another giveaway

I found another CD-Rom while moving into my new study. Contents: Caravaggio kisses, Hobbits on SMTV live, lij at fotr film premiere party, Dombilly on MTV, Orlando on Johnny Vaughan, Elijah leaps on Orlando London fotr premiere, MTVMA various, Bean gets nekkid on Saturday, Billydomorlibean - the orlibean canoodle.

Does anyone want this?

Btw, I am very, very grateful to the kind souls who made these goodies for me. I feel bad about passing along gifts but someone else may now enjoy these more than I will. If you'd like them back: please tell me!

Research question!

This is one for the German speakers among my Friends:

Wie heisst die kleine Hexe (Otfried Preussler) mit Namen? Wird ihr Name irgendwo erwaehnt? Dass ihr Rabe Abraxas heisst, weiss ich -- aber die Hexe selbst? Und sind die Namen irgendwelcher anderer Hexen bekannt (Oberhexe, Wetterhexe, usw)?

Danke schoen!

You can see where this is headed, can't you..? This comes from branching out into HP territory...

la mala educacion

Last night, I saw Almodovar's La mala educacion (Bad Education) with Gael Garcia Bernal (thank you, crazybutsound for the inspiration!). The film was spellbinding. And Bernal is an outstanding actor. What a layered performance! Now him I'd happily cast as anyone in my fics. In fact, I think his acting ability is better than my fics warrant: finally, an actor who can act!

( the film has plot twists so spoiler warning here )

And it's so nice to see a non-Hollywood film. Real bodies! Real fucking! And no excess of violence to spoil the last 30 minutes. Also, Spanish is really a very beautiful language; I loved bathing in it sound for 90 minutes. And Bernal speaking Castilian: I can't imagine what the effect must be on a Spanish-speaking audience but it certainly also sounded very nice. (Or is it Lij being English? In which case, cringe. But I can't believe that Bernal does anything that is less than perfect.)

happy birthday, cupiscent!

Happy birthday, cupiscent!!

May it be a happy day and an even happier year, full of wishfulfilling moments and dreamattaining bliss.

lit vs genre

What is the difference between literary fiction and genre fiction?