Shinmaru

[quote name='Retribution][size=1']She looks 15 in that picture. Not denying she may be hot, but for now, your post just slightly creeps me out. ;)[/size][/quote] She's actually a few months older than I am (I turn twenty-one this year); sorry to shatter your visions of pedophilia. :p If you want a more current picture of her though (from the aforementioned episode of [b]Ghost Whisperer[/b]): [center][IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v388/Shinmaru/Vanessa-Ghost-Whisperer.jpg[/IMG][/center] Hey, it's one of the few points in the episode where she's actually [i]happy[/i]!! Yay!! :love2: I'll stand along Raiyuu as a fellow heretic, by the way. Angelina Jolie has a great body, but, man... the fish lips are just frightening.

[center][b]Kate Winslet[/b][/center] [center][IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v388/Shinmaru/kate-winslet1.jpg[/IMG][/center] Kate Winslet is friggin' gorgeous. She doesn't have the body of a "typical" Hollywood starlet, but I think that makes her even more beautiful, and the vast confidence she has in her appearance ups her attractiveness exponentially. Doesn't hurt that she's also an amazing actor. ;) [center][b]Jennifer Garner[/b][/center] [center][IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v388/Shinmaru/mainpic01.jpg[/IMG][/center] Even suffering through all of that "Bennifer" bullcrap for God knows how long couldn't stave off my love for Jennifer Garner. She's so much fun to watch on [b]Alias[/b]; her trials and tribulations as a spy are very cool (not to mention that the sheer amount of *** kickings she dishes out is hot in and of itself), but I'd be lying if I said I didn't also love seeing what new disguise she wore each episode while undercover in some remote part of the world. That alone makes the show worth watching, haha. I'm going to miss it so much. :( [center][b]Vanessa Lengies[/b][/center] [center][IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v388/Shinmaru/Vanessa_Lengies.jpg[/IMG][/center] I was watching [b]Ghost Whisperer[/b] earlier this evening, and Vanessa impressed me with her guest spot in the episode. Her character is sort of cliche (young woman pining for her lost first love), but she is very sweet and strong in the role; she definitely caught my eye tonight (now if only she starred in films and whatnot that I actually [i]want[/i] to see! lol). Her pretty smile in that picture (and many others) did a great job of catching my eye, too, haha. She's a beautiful gal.

Haha, I was going to post David Bowie as well. I'm straight as an arrow, but I couldn't resist his charms. Bowie's got style to spare, talent up the wazoo, good looks, loads of experience, and a night with him would probably be the climax (excuse the pun) of most of our lives. Nobody would be able to top that, as this short dialogue shows: Friend #1: I just won the Pulitzer Prize. Friend #2: Yeah? Well, I just won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. You: I ****** David Bowie. Friends #1 and #2: ... *bowdown* See? It would be the greatest achievement of anyone's lifetime. Alyson Hannigan is also quite lovely in general, by the way. :) As for more of mine... [center][b]Scarlett Johansson[/b][/center] [center][IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v388/Shinmaru/s3.jpg[/IMG][/center] She's been mentioned already, but, frankly, one picture of Scarlett is nowhere near enough. She's a versatile beauty - like Lunox wrote, she can be classy, sexy, cute or whatever else. Watch [b]Lost in Translation[/b] and you'll pretty much fall in love with her. [center][b]Natalie Portman[/b][/center] [center][IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v388/Shinmaru/natalie_portman_1.jpg[/IMG][/center] I'm very surprised that nobody has brought her up yet; I know I can't be the only one with a thing for Natalie lol. I like her well enough in the [b]Star Wars[/b] prequels, but her sexiest role is easily in [b]Closer[/b]. Watching a certain scene she has with one Clive Owen is evidence enough of that, not to mention how great she looks with red hair and in that pink wig. And barring the [b]V for Vendetta[/b] photos in which her head is shaved (:(), I don't recall ever seeing a bad, or even average, picture of her. She's basically perfect as far as I'm concerned. EDIT: Shy is my hero! [center][b]Audrey Tautou[/b][/center] [center][IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v388/Shinmaru/audrey_tautou.jpg[/IMG][/center] I'm convinced that if you don't fall head over heels for her after watching [b]Amelie[/b], then you have no soul. She's completely adorable and beautiful in more ways than I can count, and she's such a great actor, which makes it all the more disappointing that her immense charisma is wasted so terribly in [b]The Da Vinci Code[/b]. Other than that, Audrey is also essentially perfect.

