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I love it when I see a new movie with an actor I already know and love and I don’t automatically see them as their previous roles. I was delighted when I didn’t constantly see Merry in Charlie or Magneto in Gandalf or… I dunno, Qui-Gon in Valjean. And now, major props to James Marsters for joining the Few, the Proud, the Able to Act in a Versatile Enough Manner That I Can Actually Concentrate on Your New Character Without Uncontrollably Associating it With A Preexisting Fandom!

Yes, I acknowledge that his changed appearance was a major contributing factor. It’s why I couldn’t see Naveen Andrews in Bride and Prejudice without thinking “OMGSAYID” or Nathan Fillion on Buffy without thinking “WAH why is Mal evil?”. Will mocked me the other day for my blog entry on “Chance”, saying “It’s because of people like you that well-known actors can’t get jobs!” Hee, yeah, that’s true.

Though it’s not just change of appearance: I saw Gollum in every frame of Andy Serkis’ performance in 13 Going on 30. And there was this moment on James’ appearance on The Mountain (why oh why did I endure that agony when I knew the James bits would be up on Buffy.nu in a matter of days?), where he let out this sad sort of chuckle, which conjured memories of that same chuckle in “Lessons,” after Buffy asks CrazyintheBasement!Spike if he’s real. Okay, so appearance and voice. Memorable mannerisms. I should just stop talking, yes? This post really isn’t going anywhere, and I sound like even more of a deranged fangirl than usual. Not that there’s anything wrong with being a deranged fangirl. La la la.

Suffice it to say, I enjoyed Cool Money. James was great, and the reliance on human ingenuity rather than just a bunch of high-tech devices was refreshing. Though I admit, I started with slightly low expectations for the quality of the overall movie, based on the credits that were a blatant ripoff of “Catch Me if You Can.” In sum, good movie. I’ll get back to work now.

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Yay for a delightful evening! I just met with Chris, my Virtual World Design partner, and it looks like he’s a lot further along with the coding than I had thought. Also, modeling is going very well! I really think we’re going to get this done by Wednesday without losing too much sleep. *knocks on lovely mahogany shader used in the dining room environment*

Now I’m taking a quick break to make cookies for Matt (it’s his birfday! He is TEH SCORE!), blasting Abbey Road on my delicious iPod speakers. They’re so tiny, but they can produce so much noise! And of such high quality! Mmm, speakerlove.

I can breathe again! Momentarily, at least!

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You know that computer science midterm I took right before spring break, the day after my first day back in classes after being bedridden for two days due to Ebola or Plague? When I spent all time not in class or rehearsal asleep, and all time in class in a brain fog? Somehow I managed to do even worse than I thought I had.

What the heck am I doing in a Computer Science major?

Rehearsal is now pushing past four hours a night. I’m seriously considering not doing a production in the fall. The QSA chair keeps coming up with inane tasks that he insists must be completed immediately (stuff he could easily do himself; he has the coding savviness to do it) and finds idiotic, nitpicky faults with my LAYOUTS, which take ages to change and re-implement. He doesn’t seem to understand when I tell him that I need EVERY WAKING MOMENT to work on models for my Virtual World Design project, due Wednesday. I want to scream. And every day that goes by diminishes me in the eyes of my 3D Animation professor, whom I asked for an extension when I was unable to get my rat walk cycle to a stage I could be proud of in time for the due date Wednesday.

How on earth could Spring Break have already come and gone?

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I’m laughing so hard I’m in tears. I really, really love the posters at the IMDB forums. This particular post begins with “I think that Brad Pitt should play Aslan. It gets better from there. Link ganked from Makani.

And for Moni, as well as anyone else interested in seeing Chance: go to this thread. There are a bunch of folks eager to distribute copies, were one to ask nicely.

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Joss Whedon to Write and Direct Wonder Woman. Woohoo! I’d be hard-pressed to come up with a director I’d rather have in charge of a movie about a comic book superheroine. Though I admit, in Priscilla’s Perfect Happy World of Goodness and Light and Severe Hotties, I would have preferred he end up with X3, as he’s proven he can handle an ensemble cast. Though I might have hurt myself squeeing over the possibility of a movie that was the product of Joss Whedon, Sir Ian, and Alan Cumming (okay, Hugh Jackman too. :D), so it’s probably for the best. La la la.

Oh! And even better news! That huge Virtual World Design project that was due Monday that’s worth like a third of my grade? The teachers took pity on the class and changed the due date to Wednesday. Life is so beautiful right now.

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From DVD Answers.com:

Buena Vista has just released some early artwork for the first season of the J.J Abrams show Lost which stars Naveen Andrews, Emilie de Ravin and Matthew Fox. The set will be available to own from the 6th September this year, and should retail at around $59.99. Each of the episodes will be presented in 1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen along with English Dolby Digital 5.1 tracks. Extras will include the never-before-seen, extended uncut version of the original pilot, exclusive, in-depth behind-the-scenes looks at the making of the show, backstage with Drive Shaft all-access pass behind the music, the art of Matthew Fox featurette; “Before They Were Lost” original casting tapes, a blooper reel, rare deleted scenes and multiple filmmaker audio commentaries.

EEE! Every feature they list just make it more and more squeeworthy. I’ve been hoping they’d do some sort of “Behind the Music” parody with Driveshaft! *snorks* And casting tapes! And a blooper reel! And deleted scenes! And extended footage! And commentary! SQUEEEEEEE! And yeah, I know they list Naveen, Emilie, and Matthew Fox as the stars because they’re the first alphabetically, but it still makes me smile. Mmm, Naveen Andrews. *happy sigh* So much awesomeness on that show. Not sure what they mean by “The Art of Matthew Fox,” though. Curious.

Oh, and Keith! Rumor has it that most of the 90-minute Lost finale WILL be virtually commercial-free! No idea why they would do that, as it seems like prime airtime real estate for advertisers, but hey, I’m not complaining!

And unrelated to Lost, Saturday is the premiere of the USA TV movie “Cool Money,” starring James Marsters. Huzzah!

I should probably mention that I’ve been writing blog entries in Notepad the last couple days, as Blogger is on crack. And tnm.n appears to be on crack as well. *jabs it with a stick* Oh, the angst.

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Happy St Patrick’s Day! Kiss me, I might possibly have some infintismally small sliver of Irish blood is my genetic makeup!

*pinches all of you not wearing green, including a roommate who just stepped out of the shower in a non-green towel*