A bit loopy, a bit moody

[cleolinda]

So tired. Did not sleep at all last night, between the rainstorm and the cramps (again: you needed to know this, I'm sure). Headache now. The kind of long day where nothing actually gets done. Did see my doctor for a medicine check; we're going to raise the Lamictal from 150 to 200 (but leave the other two meds alone). And that was the target dose she thought would be best in the end, so I guess we're finally going to work up to that; it was originally (or primarily?) an anti-seizure drug, so what it's supposed to do is help the bipolar cycle even out. I just know that increasing that particular drug too quickly in the past sent me into a deep tailspin, so I'm going to have to be on the lookout for that. The thing is, I went into a dark patch this spring anyway, so the worst case scenario is that I go into another one--one that I'm expecting and watching for--and the best is that I don't, and it helps regulate the mood cycling better.

Also, there is no chocolate in the house. This vexes me. Thus, in this spirit of sleep-deprived vexation, I bring you a smattering of linkspam that might or might not provoke more discussion than usual, I don't know.

Headshots of the four main Airbender actors in costume. DO NOT SNIPE AT EACH OTHER IN THE COMMENTS OR I WILL PULL THIS JOURNAL OVER AND COME BACK THERE. I'VE DONE IT BEFORE, I'LL DO IT AGAIN.

Emma Watson on the scene I always think of as Voldemort Ships H/Hr: "I'm going to end up kissing both of [the boys] in the last film. Ugh, it's horrible." But! Emma Watson had the hots for Tom Felton.

Meanwhile: LA Times: Michael Gambon "Sees No Point in Reading" Harry Potter Books by JK Rowling. Maybe I'm crazy, but I love the Gambledore. I'm not saying he's Perfect Exact Book Dumbledore; I'm just saying I love him.

Danny Huston Takes the Crown in 'Robin Hood.' Aw, I love him! I feel kind of warm and fuzzy now.

A major deleted death scene from the director's cut DVD of Watchmen. ... a little less fuzzy now.

What Does Ryan Reynolds’ ‘Green Lantern’ Role Mean For ‘Deadpool’ Movie?

TCM's 'Summer Under the Stars' Posters are Phenomenal.

With ‘True Blood,’ HBO Revives Its Fortunes.

Kodi Smit-McPhee Might Be Oskar in the 'Let Me In' Remake.

'The Wolfman' Gets Down On All Fours: "Rumors of reshoots have been dogging the Wolf Man movie for months. Now we know the truth: instead of paying homage to the original film, the film-makers have reshot key scenes to put Benicio Del Toro on all fours. [...] And then he faces off a much fiercer CG-ed up werewolf. Yes that's right the crew that made a movie based on the Wolf Man now think the Wolfman is lame and did bounding reshoots, so the Wolf Man could be scarier and face off with a werewolf."

Everything Wrong with the Internet in One Gaming Banner Ad Campaign [Badvertising].

Comments

[internal666.livejournal.com]

Did anyone else think that the girl playing Katara looks like Michelle Trachtenberg? I swear I'm getting BTVS season 5 flashbacks.

[choiseul.livejournal.com]

Holy heck yes. Wow.

[thelymachy.livejournal.com]

All I can think of when I look at Avatar headshots is, well, HE'S SLIGHTLY UNATTRACTIVE TO ONE SIDE - TO ARMS!

[bienegold.livejournal.com]

Oh no! A slight sunburn!

[sunbrae.livejournal.com]

I'm a lurker here, but I wanted to delurk and thank you for being so open about your struggles with depression. As someone who was diagnosed with bioplar disorder almost two years ago, I appreciate, and even admire to an extent, your willingness to discuss your experiences and help erase some of the stigma that comes with having a mental illness.

And while I'm here: I ♥ the SLoD.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Aw, thanks. Whatever I can do to make it easier for other people with the same issues, you know?

[saelyra.livejournal.com]

im in ur comments

sniping (http://www.realbirder.com/Birds%20in%20Britain/Snipe&JackSnipe.jpg) ur... other commentors... >_>

Really, though. One big 'meh' for it.