I'm with Dead and John. Really, if you can't find something that you like in today's musical climate, then you've just skimmed the surface and given up. I'm not someone who thinks that everything mainstream automatically = crap, but, like John said, if you want to find the best of the current scene, then you'll have to dig a bit to do so. Honestly, it's not even that hard anymore lol. The Internet is full of good music sites that offer decent recommendations. Most of the message boards I post on have a few members who listen to [i]tons[/i] of great modern music and who are more than willing to offer suggestions. If you prefer old music to new music, then that's fine. I like them both for vastly different reasons, and I really can't say whether I prefer one over the other. But I doubt that anyone who says that new music "sucks" has bothered to look very far for the good artists and bands... either that or you have the most limiting taste ever. Come on, no original, brilliant songwriters? I guess we must live in an alternate universe where Beck, Black Francis, Will Sheff, Nick Cave, Stephen Malkmus, etc. don't exist. No brilliant guitar players? Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo, Josh Homme, Dean and Gene Ween , and J Mascis have all been stricken from the record. (Not to mention all of the good modern metal guitarists that I'm probably unaware of.) No great singers? Ha. Toni Halliday, Elizabeth Fraser, Maura Davis, Cristina Scabbia, Jessicka, Robert Smith, the aforementioned Nick Cave, Sam Llanas, Chris Cornell, Layne Staley, and so on and so forth must all have been figments of my imagination. They're all there: You just haven't found them yet.

[center][IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v388/Shinmaru/SanGabriel75.jpg[/IMG][/center] My town has a giant donut. Ooh. Ahh. There's also the Workman-Temple Family Homestead Museum, but I haven't been there since I was in elementary school. It's basically a collection of houses that date back to the 1920s. I'm sure that you can see now why I haven't been there since elementary school. Only on rare occasions are houses interesting. To the homestead's credit, though, they've been showing some cool silent films over the past few weeks. And, uh, you can come and see all of the fast food franchises - we've got lots of them!! Yeah!! Especially J&B's because they've got autographed pictures of Woody Allen and Jamie Lee Curtis!! Wow!!

[quote name='Charles']I've always had a preference for Slim Jims though--especially the kind packaged with cheese. There's usually a mysterious greese slathered over everything that sweetens the deal.[/quote] [center][IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v388/Shinmaru/126340575_m.jpg[/IMG][/center] [center]"Charles, snap into a Slim Jim! Ooooh yeeeah!!"[/center] ...yes, that's my only contribution to this thread. Beef jerky isn't really my thing.

This thread needs more women!! :P [center][b]Jennifer Love Hewitt[/b][/center] [center][IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v388/Shinmaru/love-hewitt-jennifer-photo-xl-jenni.jpg[/IMG][/center] My infatuation with Jennifer Love Hewitt dates back a LONG time - I've had the Love Bug (har har) since middle school. She was definitely one of my first celebrity crushes (for an extra dose of sexy nostalgia, I'm pretty sure that my first celebrity crush was [url=http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v388/Shinmaru/amyjo-02.jpg][b]Amy Jo Johnson[/b][/url]). Really, how could I [i]not[/i] love her? She's cute as hell, especially with that beautiful smile of hers. And now she's back in the limelight with [b]Ghost Whisperer[/b]. Yay! [center][b]Audrey Hepburn[/b][/center] [center][IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v388/Shinmaru/AudreyHepburn.jpg[/IMG][/center] No explanation needed; it's Audrey freakin' Hepburn for God's sake. She's a classy beauty in every way. Plus she pulls off the short haircut incredibly well, which, honestly, I adore. What can I say, short hair is unbelievably hot when the woman can pull it off well. [center][b]Jennifer Connelly[/b][/center] [center][IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v388/Shinmaru/Jennifer20Connelly-6.jpg[/IMG][/center] This is more of a recent thing... probably since I saw her in [b]Dark City[/b]. Jennifer Connelly as a sexy club singer? More of that, please. (She's great in [b]Requiem for a Dream[/b], too, but, uh, her hotness is the last thing on my mind when I watch that, to say the least lol.) [center][b]Toni Halliday[/b][/center] [center][IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v388/Shinmaru/toni.gif[/IMG][/center] I'll throw Ms. Halliday on here real quick just because Curve is awesome. Well, not only because of that: Toni's good looking, for sure, and she's got hands down [i]the sexiest[/i] singing voice I've ever heard. Those who know me are aware of how much I obsess over it lol. Basically everything I could ever love about singing is wrapped up in her voice; it's a gift from the musical gods.

