& i waited for the future to arrive

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xbookfiend — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:28:40 +0000

i get way too distracted by political blogs.

and neil gaiman’s blog.

and really, just other blogs in general.

two best movies of the day

xbookfiend — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 06:51:29 +0000

so, while watching television today, two of the best movies of all time came on AT ONCE.

i hate it when that happens. because then i am torn and i feel the need to flip back and forth on the commercials, which probably tells me something about myself psychologically, but i don’t know what.

anyway, those two movies were ‘the voyage of the unicorn’ and ‘jesus christ superstar’ circa 1973.

the former was one i had never seen before and instantly fell in love with; it’s incredible and amazing and is pretty much what would happen if my sister, dad and i were transported into a mythical world. no joke. we could actually guess what everyone was going to say or do based upon our true life reactions. it was definitely worth it. thank god JCSS was on ‘on demand’, because my sister and i wanted to have a dance off and see who did a better judas.

she won.

but it was still fun. that version is pretty much my favorite. it’s so trippy, and i love the music. i get the songs stuck in my head all the time. i’ve seen the stage version, and it’s amazing. so is the other (more recent i believe) version. i can even recall getting into a huge argument with someone in my theater class in high school (it was a small, christian school) over this musical. my love for this, however, has remained strong. and this 1973 version (complete with guards in lilac, pilate emblazoned spaghetti strap tanktops!) is highly, highly recommended.

what i just found online

xbookfiend — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:25:18 +0000

i’ve often thought about what it would be like if harry potter and hogwarts were real. i think that’s why i was so excited to find the band ‘harry and the potters’ a few years ago. then, to make things even more exciting, i was at the local concert in olympia the day before yesterday and (re)discovered the harry potter alliance. they are absolutely amazing, and i am excited to have found them and to hopefully be a part of it. it’s really amazing to see how harry potter can unite people who wouldn’t necessarily be united otherwise.

an example of this: at the concert on tuesday, when harry and the potters came on stage (after three other amazing bands at camp jump & yell), after a few songs they sang ‘save ginny weasley’; halfway through the song they stopped the music and their singing and the whole entire audience was belting it out. everyone knew the words and it was like this amazing harry potter choir. it may sound silly, but it was actually kind of moving.