July 2012
72 posts
5280 Comedy: Benefit Shows for Caleb Medley →
5280comedy.com
By now, the world is all too familiar with the stories surrounding the tragedy at the July 20 Dark Knight Rises midnight screening in Aurora, Colorado. One story in particular stands out as especially pertinent and poignant to the Colorado comedy scene: that of Caleb Medley, a local comedian who…
Big ups to @dougbenson for doing this.
I think I’m going to pack the TK bucket just for you guys. Also, we should all totes hang out. :D
Everything about this post makes me happy.
Have you been to Mandarin House? We usually eat there almost every night during D*Con. They have yummy tofu. Also Azio is good Italian. Try not to worry about Southwest.. what’s done is done and all that. Cameras: eBay? Craigslist?
I don’t think I’ve had Mandarin House… is that in the food court? I’m probably bringing a bunch of granola bars and vegan jerky to get by. I hear ya on Southwest, it’s more of an issue that we spent waaaaay too much money a few months ago and it is really screwing us now. Eh, I can’t change it though. I’ve had my eye on a few cameras on Craigslist… in a perfect world I could trade my PS3 for a DSLR, but that wouldn’t exactly be a fair trade.
Dragon*Con 2012!
Holy pancakes, it’s almost here! I’ve had so much on my mind lately that it has barely registered how close it is. Due to a check getting lost in the mail, we haven’t been able to buy any costume stuff yet. Pretty much everything we are doing is just buying items and putting them together, so we should still be okay.
“The freedom to kill, maim, commit wanton acts of violence, and to be anti-social (as well as pathological) without having your actions reflect on your own racial group, is one of the ultimate, if not in fact most potent, examples of White Privilege in post civil rights era America. Instead of a national conversation where we reflect on what has gone wrong with young white men in our society—a group which apparently possesses a high propensity for committing acts of mass violence—James Holmes will be framed as an outlier. That is a mighty comfort to have—all of one’s deficiencies are ignored as those of an individual; all of one’s abilities and gifts are taken as positive attributes and credits to one’s race.”
—What James Holmes and the Colorado Movie Massacre Tell Us About White (Male) Privilege (via monkeyknifefight)
Sadly, Nation Knows Exactly How Colorado Shooting's Aftermath Will Play Out →
theonion.com
The Onion, as always, knocking it out of the park with this one.
Ten killed at midnight showing of The Dark Knight Rises in Denver; 30-40 more injured →
reuters.com
A masked gunman shot dead 10 people and wounded 30 to 40 others at a showing of new Batman movie “The Dark Knight Rises” at a movie theater in the U.S. city of Denver, local radio station KOA reported on Friday, citing witnesses.
The radio station said a figure in a gas mask had opened fire at the late-night showing in a mall in the suburb of Aurora and set off a smoke or tear gas bomb. It said initial police estimates were of 30-40 injured.
Dozens of police were at the scene, CNN footage showed.
KOA said authorities were evacuating the area while they checked if there was an exploding device there.
CNN quoted one witness as saying he saw a “guy slowly making his way up the stairs and firing, picking random people”.
It said local hospitals were alerted to a “mass casualty incident”.
HOLY FUCKING SHIT. This was only about 10-15 minutes from where I live.
Is that like forgetting Sarah Marshall?
Yes. Exactly.
