http://www.411mania.com/movies/news/80733

No surprise there as far as I'm concerned, given the standard summer blockbuster hype combined with the mix of morbidity and sentimentality surrounding Heath Ledger's final performance.  Luckily, I saw the movie Friday night and am pleased to report that the movie more than lives up to its' hype.  Go see it ( Read more... )

1) Look at the list and bold those you have read.
2) Italicise those you intend to read
3) Underline the books you LOVE.
4) Reprint this list in your own LJ so we can try and track down these people who've read 6 and force books upon them.
5) Cross off the books you hated.

Well, supposedly the average adult has read 6 of these books, and I shudder to ( Read more... )

Thanks to i_chaos_bringer for this one, time for me to be opinionated.

The Controversial Quiz1 - Do you have the guts to answer these Q's and repost as The Controversial Survey ( Read more... )

Apparently a couple of clips from the upcoming Batman movie Dark Knight have just been leaked on Youtube today, they'll probably be taken down soon so I recommend seeing them while you can!  Seeing these have made me even more excited about this movie as it looks like they're taking the character to some deep, dark, unexpected places.  They're ( Read more... )

I've already posted Bard on the Beach to my Facebook, so I think pretty much everyone on my LJ's already been invited to join me this year, but in case you missed it it looks like a great lineup this year, from King Lear, Shakespeare's Greatest Tragedy, to Twelfth Night, Shakespeare's Greatest Cross-Dressing Mistaken Identity Comedy.  It goes until ( Read more... )

Yoinked From
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...Yoinked from i_chaos_bringer, who yoinked it from a friend of his named interrobang, who yoinked it from a friend of theirs named hamsterwoman. I bring all of this up only because I think "hamsterwoman" is an awesome name. If years of Weird Al fandom have taught me anything, it's that Hamsters-like Monkeys, Penguins, and Cows-are always funny ( Read more... )

And by "New" I mean "One Which I've Been Doing For Several Months But Haven't Blogged Abuot Because I've Neglected My LJ." Anyways, for the past few months I've been studying Western Martial Arts, ie Fencing With the Rapier & Longsword, Grappling/Wrestling, and Quarterstaff (cool weapons, but really bloody heavy) at Academie Duello: Read more... )

i_chaos_bringer just bailed on me to go to a sneak preview of Ruins tonight at the Scotiabank/Paramount Theatre. Before going home for some much-needed rest, however, he passed his ticket along to me, so if anyone wants a free pass to see this interesting-looking movie (http://www.imdb.com/title/ ( Read more... )

Thanks to i_chaos_bringer for this one ( Read more... )