Jun 30, 2009

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Jane Austen channels George A. Romero . . . .

that illustration is from the pdf version, link below


I am reading the mash-up novel PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES; mash-up, a term often used with videos posted on youtube..... and its illustrated!
It reads like Jane Austen had an affair with Edgar Allen Poe under a portrait of Vincent Price, where they read Dracula to each other (it was written later, I know), along with Clauswitz on War along with Sun Tzu's ART OF WAR. There seems to be bits of flagellation . . . .
ITS far more than TOLERABLE.

a bit of comparison can be fun,


Zombiefied, 3 chapters: http://irreference.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/zombies_pp7-16.pdf

Original text: http://www.pemberley.com/janeinfo/ppv1n01.html


Zombiefied:

IT IS A TRUTH universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains. Never was this truth more plain than during the recent attacks at Netherfield Park, in which a household of eighteen was slaughtered and consumed by a horde of the living dead.

Original:

IT is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.

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ZOMBIEFIED, next few grafs, featuring the harpie wife and enduring Mr. Bennet:

“My dear Mr. Bennet,” said his lady to him one day, “have you heard that Netherfield Park is occupied again?”

Mr. Bennet replied that he had not and went about his morning business of dagger sharpening and musket polishing—for attacks by the unmentionables had grown alarmingly frequent in recent weeks.

“But it is,” returned she.



ORIGINAL, next few grafs.

``My dear Mr. Bennet,'' said his lady to him one day, ``have you heard that Netherfield Park is let at last?''

Mr. Bennet replied that he had not.

``But it is,'' returned she; ``for Mrs. Long has just been here, and she told me all about it.''


+++++++++++ big bucks in the right idea.....:

http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6650434.html?q=Pride+and+Prejudice+and+Zombies

Zombie Mash-up Lands Author Six-Figure Deal
By Rachel Deahl -- Publishers Weekly, 4/9/2009 8:24:00 AM

Seth Grahame-Smith's surprise hit from Quirk Books, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, may have been launched as something of a lark, but that hasn't stopped its author from landing a major deal. Grand Central Press editor Ben Greenberg has just inked a two-book deal with Grahame-Smith for a rumored $575,000; Grahame-Smith's first book for GCP, which currently has no pub date, will be Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. (A rep from GCP would not comment on the size of the advance.)

Grahame-Smith has, up until this point, written tongue-in-cheek pop culture titles for Quirk such as The Big Book of Porn: A Penetrating Look at the World of Dirty Movies and How to Survive a Horror Movie. But after the unexpected success of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies--which came on assignment from Quirk's editorial director, Jason Rekulak--he has been lifted into another literary stratosphere. (Quirk currently has more than120,000 copies in print of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, after publishing the book on April 1.)

The proposal for Grahame-Smith's new book sold at auction Wednesday and the story is a loose sketch of Lincoln's life with one twist--honest Abe is the world's most skilled vampire hunter. Claudia Ballard at William Morris handled the deal, which was for North American rights. We also hear a film proposal has already started circulating and that William Morris is also handling film rights.
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of interest only to a librarian, but the terms are hyperlinkes, so if you like a topic you can find other similar works. Click zombies in your local library catalog and see what you can find! (probably librarians)
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Jun 29, 2009

Blue Eggs and White Mushrooms (2 videos)

Orange has laid her blue eggs, and she winked a proud wink.



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and BLACKIE, all black squirrels are called blackie, was caught dining in tree . . .

but are they magic? the volume is a bit loud, the song short and repeated.... but fits......



ah, nature. Yes, magic, blackie jumped on a flying carpet and landed at Skyway for a burger.....

remember, you can go full screen by clicking the screen icon in the lower lefthand corner, befor the up arrow carrot.

Jun 27, 2009

Pride and Prejudice (with a zombie or two?)

Everything about PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, I plan to download a copy and count how many times the word 'tolerable' is used.

http://www.pemberley.com/janeinfo/pridprej.html


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Pride and Prejudice

VOLUME I

CHAPTER I (1)

IT is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in
possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.

However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be
on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well
fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is
considered as the rightful property of some one or other of
their daughters.

