Great googly moogly! For my film history class, I’m writing a 14 page essay on how the Star Wars saga impacted the special effects industry. Due this coming Tuesday. Worried about not having a big enough topic, in my proposal I also suggested I might also write about the original trilogy’s part in the rise of the blockbuster. But at the rate I’m going (I’ve done parts of ANH and touched on Empire), it looks like there’s not going to be a problem in the slightest. In fact, it’s probably going to be a challenge to keep it under 14 pages! Oh, I am feeling so good right now.

This message has been brought to you by the Coalition to Reassure Priscilla’s Parents That She Is Indeed Working Diligently On Her Essay and Not Slacking Off Or Anything.

P.S.: Remind me to post some of the funnier lines from Thomas Smith’s ILM book. It has excellent, detailed information about the specifics of ILM’s new technological developments I haven’t been able to find anywhere else, but the employee spotlight snippets read like personal ads. Ko laughed.

Ganked from a bunch of people:

If there is at least one person in your life who you consider a close friend, and who you would not have met without being part of an online fandom, post this sentence in your journal.

“At least one”? Hee. :D

Tangentially related: HP Fandom Birthdays!

I’ve switched back to BlogBack comments, rather than using Blogger. Hopefully, it should be a lot more user-friendly and less frustrating to post comments. Hopefully the volume of comments I shall now receive will offset the convenience of having my comments emailed to me. (hint, hint) :D

P.S. How long have people been commenting on the abeybaby feed? I don’t check those, wah! And they only last maybe two weeks, which is unfortunate. If any of you abeybaby readers posted something important in those comment fields, let me know by some other means!

EEEEEEEEAAAEEEEEEEEAH! *squeals* LotR.net has a new 6-minute preview of the RotK:EE, and I am breathless from squealing. (EDIT: Or go here for a larger version. I *heart* TORN)

There are no words for my love for Billy Boyd. My god, they slash themselves!

Whee! As I may have mentioned, my gallery show closed last week. But today, before I returned to Philly, Lisa, Nikki, and Deep hung my images up in the common room, and they look fabulous. Yay, prettiness!

Edit: I was mistaken! T’was Ko who hung the lovely pictures! Tra-la!