Author: etoiline

For those of you obsessed with Lost

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From Swaymyway.com:



this is the coolest thing ever (if you are a Lost nerd, if you aren’t it’s dull as a monkeys arse)

Head on over to Oceanic-Air.com Then at the bottom of the site where it says ‘Travellers’, type in the numbers 4, 8, 15, 16, 23 and 42. Click on ‘Find’ which will take you to the flights seating chart. Next, click on the numbers again in order right below the chart and…well…wait and see!

I really need to find the episodes of Lost and Alias that my parents taped for me this past season. I know a big twist from the Alias finale and who dies in Lost, but I’m mostly unspoiled. Of course, I still haven’t watched any of the Smallville or Jack&Bobby eps that I have taped or the various CSIs either…should really do that.

it was the cookies

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I think I can be happy for a while. I have a roommate for the next year! I can stay in this nice apartment! Well, once she signs the lease and all and actually moves in, anyway. And hopefully she’ll want to stick around for a while. I guess by this time next year I’ll know where I’ll be in the fall…scary to think about the future sometimes.
Anyway, the previous girl who came by the apartment really seemed to like it and the area, but there were no cookies because she came in the middle of the day. This girl came by after work last friday and I was able to make cookies (a little flat, but cookies nonetheless) and she stayed and chatted for an hour and called me back the next day before I headed out to the renaissance festival with Kate and said she wanted the apartment. Yay! Since the only differences between the two visits were time of day and cookie availability, I must conclude that it was the cookies. Even though they weren’t warm by the time she got here because she was a little lost. Ok, my logic sucks, but you get the picture.

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Do. Or Do Not. There Is No Try.

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So how about that $50-million first day Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith posted? I admit I did help that out in my small way. I took off a little early from work hoping that there would still be some space at the theater near my house, and lo and behold, there was. So I waited in line behind this nice couple and their two kids and read my Narnia books for an hour. Well, half-hour, really, since they let us in with 30 minutes to go. And apparently the theater got all fancy and had moving ads on the screen while we waited as opposed to your standard slides, which was cool. It was funny, took a little while to realize what was different.
And they started the trailers early. Which is good, I guess, and I know I’ve complained about 20 minutes of trailers before, but still, I now have to break the habit of feeling safe when I’m just a few minutes late because the trailers no longer start at the movie time, the movie starts at the movie time. Imagine that. Hey, what can I say, I like trailers. Especially the Narnia teaser trailer. It was great to see it on the computer, but it’s even better in a theater with surround sound and a huge screen. Sigh: to have a home theater.
So yeah. The movie. It was good, I liked it, and if asked by someone I would probably see it again. The StL Post gave it two out of four stars, while I would probably give it 2 1/2 stars. The special effects redeem the (still) pretty poor acting, and the story has some flaws. I guess what bothered me the most is they just didn’t quite make it believeable that Anakin would surrender so easily to the Dark Side. It happened too quickly. And while he had a valid reason, it wouldn’t be what pushed me over the edge, I guess. Whatever. It was a good way to end the series, and I’m sure it’s going to last all summer long. Bully for George Lucas.

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Roommate wanted…again

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So, it’s that time of year again. I figured I might make it a little easier on those people out there who, like me, don’t want to pay some service to find a roommate but instead are smart and realize that Calenhiril, Etoiline, and I are the same person and are in fact looking for a roommate in St. Louis and can search for that. Sigh. Another roommate search. Two roommates in two years, boo. Not that I don’t love my roomie or my former roomie. They are good people and friends. yay! Let’s see if I can manage three in a row. I know as I get older it will be harder and harder to find a roommate, but it makes so much more sense. It’s cheaper by a long shot. Until I can get a house, I guess. Seems weird to be even thinking about that.
Course, it’s still faaaaar in the future as I still don’t know what I’ll be doing with my life. Wouldn’t it be nice to study medicine in England? I could go to King’s College 😉 (For those of you who don’t know why that makes me happy, it’s the college I decided my King Arthur reborn character should go to for my NaNoWriMo story. It’s a kick. I want a british accent.)
So, there’s a midnight premiere for Star Wars Episode III tonight (why is it starting on a Thursday? Weird.) at the Esquire…dunno if there are still tickets but perhaps I can find someone to go with me. If not I’m sure I’ll see it some other time. Technically I could go to the theater and see Kingdom of Heaven again before the midnight show 😉 But I don’t think I will. I really don’t like going to the movies alone. Perhaps my new roommie will like fantasy/scifi like I do. I need more friends.

