OK kids, here is the deal.

I have watched everything Joss Whedon has ever been involved with, ever, because I love his writing.  Everything he writes is frickin hilarious, or insightful, or moving, or all of those things at once.

I believe Serenity could possibly be the best written sci-fi movie OF ALL TIME, and Alien Resurrection could have been if they had actually used his script instead of throwing it in the trash bin, fuckers.  So imagine my absolute burst of fandom when I saw this.Not only is he creating new content which will be distributed free on the internet, and available for download later at a nominal charge, which will change the face of entertainment as we know it (as it should be), but he has picked Neil Patrick Harris as a star.

He is also relying on viral social marketing to get the word out.  Could it be that someone in the outside world is GETTING SEO??? And it is God’s incarnation on earth, Joss Whedon, who has made this realization?  We are not worthy.

I haven’t been shaking this much since I was a 16 year old girl with my first candle and a pack of lube.  July 15th… get here soon.  I await you eagerly and with my finger poised over my mouse ever so curiously, in wonderment.

Posted: July 1st, 2008 under Internet Marketing & Advertising.
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I have to say that I don’t come down too far on the side of “Pride” events for anything but Gay Pride.  I’ve seen a lot of these cropping up in the last few years, and I just think that they cheapen the concept of Gay Pride significantly.Gay people feel the need to celebrate and have a parade because they are just coming around to acceptance by the mainstream.  Year after year, the media picks the worst (some would say best) floats in the parade to trounce out as proof of the immorality and horridness that is happening in our very streets.  This alone is a reason to march.

Being anything else but gay does not give you the automatic right to have a pride event for your pet religion or cause.  I think the best example I can use here is Pagan Pride.  There are a number of events tailored to Pagan Pride Days, Pagan Pride groups, etc.

This whole concept just makes me mildly annoyed on one hand, and outraged on the other.  It’s like pagans aren’t persecuted enough, so they feel that they need to create some drama.  Give me a break.  I wouldn’t have an issue if they had local pagan festivals or local pagan days, but just the fact that they are calling it a Pride day means that they are appropriating something that ain’t theirs.  Or anybody else’s for that matter.  Gay rights were hard won by notable groups of lobbyists, protesters, and other folk who weren’t afraid to stick their necks out.  They deserve a party - and to keep their phrase to themselves.

Have fun everyone!  Have a few cosmos for me.

Posted: June 28th, 2008 under Anarchy.
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In a previous post, I posted the answers from my own MP, David Sweet, and a clerk at the Liberal party to my inquiries to their parties about the Copyright Act.

I asked for further clarification on some points from Msr. Sweet and received an answer from the Minister of Canadian Heritage, Josée Verner and the Minister of Industry, Jim Prentice.

Here was my original e-mail:

Dear Mr. Sweet:

Here is their answer:

 Ms. West,

What this Bill is not:

The Honourable Jim Prentice
Minister of Industry

While it doesn’t immediately answer my question, I did follow the link given and found this page, which effectively does answer my question:

http://www.ic.gc.ca/epic/site/crp-prda.nsf/en/rp01162e.html

Basically I read this as saying that one lawsuit may only have 500.00 worth of damages for copying, 20 000 for DRM  cracking.  It could be argued that the tenuous recording industry may bring 1000 lawsuits in cases where 1000 songs are found on a computer, but I think we just have to pray that the fact that we live in Canada would get all but one of those lawsuits thrown out of court.

While this doesn’t make me any happier with the bill, I have to admit that the Conservative response to my questions and the clarification of the issues has been much more proactive than that of any other party.  While that does stick in my craw a bit as an avid NDP supporter, one has to give credit where credit is due.  As of press time, neither the NDP or the Liberals have anything on their websites to do with the Copyright Act.  Where are their parties going to position themselves on this issue?  I think we need to know.

Meanwhile, the best site for up-to-date news and educated opinion about the Copyright Act continues to be michaegeist.ca - I encourage anyone who hasn’t been there to check it out.

Posted: June 20th, 2008 under Technobabble.
Comments: 3

OK all of you man-lovers out there. It’s visual treat time.

I have decided to randomly put up posts with hot, muscular, beefy, sexy men. I am doing this as a public service to all of humanity as there are just not enough places to see these perfect models of the human physique.

This page is entirely meant to objectify the people portrayed in it. No question. They are just slabs of man flesh for our consumption, as it should be.

Candidate #1:

While a little sickly for my taste, weakness caused by anorexia may keep him from running away. That’s hot.

Candidate #2:

Because there’s something about Slavic-looking men in white shirts that reaches back to my Goth days and pulls out a horny teenager. NOMNOMNOMNOM.

Candidate #3:

Because it takes me back to hitting rewind on the volleyball scene in “Top Gun” so many times we almost destroyed my friend’s VCR.

That’s it for today, folks. Tune in next time for another stampede of hot man-flesh. Meow.

Posted: June 19th, 2008 under Love.
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