welcome to camp telophase

So apparently I have curly hair now. Forty-odd years of stick-straight hair (though permed to hell in the 80s and early 90s), and now this. Who knew?

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Good, if a bit weird: Marvel Comics adapting Pride and Prejudice.

Bad: FAILING TO DO ANYTHING RESEMBLING RESEARCH FOR HAIRSTYLES AND MAKEUP AND MAKING THEM ALL LOOK LIKE MODERN 21ST CENTURY WOMEN WEARING DARK LIPSTICK.

http://marvel.com/news/comicstories.7021

Also note: sample page 4. In panel 3, check out where the bottoms of the windows are, and how large the panes are in comparison to the people standing in front of them. In panel 5, see where the 30something heavily made up 21st century Bennett sisters are standing in relation to the windows. Apparently they decided they were in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and took a draft of a DRINK ME potion and ended up giantesses crouching awkwardly in the drawing room.

Via sutlers.

Short films written by, directed by, and starring Isabella Rossellini. Did I mention they're all about bug sex?




When I came to work this morning I really didn't expect I'd be seeing Isabella Rossellini dressed up like a giant earthworm, simulating earthworm sex.

Judge, to contestant: "So, Casey, since you're from Texas I guess you're familiar with elk?"

OH YES, THE GREAT TEXAS ELK. I CAN'T WALK AROUND OUTSIDE WITHOUT TRIPPING OVER AN ELK. WHEN I THINK OF TEXAS GAME MEATS, I THINK OF ELK.