The dinosaur just heard there was a ruckus going on downtown, and he thought he would show up and lend a hand. Clearly, he is delighted at how good of a decision he made.
I saw the trailer for the new Where the Wild Things Are movie, and I highly recommend everyone take a peek. All I’ll say is it gave me goosebumps when I first saw it. The link to the YouTube trailer is here. It contains Arcade Fire and James Galdoflini. You’re welcome. My only complaint is the trailer is a bit misleading, I think, in suggesting that Maurice Sendak, the original author, wrote the film. The screenplay is actually credited to Spike Jonze and Dave Eggers, two fairly rocking dudes, but they also 100% aren’t Maurice Sendak.
A bit of tangental fun: YouTube, being the Internet demigod that it is, also suggested a few other clips I might like based on my previous browsing history. Not culled from my search for Where the Wild Things Are mind you, they were rather birthed from a combination of my life’s YouTube searches and my heart’s greatest desires. Meaning, of course, they all ended up being clips from Roadhouse. Go on, peer inside my soul.
Not much new in nerd news this week. I’ve been busy packing up my house, getting ready to move to a new place in a month or two. This week was devoted to going thorugh all my old artwork and short stories from college and before. Not that I’m churning out O’conner or anything right now, but I honestly can’t believe how horrible my writing used to be. I would repost some here, but I don’t want anyone to vicariously die from shame poisoning. Instead, let me paint a picture for you:
Imagine the most horribly violent scene you can think of. Do this twice more, then link everything togethter with a mix of poor transitions, depression and a healthy splash of pretentious misanthropy. Frame everything in an unusuallly uninteresting plot that revolves around “getting the girl” or “sticking it to the man,” and you have every story I ever wrote in college, minus about 9,000 unnecessary swear words.
I’ve moved many time in my life, and I have to say that the worst part of packing is digging through your old crap and having to face who you used to be. Oh well, nothing a few more comics about laser-breathing turkeys won’t fix I suppose.
<3 Mike
I have a confession. In the comics that little Avery is in, whenver she talks, I imagine this cute little high pitched voice coming out. haha I wish I could give a sound byte along with this post so you could understand what I am talking about. You would definitely enjoy it. haha
this might be my favorite. ever.
@ V to K: As long as you’re not picturing her sounding like Barry White or Woody Allen, it is probably a cute thing.
@ Breeze: D’awww, thanks!
@ Clickingheels3x: If you’re the one that’s been bringing all the Twitter traffic, many thanks.
that’s going to be my daughter in the future
Avery is a guys name by the way.
This is so funny. My daughter could be Avery. This is how she is…
im also a teransexual, though.
@Saitokthx: How far in the future? Like, do you have a daughter who is a little younger than Avery and already acts like her, or are you planning on playing Godzilla audio to your wife’s yet-to-be-concieved fetus? Either one is fine with me, I just don’t want to be the only one planning audio conditioning with my future progeny.
@Troy: Just try not to teach her words like “groinsnap.”
@Avery THE GUY!: im pretty SURE were all teransexuals CHIEF. LOL!
-Mike
I would love to hear the definition for “groinsnap” if there is one…
Hmm, well, to be honest I don’t know it offhand P.Nut. When I was writing the script, I imagined it as a kind of vague pejorative, like “Dickhead” or “Floridian,” but I confess I haven’t put thought into it beyond that. If anyone wants to take a stab at explaining the full etymology and meaning of the word, please feel free. I’m sure such efforts will only yield in delight and hilarity for everyone else reading along.
-Mike
Avery “the comic girl” should see a psychologist asap.
I recommend Dr Hannibal Lecter
groinsnap : when something grows instantly ; a witty remark; eg his ideas are simply groinsnap. evolution : from grow+in+snap (why would it be used as a pejorative, maybe its under melioration)