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Saturday, January 31, 2004
 Dear book!Legolas,
Please stop using the word "grope" and complimenting Gimli on the "hardness" of his "axe". I'm trying to be good and not to pay attention to all the double entendres that are ABSOLUTELY EVERYWHERE IN THIS BOOK TOLKIEN YOU PERVY OLD GOAT, but as Chungy tells me this book is supposed to be Pristine and Innocent, should be ignored. I was succeeding for the most part until YOU came around and started perving up Helm's Deep. You are henceforth not allowed to talk ever again, and must resign to standing around and looking pretty. You're good at that. (Oh, and Aragorn and Eowyn have had only a scene and a half together so far in which they've only said like two words, and they already have more chemistry than Aragorn and Arwen. What's up with that?) Crossly, Priscilla Priscilla said at 10:00 PM Dear Immune System,
If I'm starting to get sick, there will be WORDS. Love, Priscilla Priscilla said at 8:44 PM *giggles* Ah, SomethingAwful.com, how I adore thee.
Meanwhile, And Then There Were Six! It's been fun mocking you, Lieberman. Anyone in the mood to take your spot as 3rd place for the position of 3rd place? (Now that your "joementum" has come to a halt, is this a good time to pen a "joebituary"?) Priscilla said at 7:36 PM I think I have overstepped the bounds of geekdom.
Priscilla said at 6:18 PM TOP THIRTEEN WAYS HOWARD DEAN IS LIKE ARAGORN:
Brought to you by Priscilla Spencer of Fangirls for Dean. Priscilla said at 5:35 PM So many LJers have adopted my Disco Fever Dean icon that I decided I needed a new one. Thanks to permetaform and rechan!
All those in Feb 3rd primary states (AZ, DE, MO, NM, ND, OK, SC), get out and vote! Unless you're voting for Kerry, of course. :D Priscilla said at 12:07 PM Ooh! 21 readers are now syndicating abeybaby, Cult of Lincoln's LJ feed. So who are you? There's no "Friend of" feature on syndicated accounts, and I'm curious. Roll call in the blog comment field!
Priscilla said at 11:56 AM
Friday, January 30, 2004
I love getting to be a regular at take-out places. In New York, the guy at the eatery across from class would give me half-price on sandwiches and now, Tarik at Bitar's gives me free mini-desserts. Life is good.
Priscilla said at 7:36 PM Dear Disney,
You cannot fathom my wrath. This project will be dropped immediately. You are not cool and we are not pleased and this is the evidence. Get your act together and don't mess with my favourite book. (Unless, of course, you throw us a complete curve ball and actually manage to produce an enjoyable film. You gave us PotC after all, though that was entirely due to the Midas touch of Johnny Depp.) Wrathfully, Priscilla Priscilla said at 11:59 AM Renata! Neil linked to you again! (Also, this is the entry that has the thing about Johnny. Come back to us, Terry Gilliam!)
Priscilla said at 9:44 AM EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!! Tanja's going to be able to come to America this summer! You're welcome to crash in Dallas at any time, my loffie. And hmm, come to think of it, I'd love to go to Alaska and meet Rebecca, too...
Priscilla said at 9:18 AM *gurgles*
Just found out from Heidi, who found out from Neil's blog, that before the Good Omens movie was put on hold, Johnny Depp was set to play Crowley. How perfect is that casting? Guh, I feel weak in the knees. Can you just imagine him calling Aziraphale "angel"? Humminahummina. Priscilla said at 9:01 AM
Thursday, January 29, 2004
Whee! I got laughed at by total strangers today!
