Squee

7-17-12

I know that this came out at December, but I'm still geeking out over it in July and will be all semester. (Even though it's only the first half or so of the book. I'm still excited.)

I relish how close to the book it seems to be. I could pick out different scenes from the story--and, oh! the song! They put in that song! SO EXCITED.

I still think people should read the books first, but seriously you guys, I'm pumped about this.

Hmm.

5-5-12

Watched My Big Fat Greek Wedding tonight with my former roommate (the one I'm to be a bridesmaid for a week from tomorrow) and her dad and step-mom.

The question that lingers in my mind after watching it is this: How is it that apparently all a woman needs to do to 'get' a man is fix her hair, wear makeup, and wear clothes that fit properly?

It's like the unspoken message in the movie (and others like it) to all single women is, "Do it right--become the 'best' version of yourself--and you'll end up with a guy, too."

Well, you know what? I want to wear clothes that fit because that's a good thing to do. I don't want to hide. I don't want to flaunt, either. If I choose to do something with my hair or to wear makeup, fine, so be it. But I don't want to do it just because that's the way I'll snag a guy. They're not really fish, you know.

Incidentally, why do all the verbs associated with dating and relationships seem to be active verbs that imply predators and prey? You know, like prowl, snag, catch, scope, etc.?  Yikes.

I am not a predator; guys are not prey. 

I do not want to pretend to be someone I'm not in order to meet society's andor my mother's expectations. If I want to dress up or look nice, it'll be because I want to dress up or look nice, not because I'm trying to be bait.

Maybe that's why I'm still single.

Three Trailers that Intrigue Me

11-18-11

I mean, yes, trailers are supposed to intrigue you, but these three are ones that really do.

First, the trailer for The Hunger Games. (If you haven't read the first book, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, please do so and then go watch the trailer.)

This is the description from Collins' website: Katniss is a 16-year-old girl living with her mother and younger sister in the poorest district of Panem, the remains of what used be the United States. Long ago the districts waged war on the Capitol and were defeated. As part of the surrender terms, each district agreed to send one boy and one girl to appear in an annual televised event called, "The Hunger Games." The terrain, rules, and level of audience participation may change but one thing is constant: kill or be killed. When her sister is chosen by lottery, Katniss steps up to go in her place. 

I think the trailer does a pretty good job of demonstrating this one concept. Yeah, they add in some of the other characters, but that's the difference between movies and books, I think.

Second, the trailer for Mirror Mirror. It's a Snow White re-imagining or something akin (so I gather from the trailer), and it's intrigued me, enough so that I want to go see it at some point. [Then I read somewhere that there's a second Snow White movie (trailer here) called Snow White and the Huntsman. Looks a little creepier than I would like. But maybe I'll see it as well.]

Third, the trailer for Pixar's Brave. I love Pixar movies, and they're doing Scottish people. It looks a little like a departure from their norm, but hey, it's Pixar, they will do what they do, and as long as it's a good story, I'm probably going to like it.

Anyway, whatever strikes your fancy. Also, as a postscript, please go look up the two Sherlock Holmes trailers for next month. Oh, yes, there are two, and oh, yes, I want to see that movie.

More later.

Pops Concert

2-20-11

Saturday night was the evening of the Pops Concert. Blue Shades went well (my solo begins around 4:34 of that clip). My solo didn't go perfectly, but it went decently. (That's partially because Parsons and I discovered last Thursday that I'd been practicing something wrong for like a month and I probably spent about three hours maybe fixing that mistake.) Despite that, it sounded nice anyway. Before the concert I just decided that I was going to have fun and that whatever happened, happened. And it was better than freaking out about it, because I probably would have messed up then.

After that, I listened to I Cantori sing. They sounded good, even if I was in the lobby since there were so many people crowded into Ackerman Auditorium. Well, when they finished, I went off with Robby, Curtis, Brooke, Janelle, and Chris to Rafael's, a little pizzeria at Four Corners. I played my first-ever rounds of poker (I think the variety of it was Texas Hold 'Em, but I don't really know) and I had beginner's luck. We ate merrily and then ended with watching most of The Incredibles back at my apartment. I talked with Chris about Sherlock Holmes and Ender, and we all swapped stories about families and falling asleep in weird places when we were small children.

All in all, a good evening had by me for sure. I enjoyed it. It was nice to be building memories and relationships with other friends of mine, ones I don't always hang out with. It was very fun.

More later.