[QUOTE=Box Hoy][size=1][b]Winona Ryder[/b] [IMG]http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y85/boxhoy/winona.jpg[/IMG] She's just beautiful and she's a faboulos actor. Her whole persona changed between Mr. Deeds and A Scanner Darkly. That's cool because it's talent and passion, both of which I find attractive in a girl.[/size][/QUOTE] I wholeheartedly second this and commend your obviously fine taste. It's good to see that there are other people here who appreciate her good looks. That picture you posted is especially nice: Winona with short/medium-length hair =

Expect this to be the first of my many, many posts in here... :p [center][b]Ingrid Bergman[/b] as [b]Alicia Huberman[/b] in [b]Notorious[/b][/center] [center][IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v388/Shinmaru/notorious-19.jpg[/IMG][/center] Ingrid Bergman is basically the very definition of sexy in [b]Notorious[/b]. Every word she says (especially in that breathy voice of hers

I don't have any problems with sampling either. When used well, sampling can lead to some unique, incredible music. The Beastie Boys album [i]Paul's Boutique[/i], for example, is full of clever, innovative sampling, and it's an amazing album from top to bottom. I think that sampling should be considered fair use, but it's a tough issue. Much of sampling involves using those samples in different musical contexts that give them completely new meanings, so to me that satisfies the first determination for fair use (and you don't necessarily have to satisfy all determinations for something to be considered fair use). As for sampling's effect on the market... has anyone really gauged that using statistics and whatnot that could actually [i]prove[/i] that sampling has a negative sales effect for the original artist? The third determination for fair use is tricky too ("...the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole..."). I think it's absurd to be strict about very short samples, but I'm not as sure about sampling, say, the chorus of a song, which is obviously the most recognizable part of a song to anyone who's heard it. Again, I lean more toward sampling being fair use, but it's a lot to think about lol.

[quote name='Bláse][size=1][color=slategray]On the whole "Worst Soda I've Ever Had" scale... Mountain Dew is really the only thing that sticks in my mind. I simply do not see why everyone loves it so much, it's disgusting and looks like mutated piss. Yes, I said it.[/color'][/size][/quote] Yes, yes, and yes. Mountain Dew is disturbingly disgusting. I mean, wow. We're not going to Soda Hell for hating Mountain Dew; you blasphemers who actually [i]like[/i] that crap are going to Soda Hell for indulging in its evil, Satanic pleasures. Anyway, I rarely drink soda these days, but my preferred soda is Coke. I like Sprite, too, but there are also times when I really hate the stuff: Coke tastes good to me no matter what I eat, but depending on the food, Sprite can either taste fantastic or nearly as awful as Mountain freakin' Dew. Ugh. Pepsi tastes like Coke would were someone to dump a bucket of water into it and then add a couple of pinches of sugar for good measure, but I'll drink it if there's nothing else available. There's also this generic store-brand Sprite knock-off that I drink, though I can't say that I love it. However, as a college student, its relative cheapness (as in $$$) is what draws me to it, and it's really not bad anyway. At least that's what I tell myself.

[b]What year did you graduate from High School?[/b] 2004 [b]What "clique" did you belong to?[/b] From when I started high school all the way until graduation, I had tons of classes with a large group of people who took all Honors/AP courses. I'd say probably 90% of my friends in high school were from that group. I also joined the tennis team my Sophomore year and became part of a bizarre, cult-like group that played tennis as often as humanly possible. I'm pretty sure that obsessive group had been around far longer than I'm aware of, though I'm not certain how big it got; however, my friend Vincent was responsible for "converting" a crapload of people (mostly freshmen) into tennis fanatics. [b]Do you still remember your friends, do you still keep in touch?[/b] Most of my friends have moved all over the place, which makes it quite difficult to keep in touch with them to say the least lol. MySpace has been pretty helpful in that regard, haha. I go to college with a few people I knew, though we aren't [i]that[/i] close, and I occasionally run into some people who still live in town. [b]What state/province/country did you graduate from?[/b] California. [b]Do you remember your high school enemy?[/b] Eh, enemies were more of a middle school thing for me. There were some people who really annoyed the crap out of me (including this one girl who I couldn't stand at all, though to her credit she at least didn't [i]actively[/i] bug me), but none whom I loathed so dearly that my only purpose for living would be to witness his or her downfall. I kept a low profile throughout high school, so nobody really noticed me enough to declare me an enemy. :p

