You're gonna be bothered by how cool I am.

A friendly reminder that today is April Fools Day and that maybe not everything you see and read today (especially online) is meant to be taken seriously. Surf cautiously. It will all be over soon enough. :-) (I wonder how many death hoaxes will appear on Twitter today.)

I've been "gotten" a few times - oh, how I still curse myself for falling for Leaky's OOTP delay prank - and I've gotten some folks myself. I'll probably never be as into it as I was in 2004, but it's always fun to see what people come up with. Rock on, jokesters!

I don't know how many of you are familiar with the modern holiday classic "Mary, Did You Know". If you are, this will be even more hilarious. If not, it will still be hilarious. I particularly love the constant shower of presents and red and green regalia.

I give you ... VADER, DID YOU KNOW. Now excuse me, I have to finish laughing myself to death.

Now that it's past midnight for all my American peeps, I want to wish all of them a Happy Turkey Day. May you eat lots of turkey, dressing, cranberry salad, sweet potatoes, winter squash pie ;) and whatever else you do to get your Thanksgiving on.

To the rest of you, Happy Thursday!

To me, ZOMG two weeks until I leave for Austin/BNAT/Mordor/Christmas!

First of all, thank you to uponadream, chickadilly, and Anonymouse for the snowflake cookies! I love these virtual gifties.

Second, the guys at Film School Rejects have posted a drinking game for Half-Blood Prince. Not terribly inventive or original (take a drink when you see a book?), but I liked the idea of chugging your own "potions" while watching the most potion-heavy entry in the franchise. And speaking of HBP, I can't wait to get off work so I can go pick up a copy!

Third, I just had the horrifying sensation of receiving an e-mail from Netflix saying a copy of Twilight was on its way to me. This was, I'm afraid, on purpose. I'll be taking it with me to Mordor to see if the Dark Lord is repulsed or strangely compelled by the dazzle therein. Methinks booze and/or some guys named Mike Nelson, Kevin Murphy, and Bill Corbett will be required for maintaining sanity.

Fourth, I've been horribly remiss about movie reviews lately. I've seen a couple of films I liked very much (in their own very different ways) - The Road and Up in the Air - and one that I didn't like so much - A Christmas Carol. I fully intend to post about at least the two I liked, and probably the other as well. I haven't had much time lately (OH, HOW I WANT TO POST ABOUT GLEE AND DOLLHOUSE), but at the very least there will be some waiting around in airports this weekend and next week, and surely I'll have some time then.

4 days until BNAT! Speaking of which, I changed my mood theme back to "Movie Miscellany" for the occasion. :)

( 2008 Year in Review )

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In other news, I am currently at work on New Year's Eve, in a building that is on Broadway, between 47th and 48th Streets. So that's pretty much right where the action is. I had to have a signed letter from the law firm to show to the cops to get past the barricade. Right now, I can hear faint traces (getting less and less *faint* actually) of the live music and crowds out the window.

I had a good Christmas break, despite getting sick on Christmas Eve, and despite attending a funeral a few days later. Thanks to lunalovepotter, rhrsoulmates, mrs_bombadil and peachespig, helianthemum and the peachespiglet for the holiday cards.

I saw my last film of 2008 last night, which was The Wrestler. Being a one-time fangirl of Mickey Rourke, I can't tell you how happy it makes me to state confidently that I believe he is definitely getting an Oscar for Best Actor this year. There is no doubt in my mind. I can't remember the last time I saw a performance that raw and painful and real and gobsmackingly awesome. Seriously. I'd stack him against Daniel Day-Lewis's There Will Be Blood performance and Forest Whitaker's Last King of Scotland performance any day of the week, and no one else in 2008 even comes close.

HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE!

( 2008 Year in Review )

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In other news, I am currently at work on New Year's Eve, in a building that is on Broadway, between 47th and 48th Streets. So that's pretty much right where the action is. I had to have a signed letter from the law firm to show to the cops to get past the barricade. Right now, I can hear faint traces (getting less and less *faint* actually) of the live music and crowds out the window.

I had a good Christmas break, despite getting sick on Christmas Eve, and despite attending a funeral a few days later. Thanks to lunalovepotter, rhrsoulmates, mrs_bombadil and peachespig, helianthemum and the peachespiglet for the holiday cards.

I saw my last film of 2008 last night, which was The Wrestler. Being a one-time fangirl of Mickey Rourke, I can't tell you how happy it makes me to state confidently that I believe he is definitely getting an Oscar for Best Actor this year. There is no doubt in my mind. I can't remember the last time I saw a performance that raw and painful and real and gobsmackingly awesome. Seriously. I'd stack him against Daniel Day-Lewis's There Will Be Blood performance and Forest Whitaker's Last King of Scotland performance any day of the week, and no one else in 2008 even comes close.

HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE!

Happy Mother's Day to all you moms on my flist!

You are all awesome, and I hope you have a GREAT day!

Happy Mother's Day to all you moms on my flist!

You are all awesome, and I hope you have a GREAT day!

To all the moms and soon-to-be-moms, *hugs* and have a very happy Mother's Day!


Current Mood: Mother's Day-ish