Happy Birthday Sycophant! [Archive]

Kurosawa Fan

02-11-2008, 02:35 PM

You can rent a car now! I think 25 is the limit anyway. Either way, congrats. Iosos bringing you around was a pretty great move on his part.

http://www.snoozebuttondreams.com/images/HbdayCake.jpg

dreamdead

02-11-2008, 03:07 PM

Psst.

Sycophant had asked that we not mark this day, since he dislikes birthdays.

However, let's celebrate the meticuluousness with which our boy reveals discrepancies of logic or opinion. My favorite was when he exposed Ivan's double post (with nothing changed) on his distaste for Juno's indie soundtrack.

Kurosawa Fan

02-11-2008, 03:25 PM

Whoops. Well, I'll celebrate then, as I'm glad he's here for another birthday. Feel free to ignore this Sycophant.

Sycophant

02-11-2008, 03:32 PM

Well, I'm not a big enough grump to be irritated by this display of comraderie. Thanks, KF, dreamdead, E!

I've been here for over a year. I'm glad iosos directed me here, as I've become just a bit reliant on this place.

Let's hop in the WABAC machine and read my first post at the old forum.

I don't know, man. Seems to me it's reasonable to, perhaps, tear off a leg or something to neutralize or disable the seal. Outright dismemberment and borderline obliteration seems just a mite excessive.

chrisnu

02-11-2008, 03:53 PM

Happy birthday, Sycophant! Hope you have a good one. Glad to have you here.

D_Davis

02-11-2008, 03:56 PM

Yay. February birthdays rule!

lovejuice

02-11-2008, 04:43 PM

http://www.fantasiafest.com/2006/_media/images/films/85/photo.jpg

happy birthday!

Scar

02-11-2008, 04:48 PM

Happy, uh.... Line?

EvilShoe

02-11-2008, 04:58 PM

I will not congratulate you, since you do not enjoy that.
If you did, I would.

It's your call.

Sycophant

02-11-2008, 05:08 PM

http://www.fantasiafest.com/2006/_media/images/films/85/photo.jpg

happy birthday!Jin and her wonderful book are in my birthday thread. Awesome!

Happy, uh.... Line?
Am I stupid for not getting this?

Scar

02-11-2008, 05:19 PM

Am I stupid for not getting this?

Its a theatre thing. If you forget your line, you say "Line?", and whoever's following the script tells you. Hopefully only happens in rehearsal.

Sycophant

02-11-2008, 05:20 PM

Its a theatre thing. If you forget your line, you say "Line?", and whoever's following the script tells you. Hopefully only happens in rehearsal.LO-fucking-L. I'm retarded. :lol:

Sycophant

02-11-2008, 05:21 PM

Wait, can you seriously not rent a car till you're 25? Have I seriously not been able to rent a car up until this point? What the hell?

Scar

02-11-2008, 05:24 PM

Wait, can you seriously not rent a car till you're 25? Have I seriously not been able to rent a car up until this point? What the hell?

For the most part, yes. I was able to rent ones when I was 22 because it was done through the company I was working for.

Sycophant

02-11-2008, 05:27 PM

It turns out that having my birthday recognized online doesn't suck nearly as bad as in real life! So thanks all!

Sycophant

02-11-2008, 05:30 PM

Yay. February birthdays rule!True story! My father didn't get my mother a Valentine's Day gift in 1983, because she had just given birth to me, and I was supposed to be her gift.

It's a wonder it only took them nine years after that (and two more children) to get divorced.

Rowland

02-11-2008, 05:39 PM

Happy b-day Syco.

Sycophant

02-11-2008, 05:41 PM

Happy b-day Syco.
That was briefly something else. Something else that would have received a :pritch: from me.

I can't believe you liked Idiocracy more than Yuen's DOA.

Rowland

02-11-2008, 05:50 PM

That was briefly something else. Something else that would have received a :pritch: from me.
I thought I was maybe being too random, but it's cool you saw it and were amused.

