Oooh, shiny!

The first X-3 trailer is up - and it's good!

I'm not a comic book geek - you'd have to go to Jim for that. The rampant silliness and sheer WTF never fails to lose me. Fantastic Four? No blame on the guys who made the movie - that franchise is just too silly for anything other than the paper it was printed on. Too. Damn. Silly.

(This is from someone who snuck off to watch Speed Racer when she was 13 because it was too embarassing to do in front of other people. Too. Damn. Silly. Doesn't mean I didn't love it.)

However. The X-Men movies have been nothing but Good. Seriously. You do have to drop a few brain hinges to get your headspace in there, but it doesn't take as much work as say, Weiss Kreuz or Sneakers, and you're well rewarded for leaving your rational mind waiting in the car until the movie's over.

Heh. Kelsey Grammer as the Beast. And Patrick Stewart. Just cos'. Mmm.

Oooh, shiny!

The first X-3 trailer is up - and it's good!

I'm not a comic book geek - you'd have to go to Jim for that. The rampant silliness and sheer WTF never fails to lose me. Fantastic Four? No blame on the guys who made the movie - that franchise is just too silly for anything other than the paper it was printed on. Too. Damn. Silly.

(This is from someone who snuck off to watch Speed Racer when she was 13 because it was too embarassing to do in front of other people. Too. Damn. Silly. Doesn't mean I didn't love it.)

However. The X-Men movies have been nothing but Good. Seriously. You do have to drop a few brain hinges to get your headspace in there, but it doesn't take as much work as say, Weiss Kreuz or Sneakers, and you're well rewarded for leaving your rational mind waiting in the car until the movie's over.

Heh. Kelsey Grammer as the Beast. And Patrick Stewart. Just cos'. Mmm.

Oooh, shiny!

The first X-3 trailer is up - and it's good!

I'm not a comic book geek - you'd have to go to Jim for that. The rampant silliness and sheer WTF never fails to lose me. Fantastic Four? No blame on the guys who made the movie - that franchise is just too silly for anything other than the paper it was printed on. Too. Damn. Silly.

(This is from someone who snuck off to watch Speed Racer when she was 13 because it was too embarassing to do in front of other people. Too. Damn. Silly. Doesn't mean I didn't love it.)

However. The X-Men movies have been nothing but Good. Seriously. You do have to drop a few brain hinges to get your headspace in there, but it doesn't take as much work as say, Weiss Kreuz or Sneakers, and you're well rewarded for leaving your rational mind waiting in the car until the movie's over.

Heh. Kelsey Grammer as the Beast. And Patrick Stewart. Just cos'. Mmm.

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sliderkta is having a birthday today!

Hope you had cake!

In other news, I have a load of Sagitarians on my FL - wow.

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sliderkta is having a birthday today!

Hope you had cake!

In other news, I have a load of Sagitarians on my FL - wow.

Random Admin

sliderkta is having a birthday today!

Hope you had cake!

In other news, I have a load of Sagitarians on my FL - wow.

One of these days -

I'll unpack the doll collection. The one I've had since I was wee - put together of my own volition, and added to all of my life. I even have a set of fashion dolls I picked out of the selections back in 1993, and redressed as Quantum Leap characters. Yes, I'm a goof. But you knew that.

I have dolls I picked up on travel, dolls that people brought back for me - dolls I've made, dolls I played with. Oh, and some are still dressed in the clothes I made for them. When you're a kid in a single parent family with three other siblings, ready-made Barbie doll clothes are not to be come by. I made the most incredible things with paper towels and bathroom tissue you ever saw. And then, old enough to use the sewing machine, I made better ones out of fabric. I remember taking old sheeting Mom had tossed out for rags, and coloring it with iron-in crayons and then using the fabric for doll clothes. That doll is still in storage.

But there's never been room for a display case. nytshaed has the best showcase solution I've ever seen, but she got lucky to get it. Me? Neither the space or the luck. Bother. I really need a hutch too. I'm using an old bookcase right now -

I still love my dolls. Volks has opened a showroom somewhere in Torrance - hell if I know where. I suspect that will be my Christmas present to myself - soon, I hope. (Great, another hole to pour money into. But. They're. So. CUTE. AUGH.)

It does explain why Sims2 has grown so quickly on me, though. You choose, configure and dress - electronically, to be sure, but that's the basic premise (remember, the working title for the original game was Electronic Dollhouse). But in the Sims2 case? Your dolls come to life.

