A certain amount of language was used in casa Spinneyhead over the weekend when we discovered that Midnight Club: Los Angeles won’t be available until September (June if you own a PS3).
Just so long as Grand Theft Auto IV comes out on time to keep us occupied. Until then we’ll keep trying to get past the infuriating Moscow mission in Blazing Angels 2: Secret Missions or dive into Bioshock.
They must only have looked at the front page, considering I’ve had whole posts devoted to the word fuck.
They must only have looked at the front page, considering I’ve had whole posts devoted to the word fuck.
Has already been adopted by Manchester Rag.
Ike got a surprise delivery on Thursday. They just turned up on the doorstep. He’s put them up for adoption.
I don’t know what scale this would be when printed out, but here’s a papercraft Coke vending machine.
via BoingBoing
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To hell with all the closet racists, I enjoy living in a country where I can occasionally buy food I don’t understand.
To hell with all the closet racists, I enjoy living in a country where I can occasionally buy food I don’t understand.
A nice idea for a satellite tracking system using the google map, so that everyone can keep an eye on it. The problem is I feel you should be still watching it on a big screen in the basement 🙂
Given to Allan and friends, top competitors at tonight’s Bond themed casino.
Helping out at a Bond themed casino.
There’s going to be a Crank 2. We loved Crank in casa Spinneyhead. It was an insane, surreal, over the top film that managed to get away with breaking loads of rules. I’d have thought the ending ruled out a sequel, but I’m sure they’ll find some way around it that makes no sense but doesn’t matter.
And I’d like to quickly mention Shoot ‘Em Up, another mad movie that skirted the boundaries of plot sense and was incredibly entertaining because of it as well.
Wisdom is scrawled on the walls.
Or the many archetypes of ex, to be accurate.
I’m just wondering, for Venn and other story ideas, if I can create a few recognisable past relationships for a character and then paint details into the broad outlines. Every relationship is beautiful and disastrous in its own unique ways, but they often follow familiar arcs.
So far I’ve got-
The One That Got Away
Fairly obvious. The first love that never quite worked out, or the relationship that foundered because of outside pressures.
Short But Sweet
I don’t mean height, rather the length of the relationship- the holiday affair or the five day fling that ended amicably.
The Psycho
The mad one, the one who alienates friends, is manipulative or turns into a stalker when it’s all over. We used to have a scale named after a friend’s ex by which we would measure scarylooniness. I don’t think I ever had anyone who registered above 0.7, but there has been at least one 1.2 amongst people I know.
The One Night Stand
Not a relationship, I know, but one night stands can have a big effect on a character’s outlook.
Friend With Benefits
Or Fuck Buddy, if you want to be more forthright.
The Best Friend
The relationship never worked out, but you liked each other too much to just go your separate ways. Having been intimate you have licence to occassionally be very blunt and lewd with each other. An ex-lover turned best friend is a very useful person, in a tale or in real life.
Any suggestions? Leave them in the comments.
Fundable is a site that allows groups of people to pledge money to help others. Payment is only taken if the minimum pledge amount is reached. I’ve started a Fundable fundraiser to buy a high definition camcorder for Venn so that the image quality can do the acting and script more justice. We also need better sound equipment. Money left over from buying the camera will go toward this.
Venn.tv is the home of the Venn sitcom. We’re ready to start shooting the first episodes and I’d really like to do the actors and script justice by using better equipment. £1000 ($2000) will purchase a high definition hard disk camcorder such as the JVC Everio HD7, a docking station that will burn backups of footage, spotlights and diffusers. Any more money raised above this will go toward sound equipment including recording devices, microphones and booms.
Episode 0 was shot using a cheap camcorder with a cheap shotgun microphone and basic lighting. We’ve got some good actors and a good script, but the video quality isn’t doing them justice.
Added Benefits for Contributors:
All donors will be listed on the Venn.tv pages for the first four episodes of the series, with links to their websites if supplied. The list will be in descending order by size of donation. Anyone donating over $250 will be mentioned as a sponsor in the end titles of the first four episodes, which will be distributed for viewing beyond the Venn.tv site through embedding on other sites. Anyone donating over $1000 will have a pre title ad on the first four episodes- “Brought to you by-“
After a hard week of charity collecting in London, Ike really needed an invigorating whirlpool bath.
Featuring Kimchi, pickled cabbage, which is just very wrong.
Need for Speed: Pro Street has drag racing and wheelstanding competitions. This is how it’s done in real life.
