hours

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:31:22 GMT

So, apparently someone in British Columbia has been bombing oil pipelines, near Dawson Creek. It sounds like the work of people concerned about the environment, not that I blame them for that, but it's not necessarily the right way to go about changing things. Anyway, this story hasn't gotten any traction down here in the US that I've seen, there's been two bombings so far, and I find it weird that something that potentially effects the US, in terms of energy supply, is being un-reported. At any rate, link follows to CBC story about it.

Pipeline bombings.

Humanity is failing

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 19:47:22 GMT

I am struck today, as I am most days, by the unbelievable conceit of humanity. The following video, which I urge you to watch, I first saw in 1982 when it originally aired, and it changed my thoughts about filmmaking and animals forever. There's a new episode as well, the second link, from last year. They were produced by the CBC for their investigative news programme, The Fifth Estate. I still remember how I felt seeing 'Cruel Camera' for the first time, how betrayed by the establishment of the entertainment industry, and how disappointed in people I'd grown up idolizing I was. I hope these are as much of an eye-opener now.

The original Cruel Camera, from 1982

The 2007 update of Cruel Camera

What classic pin-up am i?

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 18:38:16 GMT

I know this will come as a shock to absolutely noone, lol, but somehow I'm apparently Betty Page, whee!

What Classic Pin-Up Are You?

You're Bettie Page!
Take this quiz!

Birthday fun

Sat, 15 Sep 2007 14:21:52 GMT

I feel so old now!!!!! Holy cow, 39. Eep! Although the guy at the pub we went to for supper last night attempted to card me, lol. Anyway, got totally spoiled. I'll have to post some pics later today of the new king of all my toys, hehe. He's a 25" tall Balrog, who roars and lights up and has a 3' wingspan, lol! He's totally amazing. I have the best husband on earth, he knows me so well! lol!

In other news, Logan is doing much better now. We're leaving him alone heartworm treatment-wise until it's time for his shots in January again when we'll get him re-tested for heartworm. Hopefully he won't need another treatment. But at least he can be back to acting like his old insane self until then, hehe.

Harley is great as usual, although her toad count is up to around 23 now. She's built up a resistance to them. The more she gets poisoned by them, the more pissed off she gets at them. She's not a stupid dog, just really really stubborn, but that's what terriers are like.

The hubby is doing well, work is insane at the moment, they've shipped one game addon this year, and another game is shipping in mid-October, so there's been lots of working late and stuff. It will be nice when crunch-time is over!

On Wednesday we're going to see Henry Rollins speak, whee! I had the pleasure of seeing the Rollins Band during the first lollapalooza tour, but this is my first time hearing him speaking in person. Very excited!!!! Also in mid-October, taking my husband to see The Tragically Hip! Tickets were only $25. There's nowhere in Canada you could go to to see them for that little, so that was exciting, hehe!

Basically that's the update. Oh! Go to Blaqk Audio's myspace page, listen to 'Stiff Kittens', great band!

What Jones Soda am I?

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 11:41:48 GMT

I know, you were dying to know this...

Oh, so very depressed. Sigh.

Wed, 18 Jul 2007 23:05:48 GMT

My poor fuzzy boy! :(

Our little fuzzy boy, Logan, was diagnosed Saturday with heart-worm. He's 2 1/2, so even though it's a light load, (they think he's had it since before we got him, but it takes 4 months to show up on tests, and he never got retested) we can't in good conscience leave it, as eventually they will damage his heart and lungs.

However, when he began treatment Saturday with the 'weak' (about half strength) dose they start with, (the medication is, essentially, arsenic) he developed almost all of the really rare bad reaction side effects; heavy panting, excessive drooling, trouble walking, restlessness, etc. He's better now, but in a month he gets 2 full strength doses one day after the other.

If he had all those reactions, what is even one full strength dose going to do to him, let alone two in a row? Also, they want to keep him in for the day, which I totally agree with, but he freaks out so very badly when he can't see us or his sister Harley, and has severe anxiety and panic when we're gone, so I don't know if that will make things worse.

