If you have some cash - around $10k, you too can have a Bubble Boy courtesy of the PropStore.
Not just a Bubble Boy. But the Bubble Boy, well the suit and the life like stunt double that goes with it.
And what do you get for the low low price of $9995.00 ?
You get a full size working Bubble Boy suit that was used throughout the film and ....
* BYOEC - Bring your Extension Cord
a Jake, 
that well looks a bit surprised? or is it more like a blow up buddy?
"The stunt body was used for effects shots in which Jimmy gets hit by a car, bus, flown through a billboard, thrown off a highway into a train, etc. After production the bubble was mounted on the stunt body for this display.
"This full-sized body is made of dense foam, sculpted in the face to resemble Jake."
"The face features hand-punched hair, resin eyes and teeth. There is a tape repair on one arm, and cracking on the face due to it actually being hit by the truck, multiple times. The bubble is made of heavy vinyl and features plastic arms which extend out from the suit, allowing the character to grab objects."
There are some burn marks courtesy of the burning restaurant.
If it's made by Acme it's gotta be good.
And of course you need Dr. Phreak business card just in case you need to get a hold of him.
But you will have to earn the "I Just Got My A#$ Kicked at Mao's Mud Pit" bumper sticker yourself.
All yours if the Price is Right.
And doesn't have to be a Tuesday to go Two Wheeling.
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
On the Bubble
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Wow, wherever did you find that thing, Special? That's unreal. It even kinda looks like Jake.
I've still never seen that entire movie, believe it or not. No one ever shows it on TV.
Just another page out of a gay celebrity's diary:
From Just Jared:
Charlize Theron hides her face as she arrives at LAX airport after a flight to Los Angeles on Monday (July 18).
Also at the airport on Monday was the 35-year-old actress’ rumored beau, Green Lantern star Ryan Reynolds!
Ryan, who’s newly single after splitting from Scarlett Johansson back in December, has been dating Charlize “for months,” a source told Us Weekly last week.
The source said not to expect to see Ryan and Charlize on the red carpet together at events, though, saying, “That’s not her style.”
Do these guys and their people not realize how we're all learning the prime characteristics of bearding? It's becoming textbook reading.
I've still never seen that entire movie, believe it or not.
WHAAAAT? Unbelievable.
Get thee to NetFlix.
Or try Comedy Central on a weekend. It is makes the rounds again and again on there.
I've said it before that Bubble Boy is like TV crack, you see when you're flipping through the channels and that's it you just have to watch it.
I cancelled my netflix, Special! I wasn't using it enough. I had Toy Story 3 for like almost a year, LOL and I still never watched it.
See? I told you I just wasn't a movie hound. I have my favorites and then all my TV box sets and I'm happy.
Excerpt from Bye-Bye Borders: What the Chain's Closing Means to Bookstores, Authors and You
But the fizzling of Borders brings with it severe consequences for the publishing industry — and the consumer. It has the feel of a "Too Big to Fail" situation, albeit in the smaller-stakes book world, in which the toppling of a giant will send ripples into several smaller pools, and as with the crashing of the financial markets, it's almost always the little guy who loses out.
A better explanation: Borders going under means that hundreds of people beyond its own employees will lose jobs. Because it was one of the top booksellers in the country, publishing houses had entire departments dedicated to working with Borders and its sales teams. It also means that suddenly, publishers have lost a major thoroughfare for book sales, one of their biggest. An entire arm of book sales has been amputated.
Granted, the reduced print runs for books don't mean that fewer books will sell, but Borders closing does have a huge effect on how many physical copies will be out in the world. It is yet another nail in the coffin of the old-fashioned brick and mortar, paper and gum book business as the world zooms toward an ever-more-digital model. So what Borders closing means, at the basic level, is that fewer paper books will be produced. There is no other outlet big or solid enough to absorb the blow; there is nowhere else for all those paperbacks and hardcovers to go. The most logical thing to do is to stop printing them.
This harsh reality can feel tragic to those who love the physicality of books and still haven't gotten used to the Kindle, but a new generation is learning to adapt to e-reading. I suspect that the children who are just learning to read today on iPads won't grow up nostalgic for the Borders that they never knew. I certainly don't feel wistful about no longer getting to snag CDs at Sam Goody. There is no other future for reading but a digital one, and getting misty about the decline of tangible books is an exercise in futility. Reading itself has never been more popular, even if formats are in flux.
That said, the aspect of Borders' implosion that troubles me is that there will be 399 fewer places to take part in the communal act of book buying, which is a completely separate activity from reading (see: regular bookstore lurkers who never purchase a thing). As corporate as it has become, Borders began as an independent bookstore in Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1979. Tom and Louis Borders bought out the aging Wahr's store at 316 South State, and they hired a local rare books restorer to stock it lovingly with unique reading material. The restorer kept a binding workshop upstairs. It expanded into the impersonal, sprawling latte experience that we know today, but Borders started small, and it grew out of a love for the shared browsing experience.
