Definition(s),
Backstories
and/or
Anecdotal Explanations
Specific dramatic license: similar though not identical to
Physics Be Damned,
the
24 Syndrome
is where time and space are deliberately compressed, generally in action movies or television, to wit:
on the
[unintentional?]
comedy action series
24,
characters are able to transport themselves from Point A to Point B within ten, fifteen to twenty minutes, despite anyone living in Los Angeles would know even with zero traffic and ignoring all traffic lights would take no less than forty minutes
(e.g., they might barely make it within fifteen to twenty minutes via helicopter).
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AD = Assistant Director
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State of Being:
the instantaneous expression-blanked face that takes over an
AD
on set whilest they're speaking with someone in front of them.
ADs
are all interconnected with walkie-talkies and without notice can be called with a question or a direction.
When this call comes in, the
AD stop everything
and the
AD Glaze
is the inadvertantly comical blank expression during which they're listening to the call.
This can happen
in the middle of a word,
giving the impression the
AD
has been suddenly assimilated by the
Borg
or such.
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In the
FRP
game
D&D,
the Adventurers are the players involved.
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State of Being:
Astral Projection
is the consciousness and/or soul of a human temporarily leaving the physical plane of existance.
Generally this
astral form
retains "physical" connection with the physical body (which would be in a state of deep meditation), by means of an
astral cord,
usually connected from the physical body's forehead to the back of the head of the
astral form.
While many
astral projecting
journeyers travel and invisibly visit loved ones or see the world, the
astral plane
can also often be accessed in this state.
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Misunderstood word:
Attractive
is
NOT
synonomous with
Pretty
and/or
Beautiful
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When one of my best friends and I
attended the free 3D preview
of
Avatar,
we found what we consider/ed to be perfect seats in the AMC auditorium for movie viewing.
We managed to acquire the same seats for the
actual first showing
of
Avatar.
Our continuing goal in attending films at that or similar AMC theatres is to acquire the "Avatar seats," which refer to the optimum seats as well as perfect location descriptive for when one gets into the auditorium first to acquire and save them.
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Science fiction TV series:
Babylon 5
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Dalek
creator
Terry Nation's
British science fiction TV series:
Blake's 7
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aka Background Artist and/or Atmosphere and/or Background Characters
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Direction:
in movies, a term that announces that a filmed sequence is about to have another take, and that all on-screen talent is to return to their starting positions for the shot.
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Social Disorder:
one who announces/claims (often brusquely and without having been asked), to be a "Christian," despite every aspect of the person's behaviour being evidence to the contrary.
Such aberrant social behaviour includes (but is not limited to), demanding that everyone concurs that (as "Christians"),
They Are Right And Everyone Else
(who doesn't agree)
Is Wrong
(eg, aggressive and/or overly aggressive proseltizing);
as well as the baffling, ludicrous belief that non-Christians would be subject to going to a Christian Hell as an Afterlife, which would be akin to a Christian expecting to find him/herself in the
Summerlands,
Elysium or Valhalla
(the particular belief-system jurisdiction wouldn't prevail).
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Moniker / nickname:
also expressed [online] as:
realbadger
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A lot of times in my life I have been "lucky," in that generally I am able to arrive at solutions to problems (or cirumstances present to me opportunities) that I jokingly calling "pulling out of my hat."
Badger Luck mostly is the positive luck other people suddenly seem to acquire when in my proximity and/or being a good friend (eg "This is why we have a Badger").
It almost could be called Badger Karma, as the reverse has happened as well.
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Disclaimer:
"But Of Course There Are Obvious Exceptions"
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Generally, the
(oft-times comical)
"explaining away" of incongruities and/or contradictions within a fictional story setting, usually within a series, whether it be in a television program, book series, movie series, etc.
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[aka "Friends With Benefits"]:
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A gastro-intestinal issue in which small to large gas pockets
(from just noticeably to taking place with extreme pain),
move around in the intestinal tract.
Generally this causes sudden bowel movements to take place, from in a few minutes to immediately.
