For some reason, the first thing I wanted to do today was make icons from Quarantine. Oh, SGA, sometimes you sneak out of nowhere and assault me with awesomeness. I don't even know where to post them... I might slap them up on drive_thru_rx, I used to use that journal for icons and wallpapers when I was proud of my lack of Photoshop skillz.

It's too noisy to watch a movie with the dryer going, so I am going to enact a strict policy of 'let's do the noisy cleaning tasks and then enjoy the quiet and clean for movie time'. Also, popcorn. Hell yes.

I don't know what happened to that book I bought about making your own sode, which is lame because I knew where it was for maybe two whole days. What the hell, house, you're not supposed to eat things that quickly... I will find it eventually, but I may need spelunking equipment.


The never-dripping bottles. That's a pretty sweet design. I don't think they're actually being produced, but still: excellent blend of form and function. Pretty.

"I am a Host at the Olive Garden". A very short series of very funny comics. xD I like the art style, too.

GODWIN'D. German academic compares Tom Cruise to Goebbels, millions of internet users race to be the first to make overused Nazi cliches on their respective social news networking forums.

Life After People premieres tonight at 9pm on the History Channel, and you bet your booty I'm going to be watching it. This should be interesting-- I wonder how they're going to handle it, as a straight "no more humans, this is what happens" or "here are several scenarios for the extinction of mankind, and these would be their effects on the earth" sort of deal. I'll find out in nine hours!


eta: So I finished sewing up the part of the couch Butcher likes clawing up, and it looks good. \o/ I feel all Ms. Fix-it. Next time I try to put a needle through upholstery, I'm going to remember to get a thimble, though. My fingertips are all pissed off. xD

What I have accomplished today:





Also fixed the couch, vacuumed my room, rearranged some crap. The dryer's still going, so I think I'm going to wipe down the kitchen counters and table and maybe do a halfassed bathroom cleaning and then have dinner and a movie. Leftover chicken tikka masala > anything I can cook.

Keeping a running list of what I do helps me to feel like I'm not getting nothing done. I mean, it's easy to feel like I'm not really accomplishing anything, so: go me. \o/

Where the Heart Is, produced in 1990, is a totally ridiculous look at an overly-affluent Manhattan family-- the fed-up dad, doting mom, and spoiled kids who get kicked out of the home nest to a property that the demolition company-running father has acquired but can't destroy.

Almost everyone in the movie is rich and spoiled, which makes them fun to mock, and the movie sure doesn't take itself too seriously... but man, it's so OLD. I couldn't get over the elderly "cutting edge" computers. xD

So basically the premise is, the dad kicks his two daughters and one son out to this place (the Dutch House?) and says "Here's $750 each, learn to fend for yourselves." They each go out and get someone to board with them, so soon there's Chloe the artist and her gay fashion designer friend Lionel, Jimmy the computer nerd and his stock-trader buddy Tom, and spaced-out Daphne and her homeless magician tutor(?!), Shitty. Which threw me off, having that be a character's name and everyone (even the rich momma) calling him that...

Then they all have to get jobs or find ways to get money, things are funny, then the dad's business collapses and it gets funnier, and everything gets sickeningly neatly tied up in the end. I really mean, in a disgustingly facile "happily ever after!" way, I was telling the cats how ridiculous I thought it was.

Highlights: 20 year old Uma Thurman and 22 year old David Hewlett. Especially the few minutes where David is wandering around in just a Cupid's costume. mnnnrgh there went my brain. Seriously, young!Uma's craziness and enthusiasm was so wonderful, and... seriously, 22 year old David Hewlett, that should just say it all. blond. and slouchy. and kjslkfl.

The best part that wasn't a person making me trip over my tongue was the incredible artwork. In the movie, Chloe is commissioned to do 12 large works for an insurance company calendar. The actual art was done by Timna Woollard, and each piece is a gorgeous trompe l'oeil incorporating a person as part of the canvas. Someone on the IMDB boards made the effort to capture each piece from behind the end credits, and they're really worth taking a peek at, more so than the movie itself perhaps. >> (shortcut: February is the one with Cupid!David. xD)

No quote, because the IMDB doesn't have any good ones and I'm too lazy to scan back through for a good one. Wrapping this up: suggested watching if you're a fan of Uma, David, or sappy family-and-friends, love-is-all-you-need flicks.

It's Michele's birthday, so I'm going over to Kelly's to bake a cake for her. xD

But before I go...

Super Bowl results predicted in I Am Legend. We'll see...

I'm sure that dressing a grill up as a child will trick any landlord. It's worth it just to see the grill in costume. xD

Scientists have isolated a neurosteroid that has an impact on memory loss and feelings of loneliness. So just stick that in my nasal inhaler with some artificial sleep, okay? Everything I need to be emotionally balanced, right up my nose.

A tree grows in Detroit... in the middle of the Detroit Public Schools book depository, actually. This picture put a lump in my throat.


Oh, Get Your War On.

I made some icons for Quarantine if anyone wants to use them.

Finally, here I am with Minerva.


...and I'm spent. xD