I want to die. But just a little

[cleolinda]

Work was okay yesterday--I didn't get much done while Sister Girl was home, because she's still on her scary movie kick, and I just have a really hard time concentrating when it's not totally quiet. On the upside, 1) what I wrote wasn't much, but it was a tricky bit of collation from several different versions, so it was worthwhile and 2) we watched The Omen and Carrie. Last week we watched Firestarter (we spent the afternoon clutching our heads and shrieking, "YOU'RE BLIIIIIND!"), The Dead Zone (we need to find a movie where Christopher Walken and William Fichtner can play father and son, stat), Pulse (stylish but kind of meh), and Stay Alive (the only thing worse than watching other people play video games: watching a movie about people watching other people play video games. Bonus points for the Elizabeth Bathory element, though). I'm ashamed to say I had actually never seen any of those movies, despite liking both the Stephen King books in question. Now, The Omen, I really do love, but Carrie, that's another one I hadn't seen. (What can I say--my film education has a lot of weird gaps.) I was really surprised by how arty the blowout at the end was with the split-screen action, but it was very effective. And only Brian De Palma would put the full-frontal nudity right at the front of the movie. There was a part we were a little confused about, though--there's the John Travolta character, and there's the Bitchy Blonde character, and she's, uh... down below the frame and... she's moaning his name? What? "That's how you know you're doing it wrong," said Sister Girl.

(Sister Girl on Amy Irving and William Katt: "There's just too much curl in that relationship.")

Today I got even less done and I was completely alone, for which I have no excuse except that I wanted to do nothing and curl up and lie very, very still (owwwww), but I did get a good chunk of chapter eleven done (yesterday was in chapter seven). A day in which anything gets done is a good day for me, really.

projectdownload addendum: several people have pointed out that MegaUpload will only count downloads from certain countries. Fortunately, the list is fairly long. As for contacting media or government officials in Oregon, Erin's decision is that she would rather not rock the boat:

Right now, Medicaid reform in Oregon is a very volatile issue. I've spoken at several symposiums about my condition and about the road I've traveled to get basic health care, let alone access to specialists. Members of state legislature were at each symposium I've spoken at.

Contacting the media in an attempt to rally more troops to my cause is something I fear will have more negative retribution than positive. I currently receive financial assistance from two major medical groups (OHSU and Providence) and I'm afraid of going on the news and having whatever I say be colored in a negative light to any organization I'm involved with currently. Simply put, I'm afraid if I contact the media, I'll suddenly lose the help I am getting and there's no way I can allow that to happen. It's taken me years to get to a place where I even have an appointment with a surgeon who can help me and if I lose that, I really won't know where to turn.

I know a lot of y'all were really eager to help, and that you might feel disappointed that she doesn't want to try this avenue. My take on this is that it's like gambling: she can take the help she's already managed to get and leave the table, or she can press her luck and play with dice that may or may not be loaded against her. I can't find fault with that logic.

Now, if MegaUpload punks out, I say that's when we call in the cavalry.

Linkspam!

Lemony Snicket promotion site The Happy Endings Foundation snookers a number of media outlets. But was the faux-censorship so realistic that it bordered on poor taste?

‘Dexter’ campaign gets away with murder.

Noodly appendage finds home in Baltimore.

Movie Gallery Shares Plummet on Report of Impending Bankruptcy. As someone who used to work there: I can't say I'm surprised. I don't have any specific reason to say so--more like it's karma, I guess. That's for mandating that employees can never sit down, bitches!

Charlize Theron: Sexiest woman alive?

Kevin Smith raves about ''Lost.''

Official Denials: Warner Bros. Reassures Hollywood It Still Loves The Ladies; Is Hollywood no longer in the leading-lady business?

The New I Am Legend Poster.

Two 'Golden Compass' Posters, Two Marketing Strategies. "Second poster's message: 'Hey, check it out! This shit's got crazy big armored bears tearing the shit out of each other! Oh, and it's called The Golden Compass.' It goes without saying, the second is infinitely better."

More exclusives from Cinematical: 'Persepolis' poster; 'Things We Lost in the Fire' Photos.

MTV Exclusive Clip: ‘Elizabeth: The Golden Age.’

New Line CEO: ‘‘The Hobbit’ Is In The Future.’

Gondry Gets Animated For New Film.

DiCaprio and Clooney Eyeing Farragut North.

John August loves Michael Clayton.

Universal and Will Ferrell Are Finally Entering 'Land of the Lost.'

Warner Bros. Names Their 'Thundercats' Director.

"More Hogfather caps then you can shake a stick at."

"Pine as Kirk?! Bana is Villain!" Cheese good! FIRE BAAAAAD.

Pine Up for Star Trek & White Jazz. No, I had never heard of Chris Pine before today either.

'Sweeney Todd' Trailer: Is it so bad to be a musical?

Doug Liman's Jumper Trailer Hits.

Tin Man 's O.Z. Site Now Live.

Halcyon Buys Philip K. Dick Works.

Brandon Routh Tackles Another Comic Book Character.

'Dexter' Will be Joining Gerard Butler in 'Game.'

New Marauder's Map, Diagon Alley Map and More from Noble Collection. Also, Lucius Malfoy's Death Eater mask and a really nifty Golden Egg pendant. I don't know if it screams, though. Also: "God Makes an Appearance @ Pride of Britain Awards."

First look: Magical beings breathe life into 'Spiderwick Chronicles.'

