Random 21 of the first 70 (of 139) screencaps for the new episode of TheJokerBlogs, "Car Trouble" --



The rest will be added to the gallery when I get home...

85 icon bases from the second half-hour of 12 Monkeys, starring Bruce Willis, Brad Pitt, and Madeleine Stowe. Self-made screen-caps.



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( ...Hence the agony of foreknowledge combined with the impotence to do anything about it. )

60 83 icon bases from the first half-hour of 12 Monkeys, starring Bruce Willis, Brad Pitt, and Madeleine Stowe. Self-made screen-caps.

Note: 23 more to be added to this set this evening, as PhotoBucket was being difficult with me last night.

The colour seems a bit off, and may need tweaking. Also, it sort of became "the Brad Pitt Show" as soon as Jeffrey Goines enters the plot. Oops. Can't help it. Love my crazies.

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( Wiping out the human race? That's a great idea. That's great. But more of a long-term thing. I mean, first we have to focus on more immediate goals. )

Also, that may be the last time I use LJ's "rich text" feature to post icons. HO-LY CRAP.

63 more icon bases from the last part of Disco Pigs, starring Cillian Murphy and Elaine Cassidy, using self-made screen-caps.



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( Blue. The colour of love is blue. )

One more part after this.

56 more icon bases from the third part of Disco Pigs, starring Cillian Murphy and Elaine Cassidy, using self-made screen-caps.



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( Deadly name, isn't it? Blue Bell. )

(Been a long time, I know, but I come bearing icon bases. The next wait shouldn't be quite so long.)

56 more icon bases from the second part of Disco Pigs, starring Cillian Murphy and Elaine Cassidy. Using self-made screen-caps as well as screen-caps from The Cillian Site.

(Colour might need some tweaking ...)


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( I want the tide to take me out of me and give me someone else. )

56 icon bases from the first part of Disco Pigs, starring Cillian Murphy and Elaine Cassidy. Using screen-caps from The Cillian Site.

(They look bright enough on my Mac, but I think the colour might need some tweaking tomorrow ...)


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( Once upon a time, before there was any blue ... )

And that is that it didn't happen sooner.

A Joker-centric dream. Finally. Hooo ... During a round of psycho hide-and-seek, there was a moment of in-dream clarity where I announced: "Wow. I've actually lost my mind." ...

Woke up at around 3:30 in the morning, literally out of breath, and unable to figure out if I was still in dream mode, and half-suspecting that I really had lost my mind--that I'd "see" him.

When I shook the sleep off, I realised that Hans Zimmer's "Always a Catch" was (fittingly) playing from the Bose in the corner.




As I said, the only surprise to me is that this hasn't happened and doesn't happen more often.

Dreams. That a certain one of my friends had taken to modeling haute couture, and that they brought me around to shadowy little studios (the kind with mood lighting and sparse racks of clothing that would never fit me) in order to meet designers. Things were a lot more sordid than they should have been; and no one talked face to face, as messages were sent by hand-held computers through a forum.

Then: that some friends and I were walking up a steep incline to reach a train platform at the summit; and, though it wasn't covered in ice (like the actual incline I have to trudge in order to reach the stairs that lead down to the Salem depot), our feet were sliding out from under us and we were slipping back down the black asphalt hill on our bellies. And we weren't panicking about the state of this walking path, no; we were panicking that we'd miss the train.

It might be my subconscious trying to tell me that I need a social life.

It's also for dream recollections, so this seems apropos: A BPAL review of "Oneiroi, Dream Formula I" from the Somnium collection.

Tried this last night about ten minutes before bed.

Official description: Created to invoke the ancient Greek deities of dreams. On the shores of the ocean, somewhere in the West, they dwell behind their gates of horn and ivory. Soporific, dark, and unfathomable: a somnambular blend of deep lavender, white sandalwood, jasmine, bergamot and mugwort.

In the imp: Lavender with a tang in the background (the bergamot?)

Wet on skin: Was starting to get the jasmine and the bergamot became a little more obvious. It was reminding of me of something ... I don't know.

Dry: Soothing floral and citrus, though I didn't enjoy it long, as I was out like a light before I knew it.

Very subtle on me--which seems a good quality in a sleep scent--not for daily wear.

Effect on sleep/dreams? It might be a placebo effect, or it could be that peculiar smells alter dreams. I don't know, but here's a mixed bag; because, while I wouldn't call the sleep I had "restful," I do feel well-rested. I'll try to explain better:

Well, as noted above, it definitely has the ability to knock me out (who needs NyQuil when they have this?). On the other hand, dreaming was very, very lucid. This gave me the kind of dreams that you suddenly realise (in the dream) that you are dreaming--but, until that moment, felt you were awake. A little unsettling, but also entertaining. I was asleep for a little more than nine hours, and when I woke up, I physically felt like I really had been doing everything that had happened in the dreams--minus exhaustion, if that could possible make any sense ...

What a ramble! Long story short, I think I need a bottle of this one.

Trying it again this evening.

43 icon bases featuring Heath Ledger as the Joker, from the confrontation with Gambol. Screencaps credited to the "Seriously?" gallery at RancidRainbow.com.

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( room for aggressive expansion )

58 icon bases featuring Heath Ledger as the Joker, taken from the initial meeting with the mob in The Dark Knight. My own screencaps.

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( I know the squealers when I see them ... )

21 bases featuring Heath Ledger as the Joker, taken from the bank heist at the beginning of The Dark Knight. My own screencaps.

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( ... whatever doesn't kill you simply makes you ... stranger. )

More to follow.

Clearly bored out of my mind.

But Gifninja is pretty awesome.

The following capped from Don Hertzfeldt's Intermission, in which we learn the magic of--the Third Dimension.




It's like I can touch you!

70 more icon bases from The Ref, staring Denis Leary, Judy Davis, and Kevin Spacey (including Glynis Johns, Christine Baranski, and Bill Raymond)


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( We're adults, and we can open presents--WHENEVER WE WANT! )

Another 100 icon bases from The Ref, starring: Denis Leary, Judy Davis, and Kevin Spacey (also including Glynis Johns here)

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( What is wrong with you? Why do you always get strange at family gatherings? )

43 icon bases from the last hour of Sunshine, starring Cillian Murphy (+33), Rose Byrne (+3), Chris Evans (+1), and Mark Strong (+5).

(SPOILER ALERT. Obviously.)

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( if you wake up one morning and it's a particularly beautiful day ... )

100 icon bases from the last hour of Sunshine, starring Cliff Curtis (+1), Cillian Murphy (+41), Michelle Yeoh (+12), Rose Byrne (+14), Benedict Wong (+3), Chris Evans (+20), Troy Garity (+1), and Mark Strong (+7).

(SPOILER ALERT. Obviously.)

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( a moment will come when just one man remains )

95 icon bases from the first hour of Sunshine, starring Cliff Curtis (+11), Cillian Murphy (+28), Michelle Yeoh (+8), Hiroyuki Sanada (+7), Rose Byrne (+16), Benedict Wong (+3), Chris Evans (+15), Troy Garity (+3), and Mark Strong (+1).



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( we're only stardust. )