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Dec. 25th, 2008 05:07 pmSpent Christmas Eve (virtually) with ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
crantz online and on phone, and the rest of the world via text and email. He rang up to hear me open my present, which was a Tonner Supergirl doll and she is beautiful and you can't have her and she's like a Red Ryder BB Gun only better and OMG. Kept hanging up on him because I kept dropping the phone or squishing the disconnect button with my face. Also squealing.
Brother and fam did a driveby the office with a really amazing flan (those of us on paperweight duty ate it alllllllllllllllll up, along with, for some reason, snap peas), and a handknit hat that is the only knit hat I've ever owned that didn't immediately spring off my head like one of those jumping bug toys. It is a rather lovely shade of chocolate with powder blue stripeys.
Mary and Vali sent me a policeman officer puppet, who is of course named Puppet Nicholas. Diana sent caramels made by nuns. Nuns really, really like shrinkwrap. Who knew? They also make damn fine caramels.
Woke up with sugar and gleeshrieking hangover. Took all my willpower to escape the clutches of the Slanket. Slanket may turn out to be one of those bits of technology that suddenly everyone on the planet adopts, then the Doctor has to come save us all from being absorbed and enslaved. Mmm, Slanket.
Carnival of Souls is perhaps not the best choice for a Christmas movie. But boy, is it awesome on a stick.
Sang "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" in the shower, in the style of Frank Sinatra.
What's that, Slanket? Return to your unholy embrace? But...but...it's suppertimOW! Yes, Slanket. Immediately, Slanket.
crantz online and on phone, and the rest of the world via text and email. He rang up to hear me open my present, which was a Tonner Supergirl doll and she is beautiful and you can't have her and she's like a Red Ryder BB Gun only better and OMG. Kept hanging up on him because I kept dropping the phone or squishing the disconnect button with my face. Also squealing. Brother and fam did a driveby the office with a really amazing flan (those of us on paperweight duty ate it alllllllllllllllll up, along with, for some reason, snap peas), and a handknit hat that is the only knit hat I've ever owned that didn't immediately spring off my head like one of those jumping bug toys. It is a rather lovely shade of chocolate with powder blue stripeys.
Mary and Vali sent me a policeman officer puppet, who is of course named Puppet Nicholas. Diana sent caramels made by nuns. Nuns really, really like shrinkwrap. Who knew? They also make damn fine caramels.
Woke up with sugar and gleeshrieking hangover. Took all my willpower to escape the clutches of the Slanket. Slanket may turn out to be one of those bits of technology that suddenly everyone on the planet adopts, then the Doctor has to come save us all from being absorbed and enslaved. Mmm, Slanket.
Carnival of Souls is perhaps not the best choice for a Christmas movie. But boy, is it awesome on a stick.
Sang "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" in the shower, in the style of Frank Sinatra.
What's that, Slanket? Return to your unholy embrace? But...but...it's suppertimOW! Yes, Slanket. Immediately, Slanket.
the movie meme
Dec. 5th, 2008 10:35 amNicked from various places around LJ
01. Name a movie that you have seen more than 10 times.
Hot Fuzz, Star Wars, Citizen Kane, Toy Story, Men in Black, the MSTd version of The Final Sacrifice, Rocky Horror, the first Star Trek Movie, Airplane, The Great Race, Buckaroo Banzai.
02. Name a movie that you've seen multiple times in a theatre?
Hot Fuzz, Star Wars, Citizen Kane (the university owns a copy), Strangers on a Train (ditto), Oklahoma (more ditto), Buckaroo Banzai.
03. Name an actor that would make you more inclined to see a movie.
Simon Pegg, Cary Grant, Donald Sutherland
04. Name an actor that would make you less likely to see a movie.
Tom Cruise, Mel Gibson, Michael J. Fox
05. Name a movie that you can quote from.
See 01. and 02., plus a bazillion others.
06. Name a movie musical that you know all the lyrics to all the songs.
Flash Gordon
07. Name a movie that you have been known to sing along with.
Flash Gordon
08. Name a movie that you would recommend everyone see.
The Mouse and His Child, except Sanrio seems to have forgotten it exists.
09. Name a movie that you own.
Bringing Up Baby
10. Name an actor that launched his/her entertainment career in another medium but who has surprised you with his/her acting chops.
Jim Brown
11. Have you ever seen a movie in a drive-in?
Yup. Lots. The best one was 2001. My big brother took me. I threw up in his car.
