"That's my secret, Captain: I'm always angry." That alone would redeem a lesser movie. But The Avengers is actually very good movie. It even makes me want to re-evaluate Thor, because Loki works so well. Plus it has Robin Sparkles. ❤
Venice in a Day
http://vimeo.com/40977797 It's tilt-shifted, of course, because that's what all the cool kids are doing these days. It's still awesome. And I will be there soon.
Evil Dead the Musical
Last year some friends and I saw "Evil Dead the Musical" at the Vogue, and it was sufficiently awesome that we (a slightly different group of friends and I) went to a new production on Granville Island. And this time we sat in the splatter zone. 😀
I fail at blogging!
So I last posted in... October? Stuff to blog since then: Montreal Movie reviews (Tintin, Margin Call, Moneyball) Gottacon Becoming a Burnabarian For shame, self!
Librarians in the Branch Library of Babel
Because it must be shared: Librarians in the Branch Library of Babel, by Shaenon K. Garrity. I've never read Moby Dick, but I don't think it's strictly required to enjoy the story. (Because the "Related Posts" plugin didn't pick it up, let it be known that Miss Garrity rocks my socks. Artie!)
The Three Musketeers (2011)
Today work took everyone to the theatre to watch the new version of The Three Musketeers. I really enjoyed it! It wasn't great -- 2D characters, random accents -- but I was entertained pretty much the entire way through. Awesome locales (Venis! Paris!), sword fights, crazy steampunk weaponry and gadgets... what else do you need? … Continue reading The Three Musketeers (2011)
Lotus
This is mostly just a test to verify that I can A) embed youtube videos, and B) they get successfully propagated to other venues, like buzz and reader (pubsubhubbub and rss). And besides, this is a catchy song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vu2jN3d2zzU
Car Free Vancouver!
Today was Car Free Vancouver! Gavin and I (and his dad) went to the big one on Main Street, which stretched from 12th Ave to 29th or 30th. It was a little quiet at first. I think it might've been a little too spread out; some stretches were pretty light on booths. But there was … Continue reading Car Free Vancouver!
Wall of Forgiveness
I decided to go home after work, which naturally meant that I wandered down to Granville Street to look at the aftermath. Today hundreds (if not thousands) of Vancouverites went downtown and voluntarily started cleaning everything up. And all the boarded-up windows became impromptu... shrines, I guess, for lack of a better word. And wow, … Continue reading Wall of Forgiveness
Riot 2011
This is just a quick post the morning after with my gut impressions. Yay for the City of Vancouver for having the fanzones. They clearly needed better security (IE: don't let drunk people in), but it was good to give people a place to congregate and celebrate. That said, the rioting broke out in the … Continue reading Riot 2011
For Great Justice(!) 