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Tony Nominations Announced. Man, I need to see Spamalot.
In other news, our house is getting re-roofed today. Every so often, massive chunks of roofing material come cascading down the side of our house and make very loud crashing noises upon impact with the ground. It’s kind of fun, in a “I don’t dare set foot outside my home for fear of certain death by decapitation” sort of way.
Days until I see Serenity: 16!
How obnoxious do I plan on being about this? Very!
Revamped my Who’s Who? page. I know I’m leaving off a whole lot of new online friends, but at least it doesn’t indicate I’m still in high school.
Naveen Andrews cast in ABC’s The Ten Commandments. He’s slated to play Menerith.
Looking over IMDB, I believe that this is only the second time he’s been cast as an Arab. It’s kind of funny. But it makes me curious: do people ever get offended when an actor of one nationality gets cast to play a character of different nationality? I’m sure some do; I don’t think there’s an issue in the world that someone doesn’t find offensive. But oh well.
Anyway, I’ve made some updates to my Summer Book/TV/Movie Guide. Thanks for the recs, Renata! The books you mentioned sound quite awesome. Onwards, to the library!
All the May 26th Serenity screenings are sold out, as of last night. Bravo for the Browncoats!
The morning after, I’m munching scrambled eggs like a pro! I’ve chosen to stop taking the perscription painkillers and graduate to Motrin. My jaw is still a bit sore and it aches a tad if I open it too far, but overall, life is good. My grades are starting to come in, and I have an A for the “Lady in the Dark” project, an A- for “Copyright and Culture”, and I predict an A or A- for “Virtual World Design”. I predict a C for “Networked Life” due to my performance on the exams, which will hopefully be offset by the extra credit I submitted and my strong work on the homeworks and final project. I’m not sure what to expect for Animation, but I’d imagine somewhere in the high B or low A range. I’ve gotten solid As on everything else I’ve submitted, but the lateness of my final project might cost me.
Just crossed one movie off my Summer Guide: the original Willy Wonka, with Gene Wilder. I can’t wait to see what Tim Burton and Johnny Depp do with it! Gene Wilder already had that creepy edge, and I look forward to seeing Johnny Depp pulling out all the stops. I imagine the trained squirrels alone will be worth the price of admission! And it’ll be heartwarming to have another entire generation traumatized by Oompa Loompas. :D
Meanwhile, so the line “Button, button… who’s got the button?” is from Roald Dahl? Somehow, Spike quoting “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” is even better than quoting Monty Python! *surfs about* Oh. Nevermind, it came before Dahl. Long before, in fact. Rats. Still, quite entertaining for those five precious, deluded minutes.
Ashley — the doctor’s name is Arlet Dunsworth, and he came highly recommended. I certainly have no complaints! I’m feeling great. His office is right above Sevy’s, at the periphery of Preston Center. And if you have to get yours done this summer, act quickly. His schedule tends to fill up far in advance.
Bravo! Via TLC, A comma has been inserted into the new GoF teaser poster! If only a similar alteration had been made by the promoters of “Two Weeks Notice”! I was at the point where if it hadn’t been changed by this week, I would have photomanipped it myself for my own sanity. I’m actually not the much of a grammar nazi usually, but for some reason, this majorly irked me.
In other news, I’m feeling fabulous now. I’m healing rapidly, if the amount of blood on the gauze is any indicator, and I’m in no pain. I don’t think I’m quite ready for solid foods (or “almost solid” my fellow Zdob si Zdub friends might joke), but I don’t doubt that tomorrow I’ll be macaroni-ing and mashed potato-ing with the best of ’em. All the numbness is gone, and I’ve been yapping up a storm to try to get the stiffness out of my jaw, as it doesn’t hurt to talk anymore. I spent quite some time talking to Mom about Star Wars and Firefly and Cyth’s comments about the use of props in Lost‘s “Whatever the Case May Be” versus Firefly‘s “War Stories”, and just how astonishingly well-written Firefly was. I really wish she’d posted her thoughts in her LJ, as she came up with some really intriguing points.
I also talked about how Firefly brought the concept of a “used future” to a new level, and how disappointing it was that George Lucas seems to have left it by the wayside, favoring the shinier, more immaculate look preferred by shows like “Star Trek”. It’s especially disappointing, as George Lucas’ original trilogy was one of the main driving forces behind bringing the concept of the “used future” into the popular consciousness.
It’s so wonderful to just be able to talk, without having to worry about not getting work done. It still hasn’t sunk in that I’m free for the summer, and that I no longer have five massive projects hovering over my head. And now, I’m off to watch the Gene Wilder version of Willy Wonka. Huzzah! I have time to see movies again!
I put together a guide of movies, TV shows, and books I want to take in over the summer. It’s mostly meant to be for my own reference, but on the offchance that you guys are interested (as many of you have similar cinematic and literary interests), I figured I might as well post it. Here‘s the link!
I’m now totally redoing my “Who’s Who” and “What’s What” sections of my blog, as they haven’t been updated in two and a half years, and I’m brainstorming for a new layout.
Just to test the waters, what layout theme would you most like to see? I’m leaning towards Firefly/Serenity for obvious reasons, but I might want to save it for September. On the other hand, I’ve been considering a Gorey layout for some time, and I’ve been tossing around some other ideas for other fandoms I enjoy. Note that I’m not necessarily going to go with whatever gets the most votes, but it’s still a fun way to get reader input.
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It’s so surreal. For some unknown reason, my taste buds aren’t working properly together, and so whenever I eat or drink anything, I taste different flavors on different parts of my tongue. It’s like a fragmentation of my sense of taste. Trippy.
In other news, virtually all the numbness has worn off, so I can speak clearly again, even though I try to put a limit on my word count for fear of slowing the healing process. Also, a I can actually feel it now when I poke myself in the chin! The chin numbness gave me at least 15 minutes’ worth of entertainment this morning.
(Lalala I’M SEEING SERENITY IN JUST OVER 2 WEEKS!)