posts from 2005.09

I saw Serenity today. I’m not gonna talk about it too much; suffice to say it was really good, and everyone should go see it. Even if you haven’t seen all of (or any) Firefly you’ll probably still like it, and you shouldn’t be too confused on account of all the main plot points being explained at the beginning (they managed to do this in a novel and unobtrusive way, which I appreciate). I don’t think it would be possible for them to make a better Firefly movie (either in terms of truth to the series or of general quality as a movie), which is great for this movie (obviously), but I think it may be hard for them to follow up on it in the future (either in a sequel or in a continuation of the series).

I had gotten a bit of a non-specific spoiler beforehand from an early review in aother blog I read, but even with that I was still really shocked at certain twists the plot took. If you want a more in-depth review, I suggest reading that one, assuming you don’t mind unlabeled non-specific spoilers.

Oh, and before you go see it, you may want to read this poem, which is mentioned in the movie (also, it is kinda interesting). :)

Tonight we finished watching Firefly (second time through for me) in preparation for seeing Serenity tomorrow.

Also, I dyed my hair purple.

Also also, we watched The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!? (a very enjoyable bad movie, IMHO; though very light on the actual zombies and very heavy on the tedious dance sequences). I knew I had seen it before! Unfortunatly, I still have no idea when I saw it, or who I was with (if anyone).

I just discovered Flora Bush (via Fafblog). From her site:

Hello, America. I’m Flora Bush, the daughter the President doesn’t want you to know about. I’m a Democrat! I’m a punk! And I’m going to rock you with my new album, THE CHILD LEFT BEHIND!!!

“EAT YOUR PEAS!” “DON’T STAY UP LATE!” “DON’T GET GAY-MARRIED!”

Ever since I was little, Dad was always trying to tell me what to do. Like America had elected him president of me or something.

I especially like the song Puppies and Landmines :)

It seems her main site is getting hosed at the moment, but you can hear her music on her myspace page.

Remember when you scoffed at the idea of global warming making everything colder? Well, the days may get colder and colder (via Fazia via LC Live)

You know you scoffed, I heard you scoff, you scoffed you scoffed and scoffed and then you sneered but now you know it’s possibly true.

Note: The Day After Tomorrow is still a dumb movie. And this is still a good song.

For the first day since Friday, I feel better today than I did the day before.

That’s gotta be a good sign!

While I sit around feeling worse than I did yesterday, I find I have nothing better to do than take Zombie knowledge tests (via Cinematical).

I got 6 out of 10, by the way, though I did have to guess quite a bit (I’ve actually seen The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies, believe it or not [though I can't for the unlife of me remember more about it than the name]).

Quiz of the living dead

You scored 6 out of a possible 10
Cadaver been a contender. Not bad at all, for someone who’s never been dead themselves.

Yesterday I was dumb and biked about in the rain, predictably making my cold much worse. But, since I had already agreed to go to the house with happicow and to Ithacon with Marty, I went out and did stuff anyway.

First, I ran some errands at the Maul, buying some art supplies and household goods I probably didn’t really need. Then, I went by Marty’s place and we walked the half-block to the con.

The con itself wasn’t too bad – it was better than I expected and bigger than the one in Cortland last year, anyway. Of course, it had some of the rudest comic geeks I’ve seen at any con, which is saying quite a bit. First, some guy in a helmet called me “babe”, at which I nearly kicked his ass (well, maybe not, but another guy told him I was gonna). Second, some guy called me “useless” ‘cuz I haven’t seen The Corpse Bride yet (yeah, well, I didn’t know it came out already!). Then, as we were leaving, Dani (who I think will never recognize me, though I used to play games with her at game club [back when I went]) said I had nice hair, and the guy charging admission added “Nice!“. When I thanked them, he said “No, I meant all the comics you bought, that’s nice!” (I had bought 5 comics about zombies, a comic from a semi-local guy whom I felt sorry for, and the Fantastic Four music video DVD and music CD from