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Arrrgh this is starting to piss me off. Anybody remember a little bit ago me complaining about my stupid iPhone reading each file in my fanmix folders as a separate album, so I can't listen to, say, all of Modern Day Wooster or Lovenado, just one song at a time? I figured this was because the files were spread out into folders based on band/musician, so I went through and made folders for each album, got them all organized where they belong, and STILL on my phone's library there's a long line of albums with the same name and cover art and ONE track each. Except for My Love is Like a Spaceship actually, it worked for that more or less, but that's really more frustrating than encouraging because there's nothing at all different about that one than the others and GAH. My last idea is to make separate playlists out of all of them, but I really don't want to do that. Maybe I could make one big playlist of fanmixes, but then I'd never be able to shuffle just one album, should I wish to.
Anyway, I had more to talk about than just bemoaning my continuing disappointment in technology. While I was doing the thirty-day meme, I collected more memes! Oh yes! I'm still sitting on a couple big ones, but today's![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
fannish5 caught my eye this morning:
Which 5 persons from any fandom would you place on a lonely island to get the most interesting reaction?
1. Major West, 28 Days Later. Is it odd that he's the character who leaped to my mind first? I'm.. really not sure why that is. Maybe I was responding to some kind of "Colonel Kurtz" air about him. Anyway, you know he would be immediately trying to convince his fellow castaways that the rest of the world has gone bye-bye and that he should be in charge because, um, stuff. Don't question him, he's a military man! *runs off to make an impenetrable fortress in the jungle*
2. Veronica Palmer, Better Off Ted. Hm, I think she might be a little thrown by the new environment- it's hard to picture her in anything other than immaculately stylish corporate dress and precarious heels, which wouldn't serve her particularly well in the wild. But I think she'd enjoy hunting animals and playing mind games with West and basically making Nature her bitch.
3. Adelle DeWitt, Dollhouse. Again, kind of tough to take the lady out of the well-appointed and elegant office. I can see her being the most proactive about finding a way off the island. Maybe the island would bring out her maternal side, the one we saw in "Epitaph One/Two." Especially considering our wild card.
4. Havelock Vetinari, Discworld. He would have so much fun subtly turning Veronica and West against each other (and away from him). And, you know, he could probably use the vacation from Ankh-Morpork and all the shenanigans contained therein, though I could see him working with Adelle on the escape plan and things like getting water and shelter while Veronica and West chase each other around the jungle.
5. Walter Bishop, Fringe. Hee, all of the above four would instantly recognize Walter's scientific genius, and commence planning to utilize him for their own purposes. However, since Walter is as crazy as a loon, has an emotional maturity level that ranges from about five to eighty at any given moment, and would probably gravitate towards and then swiftly consume the first hallucinogenic substance he came across, those plans most likely wouldn't get too far. But it would be very fun to watch.
I'm really getting into the Halloween spirit now. Quite unconsciously, after I finished re-reading Soon I Will Be Invincible, I started re-reading Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach. While I don't really like the implication that cadaver research should be linked with Halloween and all that, I'll admit it's hard not to at least a little, especially considering I've got I Sell the Dead coming in from Netflix tomorrow. After that it's Trick 'r Treat (highly recommended by the Adams of A Damn Movie Podcast), Day of the Dead, Rosemary's Baby, The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror, and Dog Soldiers. That last one, if you haven't seen it, definitely do- it's awesome, British, and does a very cool thing with the "trapped in a house surrounded by [supernatural being(s)]" trope more often seen in zombie movies.
Also, in actual physical activity, tomorrow I'm going to attempt the blood clot and brain cupcakes I came across- was it last year?![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
zombres, did you link to that? Anyway, I was going to try it this afternoon, but I was tired from work (another day at the equipment yard- wheee I need to take a shower), and had to run out twice for the ingredients, and by the time I was ready to get started, I was also really hungry and just not into it enough. So, tomorrow morning it shall be! I'm kind of nervous about it- I've never even made cupcakes before, let alone ones with strawberry filling and buttercream icing. Anyway, this will be mostly a trial run- the recipe only makes eight cupcakes, so if they suck, at least I won't feel too bad throwing them away. And if they rock, hopefully they won't take too long to make, so I can whip some more up for other things. Like certain rallies, or carousing-type events. (@#!$%#@$^, I just realized I forgot to get the little tube thing to squeeze out the icing! *groans* Well, I've already done one Walk of Shame [or at least Overeager Baker Who Doesn't Check Her Supplies List to Make Sure She Has Everything Even After the Scare with the Little Paper Cupcake Holders] to the grocery store, I can do another tomorrow. They better friggin' have it, though.)
