Evil Wrapped in a Fangirl Disguise

The Emmys have only been on for about 15 minutes and ( minor flailing over first award lies beneath this cut )

Also, I love Neil Patrick Harris. I think I pretty much have little hearts or stars or whatever in my eyes whenever he's on screen. Doing anything.

And John Hodgeman.

Met Sara at the library. Got some reading and research done and then she talked me into getting Mexican food. It filled a craving I didn't know I was having. Enchiladas. YUM. Came back for the Oscars. Yea, weekend. (Although weekends that I stay on campus don't feel like weekends. They just feel like days classes get cancelled.)

( Oscars )

And once the Oscars were over, there was new ( Battlestar Galactica )

Last night, in need of a really good scary movie, Natasha and I rented Guillermo del Toro's The Devil's Backbone (El Espinazo del Diablo). It was good. I think that in AFI's scariest movie moments (the one that always runs on Bravo around Halloween) del Toro mentions that there's nothing more frightening than being a child. (I could be wrong.)

And I just finished watching Clerks II. It was funny. Thought it ended a little abruptly. Is it weird that parts that should have been shocking weren't necessarily that shocking to me? I should probably see Clerks now.

( Political Quiz-Meme-Thing )

Sometimes Brit Lit delivers.

::discussing Heart of Darkness::
DR. SMITH: Rivets are...
JEFF: Rivets are blah blah bliddy blah (I stopped paying attention, you see)
LADY WHOSE NAME I CAN'T REMEMBER: That's riveting.

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Had a pretty nice weekend. Mom came over Friday and it was really good to see her. We went to the mall and bought out Suncoast. Angel Season 5, Wonderfalls, and Stargate SG-1 Season 1. Yea. Shiny things to distract me from the crap that is school. Didn't do much other than that on Friday. Kinda took it easy. Saturday we went to the mall again and bought a couple of shirts. They're pretty. One of them is this cashmere sweater that I've been looking at for at least a month. It had been pretty expensive, but I got it on sale 65% off. Go me.

Then Kay, Mom, and I went and saw Closer. So good. Pretty people being pretty fucked up. Natalie Portman was great. Clive Owen was (is this a surprise?) *awesome*. (And not bad to look at. The part with the sweater and the jeans and the no shoes? Mmhmm. Very nice.) Anyway. I'm really interested in the fact that I didn't actually hate any of the characters for what they did. Also really liked the ending. And Damien Rice rocks. As I've said before.

And so it is
Just like you said it would be
Life goes easy on me
Most of the time

And so it is
The shorter story
No love, no glory
No hero in her sky

The song's great. And really does fit the movie, especially if you listen to the whole thing. I don't think the final line of the song actually made it into the film anywhere, but I could be wrong.

Anyhoo. Sunday we watched the Oscars. Personally, I'm glad Million Dollar Baby won Best Picture. I've only seen Finding Neverland beside MDB in that category, but I don't think I would have liked the others, or have been touched/moved to the same extent by the others, as I was by MDB. Great film. See it.

Now Mom's gone and I'm stuck at school and blah. Can't wait for spring break.