Had a fantastic time this weekend celebrating my birthday w/ my friends. It's gonna be hard going back to not having much to do and gagging at stupid valentine commercials every time I turn the TV on. speaking of TV, last night the following exchange took place:
roomie: it OK if I eat one of the last donuts?
me: go right ahead, I'm busy looking at Hugh's chest.
(and hahaha, Lucas is a preemie, I'm telling House!)

I have been having nothing but fun this weekend! Spent last night with some friends of mine and we had pizza and played games and they gave me a DVD of Cousin Bette (a thoroughly weird movie with Hugh in it) and we had chocolate chip cookies which I made. And this afternoon I'm getting together with another friend of mine and tonight some more of my friends are giving me a party! Woot!
meme I got from the lovely karaokegal:
list songs you love for each letter of the alphabet:
Are You Gonna Go My Way by Lenny Kravitz
Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen
Cantaloop Flip Fantasia by US3
Dream Away by George Harrison
Epic by Faith No More
Flaming Desire by Bill Nelson
Gomer Pyle is God by El BJ
How Soon Is Now by the Smiths
Imagine by John Lennon
Jackie by Bossa Nostra
Kryptonite by Three Doors Down
Let's Misbehave by Cole Porter
Mr. Blue Sky by ELO
No Myth by Michael Penn
Octopus's Garden by the Beatles
Personal Jesus (either the original by Depeche Mode or the cover by Johnny Cash)
Queen Bitch by David Bowie
Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin
Sympathy for the Warhols (mashup between Sympathy for the Devil by the Stones and Bohemian Like You by the Dandy Warhols)
Tapioca Tundra by the Monkees
U Got the Look by Prince
Very Best Years by the Grays
Wasted Words by the Allman Bros.
X (crap, couldn't think of one)
Yellow Submarine by the Beatles
Z (couldn't think of a z one either)

Seeing MST live was FANTASTIC!! The guys were so funny! I got to meet Joel and Frank and Trace afterwards and they were super nice! I shook hands with them and got their autographs and they were just so gracious! and so are J. Elvis and Mary Jo! I haven't laughed so hard at a show in ages!
And I feel proud to be from the Bay Area, because they had the show in the good old Castro, and the MST guys were all, "this is such a cool theater", especially Frank.
also, yesterday, I had a terrific time hanging out at my friend Jasper's for my birthday with several of my other awesome friends, we had pizza and listened to music and watched Blackadder and had some interesting conversations and I got higher than shit. good times. :)

Had a great birthday yesterday! Roomie/ best friend made a terrific dinner and is going to make cake later, and tonight I'm going to a live version of MST! and later this week I'm going to get together with some of my awesome friends!

Yippeeeeeeee! It's my birthday!

got lots of stuff to do today but I'm going to make a quick post here which I was tagged for by the lovely emeriin; list seven facts about yourself and tag seven other people to do the same.

1. I draw cartoons which I haven't posted because I don't own a digital camera or even a scanner and I also do a few voices, mostly of cartoon characters. After watching Pulp Fiction and Who Framed Roger Rabbit back to back I made up something called Pulp Animation, which is essentially PF reenacted by cartoon characters. Sample dialogue:
"Oh, Popeye, do you think I'd look good with a pot belly?"
"No, Olive, you'd look fuckin ridiskulous! You'd look like a straw wid a peanut stick in it!"

2. One time, a former friend of mine had the brilliant idea to start a yelling match with me on the street and the entire time it was going on, a car was nearby with the radio on playing "This Will Be the Last Time" by the Rolling Stones. I felt like I was in a movie.

3. Speaking of classic bands, this is the coolest thing I've seen in a long damn time, go to the website for the Beatles Rock band game and look for the opening cinematic.

4. I love all nuts except pistachios, which I can't stand.

5. my three favorite desserts are chocolate cake, cheesecake and chocolate mousse.

6. when I was a really little kid I wanted to grow up to be a mad scientist.

7. I love to travel. there are only a few places in the world I would never want to visit.

I tag:
l_the_fangirl
emilielove
endgegner07
entity22
eryslash
everybodyliesmd
fascinoma

Had a nice day yesterday, got a little $ and went out to get some Chinese noodles for lunch and made a beef stir fry for dinner, then roomie and I watched the Office (Brit version) and MST. Speaking of MST, I'm going to go to Cinematic Titanic day after tomorrow and I can hardly wait! It's FINALLY coming to the bay area!!

there's a meme going around about people handpicking teams of five fictional characters, I decided to put my own twist on it and pick three different teams of five.
One for intelligence: House, Spock, Data, Sherlock Holmes (Jeremy Brett version, sorry, Robert!) and Jeeves
One for ability to kick ass: The Bride (from Kill Bill), The Tick, Brock Samson, any character played by Bruce Lee, and almost any character played by Jackie Chan
and one for supernatural and/or unknown abilities: Gandalf, Guinan, (remember, Q seemed to be afraid of her) the Ninth Doctor, the Robin Williams genie from Aladdin, and Endora from Bewitched (one of the few characters in that show i actually liked)
I'm aware that some of these characters really wouldn't get along all that well.