So I'm trying to learn all I can, but I'm just getting so bogged down in misery. I mean, he was rescued from a kill shelter by the rescue group we got him from, and was about to be put down. He had a hellish existence for the first 10 months of his life, given all the things he recognizes that he shouldn't, and he was a stray for a fair time before the kill shelter got him.

He was a difficult boy for the first 8 months we had him, and we came perilously close to sending him back to the rescue group several times, (he ate our couch, a $100 mouse, an expensive watch, so much stuff, I can't even remember everything) but we stuck it out, and he's become one of the sweetest and most loving dogs I've ever known. He hasn't got a mean bone in his body. He so totally doesn't deserve this.

Anyway, I had to vent a bit, my husband and I are trying to be positive and stuff, but it's getting very hard, this is going to be a very very long month, waiting. I have no clue what we'd do without him at this point, let alone little Harley, who had problems with him at first, but he's since become like her baby.

Sorry for being so bleak and stuff, sigh.

1001 Reasons Japan is cooler than here... #827 - Japan Street Syle

Mon, 02 Jul 2007 15:39:30 GMT

Agh, stupid embed isn't working, sigh! I hate when that happens. I think it's just to further irk me the day before i go in to get my knee surgery knee checked out (it's been about 2 weeks since the surgery, yay, i'm sick of not being able to do anything, and the crutches are making the arthritis in my arms really bad, sigh)

Anyway, was trying to post a link to here:

Japan Street Style

Enjoy!

Sad

Mon, 11 Jun 2007 21:48:44 GMT

Heroes!

Wed, 23 May 2007 14:43:01 GMT

Ok, so it's my fave show on television right now, has been since it started, really. Now it's over for the year, but if you haven't watched this fantastic show yet, please check it out online. NBC has the entire season streaming now, so you can totally catch up! Also, they have a great new feature that lets you watch each character's storyline seperately. First up is Peter Petrelli. Please check this show out!!!

Just cause I rock...

Tue, 27 Mar 2007 07:25:28 GMT

Happy Thanksgiving from me in the US to everyone else in this country.

Thu, 23 Nov 2006 16:42:18 GMT

Though, I have to say, I miss Canada. Sigh. But that probably has a lot to do with how sick we've both been over the last few weeks. Sigh. It would be nice to be not sick for a holiday just once, you know?

In a weirdly miraculous kinda event that only happens once a decade, I'm really into country music this week, no idea why, lol. So if you have any good suggestions let me know, hehe.

Have to finish cleaning so i can put the little turkey on, whee! I love turkey. Yum!

I'll let you all know how it turns out, hehe.

Liz/Beth

U2 - Exit (Rattle & Hum)

Wed, 14 Jun 2006 21:05:30 GMT

Just had to post this, I might do a couple a week like this, but this is by far the best version of this song ever recorded, imo.

Stuff and stuff...

Wed, 14 Jun 2006 06:27:08 GMT

Wow what a long week it's been already! Of course this is partially due to me not having my proper antihisthamines, but hey. Our shower head broke today, argh!!! So have had to go back to the crappy one that was on here when Alaric moved in. Sigh. My ears are killing me. I'm having a very bad fibro day, and somehow, even after taking a sleeping pill, i'm not tired at all. I really need to sleep, I can't. Argh. Very frustrating.

I forgot!!!

Thu, 08 Jun 2006 20:32:23 GMT

Actually, if you have a dog, you really need to check this site out, it's a lot of fun and has great forums and things, as well as a regular 'ask the vet' feature and a lot more! Both our pups have pages here. There's a catster.com too!

It's been a long time! (Harley's new blog entry)

Thu, 08 Jun 2006 20:04:09 GMT

Yes, our dogs have blogs too! Here's Harley's new blog entry. She was pestering me to post this to everyone, so I have.

Liz
(and Harley)
(and Logan)

http://www.dogster.com/diary_page.php?pet_id=150231&entry_id=163777

New!

