SC2 announced.

So today, my brother and I spent 10 1/2 hours working as background actors in the movie Untraceable, a serial killer movie that just started filming in Portland.

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That was bullshit.

I'm moving today! I'm excited, but not looking forward to how worn out it's going to make me (especially moving a 300-lb TV tomorrow). I'm not moving my computer yet because internet's not getting installed until Sunday and I need to buy a computer desk, so don't expect to see me online for a while.

We got the house!!!!! :D

Holy crap. Best Harry Potter movie EVER. They actually condensed that long-ass book into a movie without sacrificing anything relevant, and it never felt rushed!!! (Well, except for a teensy little bit near the beginning.) More detail later, when I don't need to sleep.

This is all kinds of awesome.

And as a side note, I really, really want one of those masks.

EDIT: So it looks like BK is selling them. They aren't full wraparound masks and they don't look quite as good as in the commercial, but for 9 bucks, I may just have to get one.

Sounds way too cool to be anything more than a rumor, but if this turned out to be true, man, what a fantastic combination! I've only read the first Earthsea book so far, but it seems like great material for Ghibli.

9-20-05 (4:12AM EST)---- Gedo Senki To Be Ghibli And Miyazaki's Next?According to a blog entry of an anonymous editor working for a ( Read more... )

Well, I just finished this book (having read it immediately after reading OotP for the first time), and holy shit did I love it. This is my favorite HP book, definitely. (And I'm glad to be caught up with the books for once, so I can actually participate in internet discussions without future books being spoiled for me.) I've hidden behind a cut ( Read more... )

So I heard back from that agent who had expressed interest in my second-most-recent novel, requesting the first 50 pages and a synopsis. Here's an excerpt from the letter I got in response to that, which I waited 2 months for:

"Regretfully, I feel I must pass on representing this project. While I found this an ambitious work, I have to admit that ( Read more... )