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Clerks – (1994 movie)

2016-01-11

black-and-white movies, comedy entertainment, comedy movies, drama entertainment, drama movies, entertainment, fiction, Kevin Smith, loved, movies, New Jersey, R rated, reviews, the present, United States

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109445/
https://www.miramax.com/movie/clerks/

Instead of being allowed to sleep in on his day off, a man is called in to work an extra shift at his convenience store job, and his day goes to complete shit.

The acting is a little halted in places, since these are mostly or perhaps entirely first-timers, but the writing is spectacular. It’s got great flow and style, and is hilarious and memorable.

I first rented this as a VHS tape back in the day, and was immediately impressed. I’m glad this movie, and its author, have done well.

aka Clerks. (with a trailing period)
Takes place in Leonardo, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States.
Re-issued as “Clerks. X”

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I’ll add notes when I re-watch this.

Entertainment > Movies >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094625/
https://v-storage.jp/sp-site/akira/

In a future Tokyo which has survived a massive explosion, a highschool student motorcycle gang stumbles into a military research program whose earlier efforts lead to that disaster, and they become embroiled in the revived project.

A genre-defining movie on so many levels. It portrays a world unique to those unfamiliar with manga (a form of Japanese comics) and has both great storytelling and incredible animation.

Kyocera pens

2016-01-08

hardware, live, loved, pens, proprietary hardware, things, writing

(company page, on Wikipedia)
store on penloversparadise.com
was global.kyocera.com:80/prdct/fc_consumer/stationery/index.html

These are high-quality pens which use ceramic-tipped water-based refills.

Much of my writing is pen and paper, and the right pen is extremely important. A certain balance, texture and weight of pen, and a smooth writing experience are important to me. Put one of these pens down on a table, and spin them. They spin around the central closure for when the cap fits against the pen. That’s Japanese quality.

I’ve bought these from ThinkGeek , but most recently I’m buying them from penloversparadise.com.

I do not know if this ink is archival quality!

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Moleskine

2016-01-08

hardware, live, loved, proprietary hardware, things, writing

(on Wikipedia)
https://web.archive.org/web/20210511011408/https://us.moleskine.com/en/

These are high-quality notebooks with archival quality paper.

Much of my writing is pen and paper, and it turns out that good paper also matters a lot. I’m perfectly comfortable with cheap paper in a three-ring binder, but I want something much better for travel and for long-term storage. A bookshelf of these little notebooks also look a hell of a lot better than binders.

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Entertainment > Movies >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111282/
https://www.mgm.com/movies/stargate

An ancient discovery in Egypt, from before the pyramids, is found to be a gateway to another world which is still kept as a slave planet by Ra, a self-appointed god who is an alien just trying to get by.

A fantastic movie. Not exactly mandatory. Perhaps elements of it don’t feel like they have held up well, or maybe there has been so much excellent science fiction before, during and since its time.

If you like this movie, see Stargate viewing order for the viewing order of other shows.

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Castle – (2009 show)

2016-01-01

abandoned, buddy cop shows, crime shows, dead, entertainment, fiction, glances, loved, Nathan Fillion, shows, the present, TV-14 rated

Entertainment > Television >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1219024/
was https://abc.com/shows/castle

Though an author tags along with the police because a particular detective is particularly hot, it turns out he’s actually helpful.

I adore this series, even though it gets repetitive later on.

If I get to re-watching things, I’ll add notes.

Abandoned – ABC doesn’t list it any more.

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Lacuna Coil

2015-12-29

bands, entertainment, female fronted bands, female vocals, glances, heavy metal bands, loved, music, sellouts, todo

TODO – Select songs
TODO – import notes

Music >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.lacunacoil.com/

A gothic/”alternative” metal band, who I know from their days of opening for The Gathering.

They were really great, but like their peers they slid downhill. Andrea Ferro ruins pretty much every song he’s in, and I’ve always wished him completely removed from the band.

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The Gathering

2015-12-29

abandoned, bands, entertainment, female fronted bands, female vocals, glances, heavy metal bands, loved, music

TODO – Select songs
TODO – import notes

(They don’t appear to have a logo!)

Music >

(on Wikipedia)
https://gathering.nl/

They could alternately be called metal or “alternative rock”, whatever the fuck that means.

My favourite songs are more ambient/atmospheric or focus strongly on Anneke van Giersbergen‘s strong vocals.

2007 – I lost interest in this band when Anneke van Giersbergen left.

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Adblock Latitude

2015-11-15

advertisements, corporate jamming, freeware, glances, GUI software, internet software, Linux software, live, loved, open-source software, Pale Moon extensions, software, Windows 10 software, Windows software

Software >
Pale Moon > Pale Moon extensions >

https://addons.palemoon.org/addon/adblock-latitude/

The equivalent for Firefox is AdBlock.

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Babylon 5 – (1994 show)

2015-11-09

Babylon 5, fiction, live, loved, movies, reviews, science fiction entertainment, science fiction shows, shows, space, space entertainment, space movies, the future, TV movies, TV-PG rated

Entertainment > Television >
Entertainment > Movies >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105946/

Upon contact with aliens, humans set up a space station to promote ambassadorial relations among species.

Easily among the best television I’ve seen. Everything about this series is phenomenal: acting, stories, sets, etc. Unfortunately, the graphics do appear dated in places, but it otherwise holds up very well.

Mandatory viewing.

It is important to follow a Babylon 5 viewing order.
See also Crusade – (1999 show), the spin-off which should not be watched!

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