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Hey, the official RENT movie site is up, and it looks like we have a release date! 11/11/05! *scampers off to update sidebar accordingly*
Also, Ashley, dahlink: Learn to tolerate people getting the name of your school slightly wrong. At least there’s only one Engineering college called “Olin”. You won’t have to put up with a bunch of people saying “You go to the University of Pennsylvania? If you wanted to go to a state school, why not A&M/UT?” or worse, “Penn? Oh, you mean Penn State?”
Becky — send it over! priscellie at gmail.
Ashley, Mimi, Tori, etc: Those of you who have seen HHGTG in Dallas, do you know of any theatres that are playing the Serenity trailer?
I don’t know if I already knew this, but the Serenity prequel comic is coming July 6th.
Tony Nominations Announced. Man, I need to see Spamalot.
In other news, our house is getting re-roofed today. Every so often, massive chunks of roofing material come cascading down the side of our house and make very loud crashing noises upon impact with the ground. It’s kind of fun, in a “I don’t dare set foot outside my home for fear of certain death by decapitation” sort of way.
Days until I see Serenity: 16!
How obnoxious do I plan on being about this? Very!
Revamped my Who’s Who? page. I know I’m leaving off a whole lot of new online friends, but at least it doesn’t indicate I’m still in high school.
Naveen Andrews cast in ABC’s The Ten Commandments. He’s slated to play Menerith.
Looking over IMDB, I believe that this is only the second time he’s been cast as an Arab. It’s kind of funny. But it makes me curious: do people ever get offended when an actor of one nationality gets cast to play a character of different nationality? I’m sure some do; I don’t think there’s an issue in the world that someone doesn’t find offensive. But oh well.
Anyway, I’ve made some updates to my Summer Book/TV/Movie Guide. Thanks for the recs, Renata! The books you mentioned sound quite awesome. Onwards, to the library!
All the May 26th Serenity screenings are sold out, as of last night. Bravo for the Browncoats!
The morning after, I’m munching scrambled eggs like a pro! I’ve chosen to stop taking the perscription painkillers and graduate to Motrin. My jaw is still a bit sore and it aches a tad if I open it too far, but overall, life is good. My grades are starting to come in, and I have an A for the “Lady in the Dark” project, an A- for “Copyright and Culture”, and I predict an A or A- for “Virtual World Design”. I predict a C for “Networked Life” due to my performance on the exams, which will hopefully be offset by the extra credit I submitted and my strong work on the homeworks and final project. I’m not sure what to expect for Animation, but I’d imagine somewhere in the high B or low A range. I’ve gotten solid As on everything else I’ve submitted, but the lateness of my final project might cost me.
Just crossed one movie off my Summer Guide: the original Willy Wonka, with Gene Wilder. I can’t wait to see what Tim Burton and Johnny Depp do with it! Gene Wilder already had that creepy edge, and I look forward to seeing Johnny Depp pulling out all the stops. I imagine the trained squirrels alone will be worth the price of admission! And it’ll be heartwarming to have another entire generation traumatized by Oompa Loompas. :D
Meanwhile, so the line “Button, button… who’s got the button?” is from Roald Dahl? Somehow, Spike quoting “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” is even better than quoting Monty Python! *surfs about* Oh. Nevermind, it came before Dahl. Long before, in fact. Rats. Still, quite entertaining for those five precious, deluded minutes.
Ashley — the doctor’s name is Arlet Dunsworth, and he came highly recommended. I certainly have no complaints! I’m feeling great. His office is right above Sevy’s, at the periphery of Preston Center. And if you have to get yours done this summer, act quickly. His schedule tends to fill up far in advance.