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makeste ([personal profile] makeste) wrote2008-10-04 03:31 pm

Salad Post

Salad post! Aka a post where I toss a bunch of things in together because I don't feel like making separate entries for each one (plus it would probably be annoying). I will attempt to start with the least spoilery things and work my way up so as not to spoil anyone!

1. Obviously I'm late commenting on it, but Thursday's debate was pretty good! Biden was awesome. He started out a little shaky, kind of rambling a little before he figured out which points to make, but once he settled into things he... kind of kicked ass, actually. He called Palin on it whenever she spouted BS, he made his own points very effectively, and he also managed to get the last word on most of the important topics, which was nice. On the other hand, Palin did manage to get through it without screwing up too badly. But then, you shouldn't get points just for doing the bare minimum of what you're already expected to do.

Anyway, the reason I even brought the debate up at all was because I came across this article on CNN last night and it pretty much cracked me up. XD

Lingust Analyzes VP Debate

There's analyzing, there's over-analyzing, and then there's... whatever the hell you call this.

"The analysis by the Austin, Texas-based Global Language Monitor said Palin, governor of Alaska and the GOP vice presidential nominee, used the passive voice in 8 percent of her sentences, far more than the 5 percent used by the Democratic senator from Delaware."

"The normally voluble Biden restrained his tendency to ramble by uttering just 5,492 words during the 90-minute debate, versus 5,235 for Palin, Payack said."

"Sentences per paragraph: statistically tied at 2.7 for Biden and 2.6 for Palin."

"Letters per word: tied at 4.4."


FASCINATING, is it not? I'm so glad we have the mass media examining things so closely; if I didn't know the percentage of time Biden used the passive voice in his sentences, I wouldn't know what to think.

2. Meme! From [livejournal.com profile] chibikaya. :D

1.) Put your media player of choice on shuffle.
2.) List the first fifteen songs that come up (skipping titles like "Fugue in D Minor") and add "in my pants" to the end.
3.) Bold the ones that actually made you LOL.


Victory in bed.
Even flow in bed. (Actually this was kind of gross. 8D)
Beautiful morning with you in bed. (Actually, that's almost kind of sweet.)
Champagne from a paper cup in bed. (This actually made me laugh because I watched Futurama the other day and so pronounced "champagne" in my head like Zapp Brannigan does.)
O holy night in bed.
Light grenades in bed.
Death and all his friends in bed. (YOU GUYS, UNDERWORLD ORGY AT DEATH'S PLACE.)
Darts of pleasure in bed.
The fighting Uruk-hai in bed. (This one gets blinky text as well because I'm STILL laughing.)
How to save a life in bed.
Welcome to the jungle in bed.
Turn off the light in bed.
Hope fails in bed. (What is with the LOTR soundtrack?)
Real good man in bed. (Rawr.)

I'm kind of sad I had to stop at fifteen. I WANTED TO KEEP GOING.

3. New OP and ED for KHR! Actually not much to say here, except 1) The new OP is awesome, 2) I LOVE GOKUDERA, and 3) Is it just me, or have the KHR anime endings been getting progressively gayer as time goes on? Not that there's anything wrong with that. XD

4. Just a couple things to say about KHR 212. One, I gotta say, Spanner is really growing on me. Not that I disliked him before, but it was another one of those things where it takes a while for the character to get interesting for me. But his dedication to his craft (THE WAY OF THE MECHANIC!!1) was always endearing, and his becoming an honorary Vongolite in these last few chapters has been really cool. When Reborn praised his mechanic skills and he blushed, I, ah. Kind of melted. So there it is; you're part of the team now, weeaboy, and I hope that when we finally get back to the present time, they go out and find little Spanner wherever he is and he becomes one of their Vongola biffles.

The other thing is that I have to say, I really wasn't expecting Genkishi to wind up being as big a boss as he's turned out to be. I guess I should have expected it, since they've been hinting at his big-bad-ness ever since his first appearance, but I underestimated him, and now here he is having beaten two and a half guardians (or should that be one and a half? Does Hibari count twice?) and now fighting Tsuna as well. And he's still acting like we haven't even seen the half of what he's capable of. HE'S LIKE THE ENERGIZER BUNNY. At least this means we still have a chance to see that flashback I'm still craving.

ETA: In addition to not expecting Genkishi to turn out to be so final boss-ish, I also did not expect him to be such a great commercial product.


I think that's it! I wonder how many tags this will take.