[quote name='Red 6][COLOR=Sienna']Also, BlueEyedAngle, what the ****? That was a ****ing dick move you little ****. Posting about us on your little PrussianBlue message board without even telling us because we'd so thoroughly refuted any and all points you've made since joining? Wow. I was being civil before but wow... What a **** prick.[/COLOR][/quote] Isn't that overreacting just a tad? lol The guy wasn't even criticizing OB in his post - he just wanted people to rate his argument. As for everyone else who insulted OB, well, why do you and everyone else even care about what they say to that degree? Oh wait, I forgot, we're on the Internet, so every time someone insults us even slightly, we should swear like crazy and act like complete fools. sry I'm on the opposite side of the spectrum from BEA in this debate, but come on.

[quote name='Mage17']I have a question though: The main stewardess on the plain, who is she?? She seems like the woman who played Jean Grey/Pheonix in the X-Men movies.....is that her??[/quote] Her name is Julianna Margulies, and, no, she wasn't in any of the X-Men films. If you recognize her from something, it would probably be ER since she was on the show for about six or seven years.

I started bowling almost a year ago after my dad entered us in a bowling league with my uncle, my cousin, and a bunch of other people. Up until that point I'd never bowled in my life, but it was a lot of fun, even though I obviously wasn't very good at first lol. I ended up getting a lot better, though, and my dad and I actually ended up as the first place team in the league. Too bad we didn't get anything for winning, haha. Just the satisfaction of being first place. :) I haven't played regularly in a while; however, a friend of mine goes bowling with his friends on occasion, so I'll probably start up again by going to the lanes with them. I've got my own ball ([url=http://www.starwars.com/collecting/news/misc/news20050527.html][b]it's the Empire Strikes Back ball that you can see after clicking the 'Star Wars Bowling League' link[/b][/url]) and shoes, so I wouldn't have to get reacquainted with the junky crap they have at the alley. :p Coincidentally, as for my high score and averages, I've got the same as you, Shinje. I've gotten close to topping 190 a couple of times but to no avail. My average was 120 at the end of the league... I doubt that I could approach that having not played for a few months, though, haha. At least not for a couple of games anyway. :cool:

[QUOTE=Sara][color=#b0000b][size=1]I click on the links of people I know/like, to see what they're up to. Or if something is appropriately intriguing. It's neat when several people suddenly have blurbs for the same thing. It makes me want to know what's up.[/size][/color][/QUOTE] That's basically my approach to it. I barely give most signatures a passing glance, but sometimes I'll see something in a friend's signature that I feel like checking out for the hell of it. P.S. check out my site d00dz lol

