[26 Dec 2009|07:42pm] ferlise my priorities are seriously out of wack post comment

Christmas checklist: [25 Dec 2009|11:28am] naturelf * listen to CBC Radio One's (31st) annual (re)broadcast of Alan Maitland reading The Shepherd (6:30pm, Dec 24). I don't remember ever not listening to it, and even though I know exactly what's coming, it still gets me every time. * breakfast on Christmas morning involving a fresh-baked something. This year I made scones, and we had peameal bacon with eggs. Om nom nom breakfast. * listen to the CBC broadcast of Handel's Messiah while finishing breakfast and starting that round of dishes (we don't have a dishwasher). Or rather, since I made the scones, the others did most of the dishes while I re-set the table for dinner/supper/whatever it's called when it's at 3pm and danced around the kitchen. Oh that Messiah sure makes you kick up your heels. * dishes from breakfast are done, turkey's in the oven, and we've got about two hours before we go to pick up my grandmother, and then see if dinner's ready. If yes, nom nom nom. If no, presents! * found my year's first crack Yuletide story: Generation Kill AU, with mermaids. Or mermen. All in all, it's going quite well. Merry Christmas to those who care, and Happy Long Weekend to those who don't! 1 comment|post comment

[24 Dec 2009|01:10am] ferlise i have alot of growing up to do post comment

Mmmmm visual feast~ [21 Dec 2009|02:37am] blackiceuphoria [ mood | full ] Avatar is lush, vibrant, and gorgeous!!! They sure like their tie-dye, extraneous skin flaps and flourescents too xD So the storyline was generic, and explaining everything through "fate" helped us leap over wide chasms (much like the many vertiginous scenes in the movie!), even though initiative is the final stroke that propels the natives to triumph in the end. I'd have to say what surprised me a lot was how easily the actors could rattle off so many canned sayings: "We're not in Kansas anymore"? "I didn't sign up for this sh*t"? Thank heaven they had a couple million dollars' worth of CGI to distract us from cringing. xD Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldana's hotness came through very well in their blue cat-lemur-basketball player format, although the grins came off a little too toothy and predatory-looking sometimes (fluke, or a stroke of genius, to remind us that they're "not human"?). But gosh, I'll never cease to be amazed by the facial expressions, detailed to the minutiae of twitches and angles that give such expressiveness and a world of emotion. Add to that the ears that pivot and flatten, and wow! What can we say about that tenacious general dude who looks like he clambered out of Tekken? xD Bad@ss all the way! While Pandora's native culture and most of the characters seemed sadly dilute, it wasn't so much of a problem while watching the movie. I guess there was enough going on between Jake Sully and Miss. Always-the-Chief's-daughter to provide a nice undercurrent to complement the visual immersion. I was also fascinated by the fact that Pandora is only a satellite of a much larger (seemingly gas giant) planet... and I find myself wanting to know more about what the star system was called and how they found it, etc. (I wonder how they mated... lol, maybe through those Wicked fibrewire cords that grow out of their SKULL!!) I admit that the beginning, especially the nighttime scenes, was like WoW's Teldrassil come to life... giant trees that are lived in, dusky purples and midnight blues. That, and the mounts. But that's where the similarities end, and I quickly forgot all about WoW, about basically anything in real life. Barely felt those 2.75 hours, immersed and eyes drinking all the detail in. Some serious kudos for the actors who made us believe in what they saw as well! Would I want to watch it again? I... don't know that I would, lol. Wouldn't mind seeing the artwork though. :D 7 comments|post comment

[20 Dec 2009|03:17am] ferlise Guilty pleasures are okay ;)| post comment

And Spock won't shut up about it [19 Dec 2009|06:17pm] naturelf see more Lol Celebs 4 comments|post comment

Things they don't tell you when you check yourself into a mental hospital [17 Dec 2009|07:41pm] ferlise http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/stories/things_they_dont_tell_you_when_you_check_yourself_into_a_mental_hospital.php post comment

