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gementQuick recap: Weekend very full.
+ Cleaned the work fridge Friday evening, brought home 25 unclaimed frozen meals. Only 6 freezer items were claimed. *boggle*
+++ Had very fun sleepover Friday night that you don't get to hear any more about. (Yum.)
+ Slept in Saturday, went on a couch-finding mission (old couch disposed, new couch obtained but not ensconced, thanks to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
meowse and Freecycle), napped in the sun.
+++ Went to two big loud movies on Sunday with J, punctuated by lunch.
/ Out of spoons on Monday, but still managed a picnic, a furniture move (ensconcing new couch, thanks to Sam), and AUTHOR FEEDBACK! at the writers group.
+ Indiana Jones was a fine Indiana Jones movie and a nice wrap-up to the series, but I didn't fall in love. Nothing particularly pissed me off, which may sound like faint praise, but in that genre, keeping me politically happy is a bit touchy. (It does not pass the Bechdel Test, but it is not supposed to. It is a movie about a man holding a whip.) As usual, ignore anything calling itself science, mythology, or responsible archaeological process. But I want the villain's sexy haircut and impeccable cheekbones for my very own.
+++ Speedracer: Go, Speed Racer, Go, Speed Racer, Go Speed Racer Go-oooo! Ahem. Um. I am still seeing the pretty shiny colors. I hear this movie is getting terrible reviews and I'm not sure why. I was entranced. It was GIANT and SHINY. It was cheerfully overacted, and anything less would have drowned in the SEA OF FLASHING OVERSATURATED COLOR.
They did some innovative stuff with scene cuts and layered narrative, and really got across the feeling of an exuberant low-budget cartoon. Christina Ricci is exactly the hot that Wednesday Addams would have grown up to be if that wasn't a completely eye-twitching thought. Also, as my sister pointed out in her review, it's actually a kung-fu movie, but with cars.
So if you go see one, my money's on Speed Racer.*
* Unless you are my seester, in which case I respect that Harrison Ford trumps all. And unless you are prone to epileptic seizures. Because, woah, the flashing.
[Obligatory election reminder: Please vote in the LJ election. My ticket endorsement is 1. rm / 2. legomymalfoy / 3. squeaky19 or vichan, and here's my quick summary of major candidates. The polls close Thursday at 9pm PDT (midnight East Coast).]
+ Cleaned the work fridge Friday evening, brought home 25 unclaimed frozen meals. Only 6 freezer items were claimed. *boggle*
+++ Had very fun sleepover Friday night that you don't get to hear any more about. (Yum.)
+ Slept in Saturday, went on a couch-finding mission (old couch disposed, new couch obtained but not ensconced, thanks to
meowse and Freecycle), napped in the sun.+++ Went to two big loud movies on Sunday with J, punctuated by lunch.
/ Out of spoons on Monday, but still managed a picnic, a furniture move (ensconcing new couch, thanks to Sam), and AUTHOR FEEDBACK! at the writers group.
+ Indiana Jones was a fine Indiana Jones movie and a nice wrap-up to the series, but I didn't fall in love. Nothing particularly pissed me off, which may sound like faint praise, but in that genre, keeping me politically happy is a bit touchy. (It does not pass the Bechdel Test, but it is not supposed to. It is a movie about a man holding a whip.) As usual, ignore anything calling itself science, mythology, or responsible archaeological process. But I want the villain's sexy haircut and impeccable cheekbones for my very own.
+++ Speedracer: Go, Speed Racer, Go, Speed Racer, Go Speed Racer Go-oooo! Ahem. Um. I am still seeing the pretty shiny colors. I hear this movie is getting terrible reviews and I'm not sure why. I was entranced. It was GIANT and SHINY. It was cheerfully overacted, and anything less would have drowned in the SEA OF FLASHING OVERSATURATED COLOR.
They did some innovative stuff with scene cuts and layered narrative, and really got across the feeling of an exuberant low-budget cartoon. Christina Ricci is exactly the hot that Wednesday Addams would have grown up to be if that wasn't a completely eye-twitching thought. Also, as my sister pointed out in her review, it's actually a kung-fu movie, but with cars.
So if you go see one, my money's on Speed Racer.*
* Unless you are my seester, in which case I respect that Harrison Ford trumps all. And unless you are prone to epileptic seizures. Because, woah, the flashing.
[Obligatory election reminder: Please vote in the LJ election. My ticket endorsement is 1. rm / 2. legomymalfoy / 3. squeaky19 or vichan, and here's my quick summary of major candidates. The polls close Thursday at 9pm PDT (midnight East Coast).]
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Date: 2008-05-29 02:17 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-05-29 02:24 am (UTC)(By the way, our sweet mother mailed me a big bag of promotional M'n'Ms - chocolate mint, with a pic of the whip-wielding man on the front.)
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Date: 2008-05-29 04:59 pm (UTC)I also loved the scene cuts and transitions, it was like they said "We have an anime we want to make live-action. Should we make it realistic? Naw, let's just keep it an anime..." Took a little getting used to because I was expecting something realistic, but once I did I was totally into it.
I totally cut my hair into Trixie pageboy, too. No bangs, but it's super cute even so.
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Date: 2008-05-29 09:57 pm (UTC)PICS PLZI require photographic evidence.no subject
Date: 2008-05-29 10:43 pm (UTC)I'll take pictures on my next good hair day (weekend, probably), I've been getting up so early for work that all I have the time and energy to do is clip it back during the week.