COUNTDOWN: 34
Ripley: How do we kill it Ash? There’s gotta be a way of killing it, how, *how* do we do it?
Ash: You can’t.
Parker: That’s bullshit.
Ash: You still don’t understand what you’re dealing with, do you? Perfect organism. Its structural perfection is matched only by its hostility.
Lambert: You admire it.
Ash: I admire its purity. A survivor… unclouded by conscience, remorse, or delusions of morality.
Parker: Look, I am – I’ve heard enough of this, and I’m asking you to pull the plug.
Ash: [Ripley goes to disconnect Ash, who interrupts] Last word.
Ripley: What?
Ash: I can’t lie to you about your chances, but… you have my sympathies.
[HT: MCab]
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Anon says:
I need me some milk.
July 25th, 2008 at 1:55 pm
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Mr. Pelican Pants says:
In all honesty, he’s rockin more of the “Predator” look, which is just as deadly…..if he doesnt kill you or make the tackle, he’ll just blow you up with a thermonuclear device planted at the goaline….
Who won in AVP anyway? couldnt fathom spending money to watch it……
July 25th, 2008 at 1:55 pm
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Holly says:
OK, so AVP was on right before F/X aired Batman Begins the night before I went to see Dark Knight the first time (stay with me here), and I left it on while I did laundry just for background killy noises, and a good hour and five minutes goes by before you even see any sort of A or P anywhere on your screen. I felt ripped off just having it on my television.
July 25th, 2008 at 2:00 pm
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Mr. Pelican Pants says:
And another thing, what super powers does Batman have? An utility belt? And why did the Hall Of Justice always have to come bail HIM out of trouble?
How did Wonderwoman actually know where the invisible jet was? Will you really turn to dust if
are hit head on by Rey Rey on a LB blitz?
July 25th, 2008 at 2:07 pm
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spartanmike says:
I’m glad we were spared the movie scene…although the one pictured is just as scary.
July 25th, 2008 at 2:08 pm
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Biggus Rickus says:
Note to Pac-10: The only way you’re going to have a chance is to blast USC out of the god damn air lock.
July 25th, 2008 at 2:23 pm
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I R A Darth Aggie says:
Nah, just nuke it from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.
July 25th, 2008 at 2:26 pm
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Mr. Pelican Pants says:
Dude we are in the home stretch….T minus 34 and counting….you realize by next Friday we will be in the month of freakin August? I am already building my chicken wire fence for my TV to deflect beer bottles that we throw at it when JPW fumbles or throws an INT or
______________(fill in the blank) during crucial times of the game……….Julio Jones—-you are our only hope…..
July 25th, 2008 at 2:31 pm
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AlanInDC says:
If it bleeds, we can kill it.
July 25th, 2008 at 2:37 pm
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NativeSon says:
That’s the look of someone who understands that they can bring the pain, and, if provoked, will do just that.
July 25th, 2008 at 2:38 pm
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socalbryan says:
He mostly comes out at night… mostly.
July 25th, 2008 at 2:42 pm
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Erdinger says:
definitely my favorite non-gator player
July 25th, 2008 at 2:48 pm
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PW says:
8
I never understood that scene in Blues Brothers. How were the bottles breaking upon contact with the chicken wire? Wouldn’t they just sorta bounce off and break on the floor?
…unless the wire was just stretched super tight.
July 25th, 2008 at 2:53 pm
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TIGERinATL says:
So Holly has already seen Dark Knight more than once? You really need football season to start.
July 25th, 2008 at 2:57 pm
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Hayley Lafontaine is a Dumpster Muffin says:
CH – CH – CH – CH – CHIA!
July 25th, 2008 at 2:58 pm
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Ryno says:
Not sure if you’ve been keeping up with current events – but we just got our asses kicked man..
July 25th, 2008 at 3:04 pm
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Holly says:
No red-blooded American can see Dark Knight just once.
July 25th, 2008 at 3:10 pm
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yoyofutbawl says:
Rudy Carpenter winces at that picture. So does [NAME REDACTED].
July 25th, 2008 at 3:14 pm
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Bearcrawls says:
I’m thinking more werewolf than alien lifeform. Can we get an almanac citation as to when during the lunar cycle this picture was taken?