Also also, on Sundayfadeintodawn and I will bundle up for an outdoor version of Titus Andronicus. The local Shakespeare company does their shows in the ruins of an old girls school up in the hills of the historical part of town that have been semi-restored. For this one scenes will take place all over the ruins, not just on the stage that's set up in one area. So, that'll be neat. I've never seen the entire play, just clips of the Julie Taymor film version. Actually, I always think it's a good idea to read the summary of a Shakespeare play before going to see it just so even if the dialogue loses you you still know what's going on, so I read the one for Titus and oh my god! Jeepers, Shakespeare! If you think Hamlet/Othello/Macbeth/King Lear are bloodbaths, you have clearly not taken a glimpse of Titus Andronicus. All those other plays are goddamn dainty compared to it! I'm honestly a little nervous in a way. I mean, I don't know how far they're going to take it. Some of the stuff that happens in Titus is.. not easy to watch for anyone. I can handle gore pretty well, at least with a TV screen between me and it, but that screen won't be there this time. And there's more than gore. Oh well, you know, I know they set the audience age limit at fifteen (as in, fifteen and up), so, I kind of think that indicates they won't be taking it really far.
Anyway, I had more to talk about than just bemoaning my continuing disappointment in technology. While I was doing the thirty-day meme, I collected more memes! Oh yes! I'm still sitting on a couple big ones, but today's
fannish5 caught my eye this morning:Which 5 persons from any fandom would you place on a lonely island to get the most interesting reaction?
1. Major West, 28 Days Later. Is it odd that he's the character who leaped to my mind first? I'm.. really not sure why that is. Maybe I was responding to some kind of "Colonel Kurtz" air about him. Anyway, you know he would be immediately trying to convince his fellow castaways that the rest of the world has gone bye-bye and that he should be in charge because, um, stuff. Don't question him, he's a military man! *runs off to make an impenetrable fortress in the jungle*
2. Veronica Palmer, Better Off Ted. Hm, I think she might be a little thrown by the new environment- it's hard to picture her in anything other than immaculately stylish corporate dress and precarious heels, which wouldn't serve her particularly well in the wild. But I think she'd enjoy hunting animals and playing mind games with West and basically making Nature her bitch.
3. Adelle DeWitt, Dollhouse. Again, kind of tough to take the lady out of the well-appointed and elegant office. I can see her being the most proactive about finding a way off the island. Maybe the island would bring out her maternal side, the one we saw in "Epitaph One/Two." Especially considering our wild card.
4. Havelock Vetinari, Discworld. He would have so much fun subtly turning Veronica and West against each other (and away from him). And, you know, he could probably use the vacation from Ankh-Morpork and all the shenanigans contained therein, though I could see him working with Adelle on the escape plan and things like getting water and shelter while Veronica and West chase each other around the jungle.
5. Walter Bishop, Fringe. Hee, all of the above four would instantly recognize Walter's scientific genius, and commence planning to utilize him for their own purposes. However, since Walter is as crazy as a loon, has an emotional maturity level that ranges from about five to eighty at any given moment, and would probably gravitate towards and then swiftly consume the first hallucinogenic substance he came across, those plans most likely wouldn't get too far. But it would be very fun to watch.
I'm really getting into the Halloween spirit now. Quite unconsciously, after I finished re-reading Soon I Will Be Invincible, I started re-reading Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach. While I don't really like the implication that cadaver research should be linked with Halloween and all that, I'll admit it's hard not to at least a little, especially considering I've got I Sell the Dead coming in from Netflix tomorrow. After that it's Trick 'r Treat (highly recommended by the Adams of A Damn Movie Podcast), Day of the Dead, Rosemary's Baby, The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror, and Dog Soldiers. That last one, if you haven't seen it, definitely do- it's awesome, British, and does a very cool thing with the "trapped in a house surrounded by [supernatural being(s)]" trope more often seen in zombie movies.
Also, in actual physical activity, tomorrow I'm going to attempt the blood clot and brain cupcakes I came across- was it last year?
zombres, did you link to that? Anyway, I was going to try it this afternoon, but I was tired from work (another day at the equipment yard- wheee I need to take a shower), and had to run out twice for the ingredients, and by the time I was ready to get started, I was also really hungry and just not into it enough. So, tomorrow morning it shall be! I'm kind of nervous about it- I've never even made cupcakes before, let alone ones with strawberry filling and buttercream icing. Anyway, this will be mostly a trial run- the recipe only makes eight cupcakes, so if they suck, at least I won't feel too bad throwing them away. And if they rock, hopefully they won't take too long to make, so I can whip some more up for other things. Like certain rallies, or carousing-type events. (@#!$%#@$^, I just realized I forgot to get the little tube thing to squeeze out the icing! *groans* Well, I've already done one Walk of Shame [or at least Overeager Baker Who Doesn't Check Her Supplies List to Make Sure She Has Everything Even After the Scare with the Little Paper Cupcake Holders] to the grocery store, I can do another tomorrow. They better friggin' have it, though.)Also also, on Sunday
fadeintodawn and I will bundle up for an outdoor version of Titus Andronicus. The local Shakespeare company does their shows in the ruins of an old girls school up in the hills of the historical part of town that have been semi-restored. For this one scenes will take place all over the ruins, not just on the stage that's set up in one area. So, that'll be neat. I've never seen the entire play, just clips of the Julie Taymor film version. Actually, I always think it's a good idea to read the summary of a Shakespeare play before going to see it just so even if the dialogue loses you you still know what's going on, so I read the one for Titus and oh my god! Jeepers, Shakespeare! If you think Hamlet/Othello/Macbeth/King Lear are bloodbaths, you have clearly not taken a glimpse of Titus Andronicus. All those other plays are goddamn dainty compared to it! I'm honestly a little nervous in a way. I mean, I don't know how far they're going to take it. Some of the stuff that happens in Titus is.. not easy to watch for anyone. I can handle gore pretty well, at least with a TV screen between me and it, but that screen won't be there this time. And there's more than gore. Oh well, you know, I know they set the audience age limit at fifteen (as in, fifteen and up), so, I kind of think that indicates they won't be taking it really far.
