Archive for April, 2013
Tuesday, April 30th, 2013
Since my mind is on viewing this week, I thought I’d put up a reminder that yes, Whose Line Is It Anyway is apparently returning. Tuesday, July 16th is the day, according to the all-powerful google. Wayne Brady, Ryan Stiles, and Colin Mochrie will all be returning. (Woohoo!)
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Monday, April 29th, 2013
At my workplace today, we compared the benefits of toy Iron Man repulsors (they light up!) versus toy rings (lighting up *would* be a crucial element, we agreed). It’s possible I will be completely useless for anything except discussing Marvel movies by the time Thursday comes. But today — OTTERDAY!
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Sunday, April 28th, 2013
Me: “Hey, are you going to the [work dinner] on Thursday?” Coworker 1: “I’m not sure, I may have a thing.” Me: “I swapped my schedule around so I could go, but then I realized Iron Man 3 isn’t going to be at midnight.” Coworker 2: “What!” Me: “I know! They’re going to show it […]
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Saturday, April 27th, 2013
Officially and completely crossing over the Harold & Al ‘verse with everything else! Title: Break the Rules Author: marcicat Rating: PG Word Count: 3300 Fandom: The Amazing Spiderman, Avengers, Harold & Al ‘verse Series: Singing in the Light, Laughing in the Dark Summary: Flash spends April break at Nikki and Calle’s house to escape his […]
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Friday, April 26th, 2013
*Four months ago, it was still 2012, and Christmas was just finishing. *Three months ago, I had my 31st birthday. *Two months ago, we were right in between winter storm Q and winter storm Rocky. *One month ago, I was just starting my month-o-recovery from horrible food poisoning symptoms. *And… one month from today will […]
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Thursday, April 25th, 2013
And then there’s some days when I just say ‘to heck with this’ and read Harry Potter fanfic all evening. Then Comes a Mist and a Weeping Rain, by Faith Wood (faithwood) It always rains for Draco Malfoy. Metaphorically. And literally. Ever since he had accidentally Conjured a cloud. A cloud that’s ever so cross. […]
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Wednesday, April 24th, 2013
You know when you make an appointment, and it’s way out in the future, and you are absolutely, 100% certain that you know the date and time of said appointment? And yet somehow, as the date inches ever closer, somehow it becomes fuzzy, and murky, and basically what I’m saying is that I’m MOSTLY sure […]
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Monday, April 22nd, 2013
Even a single otter can make a difference! Way to go, otter!
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Saturday, April 20th, 2013
Overall thoughts: Two hours and fifty minutes is a *lot* longer than my attention span. I did not watch this movie. My dad did, though. He said it was long. And bloody. (And apparently he could not tell the dwarves apart, but didn’t mind because he doesn’t watch for the characters. I’m not sure what […]
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Saturday, April 20th, 2013
For April’s book o’ the month, I read ‘Must Have Been Something I Ate,” by Peggy Kotsopoulos. On a purely tactile level, I liked this one! The pages are all glossy and thick — very enjoyable to read. Other than that, I had some trouble getting into it, so I actually started from the back […]
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