[crumpeteer.livejournal.com]

I couldn't care less about the casting of Airbender, but I'm amused that "WTF KNARLY SCAR" on the show has been translated as "a slight rash" in the movie. Dev Patel as a badass is surprisingly attractive though.

[havocs-roman.livejournal.com]

Disclaimer: All I know about Avatar (which is very little), I've learned from the comments here and on ONTD, so maybe I'm completely off the mark.

I understand that thing on Dev Patel's face is a burn scar, though? If so, it looks pretty realistic to me. No matter how bad a burn scar is, you can't see every ridge and discolouring half a mile away in real life. As an Avatar-ignoramus, I have no problem looking at Dev Patel's face and thinking "badly burned at some point".

[meleth.livejournal.com]

I honestly thought this was a fantasy-based sex RPG.

[megalosaurus.livejournal.com]

wait wait wait. it really isn't a fantasy-based sex game? I am actually really suprised.

[amberdulen.livejournal.com]

Emma Watson had the hots for Tom Felton.

Well heaven's sakes, who doesn't.

[trinastar.livejournal.com]

Exactly, who hasn't had the hots for Tom Felton. He's going to make this weekend all worth while.

[aranel13.livejournal.com]

Heh. I looked at the Airbender photos and a voice in my head started singing "One of these things is not like the other. One of these things doesn't belong"

[litlover12.livejournal.com]

Wow, those posters ARE nice. Go TCM!

[bienegold.livejournal.com]

Have you seen the lineup, too? I'm trying to figure out how I can go most of August without sleeping. >_

[scornedsaint.livejournal.com]

Maybe I'm crazy, but I love the Gambledore. I'm not saying he's Perfect Exact Book Dumbledore; I'm just saying I love him.

Not to be wanky, but I just do not understand my friends who don't like Gambledore. He has the Dumbledore twinkle! I get some of their complaints, but I think anything they say he does out of character can be contributed to the script and not him.

(My love for him may also come from seeing his Top Gear episode)

[sun-star-n-moon.livejournal.com]

I think my biggest problem with Michael Gambdon is not his actual acting.

I just really dont like the way the did his costumes. His hair/beard is not nearly long enough and it looks messy and unkept. And his robes are always that icky gray color that make him look a bit like a homeless person.

I miss Richard Harris's lovely rich colored robes and non-messy beard. It just hasnt been the same without them.

etc.

[suzeclues12.livejournal.com]

Thanks you (smiles politely) for providing the Avatar pictures.

We appreciate your efforts.

We will not snark - don't turn the journal around, Mom, we just want to - ooh, can we get Frosties?

(PS - keep fighting the good fight in regard to the depressiong stuff).

[lotusbiosm.livejournal.com]

Am I a bad person for wanting to read some Draco/Hermione now?

We saw the bus ad for HBP in NYC and hot damn did Tom Felton look good.

And if you'll excuse me, I have to go take a very hot bath now, because I feel very dirty.

Pssst! Dev!

[biomekanic.livejournal.com]

You have something smeared near your eye, you might to wipe that off because it sure as hell doesn't look like a nasty damn scar.

Also, is it just me or does it look like Lucy Pevensie just wandered in from Narnia?

[kunenk.livejournal.com]

Looks a lot like Lucy to me, too. Very weird.

[galwaygirl08.livejournal.com]

I love the posters for To Catch a Thief and The Philadelphia story. Those are two of my all time favorite movies and if I didn't already own they, I would absolutely be tuning in.

I thought Richard Harris was phenomenal as Dumbledore, and it seemed so fitting to have the former King Arthur have such an important role in the story. I think Gambledore is also awesome and, as Cleo said, mellow. He does a phenomenal job portraying him and upping the stakes in a perfectly cinematic style of the book. I'm the kind of viewer who can watch a movie and appreciate it separately from the source material so as a stand alone Dumbledore, I think he's great.

[greedyskunk.livejournal.com]

"I'm the kind of viewer who can watch a movie and appreciate it separately from the source material...."

I'm the exact same way. I have a friend who loves the books, but absolutely WILL NOT watch the movies because of the liberties they took with PoA. (That's my personal fave, mostly due to the visuals. The first two were almost too saccharine for me.) I've tried telling her that the later movies go back to the books, but what can you do?

