Random Thoughts

[Kurosawa Fan]

State your preference: italicized movie titles or bolded movie titles?

The latter is so obtrusively annoying... posts and posts, just filled with bolded movie titles, demanding your attention and focus.

Italicized movie titles, underlined book titles, song titles in quotes.

[Duncan]

If I'm writing a paper or something, then I'll definitely italicize. Here, I usually just leave them in standard font, or put them in bold. I like the bold because, to be honest, I don't always read everything everyone posts, but if I'm skimming I can instantly see what movies are being discussed.

[Amnesiac]

I like the bold because, to be honest, I don't always read everything everyone posts, but if I'm skimming I can instantly see what movies are being discussed.

I concede to the merit of this more utilitarian function, but I feel the garishness outweighs the usefulness. :P

[Wryan]

If I'm writing a paper or something, then I'll definitely italicize. Here, I usually just leave them in standard font, or put them in bold. I like the bold because, to be honest, I don't always read everything everyone posts, but if I'm skimming I can instantly see what movies are being discussed.

Pretty good rationale.

Jurassic Park

[Spun Lepton]

If I'm writing a paper or something, then I'll definitely italicize. Here, I usually just leave them in standard font, or put them in bold. I like the bold because, to be honest, I don't always read everything everyone posts, but if I'm skimming I can instantly see what movies are being discussed.

This.

[number8]

I don't know what scares me more, the fact that this author is most likely racist or that the stories are probably true.

[Ezee E]

I don't know what scares me more, the fact that this author is most likely racist or that the stories are probably true.

Read through a bit, and it seems like that teacher only has a few years experience with Blacks, and thats all with one school. Hardly enough to write anything of significance.

[Wryan]

I don't know what scares me more, the fact that this author is most likely racist or that the stories are probably true.

It was kinda worth it for this, tho:

"Anyone who is around young blacks
will probably get a constant diet of rap music.
Blacks often make up their own jingles,
and it was not uncommon for 15 black
boys to swagger into a classroom,
bouncing their shoulders and jiving back."

Next time I pass a young black on the streets of Charleston, I'll ask him to rap me a jingle.

[Sven]

What's up with that blogger's male-power angle? Totally weird.

[Derek]

I concede to the merit of this more utilitarian function, but I feel the garishness outweighs the usefulness. :P

What if entire posts are in bold thus giving no additional weight to movie titles? Personally, I always bold movie titles for the same reason Duncan mention.

EDIT: I actually just realized that I usually italicize movies here and only use bold in my screening log. Doesn't bother me either way, but I do get annoyed by people who don't include the director or year in their signatures because I'll often recognize a title (or wonder what version of the film it is, ie Hamlet) and have to do needless IMdB searching to jog my memory as to who directed it.

[Sven]

I'm having, like, the best night ever.

[Mara]

I'm having, like, the best night ever.

Then get offline and have it, buddy! Congrats.

[Sven]

I don't know what scares me more, the fact that this author is most likely racist or that the stories are probably true.

I'm betting it's fake. It's too unreal... too uncannily like a parody of inner-city movies.

[Sven]

Then get offline and have it, buddy! Congrats.

Hey, a part of the reason it's going so great is that incorporated into it is a little surfing time.

[Justin]

So I am starting to see the downside of social networking sites. I told you guys about how I broke up with my girlfriend a week ago, well, my facebook site went to "blank" on the relationship status after a day or two, I don't check myspace at all anymore so that was still listed as "in a relationship". So God forbid I decide to change it tonight, well, they don't have a "blank" status so I was forced to change it to single(which technically I am), I shit you not 2 minutes after doing that there was a shit storm rained on me via email and phonecall.

I just find it funny because I don't really use these site other than to put funny links on my friends or coworkers walls, but I guess I have forgotten how serious this social networking mess has become.

[[ETM]]

I guess I have forgotten how serious this social networking mess has become.

I keep ignoring friend requests from this chick I knew in high school, and don't
really want to keep in touch with, and she keeps requesting... some people are just... well, there's lamebook.com, no need to elaborate further.

[dreamdead]

There are moments when I'm really proud of where thefourthwall and I are getting our PhD.'s in Film and Literature. At other times, however, I envision Sycophant having a good laugh at my institution. :|

[Derek]

There are moments when I'm really proud of where thefourthwall and I are getting our PhD.'s in Film and Literature. At other times, however, I envision Sycophant having a good laugh at my institution. :|

:lol:

Although personally, I'd object more to the awful pun that is "NI You".

[number8]

Hmm. Wife and female roommate went to a swinger's party. Male roommate is at work. Therefore I am spending 4th of July night alone at home.

Movies, you are my sunshine.

[Saya]

Wimbledon men's final starting soon! Will Federer win his 15th Grand Slam title?

[Ezee E]

Had a great 4th of July, but the stomach is gurgling, and the digestion isn't working all that well. Ew... Smells like rotten eggs, barbecue sauce, beer, and a dead Russian.

[Saya]

Roddick is playing extremely well today.

[NickGlass]

My toes (well, the index and the middle toe on the left foot) are broken, and I'm completely depressed. There's nothing that exacerbates mental anomie than physical immobility.

I'm miserable.

[Ezee E]

My toes (well, the index and the middle toe on the left foot) are broken, and I'm completely depressed. There's nothing that exacerbates mental anomie than physical immobility.

I'm miserable.

How'd you break 'em?

[Watashi]

Going to a baseball game today... the Single-A Burlington Lake Monsters. Yeah.

I guess that's the most exciting sports team in Vermont.