Reviews and stuff
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shadydaveSo, work hasn't exactly been exciting recently, with the exception of Governor Rendell signing the new budget for PA public schools, which was pretty cool. It's supposed to allocate more money without raising taxes, which I am a fan of, although since our school district alone has an adequacy gap of $4000/kid, I somehow doubt it will take care of ALL the budget problems.
Oh, and I also have job security now, since our Main Office secretary is transferring to the Transportation office, which means our Registrar's assistant will take over the Main Office, which means I will be the Registrar's assistant. Hurrah!
In other exciting news, I had a dentist's appointment, and there was NOTHING WRONG with my teeth! Amazing!
In the entertainment portion of our program, Marge and I tried to see WALL-E last weekend, but were THWARTED when the power in the theater went out. This also happened when we went to see I, Robot, which makes me wonder if we are somehow in a low-budget Terminator situation where we are critical to stopping a robot uprising in the future, and the robots are traveling back in time to keep us from watching robot movies which hold the key to our success.
However, we DID see The Dark Knight, which was super awesome. As has been widely reported, Heath Ledger is really creepy as the Joker, and totally deserves an Oscar nomination. Maggie Gyllenhaal is also much more awesome than Katie Holmes, although this does not explain why she looks a thousand years old. Christian Bale remains hot, although sadly did not spend nearly as much time with his shirt off in this movie.
ETA: I forgot to link to Doctor Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, aka "What I did during the writer's strike, by Joss Whedon, age 6." It's a mini-musical! About supervillains! It's got awesome music and Nathan Fillion singing (in addition to typical Joss Whedonosity, but I won't get into that)! If you're a fan of Buffy, Angel, Firefly, or just awesome things in general, go watch it! Right now! < /exclamation point >
I finally got around to reading Havemercy, which is the book by Jaida Jones (of Shoebox Project fame) and Dani Bennett. It was good, but not as awesome as Shoebox, and I think I would have enjoyed it a little more if I didn't have such high expectations. However, if you want to read about mechanical dragons, this is the book for you! Because there is nothing that is not awesome about mechanical dragons.
I also finished reading Parzival, which is Wolfram von Eschenbach's (complete but not as good) version of Chrétien's Perceval/The Story of the Grail. You can tell them apart because Chrétien smokes the good stuff while Wolfram is moderately insane.
Quotes o' Crazy
Kay: Help me, noble as you are, to win Cunneware's favour by means of thick doughnuts!
Even taking into account that doughnuts are an ancient yet delicious German snack, how exactly do they help you pick up chicks?
Kingrimursel to Vergulaht: Even if it were a concubinely trick on my side of the blanket, wherever that kinship of ours is acknowledged, you would have acted overhastily towards me...
Dude, Kingrimursel is that dude's UNCLE.
A conversation with the narrator, or possibly Dumbledore:
Open up!
"To whom? Who are you?"
I want [to] go into your heart!
"That's a narrow space for you to enter!"
What of it, even if I barely survive! You'll seldom have cause to complain of MY jostling! I want to tell you of wonders now!
"Oh, it's you, is it, Lady Adventure?"
Parzival: I acted like a born loser.
Parzival: I ought to bemoan your grief, except that I bear loftier troubles than any man ever bore before.
Oh, shut UP.
Then my lord Gawan seized him, throwing him to the ground by his strength. May intimacy with such necking shun me! I couldn't bear it!
Wolfram apparently does not want to make out with Sir Gawan.
Orgeluse: I tweak your nose!
Further proof that Monty Python did not have to reach very far to be TOTALLY SURREAL.
Gawan: Lady, where am I to pluck the garland by which my hole-ridden joy may be made entire?
Weirdest. Pick-up line. EVER.
Orgeluse: Throughout the weeks, all their days, all the weeks in the year, I have special forces on the alert, some by day, others by night.
The Duchess of Logres: outside the Round Table, beyond the kingdom of England. The 12th century is when everything changes...
Kay: Tally ho! Seek [Gawan] out there! Yet perhaps he is somewhere else altogether! If he takes to darting about like a squirrel, you may soon have lost him!
So, Kay is basically a freak.
"If I were to suffer thus for a sister, I would rather have no sister at all!"
Jerk.
Out-of-context homoerotic theater:
"Then Gawain kissed the heathen often enough."
"The King often took to blinking constantly, sometimes for four days at a time."
Next week on House!
Feirefiz: Help me, brother, to make your aunt's acquaintance.
There have GOT to be less creepy ways of asking your half-brother to set you up on a date.
Anyways, like the many generations of readers of Arthurian literature before me, I was inspired to iconage.
