With another one:
http://themostpretentiousgirlintheworld.tumblr.com/
Useless and unnecessary, I know, but I like the layout.
23 July 2010
20 July 2010
What's Up, England?
Inspired by the fact that those silly Brits call "Spaghettios" "Spaghetti Hoops," my new-found passion is laughing at the hilarious titles our English counterparts give their tinned goods.
At first restricting this hobby to pure solo time-wasting and occasionally posting things on Tanya's facebook page, I realized it would probably better humanity if I shared this joy with the world at large, or at least the rest of the internet. So naturally, I made a blog about it.
Here are some of my favorites:
At first restricting this hobby to pure solo time-wasting and occasionally posting things on Tanya's facebook page, I realized it would probably better humanity if I shared this joy with the world at large, or at least the rest of the internet. So naturally, I made a blog about it.
Here are some of my favorites:
19 July 2010
THE LITTLE THINGS: Four Lions (Chris Morris, 2010)
I didn't take this, nor have I seen the film as it is not released in the US yet, but oh, Christopher Morris.
14 July 2010
I've Got a Lexical Liking for Ya: These Words Feel Good in My Mouth
Want to sell me anything?
Just drizzle your pitch with some of the words below, sir!
pocket, chimney, mittens, puffin, kitten, muffin, English, England, British, Britain, Irish, Ireland, Scottish, Scotland, Welsh, mouse, autumn, winter, cottage, delight, nutmeg, tweed, whimsical, sweater, knitting, crumpet, tea, dreary, button, plaid, cloak, coat, jacket, boots, sneakers, wool, woolen, woolly, charming, charmer, delightful, meadow, snow, leaves, cat, cats, scamper, hedgehog, willow, widow, spinster, bucket, books, library, little, corner, shier, hobbit, trolley, train, trundle, moss, burrow, meek, feeble, fellow, sir, lady, morning, pipe, cheer, cheers, cheery, chairs, bramble, ale, pub, crisp, chip, oak, wooden, puppet, chipper, castle, pal, friendly, church, town, village, nice, cider, spiced, circus, market, London, frack, clackity, clarinet, galoshes, gray, grey, beret, chapeau, sniffles, handkerchief, wicker, fox, foxy, patch, harmonica, custard, Manhattan, basket, nimble, thimble, stranger, hearty, herbal, camper, Christmas, tiny, faerie, wardrobe, cupboard, cabinet, breakfast, supper, wick, candle, eave, scrumptious, comic, wrinkle, crinkle, elsewhere, Benjamin, match, matches, matchbook, knight, night, slumber, September, November, cobweb, owlet, puddle, muddle, medley, meddle, bungalow, bumble, pyjamas, eleven, sparrow, thyme, parsley, parsnip, biscuit, shepherd, goose, gosling, ginger, gingerly, cheshire, smoke, smokey, smoking, cumbersome, chomp, post, bungle, carpet, badger, bother, mother, father, kipper, kip, brilliant, hilarious, jokes, snack, nap, snap, snapper, cracker, crack, crackle, chicken, kitchen, sweep, rambunctious, mellow, letter, mantle, stove, oven, pack, thrifty, crafty, clever, chickadee, beginning, mutton, sleigh, painted, home, prancing, wildebeest, gnashers, tinsel, doily, knob, elves, elven, curtain, cup, ladle, riddle, bobbin, barrow, mushroom, winsome, creek, wolf, woof, roof
JUST ME: ghost, moustache, awkward, lonely, Swedish, Finnish, Icelandic, Scandinavian, boxy, bicycle, cubic, chump, cinema, city, clack, clerk, cassette, hat, harpsichord, buster, box, danger, crumple, staple, shark, watch, conversation, bench, baggage, snatch, elevator, escalator, shrub, chase, shelves, cap, chap, choice
JUST TANYA: kettle, enchanting, Norse, garden, buckle, butter-brickle, buttery, medieval, loft, brier, fig, apothecary, emporium, menagerie, primrose, cauldron, cathedral, chuckle, spider, spidery, banquet, feast, tower, pumpkin, lord, forest, stew, stone, Halloween, crumble, dot, cocoa, fairy, sorcerer, copper, October, December, cobbler, bumblebee, cookie, gooseberry, ducklings, epitaph, celestial, wobble, roast, roasted, haven, treacle, crystallized, pickle, magnificent, comet, pugnacious, nappy, grackle, warmth, witchcraft, moon, root, bell, velvet, trinket, embers, cupcakes, drizzle, tartlet, piglet, icicle, gander, cane, ribbon, hazel, billowing
Or if, alternately, you are not at all interested in my patronage, then just throw a couple of these verbal bastards in the mix:
tender
supple
probe
moist
(You ain't getting any of my coin with that kind of lip!)