OOC: My apologies for taking so long to post again. --- [size=1]Vincent stood in the hall after he and Ginger parted ways. [i]Was she really serious about people only paying attention to my clothes?[/i] he thought. [i]It can't be. She was just teasing me.[/i] By now droves of people were exiting the cafeteria like listless zombies, (not so) eager to get back to their cubicles and get some work done. Vincent watched a few of them leave, and then he began walking back and forth amongst them. Not a one so much as peeked in his general direction. They simply accepted his presence and allowed him to squeeze in among them for as long as he desired. After a few tours, Vincent pushed away from the latest gaggle of lost souls and sat down at the corner of the hall. "My God," he said. "Ginger is right. She's actually [i]right[/i]. I've got one little article of clothing missing, and suddenly nobody recognizes me! [b]My face is not known to even one person in this building[/b]! That's so depressing." He bowed his head in silent repose. Groups of workers continued to walk by, some even taking the time to look down at Vincent in wonder, perhaps vaguely recognizing him from another department in the building, but those hazy recollections soon floated into nothingness like a student's math skills during summer break. One or two people were so kind as to toss Vincent a nickel as they passed through. As yet another small, shiny silver-colored nickel clanged against the ground, Vincent raised a hand to his eyes, rubbed them wearily, and stood up. [i]Oh well. There's no reason for me to keep hanging around here[/i], he thought. [i]I've got to get back to my cubicle, and I can't do that by sitting around here moping about how nobody knows who I am. There will be plenty of time for that later when I'm safe from being fired.[/i] The elevator doors opened, almost as if they had just read Vincent's mind, and they beckoned him into their warm embrace. Though the news of his near-invisible status at the company hit Vincent hard, he could not help but feel glad that he was getting away scot free. The elevator's atmosphere seemed much lighter than it had before; it smelled of cupcakes and happiness, both perhaps left behind by a previous inhabitant. Vincent looked around: There were no cupcakes in the elevator. That was okay, however. There was plenty of happiness to make up for it. Before Vincent could press the button to his floor, more people filled the car. As soon as everyone was in, he pressed buttons absent-mindedly, pushing whichever ones everyone desired, and then he tapped the door close button impatiently. "Just a minute!" someone outside shouted. "Please hold the door open!" Vincent sighed and quickly pressed the door open button. A middle-aged, sharply-dressed man stepped inside, smoothing out the bottom of his suit coat. Vincent inhaled sharply when he saw the man, though he composed himself when the denizens on the elevator peered quizically in his direction. [i]Shit![/i] Vincent thought. [i]That's my boss! I'll be a damned lucky man if I can get out of this one alive.[/i] "Would you mind pressing that floor, young man?" Vincent's boss asked. "Not at all," Vincent said, snapping out of his thoughts. "I'm going that way, myself." [i]What the hell am I doing?[/i] At last, the elevator doors closed and the car lurched upwards. A queasy feeling built slowly in Vincent's stomach, ascending slowly and surely, burning the walls of his throat. He tried to keep himself calm but was not completely up to the task; he squeezed himself into the far right corner of the elevator, leaning against the wall in a needlessly stiff manner. "Are you okay?" Vincent's boss inquired, looking over at Vincent. "Hm?" Vincent replied, a bit too loudly. "Um, yes, I'm fine. Just a bit excited is all. I'm raring to get back to work!" "Ah, I see. If only every employee were like you!" [i]If only, indeed[/i], Vincent thought bitterly. [i]Maybe you and everybody else could bother to remember my name if every employee were like me.[/i] The car sputtered to a bumpy stop, and with one final jerk, it settled down and the doors open. Everybody stepped out and went their own separate ways. Vincent walked back to his cubicle and sat as his desk with a sigh. He turned on his computer and flipped through a couple of folders on his desk. The day had barely started and yet he had already had his fill of it. If only one could get paid for sleeping all day; alas, it was not meant to be. Vincent leaned back in his chair, but he could not get comfortable. At that moment he felt like the best course of action would be to run screaming through the halls, grabbing every disposable object and tossing them in every possible direction. Destruction. That's what this place needed: A good dose of destruction, something to spice up the place, something to alleviate the unbearable boredom. Anything would have pleased Vincent; however, random acts of violence would have pleased him most just then. Vincent reached into pocket and found the tie he had stuffed in there earlier. While putting it on, he calmed down and rationalized the situation. Random acts of destruction wouldn't help anybody. That would just get him fired and leave the company with some annoying clean-up work to do. He was already in over his head finanically as it was; with his stand-up act going nowhere fast, the last thing Vincent needed was to be ingloriously fired and chucked out onto the street, unable to afford rent. "Vincent," someone said, passing by his cubicle, "it's good to see you working." Vincent looked up in time to see his boss strolling away, smug as could be. He unconsciously wrung his tie and continued turning through the folders.[/size]

[quote name='White][color=#555555][FONT=Tahoma]One of the best parts (besides [spoiler]"Who's your daddy now, *****?!") would have to be when they inflated the life raft in the staircase to stop the snakes from climbing up. A [i]life raft[/i]. The same life raft that if you jabbed it with a nail it would deflate. The same life raft that you could punch a hole in the middle with your bare fist.[/spoiler][/FONT'][/COLOR][/quote] Haha, [spoiler]the whole time they were inflating that raft, my brother and I were hoping that it would end up like the old 'snakes in a can' gag with the raft exploding and a crapload of snakes flying around in every direction.[/spoiler] My God, that would've been awesome.

