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Randomly in the past days (week?)

Watched Wall-e. Beautifully done, especially the beginning, which is pretty much the saddest, most heartbreaking scenario I may have ever seen, and it goes on to be okay overall. I am much amused by the studios necessity of making Wall-e a 'male' robot and Eve a 'female' one (the metaphore about the green leaf 'pulsating life' inside of her...not subtle), otherwise we would have robotic m-preg *sighs* /a no-holds barred buddy couple, where the other partner is worth more than the 'DIRECTIVE'...
I enjoyed it but I regret Pixar selling out to Disney.

I just re-watched "Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye" with Nick Lea. Oh, how gorgeous he is (and good in the part too)...I don't like the film ending as it does! But it's a feast for screencapping and Nick does angst so well :D

VIVIDCON vids are popping up! YAY!

Connotations! Slash con in October in Newcastle, with Gruboid smut!!! And other fun activities and lots of fan chatting ;)

What else...read and posted links in papawinchester for a few John-related stories. I miss John. I am avoiding spoilers for the new SPN season (mostly) but I'm sorry to say I feel a bit detached from it all.

Work is going so-so and I'm getting irked by the little things. It's sunny outside. Watchmen better win the lawsuit 'cause I want to see it!

Decided to delete the rant I typed about stuff about women. It bored even me and I see no future in which these issues will be solved to any degree. But everything that's wrong in the way women are represented in US telly can be found abundantly represented in Two and a Half Men (irkingly, it's also funny, damn).

I may have had too much coffee today. I'm on a warpath with myself, LOL (always start with the biggest obstacle/enemy, the little ones can be crushed later!). And links were too hard to put in this entry.

Also, I'm reading a Bruce Lee biography. Will need to look for those 60s 70s kung-fu films I grew up with.

*wishes for a dragon to come and fly me away*...
*waits for said dragon*....

...never one around when you need one, uh?

You take care, people :)

ETA: I forgot! how could I? Thanks to biani mentioning iOffer, I may have accidentally acquired the whole series of Laramie, Garrison's Gorillas and The Quest...erm. *ggg* *hides* old, VERY OLD TV series! Which I loved!

Working on email backlog *crosses fingers*

Watched SPN's Jus In Bello earlier (I'm nostalgic, WHERE IS MY SHOW?), and I have decided to rewatch the eps backward - I know season 2 and 1 much better than season 3, because, well, overall, I didn't like season 3 as much as I liked the previous two seasons.

I don't dislike it at all, just, it's missing something and I feel it. I suppose, in part, it's the fate of all stories that move from the individual quest (find Dad/revenge Mom) to the epic (save the world). Yes, there is a 'save Dean' issue there as well, but the demons at large and the incoming/present demonic war seems to be paramount...somewhat like the difference between the Fellowship of the Ring and The Return of the King (books more than films, but those too to a certain extent).

I am looking forward to the next four episodes, and I have tried not to click on any spoilers...and failed, of course!!! Still, I'm quite spoiled and hope to stay so.
Not many days left till the 24th!


Also, it'll be my b-day on the 26th of April. Last year I tried to hide as much as I could, this year, if you feel like saying something nice (or not nice, that's good too! As long as it is constructive), or post a pic of a favourite (mine or yours, it's all good) or a drabble or anything else...please do. Thank you :)


On the books side of things, I have finished reading Mister B. Gone, byClive Barker. Interesting read. I liked the setting, and the focal point having to do with words, and The Word, and Demons and Angels fighthing is alwyas a plus. Not one that I would re-read and at some point, I found the narrator's voice somewhat fastidious. Still, worth reading.


Also...*points* Amazon Kindle...not sure if I wantz, but iz intrigued...:D

Just finished reading "On Chesil Beach" by Ian McEwan last night.
Uh.

Yes, well, writing that flows like cool water in a hot summer day, for one...and then subtle unsaid things...and atmosphere galore.

It did leave me sad, and somewhat unsure if I liked it or not...something about the ineluctability of characters' paths, and a certain insistence on not having the words to express something that is apparently very clear in the character's mind...and yet, it does work together. Although the ending is somewhat all told more than shown.
Anyway.
I don't know. Maybe it really works because it makes me want go there and give the characters a good, hard shake. It makes sense, though.
Good writing.