July 25th, 2008 at 3:19 pm
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Mr. Pelican Pants says:
I even cringe when I stay at the Polynesian in Disney World for fear of being sacked by a random Samoan….
I would have hated to landed on any of their islands by accident back in the day….if you rounded up about 200 Rey Reys, gave em spears and some shields, maybe even helmets, your chances of success on the battlefield would be pretty good…
July 25th, 2008 at 3:19 pm
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Biggus Rickus says:
Washington: Hey Stanford, anyone ever mistake you for a football team?
Stanford: No. Anyone ever mistake you for one?
July 25th, 2008 at 3:20 pm
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PW says:
***SPOILER ALERT***
Re: Dark Knight
Why is it that Batman is morally opposed to killing someone– say, The Joker– yet he’ll kick one of his henchmen’s ass and toss him down a flight of stairs, which has a high probability of causing death?
July 25th, 2008 at 3:32 pm
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fife in the bay says:
@ Biggus
I thought the furd beat SC last year and UW claimed moral victory, kind of an ironic post really.
July 25th, 2008 at 3:33 pm
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Biggus Rickus says:
I took that into consideration, but it was outweighed by the fact that both teams were incredibly shitty last year.
July 25th, 2008 at 3:39 pm
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John says:
“The Dark Night” might be the first movie since Men In Black I’ll watch in the theater more than once.
Are Orson and Holly closet USC fans?
July 25th, 2008 at 3:49 pm
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skinnyphatman says:
Threadjack….
Terrorists – 1
Dumpster Muffin – 0
http://origin.mercurynews.com/ci_9973785?nclick_check=1
July 25th, 2008 at 3:51 pm
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Holly says:
I’m an actual-ish USC fan, by virtue of living right down the street.
July 25th, 2008 at 3:58 pm
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The Holy Grail says:
Sooo close but I just realized that both my favorite teams this year Michigan and Iowa (do not ask) will both suck. Wondering what SEC games I can actually watch this year….. calling the Dish Network, not like I can watch the Big Ten network in freaking Des Moines, IA!!!!!!!!!!
If I could grow my hair out like that…. that would be awesome, 40 years old, white, 5′9″, 165 lbs.
July 25th, 2008 at 4:09 pm
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Will (the other one) says:
“Trojans mostly play at night…mostly”
July 25th, 2008 at 4:11 pm
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Bagger Douche says:
Per the Aliens’ inheriting the traits of their host, the next film should feature the BCS Champion team being awarded a voyage to the moon.
July 25th, 2008 at 4:15 pm
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socalbryan says:
Stay away from her you bitch!
July 25th, 2008 at 4:38 pm
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socalbryan says:
Holly, do you really live “down the street” from USC? Having lived there myself, may I suggest that you hire Rey Rey for protection?
July 25th, 2008 at 4:40 pm
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Holly says:
Yes, really, and no, not a bad idea.
July 25th, 2008 at 4:43 pm
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fife in the bay says:
Biggus,
Fair enough.
regards,
fife
July 25th, 2008 at 5:49 pm
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Mr. Pelican Pants says:
Yeh, talk about bad timing and USC and their wonderful campus location…..Back in April 1992, I was dating a chick that went to USC, we were leaving to go out of town to Fresno(where I was stationed near) on the day they announced the verdict of the Rodney King trial, not thinking anything about it, we left maybe 90 mins before the verdict was announced, and didnt come back for 2 weeks. USC reminded me of a compound.
July 25th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
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NRBQ says:
Damn. Am I the only one here who pictured Holly living on Possum Trot road in Grandveiw, Tennycee?
July 25th, 2008 at 5:56 pm
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blon57 says:
I was accepted at USC and Stanford and flew out to look at both schools. I was a little unnerved by the area around the USC campus. Stanford was great, but I decided not to attend college so far away from family. California has wonderful schools- all of them.
July 25th, 2008 at 6:01 pm
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ClydeB says:
When you say you live down the street, I pictured it in the other direction for a second.
July 25th, 2008 at 6:16 pm
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Holly says:
No, about a mile north of campus, in Downtown proper. Which is…safER, I guess. Certainly more than where I lived when I first moved out here (did you know Skid Row is a real neighborhood, not just an expression?).
July 25th, 2008 at 6:31 pm
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ClydeB says:
I used to drive through Skid Row on my way to the Caltrans building. Near where the hospitals were dumping homeless people. I always thought downtown seemed like a neat place to live, in theory.
