The Longest Thread Ever!

[Jetée]

Just to bend the rules a tad, I'm going for the triad trial run.

New Page. (is this my TLTE! niche?)

[Jetée]

Wasn't BadNick talking about these a few pages (weeks) ago? I honestly thought so.
So, in memoriam (since I can't find the orginating context of the previous-spoken nature) here is a tributary:


University College Falmouth digital animation student Tim Wheatley turns a bicycle wheel into a makeshift zoetrope aptly dubbed “the cyclotrope”:

author's comments:
The cyclotrope is a cycle of 18 images that is spun at a certain speed so that the frame rate of the camera filming it gives the illusion of animation.

[Ourcrazymodern?]

I like the word "niche",
not just 'cuz we survive there,
but 'cuz we thrive here.

[Ourcrazymodern?]

24/60=.4

&, because it's been almost,
a day since any other posted,
I feel entitled:

//Profiting from addiction,
not so very akin to selling it,
needing you to feel its lure.

You can't layer shit like that:
It might stick together & spoil some
somewhat natural landscapes.//

[BadNick]

Originally Posted by Jetée

...spun at a certain speed so that the frame rate of the camera filming it gives the illusion of animation...

I love you dad. My dad passed away quite a few years ago, but this reminded me of things he explained to me when I was about 8 years old. I was watching a cowboy movie on our "most modern for the time" black and white TV and asked how come the wheels on the stage coach looked like they were going backwards when I knew the coach was moving forward. He explained about the camera frame rate used to film the sequence and told me about his work with early film-making that he was involved with as a young scientifically inclined artist in Hungary.

[Ourcrazymodern?]

Any ideas
about the way that appears
sometimes in real life?

I'm sure that it does,
alone because I've seen it.
Teachers told me no.

I'm guessing wavelengths
of the artificial lights
along some highways.

[BadNick]

My thoughts about how that can happen in real life involve the rate of images entering your eyes being synchronized with changes in the image position which then appears to create motion. Say if the light is pulsed, either totally on/off dark to light, or even more subtley like flickering through trees or fence posts, I think I've also seen that make things look like they are moving.

I wonder if this example shows such an effect:

YouTube - Magic Moving Images - Animated Optical Illusions book.

YouTube - Magic Moving Images - Animated Optical Illusions book.

[Ourcrazymodern?]

I mean like spoked wheels,
while riding highways at night,
under artificials.

(This was before I hallucinated,
so it couldn't have been due to chemicals,
unless I'm just imbalanced that way.)

[Jetée]

Approaching Perth

[Ourcrazymodern?]

[Jetée]

Prosper.


1906.


(& Place.)

[BadNick]

How about a random look at the longest film (by running time):

The longest film screened so far is the Danish experimental film Modern Times Forever (Stora Enso Building, Helsinki). It has a runtime of 240 hours and a one-off screening began on 23 March 2011 at the IHME Contemporary Art Festival in Helsinki.

[Ourcrazymodern?]

With ten solid days
of eyes glued to the screening
they'd become sticky...

(24/6)-1=3

[BadNick]

...probably my brain, too.

My son, Michael, is 16 years old today! Happy Birthday, Michael. He said it seems he was waiting the longest time for this one. I remember as if it was yesterday when he came out and got wrapped up in the O.R., and the nice, thoughtful nurse said she would take pics with my camera so I could hold him. Now he's bigger than I am but I gave him a big hug anyway.

Later our family is going out to a birthday dinner with a couple of his friends at a cool restaurant, Distrito Distrito Restaurant Tour which claims a "new Mexican" theme...don't know about new, Mexico has been around for the longest time.

YouTube - Phoodie.info: Drinks @ Distrito

YouTube - Phoodie.info: Drinks @ Distrito

[Jetée]

"Modern Mexican", perhaps? (Mexican Metropolitan, eh?)

Let's see three things I can dig up pertaining to that which was enclosed...


[Give the boy a Pinata]

[Ourcrazymodern?]

He'll bang it open
& then snatch up the candy
like any good guy.

2+4=6x1=6

[BadNick]

The good guy and his friends and parents had a great time. No piñata but we did see a wall full of Mexican wrestling masks.

[Jetée]

I have a real fascination towards the acrobatics and athleticism required to be a luchador.
Plus, you need to always be mysterious.

Lucha VaVOOM on Vimeo

Lucha VaVOOM on Vimeo

(I selected this almost completely at random - was it interesting?)

[BadNick]

Yes, interesting...as usual with many of your posts.

The restaurant had a drink called the Mysterio, in honor of Rey Mysterio, Jr., famous luchador wrestler known for the Lucha Libre high flying style that has been his trademark.

[Jetée]

There was another famous luchador I recall... I think his name was Psicosis.

It's really a feat of athleticism that almost every one of the really popular Mexican wrestlers needs to master moves like the Frankensteiner, Hurican-rana, any different number of Moonsaults, absolutely ridiculous-looking variations of the DDT, and much more. In North American professional wrestiling, if you have nothing more than a German Chop, a Big Boot, and maybe a Power Bomb, you can still become a world champion.

[Ourcrazymodern?]

Precisely placed holes
in the cracker dough of life
help make it crispy.

A big one aside
with a little one elsewhere
misshapes the product.

