Friday, July 3, 2009

The Temporal Anomalies Started with the Goats.

No one seemed to want to talk about what was happening to the ranch.
Maybe no one else was even noticing.
What if no else is noticing, Garret?
How long you just gonna ignore the space-time distortions plaguing your family's farm?

"It's Okay, Polly, You're Remembering."

The moment she landed on the grass, their eyes locked in the moon-light.
The dog knew why she'd snuck out.
He seemed to shake his head. Tsk tsk tsk. 13 and smoking.
But in that second they also knew.
They were good.
It was cool.

Signs 2: More Signs.

"Well, what I say happened to that Jenkins boy over in 27D...? That was a sign. No, I know. But what if... it were a sign of her Ascension?
No, I know, I'm just saying...
But what if... it was just a demonstration... of her true powers, Jake.
Look, I have some PDF's about it.
If you want to be more open-minded about it."

Thursday, July 2, 2009

Transformers 3: Why We Fight.

Sure he still thought about Cybertron.
He'd had a life before all this... insanity, you know.
He'd had a job... a pretty decent studio apartment...
Man, what the hell have we become?
This endless, senseless war... I'm not even me anymore.

I, (Your Name), Promise To Do My Best.

The merit badge for Innuendo was one of the hardest to pull off.
Dicky knew he faced stiff competition from the other Webelos.
Don't worry. He took it in the end.
But only after Scout Master Johnson had fully drilled him on his oral exam.

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

DreadWhimsy Jukebox.

Dance of the SugarPlum Fairies.
Nutracker Suite, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. (1892)
[performed on glass harp by Robert Tiso]

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Scrub the Pain Away.

She hardly ever thought about Michael Jackson anymore.
I mean, who had the time?
Not her, that's for sure.
What, you think she still thought about him?
Well fuck you, you're wrong.
Because she didn't.
I mean, who even had the time?

The Once and Future Queens.

Dr. Porter had seen his share of "complicated" births before, but still.
Maintaining his icy professionalism, he asked:
"Have you... picked out names for... for them?"
He leaned in to hear the exhausted mother.
"...my little angels... Mary Kate and Ashley..."

Monday, June 29, 2009

DreadWiki: The Moberly-Jourdain Incident.

"A time slip is an alleged paranormal phenomenon in which a person, or group of people, travel through time through supernatural (rather than technological) means."

"...in a production of..."

My Dearest Minions:

If you have not yet seen it, I urge you to celebrate your own inner awkward theatre-kid at my no-less-loved secondary blog, "...in a production of..."

There you will find a tribute to the tragically earnest art form of the theatre publicity photo.

Thursday, June 25, 2009

DreadWhimsy Jukebox.

Ben.
Michael Jackson. (1972)

DreadVid: The Importance of Science Fiction.

"Nine legendary authors present their ideas on why SF is important to readers and what it teaches them. These excerpts are from a series of interviews and lectures done from 1968-1978 by Prof. James Gunn at the University of Kansas."

DreadWiki: The "Bloop."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bloop



"The Bloop is the name given to an ultra-low frequency underwater sound detected by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration several times during the summer of 1997. The source of the sound remains unknown..."

They Take Our Women, They Take Our Jobs.

You know, Jurek still had his pride.
He'd beg in the streets for bread.
He'd sing and dance for loose change.
But he'd be God-damned if he'd accept handouts from one of them.

You Can Fly, You Can Fly, You Can Fly.

Apparently there were like new laws or something about throwing pixie dust in kids' faces and urging them to jump out third-story windows.
God, this used to be so much easier back in the day, thought Peter.

The Devil Wears Pampers.

"Gentlemen, I'll expect your answer by noon tomorrow."
Little Timmy Farber snapped the briefcase shut and toddled out of the boardroom.
What choice did they have? He had a controlling share.
No one had seen the hostile take-over coming. No one.

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Tell The Children I Went on Holiday.

It was a shame the yams had turned out so badly.
All in all, it had been a perfect Christmas up to then.
But Peggy knew.
It was her time to go out behind the woodshed.

"NO! Just Shut Your Mouth! Just Shut Up!"

Shit, man, you know? Sometimes he just needed some goddamned space.
The bike had been a good call.
Before, he'd always taken it out on Wanda and the kids.
Now... now he had an escape.
Single-handedly saved their marriage, honest-to-God.

"You SURE You've Never Played Before?"

It was Ricardo's signature move.
Compliment her on "her form"...
...get behind her, work on the back-hand.
Within an hour, they'd be back at his bungalow for Bloody Mary's and a handjob.

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

DreadWhimsy Jukebox.

Super Mario Brothers 2: End Theme.
Koji Kondo. (1986)
[performed by banksta2 on YouTube]