brain candy!
I talked to my mother about how I want more space when it comes to planning my trip, and how I think it's better if we don't discuss it for a while and I just make my plans on my own. And I think I did a great job of communicating-- lots of I-statements! Go me. She was pretty defensive, but I think I would be, too, if I were in her place, and I think the message got through.
"Giles, no one's using the I-statements!" -Willow
I've been watching absurd amounts of Buffy in the past few days. Which is what school vacations are for. The local crappy video store proved good for something by selling its copy of Season 3 DVDs used, so I got myself a little birthday present. Also ended up having a dream about making out with Oz... weird, but amusing. My favorite Buffy-induced dream (god, I am such a dork!) was probably this summer, when I dreamed that Evil Vampire Willow was chasing me and for about ten minutes my internal monologue consisted of: "She's trying to kill me! But she's so hot... but she's trying to kill me! But she's so hot... but she's trying to kill me!"
I saw ROTK for the third time yesterday, and of course there was as much hobbit lurve as ever. You know that really long pause after Frodo's fabulous "end of all things" line, after which we see the eagles descend upon two suddenly exhausted hobbits? Yeah, no doubts about what happens between frames there. I'm also convinced that Elrond's scene with Aragorn in the tent is not only Extremely Gay, but also the best use of blatant sword-as-phallic-symbol imagery in this movie, which could be alternately titled "My Phallic Symbol Can Beat Up Your Phallic Symbol." Yes, Elrond, just fling open that velvet cloak (which looks suspiciously like your daughter's) to reveal that really big... sword. Flame of the West indeed. I especially enjoy how the camera lingers first on Aragorn's total lust for the impressive, um, handle, and then pans slowly up the length of the blade just to drive home the point that, yes, Aragorn's got a really big sword.
But then, perhaps this is all just a lingering side effect of Modernism, the class in which the answer to every question was "castration."
Might I mention again that I hope they put a special Arwen-free edition on the EE DVD? Just have her go by the book: show up with the banner, marry Aragorn, and die. No "I have to go back and have me some BABIES!" or "I don't care how little sense it makes, the Ring will make me waste away tragically because I am a waif-like Love Object." Ew. moonlightalice said that she saw a geek couple making out during the movie, but only during the Arwen scenes. I approve.
I must see this yet again with friends in tow, so we can all giggle at inappropriate moments together.
"Giles, no one's using the I-statements!" -Willow
I've been watching absurd amounts of Buffy in the past few days. Which is what school vacations are for. The local crappy video store proved good for something by selling its copy of Season 3 DVDs used, so I got myself a little birthday present. Also ended up having a dream about making out with Oz... weird, but amusing. My favorite Buffy-induced dream (god, I am such a dork!) was probably this summer, when I dreamed that Evil Vampire Willow was chasing me and for about ten minutes my internal monologue consisted of: "She's trying to kill me! But she's so hot... but she's trying to kill me! But she's so hot... but she's trying to kill me!"
I saw ROTK for the third time yesterday, and of course there was as much hobbit lurve as ever. You know that really long pause after Frodo's fabulous "end of all things" line, after which we see the eagles descend upon two suddenly exhausted hobbits? Yeah, no doubts about what happens between frames there. I'm also convinced that Elrond's scene with Aragorn in the tent is not only Extremely Gay, but also the best use of blatant sword-as-phallic-symbol imagery in this movie, which could be alternately titled "My Phallic Symbol Can Beat Up Your Phallic Symbol." Yes, Elrond, just fling open that velvet cloak (which looks suspiciously like your daughter's) to reveal that really big... sword. Flame of the West indeed. I especially enjoy how the camera lingers first on Aragorn's total lust for the impressive, um, handle, and then pans slowly up the length of the blade just to drive home the point that, yes, Aragorn's got a really big sword.
But then, perhaps this is all just a lingering side effect of Modernism, the class in which the answer to every question was "castration."
Might I mention again that I hope they put a special Arwen-free edition on the EE DVD? Just have her go by the book: show up with the banner, marry Aragorn, and die. No "I have to go back and have me some BABIES!" or "I don't care how little sense it makes, the Ring will make me waste away tragically because I am a waif-like Love Object." Ew. moonlightalice said that she saw a geek couple making out during the movie, but only during the Arwen scenes. I approve.
I must see this yet again with friends in tow, so we can all giggle at inappropriate moments together.