A Kinder, Gentler Hitman.

Universal to Tackle Martin Luther King's Assassination.

Antoine Fuqua Directing Escobar.

Spielberg Talks Indy 4, Transformers & Tintin; Objects D'Indy: Crystal-Skull-Crazy George Lucas Considering Giving Them Own Spinoff Franchise.

Cate Blanchett Ready To Re-team With Edgar Wright And Voice Mrs. Fox. "After I finished grilling Blanchett to death for any dirt on 'Indiana Jones,' the actress joked with me about the appearance in the Edgar Wright comedy [Hot Fuzz]. 'My role was really huge and they cut it,' she said. 'It was really about a forensic scientist with terrible facial scarring.' Asked if she’s up for a bigger role in Wright and Pegg’s next flick, she didn’t hesitate: 'They have my number.'"

Comments

[cassildra.livejournal.com]

Holy crap, how did I manage to miss info on I Am Legend?

...I have to watch the original, now (The Omega Man with Charlton Heston). I've only ever read the book.

[robyn-ma.livejournal.com]

Y'know, I intentionally didn't want to know who the mysterious Oscar-winning actress doing a cameo in Hot Fuzz was, so I sat through the whole scene not hearing or seeing anything but the woman in the forensic mask. I still didn't figure it out — my best guess was Rachel Weisz. Then I finally looked it up and went 'Ohhhh.'

(Also, it was William Katt in Carrie, not Nicky. Nicky Katt usually plays dicks. William Katt was The Greatest American Hero. Indeed it is sad that I know this, even sadder that I would get pedantic about it.)

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Heh, thanks. Something struck me as odd about that sentence, but I couldn't put my finger on why, and now we know. : )

[cleojones.livejournal.com]

The Omega Man is made of cheese of the vintage 70's cheddar variety.
...With 8-tracks.

[cleojones.livejournal.com]

Charlize is gorgeous but All the ladies they've picked so far...All kinda' have a similar look.

I keep waiting for them to switch it up.

...Well, at least she's a C-cup or less. *shrug*

[cleojones.livejournal.com]

OH!

And Aleve is da' bomb, for real when it comes to cramps.

[txvoodoo.livejournal.com]

Dude, they're gonna have to wax Chris Pine's eyebrows, or between him and Quinto, Star Trek will be "The Eyebrow Movie"

[greenwitch.livejournal.com]

My mom and sister saw "The Golden Age" yesterday at a SAG screening and loved it. w00t!

[pottersues.livejournal.com]

1. Kevin Smith is right, Lost does rock and the realization that it was a flash forward was the best thing ever.

2. pottersues is exploding over this (http://pottersues.livejournal.com/464551.html).

[cassildra.livejournal.com]

I dunno, if I can handle Shaft and "Close it yourself, shitty!", I think I can handle a 70s Heston film.

I mean, while nothing like the book, Soylent Green was fantastic, even with gratuitous sex scenes.

[deepfishy.livejournal.com]

Cate Blanchett Ready To Re-team With Edgar Wright And Voice Mrs. Fox.

Dang, that headline is misleading. I was ready to jump in my squeemobile for an Edgar Wright-directed 'Fantastic Mr Fox'. Now I'm all, "well I guess Wes Anderson's okay".

[chrryblssmninja.livejournal.com]

Sister Girl on Amy Irving and William Katt: "There's just too much curl in that relationship.")
ha!

[kelcea.livejournal.com]

On the Lemony Snicket links: I really don't know how so many people could have been sucked into believing the Happy Endings Foundation. Perhaps I'm just a little confused because when I first discovered the HEF page a few years ago, I immediately realized it was a promotion. I mean, if you knew anything about the way Handler markets his books, it's fairly obvious that this was a way to promote his books instead of denouncing them. All his promotions have been about reading other books rather than his. It's been very successful. Have these people not seen his "Luckiest Kids in the World" spoof?

Read the disclaimer on the HEF page. If that's not proof it was a hoax...

Sorry about the rant. I'm a giant Handler fan; I've met him several times, and was a staff member at a popular forum dedicated to his books.

[flamingtoilet.livejournal.com]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought that there were people who will be surprised to find out Sweeney Todd is a musical.

[valancy-s.livejournal.com]

Hey, so you know, "Antoine Fuqua Directing Escobar" links to the Martin Luther King article. Not that I can't google it myself.

And gee, you haven't heard of Chris Pine? Come on, he was in the Princess Diaries sequel. (Was that direct to video?) Oh, and he starred with Lindsay Lohan in her break-out romantic comedy. The one that flopped.

[idrach.livejournal.com]

The Star Trek news saddens me. Ever since I read in EW that the readers chose Nathan Fillion to be Kirk, well... I've kind of been hoping. Less because I'm a Trekkie fan and think he'd do a good job, and more because I just want Mal and Sylar together in the same movie.

[absinthe-spoons.livejournal.com]

WILLIAM FICHTNER YES.
His very name excites me.
That is all.

[redscorner.livejournal.com]

Once again, I thank you for all you're doing to support this project. I've also created a YahooGroup for people to join if they want a daily reminder to download. If you do another update on Project Download, and want to mention it, that'd be lovely.

*huge hugs*

[foresthouse.livejournal.com]

Hey, Farrugut North is the Metro station I take to work every day. That's kind of cool!

I kind of want the HP house pins. I mean, collectibles that are actually useable! I'd totally wear one.