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Tropic Thunder.

Wow. That's some funny shit right there.

"It's a lead farm, motherfucker!"

And dude. Tom Cruise? Tom Cruise. I still hate you, but dude.

It's 2:30 in the morning. I'm tired. Just go see Tropic Thunder today. Someone needs to knock "The Dark Knight" off the top of the box office and that's going to be Tropic Thunder.

Robert Downey Jr may be one of my new favorite actors. I've only seen Iron Man and Tropic Thunder. What else of his should I watch?

Complete collection of Fraggle Rock coming to DVD

I've spent the last four years meticulously buying every Fraggle Rock DVD that's come out, from the original three-episode DVDs to the season sets.

And NOW they're coming out with ALL of the episodes on DVD? With new bonus features? That just doesn't seem fair to all of us who've been diligently collecting the individual box sets, the ones we were urged to buy to prove there was still a market for Fraggle Rock.

Also, this release is coming one week after the fourth season is due to be released on DVD.

Of course, that "one week" is also exactly one day after my next birthday. Do I ask for the fourth season on DVD for my birthday? Or do I ask for the whole shebang? (I am, apparently, missing a disc from my first season box set that needs to be replaced...)

All in all? Very disappointed in you, whoever made this decision. I feel slightly betrayed. And manipulated.

But will probably suck:

Bitch Slap

It's supposed to be a "thinking man's throwback to B/Exploitation films of the 1950s-70s."

And that's where they lose me.

Why, oh why, can't it be a thinking person's throwback? Okay, I know, tiny little nitpick to some people. Maybe this will end up being me blowing things out of proportion. But right now it seems they're setting it up as strictly a guy's movie. No way could a woman enjoy a throwback to (s)exploitation films. Especially since, to me, the "thinking" modifier, as well as the addition later on in the promo text that it's supposed to be a sly trailer, makes me think that it's going to be an ironic film. OMG, movies that make a point! While still being wildly entertaining. Women can have fun wielding big guns in tiny skirts and push up bras - not because there will be men drooling over them, but because, dammit, big guns are fun.

And here's where I admit that I am, most definitely, a little bit sexist: as soon as I saw it was being directed by a guy, my hopes for the film being enjoyable to me sunk a little bit more. Would a woman have been guaranteed to make a feminist-ish film? Of course not.

But it would be a little more likely.

and I'm missing all of it.

No, this isn't some emo post about how I wish I'd done more with my life or something. It's because half of my favorite sites haven't updated/are updating infrequently this week with no explanation. Is there a holiday somewhere that I'm unaware of?

Okay, have to go do some novel writing now (need to get my couple through the next sex scene!), then I need to put together some wedding stuff. Maybe I'll even get some cleaning done before the air conditioning wears off (our air conditioner is OBNOXIOUSLY LOUD, thus making it impossible to think, let alone do anything productive while it's on. So we turn it on at night and any time we leave the apartment and it keeps us fairly cool. I think the cats are melting, however).

And then later this afternoon Billy and I are going to see either "The Strangers" or "Kung-Fu Panda." Yeah, we aren't eccentric in our movie tastes at all!

It gets a little bit harder to get out of bed.

I'm seeing Indiana Jones at 12:10 tonight :-D That should make sitting through work a little more bearable.

7 more days of work and then I'M FREE.

The random caps lock proves it!

WEINSTEIN COMPANY SIGNS ON FOR FRAGGLE ROCK MOVIE

This has just jumped to the front of my "Most Anticipated movies of 2009." Fuck you, Star Trek and your bumped back release date. The only thing that could jump ahead of this would be Pirates 4, simply for the train wreck syndrome ('cause as much as I love me some Pirates, it would have to be a crappy movie if they were to push it out by next year).

Woot woot!

But they confuse the hell out of Billy's and my family's. Both my grandmother and Billy's mom want to know why there is a picture of our feet (my shoes are WORKS OF ART. They should be worshipped thusly more often!). And my mom is convinced the one with the sun glare is "obviously a bad picture." Bah. She doesn't know Art.

