Hey guys, you remember that mad Top Gear/Transformers bunny of mine? Trojie's planned it out!

THREE CHEERS FOR TROJIE! HIPPIP! HUZZAH! HIPPIP! HUZZAH! HIPPIP! HUZZAH!

:D

Today I went to the dentist and had quite possibly the shortest exam in recorded history. Seriously: thirty seconds, max. The radio was playing 'Jesse's Girl' when I came in, and it was still going when I left. Eh. Weird.

In any case, it is wednesday and to distract you all from the woes of Hump Day, I present Shakespeare's Who's On First. These two guys are utter geniuses.

Spamalot!

SPAMALOT!!!!!!

It was awesome and wonderful and hilarious and... and... and... *gibbers*. Best. Musical. EVER. More coherence later.

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Here's a Howard, there's a Howard,
And another little Howard
Fuzzy Howard, funny Howard,
Howard, Howard, Rudd!

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And here's a little snippet of fic I'm working on, which features Beruthiel of all people. My muses are so unfocused, they sprawl everywhere.

Osgiliath under a bright summer sun was quite an agreeable place, Berúthiel concluded. It was not as warm as Umbar, but like the city of her birth it was a trade centre, and while the wares were not as exotic the marketplaces helped to curb her homesickness. It was, in any case, preferable to Pelargir, which stank of fish, salt and fresh-cut wood, and seemed to her to be permanently grey and foggy whatever the weather elsewhere. As an added bonus, Osgiliath did not, at the present time, contain her husband.

A romantic tradition in Umbar said that the men and women of that city had fire in their veins. If that were true, Berúthiel thought scornfully, Gondorian blood would be muddy salt water. These people had little wit and no sense of adventure.

I watched Aladdin for the first time last night. Strangely, I've read the book and seen Aladdin and the Prince of Thieves, but I've never seen the original film. I didn't intend to watch it the whole way through, but it grew on me.

For a start, the story about the Disney people doing the Hammertime dance during production was amusing. I'm not so sure about Jafar as the villain. He looks stylish, sure, but I think Iago's the brains of the outfit. Speaking of which: Shakespeare refs ftw! Bro was watching it with me, and we agreed that Abu was acting like a jealous girlfriend most of the time. We thought his voice sounded familiar, and a quick trip to imdb.com proved it - he's voiced by the same guy who does Nibbler on Futurama. The carpet is my favourite character, because hey, he's a magic sentient carpet, and he can travel at Mach 2.5.

Here is my reasoning:

Distance from Agrabah (which, for this situation, I have assumed to be Baghdad) and the random Chinese temple they visit (Beijing, for the same reasons) = 6300 km

Time taken to travel there = we'll say 2 hours

And as we all know, speed = distance/time = 6300/2 = 3150km/h

Divide by speed of sound (1238km/h) and you get 2.5.

Therefore, Carpet can travel at speeds of up to Mach 2.5. That's awesome.

We are also convinced that Rajah is Shere Khan doing community service.

Thankyou, that is all.

Dear self,

As amusing as much of the stuff on the internet is, our current sleeping patterns of 2am-midday are not going to hold up once uni takes off again. Tonight we are definitely going to be at a reasonable hour. By which I mean midnight.

Regards,

El




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In other news:

GO GEELONG!!!!!!!!! GO THE CATS!!!!!!!!!! WHEEEEE!!!!!!!!!

*sigh* Bodies can be so overdramatic sometimes.

EL: *picks up a stack of plates that have just come out of the dishwasher* Hmm, that's quite warm.

EL'S BRAIN: ARGH OH SWEET JESUS MOTHER OF PENGUINS IT BURNINAAAATES US!!!!!!!!

EL'S FINGERS: We agree.

EL: No, I really think that-

BRAIN and FINGERS: MAJORITY VOTE! You are putting the plates down! Right now!

EL: Bloody majority-ruled democracy. I hate the Athenians. *stomps off*

[End scene.]

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Thoughts on Deathly Hallows come later, when I can say something more coherent that 'ZOMG', 'SQUEE' and 'Oh man, fandom's really going to go batshit over that...'

In the meantime, I offer related humour:

The Top Ten Words That Should End Harry Potter 7

Top Ten Least Likely Endings to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

A parody of the movie Order of the Phoenix - I laughed so hard that I scared the cats. Maybe I was high from finishing DH, but still.

This was going to be a gratuitous icon-showing-off post (made by the wonderfully talented boz4pm, who also happens to love Wallace and Gromit) except that it isn't. Well, not quite.

Look! It's Yu-Gi-Oh episodes compressed into ten minutes!

The last anime I saw was Ghost in the Shell, and that was at least two years ago, but I still love them. I've never seen Yu-Gi-Oh, and I still love 'em. They're kinda like the Movies in Fifteen Minutes of anime - you don't need to know anything about the original show to find the stuff funny.

< / end gratuitous icon post >

"I'm waiting for you, Kaiba-boy... and when you get here, I'm going to spice up your life!"

...especially when I've got an english commentary to write. Feh, says inner self. Everything comes from Shiver My Timber or St. Dymphna's Academy of Magick, so you can go and join the madness yourself.

Visit-The-Infidels-With-Explanatory-Pamphlets wants to shag Donatello

What's Your Ultimate Fandom OTP?
Shiver My Timber--A Pirate RPG

TheGiantSquid is Secret Keeper for GilderoyLockhart

What's Your Harry Potter OTP?
St. Dymphna's - A Harry Potter RPG

SusanStoHelit is in love with ShirleyTemple

What's Your Ultimate Fandom OTP?
Shiver My Timber--A Pirate RPG

Grawp has an eye on NearlyHeadlessNick

What's Your Harry Potter OTP?
St. Dymphna's - A Harry Potter RPG

JohnEdwards wants to take it out back with Detritus

What's Your Ultimate Fandom OTP?
Shiver My Timber--A Pirate RPG

GrahamPritchard is Secret Keeper for TheGoldenSnitch

What's Your Harry Potter OTP?
St. Dymphna's - A Harry Potter RPG

SirBedevere quacks at TheWickedWitch

What's Your Ultimate Fandom OTP?
Shiver My Timber--A Pirate RPG

LudoBagman is 'Really Just Friends' With TheGiantSquid

What's Your Harry Potter OTP?
St. Dymphna's - A Harry Potter RPG

DarthVader is turning cartwheels for RobinHood

What's Your Ultimate Fandom OTP?
Shiver My Timber--A Pirate RPG