You can't take my keys from me

Jellus?

Now available from Quantum Mechanix.  Why yes, I did pre order mine in February.  Why do you ask?

DON'T PANIC!!

It's Towel Day.

"Hey, you sass that hoopy Ford Prefect? There's a frood who really knows where his towel is."

Schrodinger's #LOST: The final chat

So, whatdya think of the finale?  The last 10 minutes felt a little Battlestar to me, but overall I was very satisfied, because it was all about the characters' journeys.  That's always been the heart of the show.  The mysteries and the time travel and the polar bears - those were just devices to tell an amazing, complex, emotional story about connection and community.

Come celebrate all of those things in the very last LOST chat over at Tubular.  1:00 pm Eastern time.   So much of the fun of LOST has been discussing and rehashing and obsessing, and I've done most of that with my fellow commenters at Tubular.  I'm going to miss my community like crazy, but I'll meet you all later at the church.

There are lots of ways LOST could have ended.  Would anyone have been any happier if Darlton had taken my brother's suggestions?

• Lost finale prediction...Sawyer flies away on a helicopter and sees jack has spelled "goodbye" in rocks on the ground.
• Lost finale prediction #2: Patrick Duffy walks out of the light tunnel wearing a towel and drying his hair.
• I think it's pretty obvious that Jack is going to win the million bucks at the end.  No way any of the other survivors would vote for Locke.  He's a dick.
• Lost finale prediction #3: Desmond wakes up and Suzanne Pleshette is next to him in the pool.
• Lost finale prediction #4: Locke makes it to the boat but runs it aground on the no brains atoll.
• Lost finale prediction #5: Sawyer and Juliet make out in the Ewok village while badly CGI-ed ghosts of Jack, Locke and Yoda look on approvingly.

#LOST: This is the end, beautiful friend, "The End"

This time tomorrow - barring any electromagnetic events - I will be happily ensconced in the warm embrace of my LOST fandom.

In Houston.

I don't live in Houston.  I don't live anywhere remotely near Houston.  "But wax|wendy", you're no doubt thinking, "that's a really long way to go for a TV show, even one as awesome as LOST."  You're not wrong, but that's where my peeps are.  And they are worth the trip.

Or as our faithful leader T put it:

Is it silly to have cared this much about a television show? Probably. But it was never just about the show, as special as it was. It was about finding a group of like-minded people with whom it was a joy to share this experience that was Lost. We're not just losing a remarkable television show, we're losing a community. A nation-wide, internet-based community of fans who have become friends, bonded by this program.

I'll see you on the other side.

LOST finale tee art inspired by Wheels' concept design (not in production).

It's Lando Friday! It's Lando Friday!

In honor of the 30th anniversary of the release of The Empire Strikes Back.

I love you Empire.  But then, you already knew that.

io9 - The Empire Strikes Back: The film that introduced a generation to tragedy

Please stand by ...

wax|wendy is taking a little hiatus. We'll be back soon with more piping hot nerditry, served up fresh for you enjoyment.

Until then, please enjoy this test pattern.

#Supernatural 5.20: The Devil You Know

That's two weeks in a row Show has given a shout out to one of my favorite books.  This week, the boys are presumably hunting down Death and Pestilence for their bling, with some (probably) ill advised help from an unlikely ally.  

Promo and clip, after the jump ...

British Friday Observed - Neil Gaiman's Instructions edition

Available today. Illustrations by Charles Vess. I pre-ordered my copy three weeks ago.

via io9

#Musicmonday: Enter Sandman ... smoothly

Your Monday morning moment of Batty

Like tears in rain ...

British Friday - sweet transvestite edition

via Jezebel

If you're not bleeding internally, you're not having a good time

We weren't even in front of the speakers, we were behind then, so we're not even getting the full blast of the bass. It was rattling so hard that ... you realize that your eyeballs are being rattle in your skull.

VOLUME!  CLARITY!  BASS!  WE MUST HAVE BASS!

The dancing glitter at 5:20 is trippy.  Tip o'the hat to @rd2020.