[quote name='John]Not true, [spoiler]he did punch a snake once as it was about to strike the girl with the dog. And he made a hilarious "hi-yah" sound when he did it too.[/spoiler'] XD[/quote] I guess that I must have blocked that one out of my mind since I wanted [spoiler]outrageous kickboxing action so badly... I'm talking Jean Claude Van Damme-caliber stuff here.[/spoiler] Oh well. :(

I got back from Snakes on a Plane a couple of hours ago and I had a fantastic time. Like John, the number of people who saw the film in the theater I went to was disappointingly small, but I was with some friends, so it wasn't too bad. The whole thing just invited snide comments from everyone and we really let SoaP have it, haha. But we used our vicious sarcasm with love. :) Everything that John listed is a definite highlight, and I'd like to include a few highlights of my own: [spoiler]The first deaths with the couple having sex in the restroom when the snake clamps down on the girl's boob; the second death where the guy [i]pisses on the snake[/i], whereupon the snake practically swallows his whole cock and he flails around, yelling, "Get this ****ing snake off of my dick!!" (EASILY the best death in the movie; I was cracking up like crazy); the stiff English asshole throwing that annoying dog to the snake and then getting squeezed and eaten himself (if nothing else, the scriptwriters know when to give the audience the cheap victory); all of the snakes flying when Flynn blew open the plane; and the utter ridiculousness of the snake expert character.[/spoiler] There are [i]tons[/i] more highlights than that, of course, but I'd like to give other people an opportunity to mention other great parts of SoaP. :p SoaP is near-perfect B-movie entertainment... I only have one complaint about the film: [spoiler]They took the trouble to introduce that Asian guy on the plane as a kickboxer, and yet [i]not once[/i] is there a scene where he is kickboxing a snake! Sure he hits them with various objects on occasion, and he even throws one at one point, but, man, he [i]really[/i] needed to be punching and kicking the complete **** out of snakes as they leapt toward him from all directions. SUCH a wasted opportunity.[/spoiler] Other than that, I loved everything about the film. I doubt that I'll have more fun watching another movie this summer, haha.

[quote name='Panda']Unless I happen to feel like making a movie called Mo' Motha-****in' Snakes on Mo' Motha-****in' Planes.[/quote] God, we can only dream. Anyway, if things go well tomorrow, then I shall also be seeing Snakes on a Plane. Hopefully there will be a decent crowd there; if so, I can honestly say that I expect this to be one of the best theater experiences of my life. The buzz around SoaP is something that you just don't get with movies anymore (or very rarely, at least). The whole thing is like going to the local theater with your friends to see a B-movie that [i]everyone[/i] in town is talking about. It's incredible lol. P.S. I'm still praying for an Air Force One reference in SoaP. I could die completely fulfilled after seeing that.

[quote name='Shinmaru']Hm, I don't know if I'll be able to go and see this in the theater, but I'll probably give it a watch sometime (as in a year later than everyone else lol).[/quote] Well, almost a year later. :p Anyway, huge bump, but I watched the film just now, and I have to agree with Dagger that it is quite the awesome and I'm impressed with how good it is. Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen compare very favorably with Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth, in my opinion. I fell head over heels for Elizabeth as much as everyone in here seems to have for Mr. Bingley, haha. And I doubt that I'll ever tire of Darcy grousing around with that indifferent look on his face and acting generally awkward towards everyone. I'm also glad that the story was not changed [i]too[/i] much in this adaptation. There's more of a focus on [spoiler]the Elizabeth/Darcy and Jane/Bingley relationships[/spoiler], but it works well and the film keeps much of the story's wit intact, [i]especially[/i] in regards to Elizabeth's interactions with everyone. Furthermore, the film is freakin' [i]gorgeous[/i]. Many of the outside scenes are just so damn beautiful, and I enjoyed the shot that Lady A. mentioned, among other similar types of shots ([spoiler]such as the sun shining behind Elizabeth and Darcy when Elizabeth accepts Darcy's proposal - it's not exactly subtle, but hell if it doesn't enhance the scene[/spoiler]). Definitely see this if you haven't already. :)

I knew that it was Linkin Park from hearing it, and a quick lyrics search shows that the song is "It's Going Down." [b][url=www.google.com]Google[/url][/b] is your friend for these types of things. :) Now to get that stupid song out of my head...

