Category Archives: arts

character flaw

Posted on Sunday, 2008 April 06 by Anton

I’ve now watched three seasons of Lost, and am wondering a bit why Jack didn’t say to Ben, “Five minutes? I was a captive audience for two weeks; you could have told me then why ‘the good guys’ have been … Continue reading →

Posted in cinema | Leave a comment

link repellent

Posted on Sunday, 2008 March 30 by Anton

I wonder whether anyone keeps track of how many times PVP has restructured its archives making old links invalid.

Posted in cartoons, neep-neep | 1 Comment

romantic, pedantic

Posted on Tuesday, 2008 February 19 by Anton

Heard on KDFC: Don’t miss this critically acclaimed production that epitomizes the pure classicism that defined the romantic ballets. Er, isn’t Romanticism generally distinguished from “pure classicism”?

Posted in arts | Leave a comment

privateers in spaaace

Posted on Saturday, 2008 February 09 by Anton

Crimson Dark is a space adventure strip, with occasional allusions to Firefly so it can’t be all bad. It’s mostly rendered in Cinema 4D, with details like clothing added by hand. Dude’s insane.

Posted in cartoons | Leave a comment

Schindler’s subtitles

Posted on Sunday, 2007 December 30 by Anton

My hearing is just poor enough that I usually turn the subtitles on when I play a DVD; I could mostly do without the help, but it’s good to have when someone mumbles. It’s often clear that whoever made the … Continue reading →

Posted in cinema, language | Leave a comment

the view from in here

Posted on Sunday, 2007 December 16 by Anton

I suspect my new glasses have more chromatic aberration than the old. In my computer background pattern, a fractal with lots of intense colors, the red seems to stand out in front of the blue. In unrelated news, we had … Continue reading →

Posted in California, food, me!me!me! | 2 Comments

cross-pollination

Posted on Monday, 2007 October 15 by Anton

After watching a murder mystery involving a medium, I dreamt that Maurice Minnifield wanted to hire a medium for one of his promotional schemes. At least it wasn’t vampires this time.