My Links are a Bit Gamey

[shanmonster]

I didn't get to play Warcraft III, after all. It kept crashing, for some reason. So instead, I played a lot of Starcraft, and went from losing every game to winning most of 'em. Later, I went to visit freakwoman and longpig, and together with balthcat, we played a card game based on B movies. I can't remember the name of it, but it was fairly amusing. I just felt too zonked to get as much out of it as I ought to have, and I'm sure the positively sinful strawberry Daquiris made by Longpig didn't help much! Afterwards, we watched The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer which had an interesting premise, but seemed a bit heavy-handed. It was stressed over and over that the husband had gone insane, but it just seemed like he was a big ol' arsehole. No one needs to be crazy to be an animate rectum.

Tonight, I am being dragged off to my parents' place for supper. We're having turkey, which I do like. It will be strange not to have Tommy-Dude around, but my sister's cat Storm is a really nice cat. Her last cat was a terrified obese pile of fur with not much in the way of personality. Storm has a huge personality, though.

I've been really digging the music of Idir, lately. I'm not sure how I'd never heard of him before, but I'm making up for lost time, now. He has a mellifluous voice, and I quite like a lot of the music. His rai is tinted with an Irish sound, and one song--a duet with Cheb Mami (of Sting's "Desert Rose" fame) called "Au Pays des Merveilles"--would make an excellent dance performance for a Middle Eastern dancer and a Highland dancer. If I knew any Highland dancers around here, I'd love to try working out a performance with them!

And now, because they're cluttering up my browser windows and because they're very interesting, I'd like to share a bunch o' links with you!

Celebrian: Ever wonder what happened to Elrond's wife in Lord of the Rings? Well, I'll bet you didn't know she became the over-developed and over-sexed Queen of the Orcs!

Heap of Trouble: It's just nine naked men walking down the road. This video makes me grin so hard my cheeks hurt.

The Hole: Some people like to garden in their back yards. Other people like to dig holes.

My Shabby Wife: An article by a rather frumpy and frugal woman in 1877 who discovered the error of her ways.

Anton Chekov: Would you believe Anton Chekov did a book signing at a Barnes and Noble last February? Well, plenty did (thanks, Neil Gaiman).

Sadam's Interrogation Logs: Classic (thanks again, Neil!).

Soccer Blows: It starts off as a basic kids' soccer game, but then something truly bizarre happens. I wish I'd been there (thanks, Dead Corpse)!

Lastly, take a look at this mysterious newspaper clipping from 1853. Wouldn't you like to know the story behind this one?

Comments

[miraba.livejournal.com]

Very wrong. I sent the first link to a friend yesterday. He also posted the link about the nine naked men in his lj yesterday.

[liquid-quaalude.livejournal.com]

so would you recomend The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer for a rent?
I saw and liked rose red and then i read the book The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer .....its not the greatest horror movies but i like the ear is takes place in

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

I found the movie mildly entertaining, so yeah, it's ok. It shouldn't win any awards, but it isn't a total turkey, either.