subjecting you all to my life
Aug. 23rd, 2003 10:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sarea1. Are there any artists out there? Or ... artists who might chance upon my journal and read this? Who might follow ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
triumvirate? Who might, whether or not they follow it, feel like drawing likenesses of the characters, so that we can consider using them as our avatars? This is just an idea, but we think it could be really cool.
2. Jade's new story, "The Call of the Wolf," rocks. There's Lupin. There's Snape. There are cuts and bruises and salvation and oh, why can't I write like that? *weeps*
3. Nordstrom Rack never has shoes I like when I actually go there for the purpose of buying shoes.
4. Bought a portable steaming-type thingy along with pet odor cleaning stuff and carpet spot remover spray. I so wish I were not riding the crimson tide so I'd feel even the slightest bit more motivated to get the carpet cleaning going.
5. Went to Old Navy and bought a sweater, some shirts, track pants, and a zip-up hoodie. This is all very well and good except none of those thing are shoes. Went in there to look for shoes, but there were no shoes to be had. I thought they sold shoes, but might have confused w/ J. Crew.
6. Starbucks is now selling my madeleines!!! MONTHS after I first started looking for these particular madeleine cookies (they are so. good. it is unbelievable), they're selling the exact brand that I love/are my favorite at Starbucks! I wonder what finally got them to do it. I feel like I should get some kind of commission or something. I'll take it in madeleines, please.
7. Saw Casper for the first time, and also Extreme Ops.
Casper: Okay, I know this is supposed to be a kids' movie and therefore won't be the best movie ever, but there are many quality kids' flicks. This is not one of them. This one sucked. HARD. Except for the 5 min. in which Devon Sawa appeared, it was entirely forgettable. I am working on forgetting everything as soon as I possibly can. The movie tried to be 200 things at once, and succeeded in none of them.
For a kids' movie, there was way too much emphasis on Casper's attraction to Christina Ricci from the start. This worked for the end sequence, which was the only part of the film worth salvaging (as such, I have those 5 minutes recorded). I attribute that to 1) Devon's presence; 2) James Horner's lovely score (he's still my favorite film composer, although I'm really starting to dig Hans Zimmer). Devon had maybe three lines, and one of them was the most moving of the entire movie. "Can I keep you?" *turns into puddle of goo*
Okay, my latest obsession aside, the rest of it was just awful. I mean, Christina Ricci was good, and I blame her not at all, but the STORY. Deah gott, the story. What happened to Casper was ONE OF THE MOST TRAGIC THINGS I'VE EVER SEEN ON SCREEN and they didn't even discuss it. Kat never even says thank you. Because of her dad's idiocy (I'm sorry, Bill Pullman, but you know it's true), Casper had to give up being a real boy again!!!!!!!!!!! And considering what a hot babe he was, and considering he never gets to "cross over," it's a total travesty!! Oh, there were many more problems than this (like the fact that everything else was half-assed and boring), but that was my biggest issue.
Normally, I save all the movies I watch, just in case ... but I won't be doing that here. I have the 5 min. I want. (Oh, and it amused me to see that one set that was clearly repurposed for use in XF's "How the Ghosts Stole Christmas.")
Extreme Ops: Not a good movie, but not bad either. I actually had more fun with this one than I thought I would. You have to have zero expectations to achieve these results. The story's weak, but the execution is pretty decent. I really enjoyed watching all the snowboarding and skiing. I'm still hopeful that one day I will snowboard.
8. If I write Little Giants fanfic, will you all shun me?
9. LOL, I took the LJ mood ring thing, and then also did it for![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
jade_okelani, ropo, and gnrationfo. I nearly fell down laughing at how accurate this damn thing is. The actual code thing is way too big and irritating, so I'm just posting the text. If you want to take it, you can do so here.
Me and Fo (this is why we're married): sarea_okelani (and gnrationfo) is energetic. You've got the energy level of a small yip-yap dog. And, much like those dogs, I hope you get run over by an ice cream truck. Yeah, that's right. I said it.
Jade: jade_okelani is worn out. Sleep when you're dead! Whether it's emotionally or physically, you're exhausted. Have you considered sleeping pills? I took them when I had mono, and they made everything better.
Robbie: ropo is blah. I've met prosthetic legs with more get-up-and-go than you. Could you be less melancholy and go out and do something?
Hahahahhahahaa. Ahem.
