snuh: gimme danger

snuh (

snuh) wrote,
@ 2008-07-17 12:40:00

gimme danger

"When we are afraid we ought not to occupy ourselves with endeavoring to prove that there is no danger, but in strengthening ourselves to go on in spite of the danger." - Mark Rutherford

"So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself." - Franklin Roosevelt

"A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time and a courageous person afterwards." - Jean Paul Richter

"The secret of reaping the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment from life is to live dangerously." - Friedrich Nietzsche

"Considering how dangerous everything is, nothing is really very frightening." - Gertrude Stein

"Danger is a good teacher and makes apt scholars." - William Hazlitt

"Wherever there is danger, there lurks opportunity; whenever there is opportunity, there lurks danger. The two are inseparable. They go together."- Earl Nightingale

"If you define cowardice as running away at the first sign of danger, screaming and tripping and begging for mercy, then yes, Mr. Brave Man, I guess I'm a coward." - Jack Handy

"Those who'll play with cats must expect to be scratched." - Miguel de Cervantes

"In this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it." - George Bernard Shaw

"Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies." - Thomas Jefferson

"A truth spoken before its time is dangerous." - Greek Proverb

"As soon as there is life there is danger." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

"To a profound pessimist about life, being in danger is not depressing." - F. Scott Fitzgerald

"Every good thing in the world stands on the razor-edge of danger." - Thornton Wilder

"The path is smooth that leadeth on to danger." - William Shakespeare

"There's nothing more dangerous than a resourceful idiot." - Scott Adams

Arctic Monkeys: D Is For Dangerous - 4MB

Henry Buckley: Beware Of Rude Boys - 2MB

LL Cool J: Dangerous - 6MB

Louis Jordan: Beware - 4MB

Desmond Dekker & The Aces: Beautiful And Dangerous - 4MB

The Quarrymen: In Spite Of All The Danger - 2MB

The Robot & Will Robinson: Warning Caution Stop - 475KB

Elvis Costello: Watch Your Step - 4MB

Big Youth: Be Careful - 4MB

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	999kcelfe 2008-07-17 07:55 pm UTC (link)
	I wonder how many people actually know who "The Quarrymen" are. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	snuh 2008-07-17 07:58 pm UTC (link)
	Peek-a-boo! Nowadays, I don't think most people can name everyone in the group. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	999kcelfe 2008-07-17 08:02 pm UTC (link)
	My girlfriend probably knows more about them than I do... and she's 10 years younger than me. Then again, she used to be crazy about the bass player (the young version of him, who no longer exists because he's old now) until she fell for me. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	snuh 2008-07-17 08:11 pm UTC (link)
	Ahhh - you should have a musically themed wedding! (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

999kcelfe
2008-07-17 08:17 pm UTC (link)

I got her into Zappa, the Bonzo Dog Band, and the Monkees. (She loves Head) She really likes those
groups now, which is a major surprise; I wouldn't
expect too many girls to like those groups, especially
a cute one such as her self...

There is a lot more we have in common besides music,
but... uh... she's still jailbait until October. :P
(well in VA, it's just a misdemeanor, but until she's
18, I'm keeping my hands off of her! I can wait a few
more months... I waited nine so far!

Wedding??? Oh wow... not for a few years, AT LEAST.

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	snuh 2008-07-17 08:51 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah, don't do a Jerry Lee. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	999kcelfe 2008-07-17 08:52 pm UTC (link)
	She ain't my cousin! :P She'll be 18 in a few months. :) (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	true love waits snuh 2008-07-17 10:49 pm UTC (link)
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	Re: true love waits 999kcelfe 2008-07-18 05:16 am UTC (link)
	We'll see where this actually goes. I know there's a 50% chance it won't work out... but I'm not too worried about it. There's plenty more girls here on the east coast. :P (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	Re: true love waits snuh 2008-07-18 06:35 pm UTC (link)
	That's the spirit! (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	Re: true love waits 999kcelfe 2008-07-18 06:58 pm UTC (link)
	hey... they have whole colleges out here, that are nothing BUT girls! (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	Re: true love waits snuh 2008-07-18 07:22 pm UTC (link)
	No way! (Reply to this) (Parent)

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	999kcelfe 2008-07-17 08:03 pm UTC (link)
	Wow... you got the peek-a-boo ref too. You're the second person so far. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	snuh 2008-07-17 08:11 pm UTC (link)
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999kcelfe
2008-07-17 08:24 pm UTC (link)

Yeah, I have a DEVO DVD, which I made my current
default icon from...

