I TRIED. I tried to be open-minded. After all, Jane Austen is Jane Austen, right? I tried not to compare the most recent film version of Pride and Prejudice with the 1995 BBC version. But after 24-hours of reflection, I have decided that even if this one had come first, I still wouldn't have liked it.

( Why I Think it Suxed, or, What Was with the Statues? )

Because I just feel like this can't be promoted enough... (copied from moeyknight's journal)

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Radio87, a division of Disco Bat Productions, in conjunction with The Sugar Quill presents...

The Official SQodcast (Sugar Quill Podcast) Episode 1 (Beware Movie Spoilers!)

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire in 8.7 MinutesStarring the SQ Radio87 ( Read more... )

I love ( Sesame Street )

Well, it's only been a year... but the Sugar Quill is *finally* having a submission day for new authors!

I have to say, I'm pretty excited, although I'm not sure there are very many people out there who have been patient enough to wait this long...

What can I say? It was a difficult year. :)

Arty Kid
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No... not a long essay. Angua does that much better than I do.

But I was listening to CoS during my commute, and this passage seemed to have new meaning after HBP:

"You can speak Parseltongue, Harry," said Dumbledore calmly, "because Lord Voldemort -- who is the last remaining ancestor of Salazar Slytherin -- can speak Parseltongue. Unless I'm ( Read more... )

I wasn't going to see it, but my mom came over and it was playing down the street, and so I went. And In Her Shoes was totally good! Toni Collette and Shirley Maclaine - that's a good combination, and, truth be told, I can't think of a Cameron Diaz movie I've seen that I haven't enjoyed. It's not a "chick flick" so much as a "sisters flick," and a ( Read more... )

Okay, about a zillion other people probably figured this out already, but I decided to relisten to the entire HP series on my iPod while commuting this fall and I just started Chamber of Secrets, which, for some reason, I am starting to put in my category as "favorite book" even though it's never been there before. It's so great to hear all about ( Read more... )

Does anyone else think that Krum probably didn't get too many kisses from Hermione at the Yule Ball, simply because of his really, really gross cape? If she cares as much about animals as she does about house-elves, then she'd be properly disgusted ( Read more... )

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( The Count )