Archive for November, 2011

Movie Review: Super 8

Wednesday, November 30th, 2011

1. Lens flare! Was J.J. Abrams involved in this movie? Why, yes, yes he was. 2. Nowhere *near* as scary as I thought it might be. Less scary than E.T. 3. Had a kind of wholesome, enjoyable feel to it. (Despite all the yelling and the running and the blowing up of their town and […]

“Spontaneous Musicals”

Tuesday, November 29th, 2011

My boss has been doing a lot of worrying lately about the end of the world. Which, hey, I get it. Sometimes it seems like half the news is bad and the other half is worse. But you know what? There’s a lot of awesome stuff happening too. See Exhibit A: Mall Santa Musical (the […]

maybe too much caffeine today…

Monday, November 28th, 2011

It’s Monday, but it’s my Thursday, sort of, since I worked Friday and the weekend. And I may have possibly stayed up v.late last night (::cough:: 2 am ::cough::) reading When The Lights Go On Again by seanchai and elspethdixon. So basically, I bribed myself to get up and go to work with the promise […]

I wish I was making as much money this weekend as I am spending.

Saturday, November 26th, 2011

In other news… Holy Caturday! It’s an adorable kitten! [pic courtesy of good stuff happened today]

What’s Thanksgiving without a parade?

Thursday, November 24th, 2011

I *knew* I had read an Avengers fic where they fought at the Macy’s Day Parade! (Thanks gyzym!) redy, fire, aim, by gyzym Thanksgiving Day, Doctor Doom (and really, Tony thinks, couldn’t he have named himself something more apt–Doctor Crazypants, maybe, or Doctor Jesus Fucking Christ Don’t You Ever Die) brings every float in the […]

I <3 hand turkeys

Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011

And so does Google, apparently! Check out the google doodle for Thanksgiving 2011. Click the wing for a slot-machine-like randomizer effect!

*LIKE*

Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011

“Be happy. Do things that make you happy within the confines of the legal system. Do things that make you feel good and proud. It can be almost anything. Name something. Yes, sure, try that. Contribute to the world. Help people. Help one person. Help someone cross the street today. Help someone with directions unless […]

unrelated

Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011

A cute picture from Good Stuff Happened Today! Unrelated question: Why are there not oodles of awesome fic featuring Bucky Barnes and Darcy Lewis? Are they not both the Mike of their teams? They would be awesome together!

mysteries of the universe (part 2)

Monday, November 21st, 2011

The Mystery of Mailing On November 14 (note: a Monday), a package was shipped to me. Estimated delivery: 1-3 days. I even got a handy link to track the Post Office’s progress on my box. Yay! Little did I know of the MYSTERIOUS MYSTERY lurking between Ohio (where my box started) and New Hampshire (where […]

mysteries of the universe (part 1)

Monday, November 21st, 2011

The Mystery Of Banking I had no idea there was anything to be mystified about with regards to banking until yesterday, when a perfectly innocent conversation with a coworker revealed that I may have been banking *wrong* all this time. See, I work at a store, and we go to the bank pretty much every […]