Here's how I did it, if you're curious...

1. Extract VOB file from DVD for this music video.
2. Edit VOB file down to the short clip at 2:31
where it's just the devils on the screen.
3. Crop and resize video.
4. Take out extra/bad frames.
5. Edit even further down to a few frames that
form a seamless loop.
6. Save as a optimized GIF that is less than 40K for LJ.

I've done this for many other animated icons.

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	snuh 2008-07-17 08:52 pm UTC (link)
	What type of processor do you have on that machine? (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	999kcelfe 2008-07-17 08:55 pm UTC (link)
	Just an old Pentium 4 clone laptop with 1GB of ram. But I've done just as much on a machine with a Pentium 3 era Celeron chip running Windows 98 SE at 1.0 GHZ and 320 MB of RAM. (I sold that machine for $100 before leaving for the east coast) (Reply to this) (Parent)

	999kcelfe 2008-07-17 08:57 pm UTC (link)
	I do some pretty intensive stuff on old machines... they are still very capable. I wouldn't run Vista though, but then again, I wouldn't run Vista anyways! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	999kcelfe 2008-07-17 08:59 pm UTC (link)
	Plus, what I was doing doesn't require an expensive computer. Just one with a DVD drive on it, and the right software. Even a Pentium 2 might be capable... if you don't mind waiting. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	snuh 2008-07-17 10:47 pm UTC (link)
	How long does it take? (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

999kcelfe
2008-07-18 05:14 am UTC (link)

It's mostly skills. It took me an hour to do this one.
I didn't read a book to learn how to do this, I taught
myself. Basically it's a matter of combining skills
and techniques. It's a matter of learning how to do
all the individual steps, and getting all the software.
Almost any computer can make animated gifs...
I've made some on a 486 before... I think. (or maybe
it was a Pentium 1) Ripping DVD's requires a computer
that can play back DVD's in a DVD drive, so that's
your basic limitation. The software I use for video
editing is pretty tolerant of older computers, but
then again, it's not really video editing software.
(VirtualDub)

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	snuh 2008-07-18 06:34 pm UTC (link)
	Nah, I meant how long does that old processor take to get the job done? (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	999kcelfe 2008-07-18 06:58 pm UTC (link)
	Doesn't really take long. Maybe 30 seconds to rip the video from the DVD, 10 seconds to open the VOB file in my editing software. The rest of the steps are mostly brain work more than anything. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	retrofire 2008-07-17 11:14 pm UTC (link)
	Great post, great quotes, and awesome peek-a-boos. Thank you. Peek-a-boo! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	snuh 2008-07-18 01:57 am UTC (link)
	That's a favorite. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	avoiding danger retrofire 2008-07-18 07:31 am UTC (link)
	They all call me Speedo but my real name is Mr. Earl. How bout some Real Dynamite Peekaboo? (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	The Peek-A-Boo Lovelies! snuh 2008-07-18 06:32 pm UTC (link)
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Re: The Peek-A-Boo Lovelies!

retrofire
2008-07-18 08:42 pm UTC (link)

I want a dress like Adorable Aleene has. I think it would be fun to be a Peek-a-boo girl but Sir Mix-A-Lot has a warning.

