Rapture Ponies

Raptureponies

2008-02-16T18:06:00.002Z

Has moved. She's galloped off across the fields to pastures new.

Check her out from now on at wordpress.
I've bowed to the pressure.

Aaaawwwwwwwwww

2008-02-14T16:27:00.000Z

Drools

2008-02-14T15:15:00.000Z

New Indiana Jones

Holla!

Wow

2008-02-14T14:25:00.000Z

It's made out of lego!!!!!!!!

More here.

The life of a mandarin.

2008-02-14T14:12:00.001Z

I love this. Full circle of life here.

Valentine's Day

2008-02-14T11:01:00.004Z

Firstly gotta say super happy birthday to my lovely friend the penguin. She floats my boat, and rocks my world. :):)

Now:

I had a different post, but i changed my mind, and now I'm thinking of:
Marvyn Gaye, Stax, Motown, Hearts, Ruffles, Cake, Cards, Fluff, Flowers, Air, Al Green, Sigur Ros,

Now this is absolutely reflective of my age/stupid brain but...
oh and call me lame but:

And i know Scott is Gay but:

And my absolute favourite.

Now, in other stuff: It's time to start preparing now i reckon.

The first Friday in may is always...

Also: ooooohhhhhh

Musical Crystal Glasses Like Never Before

Ok, go on say it, i'm disgusting.

Fog

2008-02-13T14:08:00.002Z

Jeepers there was some serious fog this morning.

This is on the m50, it was realyl freaky driving onto it, when you couldn't see more than like two metres ahead.
*makes ghost noises*

And some Daffodils

Heart

2008-02-12T16:13:00.001Z

I'm claiming it.

I had a dream of Aoife and Niall, amongst others.

2008-02-12T15:29:00.000Z

I had a dream last night, a really detailed one about the blog awards, I'm not saying everything, cos, well i think it would be too weird to describe all of it.

But they (the awards) were on in a big huge mad warehouse, it was really cold and i was up in a balcony which was about a mile up, but obviously i could still see everything. There were a load of people milling around everywhere, but it wasn't too crowded.

Damien Mulley was hiding HIDING behind a chair for the whole thing, there were plenty of others milling around, bearing in mind i haven't met every blogger going, but they were all there.

But my dream really focused on Nialler9 and Aoife. I hope i'm not gonna freak anyone out here, but ye guys won a few awards, especially Aoife. I can't remember which but just that ye did... so well done!

More dream news as i remember it!

UnaRocks

2008-02-12T14:24:00.000Z

And her desktop proves it...

I really like this pic actually i must say, \o

Guilty Pleasure #343

2008-02-12T11:03:00.000Z

Ok i know, i know... i just can't help it.

Altogether now, wake me up...

It's on the Internet so it must be true

2008-02-12T10:42:00.001Z

Cos Pedro has the 411, and not one, not two, not three, but Four! I'm very very impressed.
Especially by this one...

and this one...

and...

not forgetting.

More here, I think i'm going to start rating my favourites... *thinks about that*

What is this word 'Swede'?

2008-02-11T19:53:00.001Z

I've heard it mentioned a lot recently... i just have no idea. Is it a made up word from Be Kind Rewind? I haven't seen it yet. On a scale of one to ten how behind the times am i?

I HEART this Desktop

2008-02-11T19:47:00.000Z

1,2,3, AAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

It's Bens. Via Ricardo.

Honk if you hate scientology

2008-02-11T14:36:00.001Z

So there's been plenty of talk about Anonymous v Scientology. There's talk of the London one here. It seemed a bit half arsed to me.

As the protest moved down across the road from the actual Scientology headquarters, it seemed like the group were daring each other to stand near the door of the place...
I was there a bit later, so there were maybe a lot more people earlier on in the day. Hmm...

I actually much prefer this one: :)

Raptureponies HEARTS Julian Opie. I absolutely HEART the sexytime one here.

Do you think they are trying to compensate for something?

2008-02-11T11:56:00.000Z

Every time i see it...

That;s all i can think of.

Anyone for a spot of Weasel Coffee?

2008-02-11T11:40:00.000Z

Selling it in Arnotts, i guess that's what the cool kids are into these days. Next thing the SIndo will be shitin' on about teh health beneifts of tubular slugs.

Delicious coffee regurgitated by weasels. It's the taste!

Nyom Chocolate Covered Scoripian.

Yum, Ant lollipops

This is an aphrodisiac pearl lollipop... yep.

Desktop Update

2008-02-11T10:55:00.000Z

Something i started on a while back, it's a slow burner.
I only found Le Catch's one the other day, cos for some reason my spam filter thought that it was... err.. spam! I like it though, v reflective of le Catch. :)

I also robbed this from Rick, where Niall O'K posted his. I have serious Spongebob voices in my head when i see it! :) Really like your blog as well dude,

Nay has hers here.

And Sarah (thanks so much for Cat Power this morning :) has hers here,

also via Rick, Donna put hers up here.

Oh and Rick's of course is here:

Oh Lads

2008-02-11T09:44:00.000Z

More of this, this and this.

This morning it was the turn of the unforgettable Wamdue Porject.

I'm beginning to think there's some kind of private joke, or trying to see if anyone's really bothered. Stoppit!