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a sigh of relief

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And finally, Orgo is over. I know I did ok in my lab class, though I wish I could get my last paper back. I guess I could email the prof about it…it’d be interesting to see if I actually made any coherent thoughts during that crazy writing. I don’t know about the grade in the lecture. I know that I was farther down the scale than I thought I was, and while I know I didn’t perform spectacularly on the final, there were at least things that I did know…hopefully more than things I didn’t. But at least I can breathe again. No more classes at night, no more labs saturday mornings, at least for a little while. I suppose I might take some classes later, but nothing now.
Although now I get to start studying for the MCATs…and find a new job. Luigi’s saying that someone else in the department might be interested in me, but that I’ve got to spend less time on the computer. Makes me sad. Seems to be a trend. Wish I knew how to be better dedicated to things other than those that make me happiest. If you find out, tell me how.
I really want a boyfriend right about now. Someone to hold me and tell me that it will be alright. Sure, either of my parents would do that and they are both wonderful loving people, but…just not the same. I’m just a little lonely, I guess. And worried. Stressed. Unsure. Slightly less so now that orgo is over, but still…damnit here I go quoting John Mayer, again:

I’m so tired of being alone, so hurry up and get here

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Kingdom come

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There, you are not what you were born, but what you have it in yourself to be…
Godfrey of Ibelin

Sorry about the trite title. The quote above was supposed to make it into the layout, maybe even as the title, but I forgot, amazingly enough. Well, it’s immortalized here, now. Beware, spoilers ahead! Quick review: Go see it. Orlando-ness **** movie ***
Alrighty then. Just saw Kingdom of Heaven a little while ago. Unfortunately though the sound was good the theater I went to was pretty small (and had the flimsiest tickets I’ve ever seen) so I didn’t get quite as much Orli as I wanted 😉
I thought it was a good movie overall. Much better as a whole than, say, Troy. I guess I wasn’t quite satisfied with the ending, not sure why exactly. I guess I’m not one for surrender, though Balian did the best he could and saved the people by his ‘right actions.’
Balian really did look tired at the beginning. You could see the shadows under his eyes, the ache in his heart even when he wasn’t saying anything.
Sometimes it was hard to understand the dialogue, esp. with either Baldwin (because of the mask) or the muslims, because of the accent. I’m looking forward to the dvd when I can have captions on. Some of this could have been avoided, but that’s a little nitpicky.
Poor Liam Neeson wasn’t in it very long, was he? Alas. And David Thewlis…I like him, and the way he went off to fight, knowing it could be his death…
I was pleasantly surprised by Edward Norton’s performance. Normally I don’t like him, and I was worried after hearing him speak in the trailers that he wouldn’t be convincing as a king. But he handled it well. And the image of him revealed…powerful.
I was sad that there wasn’t more of a love scene, not so much because I wanted to see more of Orli…don’t get me wrong, I *did* want to see more 😉 but that it just seemed so abrupt. There wasn’t any flow. Also, did I blink-and-miss Sibylla’s son? And what about the orchestra-conducting bit Orli did in the ‘modern’ trailer?
what was *with* Brendan Gleeson’s dye job?
I’ll agree that the editing at the beginning did seem a little choppy. I guess they figured backstory isn’t as interesting as gore and the endgame. Everyone says there will be an extended edition or at least a directors cut so hopefully some of this will be addressed there.
I don’t know if it will win any awards. The music is superb, though in some parts overly loud and bombastic. Then again, war is loud and bombastic, so I guess that’s ok. *I* think Orli did well with his part, acting with sufficient gravitas to inhabit the role, but there were definitely parts of dialogue to which he didn’t do justice, and a few anachronistic replies that really didn’t belong. The other actors played their parts with aplomb. Eva Green is sometimes a little too wide-eyed for my taste. But I can see why guys love her.
I was really hoping for some sort of ceremony when Balian gets his Knight of Jerusalem kit (you know, the blue tunic of the King vs the burgundy/gold of Ibelin) before the seige. But it’s just one day he’s in the Ibelin colors and the next in the blue. Perhaps that will show up in the dvd.
Random thought: he certainly learned to fight like a knight rather quickly, eh? With one lesson he goes from peasant to ‘high guard’…
I want to see it again, absorb the things I missed the first time, see it on a bigger screen…maybe that’s what I’ll do after o rgo is over. Of course by then it will probably fall to a smaller screen anyway, but whatever. Definitely a movie I want to see multiple times on a big screen.
There’s probably things I forgot, but it is after 2 am, and I should get to bed so I can get up and study like a madman tomorrow. Er. later today. And Sunday. And monday, tuesday, and wednesday, when I will finally be taking a day off, though it won’t be much of one, since I will undoubtedly need to it study. Wish me luck. Just make it to Weds, I think…then I can see KoH again 😉

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Classmates – Cartoon

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There were two men stranded on an island, along with a lion. One man was a reader, and the other was a writer. Which one did the lion eat?