Tue, 14 Mar 2006 18:11:52 GMT

Hi again. Wow, twice in a week or so! Anyway, had to let everyone know that we have a new baby boy, Logan! You can see him here. He's super adorable, and a very good boy so far, although he developed Kennel Cough on the night we got him, so he's sick. :( Poor little guy. At any rate, wanted to post our new addition to everyone!

Liz

I'm kinda back I guess kinda

Tue, 07 Mar 2006 03:48:32 GMT

Okie, going to try to remember to update this occaisionally, again! heh

My dear husband fell asleep at 8:15ish, so I've been sitting here listening to depressing music for the last while, and contemplating what it would be like to have another dog, in addition to Harley. We're thinking about adopting another puppy, and I'd really like another one, but I don't want our first pup to feel all ookie. Is that lame? I mean, she'd love to have a playmate, but I don't know how well she'd react once she realized it was staying. I don't know, too much to think about tonight. Sigh

Oh, Harley, our dog, has a Dogster page, you can see it here. It's like LJ, but for dogs. I really need to update her diary too. I'm so behind!!!

ain't this the truth, heh

Wed, 01 Sep 2004 23:35:37 GMT

Your Lord of the Rings Vacation by dr_fabulous
Username
Favourite colour
Lucky day
You spend your holiday with	Viggo Mortensen
Where?	New Zealand
You spend your days	Painting and taking photos
... and your nights	Tied to his bedposts

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Still Alive...

Sun, 01 Aug 2004 01:54:16 GMT

Which LOTR boy will you find in your cereal box? by deliabird
username
favorite cereal
skim or whole milk?
your LOTR boy-cereal toy	Viggo

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IMDB 101-250, whee!

Fri, 12 Dec 2003 23:41:32 GMT

Ok, here's the second half of the list, heheh.

Once again, the bold text is stuff I haven't seen. A '*' is stuff I have on DVD, a '^' is stuff I have in a different format. Oh the fun!!! :)