In my continuing feature

2008-02-08T15:48:00.000Z

which is nameless as of yet.. although I'm thinking of calling it "What were you thinking?" or "Stop my ears are bleeding", more crap. I'm sorry that's the only word I can think of though.

The latest assault on my ears came in the form of Whigfield

I used to always confuse her with Cyndi Lauper.
And blah blah, i know i'm prob helping to further the pain, by mentioning it, but i need an outlet!

Dinner

2008-02-08T14:52:00.000Z

I had dinner last night with she of the captivating eyes, (Capto Eyes), it was in a lovely down to earth restaurant.
I say down to earth, because there's another one slightly up the road, which is so uptight, they've crawled up their own bums.

So myself and capto eyes went in,(me looking slightly dishevelled - it was Thursday night, and i was just back from work," first they left us waiting...for ages, then about 3 tables freed up all at once, and they came over and said it would be half an hour wait... pft...I should have known!

Anyway went to a different restaurant down teh road, which was absolutely delightful. I had spaghetti bolognaise, with some bread. it was nyom. So all in all, moral of the story is don't go to pretentious restaurants.

/rambling rantlike post.

By the way, I think i've coined a new phrase: stalkerlust. i think it works.

Also I absolutely HEART the word Ruffles.

I need something to get me through

2008-02-08T14:06:00.000Z

Raptureponies HEARTS Bob Dylan.

Actually... who doesn't?

*Again hope it works cos my comp is a bit banjoed.

Emmm... #2

2008-02-08T13:56:00.000Z

Further to This. I just heard this on the radio in the office.

I must admit I may have danced at the time but Seriously?

*hope that youtube works... my comp is acting a bit funny.

Woah!

2008-02-08T13:50:00.000Z

These two are THE SAME PEOPLE!!!!!!!

To Wordpress or not to Wordpress

2008-02-08T12:01:00.000Z

I've been suffering from some peer pressure lately, move to wordpress, it's great, themes, widgets, all that jazz. I'm a bit scared though, i'm kind of comfortable here, i like the green, i don't like the idea of stuff going missing somewhere in the interweb, and of course even more recordy-ness of me.
Raptureponies hearts blogspot and is not sure if she can grow to love wordpress as much.
I do like that when you hover over a link a little box pops up though.

*remains confused and unsure*
*realises she doesn't like confusion and unsurety*
*starts to think about hats*

The lovely Sarah

2008-02-08T12:00:00.001Z

Posted her desktop here. I hope we aren't aliens... :)

Check out about 1.21

2008-02-07T14:54:00.000Z

From Tib, who clearly shares my passion!

Firefox + Monscooch = Smiley face

2008-02-07T12:48:00.000Z

I thought i was going INSANE! On Monscooch's blog, (very nice by the way), any time i went to the site i saw a little smiley face on the right hand margin. I asked other people, who claimed they could not see it, i therefore thought they were lying, but that's a whole other story.
Now i have proof! Muah ha ha ha*!
I've even marked it out to prove i'm not actually seeing things.

That's it, i just wanted internet reassurance of my sanity. :/

*maniacal laughing prob won't help re-affirm this post.

Seeeeee???????

Emmm.....

2008-02-07T12:39:00.001Z

There's something weird going on. There seems to be an emergence of 90s dance music going on at the moment. Especially here. Is this a conscious decision... Did i miss a press release? I've already heard this

and

this week...
what's next the Vengabus? *shudder*

I love

2008-02-07T12:20:00.000Z

That SEBP are known as the Boners.
Cue Beavis and Butt-head Laugh.

Also, Nialler9's podcasts rocks my world! :)

Do you also work under a fascist regime?

2008-02-07T10:24:00.001Z

Nay sent in her desktop pic. I heart this pic.
And as she said:

desktops really are a little peep of personality, aren't they?

Yep

2008-02-07T09:53:00.000Z

Definitely hot.

I heart SFA

2008-02-06T15:39:00.000Z

Super Furry Animals that is. I saw them doing a spot of bingo at EP (which i mega heart) a while back, and they were great fun!

Anywho: Hello Sunshine

Ba ha ha ha ha ha... #2

2008-02-06T14:18:00.000Z

I'm not sure why but this photo made me laugh so much.

Ba ha ha ha ha ha!!!

2008-02-05T17:36:00.000Z

This is so old, but i've only just seen it now! Star Wars Christmas joy

Oh lads.

2008-02-05T16:02:00.000Z

This is an actual headline:

Police: Crack Found in Man's Buttocks

From Myfox.

Post My Desktop

2008-02-05T15:05:00.000Z

This is possibly the nerdiest thing i've ever done. But i think it's very interesting to see what pics people have on their desktop!
Mine is a pic from space. Well it's a picture that Nasa took on some expedition or other, but i love it, i really think it's a beautiful picture.

Is this a thing... is anyone pushed? what's anyone else got on their desktop? I bet this is gonna make me look really poncy, apologies in advance for that.

Raptureponies

2008-02-05T14:19:00.001Z

is in a weird mood.

