Holy cow, this is awesome! Linked from Sue: Real-Life Simpsons Intro
And while we’re at it: Batman and Robin chuck the Batmobile for something more convenient and efficient
Dude! A couple weeks before Goblet of Fire came out in theatres, some students held a Potter Preceptorial, in which we discussed anything and everything Potter (and concluded definitively that Snape was not evil, just a petty, sadistic jerk, thankyouverymuch). Afterwards, I ended up having a discussion with one of the moderators, a grad student named Veronica Schanoes, who turned out to be a Tonks/Moody shipper. Out of pure coincidence, I had seen some Tonks/Moody fanart that morning, so I told her I’d send it to her. We emailed each other once more, and that was that.
Three and a half months later, Ko and I were looking over the new course offerings for the Fall, and she spotted a jaw-droppingly awesome course called Feminist Fairy Tales. We both were sold before we saw “Terry Pratchett” on the list of authors. Whilst squealing, I noticed that the professor’s name was V Schanoes. I googled the name, and Veronica was the only person that Google turned up in association with Penn. I emailed Veronica and asked her if she was indeed the V Schanoes listed as teaching the class. That was a week ago. She just emailed me back, saying that yes, she was teaching the class, and she looked forward to seeing me and my roommate in September.
I WILL BE TAKING THE MOST AWESOME-SOUNDING CLASS AT PENN FROM A TONKS/MOODY SHIPPER!
I was listening to my music on shuffle, and “Mrs. Bagwell’s Rhumba” came on. Man, I love the Mirrormask soundtrack.
Fair warning: Any of you that haven’t seen Mirrormask yet have two weeks to see it, otherwise we are no longer friends.
I’s got purple fingernails! *flashes them enticingly*
You know you’ve been spending too much time on 3D modeling when your first thought is “Wow, look at the specular highlight on that!”
For those that didn’t see it, check out the opening for last night’s Oscars. MAN, that’s a project I would have loved to work on! Of course, if I’d worked on it, there would have been a nod to Lord of the Rings. The blink-and-you’ll-miss-it shot of Mr. Incredible and Elastigirl goes some way in making up for it, though. :D
Also: Gay Cowboys Throughout History and the Three-Mafia Acceptance Speech.
The Oscars! Is it bad that the most exciting bit for me was my moment of “OMG, THAT’S STEPHEN COLBERT DOING THOSE ATTACK AD VOICEOVERS!”? Oh, how I miss my fake news duo. Mom found the ads tiresome, but thought they were hilarious. The Academy wanted Jon, they got Jon! The line about Bjork and Dick Cheney was pure Daily Show.
I found the awards enjoyable overall, but as the two awards I cared most about were in the first set (Animated Feature and Special Effects), I spent most of the program wishing I’d seen more of the films. In the top categories, I’d only seen Brokeback Mountain and The Constant Gardener, which made for a lot of “meh” when handing out the accolades.
In short:
- Ben Stiller in his green unitard was utterly hilarious.
- Am I the only one who actually *liked* Death to Smoochy?
- Mr. Tumnus for makeup! *squeaks*
- Thanks to Stephen Colbert, any reference to William H. Macy and/or Felicity Huffman has me giggling like a moron. Thanks a lot, Stephen.
- I never saw Howl’s, and although I enjoyed Wallace and Grommit, I preferred Corpse Bride by a considerable margin. The animation was beyond breathtaking, and it’s sad that it had to lose out to a franchise that has had the same style of animation going on 20 years. The Aardman guys’ Oscar bowties were too cute, though, which serves as a balm for any hard feelings. Also, points for the giant stuffed penguins!
- Scientology? Better hope Tom isn’t in the audience. Is there a scientology equivalent of a fatwa?
- George Clooney was awesome.
- Reese Witherspoon was adorable! And I love her dress.
- Randomly, I look forward to the day when motion-captured actors are eligible for nominations. The Academy needs to represent for Andy Serkis.
- Man, it must suck to be the third Wilson brother, the one that isn’t famous.
- Ducks without pants!
- “I’d like to thank the Academy for seating me next to George Clooney at the nominees luncheon.” OH, WIN!
- And that’s all I’d like to say about that.
Chungy just sent me this link: The Cast of World of Warcraft sing “The Internet is for Porn”
Oh! I’M HOME, by the way! I know Marcelina is in Dallas this week. Anyone else?
Renata posted the link to Stephen Colbert’s Filliam H. Muffman clip, and I felt I should pass it on, because too few people have witnessed the hilariousness. BEST THING EVER.
Aside: Does anyone else with Firefox have trouble playing videos on MotherLoad and similar sites? I couldn’t play the Olympics videos on CNN, either. I had to use Explorer. Any ideas as to what plugins or whatnot I might be missing?
Boooo! I was about to blog about my happiness at finally being paid the $100 for a 3D modelling job a few weeks ago, but then I just found a penny-sized hole in the butt of my favourite jeans, and I have no idea how it got there! CURSE YOU, FICKLE KARMIC BALANCE! Not on!