rm ([personal profile] rm) wrote2006-08-16 03:44 pm

pop-culture sundries

Season 1 of Rome is out on DVD now. A few more Judy's Book (ugh) B&N gift cards and it can be mine (waaaay not cheap). Just the reminder that the thing is out has reminded me of all the hot hot hot on that show. I mean, it just melts my brain -- Ciaran Hinds, James Purefoy (naked James Purefoy, I might add), Tobias Menzies and Polly Walker. Much too much hot.

It's Wednesday and that means Project Runway!

Friday means Snakes on a Plane. CNN actually has an article about whether it can live up to the hype. Don't they mean down? I mean... come on! Snakes on a plane!

The other day I was ranting to someone about pop-culture related stuff in the Asia-Pacific region and was basically told "that's a killer dissertation in post-colonial studies," which it is. Too bad I'd have to live to be 150 to even begin to do all the things I want to do. Being an academic doesn't seem like part of the plan. One day I need to stop feeling like that makes me a moron.

Must write AC articles tonight, work on some Descensus stuff, maybe work on some non-Descensus fic, respond to some emails, etc.

August is the deadest month for auditions. This is always true, has always been true, but I have to keep reminding myself that nothing is going on not because I'm in a state, but because nothing is going on.

[identity profile] abnormal-apathy.livejournal.com 2006-08-16 08:59 pm (UTC)(link)
I guess I don't get the whole Snakes on a Plane thing. There's snakes. On a plane.

How the fuck is that entertaining?

[identity profile] rm.livejournal.com 2006-08-16 09:00 pm (UTC)(link)
I think it's the sheer blinding stupidity factor.

[identity profile] abnormal-apathy.livejournal.com 2006-08-16 09:08 pm (UTC)(link)
LMAO. Well, now that's probably the best reason I've heard yet. Though I did find Samuel L. Jackson amusing when he was discussing it last night on The Daily Show.