No Country for Old Men

2008-02-05T14:11:00.000Z

Saw this film, got super freaked out by Javier Bardem ( i hope that's spelt right). Anywho brilliant movie, really very very good. A thoroughly thrilling thriller. Hello i'm a walking cliche by the way.

Anywho i came across this pic, and did an actual double take,

This is the same guy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

He's hot.

Posts about men will finish for the day now.

Chabal

2008-02-05T13:36:00.000Z

Ok so, Ireland are playing France at the weekend, this means (possibly, I'm not sure if he'll actually be playing) but it means that Chabal might be playing. See I'm becoming, nay have already become slightly obsessed with Chabal.
I've already talked about him here and here.

Now i'm a disaster, the match was on the other day, and i walked into a room, where the television was surrounded by about 15 people, and asked what's on, football match is it? to much sighing and frowning. But this is different.

Anywho...I've found myself staring at rugby matches he is in, and i found the last time there was a big rugby thing on, probably the last time Ireland did rubbish, grey jersey's blah blah, i just ended up staring at the screen, and relentlessly bringing him up in conversation.

It's getting a bit weird.

He's just so interesting*... is that the word. It is now.

*I was going to write alluring but thought it would be weird.

Edit:

Sébastien Chabal, the iconic figure from France’s World Cup campaign, is among a host of casualties in the RBS Six Nations Championship squad of Marc Lièvremont, the new coach, that was announced yesterday. Chabal, the media darling from Sale Sharks, who had a website dedicated to his exploits as women drooled over his barbarian appearance, has been dropped, with every likelihood that his international career is over.

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bad news from the Times. That'll learn me to pay attention to stuff.

Weekend and stuff

2008-02-04T17:46:00.000Z

It's the weekend, a child has been christened, Raptureponies drank too much, what is new! We also had some delightful fun with wigs, and the word strog!

Anywho Lost is back tonight, or so i hear. I've pretty much lost interest in Lost. After defending it against Prison Break (too unrealistic) i have finally changed my tune. It's just a bit.. oh here we are again, with no answers and no end in sight. I'll probably still end up watching it, and then be annoyed with myself for watching it, because it's so annoying. I wish i had a quiz to go to.

Which i do tomorrow night... If you bring in some cds you can get in for free. And it will be worth it to see a great man at work. It's for Oxfam, i've been to a few of the other ones, mucho fun!

Songza is a pretty deadly site, that plays tunes. It's kind of like musicovery, but different. It has pretty much everything i've searched for so far, so pleased about that. In fact they are good in their own special ways.

All those facebook pokings, you never really understood, have no fear, the urban dictionary is here.

Ghost Riding: The act of hanging outside of their driver-side door with no driver in the seat while the car is still in motion. From the yay area, oakland!

Ghost riding the whip,
doors open,
invisible driver!
invisible driver!

Throwing Shade: is to throw "attitude."

I was all up in the club "Throwing Shade" last night.

Raptureponies HEARTS this dress.

Feck!I had loads of stuff i wanted to blog about, but i forgot cos i was so busy today... hhmmm, need to do some schedule juggling or something like that.

Post it Fun

2008-02-01T17:30:00.000Z

A bit Woah

I just love this

2008-02-01T16:26:00.000Z

I'm quite likely wrong, but i love this Hot Chip.

Videos cool too...

True...

2008-02-01T16:13:00.001Z

I laughed

But to be fair i'd laugh at a lot!

Some pics

2008-02-01T15:59:00.000Z

Not as yock as the last one...

Hilarious money.

And i just thought was funny too, i was in burger king and i ate too much, that might have why i laughed!

eeewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

2008-02-01T15:55:00.000Z

Dog gives birth to human...

Gross gross gross.

EEWWWWWWWWWWWW

Did you know?

2008-01-31T14:53:00.000Z

That one newborn baby = 120 human eyeballs?
And that one male polar bear = 4.95 Tom Cruises

It's on the internet so it must be true.

Cloverfield

2008-01-31T09:55:00.000Z

Ok, first things first, Do not go see this on an empty stomach. Went to see Cloverfield last night anywho, it's JJ Abrams deally, he of Lost, Alias and now Star Trek (*hyperventilates*) fame!

Ricko was doing the intro, sounds like i'm trying to start rapping, and a fine job he did of it too. I also saw some people i haven't seen in aaaggeessss, but i'm not going to start talking about that right now. My friends Mags and Blinky also came. Blinky is leaving the country on Tuesday for nine months, a suspicous amount of time if you ask me. Anywho i'm going to miss her. She shouldn't go.

Me and Mags are going to drown are sorrows in table quiz drunk-ness next Tuesday after she goes. (i'm still trying to convince her not to go, and that hiding in a house in finglas, and researching trips abroad is a bad idea.)

*Cries a tear*

Anyway i'll post about that again later... BACK TO THE FILM (Batman).

It was on in the UGC, on Parnell street, and it even included a teaser trailer for the new Star Trek (under construction.) I hadn't seen any of the other trailers, so i was very excited about this, it looks flippinmaddeadly!

NOTE: i'm not in for spoilers so this is safe for anyone who's going to see it.

The film is brilliant. It's really, really very good. There were many moments of hiding behind faces, and yelps and squeezing hands cos of scaredy-ness.

