Greetings and salutations!

I'm about to get started creating a Mad Hatter costume to wear to Disney's new Alice in Wonderland movie when it comes out in March (much to my sister's dismay.)  To my delight, Threadbanger released an excellent video showing how to make both the hat and the rest of the costume ( Read more... )

Huzzah, a new one!!

Edit: Aww, suck. LJ stripped out the embedded movie. Linkage:
http://www.wegame.com/watch/Oxhorn_s_Christmas_Tree/

What I nattered on about today:

11:02 There's a song playing in my head almost every day when I wake up. Today it is "Heartland" by Celtic Thunder (again.)

11:03 Saw "Evil Dead" & "Shawn of the Dead" for the 1st time ever last night. ED was delightfully mockable, and SotD was a really good movie.

13:12 Horrible traffic, my God. I hate sitting ( Read more... )

What I nattered on about today:

10:37 There's a song playing in my head almost every day when I wake up. Today it is "What Goes Up" by the Alan Parsons Project.

10:38 Saga of William Spam update: now 42 of the 100 most recent pieces of spam I've received are addressing me as William. (Hee! 42!)

15:31 Saga of William Spam update: now 47 of the 100 ( Read more... )

Exercise:  As I believe we've all agreed, pushing a cart around a grocery store should count as walking when it comes to the Rivendell trip.  Today I went 2.3 miles all around Tom Thumb, picking up what we needed for the week, plus a few extras to get me up to the $40 required for free movie tickets. 
Miles to Rivendell:  422.5

We also saw Iron ( Read more... )

"When the Dark comes rising, six shall turn it back,
Three from the circle, three from the track;
Wood, bronze, iron; water, fire, stone;
Five will return, and one go alone."

I'm so horrified at this news that I have to express it to all of you.

I discovered the Dark is Rising sequence decades ago and immediately loved it. I've re-read the ( Read more... )

Oh sure, why not? Got this one from roberttx...

Nine movies I like, not in any particular order, and obviously not a complete list.


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Via fearlessdiva, one of the strangest things I've ever seen: Harry Potter and the Hogwarts Dancers. (Totally balthrop-safe.)

Orson Scott Card said:

"And I'll tell you this right now: If Ender's Game can't be this kind of movie, and this good a movie, then I want it never to be made.

I'd rather just watch Serenity again."

Agreed, Uncle Orson.

Pardon me while I die laughing. :-)

Taerin in Shot Till You DropIn this compelling epic, taerin (Jane Seymour) is a disgruntled police officer with a libido to kill. She needs to get to rapier (Antonio Banderas) before her nemesis, exobiologist (Salma Hayek), kidnaps him. Like many before her, she forces her way into Exobiologist's castle stealthily. Winner of two ( Read more... )