Well, classmates, but people I didn't know, nonetheless. I suppose it all starts with laundry. I had gone far too long without doing laundry. Because it's very difficult to get a washing machine in the evening or over the weekend, I decided to wash my clothese while I was in class today. Unfortunately, my only pair of non-superformal pants that I hadn't worn were my stripey Nightcrawler pants, so I decided to wear those to class while my jeans were in the wash. I should have known the effect they would have on me! I've found that while wearing them, they magnify my natural dorkiness quotient 400%, which is always dangerous. Alas. We were having a quasi-review session in my Communications class, as the teacher had to be somewhere else, so the TAs were going over old material and covering some things we hadn't yet touched on. One of these was focal length and lenses in film and photography. However, when talking about the "flattening" effect of long lenses, it was obvious to me that many of the students (and in fact, the TA as well) didn't understand the concept. So I piped up with an example of wide angle and long lens used in tandem, Hitchcock's Vertigo, and described the effect achieved by zooming out and moving the camera towards the subject at the same time, keeping composition the same but changing focal length. But with every word I said, I could feel the class thinking "What the...?", so I wrapped up quickly and retreated into my coat, like a turtle. The whole class laughed a "What did she just say and why did she say it?" laugh as I repeatedly facepalmed, much to the amusement of those around me. "Because everybody here has seen Vertigo" a fellow DMDer said with a grin. "Well, they also use it in Lord of the Rings..." I said in a small voice. So three cheers for dorkiness! I had an incureable grin all the way back to my dorm. It's so healthy to laugh at oneself every so often. Priscilla said at 3:40 PM I know that nearly every entry I've posted the past three days has either been about LotR or Howard Dean, but this just needed to be shared. And W00t, finally acquired a d/led copy of RotK! And the quality is fantastic! Go me!
In other news, I really need to update tnm.n. And think of a new layout. The current one went up in May 2002! Priscilla said at 9:11 AM
Wednesday, January 28, 2004
Priscilla said at 7:08 PM For Your Consideration LotR Oscar nominations website. *sobs over just about everything*
Oh, and Orlando Bloom, age 4. And the M&P quintessential hobbit scenes from RotK. W00t! ... WOAH! I just got totally freaked out! My sister and I are M&P! Melissa and Priscilla. And ever since we first encountered Pippi Longstocking, my family nickname has been Pippi. My middle initial is N, so I am Pippi N. And because my sister also has a male middle name (Hudson), when she was young, she gave herself a second middle name: Mary. We are Mary and Pippi N. Why did it take me this long to notice that? *twilight zone theme plays* Edit: And, um, my mom's grandfather was a Sam, and one of my dad's rugby buddies had his name legally changed to Gandalf, and er... I think I'll stop right there. Priscilla said at 12:02 PM
Tuesday, January 27, 2004
Guess what? Dean's still ahead. But in a way, I'm glad we came in second in NH. I'll be nice to have the media attacking Kerry for a while. Provided, of course, that he doesn't bore the media out of their minds in a week.
Meanwhile, SNOW AND LOTS OF IT. *dances* Priscilla said at 11:08 PM *beams* I'm just so good today! I finished Java ultra-early, and I demonstrated brilliant, radiant insight and intelligence in my Communications course. We were discussing the use of close-ups vs. long shots in cinematography, and Prof. Messaris was highlighting the three main functions of the close-up: information, identification with a point of view, and emphasis. I brought up the concept of the close-up as a method of convincing the audience and allaying skepticism, citing the increased use of close-ups in Lord of the Rings in scenes that use scale doubles. Because the faces of the scale doubles could not be shown (without a mask, at least), in order to convince the audience the audience that yes, indeed, these are the same characters, right at the point where the viewer could begin to doubt, Peter would cut to a close up of the actor's face to reassure the audience. I kind of went on about it for a while, also citing the use of close-ups in action sequences that used stunt doubles, and how shots are generally closer when actors perform their own stunts to showcase their faces to the audience whenever possible. When I finally stopped talking, my professor looked incredibly pleased and asked if I'd come up with this on my own. I told him yes, and he asked if I was considering going into filmmaking. He looked even more pleased when I told him I was DMD. So w00t! Fabulous day! Even freezing rain cannot drown my spirits! The only thing that could make my day better is Dean winning New Hampshire. And results will start coming in in just over an hour. Oooh, the excitement! In the meantime, run yourself!
Priscilla said at 5:56 PM Ri rocks my socks.
Priscilla said at 12:58 PM Oscar Nominations!
