Yubsie's Yammerings

We went to see Scott Pilgrim vs. the World last night. It was incredibly awesome. Sadly, I can see why it's doing poorly at the box office. See... the entire time I was watching it, I felt like they had made the movie for me.

And on a related "movies made for me don't succeed" note, one of the previews managed to lose my attention and then actually get it back. It looked like a really generic hockey movie... until halfway through they all started singing and dancing! They are making a HOCKEY MUSICAL. It looks RIDICULOUS. I am excited to watch it. :p

Just about ready to go for Fan Expo. Which is good, since we're leaving tomorrow. I made a Deadpool mask for Ryan today, it came together rather well. I think I have all my costume bits packed, just need to make sure I have all the emergency repair supplies. And the con food. And the non-costume clothing, might want that. :p

Fun weekend with Vicki. We saw Watchmen, which was great. And I totally picked up the soundtrack because it was a kind of awesome soundtrack. :p

We also finally watched Batman Begins. Because I'd never seen it. It was pretty fun. :p I'm pretty sure I will always adore Alfred. :p Because he is wonderful. As is Lucius.

And wow, episode six of Dollhouse was rather fantastic. I think that show has found it's footing. :p

I have achieved fudge! It's so much easier when there's no soft ball stage. :p It's yummy!

Bagless vacuum cleaners are so overrated. I had to empty mine today and it was NOT fun. But I managed to get my living room all vacuumed! Huzzah! It was long overdue. Next project... uh, the bedroom...

I think the heater isn't working right. It's starting to get cold in the living room, which ISN'T as crazy drafty as the bedroom. That and the neighbour I actually like came by and asked if there was any heat coming out of OUR heaters, because there wasn't any coming from hers. Not a good time of year for this, building!

I watched the movie version of The Best Little WHorehouse in Texas last night. It's a very fun movie. I had fun going "There's Tess!" :p

And I have completed two of the three major quests in Avernum 2! Take THAT too stupid to live Empire! They did have one set of smart soldiers though. They saw my party and RAN AWAY. :p

Saw Mamma Mia. I thought it was great fun. Ryan didn't like it. Silly Ryan. :p Yeah, the plot was contrived. The plot was also REALLY not the point. It's all about the SINGING AND DANCING! There was choreographed dancing... with FLIPPERS! And "Dancing Queen" just delighted me like wow. It was... FUN!

I also love that the chorus would give dirty looks to anyone who started singing without background music. Until the music started up and they were all "Oh, okay, harmonies and jazz hands coming up!" :p

Also, I kinda hearted the dads. :p

They FINALLY fixed our blasted bathtub faucet. Apparently they installed the thing backwards and one day the threads just gave up and the hot water tap refused to move anymore. I'd been washing my hair under the freezing faucet and sponge bathing for weeks. It wasn't fun.

Also, saw Batman last night. Was brilliant.

( Spoilers )

Terribly productive day. They moved my staff health appointment up a day and it took far longer than it needed to. And the report is in such an accusatory tone! It's all "admits to working with benzene" and "denies any exposure to mercury". You'd think it was a criminal investigation or something. It also took a while because they offered to do a hearing test. Apparently I have perfect hearing... as long as I'm in a soundproof room listening to beeps on headphones. :p

Changed pump oil. It was disgusting brown sludge. Then there were talks all bloody afternoon. :p

I was planning to go to the reception for the schmancy lecturer, but Ryan had already bought movie tickets, so that didn't happen. But, Iron Man!

Okay, movie theatres? LESS COMMERCIALS MORE PREVIEWS! There's a difference! Two yeses and two passes in the previews. Indiana Jones and The Dark Knight= umm, YES. Guru something and some Adam Sandler movie= I'm pretty sure we just saw every decent scene of the movie there.

( Iron Man spoilers )

Apparently I don't have the original of Iron Man. Just cracktastic Europop covers. :p

So Tess and I came to a fun conclusion on Thursday. :p Term papers are much more fun if you replace the key concept with the word "yaoi". It all started when she called her paper "Fifteen pages on Plato's thoughts on yaoi", meaning commerce. And it was so much fun because it was all about yaoi destroying society by keeping people focused on pleasure rather than improvement. And then there was Athens having yaoi with everyone because they had a yaoi EMPIRE. :p

We didn't manage to get my books from Kitchener because Shannon was out of town dealing with a health thing. My books, they are cursed, but obviously health comes first. :p

At least I got to see Vicki and Elphie and give her fabric. And watch some ParaKiss and Nodame Cantabile. And go see OMG ENCHANTED. Which was SO AWESOME!

( SOOOOOOOOOO GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD SPOILERS! )

I apparently just keep forgetting to update this thing. So now I will talk about movies that I've seen in the past couple days. :p The first was Transformers. I wanted to see OotP, but Ryan pouted. :p It was surprisingly good though. :p

( LJ Cut for Devi! )

My mother wound up taking me and my siblings to see OotP today, so all was well. :p

( Luna Lovegood and the Harry Potter Movie )

BOOKBOOKBOOK! Deathly Hallows on SATURDAY!

So, I'm apparently all about the movies this summer. Ryan and I watched The Nightmare Before Christmas a couple days ago, which was great fun. I'd never seen the movie before, because I live under a rock. Ryan kept telling me to pay attention to the layout of Oogie Boogie's house because I was going to need it when I got to Halloween Town in Kingdom Hearts. :p

We also watched the other random Tim Burton stuff on the DVD. Including a Frankenstein type thing with a boy and his dog, which demonstrated that everything would have been FINE if Victor hadn't rejected his creation. Well, and been less whiny. :p

Yesterday we went to see Shrek the Third, which was also very fun. Cute little ogre babies and dragon/donkey freak babies! And fun with the Arthurian myth. We were trying to figure out why Artie's voice sounded so familiar. I was shocked to discover it was Justin Timberlake. :p And the stuff with Fiona and the damsels in distress? SO awesome.

I also played a bit of Kingdom Hearts, finishing up with Monstro. The High Jump ability is AWESOME... even if it does mean that I keep overshooting my target. :p The parasite cage only killed me once. Stupid poison. :p Also, it was so weird seeing Gepetto and Pinochio after reading Fables. :p

And of course, there's always Sims. :p Anakin Solo aged up to toddler... I'm hoping he'll grow into his cheekbones. :p I really need to make Mara, because Luke is next up in the rotation in the main neighborhood, and one sim houses are BORING. Timothy and Marigold Tam started university, along with Timothy's girlfriend, Skanky Pink Leggings Girl.... err, Meadow. :p I've decided to change Marigold from Romance to Pleasure when she finishes Sophomore year so she won't have to constantly cheat on Thisland to achieve her LTW. Monty and Saffron had a baby girl, who I named Bridgit. Monty and Saffron split up after Monty caught Saffron flirting with Mal. Monty and Mal now live together, and Mal just ADORES Bridgit, it's so cute.

Oh, and apparently Alderaanian birth control kinda sucks. I had my second "oopsie" baby since getting InTeen. The first one was Han and Leia. This time, it was Tycho and Winter. So they now have a baby boy named Bail. They also have very little money because I had to build them a nursery and they had the baby in the second semester of sophomore year. At least Han and Leia waited until they graduated. :p

Oh, and I read Destiny: A Tale of Deaths Foretold, because I found it on the two for one table at Gamezilla. It was a cool little comic. My fondness for Destiny continues to grow. Which is strange, because I used to think of him as a rather boring character. Also, the art was quite nice. I don't exactly read comics for the art (See: Preludes and Nocturnes) but it's always a nice bonus when there's pretty art.

So Vicki is gone now. It's WEIRD. ANd not just because she took half the decor and large chunks of the kitchen. :p I keep closing the door to my room to make sure Elphaba doesn't get in and play with the big bag o' garbage and then I remember that she isn't HERE. :p

Sam brought her tv downstairs, and we randomly watched Evita while studying. :p We're both ridiculously fond of the character we dubbed "puppy dog photographer". Aka the first man in "Goodnight and Thank You", who does the saddest kicked puppy face EVER when Eva moves on to a new guy. :p Also, at some point I need to go through that movie and count how many different jobs Ché is shown in. It's a lot. :p