The Most Disturbing Star Wars Story On The Internet
PLUS…Happy Birthday Batman! Stunning Batman art from the 90s, Math Problems for Masochists, Pennywise: the Documentary, and great news for the upcoming X-Men: the Animated Series
What’s up queer nerds and allies?
I’ve got a new box from Pandora to keep you busy. She keeps sending them, so I keep opening them! Here’s what came in today’s box.
NOTE: While you read, think about this math problem for masochists (solution at the end)
How many three-digit numbers are composed of three distinct digits such that one digit is the average of the other two?
A) 96 B) 104 C) 112 D) 120 E) 256
The Most Disturbing Star Wars Story On The Internet
Also the most upvoted Star Wars plot summary on the front page of the internet!
Just see if you can guess the movie before the end of the joke. Warning: incredibly NSFW.
First of all, — just for some background: My mom died right when I was born, (she was actually really, really hot- but this isn’t about her. I guess that’s ****ed up to say, but whatever.) I actually grew up with my dad’s family, because my dad has all sorts of emotional issues and he bailed before I was born. So you can see, my childhood was really kind of messed up.
Anyways, growing up I feel like there was always a lot of distance between me and my sister. When I was about 17 or 18 I first noticed that my sister was a hottie.
I don’t want to go into too many details about it, but basically what happened is that I accidentally found a video that she made of herself. I knew she didn’t make it for me- but I thought she was so fucking beautiful that I watched it twice. I probably would have watched it a hell of a lot more, except that like right around the time I found the video, all this crazy **** went down and I had to leave home. (My dad’s family who I was staying with got in bad trouble with the law. I never talk about it).
Hit the jump to see how the story ends.
Pennywise: the Story of It
I feel quite excited to see this documentary. While I won’t deny that the newest adaptation of Stephen King’s classic novel It is a more elegant movie, my heart remains with the TV mini series, primarily for Tim Curry.
This documentary promises to get into the behind-the-scenes details I’ve yearned to obsess over.
Great news for the theme to X-Men: the Animated Series
A few months ago, I collaborated with Michael Lee Simpson, an entertainment journalist and writer for Variety, to interview a bunch of people in the movie and music industry. Those people included:
Colin Aguiar, the Oscar-winning Indian-Canadian composer for Life of Pi and so much more.
Alberto Bellavia, celebrated Italian composer for films such as Sin Eater, Arcanum, Blue Glass, and more than even his own website can attempt to summarize.
And then there was the coup de grace. The one that made me feel like my life is complete and everything afterward will be a bonus…
Ron Wasserman, legendary TV theme composer for shows like Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers, Sweet Valley High, and last but not least: X-Men: the Animated Series
That’s the offsite link to Ron’s Soundcloud, where you can hear his modern version of his classic theme before we hear the official updated version for the upcoming sequel series.
Stunning Batman Art
Happy 30th Birthday Batman: TAS!
Over on Reddit, you’ll see a stunning collection of the best art from Batman: the Animated Series. From the first moments of the intro sequence to every moment of the following episode, the animation transformed how DC and Warner Bros approached storytelling for comic book characters.
But what you’ll really want to dive into are those precious seconds between the intro and episodes.
The title cards (examples above) for each episode are a masterclass in setting the mood with a single image.
Math problems for masochists
Do you love math as much as you love pain?!
I failed Algebra three times.
I only got the first of my degrees because my school let me take something like History of Mathematics instead. After that, grad school at University of Georgia let me slide by without ever doing math again.
Except that one time I had to learn statistics over the summer, but that’s not exactly math, is it? *ducks*
I’m kidding. Numbers don’t so much scare me as kick my ass every time they see me. Even the stats, love them though I do.
But if you love numbers and the pain they bring, I’ve got a collection of math problems to stump you until the end of time: Math Problems For Masochists
Here’s the one you saw at the beginning of the article:
How many three-digit numbers are composed of three distinct digits such that one digit is the average of the other two?
A) 96 B) 104 C) 112 D) 120 E) 256
Art of Problem Solving has the solution for you. Click if you dare!
If you’re a math masochist…
If stuff like this interests you…
If you’re just like me and you choke every time you see an equation…
You might enjoy the book Choke: What the Secrets of the Brain Reveal About Getting It Right When You Have To by Sian Beilock.
And if you’re also like me and also oh-so-often either on the run or busy writing your next article, why not grab the audiobook edition from Audible? Best of all, using that link to sign up for your free trial helps support me and Transgender Soapbox.
Thank you to Audible for this sponsorship. And thank you for reading!
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Until next time
