A new site feature is unveiled today: The Tenchi Muyo Thumbnail Theater. I’m taking each of the 13 OAV episodes and, well, ripping them a new one.
It helps to be a Tenchi fan to read TMTT, but you might get something out of it even if you’re not.
What do you think, sirs?
I’ve known about this for some time, but it didn’t occur to me that a link or two would be a good idea. Duh on me.
Part parody, part fanfic, part catharsis, Toastyfrog’s Thumbnail Theater is a delightful collection of snarky take-offs on Neon Genesis Evangelion, Akira, Princess Mononoke, Ghost In The Shell and the first two Star Wars prequels, among other things.
Inspired by Toastyfrog’s example, EK of Big-Big-Truck.com is creating a Cowboy Bebop Thumbnail Theater. The six episodes posted so far are an absolute laugh riot. And while you’re there, check out her illustrations and other artwork. The lady’s got talent.
You know, I feel inspired. I think I’ll create a Thumbnail Theater of my own… and I already know which anime to use…
File this one under “weird tangents in AIM chats.”
me: Hah! Be nice…
Mari: 🙂 i am frequently nice
Mari: (at least i am honest enough not to say ALWAYS *grin*)
me: Nobody’s ALWAYS nice. 😉
Mari: Mary Poppins
me: She doesn’t count. She’s a freaky woman.
Mari: LOL but i like her *grin* OK, another person who is always nice
Mari: Mrs. Claus
me: But you never hear much about her… except that she cares for Mr. Claus. What does she do in the off-season?
Mari: professional dominatrix? *grin*
me: “I’ve got your jolly RIGHT HERE, worm!”
Mari: LOL
me: “I’m naughty AND nice, and don’t you forget it!”
Mari: yeah she has a latex version of her little red and white dress
me: The real reason the elves work so hard every year.
Mari: or the real reason that Santa is so happy
me: I wonder if there are boy- and girl-type elves. Or do you splash water on them to change them? 😉
Mari: ha ha ha… some of them mysteriously turn into ducks or cats or piggies
me: The real difficulty is in getting enough hot water at the North Pole.
Mari: i am sure they have adequate plumbing
me: Yes, I suppose outhouses and stone wells are out of the question.
Via Megan Denny here at the office, I bring you… something cute and disturbing.
Cutie Bunch Friendly Pal Pack
Because she asked and because I love to help, I did some stylesheet tinkering for Tinkrbel. She’s whipping up a little website for Portland-area “Vampire: The Eternal Struggle” gamers. My contribution was getting her switched to external CSS and then troubleshooting and fine-tuning the layout. It turned out rather well, if we do say so ourselves.
So we’re drifting slowly down I-5 on our way to check out some dishwashers, okay? Traffic is bad, the sun is baking everything and everyone. (Come to think on it, that might explain this episode.) The wife and I are up front, the kids are on the back-back bench seat. The A/C is cranked.
We approach the Portland temple. Mormon, that is. “Hey, kids, it’s the temple.” No sooner are the words out of my mouth than we pull up alongside a massive tractor-trailer rig. “Oooo, it’s so big and white!” Giggles from the back seat. Silly grin from the driver. “I didn’t know it was so huge, it fills the entire view all the way up to the sky!” Laughter fills the mini-van.
Traffic shifts, and now we’re alongside the tractor instead of the trailer. “Hey, wow, now it’s PURPLE!” More delight. “I wonder what you call a purple temple. The Purple Tabernacle?”
Attempts to say “purple tabernacle” three times fast fail. To be honest, attempts to say it once fail often, and attempts to say it twice simply cause more laughter. As the laughter dies down and Alex sips water to deal with his hiccups, I jot down two words on my Kyocera so I’ll remember to write up a journal entry…
This is how I keep my family amused. The family that laughs together, stays together.
