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So you guys remember that bit of SPN fan poetry I committed eons ago? Well, the magnificent chibifrieza recently wrote a tune for it and posted it on the YouTubes for us all to enjoy! Behold:



I shall now go listen to it over and over until I have it by heart. Maybe if I sing it to His Fourthness at naptime, he will start taking naps again. It could totally happen.

For those who do not Facebook: I live!

Also, my husband taught our son to do this:

1. I figure I only have this year and maybe next to dress him as whatever I want before he starts having his own costume ideas, and

2. I was feeling lazy.

( Still, I think he could give both Deforest Kelley and Karl Urban a run for their money... )

No, he has no idea who he is, but he loves saying "Boooones!" and that counts for something, right?

Dear Supernatural:

Okay, so we've been kind of on-again-off-again the last few seasons, partly because I have so little tv time these days and partly because, let's be honest, you haven't exactly been on your game much of late (and when you were on your game you were making me feel kicked and sad half the time). And I was actually kind of hoping that you would continue to go slowly, steadily pear-shaped until you were so not worth my time that I could just give you up altogether and have space in my schedule for a new show (Alphas looks really cool, and my mom keeps bugging me to try Blue Bloods). Except, this new season is not really conforming to my expectations at all. In that so far it has really kind of rocked my socks.

What the heck, show? Thanks for totally ruining my plans.

Love,

Marie

So neutrinos might be able to reach speeds greater than that of light? Awesome. I feel like this calls for a celebratory viewing of "Crystal Skull" yes?

I realize that I just posted a video of him the other day, and I do try to space the kid posts out between other kinds of entries, but...I couldn't not share this picture.

( How much do I love this kid, y'all? )

I have read books! I have had thoughts on them! These thoughts include but are not limited to:

The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss - Very entertaining. The first straight-up, sword-and-sorcery fantasy that I've read in a long time, and I heartily enjoyed this return to a genre that I pretty much lived in for my teen years. ( Read more... )

The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss - The sequel is even more enjoyable and involves even more fun worldbuilding. I am such a sucker for some good, chewy worldbuilding, guys. And worldbuilding that also makes me laugh out loud a lot? Sold. ( Read more... )

Whose Body? by Dorothy Sayers - Yes, I finally dove into the Lord Peter Wimsey novels for the first time not long ago, and what a delightful dive it was. ( Read more... )

The Martian General's Daughter by Theodore Judson - I loved Fitzpatrick's War and have re-read it multiple times, so it seemed like a good idea to read something else by the same author. ( Read more... )

The Engineer Cycle by K.J. Parker Okay. Here's the thing: ( Read more... )

Blackout and All Clear by Connie Willis - Connie Willis is in danger of becoming my favorite living writer. I've loved many of her books over the past few years, but this? This was so...so. So everything. ( Read more... )

So I've been on an old movie kick lately, and I watched "All About Eve" for the first time a few days ago. Or rather, I should say, I finished watching it a few days ago because my life does not lend itself well to seeing an entire movie all in one go without interruption. But anyway. The movie was awesome and I looked it up on Wikipedia to see what sort of fun trivia was to be had there, and something struck my fancy and stuck in my head: it said that Anne Baxter was cast in the title role because the director felt she had the "bitch virtuosity" to carry it off.

I loved that: bitch virtuosity. It struck me that this was exactly the term for why I adore Gone With the Wind. Scarlett O'Hara is, I think, quite a bit more sympathetic than Eve Harrington. Scarlett does unforgivable things less out of sheer self-interested ambition and more out of fear and a wonderfully messed-up sense of duty. The result is the same with both of them, though: they remorselessly ruin the lives of just about everyone around them and end up heartily miserable because of it. I don't know why I love watching this happen so much, but I do.

So I come to you, LiveJournal, with a question I can't plug into the search function on Netflix or Amazon: Are there other excellent examples of bitch virtuosity out there that I haven't watched or read yet? I wish to consume more! MOAR!

I have stuff I want to post about! Mainly books, but also some other things. I think. I can't remember right now. However, at this time, I'm only here to say:

ME: Dear?

BILL: What?

ME: You are playing with the child's toys while he does something else in another room.

BILL: This will happen more and more as he gets older. You might as well resign yourself to it now.