It starts out at a party, and it's all filmed in shaky handheld camera stylee. I wasn't sure if i was going to be able to stick it out. The handheld camera-ness gets very ...weird after a while. But just as you think you can't really cope with the shaky-ness it all kicks off. And you can't go anywhere.

It's a very clever film masking as something a bit dumbed down IMO. the actors, all unknowns (to me anyway) are really good, and the effects and everything are excellent. I think it all hinges on the shaky-ness, you feel like you are really in there or something.

I came out with the feeling of JJ Abrams crawling into my brain and beating me up from the inside out. I was also very dizzy what with the motion sickness-ness and the like. I had to go have dinner after, to settle my stomach... it was like i was a kid again, and was feeling carsick :/

Ok this has become a very rambling post, and i don't think i'm that good a movie reviewer, because i always miss the point!

I was being fancy last night

2008-01-30T17:45:00.000Z

I was at a launch thing. It was for the Dublin International Film Festival. This was the fanciest thing I've ever been to! There was plenty of free Jameson (naturally) floating about, and i obviously launched into it with gusto. I love that word gusto, i definitely will use that again.

Met some lovely people, and some incredibly glamorous ones too, as are the people i've mentioned below... :)

Met the lovely Una, (she really does rock you know!) who i realised i've been stalking in an unhealthy way, and knew a weird amount about her life, have fun in Trinidad!

I also met the delightful Sinead, who writes aboutmusical rooms, you should check this out if you haven't already it's excellent.
Rickedy was also there, resting his back!

I also met the delightful Tanya, who i'm hoping will pop in for tea some time soon!
I also met a former Rose of Tralee (swoon), who's name i hope i spell correctly here: Aoibhinn who totally invited me to a party, and now that i've written it in cyberspace, there's a record forever so i can't be uninvited! muahh ha ha ha!

All in all mucho fun, i'm so on for fun things like this again!

Oh and Rick and UnaRocks both wrote about this much better than me. Flogging + dead horse springs to mind. :/

Going to Cloverfield tonight, woop!

I love this picture!

2008-01-30T16:36:00.000Z

The mutant ninja carrot from outer space

Ba ha ha ha!!!]

From Innocent, i love their drinks, and the fun. They also have a very warped pic of a double banana, freaked me out. too weird for me.

Thanks :)

2008-01-29T09:47:00.000Z

Raptureponies wishes to extend the internet touch of love to anyone who got me longlisted for Best Pop Culture Blog! All Parts Included has the 411, and a video! :)

I'm in with the far superior blogs of Una, Rick, The Chancer, Why, That's Delightful, Present Tense, and Daddy or Chips among others!

very strange, but very cool, big smiles, and thanks :)

This bird, it makes me smile, so i hope it has the same affect for anyone else who sees it!

A tribute

2008-01-28T16:12:00.000Z

To great movie scores.

I really want to see this

2008-01-28T14:59:00.001Z

It's because i'm a big child.

Penelope

There are some

2008-01-28T14:47:00.000Z

Cool new films on the way this year. Very Cool ones. And the Times has a list of some of them, about 50 in fact. I like the look of Be Kind Rewind, Synechdoche, The new Star Trek, (yes i know i'm a geek), Indiana Jones, (check out the latest vanity fair), How to Lose Friends And Alienate People, and very much especially Burn After Reading, new Coen Brothers, top secret, Brad Pitt/George Clooney stuff!

*hyperventilates slightly*.

Check out the rest of the list.

I'm delighted

2008-01-28T12:43:00.000Z

That the State exists. Because I would not remember enough baout this gig on my own. Shame on me. Note to self: don't go to gigs at one in the morning!

Plus they have lovely pictures :)

Coool!!

2008-01-25T17:23:00.000Z

A cool new magazine is about to spread it's ehhh inked wings... very odd analogy there. In fact it possibly isn't an analogy! Anywho check it out here. It's called State and it's gonna be good. Website is already miles ahead impressing me.

Anyone got any covers ideas? I frickin love covers.

You know when you have private jokes, or scene relavent jokes, and you try to explain them to someone else, and they don't get it? That's it, it's just so weird, i think hats are funny, anyone with me?

Am very excited by the Science Gallery.

Some Stop Motion.

Here are some pictures. I've seen this before, but it's a collection of pictures that show entire family's food for one week. I always liked these pictures.

Hhmmm, very... telling i guess is the phrase?!

Everything sounds like Coldplay, it's from a long while back!

TwoTitsandavote

2008-01-24T11:26:00.000Z

I know i'm vaguely behind with this, but it's well worth a look, write a letter (remember that?), sign the petition, they'll even do a postcard for you!

The delightful Sabrina Dent is doing good work. Two Tits and A Vote, should be visited by everyone.

We’re pleased to announce the launch of our first campaign: Better Access to Breast Health Care. With diagnostic services in hospitals being suspended and discussions of four month waiting lists for breast ultrasounds in the Oireachtas, it’s time to let our politicians know that we, as women voters, demand better access to breast health care, now.

Seriously well impressed. Good on you lady.

This is the sexy one!

2008-01-24T09:35:00.001Z

Well the internet version. Here and Here.

Hope these links work. :/

The...

