Haul away, you rolling king

[sovay]

So the first pieces of news that greeted me when I woke up were the death of Jeffrey Epstein and the punishment of Arisia for supporting a strike, neither of which was a great chaser to the realization that yesterday's excruciating headache did not have the decency to buzz off overnight, but I also saw via spatch this wonderful production still of The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984):



It is so effectively in character and outside the plot that it looks like fanfic. Have some links.

1. Elie Mystal and Ken White, "Should the North Carolina Gun Store Billboard Targeting 'The Squad' Be Unconstitutional?"

2. Ethan Siegel, "Astronomy Faces a Field-Defining Choice in Choosing the Next Steps for the TMT."

3. Philip Miller, "Biennale." The magazine is dedicated to islands, which I love.

I was supposed to spend the day with my niece, but the current circumstances are looking like spending the evening with her. She wants to watch Ponyo (2008), which I haven't seen in almost a decade. I think I can manage to do that.

Comments

[pameladean]

Wow, to hell wotj the Marriott and the horse they rode in on.

That photo is just pure gold.

I love Ponyo. In addition to its other beauties, it has the best weather. I hope you and your niece have a lovely evening.

P.

[sovay]

That photo is just pure gold.

Really everything about it makes me happy, including that I can't tell from Dr. Lizardo's expression if he hates photo ops or if he's trying to smolder. It's beautiful.

I love Ponyo. In addition to its other beauties, it has the best weather. I hope you and your niece have a lovely evening.

Thank you! We have un-thematically eaten Chinese takeout and are about to head TV-ward, although at the moment some Playmobil vultures are in play.

[pameladean]

I can't tell either, about the photo, which makes it seem to exist in two worlds simultaneously. You said it was like fanfic, and that's a quality of some fanfic.

I didn't know Playmobil had vultures! That's awesome.

P.

[pameladean]

Also, I regret my extraneous opinion, which was based on an only partly rational loathing of all things Marriot, but I don't seem to be able to edit it. My apologies.

P.

[sovay]

Also, I regret my extraneous opinion, which was based on an only partly rational loathing of all things Marriot, but I don't seem to be able to edit it. My apologies.

It's not possible to edit comments to which people have replied. It is all right. I got food poisoning at a Marriott this year, so in general I am in sympathy.

[sovay]

I didn't know Playmobil had vultures! That's awesome.

They're from my childhood! I think they belonged originally to a Western set, but I loved them in their own right (they were vultures) and it delights me that my niece seems to feel the same way.