When an Icelander tells you not to brave the roads, it's probably better to just stay home.

That's right; I've returned from a long LJ hiatus with a post about Star Wars. It happens.

From Salon.com:

Kershner said he had only one sharp disagreement with Lucas. The script originally called for the heroine, Princess Leia, to tell space pilot Han Solo "I love you" and for him to reply "I love you, too ( Read more... )

I had a troubling experience today. I went to a performance that I thought was a play and it turned out to be an interactive thing ( Read more... )

It's snowing again. So I'm home on a Friday night, because I'm southern and don't like to drive in the snow. My Midwestern father taught me how, but I still don't like it ( Read more... )

Today Icarus took the whole company to see Avatar. It was a pretty cool way to do a company Christmas thing, actually. For the movie itself, okay, don't worry about spoilers because with the exception of one extremely peculiar combat decision there is not a single thing in this movie that you will not see coming, mostly because the plot is ( Read more... )

If anyone misses me, I'll be sulking in my tent.

This might also require flouncing out or taking my toys and going home. I'm not sure yet.

I've got all these people from high school who keep adding me as a friend on Facebook. I suspect it's morbid curiosity. They all expected me to have burned down something important by now. There are maybe three or four of them I'd actually cross the street to talk to.

I just saw this. I am confused by their use of the word "friends ( Read more... )

Some of you are aware of my geeky gaming background. Today my therapist told me about how, in the fifties, doctors used to tell patients to "make up a character" to pretend to be.

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I told him it was probably out of style, but that, well, I could do that, and with style, as I'd had some practice. If he liked, I said, I could come up with a ( Read more... )

I have just had an endoscopy. Diagnosis: Stomach absolutely fine after all, but loathing of authority now extends to medical personnel.