NDBT

Hanging around the hostel today mostly. I got up early to double check how to get to the aquarium, only to realize that there were 2 (possibly no) buses running on the route I needed because today is foundation day. Luckily Andy – a girl at the hostel here, said the Sydney aquarium is much better, so I don’t feel so bad. I went grocery shopping instead, to get some fruit and sandwich fixings for the train ride. Finished Alias Grace (I felt like the ending wasn’t her strongest, but it was entertaining and thought-provoking otherwise). Reading my new E. George; hopefully I’ll only have 3 books with me on the train. Been feeling a little out of sorts, so perhaps its just as well I didn’t go traveling major distances. I’m excited for the train journey and getting back into visiting museums and such. Another girl at the hostel said Adelaide is her favorite city in Oz, so we’ll see how it goes. I’m still trying to decide whether to splurge on a tour of kangaroo island. hmmm….

Cleolinda posted this:

http://www.entertainmentearth.com/prodinfo.asp?number=TYV15043&sop=1&cat_sc=7B&cat_pg=004#LargeImage which fits in nicely with the title of my last blog entry. The site also has a fizgig for sale, but as cleolinda pointed out, it only has one row of teeth – so what’s the point?

Belgian troops deployed to battle marauding caterpillars.

(http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070601/sc_afp/belgiumhealthmilitary_070601185536)

I love this headline. I also love the idea of guys in the Belgian army getting psyched for deployment… then finding out it’s against caterpillars.

An interesting article on how more people are following box office reports (I personally enjoy box office mojo, myself):

http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/2007-06-02-boxoffice_N.htm?csp=34

And an interesting bit of trivia, from a really fabulous film: “American Psycho: Two scenes featured unexpected improvisation by Christian Bale. When Bateman is jumping rope, he starts to skip and cross his jump rope as a schoolgirl would. Bale surprised director Mary Harron even more by starting to dance as Bateman was preparing to kill Paul Allen. That time, she says in interviews and the commentary, she collapsed with laughter.” More fun trivia here:

http://community.livejournal.com/ohnotheydidnt/12817577.html

Hee!: Léon: During the filming involving all of the police cars on the street, a man ran from a store he had just robbed. When he encountered the movie set by accident, he saw all of the “police” and gave himself up to a bunch of uniformed extras.

Oh no: Sleeping Beauty: Princess Aurora’s long, thin, willowy body shape was inspired by that of Audrey Hepburn. Darn it! That’s my favorite disney princess movie (granted, mostly for Maleficent), but I hate to think that she was inspired by a malnourished anorectic. Not that it’s surprising for disney, but still…

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