As suggested, I've watched Doctor Who up through Season 2, Episode 10, "The Satan Pit."

( You, uh, may not want to read this part if you're a big fan of the show. )

I want to like Doctor Who. I keep trying; I think, "Maybe I was too harsh before. Maybe a couple more episodes and I'll understand the attraction."

I do not yet understand.

So, I finally did something I'd resisted the urge to do for a long time: I picked up a collectible game. Specifically, I've been buying up bits for Monsterpocalypse, by the same guys who do Warmachines and its ilk. In my defense, a good chunk of the game is about to go non-collectible - and the rest of it is available in big, conveniently marked- ( Read more... )

In my dream last night, Penn from Penn & Teller showed up to argue (poorly) for anarchy, as the ending of Scarface played out around us. ladyarkham was not surprised, as (in the dream) she'd seen the movie before. I was, because I hadn't remembered that all of the assassins were cartoons.

Okay, subconscious, what was that about?

A conversation with my mom, the other day:

Her: "You know, they don't make many stop-motion movies anymore."

Me: "Well, there was Coraline."

"What?"

"Coraline? Um, I'm not sure you would like it - it's based on a scary children's story? Adapted by Tim Burton, who did Nightmare Before Christmas?"

"With Jim Henson?"

"What?""With Jim Henson. ( Read more... )

Huh. Apparently, Rob Bell - the guy with the camcorder and the artsy style in all those NOOMA videos? - has bad theology.*

... I feel like, having seen some of his videos, this is not actually much of a shock.

( I mean, seriously )

Of the ten most recent friend entries for my LJ, four are notes of repostings elsewhere and five are Twitter summaries.

Hrm.

Over the weekend, some friends of mine demonstrated the Wii version of DDR, dancing to Big Girls, You Are Beautiful.

Last night, I caught up on Ow My Sanity, which is Ah My Goddess if Belldandy was a bit more Lovecraftian.

This is the unfortunate result.

( Cthulhu, You Are Horrible )

Earlier this evening, jd3000 posted on Twitter

I will be eternally grateful if someone could conclusively prove that the first priority of the GOP is not to aid the richest Americans.I probably should reply to that in the same format, but (a) I wanted more than 140 characters, and (b) I'm stubborn about actually using Twitter ( Read more... )

I'm back home for the holidays, and last night I was woken- or at least, woken more fully- by my parents around 3 AM. Apparently I'd been coughing enough that they'd heard it, and they came in with cough syrup and peppermint-flavored tea for me to try to help me sleep ( Read more... )