``My dear Mr. Bennet,'' said his lady to him one day, ``have
you heard that Netherfield Park is let at last?''

Mr. Bennet replied that he had not.

``But it is,'' returned she; ``for Mrs. Long has just been
here, and she told me all about it.''

Mr. Bennet made no answer.

``Do not you want to know who has taken it?'' cried his wife
impatiently.

``_You_ want to tell me, and I have no objection to hearing
it.''

This was invitation enough.

``Why, my dear, you must know, Mrs. Long says that Netherfield
is taken by a young man of large fortune from the north of
England; that he came down on Monday in a chaise and four to
see the place, and was so much delighted with it that he agreed
with Mr. Morris immediately; that he is to take possession
before Michaelmas, and some of his servants are to be in the
house by the end of next week.''

``What is his name?''

``Bingley.''

``Is he married or single?''

``Oh! single, my dear, to be sure! A single man of large
fortune; four or five thousand a year. What a fine thing for
our girls!''

``How so? how can it affect them?''

``My dear Mr. Bennet,'' replied his wife, ``how can you be so
tiresome! You must know that I am thinking of his marrying one
of them.''

``Is that his design in settling here?''

``Design! nonsense, how can you talk so! But it is very
likely that he _may_ fall in love with one of them, and
therefore you must visit him as soon as he comes.''

Jun 26, 2009

meanwhile, in the crazy house!

The Master and Margarita (English subtitles). Part 3 (1/5)

no blue eggs yet.....

For the first time Orange, the Robin, spent the night in its nest, maybe eggs are there, or on the way?

hope to get that picture this weekend (for weekend update).





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Now, if you rub this hard enough:






Think ARABIAN NIGHTS.......

Jun 23, 2009

New Neighbors, Construction, Little Ones anticipated

We call her Orange.



Talk about feathering your nest, and no hammer! The nest is right outside the living room window, where the squirrels frolick in the winter. And how she rotates to evenly build, like a winged whirling derb-robin. Note the one on the grounds gets the worm (and it was the afternoon....)

experts say:

The quintessential early bird, American Robins are common sights on lawns across North America, where you often see them tugging earthworms out of the ground. Robins are popular birds for their warm orange breast, cheery song, and early appearance at the end of winter. Though they’re familiar town and city birds, American Robins are at home in wilder areas, too, including mountain forests and Alaskan wilderness.

from: http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/american_robin/id the link has a lot more.

My camera will be watching for the next step: Blue Eggs or the neighborhood stray cat (we throw sticks and rocks at it, nasty looking with its one eye . . . ), but it can run like the wind....

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Jun 20, 2009

SNL: Digital Short: Iran So Far

for the Infidel pigdogs?



heheheheheeee

A study in Bricks

Clearly I have slipped of the deep end:


Jun 18, 2009

Trusting the Nightly News?

Do you think they still have a research department at NBC, or was this just sloppy writing?


LEWIS: LA's Iranian community has been estimated at about 750,000 people. So
many live here in Westwood near UCLA that the place has been nicknamed
"Tehrangeles." (NBC 17june09, text below)


There is something wrong with that stat:
http://losangeles.areaconnect.com/statistics.htm

in 2000 there were 415,195 blacks in LA, now there are nearly twice as many Iranians?
in 20000 there were 369,254 Asians, and now there are twice as many Iranians (not Persians or Arabs or some some catch-all group).

But: the Persian – American web page quoting statistics states

http://www.namakmag.com/demographics.html
4,167,000 living outside of Iran (including US)
1,650,000 living in the United States (all ages)

Highest concentration in California (estimate of 700,000-825,000 is approx. 50% of U.S. Total) California population primarily located in San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles and Orange County Second highest concentration in Washington DC area (est. 100,000)
Other States with large Iranian concentrations include: New York, Texas, Maryland, Virginia, Washington Average number of individuals per Iranian Household is 2.83

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NBC News Transcripts

June 17, 2009 Wednesday
SHOW: NBC Nightly News 6:30 PM EST NBC
Iranian expatriates in Los Angeles worried about Iranian election
ANCHORS: BRIAN WILLIAMS