101 Great Dictator, The (1940)
102 Rebecca (1940) ^
103 Cinema Paradiso (1989)
104 Big Sleep, The (1946) *
105 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) *
106 Mononoke-hime (1997) *
107 Graduate, The (1967) ^
108 Best Years of Our Lives, The (1946)
109 Manhattan (1979)
110 Searchers, The (1956)
111 Deer Hunter, The (1978) *
112 Patton (1970) *
113 Glory (1989) ^
114 It Happened One Night (1934)
115 Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) *
116 The Bicycle Thief (1948)
117 African Queen, The (1951) ^
118 Philadelphia Story, The (1940) *
119 Yojimbo (1961)
120 Bringing Up Baby (1938)
121 Ben-Hur (1959) *
122 Cool Hand Luke (1967)
123 Forrest Gump (1994) *
124 Shrek (2001)
125 Green Mile, The (1999) *
126 Talk to Her (2002)
127 Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
128 Unforgiven (1992)
129 Grapes of Wrath, The (1940) ^
130 Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) ^
131 Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) *
132 Gone with the Wind (1939) ^
133 Stalag 17 (1953) ^
134 Wild Bunch, The (1969) *
135 Straight Story, The (1999)
136 Night of the Hunter, The (1955) *
137 All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
138 Elephant Man, The (1980)
139 Christmas Story, A (1983) *
140 Hustler, The (1961)
141 Young Frankenstein (1974) *
142 Platoon (1986) *
143 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) ^
144 Back to the Future (1985) *
145 His Girl Friday (1940) *
146 Die Hard (1988) *
147 Grand Illusion (1937)
148 Monsters, Inc. (2001)
149 Amores perros (2000)
150 Almost Famous (2000) *
151 Conversation, The (1974) *
152 Gold Rush, The (1925)
153 Adventures of Robin Hood, The (1938) *
154 Spartacus (1960) *
155 The Celebration (1998)
156 Charade (1963) ^
157 Life of Brian (1979) *
158 Battleship Potemken (1925)
159 Gladiator (2000) *
160 Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The (1962)
161 Being John Malkovich (1999) *
162 Mulholland Dr. (2001)
163 Magnolia (1999) *
164 Insider, The (1999)
165 Wild Strawberries (1957)
166 Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
167 Sling Blade (1996)
168 Toy Story (1995) *
169 Brazil (1985) ^
170 Streetcar Named Desire, A (1951) ^
171 Roman Holiday (1953) ^
172 Night at the Opera, A (1935)
173 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) ^
174 Exorcist, The (1973) *
175 All the President's Men (1976) ^
176 Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951) *
177 The 400 Blows (1959)
178 Shadow of a Doubt (1943) *
179 Adaptation (2002)
180 Red (1994) ^
181 Killing, The (1956)
182 To Be or Not to Be (1942)
183 Ed Wood (1994) ^
184 Terminator, The (1984) *
185 Stand by Me (1986) *
186 Dog Day Afternoon (1975) ^
187 Twelve Monkeys (1995) ^
188 Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922) *
189 Lost in Translation (2003)
190 Harvey (1950) *
191 This Is Spinal Tap (1984) *
192 Right Stuff, The (1983) *
193 Lion in Winter, The (1968) ^
194 Network (1976) ^
195 Minority Report (2002)
196 Midnight Cowboy (1969) ^
197 Trainspotting (1996) *
198 Gandhi (1982) *
199 Others, The (2001) *
200 Miller's Crossing (1990)
201 Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
202 Laura (1944) ^
203 Rain Man (1988)
204 Groundhog Day (1993)
205 Stagecoach (1939) ^
206 Mystic River (2003)
207 8? (1963) ^
208 Traffic (2000)
209 Snatch (2000) *
210 Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
211 Hero (2002)
212 39 Steps, The (1935) *
213 King Kong (1933) ^
214 Whale Rider (2002)
215 Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
216 Strada, La (1954)
217 Untouchables, The (1987) *
218 Henry V (1989) *
219 Rio Bravo (1959) ^
220 All About My Mother (1999)
221 The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
222 In the Heat of the Night (1967) ^
223 Big Lebowski, The (1998)
224 Beauty and the Beast (1991) *
225 The Killer (1989)
226 Thin Man, The (1934) ^
227 Planet of the Apes (1968) *
228 Fantasia (1940) *
229 Being There (1979) ^
230 Good Will Hunting (1997)
231 Red River (1948)
232 Beautiful Mind, A (2001)
233 Clerks (1994)
234 Quiet Man, The (1952)
235 Road to Perdition (2002) *
236 MASH (1970) ^
237 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) *
238 Sleuth (1972) ^
239 Bride of Frankenstein (1935) *
240 Man Who Would Be King, The (1975) *
241 O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) *
242 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) *
243 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) *
244 JFK (1991) ^
245 Sweet Hereafter, The (1997)
246 Man for All Seasons, A (1966)
247 Birds, The (1963) *
248 From Here to Eternity (1953) ^
249 Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) *
250 Deliverance (1972) *

Wow there's lots I haven't seen yet. Lots from recently too. I count myself lucky that I've seen a lot of silent films though, between here on TV and in Toronto when I lived there, I've been lucky to see many of the classics of the silent era, a few even with a live organist or piano player, hehe. Lots I still need to own too. Sigh.

IMDB Top 100 to start with...

Fri, 12 Dec 2003 23:26:00 GMT

Ok, have to do this now. hehehe

In bold are films I haven't seen yet. A '*' after a title indicates I own it on DVD, a '^' indicates I own it in a different format, which I'll only note if I don't have the DVD or if a DVD isn't available and I own it in a different format.