12. Ever made out in a movie?
Star Wars, during the Death Star trench run. :D
13. Name a movie that you keep meaning to see but just haven't gotten around to it yet?
Night of the Hunter, The Bride Wore Black
14. Ever walked out of a movie?
I almost walked out of the Fly, but it ended before I could be sure I wasn't going to throw up.
15. Name a movie that made you cry in the theater.
Pocahontas.
16. Popcorn?
Usually. Sometimes m&ms.
17. How often do you go to the movies (as opposed to renting them or watching them at home)?
Rarely, because most of the stuff I like doesn't play here.
18. What's the last movie you saw in the theater?
...we didn't see one in Lansing this year, did we? I think it was Hot Fuzz at the State in Ann Arbor.
19. What is your favorite/preferred genre of movie?
Weirdness, really good animation, comedy that doesn't suck.
20. What was the first movie you remember seeing in the theater?
It was either Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree or Texas Across the River.
21. What movie do you wish you had never seen?
The Fly
22. What is the weirdest movie you enjoyed?
Twice Upon a Time
23. What is the scariest movie you've ever seen?
The Blair Witch Project.
24. What is the funniest movie you've ever seen?
Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
01. Name a movie that you have seen more than 10 times.
Hot Fuzz, Star Wars, Citizen Kane, Toy Story, Men in Black, the MSTd version of The Final Sacrifice, Rocky Horror, the first Star Trek Movie, Airplane, The Great Race, Buckaroo Banzai.
02. Name a movie that you've seen multiple times in a theatre?
Hot Fuzz, Star Wars, Citizen Kane (the university owns a copy), Strangers on a Train (ditto), Oklahoma (more ditto), Buckaroo Banzai.
03. Name an actor that would make you more inclined to see a movie.
Simon Pegg, Cary Grant, Donald Sutherland
04. Name an actor that would make you less likely to see a movie.
Tom Cruise, Mel Gibson, Michael J. Fox
05. Name a movie that you can quote from.
See 01. and 02., plus a bazillion others.
06. Name a movie musical that you know all the lyrics to all the songs.
Flash Gordon
07. Name a movie that you have been known to sing along with.
Flash Gordon
08. Name a movie that you would recommend everyone see.
The Mouse and His Child, except Sanrio seems to have forgotten it exists.
09. Name a movie that you own.
Bringing Up Baby
10. Name an actor that launched his/her entertainment career in another medium but who has surprised you with his/her acting chops.
Jim Brown
11. Have you ever seen a movie in a drive-in?
Yup. Lots. The best one was 2001. My big brother took me. I threw up in his car.
12. Ever made out in a movie?
Star Wars, during the Death Star trench run. :D
13. Name a movie that you keep meaning to see but just haven't gotten around to it yet?
Night of the Hunter, The Bride Wore Black
14. Ever walked out of a movie?
I almost walked out of the Fly, but it ended before I could be sure I wasn't going to throw up.
15. Name a movie that made you cry in the theater.
Pocahontas.
16. Popcorn?
Usually. Sometimes m&ms.
17. How often do you go to the movies (as opposed to renting them or watching them at home)?
Rarely, because most of the stuff I like doesn't play here.
18. What's the last movie you saw in the theater?
...we didn't see one in Lansing this year, did we? I think it was Hot Fuzz at the State in Ann Arbor.
19. What is your favorite/preferred genre of movie?
Weirdness, really good animation, comedy that doesn't suck.
20. What was the first movie you remember seeing in the theater?
It was either Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree or Texas Across the River.
21. What movie do you wish you had never seen?
The Fly
22. What is the weirdest movie you enjoyed?
Twice Upon a Time
23. What is the scariest movie you've ever seen?
The Blair Witch Project.
24. What is the funniest movie you've ever seen?
Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
Dear Danny Butterman: Your movies suck.
Oct. 27th, 2008 10:10 amWatched Die Hard last night, in preparation for a story I'm theoretically writing. Apart from Alan Rickman's rather delightful scenery chewing (om nom nom), it was a tedious piece of bloated crap. I'm glad I didn't pay theater money to see it back in the day, since it would only have helped to kill my love of movies that much sooner. Also, hi there James Shigeta, you are always awesome.
I did like the bit where Bruce, Alan, and stupid exec are all on the phone, and Bruce is trying to save exec's life and exec is too stupid to figure it out.
