February 11, 2003

For no particular reason

Yeah, I kinda know the feeling:

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Throw it in a volcano? What was I thinking?

Posted by Andrea Harris at February 11, 2003 03:27 PM
Comments

You're running off the page!

You want the code I used to fix it? You'll owe Mary a quatloo.

Shit, why ask? Hold on.

#content {
position:absolute;
width:80%;
background:#FFF;
margin-right:20px;
margin-left:160px;
margin-bottom:20px;
border:1px solid #FFF;
}

Posted by: Steve H. at February 11, 2003 at 03:44 PM

oh. my. god. is that who i think it is???

Posted by: branzibar at February 11, 2003 at 04:22 PM

ARRGGHH.

Okay, this is the only code I will use in my style-sheet from now on (notice how I got rid of "position:absolute"? "Position:absolute" is evil):

#content { float:right;
width:60%;
background:#FFF;
border:1px solid #FFF;
}

Note: you can take out "border:#FFF" too, unless you want a white (invisible if your background is white) border. Sure, I had to use the almost as evil "float:right" attribute, but the only other alternative, AFAIK, is to use tables in my index file. I refuse to use tables on general grounds. This site should now be okay in 800 X 600 screen res. No scrool! If you have your screen res set even lower, well, there is only so much that I am willing to sacrifice style for. ;P

PS: branzibar -- yes, it is. Go to Google.com and pick the "Images" tab, and enter the relevant name into the search box. It's a treasure trove.

Posted by: Andrea Harris at February 11, 2003 at 05:05 PM

Oh. Wait. The stupid scroolbar is still there. Hang on... (deletes "width:900px" from banner style; rebuilds...) There.

Posted by: Andrea Harris at February 11, 2003 at 05:09 PM

Sweet mother of God. I want him right now. Why do you do this to me Andrea?

For those not in the know - the picture comes from a movie called "The Bumblebee Flies Anyway", also starring anti-war-bitch Jenine Gerafello, who's name I'm sure I just misspelled. Needless to say, Elijah's um... performance, is the only thing that makes it watchable.

Posted by: Sean Kirby at February 11, 2003 at 05:23 PM

A hobbit humping Janeane Garofalo?

First of all, how would you tell which was which?

Posted by: Steve H. at February 11, 2003 at 05:45 PM

I actually have, um, seen the movie. And the plot left me all, "bwuh?!" But yeah, naked future hobbit. Above the waist anyway.

Posted by: Dave at February 11, 2003 at 07:18 PM

For the benefit of the easily nauseated, I do believe that the erudite Ms. G. is not the humpee -- or, well, the love interest -- in this movie; instead it's some other actress. (I learned all this from imdb.com, where you can get all sorts of movie crap. The Internet: it's better than actually watching most movies.)

Posted by: Andrea Harris at February 11, 2003 at 08:01 PM

No, Janeane is NOT the love interest. She's in fact a dislikeably psycologist who performs weird experiments on my favorite little hobbit. The love interst is some fetching young girl who's name I can't remember.

If Mr. Garofalo were the love interest, I suspect the picture would be of Elijah, fully clothed, sobbing in the shower "The Crying Game" style.

Posted by: Sean Kirby at February 11, 2003 at 08:52 PM

Now, now, Sean. Some of use think Janeane is sort of hot. A mental fucking retard on political issues, apparently, but still pretty damned cute.

Posted by: Niccolo Machiavelli at February 11, 2003 at 10:16 PM

I dunno... Every time I've seen her on tv or whatever lately, she's had a look on her face like she's been sucking on an underripe lemon all day. Her antiwar comments were as sour as any I've heard. As contrast: Viggo Mortenson might be an idiot, but he seems to be a mellow idiot.

Posted by: Andrea Harris at February 11, 2003 at 10:58 PM

Rachael Leigh Cook (from the kitchen-trashing sequel to the "This is Your Brain on Drugs" ad) was the love interest. Such as it was. Janeane played Frodo's doctor. Quit giggling.

Posted by: Dave at February 11, 2003 at 11:26 PM

"So, Fred--"

"Frodo."

"Um -- yes. Frodo. So, Frodo, how long have you had this fixation over a golden ring. Could it possibly have something to do with the fact that it looks just like the average plain gold wedding band?"

"What do you mean?"

"Well, often I have found that my patients have a rather intense attachment to their mothers..."

Posted by: Andrea Harris at February 11, 2003 at 11:30 PM

i really want to see his tattoo. mmm.....lijah..mm.mmmm....mmmm....

Posted by: branzibar at February 11, 2003 at 11:47 PM

Andrea,

Is that the point at which Sigmund strokes his beard, lights his cigar-which-is-just-a-cigar and says "you are zick, zick, zick"?

Posted by: David Jaroslav at February 12, 2003 at 09:42 AM

i have to agree with Niccolo; i, in fact, think Janeane is rather attractive. i love her eyes, voice, and her dry wit. but goddammit, i wish she'd shut up about the war. i haven't caught anything really sad, because whenever i see a clip coming, i turn the damn channel to preserve my enjoyment in watching "The Matchmaker" and "The Truth About Cats and Dogs."

now i heard Viggo on Charlie Rose. in fact, i watched the entire damn thing. and see - i wish i hadn't.

btw, i saw a chickie on a CNN spot the other day who has a website set up where people can go and sign a petition that basically states "look, i like movies, but could the stars please shut the hell up re: politics?"

supposedly 1600+ people have e-signed it already.

i THINK it's this.

Posted by: chris at February 12, 2003 at 12:44 PM

Damn it Andrea, you've just made me betray my fandom for Pippin/Billy Boyd...and Mel Gibson in the Shower (oh you should see THAT picture!!)...wet hobbits...niiiiiiice wet hobbitses....

Posted by: Sharon Ferguson at February 12, 2003 at 02:49 PM

Hey, Billy Boyd rocks too. It's that Scottish accent. It gets me every time...

Posted by: Andrea Harris at February 12, 2003 at 07:44 PM