The reader, because readers digest and writers cramp.

I know, I know, it’s been ages since I posted here. Haven’t found a good joke in a while. I’ll cop to the standard excuse…I’ve been too busy. And it’s true, really…what with work and orgo and my bike getting stolen…life is never easy, eh?

Excited; and Do You Like?

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balian of ibelinWell, today’s the day. Kingdom of Heaven comes out. Due to scheduling conflicts I won’t be able to see it until rather late (you know I would be out of here in a flash to see it right now, if I could), but at least I’m seeing it, and seeing it with other people, which is a big bonus. And it’s going to be at a cool theater (as long as it’s not sold out, which would be my luck) that I’ve never been to. So, yay.
And, how do you like the new layout? It didn’t take me very long, more because of lack of time to do it than it was easy. Luckily I’ve got most of the kinks out of updating MT so that part goes relatively smoothly. Don’t forget to check out the archives, which also has a neat new layout, if I do say so myself.
In case you’re curious: reviews of KOH from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the Riverfront Times. It got three out of four stars from the PD. Yay! I have a feeling this will either be a movie that critics hate but the general public loves, or everybody hates/loves it. Kind of like National Treasure. Critics thought it was horribly formulaic but I enjoyed it thoroughly. Hopefully this will be the same way. I have high hopes.
[edit: for those of you who came by and saw absolutely nothing aside from pretty pictures on this blog, it was purely an error on my part, but somehow a) two of the same entry were posted and b) there was an incorrect tag in at least one of the entries so it crucked up all the actual blog content. Fixed now. Yay. And at least one person likes the layout…you should have your say too. /edit]

the kingdom is coming

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So tomorrow Kingdom of Heaven comes out. Looks like it will be a small group of us, I asked quite a few people but it looks like only boys are all that interested 😉 lol. Ross is coming, and Tony said yes. Perhaps he’ll bring Cat along and I won’t feel quite as silly with the big grin that I have whenever I see Orli. I can’t seem to control it. At least I’m not a screaming fangirl.
And hopefully tomorrow (or later tonight, if I can get it uploaded) there will be a new layout in tribute to aforesaid movie. It’s all Orli, so I’m sorry to those of you who don’t like him. I do, and really, that’s all that matters 😉 I figure I visit my own website more than any of you do, so it ought to be something I like, eh? And given the response to my laste entry about my late lamented *stolen* bike, which was nearly nil (thanks, adam) obviously there’s not going to be too many people to complain. Hope you can appreciate the design that went into it, anyway.
Until tomorrow, then.
ETA: Leo loves me. And she reminded me that I was going to mention Feliz Cinco de Mayo! Have a margarita. I guess I could make one, I think I have some tequila at home…that sounds so odd. Me talking about alcohol. I haven’t had a drink in some time. It’s about time, then! ¡arriba!

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Irony magnet

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I cannot fucking believe it. Someone stole my bike. Yes, that bike, the bike that was eaten by squirrels and at least six years old, was stolen off the back porch last night. Now, I did everything right. The bike lock I had was from the WashU police, so the bike was registered with them. It was locked up. Admittedly, due to the height of the deck railing it was only locked through the frame and not the frame and the wheel, but still, it was locked, unlike the bike next door, which was not locked at all, and not taken (probably because when I knocked on the door to tell them that my bike had been stolen he told me that his chain was broken. still, I should think it would be rather easier to replace a broken chain at any store than it would be to get a bike lock cut off…). I did call the police, so a nice police officer came by to take a look at the damage (yes, they pried the railing off and broke it to take the bike) and get the info. And the WU police will look into it, since it is registered with them. Nice of them, since I don’t actually go to school there any more.
Guess I won’t get the bike repaired, then. I just hope it causes the theif much pain when he (or she, I suppose it could be a she, but I doubt it) realizes he can’t shift past the 4th gear or whatever it is. Why on earth would you want a ratty old squirrel-eaten bike that doesn’t shift properly?

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