I can't help but thinking that if Bruce hadn't been there, the robbers would have stolen their crap, blown up some shit, and left. Much lower body count and less property damage.
Still, a more watchable holiday movie than The Christmas Shoes.
I did like the bit where Bruce, Alan, and stupid exec are all on the phone, and Bruce is trying to save exec's life and exec is too stupid to figure it out.
I can't help but thinking that if Bruce hadn't been there, the robbers would have stolen their crap, blown up some shit, and left. Much lower body count and less property damage.
Still, a more watchable holiday movie than The Christmas Shoes.
picspam: hot fuzz japan
Oct. 17th, 2008 03:18 pmJapanese trifold brochure. Click for much, much, much bigger.
The front cover is the faux Sin City graphic on the right.
The inside.
I like the little graphic they use in Japan of Danny, Nicholas and the Swan.
The front cover is the faux Sin City graphic on the right.
The inside.
I like the little graphic they use in Japan of Danny, Nicholas and the Swan.
picspam: i love a journal cliché
Aug. 6th, 2008 11:31 amI'm feeling perfectly foul and panic-attacky, so here's everyone's favorite LJ cliché photo post, the book and video shelves! Yayayayay! *Kermit flail*
Apologies for the yellowing and blurriness. ( cut to spare your flists and connections )
Apologies for the yellowing and blurriness. ( cut to spare your flists and connections )
your quote of the day.
Jul. 24th, 2008 09:32 am"If you're going to condescend to women gamers, Paramount, at least do it all the way. Why not Steel Magnolias: Shelby's Return, in which players battle a zombie Shelby by throwing tears at her lumbering corpse (Tears are earned by gossiping at the beauty shop). Or Not Without My Daughter: Escape From Alfred Molina, in which players must absorb a certain amount of Alfred Molina's yelling, before gaining the speed required to run out of Iran."
-- Amelie Gillette on AVClub.com, re: Paramount's upcoming attempt at attracting the wimmins with games based on Pretty in Pink, Clueless, and Mean Girls.
Now I'm imagining a Bridget Jones game where you have to keep Bridget in smokes and sufficiently liquored up so she has the courage to...uh...I forget what the hell she actually did. Okay, if you don't keep her in substances, she can't write in her diary. The diary has a timelock, and when neglected, it explodes and London becomes a smoking crater. It's like 24, but with less torture, and more projectile vomiting.
-- Amelie Gillette on AVClub.com, re: Paramount's upcoming attempt at attracting the wimmins with games based on Pretty in Pink, Clueless, and Mean Girls.
Now I'm imagining a Bridget Jones game where you have to keep Bridget in smokes and sufficiently liquored up so she has the courage to...uh...I forget what the hell she actually did. Okay, if you don't keep her in substances, she can't write in her diary. The diary has a timelock, and when neglected, it explodes and London becomes a smoking crater. It's like 24, but with less torture, and more projectile vomiting.
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Jul. 24th, 2008 08:50 amA rather lovely paean to Dana Scully and Gillian Anderson in Salon:
http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2008/07/24/scully/index.html
http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2008/07/24/scully/index.html
your quote of the day.
Jul. 18th, 2008 08:43 amYou don't have to hate ABBA to hate "Mamma Mia!"
--salon.com
--salon.com
Me: "Shark Swarm" may be the greatest movie title ever.
John: "Laser Shark Swarm."
TITLE: Garth Marenghi's "Prelude to More Revenge of a Sith"
FANDOM: The Star Wars universe. Though I think calling it a 'fandom' is in many ways demeaning to George Lucas' vision. 'Imaginarium' might be a better term, or 'shared dreamworld.'
AUTHOR:annlarimer Garth Marenghi
WORD COUNT: I make every word count.
RATING: PG
WARNINGS: The level of quality of this 'fanfic' may be more than you are used to.
SUMMARY: "Garth Vader stood over the sink of his small bachelor apartment, eating a Pot Noodle." The beginning of a classic, multi-part epic.
NOTES: Feedback is welcome, as long as you're not one of those petty, sad little freaks obsessed with "spelling" and "grammar" and "structure."
DISCLAIMER: Star Wars is the great George Lucas' gift to the world. Here is my gift to him, to it...and to you, brave traveller.
( Click here to share my vision )
FANDOM: The Star Wars universe. Though I think calling it a 'fandom' is in many ways demeaning to George Lucas' vision. 'Imaginarium' might be a better term, or 'shared dreamworld.'
