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My weekend was pretty damn good! (well, aside from having to spend several hours on Saturday trying to de-infect my laptop. That wasn't fun. D: ) Today was crap, and I'm thinking of taking a mental health day tomorrow, depending on how I sleep/state of mind tomorrow morning.

And I saw Sucker Punch and, despite myself, utterly loved it. But I can see why people might hate it, though *g* Tempted to throw Blondie into MM, once I decide which version. (Oh, Blondie, bb, DDDDDDDDDDDDDD:)

What's 'Your Highness'? I've never heard of it.

Edited 2011-04-11 12:14 (UTC)

I had a pretty good weekend. Got lots of housework done yesterday that hasn't been over written despite have three kids rampage through in the evening. And Saturday was nice as my family had a screen time blackout so we had to entertain each other.

As for movies, I saw Whisper of the Heart which was pretty good up until the end where the two kids who aren't even in High School yet wonder if they'll get married. Wait WHAT? It was a bit jarring but everything before that was great.

ETA: I should note that Whisper of the Heart is an old Studio Ghibli movie and not in the theaters. = D

Edited 2011-04-11 15:38 (UTC)

Weekends are never long enough. Was a pretty good one, though. Got some more Passover prep done, got a haircut, got to watch the fairly exciting end to the Masters golf tourney, bought my first stand-alone MP3 player.

Was a bit frustrated, though, in that I need an MP3 player because the headphone attachment on my cellphone is giving out (again) and AT&T seems to not care. (Apparently, they don't do repairs, not that it would be worth the cost.) If you want an all in one non-smart phone with MP3 player, don't get the Sony Ericsson W518a. Was also frustrated by the lack of response to yet another EP. About 2/3rds of my EPs go untagged of late.

Can't remember the last movie I saw. Probably Tangled on the big screen. Been watching a lot of TV through Netflix, though. Am now on season 3 of Dexter. Good stuff, but for the love of God, don't poke at the plot or will unravel like a cheap suit.

When I get Sariel back into the bar (hello, being RL caught up in union protests to the tune of tuning out most everything else), I'll send her Kirk's way.

Kirk's actually drifted to the back of the rotation, but he's always up for Trekchats. I hope you saw we have a Pegg Scotty and seem to be getting a Ro Laren.

I did! I squeaked. There absolutely need to be introductions. Sariel and Scotty, that is. As for Ro... oh gosh, that would be amazing. I hope it ends up happening.

Would you be interested in Knox meeting Val von Doom (reading about Doomwar) or Jessica Drew (reading about Dark Reign)? I can't guarantee much more than slows for now but my current work load looks like it will pass fairly quickly.

Either would be good, though if you would rather focus on Ben and Cyborg, that is cool too.

I'll dust of Jess, she needs more exercise.

On the one hand, I didn't get furloughed!

...On the other, I came down with some kind of bug, so I couldn't go into work today anyway. *grumps amidst piles of tissues, tea, and Sudafed packs*

Aside from that, my weekend was pretty spiffy, though; my mom and I hit the town Saturday, which included trying out a new (and very good) Italian restaurant near to where she lives. I also dug into more of the second season of Fringe, which alksdjfalkdsjfaks so good omg. ~~Maybe I'll use this sick day to write the app for flip_the_lights.~~

Friiiiiiiiiiiiinge. I keep hearing good things about this show! Have...not yet seen any. Actually, not sure if it's even OUT here in Aus...

It looks like the first and second season are both out in Region 4, so you may be in luck! :D If you do watch it, though, I highly recommend following

newredshoes' How to Get Hooked on Fringe in About Ten Hours guide to start out; the first half of S1 is...pretty iffy, to the point where I know lots of folks who went, "Meh," and gave up before the good stuff started. Once you've seen the good stuff, though -- which Esther outlines -- you can go back to the beginning and take note of all the little stuff the writers seeded in from the start.

I had a weekend that was full of studying.
SO FULL, in fact, that it's spilled over into today.
(I have an exam at 5:30, and so took a personal day off from work. If anyone has any good thoughts to spare, sending them my way about 5:30 would not go amiss.)

I saw two movies this weekend, during some much needed breaks in studying, and both involved women with guns.

RED (via Netflix) and Hanna in teh theaters).
If there were now some way to have Helen Mirren's character join forces with Hanna for a movie....that would be glorious.

You know what else would be glorious? For Expendables 2 to be Men vs Women. So that Hanna, Helen Mirren, Sigourney Weaver, Linda Hamilton, Michelle Yoh, and Angelina Jolie could kick some Sly Stallone, STATHAM, and Jet Lee butt.

But that's just me.

Pretty good. No movies.

Well, I take that back. I did see Temple Grandin on Friday. That was good.

In other news, my new pup got approved. Now I just need to figure out when to bring her in from.

I saw no movies. I started the HCG diet, though, and am beginning my days of super-low calorie dieting today. *crosses fingers*

My niece had a beautiful baby boy, though! A NINE pounder! For my tiny little niece, that's HUGE. Still, he's perfect, and we all love him to death!

I spent a very, very, very long time scrubbing out bathtubs at work.

I also finally watched Tron: Legacy on Saturday night. I was not impressed.