I must say, I'm ever-so-pleased to see Johnny Depp nominated for Best Actor in PotC. I thought for sure that he would be overlooked! I doubt he'll win, but hey, I'd be delighted if he did. However, in that same vein, Sean Astin and Andy Serkis? Robbed. No other word for it. I would have thought Andy would be a good excuse to make Oscar history, regardless of the fact that I think he royally deserves it. Of course, I've only seen one of the "Best Supporting Actor" nominated movies, so I don't really have a fair idea of the competition, but seriously. Snub city. I don't care that LotR got 11 other nominations. Andy and Sean deserve some major props. And to think, many theorized that Peter gave Andy the pre-ring!Smeagol cameo to improve his chances of being nominated, so that his character wasn't 100% digital. Just when you think you've got the Oscar politics figured out... ah well. His name wasn't even on the LotR "For Your Consideration" Oscar ads, so my hopes weren't incredibly high to begin with. Still, Sean Astin? Hello, McFly? Hello? Meanwhile, on the Best Actress side, what a surprise to see Keisha Castle-Hughes nominated for "Whale Rider"! Another pleasant surprise! But again, on this list, I've only seen two out of the five. I really need to see some of these other movies before I can pretend to be an authority or have any kind of opinion. Hmm, so 11 nominations. Does that count include the Sci-Tech nomination for "Massive," the AI fight simulator thing? I don't feel like counting, myself. But can I gloat for a second? NUMBER OF NOMINATIONS FOR FILMS STARRING BILLY BOYD: 21. BOOYEAH. Okay, I'll count anyway. Art Direction, Costume Design, Directing, Film Editing, Makeup, Music, Song, Picture, Sound, Visual Effects, Writing (Adapted Screenplay)... hey, it doesn't include the Sci-Tech nom! Go Weta! And hey, two out of the three men nominated for their work in rendering realistic-looking skin worked on LotR! Ken McGaugh and Joe Letteri! I'm surprised to see "Master and Commander" raking in so many nominations. I mean, it was a great movie, but it wasn't that great. Not One-Nomination-Less-Than-LotR-Great. I mean, "Best Makeup"? What outstanding achievements in makeup did they achieve? The "windswept look"? Yeah, there was the kid with the arm and all the bullet wounds and the wigs and stuff, but seriously. And might I point out that a large number of "Master and Commander" special effects were executed by Weta, Peter Jackson's special effects company, when Peter Weir was so impressed with the miniature work in "Fellowship of the Ring". So props to Richard Taylor! (Of course, Weta is just one of six FX companies to work on M&C, but oh well.) But... wait a second! What the... why are neither of the Matrix sequels nominated for best special effects? Sure, the final result really wasn't that realistic-looking and the context was cheesy (in fact, probably one of the worst movies of the year), but the techniques they pioneered were unbelieveable. I don't want them to win, I just want them to have been nominated! Heck, I would nominate them solely for the sake of that poor, poor woman who had to fake an orgasm over 100 times in the filming of the Merovingian's first scene. The motion control for that one special effect took over six hours to shoot. So Priscilla's Honorary Oscar Nomination For Putting Up With Horrible Working Conditions and Psychotic Directorial Demands goes to Tory Musset, the other nomination of course going to Andy Serkis. Hee, poor Andy. Mkay, the other awards very quickly: Best Picture/Director: I agree with Rave, I think RotK is the "sentimental favourite" for Best Picture/Director. They've been holding out on the other two, I belive, so that RotK can get the glory. I mean, TTT vs. Chicago? Give me a break. The politics are on our side, even. Besides, I'm hard-pressed to think of any film ever made that deserves Best Director more than RotK. Makeup: They're competing against PotC and M&C... Funny, because I was under the impression that all the zombie effects in PotC were CG. So where does that leave us? I would think anything PotC would have to offer in terms of makeup would qualify more as Costume Design. And I've already expressed my sentiments on M&C makeup. So LotR for the hobbit feet and ear tips and filthy orcses and wigs, wigs, wigs. Art Direction: Tossup. Costume Design: I haven't seen "The Last Samurai" or "Girl with the Pearl Earring", but regardless, I doubt this will go to RotK, as so many of the costumes were reused from FotR and TTT. Ah well, can't win 'em all. Editing: I would find it hilarious if we won this, as after November, no one will ever watch the theatrical release of RotK ever again, as they'll all just watch the Extended Edition. Score: I never paid any attention to the score in the other nominees, so I can't really judge. But Danny Elfman is among my favourite movie composers, so I'd be tickled pink if Big Fish won instead of LotR. I haven't seen Cold Mountain or The House of Sand and Fog and never noticed the score in Finding Nemo, so yeah. Song: Again, of those nominated, I've only seen two, and of the two, I prefer "Into the West" a hundredfold to "Kiss at the End of the Rainbow." Can't speak for the others. Sound: Not RotK, but did you know that the sound of the battle cries of the massive orc army at Helm's Deep were made by the crowd at a cricket match? Visual Effects: LotR by far. Pit them against Gollum and it's no contest. Adapted Screenplay: I have more and more respect for the screenplay with every page of the text I read. Still, the only two of these I've seen are LotR and Seabiscuit and I haven't read Seabiscuit, so I'm not entitled to an opinion. Okay, that's all the Oscar blathering I'll be subjecting you to today. You can go about your business now. Gah, this entry is long. As a reward for reading this far, Survival Tips for seeing LotR in Theatres (ganked from Ashley and Tanja). Priscilla said at 12:30 PM
Monday, January 26, 2004
How do I love my dorm? Let me count the ways.
