Showing posts with label Fiction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fiction. Show all posts

Friday, January 10, 2014

Laser disc clock


My latest project: A laser disc clock.

The hubby, see Explosive Action, has a huge movie collection that includes some odd and rare laser discs. One of which got cracked for one reason or another. On a whim he decided he wanted it made into a clock but he really has no idea how to do such a thing so he handed it onto me. So, with a spare piece of masonite from the blackboard project, I made a circular backing board, painted it black, cut out a section for the mechanism to sit in as the clock was too thick to just whack it on the back and fix the hands in place, created a hanger to balance the mechanism, glued and nailed it all together, got the mechanism running and polished it up. Here's the finished project. It was a bit fiddly in parts and I have to admit to using the sink as a stand and dust catcher while drilling because the hubby's movie collection has taken over the garage, including my work bench. Half a dozen random objects also had to be moved out of the way to reach my drill bits too... Hmm... Can you tell I miss having a workshop? Oh well, this was fun to make. 

Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Best quotes from Romeo and Juliet for tattooing


"What's in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other word would smell as sweet."

"But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks?"

"Good night, good night. Parting is such sweet sorrow,
That I shall say good night till it be morrow."

"Thus with a kiss I die."

"This bud of love, by summer's ripening breath,
May prove a beauteous flower when next we meet."

“My bounty is as boundless as the sea,
My love as deep; the more I give to thee,
The more I have, for both are infinite.” 

“Love is heavy and light, bright and dark, hot and cold, sick and healthy, asleep and awake- its everything except what it is!"

“Wisely and slow; they stumble that run fast.” 

“Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs.” 

“Oh, I am fortune's fool!” 

"What else is love? It’s a wise form of madness."

“My only love sprung from my only hate.”

“Is love a tender thing? It is too rough, too rude, too boisterous, and it pricks like thorn.”

“One fairer than my love? The all-seeing sun
Ne'er saw her match since first the world begun.”

“He that hath the steerage of my course,
Direct my sail.”

“What must be shall be.”

“Ready to go but never to return.”

“How much salt water thrown away in waste
To season love, that of it doth not taste.”

“Thou canst not speak of thou dost not feel.”

"Life, living, all is Death’s.”

“What's in a name?”

Thursday, July 18, 2013

10 differences between serial killer fiction and reality

The best of the best fictional serial killers are written and sometimes acted well enough to escape some, but rarely all, of the below problems. Fiction just can't reflect the true horror of reality in the case of serial killers, no matter how much they make you, the audience member, squirm.


1. In fiction, there isn't enough shock in the discovery of hidden horrors.

2. In fiction, the serial killer is glorified.

3. The extended efforts everyone makes to try to understand why is, for the most part, absent from fiction.

4. In fiction, the slow development of the killer and his crimes is cast aside for sudden gory awakenings.



5. The mix of victim and killer often present in the serial killer's personality and experience is underplayed or non-existent in fiction.

6. The serial killer's often overpowering, disturbing personality and misfit nature is ignored in fiction for the killer's ability to blend in and appear normal.


7. The serial killer's dysfunctional psychology is underplayed in fiction for a functional pattern of behaviour that leads to a repetition of kills.



8. The unplanned and rather opportunistic nature of many of the real serial killer's kills is lost for a pattern and a comprehensible reason to kill.

9. The lasting filth and bodily remains surrounding a serial killer is often left out of the fiction for a focus on initial gore and a clean disposal that justifies why everyone around them didn't notice.

10. The physical appearance of the real serial killer is often far less attractive, though frequently normal enough, than those of fictional killers.

Monday, July 15, 2013

Best quotes from The Doctor for tattooing


“As we learn about each other, so we learn about ourselves.”

“Dreams are important... never underestimate them.”

“I always like to do the unexpected, it takes people by surprise.”

“You can tell them I came and went like a summer cloud.”

“I think you'll find that I'm qualified to deal with practically everything, if I choose.”

“Small though it is, the human brain can be quite effective when used properly.”

“Rest is for the weary, sleep is for the dead.”

“I was trying to help. Surely even a blockhead like you can see that!”

“Don't worry. I always leave things until the last moment.”

“To the rational mind, nothing is inexplicable; only unexplained.”

