I'm in my week between terms. Next term I'll at last be taking my Shakespeare course, though that's a mixed blessing. We'll be reading Midsummer Night's Dream, the pernicious Hamlet, and, for my sins, Richard III. I console myself that at least it's not Romeo and Juliet. Or Titus, good god ( Read more... )

Today is the 100th birthday of Charles Addams, creator of The Addams Family. I showed SIL and Seaspouse the original TV series to give them a better insight into my upbringing and psyche. I still count Morticia Addams as a role model ( Read more... )

Actually, that reminds me of a thing I've meant to address for a while, so I shall do so now ( Read more... )

Not only are you mocking the movie, you're anticipating how Joel/Mike & Bots will mock the movie, and you are correct without fail ( Read more... )

We have a witchy wind blowing here today. Sea-Witch, brine and sun-seared grey clouds creeping with rain they're not likely to drop for us. California mist, they called it in Utah; missed California, hit Utah. Not that Utah is exactly known for copious rain, either. This is the part of the country where you name towns after water as a form of ( Read more... )

Boy, my spelling got weird last night. Sorry about that.

( This means more spoilers. )

The two foundational live action shows of my childhood were M.A.S.H. and Star Trek. I begged Mom to let me stay up until Dad got home so we could watch them together. My parents, original Trek fans, were tickled at their eldest's love of the show. To this day, it's a show that appeals to the military in me and the fabulist in me ( Read more... )

Verdict: Highly recommended for a) geeks, b) genre b-movie fans, c) fans of women's narratives, d) women, e) all of the above.

Or Peau d'Ane, in the original language. Based on the faery tale of the same name, this stars Catherine Deneuve as the titular princess. It's a French film, and I suspect I'm hampered by not knowing French cinema all that well, and specifically faery tales in French film. I've only seen bits and pieces of Cocteau's La Belle et Le Bete. Still, ( Read more... )

I got some raw feesh for dinner because it sounded good (yeah, my nausea is a special kind), and that reminded me that I hadn't yet watched Onmyoji. So I popped it in, feeling up to subs for the evening.

This is the story of the pure and true love of Abe no Seimei, Minamoto no Hiromasa, and Mitsumushi, and also of how Abe no Seimei is a total ( Read more... )