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MINAS TIRITH, M-E… Reactions on the recent Academy nominations…
excerpt: …Upon reading the list of nominations, Baggins commented with an ironic chuckle, “They’ve left out one of the chief characters: the cast. I want to hear more about them.” Waxing solemn and soulful, he added, “The movie wouldn’t have got far without the cast.”
…Legolas Greenleaf, of the Mirkwood realm, commented somewhat cryptically on the Academy’s choices, “A red sun rises. Lame decisions have been made this night.” When asked to clarify his opinion, he told reporters that he had not the heart, for the grief was still too near, and retired for a walk in the forest.
…But overall the mood was one of mild disgust. As Lord Aragorn put it to reporters, “The day may come when the Academy is able to find their ass with a flashlight. But this is not that day.”
You have just won one million dollars:
1. Who do you call first? My parents.
2. What is the first thing you buy for yourself? Either a really good book (hell, a library), the best Powerbook out there, or a car. Yeah, I realize there’s a slight monetary discrepancy there, but who cares?
3. What is the first thing you buy for someone else? A greenhouse for my mother.
4. Do you give any away? If yes, to whom? Lots to parents. Possibly some charity, if one pulls my heartstrings enough.
5. Do you invest any? If so, how? God I hope I would be smart enough to invest. However I know absolutely zilch about investing so I’d have to brush up on my financial skillz…
wouldn’t it be so nice to win? Leo and I were talking about what we’d do with a thousand dollars. It would be gone in an instant for me. Books, cds, a portable dvd player and a playstation with several games…oh yes, there it goes.
Indulging my creative side
StandardI bet you’re just jumping to know what I’ve been doing in my spare time lately. Well, you can sit down now. Visit the aspire LJ gallery and view my attempts at iconage. You can also head to the manipulation gallery and see my new Elijah wp…because it’s Lij’s bday! Whee!
A preview:
Please comment and let me know what you think. Thanks!
Disillusioned
StandardYou might have noticed by now that I love snow. What I don’t love, however, is trying to get around in snow. And it makes me sad…because I remember the uninhibited joy of snow days when I was younger and didn’t think anything of cajoling my parents to take me to the nearest hill. But now I know the loveliness of trying to drive when your windshield wipers don’t quite wipe the entire windshield, when your tires slip on roads that still haven’t been cleared three days after the fact, when you spend ten minutes scraping the ice off the windows smelling car exhaust and being consistently 15 minutes short of the time you’d like to be at work. Now, I’ll put up with this because I do really adore snow. I love to go sledding, and I’m waiting for another American Beauty snow…
Oh, and happy 23rd birthday to Elijah Wood.
And for all you Atkins diet (weird) people (just kidding!) here’s a funny for you from Dork Tower.
Also, did you know you can get dating advice from RotK?
And did you know? After the Oscar nominations were announced yesterday The Lord of the Rings trilogy became the most nominated film series in Academy Award history with 30 nominations, surpassing both the Godfather trilogy (28 noms) and the Star Wars franchise (21). (from theonering.net)
Extreme quizzing before home.
Dark magician. You love the dark because of it’s
beauty and just the life that no-one else sees.
Mysterious, calm, quiet… But that doesn’t
mean you’re not friendly!
Please rate ^^
What kind of dark person are you?
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Tree Fairy thats what you are
Which Fairy are you?(for anyone many out comes)
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Morpheus
?? Which Of The Greek Gods Are You ??
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Anywhere
What Evanescence song are you?
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A is for Average!
You sometimes go out on dates, you like most
people! Normal, outgoing, kinda shy, nice and
good and bad at somethings in life. Like me i
guess. You’ll find the perfect one, Believe…
or something!
The ULTIMATE Love Quiz!
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You belong in the Disney movie, Pirates of the
Caribbean. Your life is a constant drama with
many twists and turns. But in the end there
will be a true romance.
Which movie do you belong in? clh
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What rating is your journal?
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Ahh, you are ”I should have told you every day
from the moment I met you…I love you.” You
are perhaps a little rough around the edges,
but inside you have a big heart that you are
eager to share with everyone around you. You
believe in Love above all things in this world.
