Give me the brain -- I have to post to LJ.

[prillalar]

Usually on Friday nights, I'm in bed by 8 o'clock, and that's after I've made myself stay up because I'm ashamed that I'm so tired. But not today.

Because I was inadvertantly caffeinated.

The bitter taste of the "decaf" should have clued me in, but it wasn't my usual coffee place and I thought it might just be a different roast. But then I started getting the random anxiety and I knew.

For some reason, I didn't stop drinking the coffee though. Instead, I bounced around the office, slurping down what was left, and asking my co-workers things like, "Which is cooler, a zombie or a ninja?" and wondering if any (zombies and ninjas, not co-workers) were out to get me.

I think they thought it was cute.

Anyhow, which is cooler? And where would a pirate rank on that scale? All I could decide was that if Racer X became a zombie ninja pirate, it would cause such a massive black hole of coolness that the entire universe would fall into it.

You know, the problem with being caffeinated and running your mouth off is that, unlike when you're drunk, you know exactly what you're doing. You just can't help it.

Oh, and: Denny Crane.

Comments

[florahart]

Hee! *tries to think about a day without caffeine* *dies*

[miss-pryss.livejournal.com]

Pirates are always coolest.

[tingler.livejournal.com]

OMG I ::heart:: your icon!! Denny Crane. I've only managed to catch two full episodes of BL but it is so surreal it is almost "Cop Rock". And it has Bill *and* Spader!! Squeeee!

Pirates trump ninjas which waaay trump zombies, cuz zombies are gross. Ninjas probably trump pirates in the cleanliness category, though. I've never heard of an unwashed ninja.

And Racer X is quite nearly a black hole of coolness just as he is.

You know, the problem with being caffeinated and running your mouth off is that, unlike when you're drunk, you know exactly what you're doing. You just can't help it.

Been there, done that, sadly without even the caffeine excuse.

[chinawolf.livejournal.com]

Word. On everything. I love caffeine, but it makes me go crazy.

I never liked William Shattner in *any* role. I detest classic Trek. Usually, I only need to see him and have a fleeing urge. But oh, is he ever good in Boston Legal.

[thepouncer.livejournal.com]

Pirates are way cooler than ninjas, although the ninjas were the best thing about the Big Gay Movie otherwise called The Last Samurai.

And caffeine has the same effect on me, which is why I avoid it.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_inbetween_/]

leaving aside the pirates (clear winner) and going to your original question: ninjas are cooler if you are one, zombies if you are the onlooker.

i went to bed at 6 am on friday. hence i would have been able to answer the laughably easy question which "william" recorded a cover version of "common people" - but all i could to was scream in frustration that the dork on the radio did not get it, even when he was given the clues of "beam me up" and "scotty" and "so what was the name of the actor who played kirk, william ...".

ninja zombies

[kormantic.livejournal.com]

are cool but ninja pirates are even cooler.

[helleboredoll.livejournal.com]

If caffeine-wired pirates are cooler than decaf ninjas, and decaf zombies are less cool than caffeinated ninjas, and decaf pirates are cooler than caffeinated zombies, and caffeinated ninjas are cooler than decaf pirates, and decaf ninja pirates are less cool than decaf ninja zombies, and caffeinated pirate zombies are cooler than caffeinated ninja zombies, then which is cooler: a caffeinated ninja zombie pirate or Denny Crane/Spock slash fiction?

And has anyone ever written Speed Racer slash? I think there's a lot of possibilities there. Like Speedie drinks waaaay to much coffee one day and suddenly Chim chim is looking pretty good... wait no, that's not slash, that's bestiality. But ya get the idea.

[prillalar]

I used to have a 3-cup-a-day habit, but I kicked it a few years back. Now I only intentionally use caffeine medicinally (for headaches) and recreationally (when I feel like I need a creative burst). I have to say, being able to function in the morning whether I have coffee or not is really great.

[prillalar]

OK, then how about ninja pirates vs zombie pirates?

[miss-pryss.livejournal.com]

OMG, ninja pirates, TOTALLY!

In order of coolness: Pirates, ninjas, zombies.

[prillalar]

I love Denny Crane so much. It's the perfect role for Shatner -- just self-referential enough.

Ninjas have to stay clean so you don't smell them sneaking up on you.

And Racer X is quite nearly a black hole of coolness just as he is.

So very, very true.

[prillalar]

He's awesome on BL! Between him and Spader, I can hardly deal with the awesomeness.

[prillalar]

I think ninjas are cooler than pirates, myself. But pirates are more noticable.

[prillalar]

Hmm, everyone is on the side of the pirates. I suppose the thing about zombies is they are less likely to have strong individual personalities.

Re: ninja zombies

[prillalar]

Bah to pirates! Ninjas rule!

[prillalar]

I'd go for the caffeinated ninja zombie pirate, myself.

I haven't seen any Speed Racer slash, but I was strongly tempted to write some after the scene where Racer X takes the unconscious Speed back to his hotel room and leaves him on the couch while Racer X takes a shower. Speed, meanwhile, wakes up, tries on Racer X's mask, and decides to spy on Racer X in the shower to see him without his mask on.

It's not like I deliberately set out to write incestuous slash about a kids show, but they make it pretty damn hard not to.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_inbetween_/]

i think it's rather about zombies being slow, lumbering, mindless creatures - while pirates can also be a mindless mob, the swashbuckling is cooler than the rags and half-rotten flesh :)