Below are the most recent 13 friends' journal entries.

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
noradannan	11:50a	Invasion of the Body Snatchers The 70s version, with Donald Sutherland. I'd seen this one before, many years ago, though I didn't remember it very well at all. This one really does a great job, and the special effects actually hold up pretty well, given. ( Spoilers ) 4.5 stars. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
noradannan	9:09a	This weekend was fun - I didn't do anything more than eat a hotdog by way of celebrating the 4th, but it was a needed break. I watched a lot of movies and played a lot of rockband with some excellent company, and my only complaint is that I didn't sleep enough. I didn't sleep enough because I was doing fun things, though, so that's not a real complaint. I've started on the consulting project for my brother, which is awesome in general, but currently frustrating. The soldering and such is going well, and a lot of fun (because I'm a GEEK), and the assembly is interesting and cool and all of that, and I'm good at it, but the software for the programmer is being a bitch to work with. Which means I spent most of last night talking to my brother and trying to tech support me through making the damn thing work, with very little progress. Add in that I had the wrong kind of flux, which was messing with things (wasn't water based, so it was stubborn about coming off), and yesterday was pretty unproductive. Which is a bit of a problem, given how much I have to get done by Friday. Still, it's a lot of fun so far, and if we can get the programmer hooked up and good to go I think the project will go fairly quickly. All in all, though, things are going all right. I'm just very tired. (Comment on this)
Monday, July 7th, 2008
noradannan	9:46a	Darkness Falls So I have this thing about teeth. As in a horrible phobia, oh my god can't deal, start to hypervenilate when people insist, for some ungodly reason, on telling me about getting their wisdom teeth out. So I'm still not entirely sure how I ended up watching this movie. That said, it wasn't scary. ( I would say 'spoilers', but it's not like there's much to spoil ) 1 star. Even I didn't find it scary. At least it was short. (Comment on this)
noradannan	9:02a	Darkness This is another one that came out better for my low expectations, I think. It's an ok movie, but was miles above what I thought it would be, and even had a few scary bits. ( But it also had some dumb parts ) Still, there were a few good jumps, and some nicely done cut shots and quick frame flashes that did make the whole thing a little creepy. Not good, but ok. 2 stars And it gets an extra point for the line, "I don't like the dark here. It keeps eating my pencils." (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, July 5th, 2008
boixboi	10:05a	The beatings will continue until morale improves. In the interest of getting the remainders of last weekend off my mind, and saying what else needs to be said, I shall explain one final thing. I haven't really apologized for the incident on Friday night to the people who actually deserve one. Firefox would be chief among them, followed by most of the people who were in the room that evening, and also my boyfriend. The reason I haven't really said "I'm sorry" is that it feels a bit hollow. What does it mean for me to say "I'm sorry" and keep doing the same thing over and over again? I'm trying to act and be better than I have in the past, but that was a major lapse, and the only way I can really think to apologize in genuine fashion is to try to show through my future behavior that I regret how I've disappointed so many over the years. Hopefully, those who I have hurt will forgive me in time as I try to show better restraint. Hell, even this I feel like I've said too many times. Current Mood: contemplative (Comment on this)
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
boixboi	6:29p	Burning bridges, one match at a time. The events of AC were extremely unfortunate, to say the least, but I was hoping to be able to stay my tongue on the subject. Some of the more ridiculous and inaccurate things which are being said, however, have forced me to add to the "drama." Several months ago now, a good friend of mine offered me space in his room for the convention. I had my doubts, due to the others who were going to be staying there, but chose to take the spot. At the time, the room consisted of relatively few people, and my boyfriend and I paid an amount typical for staying at a convention with bedspace and our own room keys. As the months passed, it became rather unfortunately apparent that my friend was forfeiting any control on the room to an overbearing, pompous individual who-- when meeting me in the past-- would hardly give me the time of day. At this point, I had already committed to the room, and we had been assured that although events would be going on in the adjoining suite, our room would be an off-limits area and just like any other roomspot at the con. So, we stuck with it. As the convention approached, more red flags started popping up, such as the frequent panic over spaces in the rooms being vacated and calls for more people to join. By the time the convention had finally arrived, this "normal" room had ballooned up to fourteen people-- most of whom were staying on the floor. Nobody ever said anything to us about these sorts of changes until they had already happened, of course. Finally, the con arrived. My boyfriend and I, although not thrilled, were not exactly surprised when asked if we could "share" a key. Given that we tend to be fairly independent, and that nobody had discussed with or mentioned to us that this would be a problem