YouTube - Big Bang Theories: Pushing the Limits of Sound at the U Street Music Hall\

First Look: U Street Music Hall - DCist

Artfully #LOST - part of the second

More great LOST inspired art from Ty Mattson.  He kicked things off with a series of viewing party invites that he turned into posters, and is now creating illustrations based on each episode of the current and finale season.

This new work distills the heart of the episode into starkly elegant form.

"Recon" might be my favorite.  I'm still holding out hope for a Sawyer / Juliet reunion in Timeline B, despite the fact that she's busy fighting aliens in Timeline V.

Lost's Final Season, Frozen in Black and White - Lost - io9

Previously on wax|wendy

#io9moviemonday - Reign of Fire

The home world has picked another gem to tweet tonight.  Reign of Fire should have been much better than it was, but somehow just ... didn't ... quite ... get there.

Despite this

And this

And most certainly this!



Join the fun and follow along with @io9commentary at 9:00 pm EDT.

Tonight's Commentary Twack: Reign of Fire - dragons - io9

Monday morning mashup: Tarantino vs. Coen Brothers

via Jezebel

It's a Stampede! Link Roundup 4/18

This month I'm spending my student loan payment on Wendy Brandes' effulgent Spike inspired Vampire Diana ring.

Real vampires don't sparkle.

When I marry my next ex-husband, this is what I'm wearing.

Created by Chicago designer Christina Liedtke, more than 1,800 flowers were individually cut and sewn from 600 wrappers of the world's most perfect food - peanut M&Ms.

Tip o'the hat to @nahtzen.

Seriously, fandom?  Seriously.

Castiel is the #1 rising name for boys so far this year.

Of course it's the parents who start naming their kids Ruby and Azazel that you have to watch out for.

In the name of all that is good and holy, do NOT click on this link unless you have several hours to kill. You've been warned.

Apocalypstick Now pegged it ... yes, this is my pattern.

BeatUpCreations via Daddy Likey

One week from RIGHT NOW, Zoomom and I will be in New Orleans at Jazz Fest.  Based on previous experience, the Fair Grounds will likely be one big mud bowl by then as well.

This year, I'm planning ahead, and will be shod accordingly.

Even dark lords of the Sith gotta eat.

Star Wars inspired chop sticks.
















So this is apparently a thing.  Tip o'the hat to @rd2020

HAGUE EYES!



via Gawker.TV

Left For Dead On A Monster Planet - not just the name of my new band

You are killing me Vin Diesel!

He and David Twohy have been talking up the third Riddick movie for the past year, and now we receive another glimmer of hope that the project is moving forward.  Riddick himself released this concept art via Facebook.

As always, take the "chop chop!" as read.

via io9

It's British Friday! It's British Friday!

via Jezebel

That's a damn fine cup of coffee. Damn fine.

20 years? TWENTY YEARS???

 *sigh*

It's hard to believe, but April 8 was the 20th anniversary of the debut of Twin Peaks.  I was in college at the time, and clearly couldn't be seen hanging out in the TV room when I could be out doing college type stuff, so I had my mom tape it for me.  This meant when I came home at breaks, I would have 5 or 6 hours of show that I would watch all at one go.

It was kind of like having your brain removed, danced on by a midget, and then replaced with pie.

I wonder if Josie is still trapped in the night stand?

Will There Ever Be Another Show Like Twin Peaks? - Twin Peaks - io9

And there's always music in the air.




Twin Peaks parody by Saturday Night Live (1990)
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#Supernatural 5.18: Point of No Return #SPN100

Big, big show!  Supernatural reaches the 100 mark while taking the turn into the final four episodes of the season.

Dean seems to be ready to say yes, but the angels have come up with a terrifying new plan to defeat Lucifer.  Bridget Fonda and Anne Parillaud guest star, Thursday at 9:00 pm EDT.

Promo and clips, after the jump ...

But first!  Relive the previous 99 episodes in just over a minute, courtesy of MottoVellopIII