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1. I've just finished reading a truly phenomenal HP fic novel, Finding Himself, by ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
minisinoo. norwich36 recced this recently, and I initially ignored it, because I've really never enjoyed HP fic before. But then I had a bad day and wanted some distraction, so I gave it a try -- and I think I liked it better than the actual J.K. Rowling novels.
( Summary cut for GoF and OotP spoilers. )
I'm tempted to say a lot more, but I don't want to spoil it. I will just say,sanj and kassrachel, I was thinking of you both all the way through this, and I expect you'll both love it. Also, I must once again acknowledge: norwich36 really does know all.
2. Alan Tudyk is starring on Broadway in a revival of "Prelude to a Kiss," along with John Mahoney, and I'm really bummed that I won't get to see it. I saw the original production when I was in high school, with Mary Louise Parker and Timothy Hutton, and I *loved* it. It's such a wonderful play, and Alan Tudyk would be so good in this role, and if I wasn't already traveling way too much in the next couple months, I'd be contemplating when I could get to NY for a performance. But I just don't think it can happen. Sigh.
3. DJ Arty Fufkin, one of my all-time favorite mashup DJs, has a website! This may not be a new thing, but it's been a long time since I've bothered to look for one; the last time I tried, I couldn't find anything. But now it's there! And there are many new tracks to download! To give you a taste of why I'm so pleased about this, here's the first track of his I ever heard: Close To Me, which mixes ACDC, David Bowie, Wham, Bobby McFerrin, The Cure, The Police, Prince, and Paul McCartney, and which is awesome beyond the telling of it. (Okay, the ending's a little abrupt, but still, it's a great, great thing.)
4. I watched Cold Comfort Farm last night -- probably my 3rd or 4th time seeing it, but it had been a while. God, I love that movie. Remember when Kate Beckinsale was young and fresh and interesting, and not all Hollywoodized? Plus there are fantastic ensemble performances by Ian McKellan, Eileen Atkins, Stephen Fry, and a smoldering Rufus Sewell. *happy sigh* For my fellow literature geeks, I highly recommend the book as well, which is a dead-on parody of DH Lawrence and Thomas Hardy. I might just have to read that again sometime soon.
minisinoo. norwich36 recced this recently, and I initially ignored it, because I've really never enjoyed HP fic before. But then I had a bad day and wanted some distraction, so I gave it a try -- and I think I liked it better than the actual J.K. Rowling novels. ( Summary cut for GoF and OotP spoilers. )
I'm tempted to say a lot more, but I don't want to spoil it. I will just say,
sanj and kassrachel, I was thinking of you both all the way through this, and I expect you'll both love it. Also, I must once again acknowledge: norwich36 really does know all.2. Alan Tudyk is starring on Broadway in a revival of "Prelude to a Kiss," along with John Mahoney, and I'm really bummed that I won't get to see it. I saw the original production when I was in high school, with Mary Louise Parker and Timothy Hutton, and I *loved* it. It's such a wonderful play, and Alan Tudyk would be so good in this role, and if I wasn't already traveling way too much in the next couple months, I'd be contemplating when I could get to NY for a performance. But I just don't think it can happen. Sigh.
3. DJ Arty Fufkin, one of my all-time favorite mashup DJs, has a website! This may not be a new thing, but it's been a long time since I've bothered to look for one; the last time I tried, I couldn't find anything. But now it's there! And there are many new tracks to download! To give you a taste of why I'm so pleased about this, here's the first track of his I ever heard: Close To Me, which mixes ACDC, David Bowie, Wham, Bobby McFerrin, The Cure, The Police, Prince, and Paul McCartney, and which is awesome beyond the telling of it. (Okay, the ending's a little abrupt, but still, it's a great, great thing.)
4. I watched Cold Comfort Farm last night -- probably my 3rd or 4th time seeing it, but it had been a while. God, I love that movie. Remember when Kate Beckinsale was young and fresh and interesting, and not all Hollywoodized? Plus there are fantastic ensemble performances by Ian McKellan, Eileen Atkins, Stephen Fry, and a smoldering Rufus Sewell. *happy sigh* For my fellow literature geeks, I highly recommend the book as well, which is a dead-on parody of DH Lawrence and Thomas Hardy. I might just have to read that again sometime soon.
