Offline:... but I got my latest bloodwork results back, and as of today I am officially (easing off) my diet! I still need to be careful not to overdo it on the refined sugars/carbs, especially since 'tis the season for sanctioned gluttony, but this makes the prospect of two months away from home (and easy control of what I eat) much less stressful ( Read more... )

I owe Spielberg and Jackson an apology for doubting them over this whole "Tintin in mo-cap" thing. ( Spoilers, though mild! )

I've been skeptical to derisive of the entire motion comic genre since comics publishers first tried to make it a Thing a few years ago. Today I've finally seen one that I not only enjoyed watching, but which I found more emotionally affecting than the original story: Arrival Point Productions' adaptation of Bendis and Bagley's Death of Ultimate ( Read more... )

It has now been so long since I went to New York that it’s only the same amount of time again that I’ll be back in New York, but damnit, I wrote this trip write-up and so you’re gonna get it whether you like it or not. Well, not that you actually have to read it or anything.

NEW YORK
( Hurricane Irene, Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark (incl. spoilers, not that anyone cares), and meeting friends. )

Spent Sunday away from the 'net, which was a particularly good thing as my anxiety has been skyrocketing these past few weeks. E. and I went to see Midnight in Paris at the little, plush-seated, one-projector theater near his apartment, the perfect venue for a film about a guy time-travelling back to the 1920's Paris art scene.

( Spoilers! (said River Song.) )

• The farther I progress upon my self-education in how to look as awesome as possible with the least effort (aka learning about personal style and fashion, but that's so boring), the more I realize that "stylishness" is as much about how to make things that shouldn't work for you, work for you as knowing what does work for you in the first place.
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( Game of Thrones, 1x01 and 1x02. )

You don't say!

» 42x Spider-Man (616, Ultimate)
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So the other day on Tumblr dazzledfirestar posed me this question: You are charged with the next big AU at Marvel (a la 1602). What time period do you choose and which characters play large roles in the story?And because I put a lot of work into my response (like, reading entries on the Encylopedia Britannica 1823 kind of work), and also because I like it when ( Read more... )

So you know my post about Spider-Man/Peter Parker RPF yesterday? Well, one of the maintainers of fuckyeahlongbox was taking prompts for one sentence flashfics last night, so I prompted hir:

"The New Avengers (any version) discover Spider-Man/Peter Parker RPS."That's a pretty great Peter voice, gotta say. Not to discourage anyone from longer ( Read more... )