1/30- Our January Penn PM event will be a Johnny Depp movie marathon in the Hill Gallery featuring "Pirates of the Caribbean", "Edward Scissorhands", and the newly released "Once Upon a Time in Mexico". It will begin at 8pm and go until the end of the last movie (~2am). Refreshments will be served. Priscilla said at 8:44 PM Hey... I just realized one of the reasons why I so instantly loved Judy Dean! She reminds me of Mrs. Ashley, my beloved math teacher in 5th, 7th, and 8th grades and sponsor of middle school Math and Science Club. Dr. Steinberg Dean and Mrs. Ashley have the exact same mannerisms, it's uncanny. Judy has that quiet, simple, strong-yet-gentle, caring demeanor that made all my classmates yearn to be in Mrs. Ashley's class. And they both have the same mouth. And love bike riding. Interesting.
So vote for Dean at your state primaries! Because we need someone like Mrs. Ashley to be our First Lady. Plus, the other Democratic candidates' wives kind of scare me. (oh, and I probably won't be able to keep up with comments posted on the feeds in LJ, so if you have anything to say, click the link to the corresponding blog entry and post a comment there.) Priscilla said at 8:35 PM Augh! So sorry, to anyone that just friended abeybaby. It just published my last 20 entries or so in one big block. I promise, that's just a one-time thing!
Priscilla said at 6:23 PM Oh! I am so good! Yes, LJ-users can now add "abeybaby" to their friends lists to get CoL syndicated. Huzzah to the fifth!
Priscilla said at 6:07 PM I do believe this might work! If not, I'll be back at 7 to keep plugging away at it until it does.
Cult of Lincoln RSS feed, for LiveJournal! W00t! Priscilla said at 2:50 PM Test: 1, 2, 3! Does the site feed work? *pokes Blogger*
Edit: Trying again... Edit: I think I've got it! Priscilla said at 2:38 PM *cackles with laughter*
DeviantArt Note of the Day: Bush or somebody is trying to ban anime from the USA so sign this petition to SAVE ANIME!!!I love people. They're so stupid. Priscilla said at 12:18 PM Penguin Baseball. I needent say more.
Priscilla said at 12:14 PM
Sunday, January 25, 2004
W00t! So LotR won everything it was nominated for! Huzzah and huzzah again! Who's ready for the Oscars?
Priscilla said at 11:02 PM EEEEE! And apparently, Best Director! *squeals*
Priscilla said at 9:16 PM Eeeeee! Golden Globe wins so far: Best Original Score for Howard Shore, Best Original Song for "Into the West" Annie Lennox.
"Into the West" better have won. I still get misty whenever I hear it. Wow, I am a truly pathetic human being. And frodoandsam.net better have clips sometime soon. I need my hobbits! Priscilla said at 8:40 PM Alicey! Dom is wearing the outfit you put Fred and George in at Nimbus! It's a sign! Of what, I don't know! But it's a sign nonetheless! (Kind of like how I drew Vetinari in the same robe that Neo wears in the Matrix sequels long before I saw any spoiler images. Yeah, that kind of sign. I think I'll go back to my math homework now.)
Priscilla said at 8:39 PM Does anyone know of any site webcasting the Golden Globes? Even just audio is acceptable. Bah, some day I'm going to cave in and get some cheap, tiny, black and white TV, just so I don't have to rely on the Internet as my only media source. Like this one. Bah. *shakes fist at internet in general*
I guess I'll just keep rooting for Lord of the Rings and Johnny Depp in PotC until I can find someone to tell me who wins everything. Man, it's annoying when the world refuses to revolve around me. :D Priscilla said at 7:08 PM Watching the "Dom and Billy on the WB Two Towers Special" clip (from here). I am killed dead. Here, Billy goes on about Merry and Pippin's situtation and etc, then Dom's first words are "mmm, bosom." Anyone not head over heels in love with Dom and Billy has no taste at all.
