You there! You there! Did you enter the URL? Did you take a picture of the QR code? Did you click on a link? Did you wind up here randomly? How about we play a quick game? Think of me as someone working at a carnival. Or maybe you can think of this as someContinue reading “Inner Beauty Parry 12/24/21 – Most Holidays are 29 Hours Long (A Quick Initiation Game)”
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Inner Beauty Parry 12/23/21 – Refrigerated Cracker Angst is Still Worth Tempering (The Smile of Culture)
You want to know a physical object I have a fairly strong resentment for? It’s the refrigerated cracker. The cold crisp. The iced chip, not the chip of ice. I really hate the fact that in any scenario, a crunchy munchy snack could wind up inside of a refrigerator. They get soft, and damp, andContinue reading “Inner Beauty Parry 12/23/21 – Refrigerated Cracker Angst is Still Worth Tempering (The Smile of Culture)”
Inner Beauty Parry 12/22/21 – Coin Flip Decisions are the Posturing of the Heart (and I will swing right through you)
First it was the ability to stack dominoes accurately for show, riding the line between admirable and shallow. Second, it was the choice of artistic vandalism, straddling the the line between cathartic and depraved. I’ll add a third example of that caliber. Probably the best. If there’s any small but interesting situation that an animalContinue reading “Inner Beauty Parry 12/22/21 – Coin Flip Decisions are the Posturing of the Heart (and I will swing right through you)”
Inner Beauty Parry 12/21/21 – Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Unstoppable Heart of Vengeance
You know about Rudolph the Red-Noised Reindeer, don’t you? It’s an absolutely classic little nugget of popular culture. A cute and epic little song that works as a sequel to ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas, the classic poem. It got a famous TV adaptation, and quite a few more non-famous ones. Lately the song isContinue reading “Inner Beauty Parry 12/21/21 – Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Unstoppable Heart of Vengeance”
Inner Beauty Parry 12/14/21 – The YouTube Dislike Meter Elegy (The Internet’s Final Tantrum)
The destroyed the dislike button a few days ago. On YouTube. Maybe I should say the “dislike meter”. The button is still there. And I’m sure a few millions of could feel our stomachs turn. Our lower lips clench. Our eyes take in air as they flared. As we said to ourselves, “the ability forContinue reading “Inner Beauty Parry 12/14/21 – The YouTube Dislike Meter Elegy (The Internet’s Final Tantrum)”
Inner Beauty Parry 12/13/21 – Netflix’s “Green Eggs and Ham” Holds its Gimmick Carefully
Have you watched Green Eggs and Ham on Netflix yet? It’s quite hard to dis-recommend. I could say a lot of good things about it. The animation is like the modern version of a 1993 cartoon movie. The characters rise above their cliches just enough to be endearing. The story is pretty intricate, with differentContinue reading “Inner Beauty Parry 12/13/21 – Netflix’s “Green Eggs and Ham” Holds its Gimmick Carefully”
Inner Beauty Parry 12/11/21 – That Time I Messed Around with Super Mario Himself
I used to go to the Nintendo World Store a lot of the time. Did you know Mario’s voice actor does this motion capture thing where he talks to people looking at the screen? Apparently he’s been doing it since even before Mario 64. He does a few silly impersonations, lets kids and adults askContinue reading “Inner Beauty Parry 12/11/21 – That Time I Messed Around with Super Mario Himself”
Inner Beauty Parry 11/30/21 – Resentment for Charity Walks (The Knot Into Your Hands)
One day, I heard someone talk about how irritating walks for charity are. Or, you know, fundraisers based upon pledges and things like that. One person promises to move, to walk, to run, so that someone else can donate based upon their efforts. I looked up to see if there were discussions. Someone raved similarly.Continue reading “Inner Beauty Parry 11/30/21 – Resentment for Charity Walks (The Knot Into Your Hands)”
Inner Beauty Parry 11/29/21 – Marching Band Un-Hatred is not Bizarre to Anyone
I don’t really love the uniformed marching bands in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. The balloons and the floats are a hell of a lot more entertaining. A proud minority on the internet would disagree, but I think most of us really watch it for those wacky smiling balloons and those corny gaudy floats. RecentlyContinue reading “Inner Beauty Parry 11/29/21 – Marching Band Un-Hatred is not Bizarre to Anyone”
Inner Beauty Parry 11/28/21 – Personalized Morning Greetings for Kids are Just as Cute to the Despicable
There’s a video going around of a teacher greeting a line of young students into her classroom. Every one of them gets to choose which type of greeting they want by touching icons on a wall. Some of them hug, some of them shimmy, some do something like a bow. I’d have to look upContinue reading “Inner Beauty Parry 11/28/21 – Personalized Morning Greetings for Kids are Just as Cute to the Despicable”
The Found Emotion (Invoke Yourself) 