Invisible Gesticulations - February 26th, 2008

About February 26th, 2008

The Long Dark Stenographer of the Soul 04:40 pm
Meme taken from [info]stsisyphus. Movies in languages besides English rely on whatever translations IMDb uses. So may ye true hearts know God's mercy. The rest of you--piss off.

1. Pick 15 or 20 of your favorite movies.
2. Go to IMDb and find a quote from each movie.
3. Post them here for everyone to guess.
4. Fill in the film title once it's guessed.
5. No googling or using IMDb search functions.

1. "I never found out much listening to myself."

2. "You cannot have it both ways. A dancer who relies upon the doubtful comforts of human love can never be a great dancer. Never." Boris Lermontov, The Red Shoes -- [info]the_red_shoes

3. "Couldn't you like me, just me the way I am? When we first started out, it was so good; w-we had fun." Judy Barton, Vertigo -- [info]the_red_shoes

4. "The shadow of a man can never stand up and walk on its own."

5. "I hit him in the head with a frying pan and put him in the trunk . . . so he wouldn't get hurt." Jessica Rabbit, Who Framed Roger Rabbit? -- [info]stsisyphus

6. "If you give off signals that you don't want to belong, people will make sure that you don't." The principal in Pretty in Pink -- [info]the_red_shoes

7. "I'm laughing at the 'superior intellect.'" Admiral James T. Kirk, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan -- [info]chris_walsh

8. "You embarrass me. You're overestimating me. Listen, I'm not a man with any special skill, but I've had plenty of experience in battles; losing battles, all of them. In short, that's all I am. Drop such an idea for your own good." Kambei Shimada, Seven Samurai -- [info]the_red_shoes

9. "There are warrants out on you for treason, illegal entry, decadence, pornography . . . and for being a lazy pig."

10. "The truth is, you should be thankful someone's around to tell the truth."

11. "He'll regret it till his dying day, if ever he lives that long."

12. "You're sore because you've fallen for a little drunk you tamed in Miami and you don't like it. It makes you sick all over, doesn't it? People will laugh at you, the invincible Devlin, in love with someone who isn't worth even wasting the words on." Alicia Huberman, Notorious -- [info]the_red_shoes

13. ". . . you don't know very much about girls. The best ones aren't as good as you think they are and the bad ones aren't as bad. Not nearly as bad."

14. "I like the dark. It's friendly." Irena Dubrovna, Cat People -- [info]the_red_shoes

15. "Maybe all there really is is just the next thing. The next thing that happens. Maybe you're not supposed to remember anybody's promises."
Current Location: An overcranked film strip
Current Mood: rushed
Current Music: "All Apologies" - Nirvana

Even Fewer Expect a Spanish Deposition 08:56 pm
I don't remember getting much sleep to-day, and I suspect I got even less than I remember. I'd had a glass of absinthe (so, so wonderful), but I guess absinthe doesn't make one as drowsy as does rum or brandy, because I wasn't even interested in sleep until 6:30am, and compulsively watched one YouTube Monty Python clip after another. Maybe I ought to've been a lumberjack.

I did, at least, get a lot more done yesterday. I finished a map, then started making up names for places. By the end of the night, I was just making up words for the different languages without assigning meanings, figuring I could draw from the pool at any time. For the nation I'm currently working on, I decided all the words should sound a little like Russian crossed with Japanese.

When I finally got tired of word making, even though it's something productive I can do while drinking, I played a little Knights of the Old Republic, wherein I've just set foot on Kashyyyk. Mission (a Twi'lek girl named Mission) kept pressuring me to have the Wookiee character, Zaalbar, in the party. I finally relented, but I'm beginning to regret it--Zaalbar must be the most annoying Wookiee in Jedidom. It's like someone took just the audio of Chewbacca when he sounded the most like he was whining, and Zaalbar comes out sounding like a horse imitating whale song. And it takes him three times as long to say anything in Wookiee as it takes your average human to say anything in English.

And I watched the new Terminator: The Sarah Conner Chronicles. Monday's was the first truly badly written episode. Really badly written, with a pro-Christian cherry on top. Maybe the good writers are still on vacation. Though it was nice seeing Summer Glau get her ballet on.
Current Location: Your scroll
Current Mood: lethargic
Current Music: "Bells for Her" - Tori Amos
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