July 25th, 2008 at 7:01 pm
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oc phil says:
6th street. That wouldn’t be much safer than a mile south of campus for a young white girl from Tennessee. Still a big part of being safe in those areas is not doing anything dumb and not looking like an easy target.
I lived near campus for 4 years and never had anything happen to me, but I had a roomie who got mugged 3 times in one year.
Yesterday I was speaking up for Columbus as a place to live and it makes sense that the quiet whitebread nature of that town would look especially good to me after spending 4 years in south central LA.
July 25th, 2008 at 7:02 pm
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kt says:
This is it?
A Countdown Post on the Friday at the end of SEC media days?
You suck, Orson. Forget about all the good things that I said about you….
July 25th, 2008 at 7:13 pm
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Holly says:
Proximity to South Central aside, I love it. I can’t imagine living anywhere else in LA. As long as it’s light outside it’s not too bad, and I never have to drive unless I’m going to Burbank or Santa Monica or other dumb cities without subways.
July 25th, 2008 at 7:27 pm
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Mr. Pelican Pants says:
Well, just dont go anywhere near campus within 3 blocks at 3am and you should be ok. Its no secret its gangsta territory for the Harpies and the Fruit Loops or something like that. Seems like there is always an arrest at any Del Taco parking lot after 11pm.
July 25th, 2008 at 7:35 pm
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Mr. Pelican Pants says:
Holly, do you think Jeremy Shockey, your new/old obsession, will get a tattoo on his body of the Superdome, or Mardi Gras way-too-crowded Bourbon Street, complete with Hand Grenades?
July 25th, 2008 at 7:43 pm
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oc phil says:
Dumb cities without subways is damn near all of SoCal. Down here in OC there was a good light rail proposal that was blocked for fear of “those people” having too easy access to the “nice” areas.
That makes me wanna go all Tyler Durden.
July 25th, 2008 at 7:51 pm
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Holly says:
@MPP I have been smitten with Shockey since his Miami days. And I’m pulling for him to shave his head and tattoo a python curled over the whole thing. (Although to do his head up like an actual grenade would be nice.)
@OCP Yeah, we had a perfectly good proposal to FINALLY connect the westside to the rest of LA and Beverly Hills shut it down again. And they’re freaked out over nothing, too; if any of them ever RODE the damn subway they’d find it alarmingly hobo-free, even around here.
July 25th, 2008 at 8:00 pm
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oc phil says:
Yeah, the metro rail is clean and nice. It just does not go enough places. Pretty much the only times I’ve ever ridden it have been for LA Marathon when I’d park at Union Station and hop on the subway get to the start.
I’m not asking for a system as great as say London’s, but we could damn well do better than what we have got.
July 25th, 2008 at 8:28 pm
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ClydeB says:
“South Los Angeles” if you please. If you change the name and nobody knows where it is anymore, then the less appealling aspects of the neighborhood disappear as well.
I used to toy with the idea of moving downtown, just for a change. Don’t know whatever happened to that.
July 26th, 2008 at 12:16 am
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socalbryan says:
I’ve lived in downtown at the Medici… which don’t really recommend. But that was 3 years ago, and the area has improved substantially since then. It did beat taking the train from OC to downtown LA everyday.
Skid Row is amazing. It’s what society would turn into if there were no laws and nobody had any ambition. The wild thing is driving through there at night; I used to see dead bodies all the time; the coroner works some busy nights in LA.
July 26th, 2008 at 12:41 am
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InsaneCoachPosse says:
I picture Holly living in a tall castle with a room built to resemble the inside of a miniature football stadium… she blogs from one endzone and blows kisses to admiring throngs below from the other
And all the restrooms in her castle are marked “Ladies”
but then I am from the South, and we see all ladies upon a pedastal until we get to know them… and notice the leash the devil keeps them on hehe
July 26th, 2008 at 8:58 am
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Gen. Stoopnagle says:
It’s the w/e. I’m bored & desperate, so I’m watching tivoed College Football Live. Leave it to ESPN to take something as wonderful as CFB and make me not want to watch it.
I was, however, entertained by The Humanitarian’s performance in *gryk* “Rapid Fire.” My admiration for him grew as he reacted to it about how most sane people do. One interesting bit: an archaelogist? Awesome.
