Friday, January 7, 2011

Mt. Doom, Stop Motion Love and Religious Absurdity


That's either Mordor, or that Icelandic volcano from last year... you decide...

Yep, I'm posting again. I saw the coolest video just now, and didn't want to wait to post it - I know how flighty I am. I just know I would have forgotten about it if I went to sleep before posting...



Now THAT is the coolest thing I've seen all year. Yeah, we're only a week in, but still, very cool. I'd like to shake the hand of the crew that put the time into making that stop-motion masterpiece...

Made a slight modification to the blog header. I'm sure I'll swap it out for something a little lighter (both visually and tonally) soon, but for now, angsty is in. Besides, no one voted on the other options I posted!

I've been chewing a lot lately on just exactly why I like a certain subset of Eminem songs a lot, while the majority of the others I've heard of his I will never want to listen to again, ever. Eminem is a fascination to me. My thoughts are almost done cooking on it; I'll post some of them soon, if I can get them into coherent form. Trust me, it will dovetail with several topics that might be of interest to you, even if you care not a whit for Eminem or his music. Stay tuned!

Religion + MMO mash-up comic, from Penny Arcade. 

You'll either "get it" and it will be hilarious, or it would take waaay too long to explain, and you still won't think it's funny. Ah, well, life is hit-n-miss, ain't it?

Lemme try this one, from White Ninja...

Religion + Over-the-top absurdism...

Thought I'd stick with the religious theme. Big fan of absurd humor. Keeps me sane.

Guess I should give a shout out to my cyber-pal Josh's newest website - a theology-heavy site called Post Calvinism. Definitely food for thought, if you like your Christian theology heavily seasoned with "in your face" common sense, freshness of thought, and fearless postulation. Besides, I designed the "Terminator Calvin" banner for him. Take a peek, if you dare... MUAHAHAHA!!!

I'm going to check Facebook to see if I have any Scrabble plays waiting my attention, and then head off to bed. Adios.

5 comments:

logankstewart said...

Dude, that video was sweet. I liked the chair driving, and it was clever, too.

I'll have to check out this post-calvinism site. Thanks.

Yay for absurdism!

Abbie Josephsen said...

I didn't vote on the other banners because I liked them all :) you know me, I dig landscape stuff.

Very interesting video!

Paula Titus said...

Great to see your cool and awesome wordy words back! :) Thinking of dusting my blog off soon - wish me inspiration.

The Bob said...

Hello! :)

Nice to see you blogging again, dave...

I just wanted to wish everyone a happy new year... especially to you and your family, dave!

PS. i totally dig the emo theme, you should keep it till the end of january, which is always a depressing month for me, simply because i hate the cold weather and short days :D

David Wagner said...

Logan: add "stop motion animation" to the list of things I'd love to try but likely never will.

Abbie: You have to vote for one! It's patriotic!

Paula: I'd donate my left foot to science if you'd just start your blog up again!

Bob: Thanks for the new year's wishes, and the encouragement on the bloggy. Glad you like the moody theme. Don't know if it will last the month or not, we'll see....