*gasp* Chungy! Billy and Dom are Sigur Ros fans! Priscilla said at 1:16 PM Huzzah! Today's Calvin and Hobbes rerun features my other all-time favourite C&H quote! (the other being "muchas smoochies")
"Verbing weirds language," though for years I remembered it as "verbing words weirds language." Good to stand corrected after all this time! Priscilla said at 12:50 PM *chortles* See the last question. Neil Gaiman, the musical!
Priscilla said at 11:49 AM Wow. This has to be the funniest thing I've seen yet in response to the "Dean Scream," and that includes this. Hee! Oh, and booyeah.
(in other news, Dean is starting to get over his cold! Wow, I feel like such a nerd.) Priscilla said at 11:43 AM Art!
Wow, I haven't done any non-sketch Discworld art in over a year. That's kind of weird. My fandoms are so neglected! Priscilla said at 2:34 AM When tnm.n grows up, it wants to be just like cnn.com! Or something! *is so entertained*
Priscilla said at 12:32 AM THIS JUST IN!
Libertine's Guide to Surviving the Harry Potter Fandom without spontaneously combusting in an embarrassing way. Priscilla said at 12:31 AM
Saturday, January 24, 2004
In case you ever wanted to know more about the emperor Heliogabolus.
Priscilla said at 11:17 PM I finished FotR over a week ago, but I'm too lazy to say anything about the second half as of yet. But I must say that with TTT, I think I would have pawned a sibling to see Pippin's gollum impression. Not necessarily my sibling, but someone's sibling.
Which reminds me: "Come on, we're all friends here! Not necessarily to each other, but to someone!" Um... here's pi to a million decimal places. Priscilla said at 9:13 PM I am in awe with the levels of appropriateness here. Wow. Ganked from Houie!
Priscilla said at 4:14 PM Ah, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. No matter how frustrated I get at Bush and/or Kerry, you always manage to make me happy. (Just gushed to Rachel about Why I *Heart* Dean. I'll turn her into a die-hard supporter yet!)
Anyway, I finally plugged in my new heater, despite having it in my posession for over a week. Mmmm, lovely and warm. Makes me want to roast marshmallows or something. Priscilla said at 4:09 PM
Friday, January 23, 2004
Dear Jasper Fforde,
When your tour schedule says you're coming to Philadelphia, would it kill you to NOT GO TO A HICK TOWN TWO HOURS NORTH OF PHILLY INSTEAD OF PHILLY ITSELF? Dude, you could have signed my copy of "Molesworth"! Grudging love, Priscilla Dear "Liberal Media," Wouldn't it be nice if you lambasted Kerry for anger issues instead of Dean, because Kerry has shown a lot more recent evidence of anger and ill-temperedness and irritability than Dean? (see the last two paragraphs) Let's see how cool and collected Kerry stays when he has cameras in his face 24/7. Because if you want to be the President, Mr. Senator, you're going to have to get used to it. And "Yeeeeeahhhhh!" is not a cry of rage. Get over yourselves. Much consternation, Priscilla P.S.: Compare this with this. Grrgh, Kerry. Priscilla said at 5:36 PM *squeaks* Howard and Judy! They are so unbelieveably cute!
Other things on my mind: 1. *laughs* Christopher Lee was the voice of Death in the animated versions of "Wyrd Sisters" and "Soul Music"! 2. Quote of the Day, while discussing subconscious sexual imagery in advertising in my Communications class. Kid behind me: "The penis is pointing in the wrong direction." 3. Last night, I saw my first episode of "Queer Eye For the Straight Guy." Oh. My. Squee. *is dead of cuteness* ::downloads all the episodes she can find:: 4. *gasp* In the New Hampshire Town Hall thing going on now, a boy just asked if he could pray for Dean. He then led the crowd in a prayer, asking God for success on the campaign trail and a just election and to heal Howard's cold. I have just melted into a puddle of "aww". Priscilla said at 11:59 AM Item #75,364 Why I ♥ Dean: Top 10 Ways Howard Dean Plans to Turn Things Around. Click "Big Show Highlight" and be amused. [Edit: Get the full clip here on BlogForAmerica! Awww, he's so cute when he's greenscreened!]