“This is a situation that requires tact and finesse. Fortunately, I am blessed with both.”


“Unless we are prepared to sacrifice our lives for the good of all, then evil and anarchy will spread like the plague.”

“Planets come and go. Stars perish. Matter disperses, coalesces, forms into other patterns, other worlds. Nothing can be eternal.”

“Crush the lesser races. Conquer the galaxy. Incredible power, unlimited rice pudding, et cetera, et cetera.”

“Anybody remotely interesting is mad, in some way or another.”

“I had to face my fear. That was more important than just going on living.”

“Just be your natural horrid self.”

“Like Alice, I try to believe three impossible things before breakfast.”

“Maybe I am getting too young for this sort of thing.”

“One good, solid hope's worth a cartload of certainty.”

“There's no point in being grown up if you can't be childish sometimes.”

“We're all basically primeval slime with ideas above its station.”

“Shh. I'm wondering.”

“Now drop your weapons or I'll kill him with this deadly jelly baby.”

“Would you like a jelly baby?”

“I don't take orders from anyone.”

“Never be certain of anything. It's a sign of weakness.”

“Time and tide melts the snowman.”

“The best way to find out where you are from is find out where you are going and work backwards.”


“A straight line may be the shortest distance between two points, but it is by no means the most interesting.”

“First things first, but not necessarily in that order.”

“What's wrong with being childish? I like being childish.”

“Oh, don't listen to me... I never do.”

“All of time and space; everywhere and anywhere; every star that ever was. Where do you want to start?”

“Everything has its time and everything dies.”

“Do what I do. Hold tight and pretend it's a plan!”

“Every lonely monster needs a companion.”

Saturday, July 6, 2013

8 killer televisions and televisions as portals in movies

Videodrome - flesh

Poltergeist - ghosts of the dead

Kamikaze (Luc Besson) - TVs become weapons

Terrorvision - aliens

Dr Who episode The Idiot's Lantern includes The Wire  - alien

Remote Control - aliens

The Ring - a ghost

The Video Dead - killer zombies

Thursday, July 4, 2013

Iconic shoes in fiction

Ruby slippers from The Wizard Of Oz

Cinderella's glass slipper

Princess Leia's slave shoes

Doc Martins from Romper Stomper

Sideshow Bob's giant shoes

Leela's boots from Futurama

Jennifer Grey’s Dirty Dancing Keds

Marty Mc'flys future Nikes with power laces

Robocop's metal boots

Robin's green boots from Batman And Robin

Flash's yellow boots

Charlie Chaplin's worn out shoes

Mickey Mouse's yellow shoes

Lisa Simpson's red sandals

Sunday, June 30, 2013

Creepiest fictional vampires

Lord Ruthven from John Polidori's The Vampyre
(in part based on Lord Byron's personality)

Dracula from Bram Stoker's Dracula

Nosferatu from the movie Nosferatu

Claudia from Anne Rice's The Vampire Chronicles

Pearl from Blade

Pretty much any vampire from 30 Days Of Night

Viktor from Underworld

Eli from Let The Right One In

F from Marebito

Martin from Martin

Max Schreck in Shadow of the Vampire

Markus Corvinus from Underworld: Evolution

Homer from Near Dark

Barlow from Salem's Lot

Drusilla from Buffy The Vampire Slayer

Jerry Dandridge from Fright Night

Friday, June 28, 2013

10 quirky characteristics of manga and anime

1. Tentacle monsters are everywhere, as are cat people (usually girls).

2. Sword size equates to penis size unless you happen to be an unlucky overcompensating villain.

3. The leading lady almost always has the biggest breasts but even if she doesn't her best friend will. And whoever has them will bathe, trip over and be caught undressing a lot.

4. Electrocution will not kill you (unless you deserve it).

5. Children, particularly those in school, are almost always smarter than adults.

6. Female characters enforce moral values using whatever violent means they are capable of. Even the strongest hero will bow before her anger.

7. There will always be at least one cute creature or person, probably with big shimmering eyes. They might also be incredible violent and mentally unstable so approach with caution.

8. Everything explodes.

9. Emotions are in the air, be they love, hate, anger, happiness or sadness.

10. Dramatic lighting can always be conjured up at the right moment.