[size=1]"I hate Mondays," Vincent sighed, walking just short of a sprint and looking down at his watch with a frown. Droves of cars choked the streets; the buses were packed to the brim like locomotive sardine cans; and yet Vincent was forced to duck, twist, and dart through hordes of people on the sidewalk like Barry Sanders on his way to a touchdown. Evidently the people of the city conspired to walk about in such a way that Vincent would always be late for work, guaranteed. He could see the office building off in the distance; it appeared to him like a desperate, heat-soaked mirage despite the relatively brisk early-morning weather. It was so very, very close. Vincent shoved his way through the crowd, propelling himself off of the shoulders of stuffy businessmen and jumping over dogs being walked by middle-aged women in loud, colorful sweatsuits. The urge to kick the smaller, more annoying dogs was immense, but it was quickly stifled. At last Vincent slid out from the clutches of the great mass of bodies and came to a stop in front of the building. In front, a long line of people were holding the regular door open so that the person ahead of him or her could enter the air-conditioned cool of the office. An open, a thank you/you're welcome, and an enter - that's all the strange little ritual required of its participants. "How bizarre," Vincent remarked. "I wonder why nobody just enters through the automatic door?" He strolled up to the automatic door; not a person in line even so much as peered in his direction. Vincent raised an eyebrow, shrugged, and continued on. The door slid open with a crisp, mechanical noise not unlike the doors on the USS Enterprise. However, after he gained entry, the door closed with surprising suddenness on Vincent's foot. "What the hell?" Vincent said, tugging his foot gently. "Now you see why we weren't using [i]that[/i] door," the latest person to walk in smirked at Vincent with a self-satisfied sniff. Vincent chuckled sarcastically at the man and then went back to pulling desperately on his leg; he fell on his ass after his other leg lost its footing and splayed wildly in the air. "Somebody help me!" Vincent moaned. His pathetic plea echoed through the room all the way to the vast whiteness of the roof. "You'll never get out doing that," another worker said, peering down at Vincent from above. "Who are you?" Vincent asked. "My name's Dave," the worker replied, striding down the 2nd floor stairs. "I'm a faceless worker drone!" "How nice for you," Vincent said, grimacing. "Would you mind helping me out of this door?" "No trouble at all," Dave said. He started walking towards the regular exit. "You see, the problem with the automatic doors in this place is that they don't open from the inside." "Why is that?" Vincent asked, still yanking fretfully at his lowest appendage. "Oh, you know machines," Dave replied, now yelling from outside, "they always like to rebel against their human lords and masters, the precious little scamps! These doors'll let you in, but they like to make it [i]real[/i] difficult for you." "So, how do you [i]open[/i] them?" "They like to trick you," Dave answered, "but the truth is that they're not very intelligent. The office tries to run things as cheaply and efficiently as possible, so we bought our automatic doors from the state prison after they decided to get new ones. And, well, the government is notoriously stingy when it comes to buying automatic doors. So many failed promises from our Senators... Anyway, what you have to do is get another person to approach the door from outside; the door's sensor will detect the motion and the door will open... viola! They never suspect teamwork!" The door opened and Vincent's momentum drove him backwards, head over heels. When he stood up and looked around for Dave so that he could thank him, he saw that Dave's foot was stuck in the door. "...Should I get you out of there, Dave?" Vincent asked. "Don't worry about it. I didn't feel much like working today, and this'll give me a nice excuse to keep away from my cubicle." "Er, okay then," Vincent said, suddenly longing for the times when [i]his[/i] foot was stuck in the door. "Well, thanks for getting my foot out of that door. Have fun down there; call me if you suddenly feel the need to saw off your foot." "I will!" Dave said, waving goodbye. Vincent backed away a couple of steps, and then turned his body around toward the elevator, though he could not pry his head away from the sight of Dave laying down and waving at him with his foot caught in the door. [i]What a bizarre little man[/i], Vincent thought. He pressed the elevator button and waited. And waited. And waited some more until he tore his eyes from Dave and squinted at the elevator. "What's taking it so long?" Vincent groused. As soon as the words left his mouth, the elevator opened with a pleasant electronic [i]ping[/i]. An assortment of large men carrying tiny suitcases and mumbling incoherently into receivers attached to their lapels exited in a single-file line. Vincent dared not ask them were they were going. After the last of them left, he stepped inside the elevator. "Oh no, you don't!" Vincent snapped, pulling his left leg inside at the very last second, barely evading the taunting maw of the elevator as its doors closed slammed shut, the noise eerily amplified. Lights from above cascaded through the open vent at the top of the car, flashing shadowy bars upon Vincent; he stared ahead with a cold feeling in his stomach. "Jesus, the doors must have it in for me today," Vincent said, wiping nervous sweat from his brow. He pressed the button for his floor; a second or two later, he thought better of it and pressed the button for the cafeteria's floor. His stomach growled appreciatively. The elevator ascended slowly, humming quietly. When it reached the correct floor, the car heaved to a stop, and Vincent grabbed the elevator's bar with one hand and the spot just above his heart with the other. After one last shudder, the doors opened and he dove outside. "Next time I'm taking the stairs," Vincent said. After the final words of that sentence fell from his lips, Vincent could have sworn that he heard a groan emanate from somewhere in the hall; however, he could not see anyone around him, and so, with a shrug, he ventured into the cafeteria, where he picked up a bowl of cereal, toast, scrambled eggs, a couple of hash browns, a glass of orange juice, and the morning paper, the last of which he did not actually eat. "God, finally," Vincent sighed, taking a big bite out of his toast. He unfurled the paper, but before he could read it he looked up and froze until he regained his bearings and covered his face with the paper. "Crap, it's my boss!" He looked down at his watch once again. "I should be at my cubicle by now! If I'm caught being late [i]again[/i], then I'm screwed..." All around him, people went about their business, eating, talking, cavorting, and having fun, his boss included; Vincent shoved a few spoonfuls of Captain Crunch in his mouth, desperately attempting to think of the best plan to exorcise himself from this pit of festivity and frivolity and land safely back into the drab, dull confines of his listless, lifeless cubicle. His job security depended on it.[/size]

