A rant, my day, and linkspam
Tuesday, September 11th, 2007Man, I laughed till I cried with the Daily Show coming back. Yaaay! Also - did I miss this in all the Craig coverage, or was the DS the only one to show it?
Ack - I have 3 movies rented tonight that are due back tomorrow. I smell late fees. (I started watching His Girl Friday the other night, but then 4 people came into the living room and started talking, so I had to put that on hold. I kinda need to hear the dialogue on that one.) Also - if I come in and say “yay! the daily show is back from a 2 week vacation! I’m so excited! It’s my favorite show!” does that sound like, “please try to talk to me now. I’m not listening to anything.” I mean, really. I’m around all evening, but I just want to be left alone for 20 minutes during the Daily show - is that so much to ask?
The creative arts emmy winners. Why you should care; the guest winners - Leslie Caron (man - I SO want to see that ep of SVU), Stanley Tucci, Elaine Stritch, and John Goodman. Dexter won for its BRILLIANT opening titles sequence (getting ready in the morning is creepy, no matter who you are, but particularly if you are a serial killer). Planet Earth won 4 awards, including cinematography and best non-fiction series. Mom - you’ll be happy to know Jane Eyre won 2. And the Office won best single-camera editing (yay!).
I also really like that House won for outstanding prosthetic make-up. (The non-prostheitc make-up went to Deadwood). How I Met your Mother won outstanding art direction for a multi-camera series (huh what now?). Corteo (which I have seen twice - I LOVE Cirque) won for picture editing for a special. South Park got outstanding <1 hr animated program for Make Love, Not Warcraft. The ‘my musical’ ep of scrubs got an award. CSI got best sound mixing (CSI gets no love - seriously. Oh well - they all make millions upon millions).
And apparently the creative arts emmys gives out a commercial award? Now I want to see the AmEx - Animals ad.
I forget if I already posted this, but Tash showed it to me. I think it’s her wee Dublin accent that cracks me up.
Monday Morning Poll: Does a Hollywood Strike Concern You?
From Cleolinda:
The naming of cats
Monday, September 10th, 2007So - my mom is considering getting 2 cats (yay - totally brilliant idea!). Here are the name suggestions we’ve come up with (granted, naming will depend partly on what they’re like when she picks them out):
Me: “you should name them Hepzibah and Casseopia.(Alternates; Elphaba, Abyssinia, Morgana, Macbeth. Ooh! Or; Sher-Khan and Bagheera. Best yet: Bast.) Ha - I went on a naming cat site; I like this one; Magnificat. Ba dum dum. If you get 2 black ones, you should name them Bete Noir and PM. All together now; “The naming of cats is a delicate thing…” ”
My mom: “And why not Grizabella?”
me: “I was trying to stay away from Eliot’s names, although I do like macavity. My friend Sena named hers Billie after Holliday, her favorite singer.”
My mom: “My favorite cat name is still “faux pas”, for a “whoops” kitten.”
My brother: “You guys are odd. Cats are good creatures. I’m busy. Name them Slartibartfast and Ford Prefect. Or Crow and Tom Servo. One of them should definately be named Steve…”
Me: “How about Totoro and Kodama? Jon and Stephen? Ooh! Coffee and BEEES!”
Suggestions? I’m thinking of famous pairings at the moment. Laurel and Hardy? Kermit and Piggy? Mork and Mindy? A&W? Batman and Robin? Baskin and Robbins? Bonnie and Clyde? Ooh! Burke and Hare! Cain and Abel? Cloak and dagger? Dolce and Gabbana. Fish and chips! flotsam and jetsam. Jay and silent bob. Mulder and scully. Mason and dixon. Pinky and the brain (is that too wrong for cats?). punch and judy. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern! Romeo and Juliet. Rogers and Hammerstein. Thelma and louise. Hepburn and tracy. Tom and jerry. wallace and gromit. Watson and Crick (how geeky would someone have to be to actually use that?)
We once knew someone with sherlock and watson (he had the same street number addy as holmes).
Knowing my mom, they’ll end up as BBC/ English lit characters. Jane and Emma. Toby and Stephens. Pride and prejudice. (HEEEERE prejudiceprejudiceprejudice)