tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48335383753656992132024-03-19T02:40:51.799-07:00Opposite Girl - Revenge of the Little SisterOpposite Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08178801410808082572noreply@blogger.comBlogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833538375365699213.post-15454983505905316762013-10-04T05:53:00.000-07:002013-10-04T05:53:18.354-07:00Hallowe'en is coming!It's October! That means Halowe'en time, and <i>that</i> means Treehouse of Horror time! Check out this clip of this year's opening. The couch gag was conceived by Guillermo Del Toro.<br />
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This is from Imaginaria. YTV used to air these things as "Short Circutz." Remember, "Chomp chomp! Got to eat a record, uh-huh," and "He's Styro, Styro the Dog?"<br />
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Actually, I liked all of these so much that it's hard to pick one to post so I think I'll post another one.<br />
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Don't forget, we are of the butterfly. Whatever that meant.Opposite Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08178801410808082572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833538375365699213.post-60088648631238974722013-06-18T21:30:00.000-07:002013-07-03T23:46:16.400-07:00Batman Only Works in Black...and Sometimes Very, Very Dark GreyWhat do Batman, the Ninja Turtles, and some 2002 NBA All Stars have in common? They all have Lego Mini figures and they're all in this trailer:<br />
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<blockquote class="tr_bq">Calling it right now. Best film of 2014.</blockquote>Opposite Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08178801410808082572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833538375365699213.post-10230764012675002822013-05-30T17:02:00.000-07:002013-05-30T17:03:33.428-07:00K.K. Slider is Up All Night to Get LuckyIt's been a little while! Here's the latest weird music thing I've come across: a K.K. Slider cover of a Daft Punk song, "Get Lucky." Since everything Daft Punk does is electronic anyway, K.K.'s vocals work nicely.<br />
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Aww, I want that Animal Crossing 3DS XL soooo much!<br />
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via <a href="http://www.gonintendo.com">GoNintendo</a>Opposite Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08178801410808082572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833538375365699213.post-81340514151428705922013-05-16T14:40:00.000-07:002013-05-30T17:18:36.138-07:00Probably the Most Inspirational Music Video EverNo computer graphics in this video! Commander Chris Hadfield recorded this music video in space to mark his departure from the International Space Station. Everything this man does is amazing.<br />
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Some lyrics changed from the original David Bowie version, so he doesn't die at the end. That would not be good.<br />
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Also, JJ Abrams was onto something. Space IS shiny.Opposite Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08178801410808082572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833538375365699213.post-42282567215577433482013-04-26T12:17:00.000-07:002013-04-26T12:35:43.494-07:00I Made This #4: What to do when you have too many mugs<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP9E__Sx2KfjqRQUszzlKSZ5F2_O1ypMcnOmhcV7a5K-li2sYbht1N3MdJxsAVkOAXRkHbGoZS0gAxlmBtaUDX7UK-1Xf2wzLiVGuHVHDd6uVJMQwkXXrKTYoaS1pJ8klXJenX3bQp4piq/s1600/SAM_0914.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP9E__Sx2KfjqRQUszzlKSZ5F2_O1ypMcnOmhcV7a5K-li2sYbht1N3MdJxsAVkOAXRkHbGoZS0gAxlmBtaUDX7UK-1Xf2wzLiVGuHVHDd6uVJMQwkXXrKTYoaS1pJ8klXJenX3bQp4piq/s400/SAM_0914.JPG" width="300" /></a><br />
I have a little problem. I have a ton of oversized mugs! They don't really fit in the cupboard anymore. And then, for my birthday, a friend bought me the biggest mug I've ever seen and I joked about how you could use it as a flower pot. But after I said it I thought, wait, I WILL make this a flower pot! And then I did.<br />
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And you can too! The project won't set you back more than $20, so if you have some mugs or ceramics or whatever that you want to repurpose, read on! The key issue is drainage.<br />
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So, getting the plants was cheap and easy. I just picked out a couple of low-maintenance plants from Ikea, one of which was on sale for $2! The expensive part was the diamond tipped drill bit, which was about $12 before tax and can be found in the tile department at the hardware store. <a href="http://www.homedepot.ca/product/5-16-in-diamond-drill-bit/991593">See here</a>.<br />
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So here's a few tips if you wan to try this. Wear your safety glasses! Little glass particles and the eye do not mix. You might want to wear gloves too, just in case your mug breaks. Don't let my warnings scare you off, though. My mugs were never even close to breaking. It's just better to be safe than sorry.<br />
