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Bahaha. Urbandictionary word of the day today: 'pornacopia'. Which just makes me think of Potter Puppet Pals, and that just makes me laugh and laugh and laugh.
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So, music, which is what I meant to babble about.
A couple nights ago, I had one of those generally emo-ing out nights. On a whim, I somehow hit on the song "30/90" from 'tick, tick...BOOM!' as being perfect for my mood. Which, it pretty much was, that song carried me straight through emo alright and then into frenetically hyper-happy.
What's interesting is that the lyrics didn't really match my mood. I was feeling empty and irresponsible and like a dissapointment, where the lyrics are more devoted to "aug, holy shit, I'm thirty years old and don't know what to do with my life." This helped cement the idea for me that I listen to music, not words, which, well...auditory learning disability, much? So, not shocking. Just good to know.
Also on the subject of music, I've mentioned a whole handful of times that I am slowly compiling a playlist with one song for every person on my friends list --something that reminds me of them, sounds like them, or makes me think of them. Last night, on the way off towards Adventure!, I decided to listen to the rest of 'tick, tick...BOOM!' to see if it was equally excellent. Which meant I actually listened to the lyrics of the song "Green Green Dress" for the first time, well ever.
Yeah, that song now very much has a person attached to it. *grins* I mean, sometimes it's hard to pick songs for people (Either 'which one of the 200+ Europeon indie rock songs that this guy has sent me fits him best' or '...How is it this person defies every song I own, damn her'). Sometimes the song presents itself, says "I belong to that guy, yep!" and plonks itself down in the appropriate playlist.
***
So, movies.
I mentioned going off on an Adventure! last night, yeah? Yeah, that particular adventure was meeting up with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
jere7my and adfamiliares and going off to see Persepolis, and then following them home in order to watch MST3K.
Persepolis: Oh my goodness gracious.
I went into it knowing that it was animated, based off an autobiographical comic, and the author was native-or-something to somewhere in the middle east. Or, in other words, pretty much as blank a slate as you could get.
Plot is good, and solid, and *neat*. It's a little bit fractured, which might make it a little confusing to some people but I was fine. It made me really *really* want to go find a copy of the book. It was well written, and had at least a couple moments where I stopped breathing just because I was so wrapped up in the story.
Visually...jesus, this is probably the prettiest movie I've seen since Finding Nemo*. It's drop-dead *gorgeous*, and the whole thing is animated, two dimensionally!, and in an art style that makes me want to buy the DVD just so I can freeze it and practise copydrawing. It's one of those movies that I'd like to have on in the background with the sound off, all the time.
Also, it's in French. Which means it has subtitles, which is apparently the *greatest thing ever*. Seriously, I'm not sure I've seen a subtitled movie in a theatre before, but I clearly need to become an aficionado of foreign films, just because it's *so* much easier for me. (Did I mention auditory learning disability? Yeah, reading the words is SO much easier than hearing them.)
So yeah, go see Persepolis.
As for MST3K...
I have now seen " "Manos", Hands of Fate."
Pardon me for a moment.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!! BAHAHAHA! AHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!! HAHAHA!
...Okay, I'm better now. But...just...wow. *Wow*.
Also, I realize this is bad, but just how bad is it that I desperately want to make myself a robe like the Master's. C'mon, bitchin' simple concostume. It would be great. And I would be lynched.
Jere7my and I also watched "Teenagers From Outer Space" which...well...Yeah. Apparently the theme of last night's MST3King was "Movies where the dog dies." (OH NO I JUST SPOILED THEM!)
I have less to say about TFOS, partly because it was a less bad movie (what, like every movie that isn't ""MANOS" HANDS OF FATE!" ever?) and partly because I was beginning to be all sleepy for that one. However, it did have torture. TOHR-TURE!
Also, Joel is hot. Yep, I said it. You can all laugh at me now.
***
I think that's all, just because this entry has gone on for *quite* long enough at this point. Tonights Adventure! involves baking cupcakes with the college group.
~Sor
MOOP!
*hands down, the most beautiful thing Pixar has done. Ratatoille's my favourite, I think, but Finding Nemo is just amazing to stare at.
