Kenneth Branagh (of Shakespeare adaptation fame) is going to direct Thor, based on the Marvel character of the same name ( Read more... )

Is Sleeping Beauty really a beloved Disney classic?  'Cause i thought it was kind of lame.  Especially when compared with other Disney movies of that era... Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland, 101 Dalmations, etc...

Aside from that...

Fantastic Mr. Fox was horribly amusing, and i'm quite glad i finally saw it.  I may have to see it again sometime in the ( Read more... )

I'm really a bit disturbed by how commercialized Easter is.  Christ would be rolling in his grave every year were it not for the fact that Easter is the anniversary of his resurrection from it.

Though i suppose the holiday's roots in paganism could be twisted to some overtly capitalist purpose.  If we start celebrating Easter as the fertility ( Read more... )

I got cut off twice today while driving home from work, the second time by a huge truck that i swear missed me by about 3 inches.  Thanks to the failing economy, raised gas prices, and, inadvertently, the Chinese, I will have slightly fewer monstrous gas guzzlers to worry about while driving my small, Japanese car.

I also bought myself a new bike ( Read more... )

Honesty may be the best policy, but it's important to remember that apparently, by elimination, dishonesty is the second-best policy.
- George Carlin

I've decided that, in critiquing books, the worst insult i can possibly give is "I've read better fanfiction."

On a related note, i need to stop checking books out from the library when i have plenty of perfectly good (in more than one sense) books sitting on shelves in my room, waiting to be read.

I saw The Princess and the Frog tonight. It was lovely return to traditional 2D Disney-style animation... it's amazing the difference hand-drawn animation can make to the look and feel of the movie. And the backgrounds... everything was just so detailed and well-designed. 3D animation has its advantages and all, but it still doesn't have the ( Read more... )

I like making lists and i'm really bored, so... what the heck. My class is done with, and now i apparently have nothing better to do with my days off ( Read more... )

Of the 203 albums i own, (at least) 84 of them are by British artists, while only 78 are American in origin ( Read more... )

Reasons include:

Missed connection: You hit me with your Prius

Wanted: Pony

1,325 Pope hats

1986 Toyota camry custom

...and many more here.

Also, i start school again on the 21st.  I cannot wait.  I feel like such a dork.