Just drizzle your pitch with some of the words below, sir!
pocket, chimney, mittens, puffin, kitten, muffin, English, England, British, Britain, Irish, Ireland, Scottish, Scotland, Welsh, mouse, autumn, winter, cottage, delight, nutmeg, tweed, whimsical, sweater, knitting, crumpet, tea, dreary, button, plaid, cloak, coat, jacket, boots, sneakers, wool, woolen, woolly, charming, charmer, delightful, meadow, snow, leaves, cat, cats, scamper, hedgehog, willow, widow, spinster, bucket, books, library, little, corner, shier, hobbit, trolley, train, trundle, moss, burrow, meek, feeble, fellow, sir, lady, morning, pipe, cheer, cheers, cheery, chairs, bramble, ale, pub, crisp, chip, oak, wooden, puppet, chipper, castle, pal, friendly, church, town, village, nice, cider, spiced, circus, market, London, frack, clackity, clarinet, galoshes, gray, grey, beret, chapeau, sniffles, handkerchief, wicker, fox, foxy, patch, harmonica, custard, Manhattan, basket, nimble, thimble, stranger, hearty, herbal, camper, Christmas, tiny, faerie, wardrobe, cupboard, cabinet, breakfast, supper, wick, candle, eave, scrumptious, comic, wrinkle, crinkle, elsewhere, Benjamin, match, matches, matchbook, knight, night, slumber, September, November, cobweb, owlet, puddle, muddle, medley, meddle, bungalow, bumble, pyjamas, eleven, sparrow, thyme, parsley, parsnip, biscuit, shepherd, goose, gosling, ginger, gingerly, cheshire, smoke, smokey, smoking, cumbersome, chomp, post, bungle, carpet, badger, bother, mother, father, kipper, kip, brilliant, hilarious, jokes, snack, nap, snap, snapper, cracker, crack, crackle, chicken, kitchen, sweep, rambunctious, mellow, letter, mantle, stove, oven, pack, thrifty, crafty, clever, chickadee, beginning, mutton, sleigh, painted, home, prancing, wildebeest, gnashers, tinsel, doily, knob, elves, elven, curtain, cup, ladle, riddle, bobbin, barrow, mushroom, winsome, creek, wolf, woof, roof
JUST ME: ghost, moustache, awkward, lonely, Swedish, Finnish, Icelandic, Scandinavian, boxy, bicycle, cubic, chump, cinema, city, clack, clerk, cassette, hat, harpsichord, buster, box, danger, crumple, staple, shark, watch, conversation, bench, baggage, snatch, elevator, escalator, shrub, chase, shelves, cap, chap, choice
JUST TANYA: kettle, enchanting, Norse, garden, buckle, butter-brickle, buttery, medieval, loft, brier, fig, apothecary, emporium, menagerie, primrose, cauldron, cathedral, chuckle, spider, spidery, banquet, feast, tower, pumpkin, lord, forest, stew, stone, Halloween, crumble, dot, cocoa, fairy, sorcerer, copper, October, December, cobbler, bumblebee, cookie, gooseberry, ducklings, epitaph, celestial, wobble, roast, roasted, haven, treacle, crystallized, pickle, magnificent, comet, pugnacious, nappy, grackle, warmth, witchcraft, moon, root, bell, velvet, trinket, embers, cupcakes, drizzle, tartlet, piglet, icicle, gander, cane, ribbon, hazel, billowing
Or if, alternately, you are not at all interested in my patronage, then just throw a couple of these verbal bastards in the mix:
tender
supple
probe
moist
(You ain't getting any of my coin with that kind of lip!)
