I'm quite likely wrong, but i love this Hot Chip.
Videos cool too...
Friday, February 1, 2008
Some pics
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!
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!
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Did you know?
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.
And that one male polar bear = 4.95 Tom Cruises
It's on the internet so it must be true.
Cloverfield
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!
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!
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
I was being fancy last night
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!
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!
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.
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.
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Thanks :)
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!
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!
Monday, January 28, 2008
There are some
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.
*hyperventilates slightly*.
Check out the rest of the list.
I'm delighted
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 :)
Friday, January 25, 2008
Coool!!
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!
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!
Thursday, January 24, 2008
TwoTitsandavote
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.
Seriously well impressed. Good on you lady.
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.
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Julian Opie
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.
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
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.
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.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Ok so
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!
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.
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.
Monday, January 21, 2008
This is awful warped
Sensory Deprivatino that is. Really Freaks me out. More here.
People are actually volunteering for this, and it's all gonna be filmed for BBC Horizon. It just scares the crap outta me.
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.
Sunday, January 20, 2008
My New Favourite Band
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
Plus the video is fecking deadly!!!!
A-Punk
Mansard Roof
Diablo Cody
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.
Candy Girl: A year in the life of an unlikely stripper.
More Election Stuff
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."
More on the Blogette (!!!).
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.
More on the Blogette (!!!).
Friday, January 18, 2008
Stuff of the Week
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.
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.
Thursday, January 17, 2008
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