Bookstores are very special places, even the behemoths. They provide a space for cultural dilettantism. You can get lost in them for hours, perusing covers and picking up obscure titles. They are dedicated to discovery and are curated by some of the most dedicated retail employees around (even to get hired at a large corporate chain, one is still required to exhibit a sharp passion for reading).
Small bookstores may be celebrating Borders' demise (Nora Ephron reference: the Shop Around the Corner finally has a shot against Fox Books!), but they also know that this is a sign that these are the hardest of times. Bookstores are fighting for their lives, day in and day out. Only the most relevant, vibrant, dynamic, essential, committed, nimble, involved and enticing independents will survive the e-book tsunami. Independents are prepared to be all of those things — far better than a giant organization like Borders was — but they need to bring a lot of ammunition.
AUS10NICHOLS AUSTIN NICHOLS
Yesterday i was running errands and a guy named Cory asked me if I was in the movie Glory Road. Then he hugged me. I almost cried. Great day
7 minutes ago
thecarissaclark Carissa Clark
Met the producers of End of Watch at work! Our whole studio is now a movie set! Hoping to meet Jake Gyllenhaal next.
12 minutes ago
Boy, I'm not so sure about this song, Special. lol
Hey, never mind that! Lookit here!! He lives! mr. Austy!
Found him in a twitpic put up by the man who at least now is referencing him as @aus10nichols.
Looking pretty good and not like a Tootsie Pop head as originally thought. lol
Looking Good
Here was the tweet:
TylerHilton Tyler Hilton
I'm starting a band w Dean Alexander and @Aus10nichols. maybe called Swamp Thing. Happy birthday Dean! http://lockerz.com/s/121816806
1 hour ago
Tyler Hilton has been listed at 6'2" and also 6'4". Not sure which one is accurate.
But you can see where he and Austin could very well probably be mistaken for one another. They look very similar, although now we know that Tyler Hilton is a little larger in the head department than the rest of his person and Austin is a bit more proportionate.
Some of the fans wandering around Wilmy will have to keep a close eye out when they're claiming sightings.
Hard for me to believe a woman like Charlize would beard. She has to know it is wrong. She is such a wonderful friend of the Gay community.
I don't know much about her, Tom. But that statement about no red carpets, that is such nonsense.
What a readymade answer.
Oh Austin will no long be alone in the Fivehead Club.
I wonder what Austin will play in this band?
And the song?
Bubble Boy coupled with the expression on the stand in Jake. Come on! It had to be done!
There's a blind item about an Oscar-nominated actress in a lesbian relationship with another celebrity for which the popular answer is Charlize Theron and Cindy Crawford.
Still sad about Borders, and lol your story about Canada Special. I've never bought that much stuff, but I do find myself loading up on stuff when I visit family in Colorado because they have a great local independent CD store chain, and they also have a great selection of used CDS and DVDs.
There are some great independent music stores in Boston. Newbury Comics while now a chain still keep that funky indie vibe. I remember the first time my brother took me there I was 14 and he made my dad stay outside. (I don't think my dad would have appreciated the head shop section they had or the bondage Barbies in the cases) It was great. A friend of mine told me that he used to shop at the original Newbury Comics back in the day and end up getting drunk with Aimee Mann who was working there. The were sitting under the counter drinking cheap wine.
There is also a great store in Central Square called Cheapo Records that is a treasure trove for vinyl and personal favorites of mine blues, jazz and funk. And the owner loves music, has seen everyone you can think of, and loves to talk about music.
And fav from long ago was Skippy White's.
Hard for me to believe a woman like Charlize would beard. She has to know it is wrong. She is such a wonderful friend of the Gay community.
Who are you to judge others? When did you come out of the closet? Two minutes ago?
Whatever happened to Aimee Mann? I always used to think she was so exotic looking with her whiteish hair.
The big D started setting in yesterday afternoon and now I'm really dragging my feet thinking about getting ready for reporting in for duty. I know my big buddy will be glad I'm back in my seat. LOLLL!!! He had to do some of my work. Revenge is great sometimes. And hopefully lots of presents to open with office supplies in them and a gander at the new whse lead office chair. Can't wait to see it. I hope they like it.
Austin looks great in a white shirt, doesn't he with that dark hair? I dare say he is def a winter.
Hopefully intelligent people understand why I feel the way I do do about certain things. I also hope any regulars posters know they can ask me at anytime anything they want to and i will answer.
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