:)

Next on my list, Clive B. "Mister B. Gone" and all the Gaiman's I can put my greedy little hands on *nodnod*

I know that the news have already circulated, but let me SQUEE with you all:

SPN
Fourth SPN Season! YAY! *dances*
A fourth season means MORE DEAN! MORE SAM! MORE CHANCES TO GET JOHN BACK!!


Terminator: the Sara Connor Chronicles
I finally managed to catch an ep on the telly, I think it was the second episode, and I quite liked it! Summer Glau is a favourite, of course, though I am not sure her interpretation of a Terminator convinces me fully. And DEAN WINTERS is in it! Ryan O'Reily from OZ!
Besides, Sara Connor? Great woman, and I'd so love to read a crossover with John Winchester. If you know of any, please do point me in the right direction!


TEMERAIRE
I have DEVOURED the first and second book. I'm totally IN LOVE with Temeraire, and Laurence, and their relationships, and the dragons, and YAY! Starting the third book tonight. The thought that Peter Jackson has bought the rights makes me tingly in the good places.
Why can't I have a Temeraire of my own? *wails for a dragon*


ION, RL still a bit franctic, brain somewhat more scattered than usual, little me a bit overwhelmed by things, but coping.

Because procrastination is an ART, people, and making multiple copies from one organiser to another*, one calendar to another and the ultimate reminder here on the journals...EH. That's PROCRASTINATION. *G*

Organized, but still PROCRASTINATION.

Yes, sometimes I'm pretty much in love with myself. *G*

* btw, you people don't know this, but I have a John Winchester-style journal, up to and including pics of the wee!boys and mysterious sekrit coded numerical messages left for Dean, personalized for me by disanddat - I ADORE it.

Okay, so. ( Next few weeks program, kind of )

Uhm. Okay.
The Full List of Things To Do counts...24 items. But many are quick and easy to do, it's more about willingness and fighting inertia than anything else.

Oh, and job applications on Tuesday. Full on.

Then there's the List of FanFiction I Am Supposedly Writing.
(I am! Just...there is so much of it, and I'm so RL busy and therefore sloooow!)

Oh, and I have these books:
read already:
Atonement, by McEwan
Mr. Impossible, by Loretta Chase
Not Quite a Lady, by Loretta Chase (what? *G* they are easy, fun, quick and saucy! Shut up ;)

to read:
Lord Perfect, by Loretta Chase,
Temeraire, by Naomi Novik

actually reading:
Night Watch Trilogy, by Sergei Lukyanenko (and oh but I LIKE it! A perfect universe to play in, and yes, a certain Russian double agent fits in perfectly *G*)

Which includes saying that last Sunday's Dexter rocked, and rocked hard.

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Uh, so, as a record. Lately I've put my grubby hands on:

Graphic Novels

( Preacher )

( 300 )

( The Sandman )

For the moment, Batman in Black&White is still my favourite, not exactly for the character per se, but for the sheer abundance of brilliant ideas and range of artwork.

FILMS

Dear Frankie.
Lovely, quiet, sweet small story/indie film. Gorgeous Gerard Butler *G*

Run fat boy Run
I'm starting to understand why Bridget Jones has been so successful (like Thelma & Louise): most films are only made for men, by men, about men.
That said, the film is funny and good to watch. Quite banal in making The Other Guy So very Evil, however; they could have worked around it. Instead, they simply undermine the woman's choice, this way: it's either a crappy/evil man, or the main character (American the first, Brit the second, banality rules in this film, after all, it is a rom-com, what did I expect?). Suspend your critical brain, and it's enjoyable, well acted and funny.

Bourne Supremacy
Action, action, action. Very enjoyable visually, all in the green/desatured tones much in vogue lately. Usual story. The discovery of Bourne's past did NOT surprise me at all, although apparently it was suppose to. Mah. I'm reconciled with Matt Damon, though :) He's nice. He can stay. *g*

BOOKS

Been running a Steven Fry fever, lately, so I read Moab Is My Washpot (1997, autobiography), reading which is like drinking a glass of water, it's so fluidly and engangingly written. Highly recommended. And The Stars' Tennis Balls (2000), which is Count of Montecristo reprise, only set in contemporary years and in the UK. Which was okay, well written, but not particularly engaging. I don't find the original Count of Montecristo engaging, though, so that says more about storylines I appreciate/can interact with and those I can't.
I'll work my way through all the others asap.