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Lost in Translation

Here is a picture that my friend, Les, took in China.  I had to share it with you guys!  It's a men's handicap bathroom sign translated to English.

What I'm Watching

Suspiria (1977): Here's another great 70's horror movie that I can't believe it took me so long to watch.  Loved it!  Those witches should have been interior designers, not ballet teachers.  This movie kind of starts out slow, but the ending is totally worth it.  Also, ALWAYS make sure to look before you leap.  4 Stars!

Bad Teacher:  The jokes aren't all that great & Cameron Diaz's character has absolutely no redeeming qualities at all.  However, I think Bad Teacher does a great job of pointing out what high stakes testing has done to our education system.  After finding out that she can score a merit pay cash bonus of $5,000 (ha ha, dream on) for having the highest test scores, Diaz's character decides to trade in movie watching in the classroom for actual teaching.  Sadly, actual teaching has turned into test prepping and the kids are just as clueless as before when they were just sitting around watching Stand & Deliver.  2 1/2 Stars!

Black Death (2010): After Game of Thrones ended, I needed my Sean Bean fix, so I decided to watch Black Death.  It's set during the bubonic plague and Sean Bean's character is on a mission to find out why one village hasn't been inflicted with disease.  Here be witches?  It was nice to see David Warner and John Lynch again.  I personally liked the way it ended, but some people hated it.  I thought it was fitting to the whole theme of the film, but whatever.  3 Stars!

Frontier(s): Another French horror film that has convinced me that no good can come from visiting the French countryside.  This movie blatantly rips off Hostel, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and The Descent.  However, it does a good job of ripping them off, so I kinda didn't mind.  Frontiers is about a group of young kids who flee Paris after looting the city during a string of political riots.  They escape to the French countryside thinking they'll be safe from the law and the violence (WRONG!).  Instead, they find themselves trapped by cannibalistic Nazis who are hellbent on creating a pure race.  Um, but apparently thses Nazis are totally not picky about who they procreate with considering the Paris youths are dark haired, dark eyed, and Muslim.  Beggars can't be choosers, I guess.  2 1/2 Stars! 

Transcendent Man: Um, I wish I could be as optimistic about the merging of technology and man as Ray Kurzweil is, but having seen Battlestar Galactica & Blade Runner, I'm going to have to disagree when he claims it will be a good thing.  I don't want to live forever (real or virtually).  I don't want chips inserted in me so everyone, everywhere can read my thoughts.  I also don't want to make friends with machines.  No thanks!  4 Stars!

Happy Birthday to Me!

So, I'm one year closer to 40.  Oh, well.  Happy Birthday to me!  And isn't this Buffy cake to die for?  Here are some more great TV show themed cakes.  Mmmmm...pop culture tastes delicious!

Oreo Cameos

I love these cameo Oreo cookies.  How do they fight the urge to eat them?!

Link via neatorama!

Here's another reason why Johnny Depp is so awesome

He rocks out with Alice Cooper!

Do you have ESP?

In 1966, Milton Bradley put out a board game called Kreskin's ESP.  It's supposed to help you discover if you have ESP or not.  

"You can't play truant from the Iron Teacher."

Check out these great comic covers featuring the Iron Teacher.  A puny human teacher like me can't compete with that!

Link via super punch.

Game of Thrones Humor

Kevin over at GitM has a great post featuring different links to various Game of Thrones humor sites.  Very funny stuff!  Winter is coming, bitches!

Sally Draper is more fashionable than you!

Little 11-year-old Kiernan Shipka (AKA Sally Draper on Mad Men) is more together than you.  Not only does she design her own clothes, but she also knows how to organize a closet.  I love her blinged up Mad Men Barbie collection.

“I love organization, so I split my clothes into two closets according to seasons. Though I have to go to the guestroom to pull my fall and winter items, it’s still much easier than cramming all my clothes together in my one closet.  I love ‘space’ in between hanging clothes’".  

Dammit, why can't I be organized?! 

Link via cat party.

7 Stories That Prove Johnny Depp Is Awesome

Here are seven stories that prove how awesome Johnny Depp is.  Now if only he'd make better decisions about his film roles.  

Link via rue the day.

The Inn at the Crossroads

The Inn at the Crossroads is a food blog devoted to cooking in the Game of Thrones series.  Because "in the game of food, you win, or you wash the dishes."

Link via web-goddess.