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An Inconvenient Truth
ayelle and I saw An Inconvenient Truth just now. The short version of the review? It's good. Go see it. There is horror, unexpected humor, snark*, science**, and suspense. I would have gone to see the movie even if it were dull and unremittingly horrifying; fortunately, it is neither, and I recommend it with a clear conscience.
*Mostly this consists of ( Read more... ) -
Gaskets and oil leaks
I fear I have pissed off the Patron Saint of Automobile Drivers. Hopefully it will not turn out that I have made him (her?) truly angry. I am hoping to appease all concerned deities with sacrifices of time and money and with libations of oil. -
Meme!
Gacked from meghatronn.
Name the song/artist from the quoted line. Lines have been edited for inclusion in the next version of the SATs. For bonus points, provide a translation of the line back to its original form.
1. The Agelaius phoeniceus has chosen to exercise its vocal chords at the moment that the portion of Earth he inhabits is facing 180 degrees ( Read more... ) -
Canterbury Tales, Part 1, by the Royal Shakespeare Company
So, those of you who live in the area are probably already aware that the Royal Shakespeare Company is performing Canterbury Tales at the Kennedy Center. Those of you to whom I have gloated about my theater tickets to Canterbury Tales Part I are also aware that the RSC is performing it. This is just to gloat further, because it was good ( Read more... ) -
She's the Man
lynnoxford and I have seen a movie. Apparently, this means that I update my LJ. We went to She's the Man, the latest Modern High School adaptation of a classic work (in this case, Twelfth Night), expecting it to be mostly hilariously bad.
It was greatViola cross-dressing looked, realistically, like a boy. A 14 year old boy, with a round face and kind of ( Read more... ) -
Ex Libris
One of the books I bought while visiting rymenhild was Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader, a collection of short essays by Anne Fadiman. I bought it solely because I greatly enjoyed another book of hers*, because it was $1.25, and because she referenced Virginia Woolf in the title and preface. It's utterly charming ( Read more... ) -
*cough*
Happy birthday to me! (An old and glorious song ( Read more... ) -
*hums music*
Happy birthday rymenhild! I hope you have the year that I think you deserve. (Notice that, with the addition of the words "that I think" into that sentence, it is no longer in any way scary or threatening.)
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Unrelatedly
Reading about dance therapy makes me want to find a good dance therapist and start having sessions. Were I less lazy (or, alternatively, less involved in trying to finish said reading) I would quote some of the articles that lead me to say this.
