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[fiercebunny]

Man, it's been really boring lately. Here's some random updates.

It's sleeting and nasty outside. And my sadly inadequate accounting skills have led to my being really broke this week. Both situations have caused me to stay inside and try not to spend any more money than I ought to. I used this spare time to put up some Ebay auctions of my perfume stash.

Since I'm not entirely a good girl, I went to Best Buy today and bought Wonderfalls on dvd. I also bought Quills, which I haven't seen before, but it was in the bargain bin.

Work continues to be annoying. They added a new program for people to redeem points for hotel rooms; it doesn't work very well, of course. It also takes so long to deal with, that it slows everyone down and causes huge queues. Bugger.

The listmaking continues, some stats for January
Books
1. The Farthest Shore - Ursula K. Leguin
2. Donald and the . . . Peter Neumeyer and Edward Gorey
3. Glimmering - Elizabeth Hand
4. Very Far Away from Anywhere Else - Ursula K. LeGuin
5. The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde
6. The Life of the World to Come - Kage Baker
7. The Vile Village - Lemony Snicket

Movies
1. A Series of Unfortunate Events
2. The Bride With White Hair
3. The Way Home
4. The Life Aquatic
5. Shaun of the Dead
6. Before Sunrise
7. In Good Company
8. A Very Long Engagement
9. Ju-on
10. Watership Down
11. An Ideal Husband

Comments

[catnapcat.livejournal.com]

I saw Quills in the theater, and was really impressed. It was much different from what I expected (I'm not sure what I expected) but I really liked it.

And you're WAY ahead of me on the Lemony Snicket books. I thought I was going to be all thrifty and get them from the library but all copies are always checked out! Darn reading kids. I see another box set in my future.

[caerbannog.livejournal.com]

I enjoyed Quills too. I thought all the actors did wonderful jobs; it was certainly a brave choice even be in a movie about the Marquis DeSade. The film itself was definitely weird, but given the subject matter, I figure the squick factor probably could have been worse.

The Lemony Snicket box sets seem to be getting harder to find. The third one took several weeks to come in the mail. Still worth it however :)

[catnapcat.livejournal.com]

Indeed. The first scene really set the tone, I thought, saying "this movie is going to be a bit dark and gross, but not in the way you expect..."

After Quills, Shine, and Mystery Men (Casanova Frankenstein is a great name for a villain!) I believe there's nothing Geoffrey Rush can't or won't do. I heard that he was going be in a spoof of Merchant-Ivory films called The Remains of the Piano but it seems to have fallen through. :(