So today I rewatched both Hellboy movies with my dad, though it was the first time he had seen them. (In the end all he cared about was that the guy who does Krauss' voice also does Stewie, which is hilarious to think about, but typical of my dad.)
Anyway, at the beginning, I had a vauge idea that for some reason I liked the second one better... And oh my God I like the second one so much better. That is to say, I don't dislike the first one, I just find the second one to be so much more engaging and- may I say it?- endearing. I was looking for the video of Abe and Hellboy singing bad love songs and getting drunk, but I can't find it on Youtube. Also, I've said it once and I'll say it again: Abe/Nuala OTP.
And athough we all know how much I love Abe, I realized that I really like Krauss, too. I think it might just be his woobie-ness and his I-Need-A-Hug-Because-My-Wife-Died-And-No
Also, one last thing. Why is it that when Raiden jumps and spins around with his flowing blonde hair and his shiny sword, we think he's ridiculous, and when Prince Nuada does it, it's cool? Just think about that.
- Location:bedroom floor
- Music:Hot Air Balloon ~ Owl City
This is why I like being at my dad's without Andrew. We get to do a whole mess of awesome things.
So basically, we watched Silent Hill, and then yesterday I saw the Hellboy 2 disc in the computer room, and I was all, "Oh, we should watch that" because *psht* it's Hellboy, geez. But he hadn't seen the first one, apparently, and he didn't have it, but George did, so we went to call him up. So we basically went on a joint shopping trip to Best Buy, because I guess he needed to get one of those fancy calculators for Caroline, and while we were there... :3 Well we also picked up the Dollhouse DVD and PROFESSOR LAYTON 2, OH WHAT NOW~
I know Echo's copy has a waiting list, so I figured I would get my own and not plug up the works with my procrastination. I'M SO PUMPED.
( Phoenix Wright spoilers ahead! Abbey, this applies to pretty much you. )
A word to the wise: PLAY THE PHOENIX WRIGHT GAMES IN ORDER.
Anyway, I noticed something interesting. When talking to each other, half the things that come out of either George's or my dad's mouth are quotes from something, or some kind of fandom reference. They pretty much share the same fandoms, because if George finds something awesome, he shows it to my dad, and my dad thinks it's awesome, and vice versa. They've been best friends since elementary school, and met through some fandom-related happenstance. When they were younger they totally invaded each others houses and played whichever video game the other one didn't have, particularly some game called Arctic Fox that I'm most certainly not connecting to a Shadow Moses thing at all, and in that way trying to compare the two of them with Echo and I and what what are you talking about.
So we went over their house and Caroline had a friend over, who was apparently a Harry Potter fan. I always ask, "Who is your favorite character?" because that's how you determine what kind of HP fan a person is. Nearly everyone at camp was like, "Oh, I love Ron!" or "Hermione's really awesome!" Julia kind of shrugged and was like, "Well, I really like Remus Lupin..." And I gave her a giant high five and giggled like a maniac. Of course then she goes, "But sometimes I can't decide. I really like Snape too..." And then I couldn't give her a high five because I had passed out.
So she was a really big Owl City fan too, (Echo's already seen it, but here's their music video for Fireflies, which is the best song ever) and it seems that they're playing in Boston on the 18th. I don't know if I can go, but it would still be cool. =DDD
Apparently George has seen Silent Hill, and he was at a loss as to how I didn't find it the most frightening thing ever. So I explained the game parallels, and what they did, and at which parts I giggles, while George left is mouth open in awe, and his wife looked on disapprovingly. :3 He says, "But what about when the Pyramid guy ripped that lady's skin off!?" I said, "LOL PYRAMIDHEAD DEFIES THE LAWS OF PHYSIOLOGY!" And then we started talking about Phantasmagoria, and don't get me started on that.
So we ordered Chinese food omnomnom and went downstairs to play old Three Stooges video games. Also, George proudly displayed his original Legend of Zelda game pack, and I was impressed as usual. (I mean, his house is like a video game museum or something; it's freaking awesome.) Also he has an old record player that's just amazing and gorgeous, and if I ever win the lottery I am going to find one somewhere and buy it.
After that, we watched this comedian act that was pretty funny, even though I fell asleep, per the usual. :3
So anyway, I finished up a bunch of my homework, so I can watch Hellboy with my dad and play PROFESSOR LAYTON OMG. I've started it, but only through the first few puzzles. But awww, emo!Layton, with his hat over his eyes and aw Layton do you need a Luke!hug~~~?
