taotrooper: It's a polar bear dancing the hula; your argument is invalid (Waka / about to strike a pose)
Welp, I guess an octopus was a better fortune-teller than I was. It was fun while it lasted. Boring match, though. Now, it's interesting that whoever wins, it's going to be a country who never was a WC champion in their life. However, fuck it; Spain must lose or people here will become insufferable. Not that they won't forget it in a few months when someone else does something cool in some other sport because Spaniards are magpies but... meh, I rebel against my blood. GO ORANGE!!

On the other hand, some Spaniard comedians did predict the result a la Paul the octopus with a tortoise: Embeded clip inside: it's got a cute tortoise! )

In other news, because of the preparations for the next Nectarade! article, I'm begiiiiinning to suspect the universe is hinting that I should learn Danish. Dammit, universe! Also dammit, Denmark, for your cheesetacular mythology butchery unavailable in languages I could read!

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taotrooper: It's a polar bear dancing the hula; your argument is invalid (Jade / why yes I am awesome)


taotrooper: It's a polar bear dancing the hula; your argument is invalid (Katamari / ask me how I roll)


So this entry isn't pointless, and I don't have to pretend I've been a good LJfriend lately (so getting a coal these holidays), how about some reviews?

  • The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, also known as the lovechild of The Jungle Book and Tim Burton's filmography. It was fine, some stories more interesting than others (my favorite was the Danse Macabre one), but the ending chapters felt sort of rushed to me. Then again, all Gaiman novels do feel like that to me, somehow. They start well, and then I go "...so, that's it?" at the ending.

  • The Princess and the Frog. Cute! I was expecting to love it more after reading the spoilers and seeing how hard Disney was trying to make it different. I did like it, and Tiana/Naveen is hot and refreshing, but it all happened too fast for me and couldn't get attached. Maybe my memories of the golden age of Disney were too hyped and this is why I wasn't 100% satisfied? Or was it the lack of charisma in the animal sidekicks? But anyway, it's a fine first return to 2D!

  • Sword of the Stranger. I can only explain this by saying gorey samurai flick + Seirei no Moribito + Rurouni Kenshin + a puppy. It was fun! Kinda cliché much, and Nanashi is like the sexy lovechild of Kenshin Himura and Balsa who's failing to cosplay the dude from Blade of the Immortal, but the characters are cool and well-rounded for a movie -except for the crazy blond rival guy, he wasn't developed at all. I can tell you I would totally watch a show about the happy adventures of Kotaro and his two cute pets, Tobimaru and Nanashi. Or at least light novels or manga based on it. Come on, Japan, make it happen!

  • Summer Wars. Found a Korean fansub and an English sub file. Anyway, this movie's about TEH INTERWEBZ AND BREAKING THEM, you guys. Therefore, it's epic. (Also about family, but mostly, Internet being trolled) More not completely spoilerish details here ) Without entering in the real life details of the plot, this movie is all over the place and the cast is huge. But it's so satisfying and epic. Plus, it makes you wondering about the issues of newest technologies being so involved in everything. So go watch it when there are good English subs, because it's pretty cool.
taotrooper: The embodiment of social awkwardness tries to say hi (Zuko / greetings! I come in peace)
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Yes, renamed. Let the initial confusion and spam begin! I also changed my layout, but people who read my Inksome might already know that one. I renamed my [livejournal.com profile] atomicdaydream's username as well.





Speaking of the crow paradox -that is, crows can recognize human faces, but humans can't tell crows apart for our lives. Not even people who breed/raise crows can recognize their birds, I read today. Then I imagined these folks putting color ribbons on crows and shit. Or even better, bowties. For some unholy reason, I thought that mental image was extremely cute and surreal at the same time, regardless of the fact crows aren't what one would call cute.

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