What beast was't then...

Loki kitty!!

2011-08-28T02:04:00Z

I have a new kitty. Her name is Loki. I have been trying to take pics but she won't stay still. She is a basement cat according to LOLCats. (she is black with a tuft of white under her chin)

*bouncebouncebounce*

Inception.....

2010-07-24T22:18:24Z

I have read quite a bit online about the movie (after seeing it of course!) but here are a few of my houghts after seeing it twice....

The first time I saw it I thought half way through the film I had it all figured out. It was all a dream. Then I got to the end and was....ah OK I was right, or was I? I couldn't remember Dom's totem ever falling before- upon second viewing it indeed fell twice when he tested it.

I believe it fell after the cut at the end as well.

What I did hold onto after both views was how did Dom and Saito wake up at the end? Did they shoot themselves? I thought it was implied when Saito picked up the gun but then it cut to them waking. But I thought you were not suppose to kill yourself in this dream? Everyone else woke up because of the kick right? Or because the timer ran out? (I can't remember for certain- The chart says time ran out ) But because they were in limbo did it make a difference?
Was it Dom's appearance that made Saito remember what he was suppose to do (make the call)? Then shoot? hmmmm.

Totems
The totem was a brilliant idea. But why would Dom use Mal's when each person is not suppose to touch another's? I wanted to know why the other characters chose what they did.

The actor in me wants to know if Nolan let the other actors choose their own? :)

Does each character put their own definition on the totem's parameters to denote it dream world or real world?
For Dom that it spins forever in dreams but then when it is spun in real life it falls...etc

When Mal put the totem into the safe in the dream world, was she saying she wanted to accept the dream world as real and never wanted to question that is wasn't real? I may have missed the explanation of this....

Colors
I love that each of the worlds has a different coloring to denote what level you are in. For me setting is usually enough but I always love when I see different color whether in grading of film or color of costume. Every color means something.

Music
I love film soundtracks. I have hundreds- but Hans Zimmer is a favorite. Once again his music fits perfectly. It accompanies the film and whatever the action or feelings are occurring on screen. I am not jarred by it. It flows. It is non obtrusive. As I listen now I can see images of the film in my brain-the turning corridor, the elevator descending etc. Another perfect example would be in Dark Knight and the screechy violin for the Joker. Many times a soundtrack will pull me out if it is bad. But this one is on repeat in my house. Love it.

Emotional resonance to characters
It was there but not so much for me. I don' t know if it was designed to be that kind of movie. Sure I had moments for Dom and Mal but for me this is a man who could not let go of his dead wife. Granted I feel he carried that guilt over with knowing he implanted an idea into her brain to get them out of their existence in the dream world. But there had to have been something else wrong with her (is how I see it).
I don't know what.
Mal is one character I would love more info on.

So nice to see Tom Hardy back in form with Eames. His dry wit and humor was perfect for Eames. He made a potentially throw away character come to life. Many people didn't like him in Star Trek: Nemesis but I REALLY did. Granted the script wasn't up to snuff, but that is where I fell for him. I have not see his latest flick of Bronson but I liked him in RocknRolla. Those lips. Gods. I could....well...;)

Leo he is slowly growing on me as an actor. I have never really cared for him. I have never really believed him as a character.- aside from Gilbert Grape. He always seemed out of place. He is one of the last actors I would ever think of casting in anything. He never seems to fit. But I did believe he and Mal were together. When he held her after she was shot by Ariadne that was my moment. Dom was finally letting go. The crocodile tears in his eyes were a big reason too. But I got it.

Marion- I just hated her character of Mal (hello means evil! ha!) but I am suppose to. When an actor does that they have accomplished their mission and have done a good job. I have liked her in other things as well. I still need to see La Vie En Rose.

Poor Ellen got to be exposition girl. She was us. Which was fine. But when I think about her character she really wasn't all that necessary. Another character could have done her bits. Granted she talked the boys into doing a few things and designed the dream, but...I was hoping for more. YAY for playing with the big boys however!! Go girl!