[moonyprof.livejournal.com]

'K, I've never actually written this on the intertubz, but I'm on Lamictal too, for the same reason (250 mg.) I call it my Wolfsbane Potion. I hope it works for you as well as it works for me: I feel *so much better,* it's unreal. The only thing you have to watch out for is that the generic isn't nearly as good as the brandname stuff. They changed over to the generic sometime last summer and didn't let a lot of people know. My doctor said a lot of her patients ran into trouble after that. My first clue that something wasn't *quite* right was when I almost threw down at a faculty meeting. So make sure it's the right thing and that it's working for you.

Also, I love the Gambledore too, not least because of your Movies in Fifteen Minutes line: "I will be your Groovy New Dumbledore this year." Also, I just plain like Michael Gambon. I think he's a really good actor.

[library-of-sex.livejournal.com]

Those film posters really do kick ass! They're so simple and spare yet so well-composed!

[bienegold.livejournal.com]

Lamictal worked amazingly well for me. Had to go off of it for money/memory/fight with shrink issues, but I'd go back on it in a second.

[sweet-pessimism.livejournal.com]

Oh, Emma Watson. I'm not a big fan of her acting, but I can't help shaking my head and smiling affectionately at Those Silly Potter Kids. It's been what, eight years so far with them? Grows a sort of bond, willingly or not.

If recent events in my life prevent me from going to the midnight premiere tomorrow night, for which I already have tickets, I will cut a bitch.

[azuresquirrel.livejournal.com]

Then for your sake and the sake of all bitches, I hope you get to go the the premiere! :)

Agreed on Those Silly Potter Kids. How can you not get attatched to them through all these years? When I watched Sorceror's/Philosopher's Stone this weekend having not seen it in a while, it was such a shock to see them all so *little* and *adorable*! Well, they're still adorable, but in a very different way.

[queenofattolia.livejournal.com]

With a Little ‘True Blood,’ HBO Is Reviving Its Fortunes

Now if only they'd get rid of the moronic Jason and that stultifying Christians-hate-vampires storyline, and it would be perfect. Thank God for DVRs and the FF button.

[kudzita.livejournal.com]

A. Frickin'. MEN.

[barrelgoddess.livejournal.com]

Why did I watch that deleted scene.

Why.

T_T

[himhilien.livejournal.com]

I hope the increase in dosage helps you in the long run.

Here's (http://www.lastairbenderfans.com/cutenews/data/upimages/tla_viacompromo.jpg) a promo photo with the four main characters and an Earthbender. Zuko finally has a ponytail!

I'm still upset that scene and the one where Daniel found out and flipped out were not in the theatrical cut.

on the thing we apparently need to know

[corbyjane.livejournal.com]

If it helps... Canadian midol is something like double and a half the strength of American midol. I know this because a schoolmate was Canadian, and kept us well supplied.

I think there may be more in it than painkiller, too, because I always felt incredibly happy, energised, and perky on it (whereas US Midol just dulls the pain). So if you have any Canadian friends....?

Hope this helps!

Re: on the thing we apparently need to know

[redcoast.livejournal.com]

Sounds like Canadian headache pills, AKA Vicodin. Woohoo!

[le-brouillard.livejournal.com]

Oh, lordy, did you see this comment (http://community.livejournal.com/ohnotheydidnt/37172798.html?thread=5391273022#t5391273022) on ONTD? I laughed forever.

[melayka.livejournal.com]

ONTD is a league of heroes. XD

[raapsteeltje.livejournal.com]

*offers chocolate* I hope the medicines will work and that you'll feel better soon :)

Btw, who doesn't have the hots for Tom Felton? :P I've heard that he'll stop acting after the Harry Potter movies, though... It's a shame.

[lady-ryuki.livejournal.com]

When I was in London I saw Michael Gambon in the show "No Man's Land." On stage he was the craziest, most expressive, most energetic old man I've ever seen.

But after the show, when I was waiting at the stage door, he seemed like the oldest, most broken and exhausted man every to walk the face of the earth.

To this day, I can't tell if that was the true Gambon, or an act as well.