[17 Dec 2009|06:55pm] ferlise It's not about WHAT you do or even HOW you do it. It's about how you FEEL about all of the above. Be proud of who you are. Believe in yourself. post comment

[17 Dec 2009|06:50pm] ferlise When life gives you shit instead of lemonade...............LAUGH. LAUGH. LAUGH. and remember that you don't even like lemonade. post comment

So clever. [17 Dec 2009|03:22pm] blackiceuphoria [ mood | sore ] [ music | Slipknot - Liberate ] Some differences between "No Country for Old Men", the book and the movie: - Damn, Cormac McCarthy does not like punctuation. Still, highly coherent! The lack of punctuation gives little indication about the character's mood or tone of voice; instead, it is up to the words themselves to shape this, and a little sarcasm goes a long way. The book demands that you draw every bit of knowledge you have about Westerns and the South to give the dialogue as much or as little character as you want. - In the same way, it's even more amazing the way Javier Bardem brought Chigurh to the screen. It was almost perfect. - Sheriff Bell's italicized monologues, quite a bit more revealed about his character than in the movie. Also, the intense dialogue between Chigurh and Carla Jean is much longer in the book. - No hitchhiker girl in the movie. It's odd, but because the book is so sparse in terms of character development, the movie seems like the more intense experience. But, I wouldn't say I didn't like the book... I think it's one of the rare book-to-movie duos that work well together and each only enhances the other rather than detract. ----- "The Neverending Story", the movie, is only about the first 100 pages of the book! xD 6 comments|post comment

[17 Dec 2009|05:47am] ferlise holiday layouts.................... omg..........it's 5:34 in the morning............my phone interview is in six hours............and i can't get to sleep................. i thought.............5 hours earlier..........that if i had a little vodka...that i would study better....i was right.....i was a little tired and needed a pick me up....the vodka helped calm me and bring me back to focus.......but why oh why didn't it occur to me that drinking the vodka with an vanilla espresso-laced latte was a super super super bad idea.............especially since i had planned on going to bed shortly after studying for my interview....................... now............it's 5:34 in the morning............my phone interview is in six hours...................and i can't get to sleep.........................i have one hundred and one million thoughts in my head.......................and enough energy to jog around the block at 100miles/hr for about 50 reps...............................but i can't sleep......................i hate coffeee!!!......... okay even i know that's insane in my current state of mind..............really i'm mad at myself.......once again....and taking it out on the world............once again................sleeeppppppppppppp............coem to me and i will give you a chocolate bar lots and lots and lotso chocolate bars.......... i just wanted enough coffee to give me a couple of good studyng hours...........not a couple of good studying hours + four-crazy-kill-me-now hours i don't think sleeep likes to eat chocolate bars........................i think sleep neeeds to know what i'm thinking right now and right now i'm thinking waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy waaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyy.............wwwwwwwwwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy...............wwwwwwwwwwwwaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyy.............tooo damn much............................................................................................................................................................. post comment

Seasonal things! [15 Dec 2009|06:46pm] naturelf 1. Nutcracker ballet, courtesy the National Ballet. I hadn't been to the new opera house/ballet space, and I'm quite impressed. I hadn't seen a live Nutcracker before (and it's been about 10 years since my previous, first, trip to the ballet), and I enjoyed myself. They used newish choreography, and the second act had some fantastic moments (and the first act had dancing bears and the best stage horse you've ever seen). 2. Cookies! firstgold figures we made 17 dozen cookies last night, which is a feat considering I have one cookie sheet, a tiny oven, and a toaster oven that works miracles. 3. I finally finished the scarf for my grandmother's present. Rather than taking the gauge a half-step down I'd bumped it a full step up, and now it's probably far too long. It still seems to drape okay, but the increased gauge makes the edging not ripple quite right. That's a problem, because the pattern is called Ripple. 4. There is no #4. 5. I need to get socks on because I'm going to go see Ninja Assassin tonight. Woo! 20 comments|post comment

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