Show us an antique.
Submitted by jacolily.
Excuse the crappy picture...
... this relic from a bygone age is a Game Boy. An actual Game Boy - there is no suffix, whether we're talking Light, Color, Advance, Micro or what have you. No, this is a 1989 original.
Among the many other ways you can tell you were meant to be with someone, their owning an original Game Boy is up there. Jess also owns an original NES. Tru luv!
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As a pretty big DC Comics geek, so I went to see The Dark Knight on opening day. I've been eagerly awaiting the film since Batman Begins and it just felt forever for the film to finally make it to the movie theaters. What made it worst, was I picked up the Batman Bluray and saw the first six minutes of the film, which made waiting for the movie even more unbearable!
So after watching it, I definitely wasn't disappointed. I thought maybe at the end, there was an over usage of sweeping orchestral music that seems to overpower the dialogues spoken. Maybe even Christian Bale's Batman voice is sometime over dramatic and the Gotham mafia is a joke, the movie is still pretty awesome.
By the way, I'm actually kind of surprise that with all the violence in the film, it was still Rated PG-13. I guess the rating board have laxed over the years, but if this movie was released in the 80s, it would've been slap with an R.
I'm sure all the critics will tell you what a wonderful villain Heath Ledger's Joker was. He was pretty frightening in the role, and I'm kind of sad that this will be his last role. In some ways, I hope they don't bring back the Joker in future films, especially if future actors won't be able to carry on the craziness of what Ledger brought.
Anyway, before I let spoilers slip, I'll just keep this short and sweet. Here are some Batman music.
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A couple of comments: I've previously mentioned Hans Zimmer and Danny Elfman before, so check those out. The "Batman TV Theme" was redone, possibly in the late 60s by an outfit called The Dynamic Batmen. I've always loved this surf theme song, but it doesn't seem to suit the seriousness of what Batman should be. It is a fun song and I guess reflect the feel-good theme of the Adam West show.
Prince's "Batdance (Vicki Vale remix)" and had heavy sampling from the 1989 Batman movie. It is, as they say, funky, I didn't think belong in the "grim" and "gothic" Tim Burton film. However, Siouxsie and the Banshees' "Face to Face" fit quite well in the sequel Batman Returns. What a great single! Rounding out is R Kelly's "Gotham City", from the disaster that is known as Batman & Robin.
Links: thedarkknight.warnerbros.com
hans-zimmer.com
oingoboingo.com
(thanks to Maya and Karlos on getting my mind on this and Karlos for the article link) Plugged in and working as of July 17: the UK boasts the world’s first tidal turbine. I first learned about tidal power in grad school (my first stint, 97-99). Then it was something brand new and not even working anywhere. It was more of a theory with a test gadget here and there. The one we looked at was this big arse thingamabob that floated offshore and looked dangerous and weird. It looked like a UFO that had crash landed in the ocean. Water moved through a big intake and this worried me. The only thing I could think about was what would happen to any life forms from the ocean that got stuck in it. Phytoplankton and zooplankton included. That would not be good if it was a killer. Dams cause enough problems for riverine fish without the ocean critters being added to the oops patrol. But this thing is cool. It is like a big wind turbine that instead uses wave and tide motion to turn it. (Who thought of that? Why didn’t I? Dammit! I thought of bras with see through straps years ago and was dumb enough to run my mouth about it but not do anything, then someone invented them.) This turbine generates enough juice to power 1,000 homes. It is located off the coast of Northern Ireland, in Strangford Lough. A test model was run beforehand. It is made by Marine Current Turbines. A grant by the UK government backed the creation and implementation of the turbine. (Kudos to the UK government for being smart and having vision.) The issue I have with the turbine, is I would think it would be bad to put any where large mammals swim. In Strangford Lough, there are grey seals who use the lough as their main pupping site, and porpoises come to feed. Apparently, there used to be Pilot Whales, but sadly, as of the early 1980s none were sighted in that area again. I hope when they implemented the test model they figured this bit out. Greenpeace has given the SeaGen turbine a thumbs-up.
No, just Florida. Santa Rosa Island, to be more precise, home of Pensacola Beach. I've been here a week (working), and although I think I'm ready to sleep in my tiny apartment again, I won't be headed there until the 26th. Oh well. Better to make the best of it, and I have been riding a bike around the island on my time off (for the first time since junior high!) and actually quite enjoying it. I spied this crazy UFO house on Via DeLuna, one of like two streets on the island. The other is Fort Pickens Road, don't you just love that? The town is just a tiny bit tickety-tack, but the bike path goes a couple of miles beyond the developed area into government-owned land, and you can see a lot clearer how beautiful the area is.
I just wrote a long post about my week and now it's gone. Internet Explorer just completely flaked out.
Short version:
- I'm exhausted. It's been a long week. Not in a bad way, just a lot going on.
- Charter sucks. Fortunately it will soon be gone from our lives. I don't care if they offer it free, after next week we will never be Charter customers again.
- My Norwex party went well. I'm getting free stuff! If none of my guests end up booking a party, I might book a second one so I can get a free mop. (I can't talk about having a mop without thinking about Michael Richards' character in UHF. Yep, the Weird Al movie. Rent it if you want a mindless laugh.)
- For the first time in a month I'm feeling semi-caught up on school. I think it's because I'm seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. Just a couple more weeks, hopefully, until I get a break.
- Bailey came home from camp yesterday. She had fun.
- The bathroom remodel is going well. Brian had the place gutted as of last week and Monday-Wednesday, the plumber, electrician, and ductwork guy came & went. Yesterday Dale Earnhardt, Jr. came and hung the sheetrock. Who knew that was what he did during the week? I wouldn't think he'd need a second job, but whatever. :) Some pictures:
There's a little park not far from where I live, the bank of a like pond/lake actually. A few years ago the Town spruced it up a bit, adding a bordered gravel path, attractive fencing, a boat launch and places near the water to simply sit and watch. It's a charming little strip of land and one that's verdant at this time of year (in this hemisphere!). I brought my trusty camera with me this afternoon as I walked along the gentle, lapping shoreline and took some snaps and a video or two.
Come share Spy Pond Park with me. You won't regret the visit!
This is one end of the park. To the left is a childrens' play ground and to the right, just beyond the fence and the trees, is the pond.
I wasn't the only person in the park, though. As I walked further, I noticed a blue bicycle, next to a shirt draped over a nearby rock. As I walked past, a head bobbed up out of the water, shook off excess water, then disappeared beneath the crystal laps again.
I find the sight of water, rocks and foliage to be extremely centering. I can sit on a comfortable rock overlooking a lake or ponder for hours. I'll bring a book, or a journal, or a camera. If I'm tired I'll lay back and rest, with the sound of moving water close and comfortable.
Walk around the end of the park and you're back on the bike path. It used to be a railroad line, which was converted in the 1980s. It's pastoral, cool and very quiet during the week. I took one last look at the pond through the dense tree cover on the path, then headed back home.
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