11 July 2010
05 July 2010
THE LITTLE THINGS: The IT Crowd, S04E02
Even though watching takes serious concentration to block out the clangorous screech of its earsplitting laughtrack (modifiers: courtesy Webster's New World Thesaurus), I can no longer deny being a fan.
You gotta love this show.
(Chop!)
You gotta love this show.
(Chop!)
04 July 2010
THE LITTLE THINGS: The Matrix (Wachowski Siblings, 1999)
I'd like to point out that I was watching this for a paper, not for personal use.
Amazing Book Bargains!
Guess Keanu didn't have time to shave that day...
Amazing Book Bargains!
Guess Keanu didn't have time to shave that day...
THE LITTLE THINGS: Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (Kevin Smith, 2001)
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back... uh... Kevin Smith's wife and daughter are in it.
I really like Jay's signature... and the fact that Kevin Smith is president.
I really like Jay's signature... and the fact that Kevin Smith is president.
01 July 2010
THE LITTLE THINGS: Garth Marenghi's Darkplace
If this doesn't convince you to watch the show, then your sense of humor is pretty much hopeless.
THE LITTLE THINGS: My Name is Earl
It started with an unhealthy obsession for Jason Lee's moustache.
Just look at that beautiful thing.
It also ended with that fixation still in tact, but my love for all things facial hair fructified* into a two-week period in which a very unwholesome amount of My Name is Earl was watched.
I might someday get around to watching the end of the fourth season, but I might not. Cos Earl really isn't that great of a show. It suffers from trying to be a comedy program, but having a premise revolving around an unfunny guy. Episodes are best when they're not about Earl, but due to the structure and name of the program, his character can't ever be booted off. (The basic plot: Earl Hickey spent his life subscribing to crime and basic jackassery, then one day he wins the lottery but gets hit by a car and decides to be a better person by devoting himself and his winnings to righting his wrongs. It's all explained in the opening credits.) Essentially every supporting character is really hilarious, and the writing is actually very smart, like sometimes Arrested Development smart, just not "good for being a show about hicks in a trailer park." And the writers don't forget anything.** There will be something taken as an off-hand joke that will become a multi-episode story-arc two seasons later. These guys are good. But even top-notch jokes and attention to detail can't compensate for the fact that you're on the writing staff for what's basically just a prime-time 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd.
Yeah, but here are some little background things that made me laugh a little too much:
Just look at that beautiful thing.
It also ended with that fixation still in tact, but my love for all things facial hair fructified* into a two-week period in which a very unwholesome amount of My Name is Earl was watched.
I might someday get around to watching the end of the fourth season, but I might not. Cos Earl really isn't that great of a show. It suffers from trying to be a comedy program, but having a premise revolving around an unfunny guy. Episodes are best when they're not about Earl, but due to the structure and name of the program, his character can't ever be booted off. (The basic plot: Earl Hickey spent his life subscribing to crime and basic jackassery, then one day he wins the lottery but gets hit by a car and decides to be a better person by devoting himself and his winnings to righting his wrongs. It's all explained in the opening credits.) Essentially every supporting character is really hilarious, and the writing is actually very smart, like sometimes Arrested Development smart, just not "good for being a show about hicks in a trailer park." And the writers don't forget anything.** There will be something taken as an off-hand joke that will become a multi-episode story-arc two seasons later. These guys are good. But even top-notch jokes and attention to detail can't compensate for the fact that you're on the writing staff for what's basically just a prime-time 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd.
Yeah, but here are some little background things that made me laugh a little too much:
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