Today, we have all sorts of goodies! The releases of David Newman’s delicious Serenity soundtrack and the long-awaited sequel to Wicked, Gregory Maguire’s Son of a Witch!

Also, the Sci-Fi Channel is holding a Firefly marathon, starting at noon EST with “Serenity” and continuing all the way through “Ariel”. Then, at 10, Adam Baldwin (Jayne) hosts SciFi Inside: Serenity! The special will be repeated at 1 am, then September 30 at 1am & 3pm, then October 2 at 5am.

They had a chocolate fountain at the Serenity premiere. Does anyone else wonder if it could possibly be a nod to our chocolate River? Man, even if it’s not, I love when inside jokes spiral out of control…

When you see this in a friend’s journal, you must quote Shakespeare.

Even now, very now, an old black ram is tupping your white ewe. (an inside joke for me and Ko)

TIME gets Neil Gaiman and Joss Whedon together for an interview, and we get this? Now that’s just pathetic. Please tell me there’s more in the actual magazine…

Wisteria’s Lost “Review in Screencaps” are back! 2×01: The Island of the Doomed Cabana/Mortuary.

Also, I figured out why the LJ text messaging thing wasn’t working properly! Have a party! Beth has asked her flist to write her 128-character ficlets, which is humorous.

Also, I figured out the admittedly basic mathematical concept that has been bugging me for the past two lectures of my Mathematics of Computer Science class. I win at life! Now if only I’d figure out the rest of the big stuff in time for Tuesday, when the first homework is due, I’ll be fine! *scribbes details of tomorrow’s Office Hours on back of hand*. Also, I’d be happy if they’d stop using acronyms that already bear such significance in my brain. DFA isn’t deterministic finite automata, it’s Dean/Democracy for America! And NFA isn’t non-deterministic finite automata, it’s “Not Fade Away”, the series finale of Angel! Stupid brain. *jabs it with a Q-tip*

Me: If this were your homework, would you cry?
Ko: Forget crying, I’d jump out the window. Or drop the class. Or not even sign up for the class in the first place.
Me: See, this is why you’re smarter than me.

Happy 21 1/2 Bithday to TANJA, my beloved bride! It’s palindromic!

Today’s word of the day is pretty awesome, and I felt compelled to share it:
gimcrack JIM-krak,
noun: A showy but useless or worthless object; a gewgaw.
adjective: Tastelessly showy; cheap; gaudy.

Oh my god. OH MY GOD. I know you’re making the next Harry Potter movie PG-13, but parents are still going to take their kids to see it! You don’t need to make scenes that weren’t scary to begin with FREAKY AS ALL HECK.