More when the full gallery is online. I can't waaaaaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit! Maybe I'll have the energy to put together a coherent entry by then (leaving my job in a few weeks. FINALLY.)

Also? Iron Man pwns.

In December they played about three bars of music from the movie, and that from the middle of Epiphany which is more spoken than sung.

Now that they're advertising the DVD it's allllllllllllllllllll singing. And not put together particularly well.

But you know what said-DVD advertisements mean?

SWEENEY TODD IS ON DVD ON TUESDAY. Unfortunately, Borders isn't open before I go to work, so I'll just have to pop over and pick it up after work (yay corporate discount).

OR...Billy will probably be working the evening-early morning shift, reorganizing the DVD section. Think maybe they'd let him buy a copy at 3 am Tuesday morning?

Queen doing "Big Spender"

I love Freddie Mercury. SO MUCH.

Sorry I've been AWOL for awhile. Work is sapping my will to live. And while I come up with lots of stuff to blog about during the day, we have a strict "no blogging" policy at work. I can do everything else on the intarwebz (well, except stream music, but that's just 'cause it crashes the computers) except blog.

Except I just noticed that by having a paid account I can post by e-mail. So perhaps I'll start doing that next week.

A wrench has been thrown in my BRILLIANT wedding plans because some asshole at the county clerk's office seems to think that people who are ordained through the ULC aren't able to perform marriages in Michigan (or at least Ottawa county. "We certainly don't allow those in Ottawa county" are the exact words the dude on the phone said to me, in the most condescending tone I've heard in awhile). And I had a BRILLIANT idea to have my dad marry us. It'd be beautiful and sweet and people would be crying and I'd giggle at them, lol. Because that's the most important part of the wedding for me: I have to be entertained as well during this shindig. Hence our amazing processional music.

But in non-bogus wedding news, I'm finally going to be able to talk to our coordinator at the hotel tomorrow. Apparently her e-mail server hates me and hasn't been sending her messages to me. So I sent her an e-mail today that kinda hinted we were getting worried about the lack of communication (totally true) and might end up going elsewhere (totally untrue. We really like this place). So she called me this evening while I was at Billy's Borders and we're going to talk on the phone early tomorrow afternoon.

Speaking of Billy's Borders, OMGIT'S AMAZING. If you've seen anything in the news about the Concept Stores Borders is rolling out, Billy works at the first one. And I love it. The digital mix and burn center is where I got the CD I'm listening to now. I think I've pretty much completed my Queen collection at this point, at least of the songs I already know and love. But I need to ask Billy why I couldn't download the potentially amazing version of "The Show Must Go On" with Elton John. I couldn't ask him while I was at the store because HOLY CRAP was it packed tonight. They were holding an open house for all of us corporate people, and I think everyone in the office showed up (except for the women I hang out with, of course).

I think I'm out of useful thoughts to post. So I will leave with these: SAD FACE!!!!!!! OMG SQUEE and KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I know it's looking doubtful that there will even be an Oscar ceremony this year, but I can't help but get excited when the nominees are announced. I am a huge film nerd.

Which is weird, because I never even end up seeing a majority of the nominees.

I'm really weird about movies. I haven't seen a lot in comparison with other people. But the ones I have seen I am obsessive about. And so I get excited about the Oscars, despite not having seen (for example) a single one of the best picture nominees this year.

But anyways. Johnny Depp was nominated for Sweeney Todd (up against George Clooney, Daniel Day-Lewis who everyone is ga-ga over, Tommy Lee Jones and Viggo Mortensen). Sweeney Todd was also nominated for costumes and art direction. And Pirates was nominated! For Make up (against La Vie En Rose and fucking Norbit) and art direction (against Golden Compass and Transformers. Wow! A category where I've seen every nominated movie! Pirates had better win...)

I am very amused that Enchanted has three of the five nominations for best song. I hope "That's How You Know" wins. 'Cause damn that was a fun number.