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A friend of mine is deathly allergic to cats.
At the end of June 2009 when my roommate of eight years lost us our apartment to the tune of our having to vacate instantly, my friend took me in.
At the time, however, I'd had a cat [Murray] since February, and while the plan was to get into storage as much as my stuff as necessary, a lot was contaminated with Cat, be it fur, dander, what have you.
While Murray went back to his original owner
(my friend Kara),
I still had to clean everything to eliminate what we began to call cat-tamination:
any stuff that Murray could have contaminated and cause my friend to have a nasty allergic reaction
(including
[but not limited to]
having to run clothes twice through the laundry).
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Sstrological sign, females of which I will never again date in
This Particularly Lifetime
(at least never towards the goal of same becoming a Significant Other),
based on substantial past experience.
This does not exclude regular friendship, hanging out, et al, and/or a Cancer female having
"Buddy"
status with me.
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(Pronounced sinna-legga-phobia)
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Pure Evil:
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Exclamation:
admittedly overused, all-encompassing term generally employed to reflect a positive impression.
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Book:
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
(year two [1992-1993] in the storyline)
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[aka "Crafty"]:
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"Major Effed up dreams"
created/caused by substantial consumption of ice cream just before sleep.
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D&D = Dungeons and Dragons
(one of many
FRP
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Pronounced doll-eck (with accent on the first syllable); the plural is pronounced doll-ex.
Daleks
are mutations that survive within armoured mobile containment units that double as single-unit war machines.
Generally described as "pepper pots," they have two "arms," one being a plasma firing gun (while in battle the
Daleks
rarely take prisoners, the gun can also be set to stun), the other arm is an extendable suction cup arm with which they (somehow!) are able to manipulate things (sometimes the sucker arm can be a two-prong claw).
Atop their mobile units is a dome with a single eye stalk, and a light on either side.
These lights flicker as the
Dalek
speaks in an unforgettable, grating monotone.
The most familiar battlecry of approaching
Daleks
is that of,
"Exterminate!
Exterminate!"
For most of the
Dalek
stories, actor
Michael Wisher
was the main voice of all
Daleks.
When Terry wrote the best of the lot,
Genesis of the Daleks,
Michael Wisher played the brilliant (though meglomaniac) genetic scientist creator of the
Daleks:
Davros.
Another well-written cautionary tale (and considered by most to be the best
Dalek
story),
Genesis of the Daleks
was about the folly and futility of war, as well as the misuse of science,
Davros
discovers all too late that his creation will not follow orders from others and they
now have their own agenda,
and before he can destroy the bunker and the
Daleks, Davros
himself is
exterminated.
Unfortunately, in its evidently limited cognitive abilities and therefore to the detriment of the series, the
BBC
decided that
Davros
was too good a character to lose, so (against anyone's better judgement),
Davros
was resurrected, and every subsequent
Dalek
story has been lesser than the one before.
The very worst (I've seen) is
Remembrance of the Daleks,
and despite my friend
Pamela Salem
being the lead character in that story, the script is agony for true
Doctor Who
and/or
Dalek
fans.
An otherwise attractive person who turns out to be a smoker.
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Entity:
Not
to be confused with something or anything malignant, a
Dark Elf
is an intelligent, small, elven-like creature that simply prefers
dark places.
If you're in your cellar or such and you get the
distinct feeling
that you are
being watched,
most likely it is just a
Dark Elf.
24 Syndrome
(noun)
AD
(noun)
AD Glaze
(noun)
Adventurer
(noun)
Astral Projection
(noun)
Not to be taken lightly,
astral projection
is not exactly for beginnings.
It is said if the
astral cord
is severed, the
astral form
cannot return to the physical body, in which case the body either dies or can become a vessel for a
Walk In.
Attractive
(noun)
Personally, I hold that
What is Attractive
as being 100%
subjective.
(Though it can be a factor), being
Attractive
has nothing really to do with "looks."
