The end of Thumbelina (1994) was on HBO. I watched the last five minutes or so, and realized two things: a) it's a cute movie, but it is fantastically weird with Don Bluth's animation style, and b) Jodi Benson played an enormous role in my childhood. The Little Mermaid and Weebo from Flubber? Holy cats ( Read more... )

Yesterday, I briefly visited with machi_neko and a mutual friend. We talked of "Edward Scissors Hands Part II" -- erm, Sweeney Toddy, You Tube, LOLcats, and various topics of interest. Joy, costume-making tips, and chicken salad sandwiches were shared by all ( Read more... )

Yup. It's going to be Christmas, soon. It just hit me these past few days, with classes over and exams coming up. The red and green is out, and downtown, wreaths and fake trees are in the shop windows ( Read more... )

I have been watching movie trailers here for the better part of two hours. Persepolis is by far one of my favorites.

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I read and liked Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis graphic novels, though the first one was my favorite. I've also read her Embroideries and Chicken With Plums, the latter of which I definitely recommend ( Read more... )

Last night, I watched the movie Paprika on YouTube, so if you're interested in watching it, hurry before they take it off.

Best eye candy I've had in ages. I'm also not so sure about the plot, which wasn't particularly deep, but the music was fantastic.

You Are Psyche!
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Yesterday was demonqueen666's birthday party/outing, which was celebrated by myself and a number of mutual friends, including heavy-metal-Black-Sabbath-worshipper, eliara, and happy-go-lucky-illustrator, machi_neko. All was well and generally quite fun. To summarize, we ate at Tommy's, one of the best restaurants on Coventry, shopped at the wonderful stores down this ( Read more... )

GAH. I've been home for nearly two weeks, and I still haven't seen Shrek the Third and Spider-Man 3. It won't be a complete tragedy if I have to wait for them to come out to the dollar theater, but still, what have I been doing with my time? Also, Pirates comes out on Friday, and I feel an urge to line up some people to go with, like, right now ( Read more... )