Thanks to all who played my little game and suggested a word. Here is your reward.

...Er...perhaps "reward" is not the right word. Um.

( 24 Poems in 24 Hours )

vwlphb and I went to see Coraline IN 3-D yesterday, and it was totally awesome. I think that's actually the first movie I've seen in 3-D on the big screen, although vwlphb has seen several. ( Here's a Coraline trailer I linked before in case you haven't seen any already.)

( LJ-cut for Coraline discussion even though I am pretty sure I didn't spoil anything much )

Dude, seriously - I know people are trying to make money every which way they can, but is it really so hard to make up a poem to put on a baby shower invitation or favor that it's necessary to have people you can pay to do it for you? Or guides on how to do it yourself? I mean, really. It's not that hard ( Read more... )

I've been meaning to make a link-y post for a couple of days, as I seem to have a small build-up. Fun!

But before the links, your (weekly?) update of What's New With Em!

Tuesday I got together with nixve (Kelly), who was in town from Seattle for a short time (yay!). Even though we'd both seen it already, we decided to go see Iron Man again - which ( Read more... )

Aw, yay! I just won nsfinch's poetry contest! She asked us a few days ago to write poems about Syttende Mai (Norwegian Constitution Day), and today announced that I will be getting the mystery prize for my submission. Hooray! I feel special, because all of the entries were completely awesome and funny. Go see them!

(Oh, and here's mine):

Syttende Mai- ( Read more... )

Dave and I got to go to Steve Raymer's book talk last night. It was great - Steve is very talented and had some interesting stories to tell about the photos in the new book. In case anyone is interested, the book has just arrived in print. It's called Images of a Journey: India in Diaspora, and it is a study of the Indian people and culture as ( Read more... )