I can't believe you liked Idiocracy more than Yuen's DOA.DOA is amusing, but c'mon, it's masturbation fodder for 13-year-olds. The fights look great, but they aren't shot/edited very well (probably because they had to work around actresses who can't fight), and the choreography is unremarkable. Idiocracy is a dead-on satire, incisive and scathing, and brutally hopeless. It may be unremarkable from a cinematic standpoint, but its vision of the future is striking, and it's funny enough without dulling the impact of just how fucking angry it is. Watching the movie, I was struck by the impression that Judge has possibly just given up, and frankly, I don't blame him.

ledfloyd

02-11-2008, 05:52 PM

happy birthday dude.

i just realized your name is sycophant and not syncophant. how bout that.

Sycophant

02-11-2008, 05:55 PM

DOA is amusing, but c'mon, it's masturbation fodder for 13-year-olds. The fights look great, but they aren't shot/edited very well (probably because they had to work around actresses who can't fight), and the choreography is unremarkable. Idiocracy is a dead-on satire, incisive and scathing, and brutally hopeless. It may be unremarkable from a cinematic standpoint, but its vision of the future is striking, and it's funny enough without dulling the impact of just how fucking angry it is.I find that both films have back halves that kind of reduce all that came before, less so with DOA, my affection for which might reflect on my fondness for masturbation fodder for 13-year-olds. It was, however, pretty consistently fun, something I can't say for Idiocracy, which I thought was hurt a lot by it kind of running of jokes by the end. I do love its vision of the future, but there's parts where it feels more gumming than biting. Frankly, I think it could have been more effective were it structured to be shorter. It is a shame to me that Judge couldn't get a more pure vision to the screen.

Rowland

02-11-2008, 06:33 PM

I find that both films have back halves that kind of reduce all that came before, less so with DOA, my affection for which might reflect on my fondness for masturbation fodder for 13-year-olds. It was, however, pretty consistently fun, something I can't say for Idiocracy, which I thought was hurt a lot by it kind of running of jokes by the end. I do love its vision of the future, but there's parts where it feels more gumming than biting. Frankly, I think it could have been more effective were it structured to be shorter. It is a shame to me that Judge couldn't get a more pure vision to the screen.The highest praise I can give Idiocracy is that it's humbling. After watching it, I was mildly embarrassed to have enjoyed DOA as much as I did, recognizing that movie as symptomatic of the cultural degradation which I so often decry. And heck, the much-reviled Paul Anderson did the same thing better over a decade ago with Mortal Kombat, and with less shameless exploitation of female flesh. ;)

megladon8

02-11-2008, 06:48 PM

Happy Birthday!!!

Raiders

02-11-2008, 06:50 PM

I rented a car many times under 25. You simply have to pay more as added insurance.

EDIT: Oh yeah, and happy birthday.

:pritch:

MadMan

02-11-2008, 06:56 PM

Happy b-day dude. I hope its radical and stuff of that nature.

Spinal

02-11-2008, 06:58 PM

I don't know, man. Seems to me it's reasonable to, perhaps, tear off a leg or something to neutralize or disable the seal. Outright dismemberment and borderline obliteration seems just a mite excessive.

It's as true today as it was then.

Lasse

02-11-2008, 07:25 PM

I wish you 365 happy days a year. :)

Sycophant

02-11-2008, 07:33 PM

I wish you 365 happy days a year. :)We've got 366 this year. Got any recommendations for the unhappy one? :P

Thanks.

Sven

02-11-2008, 11:16 PM

Appy-hay irthday-bay! Ey,hay, at's-whay is-thay? Ig-pay atin-lay?! Ou-yay OVE-Lay ig-pay atin-lay!

Ezee E

02-12-2008, 04:15 PM

I wish you 365 happy days a year. :)
It's a leap year this year you arse.

Duncan

02-12-2008, 07:00 PM

Happy Birthday!

/day late. Sorry.

Lasse

02-12-2008, 09:15 PM

We've got 366 this year. Got any recommendations for the unhappy one? :P

Stay home and watch Simpsons reruns. That's what I do.

It's a leap year this year you arse.

So that's what you call it in English. :lol: I was hoping no one would notice I wrote 365.

Melville

02-12-2008, 11:50 PM

Happy Birthday. Now how about that top 100?

