"Pickled guppies," said Spooky.

[greygirlbeast]

Slowly, the ice and snow are beginning to melt. Just after breakfast, a great slab came free of the roof and crashed to the driveway. You could get hurt out there.

No day off yesterday. Instead, I wrote 1,654 words, the new introduction for Two Worlds and In Between. I like it a great deal more than the one I wrote back in October. I also did more work proofreading the collection, a task that is far from done and will require much of this month.

The "Someday" antique skeleton-key necklace is still available at Spooky's Dreaming Squid Dollworks and Sundries Etsy shop, though most of the other jewelery has sold. Remember: FREE shipping until Valentine's Day, and this stuff is much better than a box of chocolates.

Though I am entirely at a loss as to why, last night we watched Sylvester Stallone's The Expendables. Yes, I willingly subjected myself to a film directed by Sylvester Stallone. And what a great slobbering penis of a movie it was*, too. Even Jason Statham, Jet Li, and a smirking Bruce Willis cameo couldn't save this one. It was, in fact, the single worst movie I've seen since we made the mistake of seeing Scott Charles Stewart's Legion at the theater this time last year. There's actually nothing good to be said for The Expendables. Stuff blows up. There are guns. There are more guns, and more stuff blows up. Men kick other men in the nuts. Stuff blows up. Unfortunately, there are attempts at dialogue. And there are guns. In fact, that might have been the pitch that sold the penis to studio execs. "Stuff blows up, there are guns, and guys kick each other in the nuts. With dialogue." Bad, bad movie. Please, Jason Statham, don't do this again.

I got Vince's Drowning Girl illustration last night, and it's very fine. I've decided that it'll be the cover for Sirenia Digest #62.

I think the Starbuck icon kick is just about out of my system. I've been wanting to see the whole series, start to finish, again.

Okay...off to make the doughnuts and the negative space within said doughnuts.

*Lest someone say I'm being sexist, there are also vagina movies, and usually I don't like those, either. Or maybe I'm just being some sort of equal-opportunity sexist. Though, I do like good penis movies. This just wasn't one them.

Comments

[sovay]

And what a great slobbering penis of a movie it was, too.

That's a lovely summation and I shall avoid this movie like the plague.

[greygirlbeast.livejournal.com]

That's a lovely summation and I shall avoid this movie like the plague.

The plague is more interesting.

[handful-ofdust.livejournal.com]

I must, sadly, agree. Especially since one of the films I'm looking forward to right now is Black Plague.

[greygirlbeast.livejournal.com]

Especially since one of the films I'm looking forward to right now is Black Plague.

Just found about about that one. Sean Bean!

[handful-ofdust.livejournal.com]

People describe it as being like The Wicker Man meets Sauna. I see very little down-side.;)

[greygirlbeast.livejournal.com]

Hmmmm. I haven't seen Sauna, but if we're talking about the reamke of The Wicker Man, I hated it.

[handful-ofdust.livejournal.com]

Ooh, no--I think they're referencing the original. And Sauna's a fascinating little Mediaeval horror movie from Finland, sort of like The Seventh Seal with actual supernatural content. You might like it.

[greygirlbeast.livejournal.com]

Ooh, no--I think they're referencing the original.

Okay. Much better.

[tziedel.livejournal.com]

The Sauna is wonderful, the landscape alone tells an unnerving story. The casting is perfect. It's one of those movies that reveals more with each viewing. I did think of you and Spooky when I saw it, but I was in the midst of moving and it slipped my mind to do so.

[humglum.livejournal.com]

I just added it, and The Jade Warrior, to the Netflix queue. Wish we could stream it, but there you go.

[greygirlbeast.livejournal.com]

Cool beans...

[humglum.livejournal.com]

I am being useful, beyond cookie making! I must be feeling better. Or maybe just delirious.

[lois2037.livejournal.com]

Being someone who likes to see things get blowed up, I saw that movie... What really annoyed me most was that somewhere in there was an interesting little story about two aging mercs (Stallone and Statham) that could have been decent. Jet Li was fun to watch, but totally wasted. Mickey Rourke as the kind of Greek chorus should have been cool.

"Okay...off to make the doughnuts and the negative space within said doughnuts." Now that is the perfect way to spend a Saturday!

[greygirlbeast.livejournal.com]

What really annoyed me most was that somewhere in there was an interesting little story about two aging mercs (Stallone and Statham) that could have been decent. Jet Li was fun to watch, but totally wasted. Mickey Rourke as the kind of Greek chorus should have been cool.

All of these things are true.

Now that is the perfect way to spend a Saturday!

Not really, no. The perfect way to spend a Saturday involves the sea and not working.

[cynical-ghost.livejournal.com]

Hate to butt in but if you want to see a great story about aging mercs (or merc-types really) then see Red if you haven't already. Fun story, fun action and Helen Mirren as the most badass female in a movie since... well, since Hit Girl.

[lois2037.livejournal.com]

I loved Red! It had a great story and an excellent cast.

[chris-walsh.livejournal.com]

When did Battlestar start "working" for you? I remember your reaction to the miniseries -- still colored by frustration over Farscape getting canceled -- being more At least that wasn't as bad as I'd feared. (I had issues with the miniseries (http://chris-walsh.livejournal.com/991529.html), too, for what it's worth.)

And what have been good "slobbering penis of a movie" movies for you?

[greygirlbeast.livejournal.com]

When did Battlestar start "working" for you? I remember your reaction to the miniseries -- still colored by frustration over Farscape getting canceled -- being more At least that wasn't as bad as I'd feared. (I had issues with the miniseries, too, for what it's worth.)

When I let myself stop holding the cancellation of Farscape against it. Then I sort of fell in love with BSG.


And what have been good "slobbering penis of a movie" movies for you?

Hmmmm. Lots of stuff with Jason Statham and Bruce Willis. I'd have to think.

[xjenavivex.livejournal.com]

I have to admit to cracking up while reading your movie review.

[tanthe.livejournal.com]

I second that. I got a good giggle out of it, and likely much more entertainment than the movie proper would provide.

[greygirlbeast.livejournal.com]

Well, then at least something good came of it.

[joshrupp.livejournal.com]

I actually think "Legion" was a wonderful movie, as it finally gave atheists and the Christian right something to agree on. The most fervent zealot and the most liberal non-believer left the theater arm in arm, agreeing that there are some things that neither God or evolution could have meant to happen.

[greygirlbeast.livejournal.com]

*snerk*

[pwtucker.livejournal.com]

I walked out of the movie theater during the gratuitous water boarding scene.

[humglum.livejournal.com]

The three women in that movie seemed to only be there to be bimbos or be abused. Such a dull, bad, waste of a movie.