Edit: This is what happens when we visit George. I end up with loads and loads of tags. X3
- Location:dad's couch
- Mood:
dorky - Music:Fireflies ~ Owl City
But I'm better today, so I finally got around to getting a dress pic up here. Aaaand... Voila!
( Pictures under the cut! )
So yeah, that's what the semi dress looks like. It was either Abby or Becca that took one look at it and said, "OMG, you look just like River!" To which I paused and said, "Um... Is that a good thing?" And then we went on this whole thing about how I technically needed a big slit up the side, and Becca offered to make one and was was just like, "Uuuuh, no."
In the Hellboy section of last post, I forgot to point something out. Remember Howdy Doody from the beginning? Remember Howdy Doody from D's birthday card? I love how they were trying to make a point that it was a long time ago, and I'd imagine D would just be like, "DDDDDD=" To be honest, I don't know which was scarier, Hellboy or Howdy Doody.
Ok, so in French we had vocab words and one of them was 'mirror' or 'le miroir.' If we were to pretend it was feminine, we might even have 'Lamiroir,' thereby assuming that Apollo looks very much like his mother. I dunno, but if I can get a squeal out of French class, it's worth posting.
(End of spoilers! Just, I hate spoiler-y things; getting spoiled is my pet peeve. XD)
I saw Inkheart with
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lyricalecho on Monday, before I got all sick. It was soooo good. Mo was adorable, and Farid looked just like this guy I had in my art class last year, and Fenoglio all, "Look, it's Basta! =D" and Dustfinger. We all giggled a little during his shirtless scene, especially Echo's sister who noted, "Heehee, he's buff." Echo also pointed out that Capricorn has joined the ranks of Bald-Villains-I-Can't-Bring-Myself-To-Re
*Heehee, Jeff Dunham avatars!*
So, night before last I was too sick to sleep, so I ended up rereading the first few chapters of Inkspell. The movie messed me up a little bit, though, 'cause I was like, "Whoa, Dustfinger isn't in the Inkworld. Whoa, Basta and Mortola are alive. Whoa, Farid's not living with them. Whoa, Darius is there. Whoa, Resa can't talk."
Of course, I tried to go to sleep after that, and I couldn't. So, you know what happens when you want to sleep but can't: you get a plot bunny. And I figured, "Heck, I can't go to school tomorrow anyway!" So I got up and blasted out 1.6k of Snilly goodness. Currently, it's nearly 4k. I mean, it's not Snilly, per se. It's more like Sev being Lily's go-to guy friend, and Sev is just sort of wistful and quiet about how he feels. It's also a summertime thing, so they're mostly just hanging out and being giggly and best buddy-like. I might post it when I'm done. If nothing else, I need to start a new Fanfiction.net account. Start fresh and all. Giley!fic can go up there too, and the Royal!fic if I'm ever moved to finish that. And of course, my Life's Work, whenever that's gorram done with.
Look, it's shorter!
- Location:couch
- Mood:
sick - Music:Smooth ~ Santana/Rob Thomas
I'm skipping the intro, and going straight to the biggest fangiggle I've had in months. About five minutes ago, I found out who was cast as the caterpillar in the Tim Burton Alice in Wonderland. Ready?
ALAN FRICKING RICKMAN. AS THE GORRAM CATERPILLAR. THINK ABOUT THAT FOR FIVE SECONDS. OMFGASDFGHJKL; TIM BURTON STOP BEING SO AMAZING ARGH AA
*sigh* Ok. So, Johnny Depp is the Mad Hatter, this I knew. Helena Bonham Carter is the Red Queen; I would only assume she was in it. And then you know who is the White Queen is? Anne Hathaway. That was sort of a surprise; I'm glad, though. I like her alot, and she hasn't been in anything that great recently. SO. I just wondered... Is Alan maybe becoming a part of the Tim Burton crowd? OOOOOOOH THAT WOULD BE SO GREAT~
BUGMAN!ALAN ON CRACK!
So. *giggle* Ok, I'm good now. Anyway, while I'm on the topic of Tim Burton, I finally saw Sweeny Todd. At Kenny's house, actually, at the end of Christmas vacation. Surprisingly, I didn't geek out as much as I thought I would: only during Alan's two singing bits. I mean, I didn't dislike it by any means. I guess Alan was just so evil, and creepy rather than snarky. Come on, he was creepy, and totally sketchy/stalker-like/child-molester. BUT I did love By the Sea; I couldn't help but think of the ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small}
buttfacemakani pic with Bella and Voldie... Also, we told Erica that NPH played Toby once, and so she kept screaming that he was going to die, and freaking out every time he showed up, and we were just like, "THAT'S NOT NPH, DEARIE." Also, Borat makes me laugh. Now back to the Misadventures of Sev and Wally!
