Wednesday, March 28, 2007
I've been sitting on this since Friday morning, but now I can finally share it! Fred, who runs the official Jim Butcher podcast "The Butcher Block," asked me on to do a guest spot and discuss the most recent Dresden TV episodes. We talked yesterday afternoon for about 40 minutes (about 30 minutes of which appears in the podcast itself), and I had a great time! Listen to the episode here. You don't need an iPod to listen--just download the mp3.
Alicey, I'll put together a transcript for you, but it'll take some time, as school/job applications are insane. *stabs Tech Reel DVD that works on my laptop and was working on my DVD player yesterday morning but hasn't worked since, even though my Modeling reel was done THE EXACT SAME WAY and it works* Jimmy, even though you don't read/watch Dresden, you might be interested in tuning in, starting at 39:43. :D Labels: dresden files, fame Priscilla said at 9:21 AM
Monday, March 26, 2007
Sweet! The Summer Knight audio book just arrived, a month early. When I pre-ordered it, they said it would take twelve weeks, but it's only been nine. Those ladies at Buzzy Multimedia win at life.
Labels: dresden files Priscilla said at 9:10 AM
Sunday, March 25, 2007
Dear Dresden Files TV Show,
Finally, a female guest star I don't find annoying! Well, not very annoying, at least. Maybe "Finally, a female guest star Harry doesn't hit on!" better summarizes my feelings. Is this actually the first episode where Harry doesn't kiss someone? Also Bob is love. Signed, Priscilla Dear Battlestar Galactica, WHAT THE HECK WAS THAT? Love, Priscilla P.S. Also my roommate is the fifth cylon. I have photographic proof! Labels: bsg, dresden files, open letters Priscilla said at 11:33 PM
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Dear Universe,
How hard is it to spell my name? I mean really! Especially when you have it written down in front of you! Annoyed, It's ridiculous. A friend's mom still thinks my name is "Sally." And even weirder, I've read two books in the past week with minor characters named "Priscilla," when I rarely ever encounter the name outside the context of Me. The second was in A Canticle or Leibowitz, a book we had to read for my Sci-Fi class. Priscilla is a yappy, six-legged dog owned by a two-headed woman. The first was White Night, which includes a bitter, frumpish, middling-magical-talent hag of a minor character that wears turtlenecks in the Summer, named Priscilla. How Jim Butcher was able to write an entire book properly spelling her name, but suddenly lost the ability to spell it when personalizing my copy, defies all logic. I spent the entire book wondering if there was some joke about weird spellings of stuff. Of course, to be fair he was trying to spell "Priscellie," which can be a bit more confusing. Oh well. My name is great, but also freakish and confusing! Woohoo! Labels: dresden files, me, open letters Priscilla said at 9:48 AM
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE GOT WHITE NIGHT!!!!! 19 days in advance, BOOYEAH!
And good LORD did Jim butcher (yay for real-life Tom Swiftys!) the spelling of my name. XD Labels: dresden files, nerd glee Priscilla said at 3:45 PM Holy cow. Just talked to the girl I bribed into getting me a copy of White Night (the newest Dresden Files novel, due out in three weeks) super-early, and IT SHOULD ARRIVE TODAY!
*dons SplatterCon!!! shirt* Labels: dresden files, nerd glee Priscilla said at 9:46 AM
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
I finally put the finishing touches on my massive NYCC post. Check it out in my LJ!
Labels: cons, dresden files, i heart fandom Priscilla said at 1:33 AM
Thursday, March 01, 2007
The product of 12 1/2 hours in the animation lab can be found in my LJ! My demo reel, plus a revised version of the Bob animation I did last summer.
