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Jun. 29th, 2010 05:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lotus0kid1. Update on my love affair with Netflix, because I'm sure you care: I sent back Across the Universe yesterday and am waiting on Wristcutters: A Love Story (who told me about that one? I can't remember). Across the Universe was pretty good, though I would've appreciated a little more character development, instead of the movie basically just being a delivery system for covers of Beatles songs, well done or not. In any case, Jim Sturgess had a highly enjoyable Northern accent (I'm easy). I spent last night and this morning re-watching the first season of Better Off Ted- delightful, as always, and now I have Ted's voice stuck in my head (Veronica's too, oddly, they take turns), which has helped while I've been researching technical writing stuff.
2. Birthday shout-out for![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
fadeintodawn! If I hadn't been lame and realized her birthday was coming up sooner, I probably would've bought her ticket for the performance of Much Ado About Nothing we went to on Sunday. In any case, despite nearly sweating our brains out in the 90+-degree weather, the play was fine, as Much Ado has the tendency to be. I'm not sure if I mentioned this before, but it's really the one Shakespeare play I like purely on its own merit- for Beatrice and Benedick and their awesome snark, and Claudio and Hero's general adorability, and Dogberry's goofiness, and Don Pedro's coolness, etc. In any case, fadeintodawn, I failed on the live theater tickets, so you'll have to make do with movie tickets sometime soon, just let me know.
3. Totally looking forward to the Epic Heroes Season One Re-Watch tonight. Man, it has been so long since I've watched any episodes that weren't relevant to my OTP interests. Like, "not since they aired" long. I'm hoping it'll get me good and jazzed up for my bigboom fic again, as the fic meme has definitely (if pleasantly) broken my momentum on that. I'm actually well over halfway to the 10,000 word minimum, which is somewhat comforting. However, the real action hasn't even started yet, which is not comforting. Anywho, whatever, I've got time, it'll get done.
4. Stealing a neat looking meme fromhermione_vader
THE FANMIX MEME ♫
Please to be giving many suggestions.
5. Though I really should be rationing my book intake, since all but one box of my library is in storage for the next two years (*sniffles*), I've been zipping right through The Truth, which is better than I remembered. I don't know why, but I really love that.. jeez, how can I put this? When a character who's a reporter, or a cop, or a private detective is really motivated to get to the bottom of whatever it is that's going on. That doggish determination to bring everything to light, sometimes for no more solid a reason than it's The Right Thing To Do or To Get The Story. I dunno, I guess I just find it romantic. And The Truth is great because you have William de Worde experiencing that for the very first time. Though I think Otto Chriek is my favorite- I know I'm enjoying a character when I find myself wanting to, or actually saying their lines out loud.
BONUS:
*takes out collapsible pointer* As you can see, I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together. Furthermore, I am the eggman, they are the eggmen, I am the walrus. And in conclusion, goo goo g' joob. *collapses pointer*
2. Birthday shout-out for
fadeintodawn! If I hadn't been lame and realized her birthday was coming up sooner, I probably would've bought her ticket for the performance of Much Ado About Nothing we went to on Sunday. In any case, despite nearly sweating our brains out in the 90+-degree weather, the play was fine, as Much Ado has the tendency to be. I'm not sure if I mentioned this before, but it's really the one Shakespeare play I like purely on its own merit- for Beatrice and Benedick and their awesome snark, and Claudio and Hero's general adorability, and Dogberry's goofiness, and Don Pedro's coolness, etc. In any case, fadeintodawn, I failed on the live theater tickets, so you'll have to make do with movie tickets sometime soon, just let me know.3. Totally looking forward to the Epic Heroes Season One Re-Watch tonight. Man, it has been so long since I've watched any episodes that weren't relevant to my OTP interests. Like, "not since they aired" long. I'm hoping it'll get me good and jazzed up for my bigboom fic again, as the fic meme has definitely (if pleasantly) broken my momentum on that. I'm actually well over halfway to the 10,000 word minimum, which is somewhat comforting. However, the real action hasn't even started yet, which is not comforting. Anywho, whatever, I've got time, it'll get done.
4. Stealing a neat looking meme from
hermione_vaderPlease to be giving many suggestions.
5. Though I really should be rationing my book intake, since all but one box of my library is in storage for the next two years (*sniffles*), I've been zipping right through The Truth, which is better than I remembered. I don't know why, but I really love that.. jeez, how can I put this? When a character who's a reporter, or a cop, or a private detective is really motivated to get to the bottom of whatever it is that's going on. That doggish determination to bring everything to light, sometimes for no more solid a reason than it's The Right Thing To Do or To Get The Story. I dunno, I guess I just find it romantic. And The Truth is great because you have William de Worde experiencing that for the very first time. Though I think Otto Chriek is my favorite- I know I'm enjoying a character when I find myself wanting to, or actually saying their lines out loud.
BONUS:
*takes out collapsible pointer* As you can see, I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together. Furthermore, I am the eggman, they are the eggmen, I am the walrus. And in conclusion, goo goo g' joob. *collapses pointer*
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Date: 2010-06-30 02:17 am (UTC)Hmm,I only watch movies twice in a row when I'm going to listen to the commentary. Two at a time is just...intimidating.
I hope so! Someone wanted to move it to nine and I was considering it, but I realized that White Collar is coming back at 9pm on Tuesdays, so...ah, I'm abusing my rewatch organizer powers.
It's...odd, but it's a Costa-Gavras, who made a lot of good political-themed films. Aw, well, Otto is very devoted to William...and William is...kind of open minded, or at least he tries to be.
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Date: 2010-06-30 02:41 am (UTC)Oh, I think you really need to see a movie twice if you're going to make a wholly informed decision on it.
Ye-eah, 9pm seemed to work better for some folks... who aren't White Collar fans like us.
Hm, okay. Heh, I kind of doubt William's self-imposed tolerance would extend quite that far, but, y'know, things don't work out with Sacharissa, maybe William gets curious about Uberwald, and and Otto spend a bit more time together...
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Date: 2010-06-30 02:53 am (UTC)I think you're right, I just hardly ever have time to watch movies for the first time, much less the second. And by time I mean...ability to actually pay attention while not writing/reading/doing something else.
*sigh* I feel a little guilty.
I actually own it, I think. I know, but Sacharissa is so cool. It's so hard to slash within Discworld, Pratchett sets up relationships so well.
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Date: 2010-06-30 03:02 am (UTC)Heh, well, I guess I'm a bit better about that.
Aw, come on now, you can't please everyone all the time.
That's cool. Yeah, Sacharissa isn't my favorite, so I guess that makes it a bit easier. And, well, y'know, vampires can be fun that way. "They didn't always scream" and such.