Furnitured out

[davidn]

It took a look at my Calendar page to realize just how much I've been neglecting this livejournal recently. The old routine of getting up and spending hours wasting time on the Internet has long gone (but will probably start up again once we're set up in Boston). Meanwhile, I'm still updating the minisite for my latest project, so have a look at that to see what I'm doing. You can even comment on some of the entries if you like. It took me ages to write that feature.

I'm absolutely exhausted just now because we've spent seven hours looking at furniture and household items to order for the flat - this will genuinely be setting up home this time, rather than living somewhere that feels borrowed. The biggest problem (both in literal size and in difficutly getting it) is the bed, because we have to either order an expensive and untested mattress online, or go without a bed for a couple of days while we choose one in Boston.

We're going to see Snakes on a Plane, the most hilariously-titled film in the world, tomorrow for Whitney's birthday the next day. The All Your Base-type following that it's generated on the Internet before even being released is something of great fascination to me.

Yes, I will make a post about Disneyland soon.

Comments

[diarytypething.livejournal.com]

Every time you post something with that icon I get the feeling that I'm being incredibly dense and missing the joke. Is there anything there to explain, or is it just a confused jar of jam?

[davidn]

Jam is a character from Weebl and Bob, and the icon is from the first episode that I saw (which still remains my favourite).

http://www.weebl.jolt.co.uk/joust2.htm

The story so far: Weebl and Bob have challenged the mushroom ninja to a joust, and go on Pimp My Ride to improve their car for it.

[e-to-the-ipi.livejournal.com]

The best things about the Snakes on a Plane following are that they went back to reshoot some scenes from post-production on the basis of speculation of the people who thought it would be great, and that, when the title was changed to "United 121", Samuel Jackson had an interview where he said "We're totally changing that back. That's the only reason I took the job: I read the title."

It is a pretty funny film, if rather scary at times. And Sam Jackson is having a great time doing it, and really makes it work.

[davidn]

That's right - and one of those lines was the one that Plette mentioned below!

[e-to-the-ipi.livejournal.com]

Yeah - it's good fun. Enjoy it, don't be too scared.

[plette.livejournal.com]

I want to see that too. In fact I'm planning to somehow convince Chris to come see it with me tonight. Shhhh, don't tell him!

I saw an interview with Samuel L. Jackson in which the interviewer asks him about the movie and he says "Snakes on a Plane...it's pretty much just what it sounds like!" and then laughs like a madman. I love that guy.

Based on the trailer I've seen, the best line from the fim is "Enough is enough! I've had it with these motherfucking snakes on this motherfucking plane!"