Things You Missed + Derby + "Bring It On" Week + Questions + Asterisks

[snurri]

Yesterday, while you were all at your wild, all-day George Washington parties and I was at work (NOT THAT I AM A RESENTFUL PERSON*), I posted about blogs that cover future urban concepts, one of my personal manias. I also posted the shiny trailer and banner for the upcoming Paper Cities antho, which Jeff VanderMeer (among others) has said very nice things about. (Scroll all the way down for the review.)

The Minnesota Roller Girls are at Roy Wilkins this Sunday. Locals: anybody going? Anybody want to? My planned companion has flaked on me discovered a scheduling conflict. I am in the mood to watch tattooed girls in fishnets shove each other around.** I'll go alone if I have to, but it won't be pretty. (Well, I won't be pretty. But then I rarely am.)

Things that are awesome: Chris Sims kicks off his "Bring It On" week with the 30-second recap. If you have not seen "Bring It On," you might be under the impression that a movie about cheerleaders cannot be awesome. You are sadly mistaken. Of course, Sims does his best to amp up the awesome with his stick-figures*** and Shakespearean dialog.

Finally, it has come to my attention that I am a cipher wrapped in an enigma, smothered with secret sauce. No, I am not Jimmy James. But being as this is a personal blog where I tend to skirt around the personal, when I actually do talk about something that's very personal--like, say, my recent tirades about Valentine's Day--apparently people aren't quite sure what to make of it. So, inspired in part by mrissa, I'm opening the floor. Ask me anything. Yes, anything.**** I will make an effort to be forthcoming, even if it's personal. If, on the other hand, you'd rather just trade smartass quips, I can do that too. It's kind of where I live.

* This is a lie.
** I am almost always in the mood for this.
*** Stick figures + Spirit fingers = Fail
**** Except THAT.

Comments

[shaolingrrl.livejournal.com]

I had class yesterday. We also got MLK Day off and we'll get Cesar Chavez's birthday (in late March, I believe). This is San Francisco, after all. We get the socialist holidays.

What's your favorite Chow Yun Fat movie?

[snurri.livejournal.com]

I've liked Chow in everything I've ever seen him in, even if the rest of the film was crappy. But for the movies themselves, it's a toss-up between Hard Boiled and God of Gamblers, I guess. The first has some of the wildest action stuff I've ever seen, and doesn't get quite as melodramatic as The Killer--which I love too, but is not as exhilarating, for me. It's kind of the quintessence of Chow cool. God of Gamblers I've only managed to see once, and I loved it for totally different reasons; there's action, yeah, but it's mostly really damn funny and absurd.