(Peek a boo)
Now she's play a game by her own rules
(Peek a boo)
The peak a boo game

Deceptive, her game is in the thick lane
Pick up tips, while you cause some pain
Hundred dollar bills, pot bellies on the prowl
Pick up your shirt to work is fly but foul
A nympho, I don't know but she can dance though
Start the show her system says go
Naked on the stage but lovin' the pay
Peek a boo is the game, the pure never play

[Chorus]
(Peek a boo) The peep show
(Peek a boo)
(Peek a boo)
(Peek a boo)

She's seventeen, but claims to be eighteen
Boss on the tip in the back they do the wild thing
Sayin' please won't get this sleaze to skease
Goes this skease only G's for fees
Only works late, downtown 1st and Pike
Yours for the night, if the money's right
She's a stripper, an Avenol sipper
Down with the zipper, cause nobody wants to kiss her
She's the peek a boo pro, yeah you know
Sportin' high heels and swimsuits, dancin' at the strip show
Used to have a real name now they call her Cocoa
Cocoa went loco so they paid to see her solo
Dancin' on the stage, crowd's a rage
They fill up the garter belt to keep the girl paid
It's a trip cause the girl's clockin' dollars with her hips
Like a ape doin' flips for gratuity tips
Such a shame she's lookin' up the deep throat fame
A porno queen with a plastic name
Hot black babes meet chocolate men
That's the peek a boo game and you know the end

[Chorus]
(Peek a boo) - 4X

Girls, girls, girls flesh for sale
But you ain't worried cause your pimp puts up the bail
That's the game, table dancin' led to prostitution
Payin' some punk to avoid prosecution
Sleepin' with cops, chasin' jocks
Twenty dollars a knock, now your smokin' the rock
You started out topless, but tricks want the bottom
Then the rock man got 'em
Rolled you, sold you, then the punk told you
Get on the strip, get me paid or I'm a fold you
Your sellin' yourself, but you say your just a stripper
Your mother's at home, alone, but you forget her
Never mind, your contemplatin' a suicide
Trippin' on black tar, trapped and you wanna hide
Strippin', but they would get you through college
Girl you know that whacked out game, ain't solid
But you chose it, and you got stuck wit it
Jump on a table for a dollar a minute
Gamble with AIDS when you ramble
But the Mobil's got your mind all scrambled
Bandits, but the song just a canvas
I paint a picture of life, cause some demand this
From here to Japan, freak show for pay
Peek a boo is the game your daughter just might play

[Chorus]
(Peek a boo) - 4X

Now your big time, lookin' up to Hoochieoni
Your butt got bigger, your fingernails phony
Dollars for dames it's a game full a sellouts
I know your name, so I'm qualified to yell out
Baby, seventeen wit a child
Strippin' for perverts and drivin' 'em wild
But there's a man in the back, red eyes and a hat
He wants more than a dance, and a sit on the lap
He wants you Cocoa, he's gone crazy
He thinks pain is a pleasure for a lady
Why? Because your dancin' like a bimbo
Touchin' yourself, makin' love to a pencil
He's hot, turned on, wants to beat your brains out
And he'll pay if you let him just plain out
Beat you, like your some kind a pet
And yo wit it Cocoa, did you forget?
There's a killer on the loose, nickname Green River
Creative with the knife and a young girl's liver
Elusive, smooth, never been spotted
Lookin' for a girl with a Jones and you got it
Cash, the root of your sin
Opportunity knocked but you were never in
But now it's over Cocoa, forever you will sleep
it off, it all started when your father took a peek

(Peek a boo) - 7X

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	flaregun 2008-07-17 11:51 pm UTC (link)
	Geranium lover, Im live on your wire, Oo come and take me whoever you are Shes a lot like you - the dangerous type (too obvious?) (Reply to this) (Thread)

	snuh 2008-07-18 02:00 am UTC (link)
	Yeah, I try and avoid the easy ones. It's funny how some themes lend themselves to a particular musical genre, like death and the Blues. For some reason, there's endless Reggae songs that deal with danger. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	clamnebula 2008-07-18 08:29 am UTC (link)
	Will Robinson was in more danger than he ever realized: (Reply to this) (Thread)

	snuh 2008-07-18 07:20 pm UTC (link)
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	kwigz 2008-07-18 02:34 pm UTC (link)
	ex-dropkick murphy marc orrell and a couple of still-in-the-dropkicks have a band called gimme danger. only saw them once but (to my ears) they have more of a thin lizzy thing going on than the stooges. i imagine once their cd comes out they'll make a bit of a splash. http://www.myspace.com/gimmedangerband (Reply to this) (Thread)

	snuh 2008-07-18 07:21 pm UTC (link)
	Hey, that's not bad at all! Thanks for the link. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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