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I missed the new House last week, and American Idol is on tonight, so when the hell am I gonna get my House fix in!? I read the recap, which was good enough, but I want my Hugh Laurie damnit!

And now I find I missed him winning an award for playing House, too! Damn it. He's so effortlessly funny, I want to hate him but he's so funny I can't!

On the television side, Hugh Laurie won for best actor in a series, for his portrayal of a tortured, but talented doctor in “House.” He said he was surprised at the win, adding, “I’m literally without a speech,” and suggested that with all the presents that come to nominees, no one had thought to offer a free speech. “There’s a gap in the market,” he said.

I likey! I liked it better when he said he had too many people to thank, so he put names in his pockets and pulled out three at random--one of which ended up being his hairdresser. And I miiiiiiissed it! Okay, so I wasn't going to watch that whole ridiculous piece of pre-Oscar junk, but still! ::whine::

Most Disturbing Thing Ever

So I was reading a gag-ish type gift book I got a whiles back called Duh! The Stupid History of the Human Race and one chapter dealt with stupid ways to die. It's not funny if it's you, that's what the book admits, but this one wasn't even funny and I wasn't even alive at the time it happened that it could possibly affect me directly.

Check out this girl's story.

Seriously, I had to google that before I would believe this book was telling the truth. I mean, just 'cause he researched it doesn't mean it was really true-true, right? A lot of it reads like urban legends: a compendium, but, uh, wow.

GIP (except I didn't make it, so does it still count as such?)

::giggles::

::looks at icon::

::giggles some more::

Oh yeah, so mature, I know. I have one of Jack that's funny, too, but the face Ianto's making is too much. This is a monumental day: I have a slash-friendly icon!

::giggles a lot more::

Don't Copy that Floppy

My good God!

I don't think you need to watch past the first two minutes, but this is super disturbing (not the least for the dreadful rap song in midi going THE ENTIRE TIME). I blame (uh, thank, I guess) umeyard for pointing this out. Proof positive that, while graphics have improved, the plaintive whining about DRM has not. Also, I liked the ads we have now on DVDs (that, presumably, you've bought or rented or else you wouldn't be seeing the PSA on it) where the stupid child actors don't talk. Or pretend to know how to use a computer (I cringe at them banging away on the keyboard--cringe, I tells you).

The highlights, if you don't have ten minutes:
"The law is very clear...you can only put the software on one computer."

"Buy one for every computer you use!"

"I'm too young for a life of crime!"

"Hey! You can buy your own game...with a manual!"

And at the end, priceless: The Software Publishers Association gives you permission to copy this video for the non-profit purpose of promoting the ethical and legal use of software.

Hah! I don't know if that's irony or just plain stupidity, but that cracked my shit up. How awesome would it be without that warning, and then people stole this absolute travesty of a production and spread it everywhere and they got upset about it? Hahahahaahah!!!

The way to get people to not copy = allow them to move their stuff to as many computers as they want and own. It actually reduces piracy to allow for flexibility. Also, it's been proven that when you trust people, they tend to do the right thing (not all, sure, but most).