1 Godfather, The (1972) ^
2 Shawshank Redemption, The (1994) *
3 Godfather: Part II, The (1974)
4 Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The (2002) *
5 Casablanca (1942) *
6 Schindler's List (1993) ^
7 The Seven Samurai (1954) *
8 Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The (2001) *
9 Citizen Kane (1941) *
10 Star Wars (1977) ^
11 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) *
12 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) ^
13 Rear Window (1954) *
14 Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) ^
15 Memento (2000) *
16 Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) ^ (DVDs coming for Christmas)
17 Usual Suspects, The (1995) *
18 Pulp Fiction (1994) ^
19 North by Northwest (1959) *
20 Amelie (2001) * (Alaric won't let me watch it yet)
21 Psycho (1960) *
22 12 Angry Men (1957) *
23 Lawrence of Arabia (1962) *
24 Silence of the Lambs, The (1991) *
25 The Good, The Bad & The Ugly (1966) *
26 It's a Wonderful Life (1946) *
27 Goodfellas (1990) ^
28 American Beauty (1999) *
29 Sunset Blvd. (1950) ^
30 Vertigo (1958) *
31 Pianist, The (2002) *
32 Apocalypse Now (1979) *
33 Matrix, The (1999) *
34 To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) *
35 Some Like It Hot (1959) *
36 Taxi Driver (1976) *
37 Paths of Glory (1957) ^
38 Third Man, The (1949) ^
39 Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
40 Fight Club (1999) *
41 Spirited Away (2001) *
42 Boot, Das (1981) *
43 Double Indemnity (1944) *
44 L.A. Confidential (1997) *
45 Chinatown (1974) *
46 Requiem for a Dream (2000)
47 Singin' in the Rain (1952) *
48 Maltese Falcon, The (1941) ^
49 All About Eve (1950) *
50 M (1931) ^
51 Bridge on the River Kwai, The (1957) *
52 Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) *
53 Se7en (1995) *
54 Saving Private Ryan (1998) *
55 City of God (2002)
56 Raging Bull (1980) *
57 Wizard of Oz, The (1939) *
58 Rash?mon (1950)
59 Sting, The (1973)
60 American History X (1998)
61 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) ^
62 Alien (1979) *
63 Life is Beautiful (1997) *
64 Touch of Evil (1958) *
65 L?on (1994) *
66 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) *
67 Manchurian Candidate, The (1962) *
68 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) *
69 Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The (1948) ^
70 Clockwork Orange, A (1971) *
71 Great Escape, The (1963) *
72 Reservoir Dogs (1992) *
73 Annie Hall (1977)
74 Ran (1985) *
75 Amadeus (1984)
76 Jaws (1975) *
77 On the Waterfront (1954) ^
78 Modern Times (1936)
79 High Noon (1952) *
80 Braveheart (1995) *
81 Apartment, The (1960) ^
82 Sixth Sense, The (1999) *
83 Fargo (1996) *
84 Shining, The (1980) *
85 Blade Runner (1982) *
86 Aliens (1986) *
87 Strangers on a Train (1951) *
88 Duck Soup (1933)
89 Metropolis (1927) *
90 Donnie Darko (2001) *
91 Finding Nemo (2003) (* coming at Christmas)
92 Toy Story 2 (1999) *
93 General, The (1927) ^
94 Princess Bride, The (1987) *
95 City Lights (1931)
96 Run Lola Run (1998) *
97 Notorious (1946) ^
98 The Seventh Seal (1957) ^
99 Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
100 Full Metal Jacket (1987) *

Ok, that's scary. There's only one in the top 100 I haven't seen. I can't wait to do the back-end of this now, lol.

stormy weather, haha

Wed, 10 Dec 2003 18:36:44 GMT

You are Storm of the X-men!

You are strong and sweet at the same time you have
self control and have a very nurturing nature
about you. You make friends easily but keep
your enemies even closer.

Which of the X-men do you resemble most?
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i know i know

Wed, 10 Dec 2003 18:21:27 GMT

i know i forgot to update for a long time, sigh. i am bad. but anyway... test time!!!

i *swear* i only took this test once.

Lord of the Rings!

What movie Do you Belong in?(many different outcomes!)
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