The Watchtower of Destruction: The Ferrett's Journal - February 14th, 2008
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08:09 am
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A Plug I Should Have Given A Long Time Ago
My buddy Richard Feldman's had this website for awhile called Is That One Good, a website that allows you to rank your personal preferences of movies, books, musicians, and so forth and get recommendations on what other artists/movies/musicians you'll like. I signed up for an account, thought it was pretty nice, and then never said anything because I am a dolt.
Well, Richard just got some proof that Itog.com is as good as he thinks: $55,000 in funding from the Olin Cup competition, who commended him for having a solid business model.
And if they're willing to give him $55,000, shouldn't you be willing to give him a lookie-loo? Yeah, I thought so. Go check it out, and see whether it matches your tastes. As with most social projects of this ilk, the more people ranking stuff, the better!
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09:01 am
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Oh Yeah. And.
 When I got married, I didn't actually have a bachelor's party. Didn't see a reason for it. I'd done all of my crazy fucking before I got married, and so I didn't have any urge to have some last-minute bacchanalia to try to store up the naughty. Maybe some guys need a surfeit of breasts to get them through the next twenty years, but thankfully I was pretty okay with things as they were.
Likewise, Valentine's Day. I feel wrapped in romance three hundred and sixty-five days out of the year lately. Now, I'm damned lucky to be there, because certainly I've been in relationships where it was very much a "Oh, Lordy, we have to remember to go out of our way to show the love today." But I wake up every morning to a little squee because I married someone so awesome, and I go to bed at night wreathed in happiness, and Valentine's Day feels sort of like Breathing Day. It happens. I'm good with it.
If there was a "Count your stars" day, wherein I was asked to think about all my blessings and say a prayer of gratitude to the universe for them, I'd probably be all for that. But thankfully, Valentine's Day? Just another day here. And that's good.
That said, I'm not a total unromantic. After all, I did buy her these light-up heart T-shirts to wear at conventions, so when we go to Penguicon I'll know when she's close to me. 'Cause tha's the way we roll.
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10:54 am
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Oh, The Conversations You'll Have!: Beauty and the Beast
FERRETT: You know, the 1945 Cocteau-directed version of Beauty and the Beast was spectacular. They had great special effects for the time.
GINI: Yeah, it was pretty amazing.
FERRETT: Thing is, they didn't have much to work with. It was all camera angles. Those French folks sure know how to work special effects.
GINI: Indeed.
FERRETT: I think every major special-effects extravaganza would be better if French people directed it! Can you imagine how great "Independence Day" would be if it had been made by the French?
(GINI looks at me carefully, trying to ascertain whether I'm in on the gag or not.)
Also, yes, I've seen the trailer for the new Indiana Jones. A little disappointed, really. The great thing about the old Jones is that the special effects looked like they were real, with real stunts, and this looks like another CGI-Exploda-fest - which takes the edge off of it for me. I mean, as ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) suzieboz notes, when the music starts up it's hard not to feel your heart flutter (unless you're my boss Pete, who's never seen Raiders of the Lost Ark and is also a vampire), but I dunno. I hope it's not just a wealth of bluescreen Jar-Jar computernerdery, man.
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11:39 am
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It Also Occurs To Me...
....that I never shared my own results on my upgraded Purity Test 2. Which I'm thinking about a lot because I'm now quietly generating questions for my next big Purity Test.
| Your Ultimate Purity Test 2.0 Score Is... | | | Your Score: | Average For All Users | Average For All Sluttily Opportunistic Human Liberal Married 32 to 38-Year old Males
(6 total) | | | Dating | 0.00% | 34.13% | 23.08% | | | Self-Lovin' | 18.18% | 60.89% | 38.89% | I wouldn't shake hands, if I were you | | Shamelessness | 43.55% | 77.34% | 61.56% | Puts 'em on the glass | | Sex Drive | 16.67% | 75.01% | 56.75% | Humps fire hydrants when nobody's looking | | Straightness | 1.85% | 39.23% | 9.88% | Knows the other body type like a map | | Gayness | 44.44% | 78.11% | 58.95% | At least one weekend of ecstasy | | Dominant | 60.00% | 86.68% | 69.17% | Not afraid to tie the knot | | Submissive | 53.97% | 87.04% | 66.93% | Bound and gagged a few times | | Fucking Sick | 59.18% | 89.82% | 79.08% | Dipped into depravity | | Total Score | 38.02% | 73.72% | 55.7% | | Take The Ultimate Purity Test 2.0
and see how you match up!
(By The Ferrett) |
What's my next test, you ask? The Rock Band/Guitar Hero Purity Test.
Feel free to submit questions that can be answered by a Y/N answer. I'll keep 'em on-hand. You rocker.
(Also, my pal sheryl67 has a post on the songs she wants on Rock Band. I have to think about that one, myself. I'd really want "More Than A Feeling," by Boston, since I so love the rhythm section on "Long Time." And I'd kill the world for a shot at "Stacy's Mom" by Fountains of Wayne, "Angry Inch" by Hedwig, and I'd probably kick a wall in if I could play the bass on "Give It Away Now" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. And what about "Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy" by Big & Rich?)
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