Pug’s Place

I hacked a very, very rough script together just a few minutes
ago to walk through all your comments newer than X days old, print
them and then ask “keep?” and delete the comment if you say “n”.

It’s a java class (.java included) and a BASH script; you’ll need to modify the path in the bash script. Trivial.

download it here. I’ll have to write a plug-in for PyBlosxom in the future to do a security image like I’ve done at Katie’s blog to stop spammers.

Just go read already, jeez. They even mention that it’s rude to disrespectful to submit write-in candidates like “Don Knotts,” “Mickey Mouse,” or “Michael Badnarik.”

Hindsight, 20/20, yeah yeah:

When Pug-jo enters the fight between Vengef and Crumu, Vengef grabs his right forearm to stop him from drawing his lightsaber. Crumu looks on like a moron (which is what he should be doing…). Problem:

Vengef forgets about her lightsaber when she could very easily invert it and jam the sword through Pug-jo. Instead she struggles to keep hold of his arm. Incompetence can speak for a fair amount of this, but Pug-jo isn’t supposed to be as incompetent as to put himself in that position.

The attempt to block Pug-jo’s draw is great; I still love it. But Pug-jo should have, as soon as Vengef touched his arm, spun a very tight circle clockwise (bringing him closer, yes closer! to her lightsaber), spinning into her shoulder, and then thrown her quite spectacularly off to her left by just twisting and bending forward.

Katie would have needed some Ukemi training to be thrown like that, but we could have gotten a wrestling mat to throw her onto (and not let the camera see it). That would have made this fight pretty cool. How often do you see Jedi get Aikido on Sith rears?

Oh well. I’ll have to do the fight choreography for our next film much better…

Only one thousand frames left to go now, exactly!

It looks *so* much cooler with the roto-scoping.

The Staff Ghouls of the CISE Department invite you to stop by today for
a little HALLOWEEN fun. Come see the costumes and get a treat–BUT
BEWARE, YOU MAY ALSO GET A TRICK.

COSTUMES/CANDY/TRICKS located in CSE E405 AND CSE E301.

WARNING: The feint of heart should definitely STAY AWAY from two offices
today. The CISE Staff Ghouls take no responsibility for persons who get
SCARED TO DEATH today due to visiting either of the CSE offices listed
above. Any medical, personal, or psychological damages incurred today
as a result of visiting either E405 or E301 is the soul–I mean
“sole”–responsibility of said individual.

COME ONLY IF YOU DARE.

According to this article at The Register, in a poll by Total Film magazine George W. Bush has defeated Gollum, Leatherface, Dr. Octopus, Elle Driver and others to be named the movie Villain of the Year, after his performance in Fahrenheit 9/11.

“It is possible that people have been a little bit tongue in cheek here, but they are also saying that Bush was very scary in Fahrenheit 9/11. He was absolutely terrifying in that film. He looked like a man who had lost control - the famous scene where he sits there in a school, absolutely paralyzed, after being told about the twin towers, is just one example.”

-Total Film editor Matt Mueller

Pug-jo, Jedi Master did not win the costume contest tonight. He was bested by Buck Naked, the male porn star.

Such… powerful finishing move…

Oh, and a random bit of trivia that you didn’t want to know: E. doesn’t pay her Gigolo enough. *evil grin face*

Linear algebra exam tomorrow. Too tired to study - will study rather than pay attention in my other classes.

I just managed to paint 565 frames over the past 5 hours. Wooo! I’m more than half done with the special effects! HURRAH!

While reading this essay on second chances over at GeorgeWBush.org I realized I really feel a sort of understanding with President Bush. If I were in his position I would definitely want a second chance to set things right after annoying the heck out of Pug for the first four years of my term. You should read this essay yourself and see if your ideas, too, are swayed.

There’s really a lot of truth there. Besides, we don’t want to switch horsemen mid-apocalypse, do we?

[busts out laughing]