*snorks madly* From my inbox, to be filed under “what the gravy?!?”:

do you mean by upsetting this foreign tourist? You’ll have the police after you! ‘ The dubious professor put on a haughty look, turned and walked away from Ivan, who felt himself beginning to lose his head. Gasping, he turned to the choirmaster : ‘Hey, you, help me arrest this criminal! It’s your duty! ‘ The choirmaster leaped eagerly to his feet and bawled : ‘What criminal? Where is he? A foreign criminal? ‘ His eyes lit up joyfully. ‘ That man? If he’s a criminal the first thing to do is to shout ” Stop thief! ” Otherwise he’ll get away. Come on, let’s shout together! ‘ And the choirmaster opened his mouth wide. The stupefied Ivan obeyed and shouted ‘ Stop thief! ‘ but the choirmaster fooled him by not making a sound. Ivan’s lonely, hoarse cry was worse than useless. A couple of girls dodged him and he heard them say ‘ . .. drunk.’ ‘So you’re in league with him, are you? ‘ shouted Ivan, helpless with anger. ‘ Make fun of me, would you? Out of my way!’ Ivan set off towards his right and the choirmaster did the opposite, blocking his way. Ivan moved leftward, the other to his right and the oostsssor h s g sl snsosushun stsm sps ksg ofsrpu p r sdjksdfsdfsdlgkj sdflkjsdf lksdjfsdfsdf

In other, more coherent news, I didn’t make the Kevin Smith lottery. Fortunately, tomorrow morning, they’ll have a limited number of seats available first come, first served. I plan to be there early.

First Line Meme, ganked from Renata. Randomize your MP3s, then post the first five lyrics of the first 20 songs. Then let people guess them.

  1. Who can take your trash out, stomp it down for you?
  2. What happened to Benny, what happened to his heart?
  3. A key in the door, a step on the floor
  4. There she was, just a-walking down the street
  5. There lived a certain man in Russia long ago
  6. You’re not ready for the world outside
  7. Hey-ah, hey-ah, hey-AH, hey-ah. Hey-ah, hey-ah, hey-oh.
  8. Children, welcome home to where we all began
  9. This is not the man I knew
  10. What is this song about?
  11. This house is like Russia
  12. My ship has sails that are made of silk
  13. Put down the chainsaw and listen to me
  14. Once in every show there comes a song like this
  15. A little dust never stopped me none
  16. To feel a woman’s touch, to touch a woman’s hand
  17. Maids like me, I’m neat!
  18. This is the story of a guy named Al
  19. We are just like Romeo and Juliet, we’re happy, young, and hemmoraging blood
  20. We blew off immigration, the moon was sittin’ high

This week’s poll on Sci-Fi Wire:

George Lucas likes the latest script for Indiana Jones IV. But is Harrison Ford, 63, too old to take up the whip and fedora?

46% — No Ford’s Indy until he dies.
15% — Depends. Is this “Indy and the Golden Years?”
39% — Yes! What about Nathan Fillion?

*is a tiny ball of squee*

Chungy: The Brits got the first season of the new Doctor Who a year before us. Season “twoish” comes to the BBC in the Spring. Not sure about the States. Does anyone else know?

Rebecca: I’ll have to talk to Josh about an internet-friendly version of Zeyen and Nazia. I tried ripping it from my DVD, and the smallest I could get it was over a gig.

Snakes on a Plane official trailer! Wow, I was beginning to wonder if the whole thing was really just a grand hoax, as all the publicity I’ve seen has been fan-generated. There are five fanmade trailers on YouTube, plus this hilarious trailer summary and this set of MS Paint parody images.

Also: Brokeback Hogwarts. Linked from Moony!

*jives*

I am pleased to inform you that your film, “Zeyen & Nazia” has been accepted into this year’s Ivy Film Festival. After careful deliberation, out of nearly 200 applicants, 36 films were selected, all of which feature an extraordinary level of craft and ambition. (etc)

Yeah, we kind of rock.

WOO! Got an A on my Crime Cinema paper, worth %30 of my grade.

And as for the tapenade? It’s not fancy if you get it from a jar. It is, however, delicious.