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Jimmy froze and I lost my blog entry. Umm… let’s see what I can remember.

In the category of “*facepalm*-inducing Politics”:

Ohio Abortion Ban Proposed, “This bill would create felony criminal charges against any provider who performs an abortion, even to save the life of the woman” and “This bill would prohibit women from going across state lines to get an abortion and do so much more.”

Plus, Evolution on trial as Kansas debates Adam vs Darwin. (Link ganked from Will) Can we just get the jury together and have a big group screening of “Inherit the Wind” and be done with it? *hums* Once that reefer has been destroyed/we’ll start on Darwin and Sigmund Freud…”

Which reminds me… those that haven’t gotten a chance to see it can download “Reefer Madness” here, as it doesn’t come out on DVD until September. It’s utterly hilarious, and I’d recommend it to anyone with a sense of humor. And for those of you like me that think Showtime is pack of fools for having no plans for releasing a soundtrack, sign the petition here. Currently attempting to find fanmade boots of the movie soundtrack, as I am assured that the movie version is far better than the stage cast. (Plus, hey, Alan Cumming!) All attempts to extract the audio track myself have failed.

Edit: Ooh! Remembered the other link I posted! Ganked from Sam: Oxyrhynchus plays merry hob with Satanists; heavy metal groups dismayed. Hey, and as they discover new fragments of the Book of Revelations, I wonder if they’ll find references to Ronnie Soak.

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I think I may accidentally have been spoiled for something that happens in the Lost finale. If so: PLEASE DEAR GOD NO, LET NO HARM COME TO (INSERT CHARACTER’S NAME HERE)!!!

Here’s hoping I’m just mistaken.

In other news, my laptop hates me. I keep putting off a much-needed upgrade of my memory and RAM because I’m half convinced I should just bite the bullet and get a new computer. Aaargh, Jimmy. Did I doom you by naming you after a fictional character that is endearingly stupid? (If so, maybe I should have named my iPod “Illyria” after all. There’s something refreshingly robust about a God-King. And I could have gotten her a blue case, and then the nice men in white coats could have come by and offered me free room and board in a nice, soft room and a lovely wardrobe of “huggy coats”.)

Yes.

Good Lord school needs to be over.

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*hums Camelot’s “Lusty Month of May”, as per tradition*

Happy Belated Birthday to Terry Pratchett! April 28th.

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HOLY FLYING WADS OF DUCTTAPE.

Mac Users: Get the Serenity trailer at 1280×544 resolution. 1280×544! GOOD GRAVY ON A STICK.

Windows Users: Until Quicktime 7 becomes available for Windows, download a PC-friendly version here from Whedonesque contributor TaraLivesOn. I just watched it with nary a hitch, and it’s GORGEOUS. Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous!

1280×544! EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!! *licks screen* It almost makes up for the lack of trailerage in front of HHGTG, as rumored. Next week, after everything is done, I’m going to have to go screencap mad, if someone hasn’t already. :D

(Hey, now that we have a real trailer, do you think Joss will release the teaser he showed at ComicCon? The fans demand a version that’s actually watchable!)

I think this is a good sign for Serenity. Apple using Serenity as a marketing tool? Huzzah and woot! Other good omens: Serenity tops Yahoo! buzz log, Firefly DVDs rank #5 on Amazon’s Top Rated DVDs, and today’s Penny Arcade centers around the preview showings. Plus reviews on AICN: 1, 2, and 3 (spoiler safe!) and a supposedly “glowing” review from MovieHole.net, though I didn’t read it because of spoilers. Also, coming soon: a Serenity RPG. Zounds.

Serenity: 9
Fox Execs: 0
The Fans: 784,542,489,356,873 3/4

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Mmm, yesterday way fabulous. A huge weight was lifted off my shoulders! After driving myself to insanity week after week, I just let myself relax. It was Ko’s last day in Philly (she leaves today at 3), so we decided to go out with a bang!

We watched “Once More With Feeling” and two episodes of Firefly (“Safe” and “Ariel”), then I took a nap, then we saw Hitchhiker’s Guide, which was utterly fabulous. Then we finished off the evening with ice cream from Ben & Jerry’s. Ko got “Appley Ever After”, which is quite possibly the most delicious ice cream in world history. It’s exactly like eating the best apple pie in the universe. Then I slept for 12 hours. In the morning, Ko and Nikki entertained themselves trying to wake me up, to no avail. “Cellie, I’m leaving!” Ko shouted. “Spike is naked, and I’m stealing your Firefly DVDs!”

Truly, I sleep like the dead.

I still haven’t really recovered any higher brain functions from the abuse I’ve been putting my mind and body through the past few weeks, but I’m happy, so it’s all good. I leave a week from today, huzzah!

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Just got back from the computer animation lab, where I had been since 8AM yesterday. Very nearly finished with my animation: out of a minute and 43 seconds, I just have to add an already-established walk cycle to an 8-second shot. Josh was very understanding (a lot of us weren’t satisfied with our final work), so after the critique, he told us we could take back our DV tapes and re-submit them on Thursday. Woot! Of course, also due Thursday is the opening sequence animation I had planned for our final project in Virtual World Design. Feh.

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In honor of the new Serenity trailer, I’ve been listening to the makeshift Firefly soundtrack while animating. It’s actually going much more smoothly than I expected. Just as long as I have something to turn in!

In the past 15 hours (19 – 4 hours sleep), I have animated 45 seconds of footage. Sure, the animation itself is relatively simple, but BOOYEAH I’M GOOD. “Don’t mess with me, punk!“, sayeth Hattie.

In other news, my animation professor has “How to make Roast Turkey and Enchiladas” in the tutorial section of his website. I laughed.