'I'm A Bus And I Hate God.'

[rionaleonhart]

Someone sent me a virtual gift! With a lovely message! And it's one of the gifts that contributes to the Haiti relief effort! This person has therefore managed to be incredibly lovely in multiple ways simultaneously, all whilst being anonymous. Whoever you are, masked donator and day-maker: ♥


In (and indeed on) other news, I just watched the first episode of Charlie Brooker's Newswipe, on mythtaken's recommendation, and... oh, dear. I suppose it was inevitable, really. Charlie Brooker is intelligent, sarcastic and eighteen years older than me; he is, in short, exactly my type. What really worries me is the fact that I only realised I was attracted to him when he said, 'Oh, yeah, these condoms I've been using have really aggravated my AIDS.'

(I find it's generally best never to examine why I find people attractive. Derren Brown is a terrifying sadomasochist. David Mitchell is exactly like me. Whenever I fall for a public figure, it invariably leads to my learning something about myself I didn't really want to know.)

If you have half an hour to spare, the episode (parts one, two, three) takes apart news reporting in a genuinely fascinating way. If you only have three minutes, this clip from the end of the episode, on the way in which mass murders are reported and how that can actually propagate such tragedies, is stunning.


Of course, although the previous clip is incredibly important and interesting, it's not a very positive note on which to end the entry, so have an adorable video of a cat grooming a fennec fox to improve your day.


(Final final note: if Charlie Brooker were a Pokémon trainer, I believe he would specialise in Rock and Ground types. I'm having trouble finding a suitable Pokémon for David Mitchell, though. Thoughts? Perhaps he never quite got around to raising a Pokémon; he sort of regrets it, but he's reluctant to acquire one now because he isn't sure he can trust himself with the responsibility. Then he meets Brooker, who is a Gym Leader. Ridiculous love story in the Pokémon world proceeds to unfold.)

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[subtle-rift.livejournal.com]

After reading that Ernst Rohn had five, on a regrettable impulse, Mark went out and BOUGHT a hitmonlee. It being an outsider, and Mark having no badges (he wrote to Brock asking if he could perhaps exchange one for Wheetabix tokens, but never heard back), it of course never obeys him. He keeps it hidden under the ben out of fear that Jezz will chalenge him to a match with his Gyarados. What he doesn't know is that it's a L6 Gyarados that only knows 'splash' after Jezz's Magikarp inadvertently ate some pills that'd been stashed in his bottom draw.

[rionaleonhart]

'On a regrettable impulse' can describe more or less everything Mark has ever done, can't it?

Also, this scenario is amazing and makes me very much want to read a Peep Show/Pokémon crossover. Jeremy's level six Gyarados in particular is perfect.

[subtle-rift.livejournal.com]

Well, there are also things from the far side of well-thought-out; plans that have been over thought untill they become gross parodies of themselves. Then there are things that never seemed like a good idea, but were done to avoid social ostrasisation or because they were an invoulentry biological reaction.