Humor
It was very strange, no one seemed to laugh much in the theater.
There were some funny bits. Eames putting down Arthur for his gun selection. Arthur kissing Ariadne etc. There were a some humorous spots. Not gut busting but giggle worthy. People felt afraid to laugh. I experience this a lot in theatre...it is Ok to laugh during a drama people! Feel free! you will not be burned at the stake.

Costuming. Lordy lord. If Leo and Joseph could just walk about in suits all the time it would be lovely. They were DAMN hot.

I still love the hallway fight as the room turns. I love trying to figure out how the hell they did it. Where the camera was positioned. I did this more the second time in viewing it.
Still mind blowing for me is the ability to be able to think about, execute it and have it look the way it does. AMAZING! I hope there is something really cool on the DVD when it comes out. I geek out over shit like that!

That is all I can think of at the moment..

A nice bit of info about the movie including a GREAT bit of info on the 5 levels for who is who and when and where etc.

snagged from a few on my flist!

2010-01-26T04:58:46Z

I. Music (BOLD THE ONES YOU LISTEN TO) - (i'm interpreting this as I have listened to their music quite a bit.

Acceptance. Coldplay. Dave Matthews Band. David Bowie. Foo Fighters. Hellogoodbye. The Killers. James Blunt. Teddy Geiger. Linkin Park. Muse. Ok Go. Panic! At The Disco. Peter Bjorn. The Postal Service. Timbaland. Jack Johnson. Norah Jones. The Fray. The Wreckers. Keith Urban. Michael Buble. Beyonce. Metallica. Massive Attack. Queen. Journey. The Cars. Supertramp. Tracy Chapman. Eurythmics. Sublime. The Red Hot Chili Peppers. Wu-tang Clan. Fergie. Sarah McLachlan. John Mayer. Jason Mraz. Justin Timberlake. Michael Jackson. Howie Day. Kenny Chesney. Carrie Underwood. Lynyrd Skynyrd. Neil Young. The Beatles. Brad Paisley. Tim McGraw. Keith Anderson. Taylor Swift. Blake Shelton. P. Diddy. Jay Z. Lil’ Wayne. Lil’ John. Three 6 Mafia. Nelly. Young Joc. T.I. Sean Paul. 50 Cent. Eiffel 65. Ace of Base. The Underdog Project. Dream Theater. Santana. Alicia Keys. Incubus. Victor Wooten. Ludacris. Gorillaz. Matchbox 20. Paramore. Taking Back Sunday. Eric Clapton. The Darkness. Weezer. The Eagles. Jimi Hendrix. Nirvana. Smashing Pumpkins. Tenacious D. Third Eye Blind. Metro Station. Motion City Soundtrack. The Rocket Summer. Something Corporate. Maroon 5. Billy Joel. Reel Big Fish. Anberlin. Mae. Jurassic 5. AC/DC. Hootie and the Blowfish. Electric Six. Outkast. R.E.M. The White Stripes.

II. Movies (BOLD THE ONES YOU’VE SEEN)

Pride and Prejudice. Glory Road. The Princess Bride. Goonies. Center Stage. Ocean’s Eleven. Seven. Newsies. 300. Robin Hood Men In Tights. Love Actually. Garden State. Donnie Darko. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. My Best Friend’s Wedding. Anchorman. Drop Dead Gorgeous. Wedding Crashers. Elf. Zoolander. Austin Powers. Clueless. Mean Girls. Hairspray. Moulin Rouge. Fight Club. Rocky. Pulp Fiction. What A Girl Wants. Kill Bill. Thank You For Smoking. Little Miss Sunshine. Requiem for a Dream. The Departed. Dawn of the Dead. Memento. Office Space. Snakes on a Plane. Boondock Saints. Say Anything. The Silence of the Lambs. Saving Private Ryan. Superbad. The Prestige. Just Friends. The Devil Wears Prada. Under the Tuscan Sun. Titanic. Steel Magnolias. Saw. Ace Ventura. She’s the Man. Because I Said So. Catch and Release. Music and Lyrics. Spanglish. Stick It. Step Up. The Fast and the Furious. Joyride. Halloween. The Italian Job. Crash. Must Love Dogs. The Last Kiss. Chicago. Harry Potter. Rush Hour. Breakfast at Tiffany’s. Clerks. Shooter. The Bourne Identity. Meet the Parents. Dirty Dancing. A Christmas Story. Rudy. National Treasure. Sleepless in Seattle. Miss Congeniality. The Science of Sleep. The Matrix. Everything is Illuminated. Good Will Hunting. Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure. Empire Records. Phantom of the Opera. Lord of the Rings.