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You will want to turn your mug/bowl/whatever upside down to drill so put a towel under it to protect it and keep it from slipping.<br />
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Put some water on the spot you want to drill. This will help to prevent your drill bit from getting dull. When you drill, do not apply a lot of pressure and back off your bit every now and then to declog the bit and let it cool off a little. To help you get started, you can begin with the drill on an angle using the edge of the bit to mark the spot you want the hole to be. Once your hole is started, straighten up the bit and be really patient. Drilling may take a minute or two.<br />
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And that's it! Once you're through your mug has drainage and can be used as a planter! No root-rot for you!<br />
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Next you will want a plant saucer to catch any water that drains from your planter, right? I got these terra cotta ones from the craft store for less than $2 each. Then I decorated them with some paint markers that I had at home, but you can decorate them however you like. Now they go with my planters.<br />
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And that's it! Now I have two truly <strike>weird</strike> unique planters! <br />
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<br />Opposite Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08178801410808082572noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833538375365699213.post-25353994603772900762013-04-26T10:54:00.002-07:002013-04-26T11:16:06.146-07:00Book of Mormon/Death Note Mashup Works Unexpectedly Well<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/hhjgd3G5NzE?rel=0" width="420"></iframe><br />
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If you are familiar with the basic plot of Death Note this is awesome. I guess there are some similarities between Light Yagami and Mormon missionaries... okay not really. It might be fair to say they both set out to do something that would "blow God's mind" as the song says; just, Light does it by killing lots and lots of people. <br />
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Found via <a href="http://www.toplessrobot.com/2013/04/its_that_death_notethe_book_of_mormon_musical_mash.php">Topless Robot</a>Opposite Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08178801410808082572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833538375365699213.post-30505199550507899692013-04-16T20:17:00.000-07:002013-04-16T20:17:14.274-07:00Letters to an Absent Father<a href="http://mareodomo.com/files/letters-to-an-absent-father-09.gif" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="208" src="http://mareodomo.com/files/letters-to-an-absent-father-09.gif" width="640" /></a><br />
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The artist from my previous post reminded me of a mini comic series that was popular a couple of years back. Every Pokémon fan has wondered at some point where the heck Ash's dad is hiding. Then <a href="http://mareodomo.com/">Maré Odomo</a> made a surprisingly touching comic series on the topic. His comic is available for sale <a href="http://www.fangamer.net/products/letters-to-an-absent-father">here</a>, but it's not too hard to find them all on the internets if you know what you're looking for. Still, those stickers that come with the book are <i>soooo</i> cute!Opposite Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08178801410808082572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833538375365699213.post-82654720877482904532013-04-16T19:34:00.000-07:002013-04-16T19:45:12.792-07:00Too tired to name this post.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8QP0j-h-q_E00SVS0Nq1nac83i6N7_2xDdCzccndKAmQHEN1PIRbf80PM9p6HZs9idNgKzvzgXQ0CY8J25iH5d9u9TVMgMIQ9QUfKJ66QqCn4GPJQRa5oQ0VCgwGUSc3Co9V2GYjamhvX/s1600/magical+game+time.gif" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8QP0j-h-q_E00SVS0Nq1nac83i6N7_2xDdCzccndKAmQHEN1PIRbf80PM9p6HZs9idNgKzvzgXQ0CY8J25iH5d9u9TVMgMIQ9QUfKJ66QqCn4GPJQRa5oQ0VCgwGUSc3Co9V2GYjamhvX/s400/magical+game+time.gif" width="291" /></a><br />
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Check out more comics at <a href="http://magicalgametime.com/">Magical Game Time!</a><br />
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Or read about the author, Zac Gorman, at <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2013/04/16/illustrated-inspiration-crafting-zac-gormans-magical-game-time/">Joystig</a>!Opposite Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08178801410808082572noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833538375365699213.post-74400135751139399802013-04-06T09:56:00.001-07:002013-04-06T09:56:43.108-07:00Duck Oates<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/NHeA4sU6_tw" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br />
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The more you know, right?Opposite Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08178801410808082572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833538375365699213.post-53928570337664945782013-04-05T18:33:00.001-07:002013-04-26T14:39:05.137-07:00Huey Lewis and Weird Al in American Psycho ParodyIn this video, Huey Lewis lets Weird Al know how he feels about Al's song parodies. It's pretty good, by the way. <br />
