Evil Wrapped in a Fangirl Disguise

Another Inception post. Sorry.

Maybe everyone else has noticed this and discussed it, but this was something new for me.

( A detail I hadn't noticed before )

EDIT: ( In which people are awesome and link me to stuff )

- This seriously made me laugh so hard I almost cried: Wolfman rips off Twilight.

- I have a very minor issue with Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland: The Red Queen also appears to be the Queen of Hearts. But the Queen of Hearts is in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (with the deck of cards) and the Red Queen is in Through the Looking Glass (with the chess pieces). I KNOW, WAY TO BE NIT-PICKY, RIGHT?

- Finally got to see Moon today. I greatly enjoyed the film and would recommend it if you haven't seen it. Sam Rockwell was fantastic. The score was great. The visuals just right. (I've got a serious thing for things set in space. And a specific one for things set on the moon.) It's intelligent and thoughtful and a film that is definitely going to stick with me for a while.

I laughed a little over this: Harper's Finally Gives These Nice Twilighting Kids Some Exposure (Am I Saying That Right?).

Kristen Stewart looks good. Though kind of...Evan Rachel Wood-y. (I think it's the smile.)

Anyway, what I found most amusing was the "WHAT'S SEXY NOW" plastered on top of them. Not referring to them, because of the "Update Your Look" underneath, but still. Arguably Twilight is what's sexy now. To the masses anyway.

But the reason I found it amusing was because back when the new Star Trek came out, there was an article on Yahoo asking if Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto could beat Robert Pattinson out for attention from the hordes. Their answer was "No." The reason?

Unlike Z-Pine, who look like real grownups who have real sex, R.Pattz—thanks in part to a role as a perpetual teenage vampire—comes off like a kid. A nonsexually threatening kid.

I think this is a good post to say that I've been thinking about the phrase "eye candy" and the not so correct "eye food" lately. (Gee, I wonder why?) For me it's come to a point where "eye candy" is exactly what it sounds like, someone pretty to look at. "Eye food" totally able to describe people who "look like real grownups who have real sex" or are just too substantially attractive to be candy.

Eye candy = Zac Efron (when he doesn't have stupid hair, think Hairspray)
Eye food = Misha Collins (c'mon, you know I'm right)

Even though today was lots of fun, I'm feeling kind of bummed now.

But I am watching Glee and they sang "Sweet Caroline" and how can you be bummed with that? (Except for parts of this show annoy me and other parts kind of break my heart into little bitty pieces.)

- Sweet Caroline

Here's an interview with Chris Colfer and the Advocate. Chris plays Kurt on Glee and is just...precious. Chris and Kurt both. I love them.

Two clips from the episode "Preggers." Kurt joins the football team because of his awesome kicking ability.

- Kurt is a Single Lady
- Single Lady Football Players

Sadly, I can't find either scenes where Kurt comes out, they're both fantastic. Both made me tear up, honestly.

( Dialogue of one of them under the cut. Because, yeah. I got a bit choked up. )

Spent the weekend in Seattle with my mom, sdrohc_ratiug, and ginnith. Saturday night we were joined by olivelavonne for Pacific Northwest Ballet's Swan Lake.

olivelavonne and I first saw the ballet the last time PNB performed it in 2007. I was enchanted. So last year when I saw it was coming back, I was set on seeing it again. I think I loved it even more this time. Very possibly due to the specific dancers. Or, well, all of the dancers. Act II, with all of the swans on the lake, was amazing. The ending still kills me.

Louise Nadeau, who danced the parts of Odette/Odile and who is retiring from PNB this year, was breathtaking.

Here is a review of opening night from the Seattle Times. The dancers are not the same (Karel Cruz was our Prince Siegfried), but I think the feeling is.

And I found this on YouTube, Francia Russell and Kent Stowell on Act IV. With some bits of the ballet itself incorporated. I know I'm repetitive and silly, but oh, I love the whole beautiful, sad thing. The choreography, the sets, the costumes, the music, all of it.