Yes i saw every movie except Spanglish. Movie nerd riiiiiiight her.

III. TV (BOLD THE ONES YOU’VE WATCHED MORE THAN A COUPLE OF TIMES)

ER. Grey’s Anatomy. Saved by the Bell. Man vs. Wild. Scrubs. South Park. America’s Next Top Model. Gossip Girl. Sex and the City. Friends. Dawson’s Creek. The Big Bang Theory. Seinfeld. The Office. Lost. Miami Ink. Made. Arrested Development. That 70’s Show. Family Guy. The Simpsons. Veronica Mars. Project Runway. Bones. Iron Chef. Alias. Pushing Daisies. Gilmore Girls. The Colbert Report. The Daily Show. Mythbusters. Avatar: The Last Airbender. Will and Grace. 24. House. To Catch A Predator. Whistler. Heroes. Aqua Teen Hunger Force. Unsolved Mysteries. 7th Heaven. Everybody Loves Raymond. Boston Legal. Bleach. What I Like About You. Reba. King of Queens. Survivor. The O.C. American Idol. Days of Our Lives. How I Met Your Mother. Boy Meets World. CSI. Law and Order. Numbers. Reno 911. I Love New York. Step by Step. Little People Big World. What Not To Wear. My Wife and Kids. Moonlight. Nip/Tuck. The Biggest Loser. Beauty and the Geek. Battlestar Galactica. Stargate SG1. The Inferno. Scarred. Wild N Out. Real World. Whose Line is it Anyway? Trinity Blood. Dead Like Me. Dragon Ball Z. Futurama. Firefly. Ripley’s Believe it or Not. Medium. Star Trek. X-files. Cowboy BeBop. Sailor Moon. My Name is Earl. Six Feet Under. Dancing With The Stars. Degrassi. Greek. Glee. Secret Life of the American Teenager.

meme...snort

2009-03-02T17:23:48Z

Your result for The New Greek Goddess Archetype Test...

You are Aphrodite!

The Goddess of Love and Beauty

Aphrodite is passionate, creative, and an outgoing, friendly person. She always enjoys the moment, lives her life to fullest, and especially enjoys falling in love. She has a great level of energy and other people are attracted to her vibrance and confidence. She brings out the emotion and intenisty in others. She likes variety in her relationships and activties. However, she tends to be flaky and pays little attention to future consequences of her actions.

Take The New Greek Goddess Archetype Test at HelloQuizzy

I don't wanna work..

2008-10-13T21:24:25Z

swiped from sillyd

You Are a Hazelnut Latte

You often having the craving for something exotic. You get bored easily.

You are a true adventurer. Nothing makes you happier than traveling.

You're a very cosmopolitan and worldly person. You have sophisticated tastes.

You have a keen attention to detail. Little things matter to you - you are a bit of a perfectionist.

What Flavor Latte Are You?

Kevin McKidd....and and AND AND

2008-09-26T02:55:33Z

Kevin is now on Grey's. I was going to give it up because I HATE IZZY and the whole Derek/Meredith breakup breakon etc.
Now I can't because he is there in all his ginger glory.
I will just have to bring myself to watch it.

He can pull the blinds on me anytime.

sigh.

omg
Jeffrey Dean Morgan made an appearance.....omg!! *thud*

*iz ded*

Swiped from teh list....

2008-09-19T01:04:51Z

Stolen from teh flist...

When you see this, post another Buffy quote in your LJ. Let's see how long this can go on.