This weekend? No, no new movies.

Caught up with my comics though. Have even more love for Chew than I ever did.

Chew is brilliant. Someone at Comic Relief put a copy in my hand when the first issue came out and said "READ." I have no regrets!

I also saw 'Your Higness'. I can't even begin to convey how much I cringed over the course of that film. Is it wrong to admit I enjoyed the locations/ sets? And I thought the monster effects were neat. The plot was gut wrenchingly awful beyond words though.

I spent the majority of my weekend doing stuff for my mom's birthday and recovering from the horror of seeing six-thirty AM for six days in a row. (I don't care if midnight belongs to the witches, anything from five to eight belongs to the devil.)

Aside from making amusingly geeky jewelry out of polymer clay, nothing's doing around here. :-/

Weekend was fun, restful, and productive at the same time. I spent time with my sister and one of our friends, indulged in some Italian food with my pay, and prepared a dessert I plan to plate up later today: lime-coconut sherbet with chocolate coconut brownies in a chocolate bowl.

I haven't seen a movie in theaters since Deathly Hallows Part 1. The weekend was spent watching SpongeBob SquarePants and Soul Eater. But I'm starting to get curious about Your Highness from what you guys are saying. I am a masochist for bad movies. Considering the Wikipedia page on Your Highness implies that all the jokes are sexual, however, I'd probably rather see Sucker Punch.

I saw my family off back home this weekend, which was of course bittersweet. But we had such a fun time (especially me and my sister!) that I really can't be anything but grateful. Plus now I'm nice and familiar with Osaka! I really need to hike up there more often.

Haven't seen any good movies lately, or any at all really. It's pretty expensive here and I can never seem to justify it to myself. Plus wasting an hour sitting in a theater when there's a two-hour round trip involved just to get to the mall seems kind of waste-of-time-ish.

I have, however, seen a good musical lately. :3 I have fallen IN LOVE with the Takarazuka Grand Revue, after my sister and I went to see it together (which we'd wanted to do for quite some time). If you don't know what that is, look it up. It is an all-female theater troupe made of shiny and ridiculousness and awesome. XD I'm a total fangirl.

I saw Source Code. It was so close to being something really interesting, except then it said, "lol j/k I'm just a cookie-cutter time-travel flick sry :D" And it's a total WASTE of Michelle Monaghan. I kept wanting her character from Kiss Kiss Bang Bang to show up and start getting shit DONE.

I was, however, amused by the fact that, after wondering if my disappointment had something to do with having been hip-deep in Life on Mars for a paper in my David Bowie class for the last week (Source Code is kind of like if LoM and Quantum Leap had a baby and it didn't inherit any of its parents' talents, though it does get bonus points for the sly Scott Bakula cameo), I did a bit of reading online and discovered that Source Code was directed by David Bowie's son. Coincidences are fun.

ADLSKFJA!LKSFD;AL YOUR PAPER. God, I am made of fail. D: D:

When's it due, mate? I promise I will try and find Things that may be helpful. I have so many articles etc on the show, I'm sure there's something in there and I will happily re-watch the commentaries for useful Things to share with you. I'm just completely rubbish at the moment and keep forgetting. If it's not due imminently though, I can certainly devote time on Thursday for going through my stuff for you.

♥

It's due toward the end of the month. My current plan is to rewatch select A2A eps this week and try to start writing this weekend-ish. But I'm really bad at plans, so we'll see how that goes. XD I'm still trying to figure out how to structure the damn thing, though I think I at least know which songs I want to examine most closely in the context of the 'verse (I really wish "The Jean Genie" had been used in an episode that doesn't aggravate me so much, though, ugh).

I don't think I have your email? But mine's in my profile.

Quality! I will hopefully find useful stuff for you by the weekend, then. :D nd my email address is writetolive [at] gmail [dot] com, just in case you need it. Might be helpful if you send over the actual essay title/question actually, then I can look for things in the context of it.

but most importantly ASDKAJQLAKdq!"!" 1X04 aggravates you? How so!? I think it's marvellous. D:

I'll email you my thesis as it stands. Actually, I'll email you my answer about 1x04, too, so I can get in-depth without worrying about spoilers. Though I will say here that the stuff in the ep that is awesome is, indeed, very awesome. And very important.

:D!

I shall look forward to this email! Nothing I like better than an in-depth look at Mars. Endlessly fascinating!

BTW, did you know the writers are on Twitter? One of them might answer a question or two, if you're lucky. And uh...have queries that are less than 140 characters. :\

Edited 2011-04-11 20:14 (UTC)

Email sent, complete with excessive semi-colons and tl;dr. XD

Ooh, I did not know that.

I went and saw Thunder From Down Under, an all male exotic dance revue comprised of five gorgeous Australian men. Let's just say that I haven't seen that much female libido on display since...well, ever. The room went nuts when the boys took the stage. I was proud of San Francisco for making so much damn lust-ridden noise.

Bonus points for the Australian MC dragging three women up on stage to display their skills at fake orgasms. It was hilarious, cheesy, and hot - in other words, everything I expected.

Next time I'm in Vegas, I'll definitely see the full troupe's show.

Edited 2011-04-11 18:55 (UTC)

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