Thirdmango

02-13-2008, 12:42 AM

Huzzah, your birthday tis. We didn't do anything, huzzah!

megladon8

02-11-2009, 11:08 AM

http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/2553/funnycake007ml3.jpg

May all your crappy wishes come true.

Boner M

02-11-2009, 12:46 PM

Shouldn't it be "May all your crappy wishes come poo"?

Happy b-day Syco. Keep up the quality posting.

Kurosawa Fan

02-11-2009, 01:13 PM

Happy birthday to one of the great posters on Match Cut.

I had a cake for you, but it was in my basement. I don't think you want it anymore.

Ezee E

02-11-2009, 01:15 PM

Happy birthday. Just look at my av again and laugh away.

Saya

02-11-2009, 01:24 PM

Happy Birthday!

dreamdead

02-11-2009, 02:15 PM

Happy birthday to ol' Syco, the dude who hates when we celebrate his birthday.

META!!!!!!

:pritch:

lovejuice

02-11-2009, 03:31 PM

last year, i gave you jin and her notebook. for this year, it's the teaser poster for wisit's new moive: red eagle. happy birthday.

http://p2.p.pixnet.net/albums/userpics/2/9/721629/49258d12b2e97.jpg

Raiders

02-11-2009, 04:18 PM

Happy Birthday!

Congratulations on being older than I thought you were! :pritch:

Sycophant

02-11-2009, 04:33 PM

May all your crappy wishes come true.
Thanks, Meg!

Though... I hate shit humor. Just for future reference.

I had a cake for you, but it was in my basement. I don't think you want it anymore.Thanks, KF. I'll make sure to have a miserable birthday in solidarity with your basement.

Happy birthday to ol' Syco, the dude who hates when we celebrate his birthday.

META!!!!!!Dude, you remembered! (Though since this thread exists already, I'm hardly going to reject any well wishes. And perhaps "hate" is kind of a strong word.)

last year, i gave you jin and her notebook. for this year, it's the teaser poster for wisit's new moive: red eagle. happy birthday.Thanks for reminding me this is happening, LJ!

Congratulations on being older than I thought you were! :pritch:
That's not nearly as... kind... as what I told you on your birthday.

thefourthwall

02-11-2009, 05:09 PM

Happy Birthday!!!

Hopefully you wear your sexy eye patch all day. ;)

MadMan

02-11-2009, 05:53 PM

Happy birthday, dude. And I have to say that your current avatar is quite funny in a rather understated way.

Ezee E

02-11-2009, 06:58 PM

I don't see anything in the avatar. :(

Sycophant

02-11-2009, 10:08 PM

I don't see anything in the avatar. :(

The same things aren't going to amuse everyone, E. I'll try to make my next avatar more in line with your comedic sensibilities.

Lasse

02-11-2009, 10:27 PM

Yes, congratulations. :pritch:

MadMan

02-11-2009, 11:25 PM

I don't see anything in the avatar. :(I see it as sort of his commentary on avatars. Or maybe his refusal to feature an actual image on this site. Maybe its some kind of weird personal statement. Either way, I think its amusing.

DavidSeven

02-11-2009, 11:30 PM

Happy birthday, Mr. Phant.

BirdsAteMyFace

02-12-2009, 12:33 AM

I usually don't present books for birthdays, but I just couldn't resist.

http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/7774/19842211wh5.png

You're welcome.*

(*And happy birthday!)

Sycophant

02-12-2009, 12:37 AM

Their time had come

Ferren needs to win the big school scholarship if she is to attain success within her projected five-year plan. But her chief competitor, Mott, is every bit as aspiring and ruthless as she. In Ferren's mind, the only way to get to the top and gain an edge on Mott, is through bootlicking.

Determined that nothing should stand in the way of her boundless ambition, Ferren tries to ingratiate herself to the faculty. But she is transparent in her careerism and Mott still gives her a run for the money. Will Ferren achieve her heart's desire? Or will Ferren and Motts' competition lead them into each other's arms?

This romance novel is written in Esperanto, the international language of love.