((2x4)-6))/2=1

(I'll have to do a little research about luchadors)

[Jetée]

Random excerpt from my 'Found on Net' virtual post-it note: Extraordinary funny and clever illustrations This Blog Rules | Why go elsewhere?

[BadNick]

YouTube - Longest Dive By a Pig

YouTube - Longest Dive By a Pig

Longest Dive By a Pig
From: GuinnessWorldRecords

Miss Piggy, owned by Tom Vandeleur (Australia) jumped a distance of 3.31 m (10 ft 10 in) into a pool measuring 86.5 cm (34 in) deep at the Royal Darwin Show, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, filmed for Guinness World Records (Seven Network) Australia on 22 July 2005.

[Ourcrazymodern?]

I wonder how long
That Miss Piggy will live once
she's too big to dive?

(Love the illustrations, Jetee. Does anybody know what happened to ZookSport2, or what the longest distance we've fallen behind the monster has been? This thread is much too wonderful to be on a starvation diet.)

2+4=6=2+4

[Jetée]

I didn't click the link I shared until just now. It's been over a year since I last saw it. That's how far (or the very beginning..?) of where my procrastination has progressed.


Down to three old men. (I think this was the premise to the film, Weekend at Bernie's.)

[BadNick]

I hope Zookman is busy having a good time ...vs dealing with dust storms, draughts, floods, wild fires, and various pest infestations.

[Ourcrazymodern?]

You mention some pests:
The wildfires in West Texas
have less room to spread.

[BadNick]

In spite of less room to spread, the fires in West Texas have killed a few people and destroyed a lot of property and livestock.

On a lighter note:

The longest usable yo-yo was 10.72 m (35 ft 2 in) and was constructed and successfully demonstrated by Otis Miller (USA) at Jones Park, Appleton, Wisconsin, USA, on 22 August 2010.

[Jetée]

24621 call:

[Ourcrazymodern?]

24+6=30

Thanks, Jetee!
Most things Mexican
excite me.

I had a composite thought regarding TLTE:

Hard-bargained sermons,
like America's not-dreaming,
even with haiku.

[Jetée]

I also have another source of intrigue for you, courtesy of wrongsideoftheart...

I stumbled upon a few foreign film posters that were pertaining to this one masked marauder in all these strange situations; little did I know, the character that I kept running into was none other than D-movie star, Santo! (or: Rene Cardona Jr. lucha-sploitation films!)

Below: I'm guessing this is his buddy, the "Blue Demon" (aka, Neutron).


The Invasion of the Dead (1973)


+ bonus:

I really want to perform a back-breaker on any and all forms of WA. Makes me so angry, I can barely contain my cool! (... beneath this mask)

[jannista]

The first 5 threads seem to all have the same goal

[Jetée]

Which one will you choose?

Originally Posted by BadNick

[BadNick]

Originally Posted by jannista

The first 5 threads seem to all have the same goal

But what can we do to entice you into helping us, and not "them"

Originally Posted by Jetée

Which one will you choose?

I like that dark green one just to the right of bottom center.

My luchador theme would be the Night Avenger. On the sly I would reach up into my mask where I secretly store a phosphorescent powder which I rub on my opponent. Then my "compatriots" arrange to suddenly have all the lights in the arena turned off so no one can see me but my opponent is glowing in the dark like a lit up target. After beating on him and doing some glowing flying jumps, I win the match! The underside of my cape is also fluorescent so as I'm flying I leave streaks of light, the Night Avenger has struck again!

[Ourcrazymodern?]

forty-five seconds
before they have to stop me
won't serve them bettter

[Jetée]

Novel idea: What would be your "luchador" persona, and backstory? Finishing move?


Hey, you beat me to the "punch".

Originally Posted by BadNick

I like that dark green one just to the right of bottom center.

My luchador theme would be the Night Avenger. On the sly I would reach up into my mask where I secretly store a phosphorescent powder which I rub on my opponent. Then my "compatriots" arrange to suddenly have all the lights in the arena turned off so no one can see me but my opponent is glowing in the dark like a lit up target. After beating on him and doing some glowing flying jumps, I win the match! The underside of my cape is also fluorescent so as I'm flying I leave streaks of light, the Night Avenger has struck again!

-- (to note: is still thinking of a "killer" combo of costume, calling card, and the right cabeza to strike fear into my opponents! But would be the name that they wouldn't dare utter?)

[BadNick]

possible suggestion: Chupacabra - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"...The name comes from the animal's reported habit of attacking and drinking the blood of livestock, especially goats..."

Note the characteristics of the head and how it is suggestive of Lucha Libre mask themes. And the theme of blood seems to be another useful but gruesome theatrical prop.

[Ourcrazymodern?]

Carrying your consciousness
has a flavor that can't match the thrill
of letting others help you.

So, I must apologize,
even after doing some research,
Mexican wrestling's silly.

YouTube - Tim Mcgraw - Don't Take the Girl

YouTube - Tim Mcgraw - Don't Take the Girl

[BadNick]

I remember when Tim was a just a nice little boy growing up in suburban Phila ...my ex was one of his teachers. I'm glad life seems to be working out in his favor.

Yesterday I had the Longest GoodTime at the track. I need to work out to improve my bodily endurance so it matches my hardware. The car was fast and felt great

[Ourcrazymodern?]

Endurance-matching hardware!
I'd assume we could live forever,
& in a body like that...

24/6=4.0