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deadguy — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:18:03 +0000

More thought spam: I need to remember this whenever I’m overwhelmed.

“I can’t eat a whole dragon. At least not in one sitting, nor in one piece.”

It’s easy enough to say, harder to remember when you’re looking to eat a dragon and it’s looking back at you.

Linguistics

deadguy — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:11:28 +0000

“I learned english from kung-fu movies, but now my mouth moves out of sync.”

Yes, I know that hardly counts as an update, but I had to say it, lest I forget. Besides, it’s funny.

On Wisdom

deadguy — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:22:24 +0000

To be wise, one must know balance.

Most Patriotic

deadguy — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 19:36:00 +0000

I went and saw Iron Man, and that was fantastic. I went and saw The Incredible Hulk, and that was… not horrifying; it was just good. I’ve heard that Marvel is working up an Avengers movie, and for that to happen, we need two more superheroes: Thor, and Captain America.

IMDB reports that Thor and Captain America are in preproduction for release in a few short years.

To make this clear: Thor is a god. Captain America is a really patriotic guy with a shield. Ok, so Thor is living without a memory of being a god, and Cappy is effectively a supersoldier, so those could theoretically make some interesting movies, depending on the script.

But who to cast?

Thor, I’ve got no idea. You need someone who can effectively be a partially disabled doctor—ala House—and a hulking, hammer-wielding, God of Thunder.

Captain America, though, I’ve got an idea about. We need a guy who can be the ultimate in patriotic. Someone more vibrantly American than your average American. Someone who can defend truth, justice, and The American Way™ while wearing big red boots and what amounts to an American flag (though the one star is a dead giveaway as to which state he’d save first).

Someone, my friends, like Stephen Colbert.