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Worst topic was definitely the "Is Chris Martin fell into an oversized blender ..." That thread sucked.

Ah ... that scene on the bus from Almost Famous ... I almost want to go pop it into my video player of choice .... "Blue jean baby L.A. Lady Seemstress for the band ..."

Actually, I think the all-caps thing is starting to wear on my a bit.

I lost my hoobastank in a tragic smelting accident :stunned: :lol: And so young, too ... to live out the rest of your days w/o a hoobastank? Well, it might be a blessing in disguise. Rumour has it that some men tend to think with their hoobastank (when they should be thinking with their brain).

Oh no! Guard your hoobastank!

Dictionary.com has a meaning for smurf? Smurf as a noun or as a verb? It can be used as either. Come to think of it, it can also be an adverb and an adjective.

now here's the million dollar question richard can you please tell me what that means? prize is $1,000,000 Oh, boy ... I'm not sure if Im' gonna win it, BUT ... ... I think it means that one is feeling sick to/in the head. ibbagoogle - weird, sick, off-norm kepi - head i'm impressed, i think you are indeed correct you cheque is in the mail ;) Thanks! Awesome! This is going to but ... wait. Is that $US1M or $CAN1M?

I think there should have just been a "Poster of the Year" award. There were some things which came close to this, but there wasn't just "Poster of the Year." For the three months I've been around, I think Jess (el_scorcho) has represented the best combination of quantity, quality and attitude.

oh, gawd ... thanks for reminding us :P

those are all really good. thanks for posting them.

ok, some random ones off the top of my head ... Stand Up (Ludacris) The Scientist (Coldplay) Hey Ya (OutKast) Seven Nation Army (The White Stripes) Yeah ... those are the four that stand out in my mind. Videos are weird to me. I never know whether to judge them by the song, the visual, the mix of the two, or ... Well, I just don't know.

oh wow ... good topic. let me think .... hmmmmmmmmm ...

:lol: :lol: :lol: To the movie's credit, it says nothing about the male influence on these expectations (though a detailed discussion will obviously lead to that). There are three notable male characters in the movie: an philandering Italian teacher (Dominic West), Joan's (Stiles) husband-to-be (Topher Grace), and Catherine's (Roberts) pre-Massachusetts love interest (Jon Slattery). All of these characters are very open to women's roles and project no pressure onto their companions to conform. The pressure is applied most directly by the women, be them the divorcee Watson's living with, the college president or Dunst's character. The movie seems to ask women to think of themselves in terms of themselves, not definings themselves by men.

Updated I'm gonna try to post this every new page just to keep discussion going. I don't want to have people searching for the topic. 1. Hail to the Thief, Radiohead 2. Elephant, The White Stripes 3. The Black Album, Jay-Z 4. Fever to Tell, The Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs 5. De-Loused in the Comatorium, The Mars Volta 6. Think Tank, Blur 7. Absolution, Muse 8. Audioslave, Audioslave 9. The Diary of Alicia Keys, Alicia Keys 10. Chutes Too Narrow, The Shins 11. The Owners, Gang Starr 12. 12 Memories, Travis 13. Speakerboxx/The Love Below, OutKast 14. Get Rich or Die Trying, 50 Cent 15. Kish Kash, Basement Jaxx 16. Dear Catastrophe Waitress, Belle and Sebastian 17. The Soft.Lightes, The Incredible Moses Leroy 18. Chicken & Beer, Ludacris 19. The Headphone Masterpiece, Cody Chestnutt 20. Baby I'm Bored, Evan Dando Also heard: Heavier Things (John Mayer), Show Me Your Tears (Frank Black), Worldwide Underground (Erykah Badu), Clones (The Neptunes), Ether Song (Turin Brakes), Mary Star of the Sea (Zwan), Life for Rent (Dido), Sumday (Grandaddy), Elephunk (Black Eyed Peas), Want One (Rufus Wainright), Folklore (Nelly Furtado), Room on Fire (The Strokes), Afterglow (Sarah McLaughlin), THE Album (Mike Talls), Stop All the World Now (Howie Day), Too Hot for T.V. (Da Band) About to listen to: Logic Will Break Your Heart (The Stills), O (Damien Rice), Chocolate Factory (R.Kelly), Happy Songs for Happy People (Mogwai), Birth of a Prince (RZA), Rock 'N Roll (Ryan Adams), Greendale (Neil Young), Reality (David Bowie), Summer Sun (Yo La Tengo)

Welcome to the board, FEAR

Yep, knew that, but I was a Political Science student so facts like that are a little more interesting to me. How was the book?

Warning: Mild spoilers (won't ruin movie) I agree that Maggie Gyllenhaal and Ginnifer Goodwin (Connie) were both really good. Gyllenhall I thought was particularly noteworthy. I like Stiles's performance though the affect she put in her speach, though well intended, didn't quite work for me. It ended up being somewhat distracting and I think it would have been better if they had not tried it. As for Dunst, I have to say I didn't like her performance. Don't take my word for it, because I can't give you specific examples of what I didn't like about her performance (so the faults I'm about to detail in the character's portrayal might be better explained away to directing or editing). Dunst's character is supposed to provide the most conservative view of the four girls: a staunch, if ignorant, defense of the view of femininity projected upon her by her mother. The mother's role shouls illustrate a certain deterministic fate to what happens with Dunst's character as the movie goes on. Between the adminitions on her choices to the role she has in the execution of the marriage, the mother creates a life for her daughter that's nothing more to a piece of driftwood. I will admit that this comes together at one moment: When Dunst's character breaks down and projects her anger onto Gyllenhaal you see all of the self-loathing and disgust at what her life has becoming (or what she has allowed it to become). But the moments leading up to and following this do not add up, to me. You don't get the a glipse that, through the earlier parts of the movie, her hatred could be attributed to this self-loathing, and because of this the reversal following the break down (when she ends up living in New York with the Gyllenhall character) doesn't seem genuine. However, after tying this up, I think I could be very wrong: Dunst's performance might have been fine and the story might have worked. I think my argument is weak ... ... but I still believe it (I just don't expect others to take my word for it). I'm glad you liked the movie, though. I was upset when I heard somebody on MTV describe it as a chick-flick. This is not a chick-flick.

Thanks, Hayley. ^^return hugs ... crying on shoulder.

"I thought I was single again... " Were you seeing somebody else?

I love that you like it so much. I find it so touching too ... definitely a tear jerker. Now we have a song, too :) They can play that at our reception. Our reception? :stunned: :stunned: I thought I was single again... :rolleyes: :stunned: :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry: :embarrased: :cry: :cry: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :angry: :idea2: :idea2: :idea2: :idea2: Fine! :angry: We're though, V. If you wanna be single, then we're single! :bigcry: :bigcry: :bigcry: :bigcry: :bigcry: :bigcry: :bigcry: :bigcry: :bigcry: :bigcry:

hey, that`s bam margera in your avatar, innit? Yes, sire. 'Tis.

:)

I was just asking the question. Didn't mean in imply anything.

Do people call you Mandy? If so, that's cool.

What a friendly post ... you should get an award :P