So YEAY for you!
What Random Pirates of the Caribbean Phrase are You?
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Finally, the Academy gets the idea
StandardTheOneRing.net has a list of the 11 nominations that Lord of the Rings: Return of the King garnered this year. Thankfully, Best Picture and Director are among them, and thank God the Academy got its head out of its collective behind and let RotK’s score be nominated. Yeah sure it sounds like the other two, for continuity’s sake…but it has wonderful original moments. But…no cinematography? Eh. It’ll be interesting to see which of my two favorite movies of the year (RotK and Pirates) win in the categories they’re going head to head in. And yay Johnny Depp! A nomination for best actor! Whee! This should be an interesting night.
The Mac turns 20
StandardOn January 24, 2004 the Macintosh celebrated its 20th birthday. Unveiled two decades ago, “the computer for the rest of us” was the first consumer-level computer to include a graphical user interface and a mouse. The original all-in-one model had a peppy 8MHz processor, 128K of memory, 3.5″ floppy drive that used 400K disks and an integrated black-and-white display. It sold for $2,495, which was rather pricey back in 1984. More legendary than the product itself is the advertisement that introduced it to the world.
Ridley Scott’s Orwellian ad, in which a young women rises up against autocracy and conformity, stunned many viewers of that year’s Super Bowl “1984” went on to win numerous awards and is still regarded as one of the most powerful advertisements ever made. Apple has posted an updated version of the commercial that gives the young woman something to listen to as she rails against big brother. You can view it at http://www.apple.com/hardware/ads/1984/. (from Mac Hot Tips email)
Funny how I’m older than Macs. I love Apple!
Happy Birthday Corey!
StandardMy cousin’s finally the same age as me again 
She spent the day driving to New York and sightseeing. Lucky for her with the sightseeing…not so fond of the driving part.
It SNOWED! And I got to SLED! Whee! Jen is happy. I’ll probably be more sore tomorrow what with having to walk back up Art Hill after sledding all the way to the bottom, but it’s worth it. And the new sled I got, while it did split up the middle on the bottom, worked wonderfully. Nothing a little duct tape can’t fix! It was a pretty even snow, not so much accumulation, but icy. It took quite a while just to get the ice scraped off the car…hopefully it won’t refreeze so I don’t have to spend more time scraping the car tomorrow morning! Maybe I’ll get into work on time. Last friday I somehow managed to turn off my first alarm but sleep through my emergency second alarm. So I woke up about ten minutes before I’m theoretically supposed to be at work, even though I never get into work until 15 after anyway. Darn walk from the parking lot gets me every time.
Anyway, after sledding Alex, Leo and I saw the Butterfly Effect. Interesting movie. While there were some horrifying moments I’m not disappointed I saw it. Ashton Kutcher is sort of a cutie, especially when he’s clean-shaven…It’s a good concept, and I think it was well done. It’s just not quite up there. Eh. I guess my standard is pretty high now, what with the LotR movies…shoot, they even influence how long I feel a movie is. Anything under three hours is a short movie now, haha. But yeah, about TBE…I’d recommend it, I guess, it’s pretty suspenseful. It’s not a movie you could see again very readily though. Part of what made it good was that you really didn’t know what would happen. So here’s my ambivalent-with-a-nudge-to-go-see-it vote.
And speaking of LotR…watched the end of the golden globes tonight so I got to see RotK win Best Original Song, Director and Motion Picture Drama (!!!Whee!!!) RotK also won best Original Score which means they won all the awards they were nominated for. Go RotK! At least the Hollywood Foreign Press got it right. Let’s hope the Academy are taking the hint.
I like snow.
Do you remember this?
StandardBack in this post I told you how entering the words “miserable failure” (with quotes) and hitting the “I’m feeling lucky” button at google.com would take you to GWB’s bio at whitehouse.gov. Unfortunately that doesn’t quite work anymore, but the BBC reported on it and you can see why. But funny as hell when it worked.