I've lost count how often I've walked down a street and seen a woman my eyes deem
Attractive
while
simultaneously recognizing
what physical attributes
most males
would
NOT
find attractive (eg, a
less than perfect
nose ["too large" or small], etc., but on her it makes her look awesome).
I cannot account for such attraction; I experience it, and I move on.
Avatar Seats
(noun)
B5
(acronym)
B7
(acronym)
Background performer
(noun)
Commonly and frequently misclassified as
Extras,
Background Performers
are those who work in movie/TV scenes that require a feel of reality beyond the main characters interacting.
Still having to act, possibly they will be directed to
react to what's going on in the scene
(though more often than not, Background Characters
ignor the scene/main characters).
When you see a restaurant (or dancing in a
high school reunion)
scene, everyone sitting at other tables (and those walking by on the sidewalk, and drivers of the cars going by) are all Background Performers.
See also:
Strictly Background
Back to one!
(phrase)
Bad Christian
(noun)
The more overt Bad Christians can be found generally standing on street corners (often with a megaphone/loudspeaker), insisting people Find Jesus (as though Jesus is missing in some manner and should be on a milk carton);
picketing (or willfully intruding upon) non-Christian based events such as synagogues or open pagan fairs,
and/or protesting/picketing TV shows and/or movies that they haven't even seen, in the hilariously mistaken belief the film is "blasphemous," etc.
Astonishingly
Clear Example of Bad Christianity at work:
ooze.com/toolofsatan
Badger
(noun)
Years ago when I lived back east, I frequented a metaphysics store in Belleville called
Spellbound.
Since sold after I moved to California (and its new owners augered it right into the ground so it's just a memory), I would attend workshops and book author lectures, particularly those of prolific author
Ted Andrews,
who writes about two or three books a year.
One of his lectures was on one of his better (then all new) books,
AnimalSpeak
Without indicating what I had seen apart from being able to make it out (yet not providing a description), Ted looked me over until he said, "It's not quite a weasel... I'm pretty certain it's a
badger."
It was then that I told him that was what I'd seen: due to the vertical stripes, it was the animal's species name that had eluded me.
And "somehow" the nickname began to stick, and does to this day.
Badger Luck
(noun)
I've had and seen friends suddenly get/find work or major leads thereto, another struggling a bit to find a new place found one perfect for her needs the day I went along.
Another friend attended a film festival screening with me that originally to which she sort of didn't wish to attend.
Once there, she met an award-winning film director who took a great liking to her, and at his behest she attended the following Cannes Film Festival, there making valueable contacts and forming new strong business relationships.
So now
(all thanks to accepting my invitation to see a film she otherwise would not have seen),
she is now an accredited producer, and regularly attends the Cannes Film Festival, where she's surpassed others' progress by years.
On the reverse, people who have Done Me Wrong have suffered some impressive karmic backlash.
Many people snarl over wrongdoings done against them: when such are done against me I Know they'll Get Theirs without my having to do anything against them myself.
While trying to acquire funds for movie/s, a producer friend consistantly assured me one major goal was to help/have me become a Working Actor; in the slate's scripts we would find the roles for which I easily could do "minor" Day Player roles, the pay
(and eventual residuals)
of which would help me tremendously.
When funding was acquired, suddenly the producer began to hem and haw and it became obvious previous promises were slowly being ignored, even with my offers of being a
Local Hire,
but my producer friend waffled, falsely claiming "It was up to the casting director," implying the casting director hired the producer, not the other way around.
Considering all of my previous support, both as a best friend and with financial support of mine when I could
(when my friend was in great need, even to avoid being evicted),
it took place that my friend did rather casually tosses me under a bus on this project, as well as the same person's increasing OCD, self-sabotage, and based on results, mind-losing, what strong negative impact/s on my now-former friend will Badger Luck do?
I have check that person's imdb entry, and based on the non-progress, I can only presume this person's "producer career" has not only reached a dead end, it full-on struck the barriers.
Years earlier, working at a "telemarketing" job I was so good they had me training the newbees.
