So that last post was supposed to be about my feelings about The Help.  So here they are, belatedly.  Nothing particularly new if you've kept up with the critiques of it.

The good: the second half (which despite what this post sounds like, I did enjoy), outcast Southern lady, that Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer are leading ladies alongside Emma ( Read more... )

North and South (BBC 2004; not the one about the American Civil War, the one based on Elizabeth Gaskell's book).  Kinda Pride and Prejudice-ish, despite the leading man's denial of. XD  Also watched Downton Abbey.  Both series have pretty background music (I think these are the tracks?).  Despite my support of Butler guy / Maid girl in Downton, I ( Read more... )

If you saw, Utena, watch this. Now.

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One of the best things since peanut butter right there.  I laughed so hard at the fandom commentary ("If it was a badfic, I probably posted it on a livejournal thread for everyone to laugh at") as well as the racial commentary ("It's 2011, you don't have to call any white man master!").  And all the phallic stuff ( Read more... )

0.0  Wow, I'm posting a lot this week.

Thanks to crsg , I discovered Kalafina (and Scandal).  I was super stoked to see their cover of Anna ni isho datta no ni.  They also did a cover/duet with ELISA of a Rayearth song, and I love the harmonies in the opening.  So pretty~  Also, yea Wakana, rep us tenors (Red Moon ~7.51)!  I still want more lives of ( Read more... )

First day back at crew.  Didn't row due to fog.  Had to run and do some ab stuff instead.  Meh ( Read more... )