Ratatouille

Last night, my friend and I went to see Ratatouille.  It was HILARIOUS.  I was trying to remember the last time I had such an easy “laugh out loud” experience… and then it hit me: The Incredibles.  Of the two, The Incredibles is definitely better… but I saw both late at night when I was super tired.  And both managed to wake me up and keep me laughing for two hours. Hats off to Pixar (and Disney).

Karen, from South Park

I’ve started seeing South Park aviators pop up everywhere, and was a bit jealous.  So, of course, I had to make my own.  

Karen Simpson

Here is “Karen Simpson.”  🙂  … also knows as 5 minutes of blissful randomization. You too can create your own Simpson avatar at the Simpsons Movie website.  BTW:  Hats off to the Simpson movie marketer.  The website plus the Kwik-E-Mart/7-11 promotion have been nice PR touches. 

Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows

Edited 7/23. So, I first published this post half-asleep Saturday morning at 9am, which is when I finished.  🙂 I’ve thought about it a bit more, and here are some musings.  Don’t worry – there are no real spoilers. It’s much darker than the rest of the series.  Which, given the progression, is not surprising.  But there is a lightness that’s usually in the series that is much rarer in this book Prisoner of Azcaban, Half Blood Prince, and Deathly Hallows are the best of the series.  Thinking about it more, I really can’t say which is my favorite of the …

Potter Mania

It’s two days away!  Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows releases at midnight on Friday.  It’s rumored to be 784 pages… and it’s the last Harry Potter book in the 7-book series. The excitement is definitely all over the news: Images of the book (and rumored PDFs) are already all over bit-torrent sites. Tim Dale, beloved voice of the Harry Potter audiobooks, has already recorded the 7th both.  His readings (and the voices he does) are awesome. The books are under “heavy guard” in a warehouse somewhere in the US, getting ready for home delivery to those who “pre-ordered.” Me?  I plan on …

Hiking: Annette Lake & Mt. Rainer

It was GORGEOUS this past weekend in Seattle.  Took advantage of the sun and did some hiking…   annette lake trail: a bit of a cheesy shot, but attempting long exposure mt rainer  me glaciers squirrel about to take off