until the last minute, we were very reluctant. For the first evening, however, we agreed. This is where everything really started to go wrong. As I said, we were told that we needn't worry about the numerous events of the suite spilling over into our private room. On Thursday, it became apparent that those promises were as hollow as everything else we had been told. I had to force people out of what had begun as our semi-private hotel room just so I could sleep. I was quite upset by this and the other turn of events, and the next morning I also heard that fewer people had actually showed up compared to the number of people expected, thus meaning that there could actually be a key per person. I knocked on the door to this individual's room and stated this, which apparently he thinks was a horribly offensive thing to do, but we got our keys and finally had at least one less thing to worry about among everything that was going wrong. On Friday, I met somebody very nice, a friend of my boyfriend's. He invited us to his room along with a few others for drinks, and regretfully I had more than my share. I do not remember what happened that night, but apparently I created quite a scene. The next morning I was asked to leave the room. I was upset about it at the time, but now I recognize that I have only myself to blame for this. This was my mistake, I promised I would not do this, and I did it anyway. I have no problem with the eviction. I was stupid, and I have a serious drinking problem. I have no problem with saying these things, or with other people saying them. I do have a problem with liars and hucksters who would accuse me of being exactly what they are. There are a number of other unfortunate events which I intended to address here as well, but I don't think it would have any value, quite honestly. Current Mood: rocks fall everyone dies (4 Comments |Comment on this)
noradannan	10:17a	WALL-E Is completely adorable and wonderful. And heartbreaking. A pixar movie made me cry. For the first half, I thought, "This is the best date movie ever!" E refered to the last half as "Pixar does Aralis". Wow, did it punch you in the gut. ( spoilers ) All in all, I adored it, though it had me on the ropes there for a while. Cutest thing ever, but it also kicks puppies for a while. 5 stars. (7 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
noradannan	9:37a	This weekend was great, if tiring. Long trip down to PA, though thankfully with excellent company, then I got to attend the absolutely delightful, wonderful, beautiful and eeee! enducing wedding of redcrosse and Samantha. So wondreful! The church was gorgeous, the service deeply moving, everyone involved looked lovely and happy and just generally glowing and fabulous. There was lots of laughing and smiling so hard my cheeks were a little sore, as it should be. A grand time. Yet more awesome: the wonderful bride and groom will be moving back up here! Yay! (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Friday, June 27th, 2008
noradannan	7:43a	"The Big Read reckons that the average adult has only read 6 of the top 100 books they've printed." 1) Look at the list and bold those you have read. 2) Italicize those you intend to read. 3) Underline the books you LOVE. 3.5) Strikethrough those that you tried to read, but couldn't finish out of boredom or frustration. 4) Reprint this list in your own LJ so we can try and track down these people who've read 6 and force books upon them ;-) ( the list ) (Comment on this)
noradannan	7:14a	Cloverfield I went in with low expectations for some reason, though I can't think which of my friends didn't like it. I was pleasantly surprised, all in all. A pretty good monster flick. ( Spoilers ) So yeah. All in all, pretty good, fairly scary, even if the main characters are pretty darn stupid. 4 stars. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Thursday, June 26th, 2008
darthparadox	7:04p	Holy crap. Sora and I were chatting, and the topic drifted to Geocities, and we mentioned that our first websites were on there. And holy crap, my first website is still up. I haven't updated it since 1999. Maybe early 2000. But Geocities apparently never throws anything away, and there it is, in all its half-broken glory. My God. Sora is currently squeeing over the version of the Geek Code I had posted on my site. Apparently she thinks it's "cute". Yes, you read that right; my fiancee is squeeing over my Geek Code. I am the luckiest man on the planet. But good god, my website was ugly. (13 Comments |Comment on this)
noradannan	11:45a	The Monster Squad is surprisingly awesome. Go in expecting a kid's movie, and then it's a fun, cute movie that has a lot of the same kid's movie feel of, say, Goonies. I missed this one when I was a kid, but apparently it was a favorite of E's, so he's remedied that. ( Not really sure if this movie <i>can</i> have spoilers, but here you go ) 4 stars. Silly and fun, with mostly correct german to boot! (2 Comments |Comment on this)
darthparadox	12:02a	Wheee I just finished page 4 of Pyrlogos, to be posted on July 12th. This one only took me about eight days to do - I think I'm getting faster at this. I'm certainly feeling more confident and more facile with the processes I'm using, and with Photoshop as a whole. I need to do three more pages - for the 19th, 26th, and August 2nd - and then I'll have a sufficient buffer to last me through the entire moving process (hopefully). I'm also planning on printing up some postcards to hand out at San Diego, promoting the comic. I should get in touch with a printer around here and see what I'd need to do and how much it would cost... Coming up in Pyrlogos on Saturday: actual drawings of the characters! (Comment on this)