• Does anyone know if Hobbit action figures are out there yet? I assume they will be made, but am curious if anyone has spied any. I know I told myself I was done with that, and even sold some of my LOTR figures out of desperation (and, yes, I do miss them). But I think I need a Bilbo - a Martin!Bilbo - assuming they follow the quality of the LOTR ( Read more... )

I finally saw Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows tonight. While I enjoyed it just as much as Ritchie's first Sherlock Holmes film, loved the visuals, adored RDJ and Jude Law and Jared Harris (who I felt did a lovely turnabout as Moriarty, from benign to sadistic) and Noomi Rapace and Stephen Fucking Fry (possibly stealing the movie with one ( Read more... )

If you're in the U.S.:

Reminder: season two of Sherlock starts this Sunday (May 6th) on PBS at 9 p.m. EST, sharp!


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• Currently watching ROTK on TNT. It's been forever since I pulled out the dvds (EEs, definitely) and did a proper marathon. That needs to be done sometime before The Hobbit comes out. *nods ( Read more... )

( SPN: Of Grave Importance )

First: rest in peace, Adrienne Rich. Very sad.

Carrie Brownstein, Mary Timony, and Rebecca Cole of Wild Flag share their record (and other music-themed) purchases. LOVE this... not only because I'm a fan of these ladies, but because it's still rare to see women acknowledged as music geeks. See that, Nick Hornby? Not a single Joni Mitchell record ( Read more... )

• Dear lord! The Benedict Blend and The Martin Mix specialty teas!

My favorite bit is under Benedict's tea:
You look at him, and you think: You're actually delicious.
Why, yes. Yes, I do. (Now get out of my head.)

• Thank you to autumnsparkle for recommending The Sensation of Falling As You Just Hit Sleep. I got so engrossed in it that I stayed up until I ( Read more... )

Belated Happy Birthday to locknkey!

(And thanks, LJ notifications, for sending me the birthday alert today. *grouses*)

I hope you had a lovely day! :)

Here, have a Jensen-kitty combo:


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• This past week was one of the worst work weeks I've had in a long time. Just plum WORN OUT ( Read more... )

Today was the kind of workday that nearly had me crying. Again. And I don't even want to know what my blood pressure was during most the day. But I sucked it up and made it through. Stubbornness versus stress ( Read more... )