AUTHOR:
WORD COUNT: I make every word count.
RATING: PG
WARNINGS: The level of quality of this 'fanfic' may be more than you are used to.
SUMMARY: "Garth Vader stood over the sink of his small bachelor apartment, eating a Pot Noodle." The beginning of a classic, multi-part epic.
NOTES: Feedback is welcome, as long as you're not one of those petty, sad little freaks obsessed with "spelling" and "grammar" and "structure."
DISCLAIMER: Star Wars is the great George Lucas' gift to the world. Here is my gift to him, to it...and to you, brave traveller.
( Click here to share my vision )
Your Score: Opinionated Soul
You scored 1 Extroversion, -8 Sensitivity, and 11 Openness!
You are a confident and talkative personality. Occasionally people are hurt by the jokes you make, or the things you say. If they are, though, they should tell you. You would tell them. You don't like passive aggressive people who get upset or hurt but then don't say anything - instead mentioning it to a friend of yours later, or in a blog post or email. You have no patience for this kind of behaviour. If someone says something that offends you, you tell them, and you would expect the same courtesy in return.
Your loved ones know that you are not as callous as some people think you are. In fact, you don't like truly cruel people, and you are quick to defend underdogs. You are simply open about your opinions, and you enjoy a good joke. You don't want to have to - and shouldn't have to - alter or moderate your behaviour just because somebody touchy is in the room.
You love to spend time with your friends, but you are selective about who you call "friend". You don't have much patience with most people. The people whom you admit to your inner circle are people whom you can respect, and who are able to deal with your quick temper and brash humour.
Your daemon's form would represent your confident, impatient nature, and your opinionated ways. He or she would probably enjoy sparring verbally with you, and would make jokes in your ear at other people's expense.
Suggested forms: Blue Jay, Terrier, Go-Away Bird, Turaco, Mockingbird.
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tikistitch.your quote of the day.
Jun. 6th, 2008 03:58 pmLet me be blunt: “You Don’t Mess With the Zohan” is the finest post-Zionist action-hairdressing sex comedy I have ever seen.
--A.O. Scott, movie reviewer, in The New York Times.
This reminds me of when somebody referred to Shakes the Clown as "The Citizen Kane of alcoholic clown movies."
--A.O. Scott, movie reviewer, in The New York Times.
This reminds me of when somebody referred to Shakes the Clown as "The Citizen Kane of alcoholic clown movies."
oh, vali, i am so sorry. D:
Apr. 29th, 2008 12:28 pmLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Mel Gibson, who has kept a low profile since his drunken anti-Semitic outburst in July 2006, is set to headline his first feature film since 2002, Daily Variety reported on Tuesday.
The 52-year-old Hollywood actor has committed to play a police investigator in "Edge of Darkness," a thriller based on a 1985 BBC miniseries, the trade publication said.
The 52-year-old Hollywood actor has committed to play a police investigator in "Edge of Darkness," a thriller based on a 1985 BBC miniseries, the trade publication said.
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Apr. 15th, 2008 08:41 amI saw a chunk of The Ghost and Mr Chicken with Don Knotts last night on AMC. It's been so long since I've seen it that I was surprised to find out that it was made in color.
Don Knotts bears an eerie resemblance to Steve Buscemi. Now I want Don Knotts, Tim Conway, Tony Randall, Phil Silvers, and Bob Crane in Reservoir Dogs. Phil Silvers is, of course, in the Michael Madsen role.
Don Knotts bears an eerie resemblance to Steve Buscemi. Now I want Don Knotts, Tim Conway, Tony Randall, Phil Silvers, and Bob Crane in Reservoir Dogs. Phil Silvers is, of course, in the Michael Madsen role.
awesome movie that will hurt your head
Apr. 11th, 2008 08:54 amThe A.V. Club discusses the low-budget, batshit, brainbusting Primer.
http://www.avclub.com/content/feature/the_new_cult_canon_primer
http://www.avclub.com/content/feature/the_new_cult_canon_primer
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Apr. 10th, 2008 09:32 amSaw big chunks of Troy last night. Really, really funny stuff. Which is NOT HOW YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO THE ILIAD, YOU TOOLS. I know Achilles isn't the sharpest tool in the shed, but damn...
I kind of want to own a copy now.
I kind of want to own a copy now.