Spike: You're not friends. You'll never be friends. You'll be in love 'til it kills you both. You'll fight, and you'll shag, and you'll hate each other 'til it makes you quiver, but you'll never be friends. Real love isn't brains, children. It's blood. It's blood screaming inside you to work its will. I may be love's bitch, but at least I'm man enough to admit it.

So my favorite....:)

Happy Birthday!!!

2008-09-15T18:50:34Z

Have a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY lostexil

Rain rain go away..

2008-09-13T01:50:32Z

Sometimes I question my intelligence at choosing my career.

Sat in the rain for 3.5 hours this evening for soccer practices. It was fun. NOT! At least it was sultry???? AT least I had my umbrella. My ass still got wet.

Suppose to rain tomorrow late afternoon for our games too in St Louis. YAY. NO....

So drinking red wine, eating bread and watching hurricane Ike on the weather channel. (there is nothing on)

whine....er wine anyone??

Bored now.

2008-08-06T16:19:33Z

Strangest dreams of late. Woke while having a thunderstorm dream two nights ago at 3am and it was ALREADY thunderstorming- thunder and wind...knowing full well I left the Jeep outside sans top. So had to get up and put it in the garage. Which is fine, price I pay for not putting it in the garage after they called for scattered showers overnight. Just weird to wake up to it. Darn subconscious. Guess that means I won't have 6" of water in the bottom of the jeep. (which has happened on more than on occasion) This waking up happens when I am having a spider dream too. I wake up and feel a spider on me and it really is there...ick. Smash the bastard. ew.

People have been putting up their Comic Con pics and I am loving it. Great memories even with the long lines. I can't wait for Dragon Con. It looks waaaaaaaaay more laid back.

Work is creeping around the corner. bleck. I have stacks of athletes medical forms to go through. The were hiding them from me at work because they wouldn't fit in my mail box. frak. I always wondered why there were so few when I went in to pick them up every few days. bummer. Football starts on the 13th. Classes the 25th. I don' t wanna go back to work. I like being a lazy bum and doing theatre all summer.

Hooked my sister on the Twilight series. So she made me a deal -she would go buy the last one, read it and then ship it out to me. I said sure. Been so busy with Evita I probably couldn't enjoy it. She called this morning and was dropping it in the mail today! YAY! However I think I was just spoiled by someone's facebook away message. Bummer. I have been trying to be careful. I was even doing some research on Wiki for a play I want to do and came across information pertaining to the last book! Which hadn't been released, yet- I thought I was safe!!! So I quickly averted my eyes and now it has left me wondering how this play will fit in with the book.

Seeing lots of reviews and pictures for Hamlet at the RSC. I cannot wait to go. Still have to get my plane ticket but more concerned about trains out of London to Stratford. Have to make sure I give myself enough time to get across town to the station. Talk about expensive trains! Damn. But the result will be worth it.

Still obsessed with Dr Horrible.

Well.....crap

2008-05-13T18:45:35Z

So CBS didn't pick up Moonlight.

CRAP!

sillydand I will be sad together.

Weather woe

2008-04-10T03:28:21Z

Dear weather powers that be...

I am getting just a wee bit tired of sitting in the cold watching softball games and tennis matches and freezing my ample ass off.
Please make up your mind whether spring should SPRING forth or not.  Thanks.  Temps above 60* F are best.

Oh yea and the rain?? I know the baby grass needs it, B U T all this rain is consistently messing with my social life as games and matches are rescheduled.

Please get this straightened out soon.
I am tired of wearing hats and winter coats and gloves and many layers of clothing to work so I stay warm.  After all you have not blessed me with a warm male body to come home to yet. :(

m'kay?
Thanks.

No love,

q

Dom's photographs

2008-03-12T03:20:14Z

Because so many of my friends are into Dominic Monaghan: His Happy accidents....are here.... his pictures he is having a show!!!

GEEK!!! My inner fan girl is......

2008-02-29T00:35:34Z

I am so there...I have said it before but this is so worth it....I wanted to be in this movie...
;)

In case you missed the Superbowl Ads...

