Linkblogging

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My Leper Pony. Who had My Little Ponies when you were little? I had an entire herd, and was constantly using them to tell epic stories about war and kidnapping and battles and dramatic rescues, which tended to involve way more violence and far less hair-combing than I think the makers intended. I would have loved a Leper Pony.

Five Boroughs Ice Cream. Ha, this is awesome! I wish my neighborhood had a flavor. Actually, these sound really tasty, but I think I'm too lazy to go out to Queens just to buy ice cream.

Texas Senator proposes offering $500 to women who give up their children for adoption. Wow. Selling children. That's totally a good way to make the pro-life supporters look not insane.

You know that Hemmingway quote which starts, "the world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places"? I love that quote. I've used it for a title. What I would not want, however, is it on a t-shirt. The internet really does have everything; too bad so much of it is stuff you can't imagine being useful.

Some interesting videos:
Kermit the Frog covers Nine Inch Nail's 'Hurt'. I... I... there are no words to describe this. I recommend you watch only if you enjoy seeing your childhood icons destroyed; it's nearly as bad as the Carebears BDSM story, really.

Tech Support in the Middle Ages. Ha! Very funny, a Monty Python-style sketch.

I was going to go dancing this weekend, but I'd forgotten that I'd accidentally given myself an enormous blister and that it hurts to walk now. Someday, I understand, I may actually grow up enough to refrain from constantly injuring myself, but at the moment at least it makes for amusing stories.

Comments

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that was my reaction, too. It's really quite impressive how very disturbing that video manages to be.

[parallactic.livejournal.com]

With some distance to blunt my memory, the video has a twisted, disturbing brilliance. I mean, just how did the person manage to get a puppet to look like he's throwing up?

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

Good point. I was particularly impressed by the bit when Kermit was shooting up; it just seemed like it would require a lot of dexterity to get a puppet to move in such a way. But the whole thing is really an amazing production, particularly when you consider what a strange topic it is. I wonder if it was just for fun, or if the makers did it for some sort of class or job?

[parallactic.livejournal.com]

Kermit shooting up must have taken a lot of outtakes, or time just figuring out how to do it. I'm not sure what would motivate someone to do this, except that they must have been really dedicated to it.