Monthly Archives: August 2010

AWOL

Posted on 30/08/2010 by Dee CrowSeer

Another Southland Tales character who got short-changed in the film was General Teena MacArthur. As the “system test administrator for the Utopia Three project”, it was basically her job to baby-sit the crispy corpse found in Boxer Santaros’s burned out … Continue reading →

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“Rules are for nerds!”

Posted on 29/08/2010 by Dee CrowSeer

After plundering a friend’s bookshelf, I have been working my way through the Southland Tales “prequel saga”. For those who don’t know, ST was initially planned as a nine-part “interactive experience”, with the first six parts published in 100-page graphic … Continue reading →

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Meditate on this…

Posted on 27/08/2010 by Dee CrowSeer

Oh dear, this is my second post in a week about spending money for the pleasure of a woman’s company… how worrying. I swear that’s not how I roll in real life! But Princess Superstar has just posted a sliding … Continue reading →

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Wish me there, Wizard!

Posted on 24/08/2010 by Dee CrowSeer

OMG!!! The AV Club posted a list of the comparative prices for personal photographs with various genre celebrities at this past weekend’s Wizard World convention… and while a snap with William Shatner would set you back $95 (fair enough), and … Continue reading →

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The Best of ‘Friends’

Posted on 16/08/2010 by Dee CrowSeer

I like to have the TV on when I’m eating… it’s a pesky habit, but not uncommon… the only real drawback being that there’s usually nothing on worth watching. Every morning, over breakfast, I am reduced to sitting through the … Continue reading →

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“Be who you are… Dress how you want… Just learn to run really fast.”

Posted on 10/08/2010 by Dee CrowSeer

In honour of the fourth and final season of Ugly Betty (the trailers have just started running here, although I’ll have to wait until the 11th of August for the actual “premiere” of the first new episode), I’ve nominated ‘Marc … Continue reading →

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Dr. Downer

Posted on 06/08/2010 by Dee CrowSeer

The BBC is repeating Getting On, the three-episode sitcom set in a geriatric ward, which was commissioned last year as part of their “Grey Expectations” season. I hadn’t watched it before, because I find hospitals hugely depressing and the whole … Continue reading →

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“What Is Life Without Whimsy?”

Posted on 02/08/2010 by Dee CrowSeer

Aside from a couple of “androgynous” characters, I haven’t drawn any pictures of men for this blog before… partly because men tend to look a lot duller than women (shorter hair, utilitarian clothing, flatter bodies, etc.) and are therefore less … Continue reading →

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