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Apparently they're the official cyber-snack of the 21st century, to boot.

01:53 / 15.08.04

01:55 / 15.08.04

And James Caan's mate in Rollerball.

02:04 / 15.08.04

Good evening all.

I find myself with a difficult presentiment.

Which wins, Humphrey Bogart marathon or Godzilla marathon?

02:06 / 15.08.04

Ooh, that is tricky. Right now I'd say Godzilla... in a different mood, I'd go with Humph. (Well, not "go with", not all the way, anyway, but... oh, you know what mean.)

02:14 / 15.08.04

I gotta say "Oh no, there goes Tokyo."

02:16 / 15.08.04

How come Godzilla never makes a big, stinky Zilla pie right on some poor group of soldiers or screaming civilians? I mean, my room mate had a lizard, and that thing shat everywhere. You'd think half of the destruction of Godzilla would come from it's feces.

02:19 / 15.08.04

Because Godzilla never eats. The hydrogen bomb explosion that initially woke him from his eons long slumber also caused his molecular composition to mesh with that of the photosynthetic plankton in the ocean. This is also what causes his city crushing rage, the essentially noncompatible nature of the animal mind and the vegetable being.

Tryphena Absent

02:43 / 15.08.04

You scare me with your 'zilla knowledge!

02:53 / 15.08.04

Don't fear the person with zilla knowledge. We must listen to him, before it is too late.

02:58 / 15.08.04

Now I know just how Jesus felt.

"Um, guys . . . You do know that I was speaking meaphorically with the whole son of god thing right? And y'know when I said that bit about "blessed are the meek" I was speaking satirically, right? Um, guys, what's with the wood and the nails? Guys? Guys?"

03:11 / 15.08.04

This is why you should watch the Godzilla thon. To see how to handle these situations when they arise. Humphrey will teach you how to look good while doing it, but for survival purposes, you know, go to the source, right?

03:15 / 15.08.04

And now I realize how poorly you know me if you think I would ever choose survival over looking good while doing it.

03:21 / 15.08.04

No, you fool! I say watch the Godzilla! No one looks good after being squished by a lizard that size, not even Humphrey! He'd be goo. Ugly goo. No matter what he was wearing.

03:26 / 15.08.04

Quick question- why do I only remember what a wonderful album My Bloody Valentine's "Loveless" is about once every two years when I decide to listen to it on a whim, and then forget it completely for ages? I've got it on at the moment and I'm sat at my desk with a really stupid grin on my face just listening to the fucker.

Tryphena Absent

03:27 / 15.08.04

Hang on, that's madness, are you trying to tell me that gooey Armani looks worse than a survivor in rags? Surely you jest?!

03:27 / 15.08.04

Ah, and Humph may be ugly goo,but he'd be SUAVE ugly goo.

03:27 / 15.08.04

I was just about to agree with you Sally but I have just discovered that the next one playing features Zero Mostel.
Bogie alone might be reduced to paste but I am fairly assured that he and Mostel could enact some sort of wondertwin power to neutralize ol' Goji.

03:30 / 15.08.04

I maintain, yes, that Armani, coated from the inside out with squished human and all its byproducts looks far worse than a survivor in rags. If you're a survivor in rags, you've got an option on a butch Tarzan thing, if you're goo in Armani, someone else has an option of a titanic dry cleaning bill, and you will be a sticky memory among the starch and the steam. And not a pleasant one. I might kill for an Armani suit, but I wouldn't die for one.

03:30 / 15.08.04

-Pats Godzuki on the head- It's okay little guy, we'll have our day.

04:07 / 15.08.04

I don't know how he's done it but Humphrey Bogart has managed to make a bowtie look tough as nails. I love this man.

04:25 / 15.08.04

I have a general policy against trusting anyone in a bow tie unless they're wearing at a tux (the rule immediately comes back into play if that tux is being worn at a prom.)

04:31 / 15.08.04

Really? Is this distrust founded upon prior experience or is it just one of those implicit instincts?

04:33 / 15.08.04

Oo-oo-oo! I'm about finished a novel I've been reading--only two chapters left. Man, it's been a pretty good read--a page turner for sure. I have a feeling there's going to be some loose ends, but we'll see what happens.

Hey! Are you Bogarting that Bogart, Czern?

04:34 / 15.08.04

Pure instinct. I gotta get to bed. Good night all, thanks for the company. : )

Night night, Sally.

No longer. The scenes with Zero Mostel have ended and I've switched over to the Gojira marathon.

04:40 / 15.08.04

By the by. Are you aware of the wonderfully drawn out origin of that particular usage of slang "bogart"?

04:42 / 15.08.04

Probably not. Do tell.

04:47 / 15.08.04

Go on. 'fess up.

04:50 / 15.08.04

Why marijuana smokage, of course!

Humphrey Bogart's trademark manner of smoking a cigarette was to put it in the corner of his mouth and keep it planted there no matter what happened, cool as could be. And, as I'm sure you well know, it has long been the custom of gauge enthusiasts to pass a joint around the group so when someone let the stick linger a bit too long during their turn they were accused of bogarting, making like Bogart smokes and hogging all of the tea. Eventually this expression bled from their smoking into their daily habits and bystanders, unaware of its immediate connection to a specific prop of drug use but thinking it sounded rather cool, started using it as well in regards to one hogging anything.

And there you have it.

04:52 / 15.08.04

Oh, I'd gathered that much. I thought it was gonna be more convoluted.

04:53 / 15.08.04

That's not convoluted?

05:10 / 15.08.04

OK, I knew that. I thought there was going to be more...

I mean, mostly I've only heard that expression sitting around smoking a joint. The best thing ever said, though, when someone was "Bogarting" the joint--although, not by having too much of it, but by having a little toke, talking, toking, talking, toking, the joint burning away in hir hand--was when my friend looked this person in the eye and declared, "Drive it or park it!"

I've always liked that and have used it several times since.

05:15 / 15.08.04

At this juncture I have two things I'd like to say:

1) I finished the book I was reading and it was good. I would recommend it to anyone who is interested in sci-fi, gritty, cyberpunk style of stuff.

2) I have decided that I will now roll a jay, in the name of Stoatie. Stoatie, I am now rolling a jay in your name. When I sit on the balcony to smoke it, I will dedicate the jay to you.