Not much going on here right now, still broke, haven't got any birthday money yet or my rent check, since it did not come in the mail today and there's no mail day after tomorrow let's bloody hope it comes tomorrow. My birthday money can be late but the rent money can't.

got plenty of sleep last night for a change, trying to wake up with a pot of Lapsang Souchong.
need to know this for a fic and can't stand watching them, what are the names of those women who host the Brit version of What Not to Wear? (they remind me of a sobered up version of Edina and Pats on AbFab, except they're not funny)

Leave a comment to this post and I'll respond with why I like you.
then post this in your LJ and spread the love.

Well, that eppie might have fucking worked if OW could act.
Also, Wilson was being a dick.
and chimps are not indigenous to South America.

Having a bad period and broke, here's a couple of memes i got from the lovely emeriin to distract me:

1. What's your favorite House eppie?
I know everybody picks this but I love Three Stories. Also Merry Little Xmas just for House and dwarf mom. I actually wrote a fic pairing them up. (yes, THAT way.)

2. When did you first start getting into Hugh?
I liked him ever since I first saw him in Blackadder (I am a big Brit comedy geek and have been since the 70s) in 92 or 93 but I didn't decide my purpose on Earth was to lick butterscotch sauce off of him till I saw the first eppie of House. I fought it for a long time.

3. Who else other than the NC do you like on TWGWTG?
I like the Nostalgia Chick a lot. I think she'd be fun to hang out with. The Bum is funny too.

4. do you ship any of them?
nope.

5. What's your least favorite food?
Beets. barf. my least favorite restaurant is McDonalds if you're curious.

WORDS MEME

House.
It's been years since I was this fascinated by a fictional character. I love him for his mind, for his wit, for his take no bullshit attitude. I identify with his skepticism, with his lack of tolerance for stupidity, with his intellectual curiosity, with his love of music. I feel as if I understand him in a way the other characters on the show don't. I want a Pleasantville remote so I can jump into the TV and take him into my arms (and tell Wilson he's a crummy friend in some eps).

Hugh
I love him because he is super talented and has a charming personality (OK, I've never met him but I've seen and read a zillion interviews and things). Very few actors can play both comedy and drama well the way he can, I love to listen to him sing and play music, he writes well, he can dance, he can even juggle! He 's sweet, he's funny, he's smart and he's not stuck up about it. Also anybody who can upstage Rowan Atkinson's a fucking miracle worker.

Giant squid
I had this crazy ass dream about a year or two ago where I was on a pirate ship crewed by celebrities and fucked up looking Muppets (if you've seen "Meet the Feebles" you will have a good idea of how they looked) and there was some sort of infighting going on between two factions of the crew and Hugh got brought up before the captain (I forget what celebrity he was) on some sort of mutiny charge. The captain was threatening to "torture" Hugh by, of all things, threatening to put a cookie down his pants and I went, "Oo, lucky cookie," and Hugh goes "Stop it". then the captain decides to throw Hugh to this giant squid lobster thing they had on board. Hugh got scared, then he got even more scared when he got locked in a room with this thing and it starts putting a Barry White album on like it wants to fuck him! I kicked the door in while carrying this weapon that looked like a cross between a large rifle and a small bazooka that shot fireballs and said "Let go of him you bitch" like Sigourney Weaver or Samwise. I shot a fireball which not only blew the monster into pieces but cooked it, said, "World's largest seafood platter!" then ran over to Hugh who gave me a big hug and kiss. Meanwhile the mutiny has just succeeded and there were fireworks going off.
Hugh: You just won in a pirate story but you didn't get any treasure.
Me: Right now, I'm looking at two blue jewels that are worth more to me than any treasure.
(hughblush)

Fangirl
I enjoy being one. It's fun to be in contact w/ other fans through good old LJ too, my offline friends are awesome but they're mostly not into the same fandoms I am. the only really annoying thing is some people have accused me of wanting to stalk Hugh. I would NEVER DO THAT.

dreams
I have really crazy ones sometimes as you can tell. some of them are even crazier than that one.

Looking forward to watching Rifftrax later today, roomie downloads those and we watch them together, they're fucking hilarious! (I still miss Joel but one can't have everything.)

Did not get enough sleep last night as some asshole neighbors were yelling and shit at about 4 am.
Eurgh.
here's a meme I got from the lovely karaokegal:
List 10 movies you love and cut and paste a trivia fact from IMDB about each one.

1. Kill Bill

Michael Parks plays Sheriff Earl McGraw, the same character that the Gecko brothers killed at the beginning of the Quentin Tarantino-written From Dusk Till Dawn (1996). Also, Parks' real son, 'James Parks', reprises his own role of Deputy McGraw ("Son #1") from From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money (1999) (V). Both also appear in Tarantino's Death Proof (2007).


2. A Fish Called Wanda

The poem Archie Leach recites in Russian for Wanda Gershwitz is Molitva (1839) by Mikhail Lermontov (1814-1841).
(what IMDB didn't mention is that this is a Socialist poem praising the workers that all Russian elementary school kids had to memorize).

