things the x-files taught me, part 1 of ?

Words:
- Syzygy. A kind of unity, especially through coordination or alignment, most commonly used in the astronomical and/or astrological sense.
- Conduit. A means of conveying something from one location to another or between persons.
- Je Souhaite. French for "I Wish."
- Kitsunegari. Japanese for "Fox Hunt."

Arcadia. (Arcadia) As in Et in Arcadia Ego.

You can put swear words in dialogue. As in, "and you're in the wrong house, you son of a bitch!" (Paper Hearts)

Villains must be compelling. This is not an option. (Cigarette-Smoking Man, Krycek, Marita)

It's okay to kill the dog. (Quagmire) But only once in a while. (Ice)

"Make your own damn sandwich." (Arcadia)
"This is where you pucker up and kiss my ass." (Paper Clip)

"Hey Man, Nice Shot" by Filter. (D.P.O.)
"Beyond the Sea" by Bobby Darin. (Beyond the Sea)

Color-blindness. (Wetwired)

Kuru. (Theef)

The Hanta virus. (X-Cops)

Moby. (Closure, all things)

People that society thinks are dangerous are not always the real dangers. Vice versa, pillars of society can be predatory. (Sanguinarium, Fresh Bones, Signs & Wonders, Chimera, Die Hand Die Verletzt)

Unreliable narrators. (Field Trip, How The Ghosts Stole Christmas, Bad Blood)

The inner lives of hegemonic assholes and the people who put up with them. (Dreamland I and Dreamland II, Two Fathers, One Son)

Animals are part of the world too. (Fearful Symmetry, Alpha, Red Museum, Biogenesis, The Jersey Devil)

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. (X-Cops)

And technology, we also have to fear technology. (Ghost in the Machine, Blood, Wetwired, First Person Shooter)

Ghosts can be caught on video/camera. Fantastic! (Born Again, The Calusari)

Old people are scary. (Excelsis Dei, Dod Kalm)

Watch your fucking vents. (Squeeze, Tooms)

Don't even think about the port-o-potty. (The Host)

If stuck in the middle of nowhere, don't get on a midnight bus. (Roadrunners)

And obviously avoid the creepy mutant neighbors. (Home)

Also avoid Santa's Villages. (Sein und Zeit)

this is why Better Homes and Gardens don't take pictures here.

Someone just posted this description of Lincoln in the Husker fan blog, Life in the Red:

A drinking town with a football problem...

300 observations: I got nothing.

- Man, there were a lot of monsters in 480 B.C. Like, serious, Rawhead Rex stuff.* Fangs and goat heads and all that. Look cool though. I'd probably be creeped out in a theater.
- The Persians are definitely way more interesting in design than the Spartans. They've got all the monsters and exotica. Nice fancy bull-head thrones. The Spartans are, well, spartan.
- Yeah, this is pretty racist. Especially considering Frank Miller's comments, yowza. Frank Miller, a black mark on your name. Now I feel bad for liking Sin City.
- Leonidas is definitely a basket-case. Somebody's got a little General Ripper in 'im.
- Was I supposed to find the whole Gorgo stabbing Rapist Guy empowering? I must have missed it.
- The political ideology presented in this movie kind of defies reason. I'm with Roger Moore. This is pretty much the definition of fascist art.
- Cool fight scenes? Sort of.
- Oh fantastic. Now I get to watch Mission Fucking Impossible III.

*: Of all the Clive Barker stories I've read, how is RAWHEAD REX the one I can't get out of my head?