10. And this is so good I cannot put it behind a cut:
D0000000000000000000d. Orlando plays me, and Colin plays my love interest??? No wonder my life stays at the box office for 22 weeks!!!!! Orlando/Colin ... two great tastes that go great together.
triumvirate? Who might, whether or not they follow it, feel like drawing likenesses of the characters, so that we can consider using them as our avatars? This is just an idea, but we think it could be really cool.2. Jade's new story, "The Call of the Wolf," rocks. There's Lupin. There's Snape. There are cuts and bruises and salvation and oh, why can't I write like that? *weeps*
3. Nordstrom Rack never has shoes I like when I actually go there for the purpose of buying shoes.
4. Bought a portable steaming-type thingy along with pet odor cleaning stuff and carpet spot remover spray. I so wish I were not riding the crimson tide so I'd feel even the slightest bit more motivated to get the carpet cleaning going.
5. Went to Old Navy and bought a sweater, some shirts, track pants, and a zip-up hoodie. This is all very well and good except none of those thing are shoes. Went in there to look for shoes, but there were no shoes to be had. I thought they sold shoes, but might have confused w/ J. Crew.
6. Starbucks is now selling my madeleines!!! MONTHS after I first started looking for these particular madeleine cookies (they are so. good. it is unbelievable), they're selling the exact brand that I love/are my favorite at Starbucks! I wonder what finally got them to do it. I feel like I should get some kind of commission or something. I'll take it in madeleines, please.
7. Saw Casper for the first time, and also Extreme Ops.
Casper: Okay, I know this is supposed to be a kids' movie and therefore won't be the best movie ever, but there are many quality kids' flicks. This is not one of them. This one sucked. HARD. Except for the 5 min. in which Devon Sawa appeared, it was entirely forgettable. I am working on forgetting everything as soon as I possibly can. The movie tried to be 200 things at once, and succeeded in none of them.
For a kids' movie, there was way too much emphasis on Casper's attraction to Christina Ricci from the start. This worked for the end sequence, which was the only part of the film worth salvaging (as such, I have those 5 minutes recorded). I attribute that to 1) Devon's presence; 2) James Horner's lovely score (he's still my favorite film composer, although I'm really starting to dig Hans Zimmer). Devon had maybe three lines, and one of them was the most moving of the entire movie. "Can I keep you?" *turns into puddle of goo*
Okay, my latest obsession aside, the rest of it was just awful. I mean, Christina Ricci was good, and I blame her not at all, but the STORY. Deah gott, the story. What happened to Casper was ONE OF THE MOST TRAGIC THINGS I'VE EVER SEEN ON SCREEN and they didn't even discuss it. Kat never even says thank you. Because of her dad's idiocy (I'm sorry, Bill Pullman, but you know it's true), Casper had to give up being a real boy again!!!!!!!!!!! And considering what a hot babe he was, and considering he never gets to "cross over," it's a total travesty!! Oh, there were many more problems than this (like the fact that everything else was half-assed and boring), but that was my biggest issue.
Normally, I save all the movies I watch, just in case ... but I won't be doing that here. I have the 5 min. I want. (Oh, and it amused me to see that one set that was clearly repurposed for use in XF's "How the Ghosts Stole Christmas.")
Extreme Ops: Not a good movie, but not bad either. I actually had more fun with this one than I thought I would. You have to have zero expectations to achieve these results. The story's weak, but the execution is pretty decent. I really enjoyed watching all the snowboarding and skiing. I'm still hopeful that one day I will snowboard.
8. If I write Little Giants fanfic, will you all shun me?
9. LOL, I took the LJ mood ring thing, and then also did it for
jade_okelani, ropo, and gnrationfo. I nearly fell down laughing at how accurate this damn thing is. The actual code thing is way too big and irritating, so I'm just posting the text. If you want to take it, you can do so here.Me and Fo (this is why we're married): sarea_okelani (and gnrationfo) is energetic. You've got the energy level of a small yip-yap dog. And, much like those dogs, I hope you get run over by an ice cream truck. Yeah, that's right. I said it.
Jade: jade_okelani is worn out. Sleep when you're dead! Whether it's emotionally or physically, you're exhausted. Have you considered sleeping pills? I took them when I had mono, and they made everything better.
Robbie: ropo is blah. I've met prosthetic legs with more get-up-and-go than you. Could you be less melancholy and go out and do something?
Hahahahhahahaa. Ahem.
10. And this is so good I cannot put it behind a cut:
