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I've been doing okay, since ... you know. The hurricane didn't do much damage up my way, but further downtown is a mess, and the public transit means I haven't been able to work the past two nights. Haven't received a call today, so I assume I'm back on again tonight.
- Went to a Halloween party this weekend, with my horror movie meetup group. It's been a while since I did a costume, and I *thought* I'd chosen something easy - Alice from Alice, Sweet Alice (and, with a few extra props, the killer from the same movie). But you wouldn't believe how hard it was to find a yellow rain slicker. I finally had to ask one of my BNAT pals who's an Amazon Prime member to order me one. I think it turned out pretty good, and one person did actually recognize what I was dressed as, which considering that the movie is not that well-known, I considered a success.
- I saw a film called Holy Motors a couple weeks ago, which was fabulously trippy and French. It's kind of hard to describe, but it basically follows a man whose job it is to dress up as different characters and participate in various scenarios throughout the day - he's a businessman, he's an old lady begging for change on the street, he's a crazy imp-like man who eats flowers and kidnaps a fashion model, he's an unloving father, he's a dying man... It's one of those movies that you have to just let wash over you, and if you try too hard to make everything fit, you're going to miss it.
- I also saw Cloud Atlas this past weekend, which is AMAZING. I haven't read the book, but now I want to. It's six different stories woven together, with several of the actors playing as many as six or seven different characters - characters that they'd never get to play in another movie. Some stories are heartbreaking, some inspiring, and at least one is wonderfully hilarious (I really, really want to read "The Ghastly Ordeal of Timothy Cavendish"!). I'm not committed to this being my favorite of the year yet, but it's in the running. Simply beautiful.
- BNAT time is upon us again. I finished my application this morning, which may be the latest I've ever submitted. I'll probably post it here after the list goes up, which is some time tomorrow night. I always think bigger than my actual skills can accomplish for the picture and video, and it's wicked difficult to do that stuff by myself. As usual there are standouts among the other applicants - one guy made his video an homage to Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan, which then morphed into a rendition of the "Trololo" song. Oooh, also![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
themorningstarr and her husband are applying this year, since they live pretty near Austin. So spare some good luck wishes for them. :-)
- In LJ news, I took a peek at the new flist view, and NO THANK YOU. It's like they're really trying to drive away the last of us old-schoolers who were hanging on for sentimentality. I'd like to hope this is not going to be something we're forced to adopt, but I'm not that optimistic. Ugh, frickin' LJ. Ever since they sold out to SixApart eight years ago... (*hikes up pants and complains like an old person*)
- Went to a Halloween party this weekend, with my horror movie meetup group. It's been a while since I did a costume, and I *thought* I'd chosen something easy - Alice from Alice, Sweet Alice (and, with a few extra props, the killer from the same movie). But you wouldn't believe how hard it was to find a yellow rain slicker. I finally had to ask one of my BNAT pals who's an Amazon Prime member to order me one. I think it turned out pretty good, and one person did actually recognize what I was dressed as, which considering that the movie is not that well-known, I considered a success.
- I saw a film called Holy Motors a couple weeks ago, which was fabulously trippy and French. It's kind of hard to describe, but it basically follows a man whose job it is to dress up as different characters and participate in various scenarios throughout the day - he's a businessman, he's an old lady begging for change on the street, he's a crazy imp-like man who eats flowers and kidnaps a fashion model, he's an unloving father, he's a dying man... It's one of those movies that you have to just let wash over you, and if you try too hard to make everything fit, you're going to miss it.
- I also saw Cloud Atlas this past weekend, which is AMAZING. I haven't read the book, but now I want to. It's six different stories woven together, with several of the actors playing as many as six or seven different characters - characters that they'd never get to play in another movie. Some stories are heartbreaking, some inspiring, and at least one is wonderfully hilarious (I really, really want to read "The Ghastly Ordeal of Timothy Cavendish"!). I'm not committed to this being my favorite of the year yet, but it's in the running. Simply beautiful.
- BNAT time is upon us again. I finished my application this morning, which may be the latest I've ever submitted. I'll probably post it here after the list goes up, which is some time tomorrow night. I always think bigger than my actual skills can accomplish for the picture and video, and it's wicked difficult to do that stuff by myself. As usual there are standouts among the other applicants - one guy made his video an homage to Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan, which then morphed into a rendition of the "Trololo" song. Oooh, also
themorningstarr and her husband are applying this year, since they live pretty near Austin. So spare some good luck wishes for them. :-)- In LJ news, I took a peek at the new flist view, and NO THANK YOU. It's like they're really trying to drive away the last of us old-schoolers who were hanging on for sentimentality. I'd like to hope this is not going to be something we're forced to adopt, but I'm not that optimistic. Ugh, frickin' LJ. Ever since they sold out to SixApart eight years ago... (*hikes up pants and complains like an old person*)
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