by Invisible Mikey
I was reading Zeenat’s post about daily methods for reinforcing your inner upside (http://positiveprovocations.com/2011/02/21/top-9-ways-to-be-positive-and-happy-everyday/). The first one listed was to Carry a positive Trigger. She was writing about having a token of something that makes you happy with you at all times. When you get sidetracked, you can use it to get back in the game of life. She did not realize that by saying this she reopened a beautiful memory from my early childhood. I’ve had a positive trigger inside me since I was three! It’s Trigger himself, the smartest horse in the movies.
Roy Rogers was a former shoe factory worker from Ohio named Leonard Slye. He reinvented himself and became a beloved singing cowboy in movies and on TV. In preparation for his first lead role in Under Western Skies (1938),Roy tried out several handsome horses the studio provided. He was carried along smoothly and rapidly by a six year old palomino named Golden Cloud , but Roy was also impressed at how intelligent and responsive the horse was. During the shoot, co-star Smiley Burnette remarked that the horse was so quick Roy ought to call him “Trigger”. And quick he was, a fast learner and a fast runner. The name stuck.
Kathy Sees “Warm Bodies”
Despite my intense dislike for all things zombalicious, I’ve been excited about “Warm Bodies” ever since I saw the previews during that hideous movie Twilight: Breaking Dawn 2. I thought the premise was interesting: a young zombie meets a cute girl who revives his cold dead heart. Plus his skin wasn’t peeling off in thick oozing layers. And there was a hint of snarky humor, something I can appreciate.
Alas, the humor is only a hint, the story not as interesting as promised, and most of all, the whole thing just reinforced what I’ve concluded is my main problem with zombies in general–they’re boring. They move in slo-mo, their primary form of communication is grunting, and they eat brains as a main course. What’s so exciting about that? What’s scary about that? Now if they could turn invisible, moved faster than the speed of light, and sucked your brains out of your left nostril, then that would be a little unsettling.
These zombies? Meh.
munchman sees PERSON OF INTEREST: RELEVANCE
Best episode of television that I’ve seen in years! Seriously.
Also the best issue of BATMAN comics that I’ve seen in years. Just as seriously.
Peer Production: A Guy, a Girl, and Their Monster
We like this new web series about just what the title says, a guy, a girl, and their monster.
Although maybe it’s more accurate to say it’s about the monster and his guy and girl.
John Ostrander on Writing Fight Scenes
Yo, action writers!
Read this!
Do it!