Back from Vegas late Saturday night and have been working on uploading all my pics. More than 500 to go through. I'm too lazy to do a full write up tonight. I'll leave it at "had fun, enjoyed the scenery, whatever I made on table games I lost on Kentucky Derby bets, slots and roulette".Anyways, here's my favorite pics from the vacation. Enjoy. Panoramic shot from the top of the Stratosphere Tower, our hotel.Another, larger, panoramic shot.The Stratosphere Tower itself.Night time shot of the strip from the Tower Observation deck.The X-Scream ride and the riders view of the Vegas streets below. Scary shit.Insanity:The Ride...truly insane!The Venetian HotelVenetian's hotel check in lobby.The Mirage, with its volcano in the foreground.Erupting volcano.Much like Doug's LJ username the_firey_water...a picture of the fiery water.The bronze lion in front of the MGM Grand.The Paris Hotel casino entrance under the Eifel Tower replica.The Paris Hotel lobby entrance.The new Wynn Resort Hotel.Elaborate cieling hangings over a restaurant lobby a floor below. Odd window dressing in an upscale clothier inside the Wynn's shopping area.Another odd window dressing.In front of the Luxor.Within the pyramid.The fountain show in front of The Bellagio.In front of Ceasars Palace.One of the smaller, shadier casinos along the strip. But they have a neat sign.No Jesus Juice for me at Madame Toussauds.My best Elvis impersonation. Having a jumpsuit and greased hair would improve on it greatly.The last image of Vegas.More photos of my Vegas trip here.The rest of the crazy Madame Tussauds photos will be put up tomorrow if you're too lazy to click the link above to see them.

Spike Jonze commercial for Adidas featuring vocals by Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

Final Star Wars Ep. 3 trailer playing exclusively with the movie ROBOTS. I'm getting a little more excited seeing that the rating is set as PG-13 and Lucas admitting that this one is not for the kids.

At the end of tonights NBC SNL:The First 5 Years special, they played two promos for the upcoming The Office series. Check out the link to see some of them for yourself. I must say...this looks very promising. I imagine that they're going to rely heavily on Steve Carell to carry the show seeing as how most of the other actors are unknowns. But he has the talent to do it.

This is the first time I have heard of such a thing until I saw an entry about it on the IMDB trivia page for the Matrix (3rd from the bottom)Apparently, a woman by the name of Sophia Stewart claims that she was the original creator of the Matrix (as well as the screenplays for the Terminator trilogy). She's filed suit claiming that Warner Bros. and the Wachowski's stole her work to create the Matrix trilogy.She claims that her original work, dubbed 'The Third Eye', was submitted to the Wachowski's in response to an ad they placed looking for a science fiction piece to create a comic book. "She further explained, 'I created an epicwhich is a body of work that you can get six or more movies from. The Matrix is a derivative of The Terminator. The Matrix comes from the future part of the epic.'"Thats all interesting. Hmm....why the fuck didn't she pipe up about this back in '84 when Terminator was orginally released? Or hell, in back in the late '90s when Matrix preproduction was begining. Why didn't she go to the mainstream press and make her allegations known? You can see all her legal documents at this fansite. Ignore the over use of ebonics that the webmaster thought would be cool. If you want to hear Matrix fan talkback on the issue, Matrix Explained.com has a huge forum dedicated to the subject.It sounds bogus, because from reading portions of her so called "essay", its doesn't really correlate with The Matrix, and from hearing her speak on it...she sounds freaking looney. But, it does make you think a little about why the Wachowski's were/still are so reclusive.

More for fans of British sci-fi and Martin Freeman & Mackenzie Crook (Tim & Gareth from The Office)...Blakes Junction 7. A short film where the rebels from the Blake's 7 series stop by a service station on the M1. Mackenzie gets all dolled up to play the part of female baddie Servalan. Sadly, the link only points to a trailer, not the complete short film.

Amazon.com has the world premeire of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy movie trailer. From the looks, they did a really great job with the effects and especially the casting!

Laugh if you must, but damn can this white boy dance.

Interesting...ebaumsworld now has a toolbar to deliver content and links. Sadly its only for IE, not for Firefox.

From Animal Planet's Pet Star show...one incredibly smart parrot. Probably more intelligent than Mario Lopez and the judges panel.

The Semi-Remarkable Folding Hat. Not the hottest product out there, but damn near indespensible as say, an iPod.

Happy Birthday the_firey_waterHope you get your wish today!

Mainly for the enjoyment of gunderground, but also for anyone else interested in Bjork. Here's a few of my favorite fan made remixes. Most of them were from the old Arktikos website that used to have hundreds of fan-made/submitted remixes. Sadly that sites been down for quite some time now. A few of them can still be found on the Bjork Remix Archive.Bjork - Joga (Around You in Circles Mix)Bjork - Charlene (Junebugs Boom Mix)Bjork - Alarmcall (Sub in a Mountaintop Jam Mix)Bjork - Aurora (Pompous Mix)Bjork - Possibly Maybe (Capriole Mix)Bjork - Verandi (Loves Not Leaving Mix)Easiest if you just right click and Save Target As...

I worked an overnight shift for god only knows how long and I got so fucking tired of idiot telemarketers, charities, bill collectors and wrong numbers calling me while I was trying to sleep so I figured I'd do something about it. Thats when I decided to leave them a really nice answering machine message.

When the muppets realize their creator has left them, its a hard thing to accept.This short film made me tear up.

Harley Race and Randy Savage coming to a Missouri podunk town near you!*
February 4, 2005Fulton, MOFulton High SchoolFor Calloway County United WayShow starts 7:00Doors open 6:00Ticket Prices$25.00 Front Row$15.00 2nd & 3rd Row$10.00 General AdmissionTicket OutletsThe Callaway Bank - Court Street in FultonCalloway County YMCACentral BankTo charge tickets call: 573-642-0536(MasterCard and Visa accepted)
February 5, 2005Eldon, MOEldon Community CenterFor Eldon Little LeagueShow starts 7:00Doors open 6:00Ticket Prices$15.00 Ringside$10.00 General AdmissionTicket OutletsWLW Headquarters Buzzer McGee'sCarl's Two - Lake OzarkEldon Chamber of CommerceAny Eldon Firefighter

*And by "you", I really mean by the_fiery_water.

Thank god Athens, Ohio residents could always just tune into the Weather Channel.

I just wanted to say I hope that everyone has had a fun holiday so far...and hope that whatever you will be doing for New Year will be like being chased by a toothless badger, slightly dangerous but unforgettable!. anything but sewing.. .

At what age is your earliest Christmas memory?Have you ever recieved fruit in your stocking?If so what kind of fruit?How frequently did you recieve fruit for Christmas?and lastly, Where would your place your family: Low incomeLow-Middle incomeMiddle incomeHigh-Middle incomeHigh income. Cute With Chris. .

This has been bothering me for quite sometime now....What is the abbreviation for The United States of America? It's U.S.A., right? YES!So what would be the abbreviation for The Lord of the Rings? It's LOTR, right? NO! HELL NO! Its LRIts not AOTC for Attack of the Clones. proclamations of masochism. . No, it's AC!Abbreviations exclude the initials of short function words such as "and", "or", "of", or "to" and "the"! Didnt you pay attention in school you dumb Americans?American-English lesson is over for today...go back to doing things wrong.....