Questions Of The Week @ MindSay

I know I haven't been around much the last week, so it might not be my place to ask all of you for a favor right now, but please answer Questions of the Week.  Trust me - if there's a time to do it, it's now.

In my rush to finish things for end of the month- namely work and Mindmeld Project- I completely forgot it was the end of the month. Yes, yes, I know I'm stupid sometimes. Only the truly stupid can forget the very thing they are constantly remembering. It's a talent.

 

Here it is, September, and I ground-thrummingly forgot about creating a new header/theme and typing up August's movie list. Luckily, I have that list right beside little-ol', anal-retentive me. [Edited Update: I forgot I had been "doodling" with a header earlier this month, so I'm using it for August. I may play with is as we go along... adding text or other elements. Even if it stays untouched I'll be pleased, because I love summer skies. Good bye 70's Orange Lines.]

 

Movies (and a television series) I have seen in August: (italics mean I've seen it before)

• Scream 3 - A fine conclusion to the trilogy. And by fine I don't mean "detailed"... I mean "alright".
• Texas Chainsaw Massacre (remake) - I honestly love this one and despise the first one.
• Chasing Amy - For some reason, this viewing left me cold. I couldn't stand the characters... well, except for Jay and Silent Bob.
• V for Vendetta - Surreal and comic-book awesome.
• Match Point - A beautifully executed movie that you don't want to waste your time on.
• Good Night and Good Luck - This movie is a must, if for no other reason than the history. Funny, sad and meaningful. The type of meaningful that each person
• Pulse - *shrugs* I liked some of the ideas behind what was going on but overall, "meh".
• Snakes on a Plane - The internet phenom that I was happily on board for- the movie being the exclamation point.
• Dead & Breakfast - Funny little horror-comedy. Not Shawn of the Dead caliber, though still good.
• Public Access - Terrible movie. No redeeming value. Everything was off kilter, like the idea behind the script was polluted by the directing and the actors rode rough shod over the lines. Potential? Yes. Disappointment? Yes.
• Veronica Mars, Season 2 - *happy sigh* I enjoy this shows wit, dialogue, characters, friendships, relationships, actors, directing. Even the music.
• Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy - I was very excited to watch this show, an inside look at the porn industry via the life of one of the most well-known performers. Besides some slightly titillating moments this movie was flaccid.

You got through my list. You get a reward. (Awe-inspiring.)

 

And because I'm very generous and feel like regifting, below you will see the three week absent Creativity Exchange. TheRacket is the birther of the words. Immaculate conception, don'cha know. And he spread the seed of thought to me so I could create the image. (Eww... TheRacket is (like) my Creativity Brother. That makes my whole analogy wrong. Just wrong.)

 

You can see the other half (a non-identical twin, if you will) of Creativity Exchange over at his journal.

 

Words are TheRacket's, image by me:

 

[fowl thoughts]

what
do you
think about when
you are eating birdseed?

the bluejay asked the cardinal

is it about the fine nuts
just beyond those crunchy hulls of darkness?

or the varied flavortextures dancing about your beak?

perhaps you reflect upon one your Uncle Charlie's jokes
or that foul bird who frightened you from your perch
on that extra fancy feeder just up Maxwell Street?

what do you think about? he asked again
tilting his blue head to one side
waiting for the redbird to respond

but the cardinal kept pecking
away at his meal

until at last
he said

nothing

 

(Click here for a larger version.)

 

Lastly, WTF Radio is happy to welcome back Shiny and SocKs. Shiny has picked out a wonderful Preshow as AAP will not be on tonight. WTF Radio is broadcast live on Fridays, 9PM (Central). Questions of the Week still need to be answered and Rematch of Vs. rematched.

Hey, all. Someone near me has Ralph's Nelson's (the Simpsons bully) "HA-ha" as their ring tone. Still not as cool as the Harry Potter-theme ringtone, but close.

 

Today is Friday. Most of us are pretty excited that we're so close to the weekend. For me, I like Friday's because I get to show my response to TheRacket's Creativity Exchange (Season 2), and because Friday nights are when we produce our internet radio talk show, WTF Radio. (You can answer tonight's Questions of the Week, if you haven't already.) ((TheRacket's half to be featured here as it's made available.)) (((Paths4Byzantium and AAP have their own CE going on as well.)))

 

Creativity Exchange has been a great artistic exercise tool. For this second season of CE, if I respond with something visual, I've only allowed myself to respond with photography. It helps push me into exploring my responses a little more, and this has too be a good thing. Though I wonder sometimes if by broadening my horizons, I'm not stretching out a balloon or a pair of jeans so that they never quite hold the same shape again... but enough downers, onto CE2, Week 9 (words by TheRacket, photo by me):

 

[caliginosity]

dim room locked rocking
chair squeaking

sque-eeak

sque-eeak

clock ticking tock
shrieking thing gloom grim

 

1.) Do chimpanzees really enjoy eating bananas?

2.) Can a new color be made that is not like, or mixed from, any other?

1.) If you could inherit a comfortable home in any city in the world that you could use but not sell, where would you want it to be?

2.) If an actor no longer alive were to play you in a film, who would you cast in the role?