Newsflash! Snape wants to be the pope!
Really. But anyway, my mum has since finished it. I did read this one little part where Waleran came up with this battle plan, and William was all, "YEAH, LET'S GO SLAUGHTER SOME PEOPLE!" and Wally was just like, "Erm... You can... You know... Go without me. Please." Oh, also? I did find a bit that mentioned how he hardly eats anything. And I'm like, 'Heh. I knew that was totally in-character.' But he really was evil, whereas Sev is not, so you know. He ended up having something to do with this plot that killed some guy, and something about dethroning the king, and apparently it was really easy to guess what it was.
You know what kind of drove me nuts, though? The way this guy writes dialogue is weird. It's like it goes, "Waleran said: 'Wow, why am I a snarky, evil bishop and not a snarky, not-really-evil professor?'" It's really funky with the colon and all.
I've been singing Sound of Music, like, a ton. Do you think we could give Snape a guitar and make him sing Eidelweiss? We already know from Sweeny that he can sing... (XDDDDDDDDD SORRY: THIS IS HOW I THINK~)
I've added House and Dr. Chase to my List, because, you know, they're cool. They aren't very high up, but still.
You know you're turning into Echo's little sister when people from the Constitutional Convention are showing up on your List. I was studying for my history midterm, and I found this blurb about James Madison. Basically, he was like a little shoebox!Remus. You know, he was always reading, and he was sort of quiet and cute and good at being the research-guy and... Well, Remus-y. I can just see it: "Um... Mr. Washington, sir? I was reading last night, and I found this really interesting chapter about Ancient Rome, and it gave me a good idea, but it might not be so good, I'm not sure-" And Ben Franklin all, "Out with it, boy!" "Right! Yes, so I was thinking..." Hee. <3
On the same page, I was still studying in art, and I was talking about this one thing with my friend Emily. Basically, during the war between France and Britain, this guy called Citizen Genet was stirring up the Americans to join the French. And Washington was all, "Hey, we're not getting involved here." So Genet set up this whole meeting and basically dumped on Washington. Emily said, "So he said to Washington, 'So go away, or we shall be forced to taunt you a second time!'"
Of course, Mr. Hanchett noted that Genet was then "forcibly removed from the country" which Ellie translated to "drop-kicked across the pond."
I want to point something out here. Trauma Center? Back when we were playing it at the Fantastic Five sleepover, we looked up some sprites and were horrified to see the similarities between our/my favorite Kassal brother and a certain lavender-suited defense attorney...
That is frightening.
I'll be back later with some updates on the Snapecast episode that I've only just started listening to, and also the dress picture. Hopefully I won't keep waiting so long to do these posts, so I can make them shorter and more manageable!
( I've since added a cut for all the other stuff, since it was too long and annoying. Still, there are Hellboy spoilers. )
- Location:dad's house
- Mood:
cheerful - Music:Sekai no Yakusoku / Jinsei no Merry-Go-Round ~ Joe Hisaishi
Should I put down my Resolutions?
I will not be eaten by bunnies. I will not ride a llama down the Great Wall. I will be a Big Damn Hero at every possible moment. I will not let Ms. Beekley eat my brains. I will not give up on my Life's Work. I will not let Snape down from his #1 spot on my List. I will draw a decent non-chibi. I will learn to burp the alphabet. I will not let my dorky fandomness die!
My mum and I are watching Anderson Cooper and Kathy Griffin doing New Years in Times Square. Wow, Anderson is cute. He kind of reminds me of Giles, or Abe, just because Kathy keeps making all of these lewd jokes and Anderson keeps either giggling or trying to move along. Why is he so cute? "Um, can you please stop saying 'pap smear?' Please?"
Also, my mum is very upset that Anderson doesn't have gloves. "He's must me cooooold," she says. "And his ears! He needs a hat!" Kathy told him to 'scream where he was from,' and he did a timid little kermit!flail "New Yooooooork!" and ANDERSON, STOP GIGGLING AND BEING AWKWARD AND eeeeeee~
Apparently in New Orleans they don't drop a ball, they drop a giant shoe with a drag queen named Sushi inside.
Speaking of drag queens, I'm going to watch Stardust with my mum tomorrow in the morning, and then later we're going watch WallE with D. Hang out today, party tomorrow.
Next year, I'll talk about the Science Museum and Hellboy ( I CAAAAAN'T SMIIIILE WITHOOOOOOUT YOUUUU
I'm going to watch more Anderson and hang out with the family peeps. Until next year!
- Location:couch
- Mood: excited
- Music:Viva la Vida ~ Coldplay
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