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I didn't find out until just today that this week is evidently "Otaku Week" at MTV2, which essentially translates to random bits of footage from Otakon. It's pretty nerdtastic, which some people are taking personally, in light of MTV's track record as champions of human dignity.
Seems to be ultimately all in good fun, though. Yeah, I imagine videos like this one could be a little embarrassing, but who among us hasn't indulged in a full-on nerdgasm?
Is "Otaku Week" on MTV2 All About Dissing the Nerds? [io9]
You might think that "Lolcats" are a relatively new phenomenon, but think again...a Lolcat aficionado located what may be the first Lolcat ever (circa 1905) in a Seattle antique store.
Early twentieth century...does that make this a steampunk Lolcat? Oh God, I have an internet headache.
Oldest Ever Lolcat Found *gasp* (Iz From Teh 1905) [icanhascheezburger.com]
California liberals may be feeling a little bittersweet in the wake of yesterday's election. On the one hand, Barack Obama won the presidential race in a landslide victory. But on the negative side, Proposition 8 passed, once again banning same-sex marriage in California.
Condolences to Californian same-sex couples, who are no doubt disappointed by this decision. Here's a video of an adorable baby chipmunk, which I bet totally makes up for having your constitutional rights taken away.
Voters approve Proposition 8 banning same-sex marriages [Los Angeles Times]
A while back, I gushed exuberantly over the web series Duder, which follows a close-knit group of young adults in New York. Now, for the first time in what's felt like forever, Duder has begun updating regularly with new, smaller-sized episodes twice a week.
The show's engaging characters and frequent gay sensibility make it definitely worth checking out. Also, I have a massive crush on Ricky.
A theme park in the UK has plans to build a roller coaster based upon the Saw movies. In addition to the steepest freefall drop in the world, the ride will include an "indoor section" wherein I assume patrons will listen to Jigsaw prattle on about life or whatever before being forced to sever their own limbs.
The coaster also features a kind of neatly designed website.
Saw torturecoaster rolls into UK theme park [The Register]
The people that brought you the cult HBO series The Comeback are creating a new comedy web series. Lisa Kudrow and Dan Bucatinsky (All Over the Guy) will co-produce, write, and star in Web Therapy, a 15-episode series of humorous shorts involving Kudrow as an offbeat psychiatrist. Gay fave Don Roos (The Opposite of Sex, Bounce, Happy Endings) is directing.
Lisa Kudrow to topline Web series [Hollywood Reporter]
Huh. So maybe that Armani ad isn't such an exaggeration after all. Turns out Australian DJ Kyle Sandilands revealed on his show that he was in the bathroom in an LA nightclub and who should come in behind him but sexy footballer David Beckham. The DJ says that he couldn't resist taking a peek, because honestly, when will you ever get this chance again? I mean, I would, too. You've just got to be subtle about it. And what was the verdict? Says Sandilands: "There's two types of penis. There's the one that's the same size all the time and the other one changes in size. Let's just say he looks like he's got it going on whether it's happy or not."
That Victoria's one lucky lady!
David Beckham Is Well Endowed, Says An Australian DJ [The Sun]
This is perhaps the most comprehensive listing of notable Internet memes I've ever seen, and it's arranged on a fairly easy-to-navigate timeline, so you can chart the distance between Dancing Baby and Garfield Minus Garfield.
The timeline gets more and more cramped as we get closer to the present. I can only assume that sooner or later memes will appear at a rate of approximately one anthropomorphized cat per nanosecond.
There is something inexplicably sexy about chess boxing, a hybrid sport where players battle via both brawn and brains. Each match is a mix of alternating rounds of boxing and speed-chess, and the winner achieves victory through either a knockout or a checkmate, whichever comes first.
Possible spinoffs of the game include Monopoly boxing; because really, can we all agree that Monopoly is just begging to incorporate physical violence?
EDIT: Dang, where have I been? This is so last year.
Chess-Boxing Hits it Big [Time]
Even if your baby isn't quite old enough to appreciate the depth and complexity of nineties alternative rock, they might enjoy Rockabye Baby, a series of albums featuring lullaby instrumental versions of rock songs by No Doubt, Bjork, Smashing Pumpkins, and many other bands. You'll have yourself a cute little Gen X-er in no time.
Another quirky opera has cropped up, this one based upon the movie The Fly. But not the 1958 film...the David Cronenberg remake.
Cronenberg himself is directing the opera, composed by Howard Shore. Cronenberg's movie was released in 1986, but this show relocates the story to the 1950s.
Be aware, the link includes a rather risque picture of sexy fly-guy Daniel Okulitch.
`The Fly' opera is buzz of Paris season [Associated Press]
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J.K. Rowling gave a pretty amazing address at the Harvard commencement ceremony this week. The complete text of it is available online.
Favorite part, hands down:
Delivering a commencement address is a great responsibility; or so I thought until I cast my mind back to my own graduation. The commencement speaker that day was the distinguished British philosopher Baroness Mary Warnock. Reflecting on her speech has helped me enormously in writing this one, because it turns out that I can't remember a single word she said. This liberating discovery enables me to proceed without any fear that I might inadvertently influence you to abandon promising careers in business, law or politics for the giddy delights of becoming a gay wizard.
And girls who like girls who like stuff!
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It was 1980 and disco was dead, but not in the UK!
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