Thursday, July 31, 2008

Twilight is no Buffy

I am always up for quality Young Adult lit. I love Harry Potter (although it is flawed - Hermione hardly got to kick any butt at the end, ok...tangent!), and Phillip Pullman's His Dark Materials series is the BEST. Oh, and UnLunDun rocked. Right now I have The True Meaning of Smeckday on my night stand. Anyway. So we recently rented Penelope (very cute modern fairy tale) and one of the features was a preview of the Twilight movie. I only watched the first 20 seconds because I could tell it wasn't going to a very Amelie-appropriate place. I've also been hearing about this series from the internet, in Comic Con coverage, and in my Borders e-mails. I was going to check it out, first, literally, from the library, and then since the waiting list is months long, from my BOMC2 subscription. I had added it to the queue (it's like Netflix for books) but not to the top. Then this article, and these discussions that followed, convinced me to drop it. How insipid Bella sounds! I guess sometimes the Mormon housewife in an author is going to come through.

It's funny, because I did get kind of an ick vibe when I saw the teen vamp carrying the girl around like a baby in the preview, and I was looking for a good place for a dispassionate take on the whole thing. You get too many gushing reviews for something like this on Amazon. So here it is, thankfully in time to save me 10 bucks. I'll rent Buffy instead, thanks.

Random Photos

OK, I'm just putting these out there because I'm too lazy to do more. Enjoy (click for the whole album)!
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PETA, Forest Whitaker, and True on being Veg

Is PETA backing off the in-your-face stuff? This is so sweet!

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Quake!

Wow, we just had a 5.8 (now maybe 5.6) earthquake! That was kind of exciting, a little scary. Everyone is fine, it wasn't much over here (maybe 30 miles from the epicenter). Marnie lived in California for 15 years before she ever felt anything - how lucky am I? (OK, kidding.)

Thursday, July 24, 2008

 

Name that sci fi vehicle (hint, see Dr. Horrible post for whose ass was in it)! :)

For me, the highlight of Universal Studios tour. What a geek I am.
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Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Oh, HELL Yeah!!


Joss Whedon? Neill Patrick Harris? Nathan Fillion? A freaking MUSICAL? Where do I sign up? Drhorrible.com, that's where!

Thursday, July 03, 2008

Ah, Judy Blume




CurrentTV, the cable channel Al built, is like a mix between YouTube and MTV and CNN. It makes me feel old but it is generally excellent.

These Target Women "pods" are really good, too:

Wednesday, July 02, 2008

Speaking of love...

and, yes, this should have been first - happy lucky 13th anniversary to my Nummy Muffin Cocoa Butter. (And it was even yesterday! I suck!)




I love you!

I Heart My...


French (not Freedom) Coffee Press.


I like coffee. Happily, I am not to the point where I NEEEEED coffee. However, when I have an urge for a cup of my organic, shade grown, fair trade, dark roasted beans, I always hated to make a whole pot - or even 4 cups's worth - just for me. This totally fits the bill. Heat the water, grind the beans, pour both together, stir, press, DONE! It's magic. Love love love.