Having recently watched (and been largely baffled by) the "New Kyoto Arc," I was a little trepidatious about the two-volume "Rurouni Kenshin: Restoration" manga that Watsuki did kind of in conjunction with the first live action movie.


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(wow, I really need to make my yearly resolution to, you know, be more present on LJ? Or anywhere ( Read more... )

Finally got around to watching Joss Whedon and Friends' version of "Much Ado About Nothing" (which, as Copperbadge noted, is basically "Joss Whedon has some people over for dinner and then Shakespeare breaks out ( Read more... )

One of the recent results of changing cable packages-- basically what I suspect was the customer service person's attempt to avoid the household cancelling both phone and cable due to the cost-- is that somehow, for the next twelve months, there is access to a wide range of streaming video through both the Internet and the TV (very exciting ( Read more... )

The thing about donating platelets is that I apparently have to discount the rest of the day, and just assume I'm going to be a slug. A slug that provides a nice warm lap for cats. Which, cats assure me, is a very important and necessary task ( Read more... )

*sigh* Oh, procedural drama.... you seem to be composed of equal parts People Being Idiots and Dramatic Shouting ( Read more... )

Speed-reading a book description ( Read more... )

You know how, when you read a really, really amazing “up until three in the morning, can’t stop thinking about it book,” you make that “good book noise” happy sigh as you’re thinking about it and waiting until you can read it again ( Read more... )

This is a) brilliant, b) distracting, and c) hysterically accurate.

Snack Theory of Male Characters

(also, it explains soooooo much....)

Random stages of mental static watching this particular comic romantic pairing ( Read more... )