[identity profile] makeste.livejournal.com 2008-10-04 09:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Holy bananas in bed

XDDDDD I love this meme. So much.

The new OP is really cool, the extremely short Collolal part was so asdfgha ;_;.

I know, it broke my heart and it was only like two seconds. So good.

And I don't think the ED can get any cuter.

Once the Gokudera picture flashed onscreen I was pretty much dead of cute. <3

Spanner has always been adorable, but I'm slow to catch on to these things. I think it takes my brain a while to acknowledge that yes, so-and-so is in fact awesome. At any rate, I'm very happy with the role he's playing now, and he really had better show up again after this arc, because otherwise it will be very sad.

HE'S LIKE THE ENERGIZER BUNNY. ...I thought very bad things.

...in bed? 8D

[identity profile] cleartempest.livejournal.com 2008-10-04 09:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Gokudera's scene was so early on, hahaha XD.

Genkishi's song: He's like the Energizer Bunny in Bed.

:D

[identity profile] makeste.livejournal.com 2008-10-04 09:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Meaning I was in fact braindead for most of the ED. It's all his fault. XD

He's like the Energizer Bunny in Bed.

I now want someone to patent, package and sell Genkishi using this as their slogan. He slices! He dices! And... he's like the Energizer Bunny in bed. I'D BUY ONE except not really orz.

[identity profile] cleartempest.livejournal.com 2008-10-04 09:28 pm (UTC)(link)
FOR A MOMENT THERE I SAW HE SLICES AND DICES LIKE THE ENERGIZER BUNNY IN BED and I was like, "NYOOOO! I wouldn't take it for freee!"

[identity profile] makeste.livejournal.com 2008-10-04 09:37 pm (UTC)(link)
WARNING: PRODUCT MAY CAUSE LOSS OF LIMBS AND/OR LIFE IF USED IMPROPERLY. Side effect risks include blood clot, stroke, hallucinations, and inexplicable appearance of random walls. Smoking may increase these risks. Women who are pregnant or may become pregnant should not use Genkishi.

[identity profile] cleartempest.livejournal.com 2008-10-04 09:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Ask your doctor if Genkishi is right for you.

[identity profile] makeste.livejournal.com 2008-10-04 09:53 pm (UTC)(link)
So say goodbye to those pesky allergies/herpes/rival mafia families you needed offed, and hello Genkishi!

[Cheesy music plays; woman and her TV kids smile.]

[identity profile] cleartempest.livejournal.com 2008-10-04 10:08 pm (UTC)(link)
"Mahhh, they look so happy together, haha." Yamamoto turns off the television and gets to his feet, yawning, arms stretched overhead.

He makes his way to the kitchen and suddenly meets something rigid and unyielding with his face.

[identity profile] makeste.livejournal.com 2008-10-04 10:18 pm (UTC)(link)
"Vongola Rain Guardian. You should have known that attempting to market me in a bizarre infomercial would not defeat the greatest swordsman of this time. Foolish."

Genkishi shakes his head in disgust and glides back into the kitchen, presumably to slice and dice.

LOL yama's like GROWGROWGROW! (UH)

[identity profile] cleartempest.livejournal.com 2008-10-04 11:29 pm (UTC)(link)
He dons his apron and gets to marathon slicing and dicing.

Yamamoto, flat on his back calls, "Ahaha, I don't get it, but can you kiss my head better?"

*hoppity hoppity hoppity--SMACK*

[identity profile] makeste.livejournal.com 2008-10-04 11:56 pm (UTC)(link)
*Genkishi chops vegetables and ignores Yamamoto*

"Ha ha, guess not! Hmm~ you know, you're not really that helpful! Is this what they call defective merchandise? --WHOA, okay, sorry, just kidding! Ha ha, you're pretty dangerous! Are you still under warranty?"

Epilogue: And thus, tragically, poor Yamamoto was never heard from again. :'(

Re: *hoppity hoppity hoppity--SMACK*

[identity profile] cleartempest.livejournal.com 2008-10-04 11:58 pm (UTC)(link)
because Genkishi was being the Energizer bunny with Yama...in bed.

[identity profile] makeste.livejournal.com 2008-10-05 12:05 am (UTC)(link)
Yamamoto Battle Record: Update

Vs. Ken - Sword in the face.
Vs. Squalo - SHAAAAAAARK.
Vs. Mammon - Tentacle rape.
Vs. Genkishi - WALL!!!1
Vs. Genkishi redux - IN BED.

Yep, seems consistent. XD