2008-01-23T17:50:00.000Z

Strange Faces of Johnny Depp.

Julian Opie

2008-01-23T12:34:00.000Z

Raptureponies HEARTS this guy. I was out wandering up O'Connell street and saw some of these bad boys. I used to love the bunnies too, but these are something else, I especially like the super sexy one outside the Hugh Lane, and especially night vision mode.

This one looks like it's walking on a car... :)

This is a bit too away...

Big up to Sarah for filling me in a while back, Love his site too.

Wednesday's Writings

2008-01-23T12:08:00.000Z

I was at Dan Le Sac last week, and have some supremely dodgy photos, so here we go:

It was good as far as i can remember, but i thought it was on at ridiculous o'clock, they didn't get on stage til 1 am, which meant that everyone was absolutely wasted, including myself! I do think they were good, but can't really be sure.

Still that night was mucho fun, big gang, The Bernard Shaw, many drinks, some hilarious statements, Flat Stanley, anyone ever heard of him?? came out to visit some local celebs... :P ahh good times.

Ok so

2008-01-22T14:24:00.000Z

Proof that Google is God.

PROOF #3
Google answers prayers. One can pray to Google by doing a search for whatever question or problem is plaguing them. As an example, you can quickly find information on alternative cancer treatments, ways to improve your health, new and innovative medical discoveries and generally anything that resembles a typical prayer. Ask Google and She will show you the way, but showing you is all She can do, for you must help yourself from that point on.

PROOF #5
Google is infinite. The Internet can theoretically grow forever, and Google will forever index its infinite growth

Oscars are out!

2008-01-22T14:01:00.000Z

I love awards ceremonies. I mean i love them. For the past few years, I've tried to stay up til ridiculous o'clock watching the Oscars/golden globes, in fact any awards ceremony I'm happy to watch.

Pity bout my lack of channels.

Anywho nominations are out for the big daddy of awards ceremonies: the Oscars.

Best Film: Atonement, Juno, Michael Clayton,
No Country For Old Men, There Will Be Blood.

Best Actor: George Clooney - Michael Clayton, Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood, Johnny Depp - Sweeney Todd, Tommy Lee Jones - In The Valley Of Elah, Viggo Mortensen - Eastern Promises.

Best Actress: , Cate Blanchett - Elizabeth: The Golden Age, Laura Linney - The Savages, Julie Christie - Away From Her, Marion Cotillard - La Vie En Rose, Ellen Page - Juno.

Best Director: Tony Gilroy - Michael Clayton, Julian Schnabel - The Diving Bell And The Butterfly, Jason Reitman - Juno, Joel & Ethan Coen - No Country For Old Men, Paul Thomas Anderson - There Will Be Blood.

Best Support Actress: Cate Blanchett - I'm Not There, Amy Ryan - Gone Baby Gone, Ruby Dee - American Gangster, Saoirse Ronan - Atonement, Tilda Swinton - Michael Clayton.

Best Supporting Actor: Casey Affleck - The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford, Javier Bardem - No Country For Old Men, Philip Seymour Hoffman - Charlie Wilson's War, Hal Holbrook - Into The Wild, Tom Wilkinson - Michael Clayton.

Animation: Ratatouille, Surf's Up, Persepolis.

Best Original Screenplay: Lars And The Real Girl - Nancy Oliver, Juno - Diablo Cody, Michael Clayton - Tony Gilroy, Ratatouille - Brad Bird, Jim Capobianco, Jan Pinkava
The Savages - Tamara Jenkins.

There's more Irish interest with 'Falling Slowly' from "Once," Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova nominated for Best Original Song.

Best Foreign Film: Beaufort, The Counterfeiters, Katyn, Mongol, 12.

Exciting! I haven't seen many of these, so I'm not saying anything except Juno, and Saoirse Ronan for the win!

Sky also has some very pretty dresses worn previously to the Oscars. This is also exciting.

*Weird: Oscars is listed with a capital letter in the spell check in this. weird.

I can't wait for Lars and The Real Girl.

Engrish

2008-01-22T13:51:00.000Z

I laughed first time i saw these kinds of pictures... and i continue to laugh. More at Engrish.
Don't go in there!!

Emm... abusing plastic bags...?

What did you say to it.

I could actually look at these all day long.

Woah

2008-01-22T13:47:00.000Z

To be fair: woah,

This snake ate a load of golf balls by mistake... they were meant for the chickens see...
but look at the pics!

Song is so catchy

2008-01-22T12:08:00.000Z

That Gwen Stefani, Eve song

This is awful warped

2008-01-21T13:42:00.000Z

Sensory Deprivatino that is. Really Freaks me out. More here.

Brian Keenan is all too familiar with some of what they are experiencing. He spent four years as a hostage in Lebanon. "I reckon I was in the dark about seven or eight months. I can't be sure; it's very hard to tell the time.

"The nothingness, that was extremely hard. Because the question in your head is how am I going to get through the next 10 minutes? Or months later, how am I going to get through the next day? Is there enough left in my head?"

"I remember one occasion waking up and having to squeeze my face and my chest and thinking to myself 'Am I still alive?'"

People are actually volunteering for this, and it's all gonna be filmed for BBC Horizon. It just scares the crap outta me.

