Hard to believe "eat my shorts" has been around for that long. D:

Went today to see V for Vendetta with lordtravis, teachingmusic and bshippotemkin. It was actually quite good (though apparently not super-faithful to the original comic book). Some of the comparisons to modern-day America were less than subtle (HI DICK CHENEY POWER-BEHIND-THE-SCENES SECOND-IN-COMMAND), and I could have done without the Hollywoodized romance subplot, but overall it has some interesting things to say and does so relatively coherently and stylishly.

(Though I can't believe some moron brought a little kid - like, 6 or 7 - to the movie, who then proceeded to ask "what's going on?" throughout the whole movie. Seriously, leave the kid at home.)

...I really don't understand people complaining that Hikaru Utada somehow "mangles English" in her J-pop songs, especially when they imply it's because she doesn't know English. Er, folks, are you not aware she's actually American (born in NYC, moved to Japan in her teens)? So it's not so much that she's mangling English as that she's liberally sprinkling her songs with katakana loanwords and phrases, which, well, is SOP for J-pop. And actually, as far as pronunciation, she pronounces them like completely normal English (at least in the songs I've heard); i.e., she sings "automatic," not "ootomatikku" or something like that.

Also, nemissa's IRC description of the scene between Reeve and Vincent in Dirge of Cerberus now totally makes me want to play it, argh. I was figuring it'd maybe be blah and emo and forgettable, but now that I know it has at least SOME stupid crackish fubar in it, I think I need to play it. T_T

Let's Positive Linking!
- Mouse testicle cells behave like stem cells. If it holds true in humans, it would be kind of awesome, and solve the whole "stem cells are EVIL" debate (at least until conservatives start taking an "every sperm is sacred" stand, but given that that would be legislating male sexuality I'm betting they won't, even though the Bible clearly supports it *cough*Onan*cough*).
- Korean drama series becoming more popular in America. I'm merely amused by the fact that apparently we apparently aren't making enough dramatically heartwarming stories about terminally ill women suffering from "movie disease" (i.e., she faints a lot and coughs genteelly; you were great, but I'm looking at you, Finding Neverland); we now have to start importing MORE. XD
- An article about the live-action Simpsons opening, which is completely old news, but I was struck by the line: The contract extension ensures the show will be around for a 19th season in 2007-'08, meaning that The Simpsons has taken its twentysomething viewers from grade school to grad school. And it's true - I remember watching it in grade school, and I'm now in grad school. Then I did the math and realized that if it's currently in its 17th season, it started when I was in kindergarten. D:
- Mohammed Fayed wants to be the mummified minute hand of the Harrods clock after he dies. (From surlykitty.) I...see. O_o
- Apparently a Honduran entertainment magazine has uncovered the fact that James Blunt is Neil Gaiman's evil twin! Or possibly just put the wrong photo to Blunt's name. Either way, it's pretty funny. XD
- Apparently they're doing 5 extra days of reshoots to boost Snakes on a Plane from PG-13 to R. Including to add a "muthafuckin' snakes on a muthafuckin' plane" line. (Though I have a feeling that it will be less funny, knowing that it's intentional.)

Should I be worried that one of my teeth is currently aching a bit? XD

Good God, psychoanalytic scholars can make even the scariest of slash fangirls look positively restrained when it comes to arguing how a character is REALLY GAY SOMEWHERE DEEP DOWN. A sample from Martin Wangh's "Othello: The Tragedy of Iago":

The dream begins with an imagined toothache which prevented Iago from sleeping. A tooth is one of the commoner universal symbols of the penis in dreams. "A raging tooth" would then indicate sexual excitement. Iago's saying that he was "troubled" with a raging tooth has two meanings: first, of censorship - resistance to his homosexual excitement; second, the wish for and the fear of castration. "Kisses plucked up by the roots" can be similarly understood as a phrase heavy with castration symbolism, and the whole fantasy is replete with oral erotism. We can conclude that it is in part a fantasy of fellatio.

So, a complaint of toothache means he REALLY REALLY wants to give Cassio a blowjob. That makes perfect sense, really.

I thought generally teeth and pain are emphatically NOT the association you want to have with fellatio? XD

...And for the record, I do agree with the view that Iago's repressed homosexuality is what primarily underlies his malignity towards Othello and Cassio, and against women (especially Desdemona). However, I think the above quote is ridiculous and takes it far too far. XD

Edit: From jokersama, a T-shirt for all the medievalists out there (I should probably get one too though, given that I'm taking as many medieval classes as I am Victorian). And another one. In fact, just check out the entire set. XD

...And this one is even germane to the paper I'm working on. "Hey, Desdemona...PILLOW FIGHT!" XD