Sawyer Paul's Blog, page 207
April 20, 2011
singleletters:
"Ambition is the willingness to kill the things...
"Ambition is the willingness to kill the things you love and eat them to stay alive. Haven't you seen my throw pillow?" - Jack Donaghy
"Real art has the capacity to make us nervous."
- Susan Sontag
"Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die."
- Mel Brooks
Last one from this week's podcast
K- How Dare you?
T- Yes.
K- Sliced bread wasn't so great.
T- Eh, it depends on the bread. I like a nice sliced Italian loaf.
K- Just get a knife.
T- It's very crusty.
K- It's easy. It's easy to cut bread.
T- Yes.
K- People who can't cut bread, I worry about those people.
T- Oh, definitely.
K- Are they Miz fans, you think?
T- What? What's that?
K- I'm done.
April 19, 2011
Sin Cara
fairtoflair (pizzabodyslam):
when he is on screen, you don't want to look away. Every move he does will either end as a perfect ten or a fiery car wreck. When every other guy on the roster is doing moves that you always know exactly how they'll end (somewhere in the middle of that perfect ten and the car wreck), I consider this to be a good thing.
No one is sitting around watching Ted DiBiase suplex someone and going, "how's this gonna go?!!?!?"
Wrestling in Tongues: The Storytelling Barrier in Foreign Wrestling
Thomas from The Wrestling Blog expanded on the tangent we had in our podcast about Japanese-style wrestling seeming foreign to me in ways that have nothing to do with verbal language, but rather the physical language used in the ring:
Much in the same way that foreign cinema has a different feel, even if the stories were the same at heart. I mean, pantomime is popular in France, but in America? It's mocked. Conversely, I'm sure there are cultures around the world that look upon NASCAR as an anathema, and it's huge here. It's the same with wrestling around the world.
It's a good metaphor, and I'll tighten it a little here. It's like I'm a fan of NASCAR here in Canada, and while there is NASCAR in Japan, they do it a little differently and never explain why or how exactly, so there's a gap in how I digest the content. Undoubtably, their version of NASCAR is often more exciting, but I can't figure it out enough to see if it's just more dangerous and more cars blow up, or if there's something to it they do that Canadian NASCAR drivers don't.
It's a safe metaphor, too, because as far as I'm aware, neither country cares whatsoever about NASCAR.
shortformblog:
Artist paints anti-gay church leader in...
Artist paints anti-gay church leader in compromising position with Satan
Well, this is awesome: The delightful Westboro Baptist Church, best known for protesting the funerals of soldiers and screaming "God Hates Fags" at anyone who will listen, just got a taste of its own medicine. The man pictured above is New York artist Scott LoBaido. LoBaido traveled to the church's headquarters in Topeka, Kansas last weekend, set up shop across the street, and proceded to paint the above work of art. In case you can't tell, it's an image of WBC founder Fred Phelps, wearing nothing but a pair of purple underwear, lovingly embracing the Devil, as his daughter (the equally-charming Shirley Phelps-Roper) gazes on in anticipation. The police tried to stop LoBaido, but as his creation clearly qualifies as art, the anti-picketing laws afforded to the church didn't apply. LoBaido is a traveling artist who paints patriotic imagery around the United States. He blasted Lady Gaga while making this masterpiece (which he plans to auction off for charity on eBay), earning him a police citation for violating anti-noise laws. We think it was well-worth it. source
