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Hey, everyone. Sorry I haven't been around. I keep thinking I'm going to post more often, and then I don't. I think I might be tired of the internet. *sigh*


Anyway, I know some people don't like spiders, so I thought I'd post this. Lucas is an animation project by Joshua Slice, who decided to do something about people's arachnophobia. Thus, meet Lucas - the cutest spider in the world.

Watch on YouTube

Lucas the Spider
He has too many eyeballs.


Lucas is voiced by Slice's five-year-old nephew, and is designed with all the visual tropes used by animators to humanize animals - big eyes that blink, short limbs, unthreatening postures. He is, in truth, the cutest spider I've ever seen.

Lucas has his own Youtube channel, where you can watch him playing in the sink, dealing with the new "polar bear" in the house, and cleverly escaping capture in a wine glass. (The one where he plays a tiny harp and sings a song will lay you out flat, it's so adorable.)

Here's a video about Lucas's origins and process.

Watch on YouTube

Lucas's creator explains how he makes people
fall in love with spiders.


Enjoy!

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I LOVE THIS SHOW SO MUCH.

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Cutest. Gift. EVER.


Hatching Dinosaur Candle


Burn the candle and the baby velociraptor is slowly hatched.

How do people even think of things like this?

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He was SO CUTE on Stephen's show. Love their back-and-forth about LOTR, and how much Stephen wanted to talk about it.

I wish to FUCK Elijah would read that book I recommended. I swear, the part was written for him. He still could pull it off, but not for much longer. *gnashes teeth*
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Kitties be fighting right now! SOOOOO CUTE!!!
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Obama Observes 'Talk Like a Pirate Day'

Seems arrrr Commander 'n Chief's a goodly seafarin' pres'dent, aye!


SQUEEEEE!!! How cool is it to have a GEEKY president? Would you ever see Dickhead Rmoney doing something like this? NEVERRRRRR!!!

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I be learned to make animated .gifs!

Dear wyna_hiros posted an awesomely giggle-tastic Spock+McCoy doodle here. It made me squee like a mad thing, so I asked her if I could icon it, and she graciously agreed!

I made two, one of the two of them and one with just Spock:





*is all proud*

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Just came from seeing Star Trek.

YAY! How cool is this movie? WAY COOL! I had a great time, far more than I expected. It's definitely a yummy way to start the summer.


( However... (FYI) )


It's a wonderful film, no doubt about it. (40-year ST fan talking here.) The casting is great. Example: At first I thought Zach Quinto resembled the original Spock, but after a while I realized he didn't - but he has that...look. And that's all he needs. (And before you ask, YES, Karl Urban rocks as McCoy!) The ship is hot, the uniforms are classic (yay!), and the story is nimble and well-thought out. Setting aside the issue of the Enterprise - the finest vessel ever commissioned by Starfleet - apparently having crappy sensors and no brig, it's just as cool and fun and fast and cheerful as I'd hoped.

And that's what I always loved about Star Trek, and so many other fans do. It's cheerful. It looks at the future with optimism and hope and confidence in humanity's ability to overcome problems. (In that manner, it's perfect for the new political landscape in America. This was the best time Abrams could have chosen to re-tool and -launch the Enterprise.) And best of all, in the Star Trek universe, the most difficult and challenging of those problems lie not in big technical geekery (of which this film has plenty *hugs Simon Pegg*) but in the hearts and minds of the people out there, exploring the galaxy. That they always rose to the challenge, or were willing to try, made us love them all.


ETA: See below for some more observations. :)


ETA Junior: Ahaha. Apparently some people have trouble finding their balls. Clearly you don't know me, so allow me to enlighten you: Coming here to drop pissy anon comments and then run away will NOT work. I will just delete them (as I already have). If you want to play in this sandbox, you'll have to wear your name tag.

Capice?

For all you Sean lovers, squee on this!





Damn, ain't they cute?