Some would say it takes Robinson’s level of moxie to succeed in Hollywood.
moxie (n) : fortitude and determination [syn: backbone, grit, guts, sand, gumption] – source: Hack Your Way to Hollywood
Archive for huhtikuu, 2004
Come together
I forbid you to dance to this song, spoken out loud when Tom Jones’ Sex bomb was playing. The way I see it is that if I’m on the dancefloor when Macarena is blasting out of the loudspeakers, there’s really nothing left to lose.
That night I bid farewell to all but one of my exchange student buddies and dancing to silly Eurodisco was probably the best way to alleviate the sting of separation. ’Tis been a funny old spring, and I still rate my first chance meeting with the guys the best thing to have happene all year.
At least now I’ve got someone to fall back on if I ever get lost in the UK, Germany or Estonia. Could’ve been worse, could’ve been much worse.
”Special features”
atmospheric menudoes not count as a special feature, goddammit (re: Blood Simple R2).
Word 191: Ensconce
He still had his Notting Hill flat, in which he ensconced his beloved Aunt Vera.
ensconce (v) : to cover or shelter, as with a sconce or fort; to place or hide securely; to conceal – source: What if…
Links
So okay, it doesn’t just list the movies that are referenced but actually talks of volume 1.
Tech toy
if you really are The Man /
you will surely give me /
this humble PVR
Word 190: Poltroon
As York observes, It’s not just the intellectual poltroons of the Internet who feign bravery by loudly saying what is patently stupid so that people a fraction dumber than them might mistake it for boldness and conviction.
poltroon (n) : an abject coward [syn: craven, recreant] – source: ”Bush=Hitler”
Link dump, vol 1
This wide-ranging book is about how machines, the economy, and all large human-made inventions are becoming biological.), a review of two books about primates (from LRB), The Corpse (an online Dark Horse comic book, nay, graphic novel), The History of the DeCSS Haiku, the Skeptic Magazine and an article on ”the next Christianity” (from The Atlantic).
There.
Okay, I can’t resist adding these three: Why nerds are unpopular, five geek social fallacies (which are both sorta insta-classics and quite American as well) and Columbine, five years later (from Salon).
Off with his head
Autobiographical
what are blogs if not autobiographical first novels?