My New Favourite Band

2008-01-20T13:01:00.000Z

Vampire Weekend, although i'm often wrong about these things. They are from New York don't ya know?

Plus the video is fecking deadly!!!!
A-Punk

Mansard Roof

Diablo Cody

2008-01-20T12:56:00.000Z

wrote Juno, my new favourite film of all time ever. Apparently she used to be a stripper... if the book she wrote about her life while stripping is as good as the movie, then she's laughing. And i will be too.

Candy Girl: A year in the life of an unlikely stripper.

More Election Stuff

2008-01-20T12:35:00.000Z

So old man John McCain took the South Carolina vote. Could it have been helped by his daughter Meghan who is blogging about being on the campaign trail with her dad, and even has pictures, one caption with "Keeping it real with the Chief of Staff, Rick Davis."

Musings and pop culture on the political trail

. She has plenty of talk of cute shoes, and great photographers and stuff. It's an interesting way of getting the kids involved IMO.

Meghan McCain graduated in May from Columbia University with a major in Art History. She was born and raised in Phoenix. Her previous job experiences include working at "Saturday Night Live" and "Newsweek". She is a Scorpio.

Stuff of the Week

2008-01-18T12:50:00.000Z

Stuff from this week.
I was at the Irish Premiere of Sweeney Todd. Which was a lot of fun. It's a great movie, and well worth a look IMO. You can also freak out everyone you know by sending cards and not signing them from the website. Stalkers for the win!

This site has funny pictures of money folded in a way that the people on it look like they are wearing funny hats...

The Album Archive is doing The Bends this week. Ding Ding Ding.

Facebook has some very interesting new, ehhh.... racially aware i guess, Superpoking capabilities.

I'm going to check out these lads tonight. I saw them at Electric Picnic, and they knocked my socks off. I have high hopes.

Going drinking in the Bernard Shaw first so anyone coming and interested pop along, and maybe start shouting raptureponies...that would be fun.

This site has some 'mazing statue picturinos!

I love Covers and so does Jim Carroll, this automatically makes me cool right? Anywho, you wanna contribute your two cents to the Covers debate, check out Jim's Blog and some excellent stuff in the Ticket.

Only here...

2008-01-17T17:40:00.000Z

From the Times, a school in Arklow was built around some telephone poles...sure why not!

I'm going to

2008-01-17T16:09:00.000Z

See this later. Very exciting.

Saw Juno the other day

2008-01-17T14:12:00.001Z

It might be the best film of this century. I'm not saying that lightly. The Film is excellent.

Rick has more about it, cause i'm writing about the soundtrack. The soundtrack is possibly the most perfect soundtrack ever, and i really like soundtracks.

This soundtrack is frickin awesome though. It's introduced me to Kimya Dawson, who's great, and re-introduced me to some songs i'd totally forgotten. It's on my top five from now on.

Michael Cera and Ellen Page sing too :):)

Unfortunately it was too late by the time i realised i should put the songs in the order they are in the film.
:/

Sorry about the plentifulness of the videos that are completely dodgy.

Edit: oh yeah, more here and here.

Go see this movie!

Are you

2008-01-17T12:44:00.001Z

with Hillers, or Barack (how much do i love that homepage!?!?!), or Romney, or in Chuck's camp?

I'm guessing most people will have already made up their minds, but if not: fun quiz.

In other news: Chuck's having a BBQ as he calls it for Mick Huckabee.

Edit: Oh and check it out. Hillers is a comedienne.

"Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, and welcome aboard the maiden flight of Hill Force One," she joked.

The plane that carries the president is called Air Force One

Tom Cruise

2008-01-17T11:29:00.000Z

is bananas

"we are the authorities on the mind."

"We can bring peace and unite cultures...ahhh"

He's talking to the leaders, who want help.

"Now is the time", he threatens,

watch out lads.

Roll Up, Roll Up

2008-01-15T14:26:00.000Z

The Blog Awards are swiftly approaching. So get Votin'. There are squillions of blogs around, and i think they are mighty. Also, this post is blatantly stolen from Le Catch. So Word, dude!

Edit Special Heads Up for the piccy blog, and a SECOND IN ONE POST mention for my lovely friend Catch. I do love the moody picture.

Oh and the lovely Sarah, the groupies, and the music men and women.

This is very clever

2008-01-15T12:36:00.000Z

Oh No They Didn't.

In my opinion anywho, it's sort of album covers recreated!

Seasick Steve

2008-01-14T12:10:00.000Z

My friend R, she's a sweet red rose has been yakking on about this lad for a while now. I can see why , he's deadly and a bit mad!

Off Your Facebook

2008-01-14T11:45:00.000Z

Watch out Facebookers!
Check out this classy pictures from the lovely people in the News of the World.

I really shouldn't actually promote this. Ah well.

Ru(i)n my Life update

2008-01-14T09:22:00.000Z

Becs has set up a dedicate blog to allow people to dictate her life...I LOVE IT.

Etta James

2008-01-11T20:43:00.000Z

I've been listening to a lot of Etta James, Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie that sort of thing lately...and i came across a few videos on my travels. I wanna hear more of this kind of stuff, so anyone got any suggestions please let me know.

