{"id":8994,"date":"2016-04-01T08:30:33","date_gmt":"2016-04-01T15:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crimeandtheforcesofevil.com\/blog\/?p=8994"},"modified":"2016-04-01T18:49:18","modified_gmt":"2016-04-02T01:49:18","slug":"you-know-im-just-going-to-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crimeandtheforcesofevil.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/01\/you-know-im-just-going-to-not\/","title":{"rendered":"you know I&#8217;m just going to not"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s April 1st, April Fool&#8217;s Day, and honestly, for supervillains who are in it for the lulz, this is literally the worst day. It&#8217;s like Halloween in the Buffyverse &#8211; doing anything today is just so&#8230; <em>tacky<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>So I&#8217;m 100% not.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/solarbird.tumblr.com\/post\/142057535438\/motherofavatars-youtube-sucks-so-im\">Here&#8217;s a really cool <i>Legend of Korra<\/i> book two fan-made opening title sequence done in anime style<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/solarbird.tumblr.com\/post\/142025462933\/lordmesa-art-ice-cream\">Here are two fictional perfect cinnamon rolls (Supergirl and Flash) sharing ice cream<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>When I was in Newfoundland, teens there were headbanging to super-high-energy trad. Please enjoy a crowd nearly starting a goddamn riot to a classical orchestra. It is <Em>wonderful<\/eM>:<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NEs8yqhavtI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Here is a rather short (but the right length) story you should take time out to read, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/hanginggardenstories.tumblr.com\/post\/141841090918\/a-guide-for-young-ladies-entering-the-service-of\">A Guide for Young Ladies Entering the Service of the Fairies<\/a>, by Rosamund Hodge. I need to remember this for <Em>next<\/em> year&#8217;s Hugo nominations.<\/p>\n<p>You heard Studio Ghibli&#8217;s Toonz animation software <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cartoonbrew.com\/tech\/toonz-software-used-studio-ghibli-futurama-made-free-open-source-138111.html\">went open source, right?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Occasionally I will rise to the defense of Brutalist architecture, talking about how it can be beautiful, and pointing to thinks like Habitat &#8217;68 in Montreal and Freeway Park in Seattle, along with other examples. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/weirdrussia.com\/2015\/04\/27\/soviet-brutalist-architecture-photographed-by-frederic-chaubin\/\">Here are some examples from the former USSR<\/a> &#8211; not all are in the greatest of condition, but the Druzhba health spa in Yalta is magnificent and I will fight you over it. I also rather like the examples in Minsk and Yalta.<\/p>\n<p>So. There you go. Seven wonderful things. Zero April Fool&#8217;s Day &#8220;jokes.&#8221; Enjoy.<\/p>\n<p>ps: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/crimeandtheforcesofevil.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/25\/collection-the-free-tracks\/\">Also, hey, a reminder that I post my fannish tracks as free downloads<\/a>. Enjoy those too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s April 1st, April Fool&#8217;s Day, and honestly, for supervillains who are in it for the lulz, this is literally the worst day. It&#8217;s like Halloween in the Buffyverse &#8211; doing anything today is just so&#8230; tacky. So I&#8217;m 100% not. 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