Comment, comment, comment! And someone please hire me! Labels: art, demo reel, dresden files, someone please hire me Priscilla said at 11:59 PM
Monday, February 26, 2007
Got back from New York Comic Con late last night! It was sooooooo fun, but I am sooooo exhausted. Setting up a meeting with my advisor at 10am the next morning was stupid beyond belief. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
I posted a lot of costume- and Dresden-related pictures here, plus a little bit about meeting Jim Butcher and Paul Blackthorne here. Full con report coming after I sleep for a week, waking up briefly to take the Midterm From Hell on Wednesday and write a paper for Friday. Labels: awesome, dresden files, nerd glee Priscilla said at 8:34 AM
Thursday, February 22, 2007
Oh my god oh my god oh my god!
I'm currently investigating as to whether it's fake. I don't want to do anything that might jinx this spontaneous wellspring of good luck in the eyes of the Gods of Spite, but I also don't want to get taken for a sucker. Edit: Curses. I can't verify it either way yet, but I have a sneaking (okay, less sneaking and more clomping around in hobnailed boots) suspicion that someone is trying to fleece me. Also, the guy emailed me back saying my price is $120, which NO WAY am I going to pay. I contacted eBay security and they're going to look into it. I'll keep you guys updated. At least my wig looks cute, if totally inaccurate. And hey, I've already found a way to use my super-connected ninja fan powers to get a normal copy of the book in just over two weeks--nearly a month before street date. Oh, and related: the first two of three White Night sample chapters are up on Jim's site. Labels: dresden files, omgwtfbbq Priscilla said at 3:13 PM
Sunday, February 18, 2007
Rules of Engagement. Oh, wow. YES, Dresden TV, YES. It's like all the naysayers in the fandom cried out, and were suddenly silenced. Silenced by AWESOME. Delightfully pervy Bob, actual magic, the frying of technology... et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. Book!Harry would have come up with something more clever than "Mr. Crispy," but I appreciate the effort. :D
Yayfun! Labels: dresden files, nerd glee, tv Priscilla said at 11:38 PM
Saturday, February 17, 2007
EEEEEE! A friend of mine who is Connected Liek Woah just hooked me up with the 67-minute cut of the unaired pilot of The Dresden Files, and I have to leave in five minutes to teach a 2-hour tutorial on making a Demo Reel in After Effects. I LOVE YOU, UNIVERSE, but your timing could be better!
Labels: dresden files Priscilla said at 11:35 AM
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
My god! American Idol next door sounds like a yowling cat. I want to knock on his door, then when he answers it, throw an old boot at him.
Looking through my latest posts, I see I have not properly documented this boy's exploits. I can summarize in a few simple points. He:
For the handful of Dresden fans in my readership, they posted Chapter 1 of White Night on Jim's website. And OMG, my childhood! Salute Your Shorts and Legends of the Hidden Temple t-shirts! Labels: dresden files, grr argh Priscilla said at 7:34 PM
Saturday, February 10, 2007
Renata: N. This is what we call a "ghost post." I am blogging from beyond the grave!
So. *cackles* So much love for all the ridiculous similarities between The Dresden Files and Psych. As I pointed out before, both series already have a smartass private detective with apparent supernatural abilities, brought in as a police consultant by a blonde cop named Karen. But in tonight's episode? Juliette wears a necklace remarkably similar to TV Murphy's. I am so easily entertained. There was a brief island of squee earlier this week when I bid on an Advance Reader's Copy of the next Dresden book, White Night. I knew going in that there was no way I was going to get it, because in the past they've always sold for over a hundred bucks (which I wouldn't pay even if the book was printed on solid gold. Well, okay, maybe then). Still, there was a lovely nine hours last Sunday when I could pretend it was mine. 7 weeks to go! (Edit: the auction just ended, and it went for $192.50. Some people have too much money.) I got out of the dorm more this week, despite the bitter cold. During the month of February, Penn has a series of events for the seniors almost every night, collectively called "Feb Club." Tuesday night, a group of friends and I went to the trendy, pan-Asian restaurant Pod for drinks. We each had one, over the course of an hour, and I was amused that I wasn't even tipsy, unlike some of my friends. I've never had enough alcohol