{"id":338,"date":"2003-12-16T09:43:25","date_gmt":"2003-12-16T09:43:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.m3ntalcontraband.com\/?p=338"},"modified":"2020-11-11T10:21:56","modified_gmt":"2020-11-11T15:21:56","slug":"the_day_before","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/m3ntal.halleytsai.com\/?p=338","title":{"rendered":"the day before&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text-paragraph\"><b>current selection<\/b> | toadies \u2013 <i>possum kingdom<\/i><br><b>feelin\u2019<\/b> | <i>sleepy<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"text-paragraph\">i think they should start bottling caffeine. can they do that? what does caffeine look like anyway? i figure you could just buy these bottles in supermarkets\u2026called \u201c<i>caff-in!<\/i>\u201d or something snappy (its a noun <i>and<\/i> a verb!), and then basically caffeine-ate whatever the hell you want. take my hot cocoa for example\u2026it tastes a hell of alot better than coffee, but it doesnt wake me up in the morning. with <i>caff-in!<\/i>, it can. or why not caffeine-ated oj? or inject that badboy into my morning bagel and <i>bam!<\/i> caffeine-ated bagel and cream-cheese. that udon lunch not waking you up? fuck, pour in the <i>caff-in!<\/i> the possibilities abound\u2026watch as the whole world gets addicted to <i>caff-in!<\/i>, hyperactively run around and up the sides of buildings, then collectively dropping dead. fun times\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"text-paragraph\">i was going to write a post about the new ign interview with ian mckellen, even tho there was an interview posted yesterday of ian mckellen on aicn. then i saw on ugo that they had a new interview with viggo mortensen, alongside the interview the day before with ign. so then i fig\u2019d\u2026fuck, do it yourself. im sure if people were to crawl from site to site today, they could get any number of varying interviews of each and every cast member from 10 different sources. ah well. today is trilogy tuesday btw. theyre showing the first two <i>lord of the rings<\/i> (special editions too\u2026not the theatricals) back to back, which then lead up to the premiere of <i>the return of the king<\/i>. some of you are probably wondering to yourself, \u201c<i>shit\u2026arent you geeky enough to go to something like that?<\/i>\u201d and id reply with, \u201c<i>youre a bugger.<\/i>\u201d and no actually\u2026while i love the trilogy, i think just from a practical sense i could never do it. take the day off to sit in a theater for nearly 12 hours straight? its a bit excessive. id rather watch the first two from the comfort of my bed. so anyway, over on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/TheLordoftheRingsTheReturnoftheKing-1127213\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rotten tomatoes<\/a>, <i>the return of the king<\/i> continues to retain its 100% freshness\u2026which rocks alot. elvis mitchell from the new york times, in particular, wrote a nice <a href=\"http:\/\/movies2.nytimes.com\/2003\/12\/16\/movies\/16RING.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">review for the return of the king<\/a>. 30 something hours til the movie for me\u2026hoy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"520\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/m3ntal.halleytsai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/gandalf1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/m3ntal.halleytsai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/gandalf1.jpg 520w, https:\/\/m3ntal.halleytsai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/gandalf1-300x127.jpg 300w, https:\/\/m3ntal.halleytsai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/gandalf1-250x106.jpg 250w, https:\/\/m3ntal.halleytsai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/gandalf1-425x180.jpg 425w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>current selection | toadies \u2013 possum kingdomfeelin\u2019 | sleepy i think they should start bottling caffeine. can they do that? what does caffeine look like anyway? i figure you could just buy these bottles in supermarkets\u2026called \u201ccaff-in!\u201d or something snappy (its a noun and a verb!), and then basically caffeine-ate whatever the hell you want. 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