I'll have to keep my eyes open for what they're offering next season. It's kind of fun doing this once a year.

This made me grin like a fool: Criminal Minds' Kirsten Vangsness to Wed Girlfriend this Spring.

"I never thought I would want to do it," says Vangsness, who plays computer expert Penelope Garcia on the CBS drama. "Then when you meet the person, you're like, 'I want to marry you. I don't care if there's a law against it!'"

Millennium Centre's tattoo inspiration. Linking it because OMG KASEY. YOU ARE INTERNATIONAL NOW.

I mean, besides the actual international traveling you did last year.

I just think it's really cool.

So yesterday, instead of paying attention to election coverage, I went with Mom to her physical therapy session and dinner and then to the movies.

High School Musical 3 was kind of ridiculous, but, oh, so much fun.

I had to fight a really stupid grin during most of the musical numbers. And especially when Ryan showed up on screen doing, oh, anything. At all. Ryan Evans is the best thing about that franchise. He's just so delightfully, comfortably his fabulous self. With his hats and his choreography and his swively hips.

And those hips are very, very swively. HSM is Disney and supposed to be clean, right? But around the two minute mark in that clip? Well. Wipe away your inhibitions indeed.

Ahem.

One of my favorite bits of trivia is that Corbin Bleu apparently was going to audition for Ryan, but when he saw Lucas Grabeel dancing at the audition and decided he couldn't shake it like Lucas can. And Ryan needs to shake it. And boy does he ever.

Plus, Ryan really developed through the three movies. In the first one, he's under his sister's thumb, a bit of an antagonist though you can see he's less interested in being evil than Sharpay. Then he breaks from his sister in the second. And in the third, he's clearly a part of the group, friends with people he wouldn't have hung out with (or wouldn't have hung out with him) two movies before. It makes me happy.

Anyway. SO. HSM3 was fun and colorful and full of people doing choreographed things (which I have a weakness for). There was too much Troy and Gabriella and not enough of everyone else. Seriously, they needed to let other people shine some. In big dance scenes they probably shouldn't put Zac Efron between Corbin Bleu and Lucas Grabeel, two of the actual dancers, but he does all right. And the new characters? Not that interesting. I'll stick with the original cast, thanks.

Oh, plus, High School Musical 3's Ryan Evans still a coded gay character. It would be nice if, like in the stage show, they'd let Ryan's sexuality be a little more overt. But as it stands, like I said, he's clearly comfortable and happy with exactly who he is. And that's fantastic. (Although the president of Disney Channel Worldwide says some really stupid stuff in that article.)

And now I'm going to go listen to the beginning of "Just Wanna Be with You" because for once it's just Lucas singing and it reminds me of Jason Mraz and makes me happy. Too bad it only lasts 42 seconds.

( Project Runway - 5.12 )

While we were watching PR, Mom and I were discussing the events described in this article. Seriously, it's one of the most ridiculous things I've ever read. But it lead to the following conversation that amused me.

MOM: I don't think you should be able to cite an Adam Sandler movie unless
you've seen it.
ME: I don't think you should be able to cite an Adam Sandler movie period.
MOM: Not even Happy Madison.
....
ME: That's Happy Gilmore. And Billy Madison.

There was an interview with David Sedaris in yesterday's New York Times: What You Read Is What He Is, Sort Of. It addresses the thin line between non-fiction and fiction that he walks, especially now with his new book coming out and all the kerfuffle over James Frey and others.

I've always assumed he exaggerated. And I think his readers in general realize that it's happening. I just feel like there's a difference between his work and the work of others who sell their writing based on the claim that it's reality. Maybe it's the humorous aspect of the writing that makes me feel this way. I don't know. I do know I'm biased though, since I love Sedaris.

And, really, he is basically adorable in person.

I found the interview interesting. Especially since there is a picture of Hugh. I've wondered what he looks like, since Amy shows up a lot and it's easy to picture her, and now I finally know.