1. Lacuna Coil - "Heaven's a Lie" 2. Sleater-Kinney - "Jumpers" 3. Siouxsie and the Banshees - "Dear Prudence" 4. Neil Perry - "If This Is A Show About God, I'm Going to Kill U, Mauro" 5. Queens of the Stone Age - "Mosquito Song" 6. Sonic Youth - "Sleepin Around" 7. The Studiofix - "Antideluvian Love" 8. Zeromancer - "Neo Geisha" 9. Pere Ubu - "30 Seconds Over Tokyo" 10. Eurythmics - "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" 11. YouInSeries - "The Watcher" 12. Vera Lynn - "We'll Meet Again" 13. Beastie Boys - "Intergalactic" 14. I Would Set Myself On Fire For You - "So This Is Our Home" 15. Johnny Cash - "Folsom Prison Blues" Basically, I guess that this shows that I listen to a decent variety of music lol. There's alternative (Sonic Youth), indie rock (Sleater-Kinney), hard rock (Queens of the Stone Age), hip hop (Beastie Boys), post-punk (Siouxsie and the Banshees, though they did more than that lol), screamo (Neil Perry), country (Johnny Cash), and so on and so forth. I'm not sure whether it's because I have a good ear for music, or a tin one for it, but lots of different bands appeal to me. I like hearing bands approach music in vastly different ways, so I'm open to giving any genre a try. Still, it took a while for me to get to fifteen different artists. I only have a little over 200 songs on my computer... I mostly stick to CDs to get my musical fix, haha. The most random artist inclusion on here is probably Vera Lynn... I have that song because [i]Dr. Strangelove[/i] is my all-time favorite movie, and "We'll Meet Again" plays over its credits. The song just stuck with me, I guess lol. It's the same thing with another song I have on my computer, "I Will Wait For You" by Connie Francis, which plays during a very sad sequence in the "Jurassic Bark" episode of [b]Futurama[/b]. EDIT: Sure, maybe on my computer. :p BTW, more Sonic Youth on people's lists = Happy Shin.