SAPCE GIRL

I'm having a proper nerd out over this one:

Serious, a montage of awesome ladies in sci fi? Yes, please, may I have another? I think I squeed the whole time I saw this for the first time, and cheered like a ridiculous fan girl the next few times. The song is pretty rad too.

I.Am.Your.Grandmamama.

First off, I got a late start to my day because I stayed up too late reading Dune and being a neeeeeeerd. drawing comics and things. Today I went to farmers market and got some new loverly plants! Some fancy basil(it's purple!) and some mint (it smells good!) and I replanted some older plants that looked very unhappy in their old pots. So now I have a whole little spot in my room for happy non-succulent plants. hopefully I don't kill them. I am also working on Tip Top(I know, I always say I'm working on shit and never have anything to show for it. it's because I'm afraid of my scanner(It requires sacrificial goats. very messy) anyways, I'm actually almost done scripting, character designs are mostly done, and I have two full days with nothing planned ahead of me. I AM GOING TO DRAW LIKE A MAD WOMAN.

Now for the real business:

this has been floating around the internets like internet herpes, and I'm doing my part to keep spreading it. It also keeps being described as nightmare inducing, but the tune is REALLY catchy. I mean, I wish it was longer. Anyways, I've already caught myself at work socking apples singing "I am your grandma ma ma! I am your grandma!" Not creepy, i swear.

Edit: oops, forgot to post this last night. oh well, not much has changed.

batman sings the blues

wtf?

TRAP!

There's not much to say about Mister Hipp's amazing image, other than the obvious: IT'S A TRAP! and I say this with much joy and jubilation. I've been wanting to post some of his Batman images, but since Admiral Ackbar is the patron saint of my household, I had to share this with you all. Joy and Jubilation indeed.

We throw people into space...

It wasn't until I saw this video that I realized just how spectacular it is that we throw people into space. I mean, seeing the pyrotechnics up close, which is the usual view for shuttle launces, is pretty special in itself, but seeing this little light being shot into the atmosphere at incredible speeds really puts it into perspective. I mean, there are people in that little light. Not only that, but they usually come back in one piece. It takes a lot to do that.

Secret of the Incas

What Seven Samurai was to Star Wars, Secret of the Inca is to Indiana Jones. The description on the video says it all:

Harry Steele (Charlton Heston) is the smart, two-fisted relic hunter who has found the secret hiding place of ancient Inca gold, high in the Peruvian Andes at fabled Machu Picchu, and is willing to use anyone or anything to get there; Dr. Stanley Moorehead (Robert Young) is the idealistic archeologist who wants to give the long-lost treasure back to the Peruvian people; Elena Atonescu (Nicole Maury) is the beautiful and seductive refugee they both fall for, and who will stop at nothing to stay out from behind the Iron Curtain; Kori-Tika (Yma Sumac) is the exotic Inca priestess, whose otherworldly singing is the only way to pacify the restless Peruvian natives; Ed Morgan (Thomas Mitchell) is the murderous thief, driven by a lifetime of greed, who is trying to steal the treasure for a last great score. Harry must race them all to find the treasure, using a secret of his own - only Harry knows the ancient ritual which will reveal the hidden gold in the tomb of the last Inca King, in a stunning scene that influenced the Well of Souls from "Raiders Of The Lost Ark".

A lot of attention is given about how this is so influential to Indiana Hones, but the thing that makes me nerd out the most is that this is the only movie Yma Sumac ever made. For those of you unfamiliar, Yma Sumac was a Peruvian Singer with an incredible vocal range of five octaves. That's only the beginning of how awesome she was.

Anyways, enjoy the movie. I've been trying to watch it for ages, and only recently has the whole thing become accessible, as it is now public domain.