Tremendulent!

In an attempt to liven my DW back up, here's 5 Things on a Friday!

1. I am TOTALLY renting The Meg tonight. I love shark movies and I adore Jason Statham, so this is going to be so bad, it's AWESOME. (And how hilarious is it that when I went to add tags to this entry, I apparently already have a Jason Statham tag? Good job, past!Seren!)

2. I'm taking driving lessons. Yay? I have an American license, but since I'm a UK resident, I have to actually get a UK license. It's...going. I only ever learned automatic, so this whole clutch thing is nuts. And what's with the no stopping at junctions? What's this giving way nonsense? I'm from the land of if you don't STOP, you get a TICKET. It freaks me out. However, saying that, today my instructor said I drove my best yet. Woo!

3. I'm almost done with my Christmas shopping! All the gifts to US people were shipped out last weekend. I'm taking myself to a cafe tomorrow to do my Christmas cards.

4. I really, really, REALLY want to get my motivation back for a tide of hope, my Abigail Ashe-epic thing. I'd love to get just one chapter out before the end of the year. Any tips on how to get one's muse back in line?

5. I met my little god-daughter last night and she's adorable, I'm so smitten! She smiles and seemed very interested in my hair and glasses. I cuddled her all evening. And my little 3 year old nephew is OBSESSED with Thomas the Tank Engine. He KNOWS ALL OF THEM BY NAME. He gets a little upset when little sis heads towards his trains, though. He's clearly been taught how to 'politely' get his parents' attention though, because sis was headed straight for his trains and he said, at the top of his lungs, "EXCUSE ME, MOM AND DAD, EXCUSE ME, MOM AND DAD," while pointing at her. It was hilarious and he's such a clever fellow.

I hope everyone is well! Happy Friday!!! ♥

Fings!

1. Happy Thanksgiving, United States peoples! I hope you all have lovely dinners and eat some mashed potatoes and cranberries for me! Although, the best part of Thanksgiving? The sandwich made the next day out of leftovers. omnomnomnom

2. Watched Easy A. Loved it! Absolutely adorable. Is it wrong that I want Olive and Mr. Griffiths to meet up when she graduates from college and becomes a teacher? They then have awkward encounters in the break room and fun conversations about literature. And he maybe takes her out for dinner.... Never mind.

3. Word count on original thing: 8,567. This is what happens when I say 'Oh, it'll be short. I'll go for a minimalist approach.' *sighs* I really need to finish it this weekend so I can work on exchange fics. (Hello Yuletide and McCoy/Chapel. I have PLANS for both of you)

4. IT SNOWED TODAY!!! So pretty! And cold.

Happy Thursday!

Day 02 → Your favourite movie

Very tough. I have various movies that suit the kind of mood I'm in, The Mummy - for comfort, Dark City - for fun sci-fi, Labyrinth - for a David Bowie fix, Clue - for 'flames on the side of my face', French Kiss - for Kevin Kline and Paris, the list goes on.

I could go serious and talk about films I think are important and are just extremely well-made (anything by Stanley Kubrick, Orson Wells' The Third Man, Blade Runner, etc).

So, I think I'm going to go with a movie that always, always makes me laugh. The actors are obviously having a ball and play so, so well off each other. I honestly think half the movie is ad-libbed.

( Of course I'm an egomaniac! I have America's Sweetheart climbing up my drainpipe!  )

Happy Wednesday!

Movie Quotes cont'

Ya'll are awesome and I've only got three quotes left!

I'll give you a couple of hints.

1. "Hey bank robber! Hey, want some advice? Next time keep the engine running." anodyna - Out of Sight

It's probably the only reason I keep giving J-Lo a chance to prove herself as an actress. I loved her in this.

3. "There was what, no one at the mutant hamster races, we only had one entry into the Madame Curie look-alike contest and he was disqualified later." shirleyann66 - Real Genius

Think 80s. Think 80s and physics.

6. "I already know an awful lot of people and until one of them dies I couldn't possibly meet anyone else." feelingdejavu - Charade

It's a classic Hitchcock, only it's not actually directed by Hitchcock.

Have fun! :D

ETA: How much do I love Jenny Crusie? A lot. That's how much. She has an irrational love for the movie Dodgeball too. This makes me happy.

I'm requesting Fast Women from the library this weekend. Did others enjoy this one?

I just watched the first bit of SyFy's (dear God, I hate their 'new' name!) Alice because vega_ofthe_lyre mentioned it.

It's really quite good. And I kind of want Alice's boots. And it's got Janet from SG-1!

Darn you, Vega! I'm all distracted now and thinking about hats.

Aliens is on Film4.

Husband made cornbread.

tobinfic wrote a gorgeous Mary/Marshall In Plain Sight fic.

I wrote about 1000 words for my Yuletide fic and about 500 for another fic exchange.

The sun actually shone all day today.

Twas a very good day.

As much as I adore and lust after respect Karl Urban, I may never forgive him for making me watch The Irrefutable Truth About Demons. I know it's got the infamous tongue scene and other lovely moments, but... Just, wow.

On the other hand, John Cho, how are you so adorable in Harold and Kumar go to White Castle. How did I miss this film? Why are there no sliders in Wales? Whyyyy?

Or Taco Bell. That was always my late night snack of choice.

Well, I've decided that since I've upgraded to this spiffy looking layout that displays the ads of my choice, I'm going to actually use this LJ to document, whatever. Does anyone actually ever, ever click on those ads? I mean honestly.

Okay, in honor of my little post today I am going to direct everyone to go see Hot Fuzz. It is hilarious. A wee bit violent, but absolutely hilarious. Go now. Here is the preview:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rO9xhRrsy9A

I will now resume my work. 'Cause I so love creating invoices. Argh.