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Sunday, September 6th, 2037
9:33 pm	A Note from the Mismanagement We here at IWS are pleased to bring you these informational relics from a bygone time, these so-called "journal entries" which were found buried under a heap of dangerously outdated office machinery in our deep storage division. Even as you read this, new finds are being unearthed, so check back regularly for further developments. Along with the insightful commentary of our anonymous diarist are quaint mood indicators, various examples of popular music of the time, and startlingly accurate chronological indicators that have helped our IWS historians trace the unfolding arc of an era. We thank you for your interest in our latest project, and remind you that our company has always been committed to preserving the past for the benefit of future industrial landfill users. Despite recent federal cutbacks in spending for the preservation of historic waste sites, IWS is still going strong. Keep those utilities checks coming in, people! ~IWS Corporations of America, Helping You Toward a Tidier Tomorrow (tm) (Comment on this)
Sunday, June 8th, 2008
2:45 pm	You could be swinging on a star Well, yesterday was, if not a bust, then distinctly unsatisfying. But y'know, even if you can't eliminate the negative, you might as well latch on to the affirmative first, so here goes: Good things about the Belmont: At least Big Brown didn't end up like Eight Belles. And Da'Tara took the lead and kept it through the whole entire mile and a half, which was really something to see. Disatisfying things: Watching a horse lose heart midway through a race isn't much better than watching him break down. No Casino Drive. And the rest of the field was pretty uniformly lackluster. Just... yeah. Disatisfying about covers it. Good things about Forest of the Dead: Donna actually got some story time focused on her (even if Moffat stuck her with one of his quietly sadistic endings). Everybody lived, sort of. Disatisfying things: The end left me completely confused. And the more I thought about it, the less sense it made. Which is kind of typical for Doctor Who, these gaping plotholes, but Moffat's usually much better than that. And the Doctor said shut up too much. Way too much. (Kind of odd that sort of thing bothers me so much worse than cursing on a family show, but it does.) Oh, well. Tomorrow's back to the usual routine: workity-work, dorkity-dork, and then go plonk. Eds. Notes [Chiquita Fernandes, 1st Asst. Ed., and Trojan Harris, Head Proofer]: Chiq: The more things change . . . Troj: What's changed? Chiq: Not much, apparently. Current Mood: blah Current Music: The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony (Comment on this)
Sunday, May 18th, 2008
11:06 pm	And though she feels as if she's in a play... "I hope I didn't come across as know-it-all? It just feels like whenever he starts talking plants and I come up with some advice or a suggestion, I just get dismissed out of hand. And asking questions is worse. He talks down to me like I'm the amateur and he's the one working in the field." "Well, I feel like both of you dismissed whatever the other one had to say." "What did he say?" "Hm?" "What did he say that I dismissed?" "Oh, I can't remember. Nothing important." ...Also, as long as I’m still on the Newhovian geekiness kick, it would be remiss not to point out that the ratio of info dump to lulz in 4.7 was a cringeworthy 6:1, which definitely puts it in the running for season low point. And with the gap week and the Moffat episodes coming up, odds are certainer than a Big Brown/Casino Drive exacta in the Belmont that nothing’s going to bump it from the bottom spot any time soon. Eds. Notes [Chiquita Fernandes, 1st Asst. Ed., Trojan Harris, Head Proofer, and W. B. Gates, yntern]: Chiq: Sometimes I wish the world had a mute button. wbg: ThAd sty1 B talkN, u jst wudNt B hErN thM. Chiq: An explain-what-you-just-said button would be nice too. Troj: Instant re-say? Chiq: Something like. Current Mood: satisfied Current Music: Jon Brion - Peer Pressure (Comment on this)
Thursday, May 15th, 2008
9:59 pm	Oh Bugger I seem to have become a Doctor Who geek without even noticing. (Don’t you hate it when that happens?) Eds. Notes [The Whole Geek Squad]: MMB: Doctor Who? Troj: Yes. CasP: ? wbg: tht lYk a qwschyN 0r whut? Chiq: No, who. Troj: That isn’t his name. Skil: Who’s name? Troj: Head? Meet desk. *whump* wbg: DOCTOR WHUMP -> Y lYk y0 Current Mood: here (Comment on this)
Saturday, September 1st, 2007
10:23 am	Quotables Not a jolly holiday. No Doctor Who or Best Week Ever last night, and no Belk sale today, alas. But still, there's always these: Anonymous #1, I haven't seen Ilsa: She Wolf of the SS or but I'm with Anonymous #2 on this—it sounds like Don Edmonds knew what kind of movie he was making and didn't pretend he was saying anything profound about the human condition. That counts for a lot, I think, even if the movie's unwatchable. By the way, did you know it was a series? Followed by Ilsa: Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks, Ilsa: The Wicked Warden, and finally, Ilsa: The Tigress of Siberia. The Nazi Drew movies. ~Matthew Dessem, in the comments section of this entry When Rock Demers started La Fete, he retained the distribution rights for Le Martien de Noël. Even though this isn't an official "Tale," he tacked on a brand new opening credits sequence that prominently featured La Fete's logo, followed by the cryptic quote "Everybody knows a Martian can disguise itself as anything, even a llama!" [...] As night falls, the crane lowers Poo Flower's ship so the kids can say goodbye and rush on home. But the adults of the film have spotted the UFO and descend on the landing site in their snowmobiles. A big chase scene follows in which cops and parents trip over themselves trying to collar the bubble-shooting Christmas miracle. Just as he's about to get caught, the scene is suddenly intercut with a nature magazine photo of a llama pasted against a black background. Say what? You see, everybody knows a Martian can disguise itself as anything, even a llama. Finally, the quote makes sense—concerned that viewers would become perplexed when a stock picture of a llama suddenly appeared on their screen during what appeared to be the film's climax, Demers threw up that little plot point early on so we would understand that Poo Flower actually turned into a llama, and that somehow llamas are more impervious to capture than say, Martians. ~Some unknown Canuxploitation reviewer here Eds. Notes [Chiquita Fernandes, 1st Asst. Ed., Trojan Harris, Head Proofer; and W. B. Gates, yntern]: Chiq: Are you convinced yet? Troj: O-K, I guess it's authentically weird enough to be the AJ, but. . . wbg: CasE0s EtN Xp1rd YC CrEm agN. cud B tHaT. Troj: In an alternate universe, weeb, I'd almost suspect you were the one posting. wbg: hA thnX, mn. Current Mood: annoyed Current Music: Degrassi - Lemon Demon (Comment on this)