LostSophia

What's the problem with the Dresden Dolls?

Actually, I quite like the Dresden Dolls, but I only listen to them when I'm feeling maudlin and self-destructive. So yeah, it's not that the Dolls are low so to speak so much as that if I'm listening to them I am. Also, I hate the kind of hang over where you are still partly drunk, but I must say that my mood has improved dramatically.

Actually, thank you Vagabond. I'd sunk as low as the Dreseden Dolls, which is never a good sign. Switched back to the Pogues, and I feel better all ready. I totally owe you a critique on your song. Swear to Christ I will get too that soon. Just having a crap night/afternoon. Don't mind me. I'm some kind of tacky spooky goth I'm sure. "twenty fuckin' five to one, hussa fudda fuzza fu, bet on a horse called the bottle of smoke and my horse won...." Happy as a horse's shite. Right. Will do. Just give me a min. You know, if you know to switch to the Pogues at this junkture, you'll be ok when you turn 21. Thanks. I mean it.... I should shut up now.

Besides, even the Pogues said Whiskey's the Devil....

I'd keep drinking with the Pogues if I were you.

 

From what I've heard, Nick Cave + Whiskey = MURRRDER

Ah, but what does Nick Cave + Rum =?

Cool pics, Sophia!

(Straying off of the drunk thread [yes I know I shouldn't] )

(As sung by Nick Cave) => You ya love me? and something about Handsome Apes with girlish eyes....

Here's one of my favorite pics of myself. Friend of mine did the photo, but the makeup and costume is all me. Taken probably about a year ago.

http://pennydreadfulgirl.deviantart.com/ar...rateMe-98861620

Here's one of me about 12 years ago when I was 15. Yeah, I was a spooky Goth back then. Wouldn't have admitted to it at the time though. Taken by some old time booth at a riverside festival. Cinco de Mayo I believe.

http://pennydreadfulgirl.deviantart.com/ar...TeenMe-98863949

Here's a variety of pics from not that long ago, when I was in my early twenties.

http://pennydreadfulgirl.deviantart.com/ar...things-98866013

And finally, here's one from about a month ago, shortly after revisiting my punk roots. Oh yeah, aquanet rules.

http://pennydreadfulgirl.deviantart.com/ar...rseKid-98864267

"This useless old fucker and his twinkling [over-used word]

Doesn't care if he gets hurt.

Oh green eyes.....

So hold me, don't tell me your name,

This morning will be wiser than the evening is..."

Nick cave is bloody brilliant.

Sorry.

So sorry.

Ok, who's gonna sing with me?

Don't tell me you don't know this one...

"Oh, I've been a wild rover for many a year,

And I spent all me money on whiskey and beer..."

Well, who's got the next line then?

"Take the rosebush from my hair.

Shake loose all them little thorns.

What's the sprinkler doin' on

So damned early in the morn?

Crawlin' home at five am.

Lord this sidewalk sure is hard.

Just can't make it on my own,

Help me make it through the yard..."

Damn! This thread is frustrating.

Damn it, I'm a singing drunk. Blast.

How do you sing in text?

"an eye foir an euye and a tooth for a tooth,

and anyway I told the truth

and I'm not afraid to die..."

I love rum.

If yer gonna rot yer teeth out with sugar cane, ye might as well get drunk doin' it yeah?

Right. I'm totally rambling.

Terribly sorry.

Do excuse.

Oh dear.

Didn't Spider Robinson spend a lot of time in her fiction dividing the human race into Libertarians (who've read Robert Heinlein and Ayn Rand and so know the truth) and evil left leaning scum who need shooting, though?

Not as far as I am aware. Granted, I have only read his Callahan’s stuff, but I believe we are thinking of two different people. This is who I was referring to:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider_Robinson

They're making us read Wuthering Heights for school, it's total shit.

I actually foisted this one on myself about 10 years ago just to see what all the fuss was about. The only way I was able to make it through the thing was by getting drunk enough that the mere act of reading was enough of a challenge to keep my attention. Still crap though, and mostly made me want to curb-stomp Cathy.

Kroenen was indeed hot.

Oh good. So it's not just me. Well that saves me digging through the DSM.

Yeah, I forgot to add that it opens with John Hurt reading young Hellboy/us a story. JOHN HURT!!

 

The film could have been two hours of black screen after that and I would have still enjoyed it. I love John Hurt.

Amen.

Yeah, hate to say it, but I was not overly impressed. Kind of disappointed, actually. Fair enough, the effects were indeed stellar, but effects are tools, not an end product in and of themselves. In my opinion, they are best placed when they are used to support and enrich a good story. The story here seemed week and predictable to me. It almost felt like del Toro was feeling pressured to blow the audience away visually after Pan’s Labyrinth won Oscars in that area.

I’m not saying it was bad, I just didn’t care for it as much as I did the first one. Of course, this may be because I am the sort of weirdo freak that had the hots for Kroenen. Oh yeah, I’d like to lick his teeth.

