An update from Metacritic, on the eve of the release of The Simpsons Movie: it is slotting in between Hot Fuzz and Knocked up, sporting a strong rating of “82.” This is high enough to merit the movie “universal acclaim.”
I’m excited to see this.
Always useful for trivia and popular culture, here comes Wikipedia, about Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo:
Since the release of the film, the unusual title suffix “Electric Boogaloo,” a reference to a funk-oriented dance style from the 1970s, has become a running joke concerning movie sequels.
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It has also been used to lampoon the actual name of a sequel when it is found to be ridiculous or disappointing.
You see, simply put “electric boogaloo” after anything that is ridiculous, misfounded, or silly overall, and you’ve suddenly done the work of many adjective-heavy sentences.
Here I am cleaning out my email inbox (responses from two different job applications today!), and I ran across an email I left in my inbox since February, from Nils. It depicts this fantastic circular parking garage, with an open air car elevator at the center, used to hoist cars up to little carports. It is 20 stories high.
Now, I thought, perhaps this has been covered by Snopes, an urban myth debunking site. The pictures looked real, and it turns out that they are - however, this is not a public parking garage, no, it’s the storage area for Volkswagen’s Autostadt factory in Wolfsburg, Germany. Still amazing; thanks, Nils!
I was listening to NPR’s program called Midday this past Monday, and the topic was the final Harry Potter book. One of the speakers on the show was from the Red Balloon Bookshop, and her name was Maureen Sackmaster-Carpenter. Sackmaster. What an awesome last name.
Katy is happy at the wedding reception!
“Now it’s only work
Each day bleeding into the next
Barely scraping by I tire myself out just so I can rest
But rest it rightly comes
And when it does I come out and go home
Because it’s much too quiet
Seems that I’m not suited to being in love
And everyone around me’s changed
But the garden that you planted remains.”
But, you know… I think even better than Sea Wolf’s “The Garden You Planted” above is The Notwist, who says this in their song Consequence:
Fail with consequence,
lose with eloquence
and smile.
Seriously, if you want to change your life, listen to that song on myspace. It’s only 99¢ on iTunes, if you prefer.
There are currently a few difficulties with the “what’s new since you last visited” script. Should be fixed soon. In the meantime, everything is new, all the time!
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This is the most stunning thing I’ve seen online in over a year. A certain Mr. Fredo Viola created something he calls the Sad Song Video, which was made only using 15 second clips from his digital camera. Incredible production, haunting melodies — today, I’m happy for the internet.
(via dooce, via hicksdesign)
They had custom wrapped Hershey’s, with Matt and Shayla’s wedding info on them!
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