In case you didn't know, the Eurovision Song Contest has a Junior Version. I don't actually watch it because watching sugar sweet acts with rabidly smiling kids gives me diabetes. But my mum was channel hopping and we ended up watching the results. Listening to the commentator Cornald Maas flipping out over the Netherlands winning was the fucking ( Read more... )

So, this weekend I saw two movies, Star Trek and Coraline (based on the book by Neil Gaiman).

I saw Star Trek with my nerd buddy because I had the feeling he'd dig the spaceships and special effects. (I was right, he basically gasped when he saw Spock Prime's spaceship, LOL)

( Review + blather about fandom )

BEST. EUROVISION. IN. YEARS. Andrew Lloyd Webber! LOTS of Balkan entries! (I love those.) Folksy songs! Dramatic chansons! Elvira in fluorescent colours! Dita von Teese! (XD ( Read more... )

Okay, so yesterday was our Mother's day concert. A lot happened.

( bitching ensues. kinda. and I have a mediafire file with Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet, for those who are interested. )

So... I haven't been on LJ/internet for quite some time now. It started with a sort of burn-out, thanks to uni and the exams I had. But then I just, well, didn't feel like doing anything, really (I wouldn't exactly call it a depression, more like being blue, or something like that). Reasons were ( Read more... )

You people might or might not have heard about the Eurovision Song festival. It's an absolutely camptastic songcontest where each European country (except Italy, the smart bastards) send a music act to represent their country. I've been watching it since I was seven years old (My first was the last time Britain actually won/got high scores, LOL. ( Read more... )