Actually, there was one scene that kinda made me teary. I don’t want to spoil it for those who haven’t seen it yet, er, the one in which Hellboy must make a choice involving something green. But I’d have to say my favorite bit was the stuff with Professor Broom.

I guess I’d say if you don’t get to see a film often, I wouldn’t pick this one, but it’s worth a cheaper second run ticket. Actually, I could see it being quite nice in a brew pub.

Ultimate opinion:

It was very pretty.

Post Script,

The guy who played Niles on 'Frasier' is called David Hyde Pierce.

The easy way is to chuck them on Flickr or Photobucket or the like, and then use the little "post image" icon over the posting window to post them. Alternately you can post them directly via the "upload"-function on the bottom.

Ah. Thanks very much.

Check out the "Voices of the forum" section. It'd be cool to see your stuff!

Thanks! I will. Uhmmm... how do I post pics? What is the etiquette about file sizes, or anything else for that matter?

I always knew psychology was BS.

You know, it's funny you should say that. As a matter of fact, I often call the thing my BS in BS. Great minds I suppose.

Welcome (again), Sophia.

Nice avatar btw.

Thanks (again) for the welcome, and the compliment. The avatar is a cropped version of a little sketch I did at work and then spiffed up in Photoshop. I’m kind of crap as a colourist, but oh well. Basically, I was thinking about how different John looks when drawn by different artists, and trying to work out how I might draw him. I’m not entirely happy with the outcome, but it’s not bad for a first shot I suppose. I can post the full pic if you like, and if someone explains to me exactly how to do that. I think I remember seeing some kind of art thread around here somewhere.

Oh dear, where have my manners gone? I've entirely neglected to introduce myself. Ahem...

Hello all, I'm Katherine, though most call me Kat, Kitty, Mad Kate or Alex. I work the graveyard shift currently, which suits me reasonably well, but generally tends to mean the larger portion of my posts here are sleep-deprived ramblings designed to keep me awake more than anything else. For this reason I apologize if I inadvertently make a silly ass out of myself. Now if it's intentional, that's entirely different, and I am not in the least bit sorry.

I finished my BS in Psychology about 4 years ago, and have been working as a direct care worker in group-homes for developmentally disabled adults for the last couple years. Started off in a house for adults with mental and emotional disorders, and dearly miss it. I suppose you could say I fit in better there, which you can read into whatever you like.

I am appallingly open and have a tendency to ramble and digress at great length, likely due to having been raised by an insane hippy. If I bother anyone with this nasty habit, please kick me. The up shot of it is that I am generally willing to answer just about any sort of question about myself, but beware of excessively lengthy responses should you choose to try this particular phenomenon out for yourself.

Let's see, I was born in Seattle, WA, and raised in Portland, OR. I have heritage from England, Ireland, and Germany, but have never been to any of them. Do hope to change that. I Love the Pacific Northwest, but not so much a fan of America in general. It seems to me that the USA was founded by an uncomfortable combination of criminals, psychotic religious extremists, pirates, the French, and the East India Trading Co. and I'm a bit less than pleased with the over all outcome thus far. I am also willing to admit that I am probably nuts, which might mean I am actually not, but does not appear to be a line of thought that gets me much of anywhere in any case.

I live with an absolutely delicious and spiritually brilliant punk-ass kid I swiped from his mother's house when he was only 18 (this would be about 5 years ago), and a total sociopath of a grey tabby named Fenrir who is a complete bastard and much larger than he really should have been expected to get. We have been talking about marriage for the last couple of years (the punk-ass kid and I, not the cat), and will likely do something in that direction in the next year or so, as I am hoping to move to Liverpool to do my masters in consciousness and transpersonal psychology, and simply will not go without him.

I am an amateur writer and artist (for a modest example of the latter, see my avatar). I am a bit of a nautical history/fiction geek, and while I am no expert, I do know my bowsprit from my backstay. Hope to be able to sail a replica vessel such as the Lady Washington some day, or go and visit the HMS Victory in Portsmouth as I practically worship Lord Nelson. Yeah, Nelson’s hot. Ahem… What? Oh. Anyway, ah, big fan of Tom Waits, The Pogues, Silly Wizard, KMFDM, Captain Bogg and Salty, and Max Raabe. I have recently discovered that singing stripperoke is very fun indeed, and am getting embarrassed about the length of this post. Right…

In summation:

Yes, American + Female = Extra Psycho.

No, you cannot order that on the side.

Sure, he is playing up the image, but do you know, it is a HUMAN image.

Bravo, there.

As for the movie swordfight topic, certainly the old classics are delectable (Princess Bride, Captain Blood, and Cyrano being some of my favorites as well), but in the area of more recent examples, I feel compelled to add Pirates of the Caribbean, both Curse of the Black Pearl, and Dead Man’s Chest. The bit in the blacksmith’s shop between Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloome harkened back to older days quite charmingly, and that whole millwheel fiasco between Jack Davenport, Johnny Depp, and Orlando Bloome was simply a riot. Of course I may be prejudiced, as I am seriously infatuated with Jack Davenport to the point of having purchased the entire series of both Coupling and Ultra Violet.