Stop the Wedding...(Inspired by L) It's not really a video...but the song is just so great!

I'd rather go blind (with Dr John)

Chuck Berry - Johnny B Goode

Which makes me think of Back to the Future...

Hmmmm thread has drifted...What's feckin new? I'm off to a poker game.

Do do do do...

2008-01-11T20:22:00.000Z

I've nearly got the dance perfected...

NEARLY

It's Kate Bush... of course

I'm not sure what the deally is with the old videos, they are all obviously cogged from Youtube.

Wuthering Heights

And again

Running up that Hill

Babooshka

In other news they are having a car boot sale at the Bernard Shaw. This excites me greatly.

I've a car... *thinks again*

Ever wanted to run a life?

2008-01-11T15:21:00.000Z

Well now you can! The delightful Becs is allowing the blogosphere to rule her life. Cue maniacal laugh and Monty Burns images in my head. She's not gonna do any life/body/mind damaging stuff though...be realistic lads!

Sample stuff she's thinking along the lines of:

- What I should eat for Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.

- Gigs to go to and music to listen to. (Within reason, gigs will have to be kinda cheap)

- Films to see.

- Places to visit in Dublin.

- Book/s, articles, etc. to read.

- What I should wear. I will provide options. You will decide between them.

- More decisions that crop up during the week.

I'm very much looking forward to the clothes options one... i wonder can i make her get a crazy haircut...?

I can't really tell you how excited i am at this prospect!

Very Weird

2008-01-11T15:08:00.000Z

You know the way, there's all those clocks, like when you will die yadda yadda....

there's a virgin population clock.

How odd.

I'm not too sure about the accuracy of this clock though, they spell virgins, vigins in part of the site.

still...

The Pope Song

2008-01-11T15:02:00.000Z

Via Rick.

Rhyming Pope with Hope.

Genius.

Is this the cutest

2008-01-11T13:03:00.000Z

Video in the history of time?
Feck i can't link it in the youtubey way...
but check it out.

Ok so

2008-01-11T12:05:00.000Z

I heart quizes, well i Heart lots of things...but this is not the post to go into them. This is about quizes.

As usual the Times has me buckled under its intellectual weight with their movie quiz...it's so difficult. well not all of it, but a lot...

questions include

What did the O in Roger O Thornhill stand for?

See...fiendish...
There are more in the Ticket. I also heart the Ticket.

So in my look at quiz i was on the BBC and they have a quiz all about etiquette. The first question is for the coffee drinkers. I frickin love quizes.

Lol

2008-01-10T16:03:00.001Z

I frickin love this song

2008-01-10T15:43:00.000Z

Big up to Rick, 'cos he reminded me how super this song is!

Feist - Inside and Out

They are taking the piss...

2008-01-10T15:28:00.000Z

No i mean literally, they are taking the piss out of this guy, who CUT OFF HIS OWN HAND AND THEN MICROWAVED IT.

Read the last line... :/ and then note that there's an ad for Sweeney Todd on the same page...:/:/:/

From here.

A MAN in Idaho who believed he bore the "mark of the beast" used a circular saw to cut off his hand then cooked it in a microwave oven.

The man in his mid-20s called police as he cooked his severed limb.

He was calm when they arrived at his home in the town of Hayden on Saturday, the Associated Press reported.

"It had been somewhat cooked by the time the deputy arrived," police Captain Ben Wolfinger said.

"He put a tourniquet on his arm before, so he didn't bleed to death. That kind of mental illness is just sad."

It was not clear whether the man had a history of mental illness but he was now in protective custody in a mental health unit.

A hospital spokeswoman would not say whether an attempt was made to reattach the hand.

The Book of Revelation in the New Testament contains a passage in which an angel is quoted as saying: "If anyone worships the beast and his image and receives his mark on the forehead or on the hand, he, too, will drink the wine of God's fury."

The Book of Matthew also contains the passage: "And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell."

Capt Wolfinger said he did not know which hand was amputated.

That new Kanye West/Chris Martin Song

2008-01-10T11:30:00.000Z

It's feckin growing on me. Seriously.

There's no proper video here, but it's all over youtube.

Kanye West's site is very random. Especially his blog, you think being a musician and all it would be more ehhh....coherent. It's more like mine. He has all this stuff about research facilities (!), a coyote lined hammock, and a deadly jacket. Just saying is all.

So Catchy

2008-01-09T15:51:00.000Z

Istanbul not Constantinople

Visit the Chancer

2008-01-09T14:09:00.000Z

Quick! It's that Lebanon video. In full. Ch-ch-check it out.

Em...Time is literally running out?

2008-01-09T14:03:00.000Z

Oh dear...

Scientists have come up with the radical suggestion that the universe's end may come not with a bang but a standstill - that time could be literally running out and could, one day, stop altogether.

I just don't know really.

Stuff that looks like Ducks

2008-01-09T12:56:00.000Z

This is bizarre... it's just stuff that looks like a Duck, or ducks in fact.

I frickin love this movie

2008-01-09T11:29:00.000Z

Strictly Ballroom. I believe it is my actual favourite film EVER. I mean in the entire history of time. Ever. Anyway I was just thinking about it, because I'm slightly stressed and figured this is as good an outlet as anything...