Don't believe me? With a little bit of work (okay, more than a little), some imagination and patience - instant graphic novel. Somewhat. Sideways.

I wish I had the patience to stop and take the right pictures - I have more than a couple of Sims with stories now that would be worth reading. And I'm flatly surprised every time - Hey, I made you to give hunky-boy over there a family tree...you aren't supposed to steal the show, you old coot! BLAST.

Like in any creative endeavor, your characters often have other ideas. :)

But then again, my dolls always had the best adventures!

One of these days -

I'll unpack the doll collection. The one I've had since I was wee - put together of my own volition, and added to all of my life. I even have a set of fashion dolls I picked out of the selections back in 1993, and redressed as Quantum Leap characters. Yes, I'm a goof. But you knew that.

I have dolls I picked up on travel, dolls that people brought back for me - dolls I've made, dolls I played with. Oh, and some are still dressed in the clothes I made for them. When you're a kid in a single parent family with three other siblings, ready-made Barbie doll clothes are not to be come by. I made the most incredible things with paper towels and bathroom tissue you ever saw. And then, old enough to use the sewing machine, I made better ones out of fabric. I remember taking old sheeting Mom had tossed out for rags, and coloring it with iron-in crayons and then using the fabric for doll clothes. That doll is still in storage.

But there's never been room for a display case. nytshaed has the best showcase solution I've ever seen, but she got lucky to get it. Me? Neither the space or the luck. Bother. I really need a hutch too. I'm using an old bookcase right now -

I still love my dolls. Volks has opened a showroom somewhere in Torrance - hell if I know where. I suspect that will be my Christmas present to myself - soon, I hope. (Great, another hole to pour money into. But. They're. So. CUTE. AUGH.)

It does explain why Sims2 has grown so quickly on me, though. You choose, configure and dress - electronically, to be sure, but that's the basic premise (remember, the working title for the original game was Electronic Dollhouse). But in the Sims2 case? Your dolls come to life.

Don't believe me? With a little bit of work (okay, more than a little), some imagination and patience - instant graphic novel. Somewhat. Sideways.

I wish I had the patience to stop and take the right pictures - I have more than a couple of Sims with stories now that would be worth reading. And I'm flatly surprised every time - Hey, I made you to give hunky-boy over there a family tree...you aren't supposed to steal the show, you old coot! BLAST.

Like in any creative endeavor, your characters often have other ideas. :)

But then again, my dolls always had the best adventures!

One of these days -

I'll unpack the doll collection. The one I've had since I was wee - put together of my own volition, and added to all of my life. I even have a set of fashion dolls I picked out of the selections back in 1993, and redressed as Quantum Leap characters. Yes, I'm a goof. But you knew that.

I have dolls I picked up on travel, dolls that people brought back for me - dolls I've made, dolls I played with. Oh, and some are still dressed in the clothes I made for them. When you're a kid in a single parent family with three other siblings, ready-made Barbie doll clothes are not to be come by. I made the most incredible things with paper towels and bathroom tissue you ever saw. And then, old enough to use the sewing machine, I made better ones out of fabric. I remember taking old sheeting Mom had tossed out for rags, and coloring it with iron-in crayons and then using the fabric for doll clothes. That doll is still in storage.

But there's never been room for a display case. nytshaed has the best showcase solution I've ever seen, but she got lucky to get it. Me? Neither the space or the luck. Bother. I really need a hutch too. I'm using an old bookcase right now -

I still love my dolls. Volks has opened a showroom somewhere in Torrance - hell if I know where. I suspect that will be my Christmas present to myself - soon, I hope. (Great, another hole to pour money into. But. They're. So. CUTE. AUGH.)

It does explain why Sims2 has grown so quickly on me, though. You choose, configure and dress - electronically, to be sure, but that's the basic premise (remember, the working title for the original game was Electronic Dollhouse). But in the Sims2 case? Your dolls come to life.

Don't believe me? With a little bit of work (okay, more than a little), some imagination and patience - instant graphic novel. Somewhat. Sideways.

I wish I had the patience to stop and take the right pictures - I have more than a couple of Sims with stories now that would be worth reading. And I'm flatly surprised every time - Hey, I made you to give hunky-boy over there a family tree...you aren't supposed to steal the show, you old coot! BLAST.

Like in any creative endeavor, your characters often have other ideas. :)

But then again, my dolls always had the best adventures!