:pritch:

Thanks, Birds!

megladon8

02-12-2010, 01:08 AM

This was the second image that came up with a Google Image Search of "Sycophant".

I think it's appropriately celebratory and awesome...

http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/5938/sycophant.jpg

Spun Lepton

02-12-2010, 01:15 AM

http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/5938/sycophant.jpg

God, it's like my worst nightmares come true.

Happy birthday, Sych.

Ezee E

02-12-2010, 01:46 AM

http://www.regardsbox.com/imagebox/birthday/bday_conformist_cs.jpg

B-side

02-12-2010, 02:53 AM

Happy birthday, man.

MadMan

02-12-2010, 04:20 AM

Happy day that you came into the world, yo.

Lasse

02-12-2010, 09:21 AM

Happy birthday. :)

chrisnu

02-12-2010, 09:57 AM

Happy birthday, dude. Have a good one. :cool:

Morris Schæffer

02-12-2010, 10:45 AM

congrats syco!

ledfloyd

02-12-2010, 11:06 AM

happy birthday!

lovejuice

02-12-2010, 03:35 PM

wow, a year has passed, and Wisit's Red Eagle hasn't been out yet. :sad:

anyway, happy birthday.

Sycophant

02-12-2010, 05:34 PM

wow, a year has passed, and Wisit's Red Eagle hasn't been out yet. :sad:

anyway, happy birthday.

Yeah, seriously. It was announced like three or four years ago.

Anyway, thanks everyone! :pritch:

I am now officially in my late-twenties. What the fuck.

Kurosawa Fan

02-12-2010, 05:38 PM

Happy Birthday Buzz Buddy!

Sycophant

02-12-2010, 05:45 PM

http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/5938/sycophant.jpg

BTW, What the FUCK.

megladon8

02-12-2010, 11:48 PM

BTW, What the FUCK.

What? You don't find that picture to be a rather apt interpretation of yourself?

Sycophant

02-12-2010, 11:50 PM

No, I just want to know how you installed a camera in living room.

Dukefrukem

02-14-2010, 05:47 PM

Was in training all week.. happy birthday Sycophant.

number8

02-14-2010, 05:58 PM

I'm a big fan of your flooring. Let's play chess sometime.

megladon8

02-11-2011, 04:24 AM

In true MC birthday tradition, I did a search for "funny birthday cakes".

While none of them were all that funny, I did think this was cute - yes, I have a weakness for LOLcats.

http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/2729/funnypicturescatwantshil.jpg

Happy birthday! Hope it's a great one.

chrisnu

02-11-2011, 05:01 AM

Happy birthday, dude. Have a good one. :cool:

Ivan Drago

02-11-2011, 05:41 AM

Happy birthday dude! Hope it's a good one.

MadMan

02-11-2011, 06:45 AM

Happy birthday, yah wanker :P

[ETM]

02-11-2011, 10:50 AM

Happy Birthday!

soitgoes...

02-11-2011, 11:01 AM

お誕生日おめでとうございます。

Or something.

B-side

02-11-2011, 11:02 AM

Happy birthday. :)

Sycophant

02-11-2011, 07:01 PM

Happy birthday, yah wanker :P

:|

Spun Lepton

02-11-2011, 07:03 PM

HARPY BARFDAY ... ARR

megladon8

02-11-2011, 07:11 PM

:|

Is this a joke?

Or could you really not take that joke?

Kurosawa Fan

02-11-2011, 07:26 PM

Happy Birthday, Syco! Glad to have you back.

Acapelli

02-11-2011, 07:37 PM

happy bday to one of my favorite mc'ers

Ezee E

02-11-2011, 09:01 PM

Do they celebrate birthdays in Utah? If so, have a great one!

Lasse

02-11-2011, 09:58 PM

Happy birthday. :)

megladon8

02-11-2011, 11:18 PM

Sycophant has the same birthday as Taylor Lautner.

Speaking of which, I've never seen the two of them in the same place before...:confused:

Spun Lepton

02-11-2011, 11:31 PM

Sycophant has the same birthday as Taylor Lautner.

Speaking of which, I've never seen the two of them in the same place before...:confused:

That explains his fanatical devotion to Twilight, eh?