3. Casablanca
"As Time Goes By" was written by lifelong bachelor Herman Hupfeld and debuted in 1931's Broadway show "Everybody's Welcome", sung by Frances Williams, It had been a personal favorite of playwright and high school teacher Murray Burnett who, seven years later, visited Vienna just after the Nazis had entered. Later, after visiting a cafe in south France where a black pianist had entertained a mixed crowd of Nazis, French and refugees, Burnett was inspired to write the melodrama "Everybody Comes to Rick's", which was optioned for production by Martin Gabel and Carly Wharton, and later, Warners. After the film's release, "As Time Goes By" stayed on radio's "Hit Parade" for 21 weeks. However, because of the coincidental musicians' union recording ban, the 1931 Rudy Vallee version became the smash hit. (It contains the rarely-sung introductory verse, not heard in the film.) Max Steiner, in a 1943 interview, admitted that the song "must have had something to attract so much attention".

4. Borat
When Sacha Baron Cohen speaks Kazakh it is mostly Hebrew disguised by a heavy fake Eastern European accent. The Hebrew is quite understandable and contains many in-jokes. Baron Cohen admitted this in a rare "out of character" radio interview on National Public Radio in the USA.

5. Napoleon Dynamite
The name "Napoleon Dynamite" is a pseudonym used by Elvis Costello for his 1986 album, "Blood and Chocolate". Executive producer Jeremy Coon has stated that the similarity is a coincidence and that the producers were unaware of Costello's usage of the name until the film was in production.

6. Waking Life
A clip from the Monkey's lecture film shows Kurt Cobain in concert spinning his guitar over his head and throwing it into an amplifier. This was taken from the documentary he conceived in 1993 called "Live, Tonight, Sold Out".

7. Velvet Goldmine
The name of Brian Slade's rock persona, "Maxwell Demon," and that of his band, "The Venus In Furs", are references to two of the key artists in the original Glam Rock movement: Maxwell Demon was the name of a band in which Brian Eno performed in England in the mid 60s, and "Venus In Furs" is the name of a song by Lou Reed and The Velvet Underground. Songs by both artists are featured on the film's soundtrack.

8. Help!
When George warns everyone about the "fiendish thingy," he accidentally touches the breasts of the woman standing behind him. She does not look happy about it.

9. Freaks
According to the screenplay, the scene in which Madame Tetrallini introduces the wandering land-owner to the performers frolicking in the woods ran quite a bit longer. It included additional dialog that endeavored to humanize the so-called freaks. She tells him they are "always in hot, stuffy tents - strange eyes always staring at them - never allowed to forget what they are." Duval responds sympathetically (clearly the stand-in for the viewing audience), "When I go to the circus again, Madame, I'll remember," to which she adds, "I know, M'sieu - you will remember seeing them playing - playing like children... Among all the thousands who come to stare - to laugh - to shudder - you will be one who understands."
(for another interesting bit of trivia about this movie not on IMDB, read House's dialogue in my fic, "Infinitesimal".)

10. Wilde
IMDB had almost no trivia on this movie for some reason so I will supply one I happen to know about. Sir George Alexander was a Victorian era theatrical director and producer who sometimes worked with Oscar Wilde. He is a distant relative of Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry joked that that was the real reason he'd gotten the part.

TITLE MEME

I've seen lots of people do this one, answer the following questions using titles of eppies of the same TV show or songs done by the same band. the lovely hughville already did House eppie titles. I haven't seen anybody do this with Beatle songs, though, and they're my favorite band, so here goes!

are you male or female?
Girl

Describe yourself.
I Don't Want To Spoil the Party

how do you feel?
I Feel Fine

describe where you currently live.
Revolution

if you could go anywhere where would you go?
Across the Universe

your favorite transportation?
Yellow Submarine

your best friend
This Boy

you and your best friend are:
Two of Us

what's the weather like?
Rain

favorite time of day:
Good Day Sunshine

if your life was a TV show it would be called:
What You're Doing

what is life to you?
Tell Me Why

your fear:
The End

what is the best advice you have to give?
All You Need Is Love

thought for the day:
Why Don't We Do It In the Road?

how I would like to die:
You Can't Do That

my soul's present condition:
Nowhere Man

my motto:
You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)

I'm thinking about writing a sequel to "Jeeves and the Very Happy Ending".

Had another awesome Hugh dream night before last, I was singing "Let's Misbehave" in a very suggestive manner to a pretty entertained-looking Bertie. I don't know where Jeeves was.

I'm feeling very unnerved because I just found out a close relative's marriage is not in good shape and I had no idea this was the case, they seemed perfectly happy last time I saw them. I don't know what the specific problem is, I heard this from a third party who didn't know either.

I keep zoning out and falling asleep at weird times for some reason I can't figure out at all.

Rented more Venture Bros. from good old Netflix. I still remember exactly what my reaction was to that cartoon the first time some friends of mine showed it to me.

one minute in: "this is kind of like the Tick!"
two minutes in: "this is far crazier than the Tick!"
three minutes in: "this is also a lot dirtier humor than the Tick ever got."