REPORTERS: GEORGE LEWIS
BRIAN WILLIAMS, anchor:
The whole world is watching the extraordinary events in Iran, perhaps nowhere more so in this country than parts of Los Angeles. That's become home to hundreds of thousands of Iranian ex-pats in recent years. They're watching, and as NBC's George Lewis reports tonight, they're worried about what they see.
GEORGE LEWIS reporting:
The Iran television network headquartered in Los Angeles has become must-see TV for Iranians, with four channels of information about the situation back home. The shows are broadcast around the world via satellite and command a big audience in Iran in spite of government efforts to jam the signal. In one studio the sportscaster is airing video of street demonstrations instead of soccer matches. While in another the host of a phone-in show is taking calls from a squad of citizen journalists in Tehran.
Mr. SINA JAFARI (Iranian TV Producer): People tell them about the situation, tell them that what's going on, give them brief news, and they are very upset and they want to be heard.
LEWIS: LA's Iranian community has been estimated at about 750,000 people. So many live here in Westwood near UCLA that the place has been nicknamed "Tehrangeles." Last night in this neighborhood Iranians staged a show of solidarity with the anti-government protesters back home. As in Iran, these demonstrations are organized via the Internet using Facebook and Twitter.

Mr. MANI TURKZADEH (Protestor): There's been a lot of a brutality from the regime in Iran towards the peaceful demonstrator, and I'm doing my part as a human, as a Persian, to--with these dear friends. We're all here together.

LEWIS: It's the brutality that scares this Persian grocer, who gave her name only as Humira. She says she's been trying to phone her family in Iran without success for three days. Sharona Sagian and her brother say they have similar fears.

Ms. SHARONA SAGIAN: We have family members there, and we are worried for their safety.

Unidentified Woman: Freedom for Iran!

LEWIS: LA's Iranians say they'll keep protesting as they worry about the safety of their loved ones in these turbulent times. George Lewis, NBC News,
Enhanced Coverage LinkingNBC News, -Search using:
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Jun 17, 2009

What are you reading?

I am reading a biography of Rimbaud this week. Short.
I read a bio of Wizard of Oz author, L Frank Baum, a while back, then The Boys from Brazil and AND: THE STEPFORD WIVES, both by Ira Levin.

http://www.librarything.com/catalog/jbeckhamlat

books books books and more books.... books books and more books novels mysteries horror gothic romance (hum, not yet), donna-tart ira-levin saul-bellow anthony burgess orwell 1984 library libraries books novels read bookstorebooks books and more books novels mysteries horror gothic romance (hum, not yet), donna-tart ira-levin saul-bellow anthony burgess orwell 1984 library libraries books novels read bookstorebooks books and more books novels mysteries horror gothic romance (hum, not yet), donna-tart ira-levin saul-bellow anthony burgess orwell 1984 library libraries books novels read bookstore

Tequila, now and forever

Jun 14, 2009

Desktop in honor of AA (Alchoholics Anon) meeting in Akron

a rant:

Should AA -Alcholics Anonomys be replaced with HSA - Heavy Smokers of America?

This is my AA weeeknd desktop, an homage to temptation, -the key to creativity:




yes, AA founded in AKRON, where there is little to do but drink (what does that say for Barberton?? then what does that that say for Norton???).

Seems they are also members of Hells Angels. They often are pot bellied unshaven 55 year olds with thin gray pony taled hair scraggling down their hunched backs. Not Bohemian types mind you, but tobacco smoking (like clouds on the horizon when you spot a few of them) types humming the National Antham while the last Marlboro is clenched between their broken teeth... too many falls?

where is my ABSINTHE, in some trashcan in customs no doubt... bring on the wormword and chop of an Ear....

Jun 11, 2009

Ice Cream Truck going down our Street, volume up?

I tried my digital camera, and new software. This is our streets full length - turns on to Kimberly from Bryce and off of Kimberly (on to Worthington). The music is the sound of the ice cream truck........ when it plays music that means its out of ice-cream, right?

the youtube version, double click and try full screen (after u click CLICK!)





