but don't be sad like knives

Guys!

I have Breaking Dawn!

I know whether the spoilers are true or not!

And let me just say, this is going to be epic. *stocks up on popcorn*

All my other reactions to Doctor Horrible's Sing-Along Blog Part III were completely overshadowed by Bad Horse.

That is all.

1. Dammit, someone suggested Daniel Craig for the Captain America movie and now I can't unsee it. Sure he's really really British and too old, but he's also blond and incredibly blue-eyed and he's built like wow.

2. On the same note, I don't know if she can act at all, but I propose Anya Garnis from last season of So You Think You Can Dance for Black Widow in the Avengers movie. Hell, she wouldn't even have to act half the time, she'd just have to stand there and be a hot Russian (with a dance background, even!) sexing up the place. Cake!

3. In Torchwood news, I've finally successfully fanwanked something that was bothering me about "Exit Wounds." ( Cut for spoilers )

4. If you're not watching Middleman, you should be. This week's episode had flying fish that turn people into zombies. COME ON people what more do you want?

5. Is it wrong that I kind of want to learn German because of a soap opera's adorable gay boys?

6. Superhero/Comic Book movies wot I have seen this season
Iron Man: AWESOME. Everyone knows this by now.
The Incredible Hulk: Not in Iron Man's league, but so much better than that Ang Lee mess it had to live down that I give it full props.
Wanted: Certain elements could have been better, and I'm not saying more because I don't want to have to cut for spoilers, but overall it was very reminiscent of other movies I've seen by Timur Bekmambetov (You should all go rent Night Watch). Also, Angelina Jolie is hot like burning.
Hancock: Better than I was expecting. Maybe it's the Highlander fan in me, but I wanted more backstory than we got.
Hellboy 2: Visually great, plotwise, meh. It felt like we've seen most of this before, and done better.
The Dark Knight: Not yet. SOON.

Update: I am having an astonishingly difficult time composing an e-mail back to the Amazon seller (secondeditionbooks, for those of you who would like to avoid these losers in the future) who offered me a prorated refund for the missing volume of The Chronicles of Narnia. What I want to say is, "No, I want to send this back and you give me a full refund, because a box set with a missing volume is defective, you morons. What do you expect me to do, track down another copy of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe and break up someone else's set? Sweet Christ on a pogo stick!" And that's even the version without profanity. My first draft was far worse. But my momma raised me to be polite, so I probably shouldn't send that e-mail, so I'm going to keep writing drafts until I get a polite, professional one. Somehow.

In happier news, I found out during class (stupid class, making me miss TV) last night that Pasha and Anya did the choreography for a cha cha last night on So You Think You Can Dance, and thanks to some kind soul, it was up on YouTube with a quickness. Yay hot Russians! I've missed you! I love Anya's hair! Of note: What the subtitles claimed Pasha and Gev were saying in Russian? Not actually what they said. Pasha may have said, "Like this," but then Gev said, "Da?" (yes) and Pasha said, "Da," back. There was nothing about 'a message,' making that the fakest and most lame segue I've seen lately.

In even happier news, I seem to be going to DragonCon! I think? Not sure if it is finalized...

HAVE FINISHED VICTORY OF EAGLES.

HOLY CRAP.

ACTUAL NAPOLEONIC HISTORY HAS GONE OFF THE RAILS AND I LIKE IT.

( SPOILERS )

So, there’s this series! You may have heard of it. Cedric from Harry Potter is starring in the movie.

Yes. I’m going to talk about Twilight. God help us all.

You see, Twilight is vampire emoporn for the new tween generation, and I do owe Twilight (hell, I even liked the first book), because it got the publisher to reprint Night World, the vampire emoporn of my generation, and lean on its author to finally finish the last book in the series. Holla. The first Night World omnibus, containing the first three books in the series (Secret Vampire, Daughters of Darkness, and Spellbound) came out just recently, with two more to follow before Strange Fate finally sees the light of day after like ten damn years. We hope. I lost my original copies of these books when my house burned, and by then they weren’t readily available any more, so I never got to replace them. So I ate the first omnibus up with a spoon. I love these books like I love cake and pie and ice cream, omg. My tweenhood.

Twilight, in comparison to Night World, does not come off well. Oh, sure, Night World has Ash Redfern of the ridiculous color-changing eyes, but on the other hand, Night World has Ash Redfern of the ridiculous color-changing eyes. Come on, people. Behold the man who inspired a generation of Sues. Also, at least he does not sparkle. Although the soulmate principle was big, but it was the nineties, everyone had soulmates. And they even acknowledged that sometimes people do not stay with their soulmate because whoa intense. It's too much for some people to handle.

Night World also has way stronger women than Twilight. Consider, for example, the scene from Eclipse where Edward breaks Bella’s car to keep her from visiting Jacob. Bella, if I recall correctly, pitched a fit but decided there was nothing she could do about it and hey, Edward was just trying to keep her safe...

So annoying. teleute12 and I were talking about how that would have played if one replaced Edward and Bella with certain of the couples from the Night World books.

( Same Scene, Different Area Code )

So, yeah. In conclusion, not a one of ‘em would have taken it lying down, and in further conclusion, eat it and grow a spine, Bella Swan.

Ganked from half my flist.

You are in a mall when the zombies attack. You have:
1. one weapon.
2. one song blasting on the speakers.
3. one famous person to fight alongside you.

Weapon can be real or fictional; you may assume endless ammo if applicable. Person can be real or fictional.

1. Harry Dresden's blasting rod (assuming capability to use it). A lot of people are assuming sci-fi stuff that, like, disintegrates; I tend to like sci-fi better in theory than practice, so I don't know a lot. I do believe that a good round of fuego would create the same effect, however.
2. "It's Not My Time" by 3 Doors Down. Because I am not going out in a zombie apocalypse, kthx.
3. The Midnighter. More than anyone I know of, he is the go-to guy when you need large quantities of beings to die (again, in this case) very quickly. Also, if we have to make a quick escape he can summon a portal back to the Authority's interdimensional spaceship. Not that we would have to make a quick escape, as he is the Midnighter.

So for most of today there was no air conditioning in my apartment. Nor was there cable. But now there are both, and we rejoice!

We also do not watch TV, because when I watch the Red Wings do not score goals. OMG.

In other news, my first three hatchlings grew up (Yay!), and my paper hatched but has not grown up yet, so click these please?



Paper hatchling socute.

...not dirty.

Okay, you did great! So great, in fact, my egg developed softshell from too many clicks. It's resting.

So now click my other eggs!



A tiny pixel dragon addiction is clearly just what I needed. *blames Telly*

EDIT: <--clicky?

And yea, I call down curses and plagues on whatever fuckhead left it and its littermates on the side of the highway near my parents' house. I saw two dead kittens, one alive one. The one alive one was in the southbound lane while I was traveling north, so I slammed on the brakes, hit the emergency flashers, and ran to grab a kitten. They're real easy to catch when they're PETRIFIED WITH TERROR.

I do not even have words.

Said kitten is six weeks at the absolute oldest--I am no judge of these things, all I know is it's teeny but it's definitely kitten-shaped and not, like, cat larva--black and white, of indeterminate gender, and currently hiding under my (claw-footed) bathtub. It is also at least as cute as my icon.

We can't keep it. We already have six cats, between my parents four and my two, who live there part-time. But I couldn't have lived with myself if I hadn't stopped.

So...anybody want a kitten?