Let the rash of fanmade alternate Serenity covers begin!
Tonight, I went to two advising events, one for Peer Advisors and the other for the Big/Little Sister system in Women in Computer Science (WICS). At the first event, I ended up getting more advice than I gave. I talked to Norm, who had encouraging things to say about Fluid Dynamics (which we’re starting with in my independent study), and Max Mintz (the professor who taught the class voted “Most Difficult Course at Penn” several years running), who had some very cool things to say about Math and the useless way it’s presented at most universities.
The second event was at a great Thai restaurant two blocks from my dorm that I didn’t know existed. My little sister Becky and I proposed a Mirrormask event, and we’re crossing our fingers that they choose it over Chicken Little. I also managed to plug Wonderfalls and Firefly to a fair-sized group, with what looks to be great results! Then I lent the DVD sets to Becky, mwaha! She had something of a geekgasm when she saw all my posters. :D She’s a big Gaiman and Pratchett fan, so we will get along swimmingly.
In other news, peanut sauce makes the world beautiful. Discuss.
Both Veronica Mars and Lost are repeats tonight. I say “Humbug!” to the world.
Good lord that’s therapeudic.
Musical Interludes for the Day:
A Heap of Trouble — is it bad that as I walk to class, I march to this tune?
Oooh! Got the poop on the Serenity DVD coming out on December 20th, just in time for Christmas! The cover is kind of hilarious (for starters, doesn’t Summer have brown eyes?), but the menu contents and list of deleted scenes make me squeal like a stuck pig, but in a happy way. I wish we had actor commentary in addition to Joss’, but I guess not every movie can get the “Lord of the Rings” treatment, with its twenty bajillion audio commentary tracks, including insight from Norma and Pete, the production team’s trained dingoes. :D
Feeling particularly nostalgic for LotR, as I listened to Dom’s commentary for “The Moth” this afternoon. I kept waiting for Billy to chime in and make some joke about fish.
Dear Priscilla,
STOP WHINING. There are children in Bhutan that don’t even know what Halloween is. Does it really matter that you had to go a year without celebrating your favourite holiday?
Freshman year, you spent three hours doing your Nightcrawler makeup. This year, you grabbed a costume you had previously made, chosen based on what could be put on in the same amount of time as normal clothes. It balances out.
Love,
The only part of your brain apparently not having any say in your emotional state
P.S. That Ben & Jerry’s in the fridge? That’s what it’s there for.
The Poli Sci exam.
Well, at least it’s over.
Well. That was an utter waste of eight hours. We did our first shoot for “Zeyen and Nazia”, the short film we’re making for my Cinema Production class. Now, our actress was great in auditions when she was interacting with another person, but when she’s just doing stuff on her own? GAH. And my role was “Acting Coach”, so it was my job to try to figure out how to cajole a SINGLE FACIAL EXPRESSION out of her. And one of these was a very emotional, pivotal scene! Her face was totally blank the entire time, even when Gopal (the screenwriter) and I tried to coach her from off-camera, to tell her what to do. AAARGH. And my experience was not improved by the untimely death of my digital camera or the looming Poli Sci midterm tomorrow morning.
(Rest in Pieces)
Melvin (Frohike)
beloved digital camera
2002-2005
Saved the World A Lot,
Then Fell off A Chair
onto hardwood flooring.
Stupid 1-Year Warranty.
Usually, when something of this magnitude happens, I would take a picture of myself mourning the camera and bemoaning its battle scars. But I don’t have a digital camera anymore! Bitter irony on top of deepest angst!