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Lonely Island

art forms.....



are changing

Jun 8, 2009

Academic Earth

http://www.academicearth.org/

Academic Earth is an organization founded with the goal of giving everyone
on earth access to a world class education.


As more and more high quality educational content becomes available online
for free, we ask ourselves, what are the real barriers to achieving a world
class education? At Academic Earth, we are working to identify these
barriers and find innovative ways to use technology to increase the ease of
learning.
We are building a user-friendly educational ecosystem that will
give internet users around the world the ability to easily find, interact with,
and learn from full video courses and lectures from the world’s leading
scholars. Our goal is to bring the best content together in one place and
create an environment in which that content is remarkably easy to use and where
user contributions make existing content increasingly valuable.
We invite
those who share our passion to explore our website, participate in our online
community, and help us continue to find new ways to make learning easier for
everyone.
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SO GO LEARN SOMETHING

Jun 6, 2009

ComicBooks Periodic Table of (of Comicbooks)

http://www.uky.edu/Projects/Chemcomics/html/oxygen.html

http://www.uky.edu/Projects/Chemcomics/



Welcome to the Periodic Table of ComicBooks. Click on an element to see a list of comic book pages involvingthat element. Click on a thumbnail on the list to see a full comic bookpage. For technical information about an element, follow the link toMark Winter's WebElements. Werecommend that you start with oxygen to see some of our best stuff.There's something for everyone here!

Jun 4, 2009

Movie Type: Mockumentary, Media Satire

love those terms, would mockumentary be a neologism?

http://www.answers.com/topic/zelig

Jun 2, 2009

JD SALINGER cracks the crypt lid to call out the Lawyers

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/5425799/JD-Salinger-starts-legal-action-against-sequel-author.html

London Telegraph

JD Salinger starts legal action against sequel author
JD Salinger has started legal proceedings against the writer, publishers and distributor of a sequel to his famous novel The Catcher in the Rye.

Published: 1:52AM BST 02 Jun 2009

Lawyers for Salinger, 90, have filed a lawsuit in federal court in Manhattan, seeking to force a recall of what it says is a copycat book titled 60 Years Later: Coming Through the Rye, by someone writing under the name JD California. It also seeks unspecified damages.

The lawsuit said the right to create a sequel to The Catcher in the Rye or to use the character "Holden Caulfield" belongs only to Salinger. The lawsuit says Salinger has "decidedly chosen not to exercise that right."


Besides California, identified in the court papers as "John Doe," the lawsuit also cites Windupbird Publishing, an obscure company allegedly based in London; a Swedish publisher, Nicotext; and SCB Distributors, based in Gardena, California.

In 60 Years Later, scheduled to be published in Britain this summer and in the United States in the autumn, a character very much like Caulfield is 76 years old, an escapee from a retirement home and identified as "Mr. C." The novel is dedicated to Salinger and the author is a character in it, too, wondering whether to continue Caulfield's story.

"The Sequel is not a parody and it does not comment upon or criticise the original," Salinger's lawsuit claims. "It is a ripoff pure and simple."

The lawsuit presented California as a mysterious, unsavoury character, of uncertain name and location. "His precise whereabouts are unknown, despite due investigation," according to the court papers.

Aaron Silverman, the director of SCB Distributors, said that California was a resident of Sweden. A man identifying himself as California said that he lived outside of Goteborg, Sweden. He called the legal action "a little bit insane" and said that Salinger had control over the names of his characters, but not over his style or perspective.

"To me, this is a story about an old man. It's a love story, a story about an author and his character," said California, who added that John David California was his pen name. He declined to give his real name and said that he did not intend "John David" as an homage to Salinger, whose full name is Jerome David Salinger.

"I did not mean to cause him any trouble," California said.

A recluse living in rural New Hampshire, Salinger has not published in a book in decades and has rarely been heard from in public - expect when taking legal action.

In 1982, he sued a man who allegedly tried to sell a fictitious interview with the author to a national magazine. The impostor agreed to desist and Salinger dropped the suit.


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John David California the New York based author of the new sequel to the Catcher in the Rye Photo: JULIAN SIMMONDS

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