Support Dean. Because four more years of "weapons of mass destruction-related program activities" is not what our country needs. Is there a way we can turn "Eeeyyeaaah!" into a rallying cry? Priscilla said at 12:25 AM
Thursday, January 22, 2004
Hee, New Hampshire Democratic debates! Poor Dean sounds like he has a cold. XD His throat is still sore from Iowa. (Yeeeeeeeeah!) And silly Kucinich with his graphs! *giggles*
Priscilla said at 8:40 PM Mmm, nothing like the lunar new year for an excuse to order-in Chinese! Happy Year of the Monkey, my darlings!
Priscilla said at 7:21 PM Mwaha! My friend Ko promised me this link, then forgot. But Brenna delivered, because she is cool and psychic!
See "The Two Towers" as it was meant to be seen! With all the badger scenes back in place! I love the incestuous nature of geek culture. Silliness begets more silliness and feeds off of further silliness until the point that only total nerds get the joke. Mmm, geek culture. Priscilla said at 7:00 PM Priscilla said at 6:05 PM Ha! Forget the Cult of Lincoln! Does this sound like anyone we know? XD
Priscilla said at 6:03 PM Woo-hoo! Just got an email back from the director.
Priscilla, Priscilla said at 3:30 PM *snickets* Let it never be said that politics aren't crazy exciting! God bless the Daily Show.
Priscilla said at 11:04 AM Happy Chinese New Year!
Priscilla said at 9:11 AM
Wednesday, January 21, 2004
My new favourite political group: Muggles for Dean! (Accio White House!)
Inspired by Republicans for Voldemort Priscilla said at 7:53 PM Look at this picture of Dom. Is anyone more than slightly reminded of Byers?
Meanwhile, yay! After my Film Noir class, I went to Fresh Grocer and got dried apricots and chocolate soymilk and other delightful and healthy things. Hurrah! Other things that are cool: Alicey and this State of the Union screencap (undoctored). W00t. Priscilla said at 2:28 PM Priscilla said at 12:41 PM Things That Are Not Cool:
# 7: Fire alarms at 4AM where you have to stand outside in the cold (19F with a windchill of 7F) for at least 10 minutes with no socks and WET HAIR. Frankly I would rather perish in the flames than suffer the frostbite. *breaks of pieces of hair, ala Cool Runnings* Priscilla said at 3:13 AM *submits homework* Still glitchridden, but it's all the same glitch, and I'm beyond the point of caring. Good night! The shower woos me with its siren call. And, like, sleep.
Priscilla said at 1:50 AM 2:30 and I still hate Java! (oh, and I never had dinner)
Priscilla said at 1:34 AM Things That Are Not Cool:
# 5703: Java homework. I've already put in 7 hours on this assignment, yet if I turned it in now, I'd get less than a 60. Why do I need to learn how to convert binary search trees into ternary search trees and vice versa? I couldn't care less. My thought process at the moment: "Weasley was born in a BinSearchTree GAKwsflg CONCENTRATE" Priscilla said at 12:23 AM
Tuesday, January 20, 2004
Priscilla said at 12:56 PM Ah, it's moments like this that make me proud that my dad claims we're related to this man.
Priscilla said at 11:04 AM
Monday, January 19, 2004
And then there were seven!
After talking with Alicey and my Mom, I've decided that I'm probably going to stick with the play, but first talk with the directors about the possibility of changing certain lines that really just don't need to be said. After all, I was initally nervous about doing a table dance in front of an audience in "Man of La Mancha," and that became one of the most fun aspects of the production! Of course, this is an entirely different scale, but still, often times the most awkward theatrical experiences are the ones easiest to laugh about. It'll be interesting. And it'll show the Penn Theatre Department that I can deal with content like this in a professional manner. So go me. At least I'm not playing Helen or Dido and I don't have to be scantily clad. Priscilla said at 11:00 PM Gurgh. "Trojan Women" script revelation + Kerry winning Iowa = I feel ill.
Priscilla said at 9:18 PM *is reading the script for "The Trojan Women"*
Holy... am I really playing Andromache? wibble? Wow, that wasn't in the script excerpts they had us audition with.... Priscilla said at 5:51 PM And one for myself (but anyone is welcome to it. Spread the Deanlove!):
Priscilla said at 4:15 PM Priscilla said at 2:34 PM Iowans: CAUCUS CAUCUS CAUCUS! And for DEAN!
Priscilla said at 12:27 PM *slams head repeatedly into a wall*
Okay, so we could do that, or we could spend our time more productively working on a RENEWABLE energy source, like wind power. GRGH, this man is insufferable. Priscilla said at 12:18 PM
Sunday, January 18, 2004
Yay, archives are working again! Go me!
