- Mamma Mia
- RENT
- Jesus Christ Superstar
- Grease
- Almost every animated/computer animated Disney movie (waaay too many to list, plus if I listed them would you finish reading the list? I think not. Suffice to say (again) that Disney is awesome)
- Annie
- Hamlet 2
- The Prince of Egypt (with an amazing multi-lingual song if you search the special features)
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas
- Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)
- Hairspray
- The Wedding Singer (this movie would never beat up your landlord)
- Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
Monday, April 5, 2010
Honey Honey, how they thrill me!
I love musicals, they are just so wonderful and fun and addictive. I really enjoy live musicals, but musicals-turned-movies are amazing too. I dare you not to like at least one movie in this list of my favourites (in no particular order):
Saturday, April 3, 2010
Your Head A-splode!
Posting this particular Life is Average comic is not without a little tongue-in-cheek :P
Thursday, March 25, 2010
You don't! Wanna mess with Darnell!
2009 Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest entries that made me chuckle:
Folks say that if you listen real close at the height of the full moon, when the wind is blowin' off Nantucket Sound from the nor'east and the dogs are howlin; for no earthly reason, you can hear the awful screams of the crew of the "Ellie May," a sturdy whaler Captained by John McTavish; for it was on just such a night when the rum was flowin' and, Davy Jones be damned, big John brought his men on deck for the first of several screamin' contests.
-David McKenzie
She walked into my office on legs as long as one of those long-legged birds that you see in Florida - the pink ones, not the white ones - except that she was standing on both of them, not just one of them, like those birds, the pink ones, and she wasn't wearing pink, but I knew right away that she was trouble, which those birds usually aren't.
-Eric Rice
Detective Pierson mentally reviewed the group of suspects milling around the recent crime scene - two young siblings eating gingerbread, a young girl in a red hoodie, a beautiful girl with narcolepsy, and seven little people with the profession of miners - then gave his statement of "It's a grim tale" to the press.
-Shannon Gray
Darnell knew he was getting hung out to dry when the D.A. made him come clean by airing other people's dirty laundry; the plea deal was a new wrinkle and there were still issues to iron out, but he hoped it would all come out in the wash - otherwise he had folded like a cheap suit for nothing.
-Lynn Lamousin
A quest is not to be undertaken lightly--or at all!--pondered Hlothgar, Thrag of the Western Boglands, son of Glothar, nephew of Garthol, known far and wide as Skull Dunker, as he wielded his chesty stallion Hralgoth through the ever-darkening Thlargwood, beyond which, if he survived its horrors and if Hroglath the royal spittle reader spoke true, his destiny awaited--all this though his years numbered but fourteen.
-Stuart Greenman
The Cunard "Carinthia" glided through the starry waters of the Bering Sea, 843 passengers aboard, including Harriet Dobbs, resignedly single for over a decade, while a nautical mile due west slunk the K-18 submarine, under the command of lonely Ukrainian Captain First Rank Nikolai Shevchenko: ships that passed in the night (although the second technically a boat).
-Dr. Sarah Cockram
The serrated butter knife tossed capriciously onto the 38th Street sidewalk amid the detritus of Salem cigarette butts and a Mentos box was devoid of zero trans fat margarine, but glinted invitingly in the sun nonetheless, poised for the opportunity to be repurposed to cut up a Snuggie, and Vladimir took it.
-Amy E Gross
Using the flint knife to gut the two amphibians, Kreega the Neanderthal woman created the first pair of open-toad sandals.
-Greg Homer
On a lovely day during one of the finest Indian summers anyone could remember--a season Germans call "old wive's summer," obviously never having had Native Americans to name things after, but plenty of old wives, and "Indian summer" in German would refer to the natives of India in any case, which would make even less sense than the current naming system--on such a day, however named, John Baxter fell in the creek and drowned.
-Deanna Stewart
I entered the bedroom again, looking for anything the killer might have missed in his obvious attempt to clean the crime scene, when it hit me, the victim hadn't been eating just any potato salad, it was German potato salad, the kind usually served warm, with bacon and although most people prefer the traditional American potato salad, it was clear that this victim didn't, oh no, he didn't prefer it at all.
-Lisa Lindquist-Perez
Folks say that if you listen real close at the height of the full moon, when the wind is blowin' off Nantucket Sound from the nor'east and the dogs are howlin; for no earthly reason, you can hear the awful screams of the crew of the "Ellie May," a sturdy whaler Captained by John McTavish; for it was on just such a night when the rum was flowin' and, Davy Jones be damned, big John brought his men on deck for the first of several screamin' contests.
-David McKenzie
She walked into my office on legs as long as one of those long-legged birds that you see in Florida - the pink ones, not the white ones - except that she was standing on both of them, not just one of them, like those birds, the pink ones, and she wasn't wearing pink, but I knew right away that she was trouble, which those birds usually aren't.
-Eric Rice
Detective Pierson mentally reviewed the group of suspects milling around the recent crime scene - two young siblings eating gingerbread, a young girl in a red hoodie, a beautiful girl with narcolepsy, and seven little people with the profession of miners - then gave his statement of "It's a grim tale" to the press.
-Shannon Gray
Darnell knew he was getting hung out to dry when the D.A. made him come clean by airing other people's dirty laundry; the plea deal was a new wrinkle and there were still issues to iron out, but he hoped it would all come out in the wash - otherwise he had folded like a cheap suit for nothing.
-Lynn Lamousin
A quest is not to be undertaken lightly--or at all!--pondered Hlothgar, Thrag of the Western Boglands, son of Glothar, nephew of Garthol, known far and wide as Skull Dunker, as he wielded his chesty stallion Hralgoth through the ever-darkening Thlargwood, beyond which, if he survived its horrors and if Hroglath the royal spittle reader spoke true, his destiny awaited--all this though his years numbered but fourteen.
