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Horoscope of Irony: Today will present the opportunity to laugh loud and often. Seize it. Wow! That was so true! Particularly if, by "laugh loud," you mean "sleep feverishly"! And how!

I'm getting better, though. Still, it took me three days to finish this post, and it's still not much more than a random collection of thoughts.

Song I am currently stuck on: "The Killing Moon," Echo and the Bunnymen. It's a lot less creepy and more listenable than I remember it being.

Question: I have a new plotbunny I'm chasing around my head--basically, I muse on it at night just before I fall asleep, and sometimes in the shower--and while it must remain sekrit for now, I'm wrestling with a name for a character. There are, as you may know, some very specific nicknames for many Hispanic names. Like "Charo" for Rosario (like, a major piece of the universe slipped into place for me today when I read that). Is there one for Mercedes? I could just about swear I've seen one before, and I'm not just talking about, "Oh, you could call her 'Mercy' for short." I'm talking about a specific, traditional nickname. Anyone know?

( Ten Things I've Done Others Might Not Have )

New Harry Potter pics! Fleur! Krum! Cedric!

edda quoted something interesting this morning--"I'm afraid to scare off my demons, lest my angels take flight as well." I don't know who said it, either, but it made me think of Hunter S. Thompson.

Ladies and gentlemen, I bring you: Gizoogle. I ran one of my "uhhhhhh, sick" entries through it, to the hilarity of all. (Warning: it randomizes each time, so you may not get "Current Mood: S-to-tha-ICK" the way I did). Also, it translated y'all's comments ("F-R-to-tha-izzom: edda Date: February 21st, 2005 - 08:27 am Re tizzle icon: oh, yes. Knizzow exactly wizzle you mizzle." Edda? You wizzled my what?).

Note about performing "Phantom of the Opera in Fifteen Minutes" or any other 15M: ( Read more... )

And with that, I am off to forage for dinner and do my class reading, leaving tomorrow completely open for hot, nasty, all-LOTR parody action.

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Oh, I forgot to tell y'all what Vladimir sent me--it was supposed to be for Valentine's: Stanley Donen's autograph (from which film festival, I forget), and a signed copy of Captain Corelli's Mandolin, which I greatly look forward to reading now. (Fortunately I haven't seen the movie, which I hear was pretty underwhelming.)

Here's the thing: It didn't arrive on Valentine's Day. But it did arrive exactly three years to the day I received Vladimir's first email, written to the webmistress of a movie news site he liked. Awww.

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What's funnier than "Phantom of the Opera in Fifteen Minutes"? I mean, besides a lot of things?

"As promised: Phantom of tha Opera in Fifteen Minutes . Drop it like its hot. I'm stizzill sippin' up tha hatin' but W-to-tha-izze'll hizzle a final count soon n shit. I'm already sippin' late wit tha bizzle manuscript, but this was a very quick write--it practically parodies itself, n it was fizzy n a good palate motherfucka. Oh, n since it always comes up: I neva hizzle a problem wit anyone leav'n comments fo' real. In fact, if you'd like, you can leave tizzle in tha comments fo` me ta see . Ill slap tha taste out yo mouf."