June 13, 2007
The APCB equivalent of a clip show
Posted by pete at June 13, 2007 8:51 PMWhile we're all waiting with bated breath to see if Perry signs or vetoes HB 1919, here are some conversational topics to help us bide the time.
+ I missed this when it was announced, but June 13 was apparently Blog Like It's the End of the World day, where participants blog about a fictional zombie apocalypse. It's an interesting twist on a tired concept. I mean, I love zombies more than most folks, but - just by way of example - four of the seven entries in the Horror Shorts program at deadCENTER were zombie-themed. I think people have had enough brains for a while.
+ Speaking of deadCENTER, my recap should be going up on Film Threat tomorrow. I'll run a companion piece here with bigger photos. Here's a sample:
Nothing says haute cuisine like Toby Keith. I was tempted to enter, but a little voice inside my head - faint in aspect, like a little child - said, "If you go into that place, the motor cortex of your brain and I will loosen your sphincter while you sleep. And we've got the basal ganglia on our side."
UPDATE: The story's up. Check it out.
+ Nope...still don't give a shit about Paris Hilton.
+ Even before deadCENTER started, CineVegas was going on. FT is covering the fest, as always. Don was there last week, while Mark is inexplicably staying for whole shebang. CineVegas runs June 6-16, which is about eight days longer than any sane mortal should reasonably be expected to endure Vegas, I wish him luck. And a new liver and lungs.
+ Cavs in seven. Just kidding.
+ This last weekend I learned of a great thing: there will be an Okie Noodling sequel.
Great postings re: autism. I have been to Austin several times to testify publicly and even used the example that I could willingly become a metha addict and my insurance company would cover it, but it won’t help my (on-the-cusp-recovery)seven year old autistic son. WE can’t recover the hundreds of thousands of dollars we spent, but we have to pay taxes to run state-funded halfway houses for addicts and sex offenders? Please.