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[stoopbeck]

OMG The Aviator. Words cannot describe. I take back anything snide I’ve ever said about the movie, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Howard Hughes in general. Because dang. That was one good movie. It was like a train wreck. A what-if of astounding proportions. Man was a genius. Leo acted the snot out of this role. DiCaprio can crazehbeans with the best of them. Also. The idea of Cate Blanchett as Hepburn had had me worried, but girl can act. Stunning job.

Effects were beautifully rendered. I’d be watching a scene, thinking “Wow… he sure is flying well,” only to realize that I’d been watching a CG model. Beautiful. Just beautiful.


I am, however, vaguely unsettled by Terry O'Quinn's resemblence in various ways to Howard Hughes.

And now, a meme:

Your Slanguage Profile

Aussie Slang: 100%

Canadian Slang: 75%

British Slang: 50%

New England Slang: 50%

Prison Slang: 25%

Southern Slang: 25%

Victorian Slang: 25%

What Slanguage Do You Speak?

How sad is that? Seriously. I know more Aussie and Canadian slang than I know Southern slang. I'm a Southerner, for crying out loud. Ah, well. *shrug*


(Nothing But) Flowers
Talking Heads

Here we stand
Like an Adam and an Eve
Waterfalls
The Garden of Eden
Two fools in love
So beautiful and strong
The birds in the trees
Are smiling upon them
From the age of the dinosaurs
Cars have run on gasoline
Where, where have they gone?
Now, it's nothing but flowers

There was a factory
Now there are mountains and rivers
you got it, you got it

We caught a rattlesnake
Now we got something for dinner
we got it, we got it

There was a shopping mall
Now it's all covered with flowers
you've got it, you've got it

If this is paradise
I wish I had a lawnmower
you've got it, you've got it

Years ago
I was an angry young man
I'd pretend
That I was a billboard
Standing tall
By the side of the road
I fell in love
With a beautiful highway
This used to be real estate
Now it's only fields and trees
Where, where is the town
Now, it's nothing but flowers
The highways and cars
Were sacrificed for agriculture
I thought that we'd start over
But I guess I was wrong

Once there were parking lots
Now it's a peaceful oasis
you got it, you got it

This was a Pizza Hut
Now it's all covered with daisies
you got it, you got it

I miss the honky tonks,
Dairy Queens, and 7-Elevens
you got it, you got it

And as things fell apart
Nobody paid much attention
you got it, you got it

I dream of cherry pies,
Candy bars, and chocolate chip cookies
you got it, you got it

We used to microwave
Now we just eat nuts and berries
you got it, you got it

This was a discount store,
Now it's turned into a cornfield
you got it, you got it

Don't leave me stranded here
I can't get used to this lifestyle

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[stoopbeck.livejournal.com]

Totally. And it doesn't help that my whole family knows it now, so whenever I get it out of my head, one of them will walk by humming it and it'll get stuck again.