Ah Scott

Listen to the rheethem.

Ike 'Beats' Tina to Death

2008-01-09T09:25:00.000Z

I am not messing with you here, The New York Post actually used this as a headline when Ike Turner died before Christmas.

IKE 'BEATS' TINA TO DEATH
December 13, 2007 -- LOS ANGELES - Rock 'n' roll pioneer Ike Turner, who rose to fame in the 1950s and became a star performing with his ex-wife, Tina Turner, has died at age 76, said an official with the performer's management company.

"Ike Turner passed away this morning. He was at his home," in San Marcos, Calif., in the suburbs of San Diego, said Scott Hanover, of Thrill Entertainment.

Hanover could not provide any information about the cause of death.

Turner helped pioneer rock 'n' roll in 1951, when his band, The Kings of Rhythm, recorded the song "Rocket 88," a tune widely regarded as the first record in the genre's earliest days.

As a guitarist and pianist, Turner played with the likes of B.B. King, Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters and Willie Dixon in the 1950s.

He married Annie Mae Bullock in 1958. She subsequently changed her name to Tina, and they enjoyed such hits as "River Deep, Mountain High," "Proud Mary" and "Nutbush City Limits."

The pair won a Grammy in 1972 for "Proud Mary," and earlier this year Ike Turner was awarded again with the record industry's top honor for his traditional blues album, "Risin' with the Blues."

After his and Tina Turner's 1976 divorce, Ike Turner was crippled by a cocaine addiction and was widely vilified in the mid-'80s as Tina Turner mounted a huge comeback and said she had suffered abuse and humiliation at his hand.

Also
From the Gawker:

Ike Turner is dead at 76, which means he has not outlived his onetime wife Tina Turner and thereby beaten her to the ultimate finish line: Death. See what they did there? Ike had a long and influential career during which he collaborated with many famous musicians and maybe sort of helped invent rock and roll, but he will be remembered mostly as Laurence Fishburne in the 1993 movie 'What's Love Got To Do With It,' being like "Eat the cake, Anna Mae," to Angela Bassett.

In other news, was at a table quiz last night. AND WE WON, although all the credit has to go to my team-mates, for having a bizarre and superfluous knowledge of...stuff, and to sport damo for the laughs... :P I believe i managed two questions including one about David Gray's Babylon...the shame.

It was all for a very good cause, that is Oxfam, and was very fun.

We won (well i sort of got it, being the only one driving last night) a massive hamper full of the most gorgeous looking fairtrade biccies, and honey and tea!

I'm going to come back here in a while to come up with some of the questions...

Oh yeah and it's a regular quiz, so clear the first Tuesday of the month, and head to Pravda! Oh and next month, i hear rumours of a celebrity, quiz master...

In other, other news I'm not sure where i saw this, it was yesterday sometime...but this crazy woman's wedding cake...was a frickin lifesize likeness of herself.

Come on now.

Not too bad

2008-01-08T17:21:00.000Z

Basia Bulat

I'm going to a quiz tonight, I LOVE QUIZZES SO MUCH!

hope the rain stops soon...

Be Kind Rewind

2008-01-07T17:58:00.000Z

Looks very exciting, and now Jack Black is yakking (love those ak sounds) about a new flick...

[It] is a biblical comedy, it is about the old testament. I'm just a dude wondering through biblical times. I'm not a famous character that you would have heard of before. Me and Michael Cera are just sort of wondering through and you get to see all these old stories from the Torah told through agnostic eyes.

More here.

Rapture Ponies

Raptureponies

Aaaawwwwwwwwww

*Drools*

Wow

The life of a mandarin.

Valentine's Day

Fog

Heart

I had a dream of Aoife and Niall, amongst others.

UnaRocks

Guilty Pleasure #343

It's on the Internet so it must be true

What is this word 'Swede'?

I HEART this Desktop

Honk if you hate scientology

Do you think they are trying to compensate for something?

Anyone for a spot of Weasel Coffee?

Desktop Update

Oh Lads

In my continuing feature

Dinner

I need something to get me through

Emmm... #2

Woah!

To Wordpress or not to Wordpress

The lovely Sarah

Check out about 1.21

Firefox + Monscooch = Smiley face

Emmm.....

I love

Do you also work under a fascist regime?

Yep

I heart SFA

Ba ha ha ha ha ha... #2

Ba ha ha ha ha ha!!!

Oh lads.

Post My Desktop

Raptureponies

No Country for Old Men

Chabal

Weekend and stuff

Post it Fun

I just love this

True...

Some pics

eeewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

Did you know?

Cloverfield

I was being fancy last night

I love this picture!

Thanks :)

A tribute

I really want to see this

There are some

I'm delighted

Coool!!

TwoTitsandavote

This is the sexy one!

The...

Julian Opie

Wednesday's Writings

Ok so

Oscars are out!

Engrish

Woah

Song is so catchy

This is awful warped

My New Favourite Band

Diablo Cody

More Election Stuff

Stuff of the Week

Only here...

I'm going to

Saw Juno the other day

Are you

Tom Cruise

Roll Up, Roll Up

This is very clever

Seasick Steve

Drools