Priscilla said at 10:38 PM Whee! RotK is up at Hand Puppet Theatre! Infinite loff to Jerry the Frog Productions. <333333
Priscilla said at 9:06 PM Priscilla said at 9:00 PM Iowans: You'd better be caucusing tomorrow night! (And for DEAN!)
Mmm, why would anyone need a TV when they have a high-speed connection and cspan.org? Priscilla said at 6:01 PM Priscilla said at 3:49 PM Great Political Quotes, courtesy of Fark.
Priscilla said at 2:53 PM Woah! Coming back to my room after getting my book back from Giselle, a bunch of the guys were sitting in the lounge, as usual, but for some reason, I got a strange sense of deja-vu from Dan's expression. Where had I seen that face before? Then it clicked. In that moment, he looked uncannily like mini-20-year-old-Dom in "Hetty Wainthrop Investigates". If in 8 more years, goofy, cute, awkward-looking miniDom can evolve into Teh Sexxor present-Dom, then I'd better keep an eye on Dan. If he shows any indication of becoming Dom, I may have to start being Jewish, as Dan's mother has forbidden him from even looking at cute gentiles like me. XD
Ah, Dan. The quotes board is replete with your witty quips regarding this matter. Anyway, I told him to freeze and grabbed my camera and explained to him that I would not be living up to my fangirl status if I did not record the resemblance, but by the time I moved around for the best angle, the Dom!spark vanished and he was left looking mildly-like-miniDom-but-not-noteworthily-so. Alas. I shall be on the lookout for further hints of Dommage! What a pity! (Ha ha ha. Bilingual puns!) Sleep now? Yes, mother. Priscilla said at 1:01 AM Weather.com, what is a "Light Freezing Drizzle"? You're even weirder and more specific than sound effects rendered in Closed Captioning! But yay, it's no longer "too cold to snow!" It's a bit silly when you find yourself thinking "Hey! Today's high is 20! It's really warming up!"
Mkay, really going to sleep now. I wonder what Giselle is doing with my copy of LotR. She asked to borrow it for a moment a few minutes ago. I hope she doesn't get curious about my post-it notes and actually look at them. Well, most of them are fine, but the word "GAY" scrawled in huge letters across one of the tabs marking the offending Tom Bombadil song might require a bit of explanation. Priscilla said at 12:34 AM Heehee! Saffron Burrows, who plays Andromache in the new Troy movie, apparently just wrapped up production on "Gray Matters," in which she co-stars with Alan Cumming! Mmm, 6 Degrees of Separation. Of course, if life worked like that, I would wish that I were playing Helen, as she kisses Orlando Bloom, who kisses Dominic Monaghan, who has said that he would marry Billy if Billy were female. In other news, WOW LOOK A SHINY THING OVER THERE! *runs away*
Now is the time for all good fangirls to go to sleep. Priscilla said at 12:27 AM
Saturday, January 17, 2004
*cackles* To celebrate, I'm watching Moulin Rouge. Hee, I'm so amused. I'm always too wrapped up in LotR to be able to giggle at David Wenham for portraying both Faramir and MR's Audrey, but now, I'm giggling my head off, imagining our favourite Gondorian captain in delicious drag.
I wonder if Peter Jackson only allowed himself to cast actors who had appeared in drag in previous theatrical exploits. We have Elrond in Priscilla: Queen of the Desert, and Merry dressing as a woman in an episode of Hetty Wainthropp Investigates [EDIT: Apparently, brandyhall.net doesn't allow direct-linking! For shame! See them for yourself here under Episode 6: Safe as Houses] (why do ALL MEN have better legs than me?), and Pippin... well, I have no idea what Billy is up to here and I'm not going to guess, but he's wearing a wig, and he's probably wearing a kilt, and that's good enough for me. And Legolas doesn't count because in LotR, he always looks like a girl. So yeah. Um... look at baby!Elijah! Actually, he's nine here, but he looks four. And he still looks EXACTLY THE SAME. Erm, yeah. That's all I have to say about that. Carry on. *politely shoos you away* Priscilla said at 11:18 PM I MADE IT!!! I'M ANDROMACHE! EEEEEEEEE!!!!!! *explodes*
Edit: I just opened the other fortune cookie. It says "A good time to start something new." Gotta love the fortune cookie industry. Priscilla said at 9:11 PM | ||
