How is it possible that these shoes were SO COMFORTABLE last summer, yet this morning I feel like I’m walking on steak knives? Help me, Dr. Scholls!
Something I neglected to do in the past weeks but have now rectified…
*updates Facebook status to “In A Relationship”*
Great googly moogly. Is my internet at home being lightning-fast this morning, or is Firefox 3 just that efficient? I tend to think the latter!
There are a few more hours remaining in Firefox 3 Download Day. Be good to yourself with a faster, more stable internet browser, and help contribute to the breaking of a new world record!
Quoth the folks in charge:
Please download Firefox 3 by 11:16 a.m. PDT (18:16 UTC) on June 18, 2008. That’s 11:16 a.m. in Mountain View, 2:16 p.m. in Toronto, 3:16 p.m. in Rio de Janeiro, 8:16 p.m. in Paris, Madrid, Berlin, Rome and Warsaw, 10:16 p.m. in Moscow, and June 19, 2008 at 2:16 a.m. in Beijing and 3:16 a.m. in Tokyo.
I just walked into the kitchen island. Not on purpose. I need a day off. :D
Today is my one-year anniversary of being in New York, woohoo! And Firefox 3 is here!
Linkspam!
Oh my good lord. Uncharted—Gilligan’s Island meets Lost–is a work of brilliance. Why do I find it so hilarious? When I was a wee little Prislet, Gilligan’s Island was the first TV show I became enamored with. Yes, laugh. I set our first programmable VCR to record the reruns when it came on at 4am on weekdays, then watched it when I got home from school. I read the small handful memoirs that had been written about it. I wrote Mary Sue fanfiction before I even knew what Mary Sue fanfiction was. I set a general precedent for how I would treat every single other TV show or book series I would ever love. My poor parents had no idea what they would be in for. :D
Rowling writing short Marauder prequel story. Nice. Of course, ever since Makani drew this picture, I’ve been unable to picture them as anything else but hopeless nerds.
WHAAAAAAAT. They’ve cut Trelawney from the HBP movie! Along Bill, Fleur, Percy, the Gaunts, Moaning Myrtle, and apparently EVERY OTHER CHARACTER IN THE BOOK. Isn’t it supposed to be two movies? What the heck is left? Besides, y’know, Snape killing Dumbledore.
Gorgeous octopus jewelry. I want one of those rings.
Torchwood season 3 to be a mini-series. A bit “huh?”, but maybe this is what it takes for the show to be coherent. :D
Copperbadge blogs about the most important essay you will read this year.
Tonight, boyfriend and I are going to Movieoke, which is the cinematic equivalent of karaoke. You pick a scene from a movie, they project it behind you with the sound on mute, and you act it out. Sounds fun! However, I have NO IDEA what scene(s) to do! Any suggestions?
Sweet! Chinatown and the Mall are really, really close! And the weather is actually going to be gorgeous for most of the day, contrary to what today’s weather looks like. Win! I’m bringing my camera. :D
Oh, Glarkware! What did I ever do to you? Besides love you and buy many of your t-shirts for myself and my friends?
Sincerely,
Priscilla Spencer
So! Last week!
1. Kristin finished her paaaaaaaainting, and it’s awesome! Clickyclicky! Bask in the pretteh!
2. Jimmy’s friend canceled on him at the last minute and I got to go to see Save the World with him, which was cute and inventive! Lots of great dialogue. They managed to do a lot with a very low budget. (And no, contrary to what the article says, Jossverse hat-trick Jonathan Woodward was alas not a part of the cast. His replacement was quite good, though.) Thank you, Jimmy!
3. Last night, who would come to my roommate’s dinner but IANA. Iana was an exchange student from Bulgaria who was in several of my classes, participated in JETS, and ended up staying with my family over the first half of Christmas break. I knew she went to Amherst undergrad, but we never really kept in touch after she went home. Turns out it was my roommate’s family that she spent the second half of Christmas break with, and they did keep in touch! Now she’s working here in Manhattan at an investment banking firm. Man, what is it about New York that calls forth all the Hockadaisies?
4. Friday, I finally brought my TV!Bob drawing off the back burner and up to the forefront of my list of priorities! I started it waaaaay back in July as a prize for the Save Harry campaign, but what with the move and the overtime and the new computer, I got a bit derailed. Upon looking at it again on Friday, I was promptly horrified with the quality of the line art, and I spent much of the weekend shifting around proportions in Photoshop or re-drawing the portions that needed it. Today, I’m SO EXCITED about it. This is definitely a piece I’m going to be proud of! I can’t wait to (re)start coloring.
There was something unusual about Heath Ledger. For some reason, I would often forget how much I liked him, only remembering when I was actually watching one of his movies. His Teen Beat good looks made me want to lump him in with the other teeny bopper hearthrobs, until I saw him in action and the misconception was removed once again. I only watched a handful of his movies–Ten Things I Hate About You, A Knight’s Tale, Cassanova, and Brokeback Mountain–and I was really excited about seeing him in Batman. Every time I saw him, it was like rediscovering something wonderful. He will be missed.
I found myself nodding along with this article. It’s worth a read.