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Isn't Titus one of the earlier plays? I've read some stuff about it, but have never seen the actual play. Have fun seems a weird thing to say, but...have fun?
You know, honestly, with West, I think he'd be much more likely to kill everyone and/or try and get off the island by himself. I don't see him developing the protectively crazy instincts with a bunch of random people not under his command. Veronica would totally go all Warrior Woman on things, though. And Vetinari would figure out how to get off the island within half an hour and yet stay and see how long it took everyone else.
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Yeah, it's Shakespeare's first tragedy. I've heard it referred to as his "Quentin Tarantino" phase. Actually, if it was presented like Pulp Fiction or Reservoir Dogs, I'd be genuinely thrilled.
Ye-eah, he wouldn't be as protective as he was over his men, but I'm leaning more towards him leaping at the opportunity of being the king of his own little world. I'm sure you're right about Vetinari- it was tricky picking characters who I thought wouldn't be able to get off the island in no time flat. Sherlock was right out, though his interaction with another sociopath like Veronica would be fascinating.
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*snort* They should make a movie like that; like the Leonardo Dicaprio Romeo and Juliet, only...bloodier.
Perhaps, although I really can't see anyone listening to him at that point. Probably especially not Veronica.
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They should! It would totally work.
Heh, I never said anyone would listen to him. Vetinari might play along out of curiosity, and Adelle might at least hear him out. But Veronica would instantly insist that if anyone was going to rule their new island territory, it was going to be her, and no she doesn't care that West has actual survival training that she lacks.
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You know, I'm kind of picturing it like Revengers' Tragedy.
I wonder how he would react to people not listening to him. Not so well. Vetinari would find him wonderfully easy to use.
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I'm seeing a lot of black suits and skinny ties, a la Tarantino. Maybe throw in a katana for kicks. I wonder if there are any of those random conversational scenes Tarantino's so fond of, especially in Pulp Fiction. It'd be awesome to see Shakespeare performed like that.
Indeed. And then you'd just have Walter bumbling around, making his tantalizing genius known.
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Heh, someone should totally tell Tarantino that that should be his next project. I'm sure some theater company or another has tried that style.
Man, Vetinari would consider this like the best vacation ever.
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Seriously, if Sunday's production is at all Tarantino-like, I will feel a lot better about the whole thing.
LOL, he would! Sun, sand, four fascinating people to play with- he'd have a ball.
Okay, I should get some sleep. Talk to you later!
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I may totally have to try this set of five (I need to check that comm more often---they have great memes/questions).
That's great! I wish I could get into the Halloween spirit. I guess I'm too busy right now. Those cupcakes look simultaneously grotesque and delicious (read: wonderful).
Titus Andronicus! That play is awesomely insane. Dear God, poor Livinia. I've only read that scene and seen the aftermath scene in the Taymor film, but it's absolutely horrific. It's fascinating that Shakespeare approached and tried to explore the issue of rape in the freaking late-16th century.
But Aaron is my favorite part---I know he can be viewed as a racist character, but prejudice and skin color weren't quite united yet at that time, and he's such an underrated villain. We go on at such lengths about Iago and Claudius, but Aaron's so fascinating because he's so damn manipulative, at least as much as Iago, and his motivations (if he has any) are completely unknown.
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Doesn't it? It's great for a quick little thought exercise.
I'm hoping they come out okay, I've had good luck with my cooking lately, but cupcakes are very unfamiliar territory for me.
*sigh* I really hope they go easy on the Livinia stuff. That kind of thing is a bit of a dealbreaker for me, when it features in a story.
I've heard very good things about Aaron as a villain. We'll have to see how he's portrayed here.
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Titus Andronicus really is one of those plays that you read and wonder what pissed Shakespeare off so much that he got in the mood to write that. Either that, or he was going with the mentality that still exists today: the best way to impress a crowd of people with less refined tastes (which was most of Shakespeare's audience, most likely) is to make something as gross and inappropriate as possible. :P
I'm wondering if I should add Fringe to my already-long list of TV shows to check out. I can't decide whether I would really get into it or not.
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Titus Andronicus really is one of those plays that you read and wonder what pissed Shakespeare off so much that he got in the mood to write that.
Ha, I thought the same thing! But I kind of figured he was basing it off (and/or stealing from) the Greek tragedies, which are indeed dripping with horrific violence of every shade. Titus is probably tame in comparison.
I think Fringe is great. They really know how to balance the mystery so you don't get frustrated waiting for answers, but there's still a lot of suspense and it's impossible to guess how it's going to work out. You do need to enjoy the X-Files kind of stuff though.