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Want to see the scene from American Psycho that this video is based on? Go <a href="http://youtu.be/PZ9YnC8-WtM">here</a>.<br />
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UPDATE: Apparently Funny or Die don't like having their videos embedded. Here's a link to the video instead: <br />
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I painted this elephant bank on my birthday. My sister Anne made the salt and pepper shakers. My cousin Erin also made a bowl, but I don't have a picture of the finished bowl, so here it is before being baked:<br />
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It turns out everyone else has better design sense than me. But that's not really news. My elephant is cowboy themed with weird India-style sun clouds! He's (she's?) special.<br />
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We bought the pottery and decorated it at <a href="http://mudoven.com/">The Mud Oven</a> in Ottawa, Ontario.Opposite Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08178801410808082572noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833538375365699213.post-19675580047889817222013-03-22T21:37:00.000-07:002013-03-22T21:37:15.011-07:00Downtown Abbey Continues Its Takeover of the Internet<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/2p540lbdF70" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br />
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I've still neer seen Downtown Abbey, but I don't think it usually includes zombies.Opposite Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08178801410808082572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833538375365699213.post-48674931536037681242013-03-19T13:12:00.000-07:002013-03-19T13:12:53.347-07:00College Humor HighlightsSaw some stuff on <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/video/6875542/paperman-threesome-parody">College Humor </a>today that I thought was worth sharing.<br />
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1)In this video, College Humor clarifies the meaning of the title "Paperman." I knew that magical flying paper stuff was all too good to be true. <br />
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2) <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/article/6877596/9-scented-candles-id-actually-buy-that-theyll-never-make">Click here</a> to see an article about candle scents that you might like but which will probably never exist. I think my favourite one would be "tennis ball can." I would add "Canadian Tire" and "That Powder Soap They Have at Walt Disney World" to my personal wish list.Opposite Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08178801410808082572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833538375365699213.post-15632960717393728162013-03-18T21:46:00.000-07:002013-03-18T21:46:52.738-07:00The Star Wars Conspiracy<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/2dvv-Yib1Xg " width="420"></iframe><br />
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Well, I'm convinced. Darth was in on it all along. Funny, I never knew he owned a construction company.Opposite Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08178801410808082572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833538375365699213.post-69568347818027955832013-03-17T22:38:00.000-07:002013-04-05T18:50:07.636-07:00I Shouldn't Find This Funny, But I Do<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/EocLKUzsaoc" width="420"></iframe><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">If I was singing this song: "Il est venuuu <span style="font-size: x-small;">le temps des cath<span style="font-size: xx-small;">edraaaa <span style="font-size: xx-small;">- <strike>gasp cough h<span style="font-size: xx-small;">ack! Air I need air!<span style="font-size: x-small;">"</span></span></strike></span></span></span></span><br />
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First off, let me make this clear: I love this song and I would totally marry Bruno Pelletier's voice if that was a thing that you could do. So if you are french-canadian, please don't kill me.<br />
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Now that that's out of the way, just listen to this song. It's hillarious.<br />
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Things to note:<br />
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<li>if you watched it and you still don't find it funny, you probably have a better sense of humour than me, so don't worry about it. My sense of humour is kind of weird. Or broken.</li>
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I used to be a big fan of Mickey Mouse, but recently I've lost interest. Why? Because for a long time it's felt like Disney lost interest in him. CG Mickey? No thanks. Not even Kingdom Hearts Mickey could resuscitate his character for me. I know, I hear you gasp.<br />
