lo, there came a fiery chariot

[phineasjones]

ahhhh. morning. bordering on afternoon now, but i still like it.

came to many conclusions after yesterday's activities:
- starbuckle rocks my world. yes, folks, she edited out the commercials.
- mtv thinks that its viewers are complete fucking idiots... may not be far off
- jack black is repulsively humorous
- elijah and orlando are pretty
- josh hartnett is a big, dumb jock
- i must be old... bc of my reaction to mtv awards... especially what passed for musical entertainment. i enjoyed kelly - the way i would enjoy a good friend of mine singing karaoke. white stripe or whatever were cute but talentless. and i have nothing to say at this point about eminem. talent, music. maybe... outside a small portion of the populace, these things don't matter.
- judy should live in my house and read slash. she's so curious... i've almost got her...
- marriage is stupid.
- my dad knows everything.

today is all about projects...
- icons! i have been in a creative slump on this... scottxwl needs 'em and i definitely need new ones.
- prepare and mail a little something for starbuckle
- find my laptop and get to those deleted scenes on the hp dvd. (thanks, scottxwl)
- do some unpacking in the still disastrous study
- take judy to the chiropractor. yup. again.

um, starbuckle? i think you should tell scottxwl about the wonders of reading hp. is stubborn like you, i think, though for different reasons. maybe you can lure him in. *g*

Comments

Re: My Harry Potter stance

[starbuckle.livejournal.com]

interesting and well-spoken, though, of course, i disagree. :) not about the movie-first-book-second-can't-ruin-the-book theory, that holds water, but i'll always like books better than movies.

i will add that i read differently if i've seen the movie first, and occasionally i find myself doubting the author and saying "that's not how that happened!" which is pretty funny considering the order of creation. personally i think it would be tragic for one to have seen LOTR before reading it. tolkien's vision, while wonderfully adapted by PJ, could never really, truly, completely fit in a film, plus there is something wonderful about being able to see things for yourself before seeing what someone else saw in the same piece of literature. ach, just my tuppence.

phin, why didn't you tell me scott had such an airtight alibi? i've crusaded for nothing! :)

Re: My Harry Potter stance

[scottxwl.livejournal.com]

Yes, the one big drawback to my plan is that when you read a book for which you have seen the film, you see that book through the filmmakers' eyes. However, this is something I have found easy to put up with because of the Great Experience of seeing a film. Speaking of which, gonna see Mulholland Drive tonight for my much anticipated second time. I highly recommend this movie to anyone who hasn't seen it, especially if you are interested in independent, creative movies.