there are NO Transformers spoilers in this post

zommfg ROBOTS.

I had a fantastic day. I took off work, put 300 miles on a rental car, hung out with an internet friend, went yarn shopping, ate at an ice cream buffet, met up with other friends, and saw Transformers. Yay!

Transformers met all of my expectations. There were a couple of plot holes, but it was a movie made up of ROBOTS who TRANSFORMED and it was full of awesome. The CGI was great and smoothly integrated with the 'real' camera work. When I left the theater, I fully expected our cars to be able to transform. I was sad they couldn't.

Also, Starscream is super fucking sexy and I wish he were (1) real (2) not evil (3) capable of transforming with me safely inside. Oooh. Yes.

there are NO Transformers spoilers in this post

zommfg ROBOTS.

I had a fantastic day. I took off work, put 300 miles on a rental car, hung out with an internet friend, went yarn shopping, ate at an ice cream buffet, met up with other friends, and saw Transformers. Yay!

Transformers met all of my expectations. There were a couple of plot holes, but it was a movie made up of ROBOTS who TRANSFORMED and it was full of awesome. The CGI was great and smoothly integrated with the 'real' camera work. When I left the theater, I fully expected our cars to be able to transform. I was sad they couldn't.

Also, Starscream is super fucking sexy and I wish he were (1) real (2) not evil (3) capable of transforming with me safely inside. Oooh. Yes.

media reviews

Recently, I read Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, and I absolutely loved it. Others have told me that they had trouble getting through it, but I didn't. I was delighted to read such an engaging, witty, intelligent, entertaining novel in a style that I associate with dull, bland, stupid, and boring. It made me laugh, it made me cry just a little bit, and it made me go, "Doh! Why didn't I see that 200 pages ago?!" :) I definitely recommend it as a read, but beware that the writing style might put you off. I say go for it anyway.

I just finished watching Big Fish, a movie that I had heard enough about to grab it in a $1 pile despite knowing nearly nothing about its plot or style. It turned out to be very interesting, very touching, and probably not something I'll ever need to see again. The subject is the relationship between a father who is almost endlessly telling tall tales and his son who is estranged by this while growing up, and their eventual reconciliation when the father is on his deathbed. Three stars but no, "Go see this!"

media reviews

Recently, I read Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, and I absolutely loved it. Others have told me that they had trouble getting through it, but I didn't. I was delighted to read such an engaging, witty, intelligent, entertaining novel in a style that I associate with dull, bland, stupid, and boring. It made me laugh, it made me cry just a little bit, and it made me go, "Doh! Why didn't I see that 200 pages ago?!" :) I definitely recommend it as a read, but beware that the writing style might put you off. I say go for it anyway.

I just finished watching Big Fish, a movie that I had heard enough about to grab it in a $1 pile despite knowing nearly nothing about its plot or style. It turned out to be very interesting, very touching, and probably not something I'll ever need to see again. The subject is the relationship between a father who is almost endlessly telling tall tales and his son who is estranged by this while growing up, and their eventual reconciliation when the father is on his deathbed. Three stars but no, "Go see this!"