October 2009
37 posts
Are you on Google Wave? i've got 20 invites.
i haven’t really been playing with Google Wave because i don’t have many contacts using it, but even moreso i don’t know what to use it Any ideas? Want an invite?
Do you own stocks?
Do other people own stocks? My girlfriends dad said to buy fedex, so i did. And i’ve always wanted to own Apple stock. So now i do. Right before the collapse of the economy i bought an S&P tracking mutual fund. What stocks do you own? You aren’t poor are you. Uh-oh. That makes this awkward. Forget i asked then.
The Heroes Journey cheatsheet even shorter
Even shorter, almost fits on a post it. 1. Heroes are introduced in the ORDINARY WORLD, where 2. they receive the CALL TO ADVENTURE. 3. They are RELUCTANT at first or REFUSE THE CALL, but 4. are encouraged by a MENTOR to 5. CROSS THE FIRST THRESHOLD and enter the Special World, where 6. they encounter TESTS, ALLIES AND ENEMIES. 7. They APPROACH THE INMOST CAVE, crossing a...
There is so much i love about this. As usual, Carl Arnheiter=evil.
erockappel:
Competing Werewolf Clothing Stores!
This is the first official Eric Appel/Chris Kula FOD video. Please take a look and digg it if you like it!
Campbell's Monomyth/Heroes Journey Beatsheet...
To unblock myself in completing my first sceenplay, and in prep for NaNoWriMo, I’ve been going thru what i call my ‘cheatsheets’ - one page guides to writing culled from different sources. Here is the one on Joseph Campbells Monomyth.
I didn’t write this and don’t remember where i found it. I assume no responsibility if you use and your story still turns out shitty...
GUTENBERG! Performance at Barnes & Noble →
Not jellybeans
purns:
anthonyking:
Thursday, November 5 @ 5:30pm
Pre-order the Cast Recording now!
The Odds Are Against Me →
Cool idea. Totally works for me since i already think all my goals are nearly impossible.
iamachilles:
benjaminapple:
This is a new thing I’m doing, starting Monday. Explanation here. Will Storie said “The project itself sounds like an example of the challenge,” i.e. I will probably fail at it. He’s right - normally I’m far too easily distracted to keep up on a project like this, and it isn’t...
Banksy on commercialism and public-space...
for my lady:
rubysneakers:
benjaminapple:
People are taking the piss out of you everyday. They butt into your life, take a cheap shot at you and then disappear. They leer at you from tall buildings and make you feel small. They make flippant comments from buses that imply you’re not sexy enough and that all the fun is happening somewhere else. They are on TV making your girlfriend feel...
Photos reveal our solar system really looks like a... →
Husband joins Army so cancer-stricken wife can get... →
Think Progress:
“The United States is the only industrialized country in the world that does not guarentee comprehensive health coverage to all of its citizens. In the rest of the developed world, Bill would not have to leave his cancer-stricken wife behind and risk his own life in order to get her care.”
Standard Guests Still Baring it All - Gothamist →
Caz and I will stand on the Highline looking up at the Standard and occasionally yell out to each other something like “look, third window in, he’s totally naked!” just to try and get passerbys to stop and look up on a naked-wild-goose chase.
How to make realistic looking guts →
Scary around halloween, even scarier any other day of the year.
purns:
patbaer:
dunford:
The end of last night’s “30 Rock,” which aired at 9:30. Right before Leno.
Okay, now you know that. Watch this.
that’s some balls!
Thank my red-blooded American Lord for 30 Rock.
I did not stay tuned.