2008-02-04T03:55:32Z

Yes I missed them....rehearsal....here is the link for all of them on myspace...Super Bowl Ads...

My faves so far are the Wanted trailer (mmmm James...*licks* and the Fed Ex....*snicker*

The Bud Light ones.......leave a lot to be desired. They stink. imo.

JJ and a talk he gave last year.....explains a lot about his love of boxes....

2008-01-28T04:54:06Z

In between grading quizzes....

2008-01-24T20:17:09Z

Which Lost Character Are You?

Created by BuddyTV

Huh. You never knew I was bald did ya. I do like knives though.
;)

Happy Birthday!!!

2008-01-11T20:37:28Z

To one of my favorite Celts....

Happy Birthday to the fabulous bobbaaay!!

Is it time yet?

2008-01-05T19:04:21Z

Man, is it Vidalia onion season yet?
Gods, I love those things.

Looking for recipes

2008-01-02T19:37:54Z

Some people on my flist may be horrified at this question. Sorry, but carnivore here.

I am looking for recipes for pheasant. I have never made it before and was introduced to duck by my sister and brother in law at Christmas (it was delish!!) The same week, my brother gave me a bag with pheasant in it to try. I know I could cook it like chicken...but was looking for something new.

Any recommendations?

off to look at my cookbooks and foodtv.com

:)

Before I take off....James...Keira....

2007-12-24T17:58:48Z

a wee gift...sigh...swoon

Music post

2007-12-20T19:26:10Z

Cannons by Jeremy Enigk (ee-nik)
There is just something about his voice that I love. Not a "pretty" singer when he sings but I don't care.

Chaos by Mute Math

Matt Nathanson: Car Crash I can' t embed it so clicky to listen. It has been around for a while but the best song for the taking on youtube...the rest are live.
I catch a lot of flack for liking this guy, I guess too mainstream. But I never care. He has been around for quite a while and I appreciate the musician as much as the singer. Hence my love for John Mayer too. ;Pannons by Jeremy Enigk (ee-nik)
There is just something about his voice that I love. Not a "pretty" singer when he sings but I don't care.

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ooooooooooooh...LOST

2007-12-18T03:08:06Z

ETA: ahhh not a scorpion like I thought. Hydra. I have never seen it so close before...Thanks!

Finally....LOST exact date and time....

2007-12-15T01:52:59Z

This is news to me any way...

But but but...it goes up against my BOYS (Supermatural)

As first teased by the Ausiello Report, Lost has found a new home — Thursdays at 9 pm/ET, with the new season premiering Jan. 31. That pits the castaways against CSI (repeats), Lyrics, Celebrity Apprentice and Supernatural. Greg Berlanti's Eli Stone (starring Jonny Lee Miller and Victor Garber) debuts that same night, following Lost.

WELL! What IS a girl to do???

These aren't the droids you're looking for...

2007-12-12T04:17:01Z

ahhhh yes....I am spamming the everlovin shite out of my flist today. Hey, I only had to work for 2 hours today...Besides since many of my list have seen these before...myself included- thanks to

sillyd and our fabulous LOST WEEKEND 07.

I really like the way the guy writes. Besides how many references can you pick out to Eps I-III?

DAMN I can't find me hugging R2D2! sigh.

What beast was't then...

Loki kitty!!

Inception.....

snagged from a few on my flist!

meme...*snort*

You are Aphrodite!

I don't wanna work..

Kevin McKidd....and and AND AND

Swiped from teh list....

Happy Birthday!!!

Rain rain go away..

Bored now.

Well.....crap

Weather woe

Dom's photographs

GEEK!!! My inner fan girl is......

In case you missed the Superbowl Ads...

JJ and a talk he gave last year.....explains a lot about his love of boxes....

In between grading quizzes....

Happy Birthday!!!

Is it time yet?

Looking for recipes

Before I take off....James...Keira....

Music post

ooooooooooooh...LOST

Finally....LOST exact date and time....

These aren't the droids you're looking for...

meme...snort