In real life news, I had my first wedding related nightmare :-O I kept losing my shoes. And they were hideous shoes. I don't know why I was wearing them for my wedding (they were navy blue! With a weird squat heel! WTF?!) I'd find them, and then we'd go somewhere else, and I'd lose them again.

Strangely enough, this is the second dream I've had recently about losing shoes. This just happens to be the only one that was specifically about my wedding shoes.

Oh, and at the ceremony, I was apparently in charge of running my own music? That doesn't make any sense.

I don't know how I feel about this: TEETH trailer (really? That was the best title they came up with? THEM is scarier)

This, however, is the best thing EVAR: Mannequin: On the Run. Mannequin was my dad's and my movie when I was a kid (so much so that I'm pretty sure we're going to dance to Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now for the father/daughter dance). I can't believe I never knew this existed.

Heigl Disappointed with Dr. Stevens' Affair

Okay, I know nothing about Grey's Anatomy. Way too soap opera-ish to get my attention. But how often does an actor come out and say they don't approve of their character's story arc while the show is still on the air?

And then to speak out against Knocked Up! I think she's the first person I've seen have a negative reaction to that movie outside of explicitly feminist circles. I happened to enjoy the movie, like her, 98% of the time - enough for me to overall say that I really liked it. But there were some sexist moments in it, and she recognizes them, and is criticizing them and that is awesome.

Sweeney Todd slated for holiday release

Damn right it has broad enough appeal to have a normal, holiday release!

Seriously, you have no idea how much it would piss me off if they tried to make me wait an extra month or two to see this. I got antsy waiting for Brokeback Mountain to make its way to Ann Arbor; I think I would die if I couldn't see Johnny Depp on opening day :-(

Hasn't the success of Johnny Depp/Tim Burton (...there's fic like that, isn't there? Oh god...) proven that people will come out to see it, no matter how weird it is? And is this really any weirder than Edward Scissorhands? Have some faith in the public, studio heads!

I hope it comes out on Christmas so it'll be the film my family and I goes to see that day. 'Cause if it comes out before then I'm going to have to go opening night. Because it's singing Johnny Depp. Johnny Depp singing Sondheim. Squee!

Started a new comm here on IJ - hp_slashfantasy I was part of the LJ-version and loooooooooooved it. I just wish it had stayed active :-( Hopefully the IJ version will work better. It's a simple premise: post your fantasy of an HP (femme)slash story/artwork you'd like to see and hopefully someone will fulfill your request. The HP slash fans on my flist totally should go join :-) Later on I'll probably get things started with a request or two, but right now my mind is stubbornly filled with het-smut ideas. Bah.

In real life, forensics is kicking into gear this weekend! We have an awesome freshmen class - I'm already really excited about at least one speech. Coaching is going to be awesome.

Also found out today that maybe I don't have to be enrolled full time to stay on my parents' insurance - maybe I only have to be enrolled full time for one semester/year. That would be sweet, so that I don't have to fill my schedule with four bullshit classes and one important one. I'll probably take two or three classes anyway, just to keep myself occupied, but I'm not going to take anything too stressful.

Of course, I still need to check with my parents and have them find that out.

Allegedly my loan is going to be disbursed on August 31st. I hope everything goes in a timely fashion, considering the day after that rent is due :-/ I have enough to cover it and utilities and everything - I'm not desperate for cash. But it'd be nice to have that cushion. 'Cause it seems whenever I'm low on cash some catastrophe happens (usually relating to my car) and I have to beg my parents for money so that I can survive without mooching off of Billy too much.

The Secret of NIMH is on On Demand this month. This excited me way too much. Don Bluth had soooooooooo much respect for 80's kids - his movies have some scary shit. Dragon the cat? Terrifying. He's totally the furry version of Sharp Tooth (right down to the scene where he's knocked out, lying upside down, and his semi-lifeless eye is open and reflecting the protagonist...). Scary stuff. And I love it. I kinda want to re-read the book now...maybe I'll go see if Borders has it.

WHY THE HELL AM I STILL AWAKE AT 4:30 IN THE MORNING?!