It's been an odd week.

Long, and awkward, really -- it's the start of a new term, and of course classes haven't been solidified, nor have have class lists. This makes for interesting day plans, seeing as things shift every single day and you have no idea if your attendance records are accurate at all. You do your best though, and you try and teach. ( Read more... )

Okay.

Okayokayokayokay.

I cannot be the only person here who was a nerd for "Animorphs" back in the day. It's a freaking impossibility.

Never mind. It probably is the case. None of y'all probably recall that series, ever read it, or anything. Doesn't matter. I need to screech loudly about this. A fanfic has opened my eyes to a truth I cannot believe I ( Read more... )

1) "The Dark Knight Rises" is frigging amazing.
Christian Bale is even more so, and I think that's all that needs to be said on the matter.

2) I'm heading downtown today to renew my passport before I move. Or at least will be doing so once I can drag my sorry ass to the bus stop.
My current passport photo is not a flattering one. It was taken while I ( Read more... )

Effing nostalgia.

I spent last night thinking about all those TV shows I'd enjoyed in my late adolescence/early teens. I have had much better ideas, the majority of which have not resulted in this kind of headache.

"Delta State" was the major one I thought about. It followed the story of four twenty-something amnesiacs with various psychic powers. If ( Read more... )

For some strange reason, this afternoon as I hopped off the bus and walked back to my house, I felt the need to listen to some 5ive.

Now, for those of you not in the know, 5ive was a British boy band that set itself apart from all the others by wearing black leather trench coats (or hockey pads that looked like body armour, depending) and performing ( Read more... )

See that 'my childhood is crying' tag?

In this particular case, it's tears of joy.

I went out to this great little independant bookstore in my area this afternoon, and  found The Prydain Chronicles for $3.99 a piece. I haven't read those books since I was twelve years old, but I remember just how much they meant to me at the time. I needed the ( Read more... )

I went and saw "The Golden Compass" last night with a few of the girls from work.

Cut for frothing rage, disproportionate frustration, and possible spoilers.

Let me preface this by saying that it was a gorgeous film, and certainly not without some redemptive qualities.

The 3D work was impressive, Sir Ian McKellen stole the show as Iorek, and the ( Read more... )