P.S: TOHR-TURE!!
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***
So, music, which is what I meant to babble about.
A couple nights ago, I had one of those generally emo-ing out nights. On a whim, I somehow hit on the song "30/90" from 'tick, tick...BOOM!' as being perfect for my mood. Which, it pretty much was, that song carried me straight through emo alright and then into frenetically hyper-happy.
What's interesting is that the lyrics didn't really match my mood. I was feeling empty and irresponsible and like a dissapointment, where the lyrics are more devoted to "aug, holy shit, I'm thirty years old and don't know what to do with my life." This helped cement the idea for me that I listen to music, not words, which, well...auditory learning disability, much? So, not shocking. Just good to know.
Also on the subject of music, I've mentioned a whole handful of times that I am slowly compiling a playlist with one song for every person on my friends list --something that reminds me of them, sounds like them, or makes me think of them. Last night, on the way off towards Adventure!, I decided to listen to the rest of 'tick, tick...BOOM!' to see if it was equally excellent. Which meant I actually listened to the lyrics of the song "Green Green Dress" for the first time, well ever.
Yeah, that song now very much has a person attached to it. *grins* I mean, sometimes it's hard to pick songs for people (Either 'which one of the 200+ Europeon indie rock songs that this guy has sent me fits him best' or '...How is it this person defies every song I own, damn her'). Sometimes the song presents itself, says "I belong to that guy, yep!" and plonks itself down in the appropriate playlist.
***
So, movies.
I mentioned going off on an Adventure! last night, yeah? Yeah, that particular adventure was meeting up with
jere7my and adfamiliares and going off to see Persepolis, and then following them home in order to watch MST3K. Persepolis: Oh my goodness gracious.
I went into it knowing that it was animated, based off an autobiographical comic, and the author was native-or-something to somewhere in the middle east. Or, in other words, pretty much as blank a slate as you could get.
Plot is good, and solid, and *neat*. It's a little bit fractured, which might make it a little confusing to some people but I was fine. It made me really *really* want to go find a copy of the book. It was well written, and had at least a couple moments where I stopped breathing just because I was so wrapped up in the story.
Visually...jesus, this is probably the prettiest movie I've seen since Finding Nemo*. It's drop-dead *gorgeous*, and the whole thing is animated, two dimensionally!, and in an art style that makes me want to buy the DVD just so I can freeze it and practise copydrawing. It's one of those movies that I'd like to have on in the background with the sound off, all the time.
Also, it's in French. Which means it has subtitles, which is apparently the *greatest thing ever*. Seriously, I'm not sure I've seen a subtitled movie in a theatre before, but I clearly need to become an aficionado of foreign films, just because it's *so* much easier for me. (Did I mention auditory learning disability? Yeah, reading the words is SO much easier than hearing them.)
So yeah, go see Persepolis.
As for MST3K...
I have now seen " "Manos", Hands of Fate."
Pardon me for a moment.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!! BAHAHAHA! AHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!! HAHAHA!
...Okay, I'm better now. But...just...wow. *Wow*.
Also, I realize this is bad, but just how bad is it that I desperately want to make myself a robe like the Master's. C'mon, bitchin' simple concostume. It would be great. And I would be lynched.
Jere7my and I also watched "Teenagers From Outer Space" which...well...Yeah. Apparently the theme of last night's MST3King was "Movies where the dog dies." (OH NO I JUST SPOILED THEM!)
I have less to say about TFOS, partly because it was a less bad movie (what, like every movie that isn't ""MANOS" HANDS OF FATE!" ever?) and partly because I was beginning to be all sleepy for that one. However, it did have torture. TOHR-TURE!
Also, Joel is hot. Yep, I said it. You can all laugh at me now.
***
I think that's all, just because this entry has gone on for *quite* long enough at this point. Tonights Adventure! involves baking cupcakes with the college group.
~Sor
MOOP!
*hands down, the most beautiful thing Pixar has done. Ratatoille's my favourite, I think, but Finding Nemo is just amazing to stare at.
P.S: TOHR-TURE!!
ETF html mix-up