tag:dreamwidth.org,2010-05-14:514783The Wild Life and Times of a Botanical GeekRamblings on plants, yarn, geekery, and other facts of lifeRu2010-08-09T00:24:09Ztag:dreamwidth.org,2010-05-14:514783:6668Movies from the Bottom of the World2010-08-09T00:24:09Z2010-08-09T00:24:09Znerdypublic2For the past year or so, I've been reading the journal of <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://mananath.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='17' height='17'/></a><a href='http://mananath.livejournal.com/'><b>mananath</b></a></span>, a guy who has been working at McMurdo Station in Antarctica. I find it really fascinating, as it gives a glimpse into how people who work there live, and his posts are quite entertaining to boot. One thing I've learned is that during the winter, no planes can fly to the continent, so the folks that stay during the winter to keep things running are essentially physically stranded. In the meantime, they find ways to keep themselves entertained.<br /><br />One way is with a 48 hr film festival. Teams from stations all over the continent (representing multiple countries) conceive, write, cast, film, and post-produce five minute films over the course of 48 hours, which are then shown and judged. Not only is it entertaining, but it's doubly fascinating due to the ability to not only get a glimpse into one station, but multiple ones.<br /><br />You can see the winning films <a href="http://mananath.livejournal.com/531164.html">here</a>. They're a great way to spend a little less than half an hour. They're all awesomely done and pretty fun to watch. Besides, where else can you see a gender reversal spoof of "Call On Me"? Only on Antarctica! XD<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=ru&ditemid=6668" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2010-05-14:514783:6653The Oregon Trail....er2010-08-03T01:08:41Z2010-08-03T01:08:41Zamusedpublic2Eien-chan linked this to me tonight. Oh, if only this were a real movie. The theaters would be swamped! XD<br /><br /><a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2010/08/02/found-footage-the-oregon-trail-movie-trailer/">It's a trailer!</a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=ru&ditemid=6653" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2010-05-14:514783:6189ru @ 2010-07-21T00:24:002010-07-21T04:26:55Z2010-07-21T04:26:55Zamusedpublic3I have figured it out.<br /><br />This. <a href="http://users.kymp.net/citruspages/citrus%20medica%20cv%20brain.gif">THIS</a> is what vegetarian zombies eat. <br /><br />The liberal eating of grains is only meant to throw you off the track. And then they go after your CITRUS TREES.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=ru&ditemid=6189" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments