Having run the first of several expected double-checks of my many and sundry connections, I now wait impatiently for the FedEx delivery of my monitor and wireless card. I'm getting back in my groove, folks. All these pins and cables are making clear, near-perfect sense, although this might be due as much to its not being 1:00am as to my brain ( Read more... )

This right here? Is why we need to tolerate-- nay, encourage-- movie piracy.

lilycascade: And boobs. Vader needs boobs.

(No, you get no context.)

And they say romance is dead.In other news, I've gotten my Minesweeper expert time down to under 350 seconds (I am confident that I can get it under 300 if I devote a little more of the afternoon to iTunes and zoned-out clicking), my Star Wars LDs ship out on Monday, and I made a grocery run that involved buying no solid food. Sometimes I wonder if ( Read more... )

Today Kyoto-sensei announced during the morning staff meeting that we really shouldn't be eating and drinking in the staff room and should henceforth confine such activities to the break room. I am saddened by the sudden ban on drinking coffee at my desk, but maybe it'll help cut down on how much caffeine I consume. Even with my clever every-other- ( Read more... )

"Let's see what I can do with Google Image Search and ten minutes in Photoshop," I said. "It's not like I want to do that stuff for work, anyway."

( I am so, so sorry. )

Point the First: "Top Ten Other Things That Han Shot That Didn't Shoot at Him First." Little Lego Greedo is adorable.

Point the Second: "The Emperor's Court," a short comic poking fun at the total logic failure involved in Lucas's editorial decision ( Read more... )

( Just in case I've managed to see this movie BEFORE anyone capable of seeing it in a theater )

From this article:
According to Kurtz, the possibility of a third trilogy diminished when Lucas veered from his treatment to create Return of the Jedi. The original tale he mapped out didn't feature Ewoks or a second Death Star, and it culminated with the death of Han Solo. Princess Leia parts ways with Luke to lead those who survived her home ( Read more... )

Yesterday some of the other ALTs and I got together to watch all three LotR Extended Edition DVDs, back-to-back-to-back. A projector was involved. Envy me.

Having finally seen the extra footage for RotK, I can only say OMG MOUTH OF SAURON BLING-BLING.

And I'm still waiting for Extra Special Editions in which Gimli gets his dignity back, but all ( Read more... )