-Stuart Greenman
The Cunard "Carinthia" glided through the starry waters of the Bering Sea, 843 passengers aboard, including Harriet Dobbs, resignedly single for over a decade, while a nautical mile due west slunk the K-18 submarine, under the command of lonely Ukrainian Captain First Rank Nikolai Shevchenko: ships that passed in the night (although the second technically a boat).
-Dr. Sarah Cockram
The serrated butter knife tossed capriciously onto the 38th Street sidewalk amid the detritus of Salem cigarette butts and a Mentos box was devoid of zero trans fat margarine, but glinted invitingly in the sun nonetheless, poised for the opportunity to be repurposed to cut up a Snuggie, and Vladimir took it.
-Amy E Gross
Using the flint knife to gut the two amphibians, Kreega the Neanderthal woman created the first pair of open-toad sandals.
-Greg Homer
On a lovely day during one of the finest Indian summers anyone could remember--a season Germans call "old wive's summer," obviously never having had Native Americans to name things after, but plenty of old wives, and "Indian summer" in German would refer to the natives of India in any case, which would make even less sense than the current naming system--on such a day, however named, John Baxter fell in the creek and drowned.
-Deanna Stewart
I entered the bedroom again, looking for anything the killer might have missed in his obvious attempt to clean the crime scene, when it hit me, the victim hadn't been eating just any potato salad, it was German potato salad, the kind usually served warm, with bacon and although most people prefer the traditional American potato salad, it was clear that this victim didn't, oh no, he didn't prefer it at all.
-Lisa Lindquist-Perez
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Elsewhere...
I was just in the kitchen visiting with my mom. She's making rice krispie squares, and measuring the rice krispies, and she says "*gasp* Oh no! That's too much. Hmm, no, too little? Actually, maybe is it the right amount?"
The extremes in this house are intense :)
The extremes in this house are intense :)
Why Jenna is Awesome
Email conversation today, one of the many reasons I love my sister
Megan:
I got my essay finished last night/this morning :) now I just have to wait to hear back from my prof/fix the mistakes and I'm done
Jenna:
Yay! Did you find out about convocating yet?
Megan:
No, I just emailed one of the registrars like 20 minutes ago though so maybe I'll hear back by the end of the week? That's being hopeful
Jenna:
Ugh, I know, they're so irresponsible. I emailed my advisor and when she finally emailed me back she said it wasn't a good time for her (I asked to meet with her to discuss my options) and she asked if we could do it in a couple of weeks so very GRACIOUSLY I said yes. She has not since contacted me or responded.
Megan:
That's so dumb. The only way I've gotten them to talk to me successfully in the past is to go there and lurk outside their door.
Once, I emailed Luther to find out what their office hours were because I had an essay to hand in (they didn't have them on the web site, which is like the dumbest thing ever), and I didn't hear back from them so the next day I just went there to hand in my essay. Then two weeks later I got an email back with their hours. So useless.
I can't believe she hasn't gotten back to you, it seems kind of important you know? They suck at this stuff, and it's stupid because that's what they're there for, to help :P
Jenna:
I know. I've been to her before and she's pretty good. Although once I went in to complain because they wouldn't move one of my exams that conflicted with army, and she sent me to the dean without telling me who he was. Which is slightly embarrassing. Not that I was rude or anything but I basically went in there and told him how it was, then he was like "Hi, I'm the dean." I probably wouldn't have had the guts if I had known. He was really nice though.
Megan:
Nice, I've never met a dean. He let you move your exam?
Jenna:
Oh of course. I was pretty mad about the whole thing. That weekend was our shooting exams so you can't miss it, and when I told my professor that I needed to reschedule my exam because I would have no time to study she said that she didn't reschedule exams for anyone for any reason. She said "lots of people have jobs, everyone's busy" and I totally blacked on her. I said everyone wasn't busy fucking defending their country and this was not a normal circumstance, the army isn't just a job. She said she wasn't going to reconsider and I got so angry I actually became calm. I just looked at her and said, watch this. Then I went straight to the advisor and via her, the dean. I said I found it hard to believe that since I know for a fact professors make their own policies on those issues that there was no way she could reschedule. She said that she wasn't allowed I knew that was a lie and I told the dean I found it hard to believe there was nothing that the university could do for a serving member of the forces who was trying to get an education. Worked like a charm. She emailed me that night with a sudden dean-inspired streak of generosity and let me reschedule.
Saturday, March 20, 2010
God Went to India
To see the elephants.
God adores elephants.
He thinks they are
the best thing
He ever made.
They do everything
He hoped for:
They love their children,
they don't kill,
they mourn their dead.
This last thing is
especially important
to God.
Elephants visit the graves
Elephants visit the graves
of those they loved.
They spend hours there.
They fondle the dry bones.
They mourn.
God understands mourning
better than any other emotion,
better even than love.
Because He has lost
everything He has
ever made.
You make life,
you make death.
The things God makes
always turn into
something else and
He does find this good.
But He can't help missing all the originals.
-Cynthia Rylant
I'm not sure why I like that so much. Maybe because elephants are awesome.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Two updates in one day, hooray!
Hello! The previous post was a little depressing so I thought I'd spruce things up with a little Life is Average awesomeness (alright, LIA okayness).
I got so much essay writing done today, so I'm feeling on top of the world now. It's a pretty great place to be, albeit a little overwhelming still. I'm handing in my paper on Saturday, if I can manage to get it printed in the right format at the school computers. If not, then I will unfortunately have to hand it in on Monday. I wish it weren't so finicky to print, but at least that is the most of my problems.
I will mention that this LIA is funniest if you've already seen the previous two that I already posted, although I will still readily admit that I may be the only person in the world to find these funny.
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