July 26th, 2008 at 1:13 pm
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DC Trojan says:
Mr Pelican Pants @ 35 – if it hadn’t been for that riot, I might not have graduated. As it turns out, the 2 days I had allocated myself to write a senior thesis weren’t enough, but the extra 4 days I picked up until they re-opened campus did the trick.
Certain so-called friends still claim that I lit up the strip mall at Hoover and Adams pour encourager les autres, but those are scurrilous accusations and you can’t prove anything. Besides, I drove a diesel and do you have any idea how hard it is to make a molotov cocktail with… I’ve said too much.
July 26th, 2008 at 11:26 pm
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nunyabizwax says:
You know, it would be really really ironic if Illinoize won the MNC
in the next few years.
July 27th, 2008 at 1:13 am
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Darkknight says:
#52 -
You’re not lying about College Football Live.
I’ve tried twice now and it’s unwatchable. I’m just uncomfortable rough the whole thing, and have had to fast forward during “Rapid Fire” both times too.
July 27th, 2008 at 10:28 am
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Holly says:
I almost did a post about the return of CFB Live last week…and now I’m really, really glad I didn’t. I was thrilled for the first two days just to have football back on the TV screen, but good god did the charm wear off fast.
July 27th, 2008 at 7:37 pm
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Stacy Keibler Luvs Me says:
Out of Hibernation Dept:
Wow! I give the keyboard a rest for the summer and a whole lot of new stuff goes down. Some of the biggest surprises:
a) Holly taking the top spot as the babe of EDSBS (sorry TCOAN);
b) No more Bunda Fridays?!;
c) # 53 – > Riots in LA? No, No, No, No, No! They were “Civil Disturbances”. The perpetrators were not looters, thugs, OG’s or New G’s, but visionary-city-planners-with-an-entrepreneurial-bent types intent on getting rid of liquor stores in the most expedient manner possible.
Other long-time owned family businesses in “South” (not South-Central) Los Angeles that were also burned down were casualties.
The cops were not cowards that fled faster than Frenchmen at the time of need, but patriots that wanted acts of Civil disobedience go on unperturbed. The US Armed forces (no joke here) came in to help restore order.
And, in all of this rioting, I mean civil rights protesting; the USC campus was left alone, unscathed by the ravages and savages (I mean civil disturbers), why?, why?, why? Some mysteries, like why would anyone go to the can right after Weis, Mangino or Beano Cook dumps a load, are beyond me.
July 27th, 2008 at 10:39 pm
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oc phil says:
DC: Hoover at Adams? That’s right in my old stomping grounds. I lived on Severence Street for 4 years.
Welcome back SLKM, I’d wondered what happened to you.
July 28th, 2008 at 9:25 am
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DC Trojan says:
OC Phil @ 58 – As did I, junior and senior year. Proximity to Hoover and Adams was how we knew to bail during the riots – when the locals ignited the video rental place there for the second time in 12 hours, the shit hadn’t just hit the fan, it was coming back off.
July 28th, 2008 at 9:46 am
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Stacy Keibler Luvs Me says:
thanks OC Phil…I’ve been around, just trying my hardest not to think too much about college football while the awful Dodger dog days of summer go slowly by….
July 28th, 2008 at 3:30 pm
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oc phil says:
DC: If you stayed put until the corner of Hoover and Adams was burning then that either bespeaks foolishness or being hung like Reggin F’n Nelson. I was living in Newport Beach at the time and people down here were chatttering about rumors of unrest in Santa Ana.
Were you in the honors housing in the Pacific building? That’s were I was my junior and senoir years, that was a good time.
And to bring the discussion thread thread full-circle: It’s the bioweapons division of the company that wants Rey for urban pacification.
July 28th, 2008 at 3:32 pm
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DC Trojan says:
OC Phil @ 61 – if you mean the building across the street from the Jewish fraternity, then yes.
As for waiting until Thursday morning to bail, it wasn’t totally clear how bad things were going given the fact that the po-po and the news crews were keeping a safe distance. It was when the University sent word that they weren’t going to vouch for the safety of anyone not in the Student Athletic Center under armed guard, that it became clear it was time to seek pastures new.
July 28th, 2008 at 4:54 pm