One fellow's first read-through was so utterly dreadful I could find no way to sugar coat it, despite trying to make light of it.
I did what I could, but the man had zero talent for cold reading, so obviously no matter what encouragement I endevoured, no one picking up the phone would give him a chance beyond the first few words before they would hang up on him.
Not surprisingly, due to his lack of phone and reading skills, he did not retain the job.
Months later while a coworker and I were walking to work, the Same Guy showed up, being a friend of my coworker.
I pleasantly said hello but instead of owning his level of talent, he about bit my head off... instead of forwarding his life, he willingly chose to let it corode his soul, as did my brutal paternal grandfather who'd dwelt on a single verbal slight from a man he'd never seen before or nearly ever saw again.
I felt bad that this man had chosen such a dark path instead of moving on and/or learning from the experience.
I worked on a film where clearly I should have been upgraded to Day Player on the spot.
I finally was, production kicking and screaming and lying the whole way.
Not surprisingly, the film never saw release.
I worked on another cinematic project in which its producer and director each made numerous substantial oral promises, on which almost all were renegged.
To date that project has not been sold to any distribution company, let alone sold to be released on theaters.
BOCTAOE
(acronym)
Term coined
by author and
Dilbert
creator
Scott Adams.
Bogus Theory
(noun)
Some incongruities are unable to be resolved due to specific details
[e.g., in the four Oz book Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz, before the two reach Oz, the Wizard explains to Dorothy not only his backstory but the presence of numerous intelligent piglets he found outside of Oz, on an island on which everything is small; yet towards the end of the L. Frank Baum book series in
Other storylines' incongruities are vague enough one can posit various explanations to rationalize what otherwise could render muddled up the storyline.
At the 2010
Doctor Who
convention
GallifreyOne,
during a live-commentary of the episode
The Doctor's Daughter,
its director
Alice Troughton
somewhat sheepishly pointed out getting some minor flack regarding the alien species the
Hath
clearly being understood by
Martha,
despite their language "not being translated" for the viewing audience
(as the
TARDIS
normally translates every language);
an audience member piped up with the Bogus Theory that Martha understands the Hath the same way Han Solo can understand Chewbacca.
After much applause at the amusing and seemingly viable Bogus Theory, Alice Troughton said, "Hmm; I like that: that'll be th'reason why then...!"
Buddy
(noun)
"Friends are Friends, Lovers are Lovers... and 'Buddies' are Friends who
[also]
have sex
[with each other]."
[Sans bracketed clarification],
term "Buddy" coined
(or at least imparted)
by my first metaphysics teacher, Vinnie Gaglione.
Burbling
(noun)
The gas seems to move as though will be a common pass-gas, but solid waste matter is blocking it, causing pressure to create the nasty effect of knowing one had better get onto a toilet as quickly as possible.
Extreme warm summer temperatures can cause burbling, as usually the solid waste matter in question has been "cooked" into an extremely soft and
(if one does not make it to a toilet),
extremely unpleasant, uncontrollable Movement, forced out involuntarily
(whether or not you have made it to a bathroom... or are still trying to make it to one).
The condition is rarely a single instance.
Once begun, it is a safe bet to stay within immediate range of a toilet, as More Is To Follow...
Cat-taminated
(noun;
condition)
Cancer
(noun)
Your mileage may vary.
Cinelegephobia
(noun)
Social Disorder:
Annoyingly frustrating habit of moviegoers who take thrice as much time (or more), to get to their seats past you as, no matter how far back you politely pull and/or move your feet and legs so they can get by you (and stop blocking the screen), they move ever-so-slowly, directly in front of you, as though terrified of touching a single atom on your legs or pants or shoes.
Get a move on already!
Term I coined while noticing the same effect working on location of the movie
Zodiac,
aka
Chronicle.
Clown/s
(noun)
Why are Clowns?
Why do they exist?
Why do people feel the urge even to become a Clown?
Why are they allowed to terrorize children and adults alike, in circuses, on public streetcorners, et al?