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But wait! It looks like Disney is staring to remember that they make cartoons! They are making 19 to be exact, starting with this inexplicably french one. Is there an English dub? I have no idea; Disney only lets Americans watch stuff on their site, so I found this video on a french site. Don't worry, the french isn't difficult. <br />
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Maybe there's hope that Mickey will be redeemed. There's also talk of a Mickey Mouse/Roger Rabbit movie. Take a look at the news <a href="http:// http://ca.ign.com/articles/2013/03/13/mickey-mouseroger-rabbit-movie-picks-up-steam">here</a>. <br />
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Via ign.Opposite Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08178801410808082572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833538375365699213.post-27699005481816067882013-02-20T12:44:00.000-08:002013-02-20T12:44:39.636-08:00Worst Commercial EverRecently I came across the free Tamagotchi L.I.F.E. app in the Google Play store and I was like, "Free? Heck yes!" and I downloaded it. Now it bugs me multiple times a day and I wonder why I bothered. <br />
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Fortunately I did not see this advertisement before I downloaded it. If I had I might have steered clear.<br />
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What it this garbage? Have you ever met someone like this in your entire life? I mean, someone you didn't want to punch? <br />
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By the way guys,<a href="http://motherboard.vice.com/read/tamagotchi-has-returned-is-somehow-now-a-weird-pastel-bummer"> no tamagotchi for you.</a>Opposite Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08178801410808082572noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833538375365699213.post-44759279897738375892013-02-11T17:08:00.000-08:002013-02-11T17:14:19.738-08:00Destino<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/1GFkN4deuZU?rel=0" width="560"></iframe><br />
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Here's a curiosity. Many years ago Walt Disney and Salvador Dali collaborated to make a short film, but it was not completed in the end because it was too expensive. Then, years later, Roy E. Disney decides to pull out the storyboards and make the film, and it was completed in 2003. The results are... interesting.<br />
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Having trouble understanding it? Read on for my thoughts on interpretation. <br />
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As far as I can gather, the story starts with a young, mortal lady who sees a statue of chronos and falls in love with it. Then a dance sequence from her perspective commences that illustrates the difficulties of her love, or something. I don't know for sure. But then her eyes fall, as if her thought are comming back to the present, and she sees a shadow of a bell. When her shadow overlaps with the bell's it appears as though she's wearing a dress. She dives into the shadow.<br />
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At this point she appears to have managed to make the statue aware of her, because it comes to life. But it probably doesn't really come to life, we're just being shown the statue's perspective.<br />
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That's right. The statue has a perspective.<br />
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So the staue fell in love with her too, but a labrinth wall appears and seperates them. She sends a flock of birds and they guide him to the exit, to a vision of herself which melts away into... a baseball. Hmm. I'm going to go out on a limb here and guess that baseball is some kind of sexual metaphor, because I don't know what else to interpret it as. Anyway, baseball happens, and the batter hits the ball to the catcher, who is also the statue-man, and he holds her (she's made out of a sheet at the moment) and the man fades back into the statue in the desert.<br />
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As the camera comes toward the statue, there is a hole where the heart is, and when you peer through it you can see that bell that resembles the woman, and there are dandelion seeds blowing from the bell and into the statue's open heart.<br />
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And that's the end.<br />
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<i>So</i>. Time is a theme in this, since there a clocks all over and chronos and it's Salvador Dali. Then there is the stuff where the girl tries to kiss a man and his face melts away and she's left with a broken statue with one leg. And there are all the eyes pointing at her and her robe catches on them and she becomes naked. I think this part might be about a young woman falling in love with an old man and all the fears that come with that, like being judged and her lover dying before her. But she decides to dive in anyway.<br />
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I'm not as confident in what the man's perspective is supposed to be. Why are there barriers to him reaching her, I wonder? Unless it's literally supposed to be about a god and a woman... maybe she was more worried about herself dying, not him? Anyway, she is the source of him living at all, from his point of view. He comes to life because she sends seeds toward him, and then he's going from being a statue to playing baseball, which is a lot more lively.<br />