Perceval (and company):
Congratulations, you've won the Courtly Lurve Olympics! The decorative wall hangings are part of your prize:
Vortigern's Big Dig:
Knights of the Holy Grail:
Insert your name here! If you ask nicely, I will even do it for you.
e.g.
1.
2.
3.
And now for the weather.
Oh, and I also have job security now, since our Main Office secretary is transferring to the Transportation office, which means our Registrar's assistant will take over the Main Office, which means I will be the Registrar's assistant. Hurrah!
In other exciting news, I had a dentist's appointment, and there was NOTHING WRONG with my teeth! Amazing!
In the entertainment portion of our program, Marge and I tried to see WALL-E last weekend, but were THWARTED when the power in the theater went out. This also happened when we went to see I, Robot, which makes me wonder if we are somehow in a low-budget Terminator situation where we are critical to stopping a robot uprising in the future, and the robots are traveling back in time to keep us from watching robot movies which hold the key to our success.
However, we DID see The Dark Knight, which was super awesome. As has been widely reported, Heath Ledger is really creepy as the Joker, and totally deserves an Oscar nomination. Maggie Gyllenhaal is also much more awesome than Katie Holmes, although this does not explain why she looks a thousand years old. Christian Bale remains hot, although sadly did not spend nearly as much time with his shirt off in this movie.
ETA: I forgot to link to Doctor Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, aka "What I did during the writer's strike, by Joss Whedon, age 6." It's a mini-musical! About supervillains! It's got awesome music and Nathan Fillion singing (in addition to typical Joss Whedonosity, but I won't get into that)! If you're a fan of Buffy, Angel, Firefly, or just awesome things in general, go watch it! Right now! < /exclamation point >
I finally got around to reading Havemercy, which is the book by Jaida Jones (of Shoebox Project fame) and Dani Bennett. It was good, but not as awesome as Shoebox, and I think I would have enjoyed it a little more if I didn't have such high expectations. However, if you want to read about mechanical dragons, this is the book for you! Because there is nothing that is not awesome about mechanical dragons.
I also finished reading Parzival, which is Wolfram von Eschenbach's (complete but not as good) version of Chrétien's Perceval/The Story of the Grail. You can tell them apart because Chrétien smokes the good stuff while Wolfram is moderately insane.
Quotes o' Crazy
Kay: Help me, noble as you are, to win Cunneware's favour by means of thick doughnuts!
Even taking into account that doughnuts are an ancient yet delicious German snack, how exactly do they help you pick up chicks?
Kingrimursel to Vergulaht: Even if it were a concubinely trick on my side of the blanket, wherever that kinship of ours is acknowledged, you would have acted overhastily towards me...
Dude, Kingrimursel is that dude's UNCLE.
A conversation with the narrator, or possibly Dumbledore:
Open up!
"To whom? Who are you?"
I want [to] go into your heart!
"That's a narrow space for you to enter!"
What of it, even if I barely survive! You'll seldom have cause to complain of MY jostling! I want to tell you of wonders now!
"Oh, it's you, is it, Lady Adventure?"
Parzival: I acted like a born loser.
Parzival: I ought to bemoan your grief, except that I bear loftier troubles than any man ever bore before.
Oh, shut UP.
Then my lord Gawan seized him, throwing him to the ground by his strength. May intimacy with such necking shun me! I couldn't bear it!
Wolfram apparently does not want to make out with Sir Gawan.
Orgeluse: I tweak your nose!
Further proof that Monty Python did not have to reach very far to be TOTALLY SURREAL.
Gawan: Lady, where am I to pluck the garland by which my hole-ridden joy may be made entire?
Weirdest. Pick-up line. EVER.
Orgeluse: Throughout the weeks, all their days, all the weeks in the year, I have special forces on the alert, some by day, others by night.
The Duchess of Logres: outside the Round Table, beyond the kingdom of England. The 12th century is when everything changes...
Kay: Tally ho! Seek [Gawan] out there! Yet perhaps he is somewhere else altogether! If he takes to darting about like a squirrel, you may soon have lost him!
So, Kay is basically a freak.
"If I were to suffer thus for a sister, I would rather have no sister at all!"
Jerk.
Out-of-context homoerotic theater:
"Then Gawain kissed the heathen often enough."
"The King often took to blinking constantly, sometimes for four days at a time."
Next week on House!
Feirefiz: Help me, brother, to make your aunt's acquaintance.
There have GOT to be less creepy ways of asking your half-brother to set you up on a date.
Anyways, like the many generations of readers of Arthurian literature before me, I was inspired to iconage.
Perceval (and company):
Congratulations, you've won the Courtly Lurve Olympics! The decorative wall hangings are part of your prize:
Vortigern's Big Dig:
Knights of the Holy Grail:
Insert your name here! If you ask nicely, I will even do it for you.
e.g.
1.
2. 3.And now for the weather.