Do these people think they are amusing?
As domestic terrorists
(eg, instilling unnecessary fear in the public), second only to the IRS and the Bush administration (which tie for first), these colourful horrors are the stuff of nightmares.
I am not alone in these thoughts.
Cool
(noun)
CoS
(acronym)
(Alternatively abbreviated merely as CS.)
Craft Services
(noun)
In movie work,
craft services
is where crew and talent gnosh on snack foods and ingest gallons of coffee, water and/or soda throughout the day while waiting for lunch or the remainder of the day's shoot, respectively.
Cream Trippin'
(noun)
Term coined by my friend Brian Jude.
Cyberspeak
(acronyms)
frequently used acronyms that signify various levels of emotion and humour.
These are generally used in chat sessions, text messaging and/or in email communications.
D&D
(noun)
Can also be called
AD&D
for
Advanced Dungeons and Dragons.
Dalek
(noun)
The
Daleks
are an extremely xenophobic alien race from the planet
Skaro,
bent on complete galactic domination,
from the
BBC TV
series
Doctor Who,
the
Daleks
were created in 1963 by screenwriter
(and eventual creator of the series
Blakes 7),
Terry Nation,
who thankfully thought ahead and retained the creation and usage rights to the Daleks.
Originally
Doctor Who
was designed
not
to have any "bug eyed monsters," but as the show needed more scripts, they had Terry do one up.
He did not really write the
Daleks
to be monsters: the story itself was to be a cautionary tale of atomic energy causing ecological problems as well as devestation on a planetary scale.
The
Daleks
took Britain by storm as it were, and they became the favourite monster from which viewing children could watch while hiding from and peeking from behind the couch.
The
Daleks
returned mostly during the
Jon Pertwee
era of the series back in the 1970s.
While since Terry Nations's passing, the
BBC
has completely forgotten (and/or certainly ignors) the true backstory origins of the
Daleks,
I've been a fan of the
Daleks
for most of my life.
Dalek
Although at the end of the story
they
are entombed
in a bunker under tons of rubble, the
Daleks
exhibit their unending patience towards their
rightful place as the Supreme Power in the Universe....
Davros
(on the right)
Pamela Salem examines
a destroyed Dalek in
the otherwise awful
"Remembrance of the Daleks"
A
Damn Shame
(noun)
Dark Elf
(noun)
Back east after moving from one haunted house into another (not due to the noncorporeal guests, but due to being Property Taxed out of Montclair), my brother set up his video work down in the cellar of the 100+ year old house.
He did not allow his dog downstairs, nor were the two cats allowed down there either.
However, he began to notice, out of the corner of his eye,
something running across the floor,
soundlessly, and always quick enough so as never get a good look at it.
(After asking my friend and metaphysics teacher
Vinnie Gaglione
about it),
I explained to my brother most likely the cellar was home to a
Dark Elf.
(As it was, my psychically-attunded then-girlfriend knew that [safely away from the cats], living amongst my many packed boxed of Stuff
there was a
fairie
of some kind.)
One day my brother and I were home alone
(relatively speaking, considering what else lived in the house),
and he had been working downstairs editing.
It was summer and he had open the back door to the yard.
At the base of the stairs, to ward off flying insects, was a mini bucket citranella candle.
Taking a lunch break, he blew out the candle, went back and shut down all his equipment (which took about two minutes), made sure the candle was extinguished, then came upstairs.
I made for him a
grilled cheese sandwich
and we talked for about twenty or thirty minutes.
He went downstairs to go back to work.
Suddenly I could hear him shout, "G_dammit: I told you not to—"
I thought he was shouting up at me.
Thinking I'd gone down and left on something, I rushed down to see what I had done (or of what I was being accused).
"What did I do...?" I asked.
"No, it's not you," he said with annoyance.
"Your g_damned
Dark Elf
relit the candle again...!"
It was the first time I'd learned the cellar dweller had done that before as well, hence my brother always double and triple checking it....