at one time to actually get drunk, and I was curious to see if I'd inherited my mom's lightweightedness, but I guess not! I'll still be very careful until I figure out exactly how my body reacts to alcohol, though, because I am not an idiot. Thursday, I went to Ko's play, which was utterly hilarious. It was put on by the English department, and it was a series of three scenes from different plays, on the theme of unrequited love. Ko played a housewife having an affair, and she gave what was easily the funniest performance in the show (well, with the exception of Professor Rachetti, who played a Puck character through all three, and was brilliant). Ko wins! Last night, I saw The Vagina Monologues (also known as The Hoohah Monologues among conservative idiots), which was excellent. Sterling performances all around: some hilarious, some insightful, some devastating. So apologies for not posting in forever. Here, have some funny stuff! Kat: ....YES JOHN BARROWMAN SCOTTISH ACCENT *melt* Me: YESPLZ Kat: [as Maggie, her gay RPG character] I would totally turn straight for John Barrowman. Me: I would turn gay so I could turn straight for John Barrowman. Kat: John Barrowman is definitely worth changing sexual orientations more than once for. Also, Will linked me to this great article on The Onion. I would totally vote for him. Not funny, but fangeekish: Drive promo, focusing on Nathan Fillion! Labels: dresden files, drive, john barrowman, nathan fillion, psych, tv Priscilla said at 2:19 PM
Sunday, January 28, 2007
Yes. That's the episode Dresden should have started with. Much better than the other! It's far from "great," but at least it wasn't actively bad. Good snark, good perviness from Bob, and significantly less deus ex machina-esque (yet still annoyingly contrived) weapon for Harry. We actually saw Harry doing some magic, which was nice, and the most galling break from canon was the notion of Harry actually eating vegetables on purpose. The writers still have quite a ways to go (Lesson One: The audience is not stupid. A toddler could solve these mysteries), but for now, I approve.
Plus: holy shamoley, Batman! They were laying on the Harry/Murphy shippage like icing on an expensive cake! On a scale of one to "Something Borrowed," it was at least an 8.7, and that was from the Russian judge. No wonder Valerie was comparing their dynamic to "Moonlighting." Now let's back off a bit, yes? While I love me some Harry/Murphy shippiness, I don't love two-by-fours to the cranium etched with "THIS IS WHO YOU SHOULD BE SHIPPING, KTHXBAI." No episode next week because of the Superbowl, but the week after: BUTTERS! Complete with "I *heart* Polka" shirt under his labcoat! Gotta love those tiny details where the creative team reassures the audience that yes, they've read the books, and yes, they adore Butters as much as we do. P.S. Did people see MiniMurphy's crayon drawings hanging in Murphy's desk? That was adorableness squared. And the batty evidence cop was hilarious! I hope we hear from her again later this the season. Labels: dresden files, tv Priscilla said at 9:20 PM
Saturday, January 27, 2007
Okay, Dresden premiere. I ended up watching it twice, the first as it aired then again the following afternoon. The first time, I thought it was awful awful awful, with the only redeeming aspect being Valerie Cruz's surprisingly spot-on Murphy. But between viewings, I talked with fellow fans and we worked out what changes bothered us and helped each other get over them. When I saw it the second time, I felt less frustrated and much more confident about the direction the series was taking the characters, though I still felt the writing itself was weak. Also, the magic. It is not Dresdenverse magic. This is
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And this post totally devolved into Reasons Why The Dresden Files Book Series Is Awesome (and why I'm becoming increasingly disenchanted with Harry Potter), but I don't care. I use this icon in righteous indignation. For those with weak vision and/or high-resolution displays, it reads "Unleash Nerd Fury." Oh, the Colbert Report! You wouldn't wreak havoc with one of my favourite book series and turn it into badly written, near-unrecognizable sludge! And I think I need to talk with my friends again about not getting worked up over the changes they made from the books to the show... And the sad thing is? At least for the time being, I'm going to keep watching. Labels: dresden files, harry potter, nerd fury, tv Priscilla said at 11:39 PM Title cartoon by Bruce Eric Kaplan, used without permission. |
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