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Somehow it's a love story. But I can't explain the guys on bicycles with bread on their heads. I'll let someone else figure that one out.<br />
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Also, telephones. Opposite Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08178801410808082572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833538375365699213.post-72124809455268753152013-02-08T16:35:00.000-08:002013-02-11T17:10:42.105-08:00Winnie the Pooh's Rabbit is Not a Woman<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So here's a random confession: when I was a kid I thought Rabbit was a woman. It made sense to me. Everyone always refered to Rabbit as "Rabbit;" I think they rarely ever said "him." Rabbit always reminded me of my grandma (sorry Grandma!) and he was always fussing about the house and garden, which said female to me back then. Anyone else ever make this mistake?Opposite Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08178801410808082572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833538375365699213.post-33073605809374853422013-02-08T12:51:00.001-08:002013-02-08T12:51:30.931-08:00Hipster Princesses!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL3o2KSbTtObWlDqo4z2anPY-fZqda3cNsBcbugByoVLGb73xoMQlZmGVoYFMYEB2kAyE_CCg1b3zhEvLoDccjJyJeBhj7K_bSLri3DYY5aWJnKeYw7ar8qDdwgbK_148HfApHO4c4Gueu/s1600/hipster_jasmine.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL3o2KSbTtObWlDqo4z2anPY-fZqda3cNsBcbugByoVLGb73xoMQlZmGVoYFMYEB2kAyE_CCg1b3zhEvLoDccjJyJeBhj7K_bSLri3DYY5aWJnKeYw7ar8qDdwgbK_148HfApHO4c4Gueu/s400/hipster_jasmine.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Ahahaha! It's hipster Disney princesses! You have to check these out! The Mary Sue has a bunch of 'em <a href="http://www.themarysue.com/hipster-princesses/">here.</a><br />
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Opposite Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08178801410808082572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833538375365699213.post-45521880735707711432013-02-06T19:36:00.000-08:002013-02-06T19:50:31.737-08:00Where Are My Youtubes?UPDATE: That was short! The videos came back on their own! What happened? I guess we'll <a href="http://images.codingforcharity.org/dmp/20111001/demotivational_poster_WE-WILL-NEVER-KNOW_20111001153029_reg.png">never know</a>.<br />
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For some reason embedded youtube videos are not showing up on my blog today. If you wanted to see that Up On Poppy Hill trailer click <a href="http://youtu.be/9-rhgSCAqDU">HERE.</a> In the mean time, I'll try to sort this out.Opposite Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08178801410808082572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833538375365699213.post-8930060029358179942013-02-06T19:23:00.001-08:002013-02-06T19:29:08.398-08:00From Up On Poppy Hill Trailer<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/9-rhgSCAqDU?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br />
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From up on Poppy Hill is the Latest Studio Ghibli movie to be released in North America. This one is directed by Goro Miyazaki, son of the famous Hayao Miyazaki who, if I remember correctly, thinks he is a terrible director and practically disowned him. Anyway, Studio Ghibli hasn't exactly been on a roll lately, with Tales of Earthsea being panned and Ponyo only getting good reviews because all of the reviewers were afraid to admit that they didn't get it. The Secret World of Arriety seems to have done okay, but I haven't seen it yet so I can't confirm. <br />
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That being said, this one looks like it may be something more like a cross between Whisper of the Heart and Grave of the Fireflies, in which case I thouroughly approve.<br />
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In other news, has anyone else heard that Disney no longer holds the rights to any Shtudio Ghibli films? Apparently this 'GKids' owns them all now. I've never noticed them before, but they were the ones who distributed The Secret of Kells, so they're all right.<br />
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<strike>I nearly tilted this entry 'From Up On Poopy Hill'</strike>Opposite Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08178801410808082572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833538375365699213.post-78439582351088584182013-02-02T20:42:00.000-08:002013-02-02T20:42:44.575-08:00Aaaarghmyeyescanttakethecutenesssss!!!1How can these toys be so cute? And these suckers are made of METAL. <br />
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These are made by crazy-amazing toy maker Hot Toys.Website is <a href="http://www.hottoys.com.hk/index.php">here</a>.<br />
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Via <a href="http://www.toplessrobot.com/2013/01/in_case_robert_downey_jr_wasnt_cute_enough_for_you.php">Topless Robot</a>Opposite Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08178801410808082572noreply@blogger.com0