So basically, this month depression has teamed up with the common cold to totally kick my butt.  But I spent this whole weekend resting and I think I'm almost better.

On the flip side of this -- Star Trek has been out for a whole weekend, and I have yet to see it.  WHAT IS MY LIFE.

Ugh, do I want to talk about the season finale of Doctor Who.  NOT REALLY.  But I guess I will a bit, anyway.

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I am reading The 5th Wave, and it's really, really good.  It's a YA alien invasion book, and it's just really riveting.  I'd like to go read it some more now.

Except that I'm also really addicted to this iPad game, Blockheads, which is SO MUCH FUN.  I think it's kind of like Minecraft?  Except I've never really understood Minecraft, I tried playing it once, for like five minutes, and gave up because I couldn't figure out what I was supposed to be doing.  But Blockheads is really fun.  It's that whole pixely blocks of stuff, sandbox game, where you can explore and collect stuff, and make things.  Totally addictive.

Have a good week, everyone.

Thoughts on The Name of the Doctor.

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If you are going to the Independent Shakespeare Company’s benefit vaudeville show tomorrow (which you should, because it will be great, and if there’s anything in LA you should support, it’s the ISC) here are some helpful tips from the Company for tomorrow:

This Sunday, May 19
Show time: 3 - 5pm
Location: Old Zoo, Griffith Park

WHERE IS THE STAGE?
Download directions & map here

WHERE DO I PARK?
Sundays are busy in Griffith Park! There will be a lot of signs announcing birthday parties so look for the HOT PINK SIGNS with an arrow that says “Free Shakespeare.”
Parking is free.
We suggest giving yourself an extra 30 minutes to find parking and to walk up the hill and to check in at the Will Call Table. (so aim to arrive at 2:30, or before)

DO I NEED TO PRINT MY TICKETS?
There is no need to print your tickets. We have a Will Call/Check-in Table at the top of the hill where we will check off your name.
If you are bringing friends who want to buy tickets at the door, they can do so at this table.

WHAT SHOULD I BRING?
Pack a picnic, roll up a blanket (low back beach chairs are fine too), bring cash to buy goodies and don’t forget your sunscreen!

WHAT’S HAPPENING BEFORE (AND DURING) THE SHOW?
Concessions will be selling cold drinks and snacks!
Get your picture taken at Vizid’s free photo booth!
Buy raffle tickets for great prizes!
Enter the silent auction for one-of-a-kind sessions with ISC Company Members!
Buy ISC merchandise! There will be Vaudeville t-shirts, buttons, CD’s & posters.
(Note: we can take your credit card but cash is preferable.)

Questions? Call us at 818-710-6306. [They are very nice, do not be afraid of calling.]

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(I'm watching Once Were Warriors (at long last) as background for one of my courses - paper due next week, then exams, business, etc. I miss watching TV.)

Unfortunately, due to high spam levels on my public posts, all my future posts to LJ will be friends-only. Please comment to be friended, or see me on Dreamwidth, where I am still posting publicly.

The movie was amazing.  I loved it.  I am still grinning just thinking about it.  I think it's at least as good as the first one, which I adore.  They really stayed true to the characters and developed them dramatically, with a lot of fun bonus references thrown in for the Trekkies.  All the cast brought their A game, but Benedict Cumberbatch was incredible.  Meanwhile, the script was tight and clever with a plot structure that clicked together like tumblers in a lock.  Despite all the fan speculation, there were still big surprises I didn't see coming.  I saw it opening night in IMAX with my fellow Trekkies, and it was a lot of fun feeling the same ripple of 'holy SH*T' go through the crowd during the big plot reveals.  We all floated out of the theater on a collective, palpable endorphin high.  I saw it again tonight, and it was still great.  In my opinion, it was worth waiting 4 years for.

On an unrelated note, have what is probably the best Lady GaGa cover I've ever heard.

HEY L.A. PEOPLE!

This Sunday (May 19) at 3:00pm at the Old Zoo in Griffith Park, the Independent Shakespeare Company is holding a benefit show, for the purpose of raising enough funds to put on their summer season of FREE awesome intelligent accessible Shakespeare. They've assembled a festive picnic basket of vaudeville-themed talent, including

- John C. Reilly (yes, that one) who will be headlining with the ISC's house band the Pinchtones
- The Lampshades, a comedy lounge act consisting of Kate Flannery of The Office and Scot Robinson of Anchorman
- Helen Slater, film and TV actress, but in this case songstress extraordinaire
- Mariachi Flor Angelina
- ¡Aparato! (described as "post-punk(y), socially conscious ethereal rock performed with traditional Mexican instruments" which is pretty intriguing if you ask me)
- Nick Bottom and the Rude Mechanicals (the amateur theatre troupe from A Midsummer Night's Dream) in a rendition (truly the only appropriate word) of Macbeth
- assorted tumblers, tricksters and "razzle-dazzlers" (this is a family-friendly show so that can only mean so many things)

Considering this is a fundraiser, the single ticket price of $30 is really surprisingly low, and $60 for a family* is practically a bargain. Please come join in the fun – you're not only getting fresh air, and afternoon out with your fellow citizens, and a really great show, but you're helping to make possible one of the best things in Los Angeles, which unlike most attractions around here has at its core the principle of being freely available to all.
*two adults and as many children as you can manage; there will be no DNA testing at the park

Hilarious Tony/Pepper pregnancy minific by aj right here:

http://mrv3000.livejournal.com/1220506.html?thread=28150682#t28150682

Wow, okay. I lost my post. A post that took me a half hour to type up because, hey, the backspace button skips back randomly and I end up losing some words I don't intend on deleting. Bah humbug. At least it was about tv. Right on.

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Aside from the backspace issue (WHICH IS STILL HAPPENING) LJ doesn't seem to be loading comments or images very well for me. In short:



To make all better, have some Girls Generation:

Two weekends now, and I just haven't been able to go to the theater to see Iron Man 3. Woe. Partly due to the crazy weather swings (Santa Anas - rain - Santa Anas - rain - hot fog...), my vertigo has been going nuts. So seeing the movie in the theater with loud noises and giant motion has been out. WOE.

I really wish I could rent it at home. I'd be totally willing to pay theater price to watch it at home right now.

I have been so bad at LJ lately.  I've had sort of a rough week.  Ish.  Month?  IDK.

BUT ANYWAY.

Some good news:  Revenge has been renewed for a third season!  YAY.  I hope they tone things down a bit next year, take things back to the way they were in Season 1.  This year I have had great difficulty following the many, many, many convoluted plotlines.  But I love it anyway, so I'm glad it got renewed.

Also, Defiance has been renewed also!  I haven't actually seen the fourth episode yet, because when I went to watch it On Demand, it was all screwed up and the fourth ep was actually the third ep.  Which.... I'd already seen.

I got caught up on Psych while I was home sick this week, and IT IS SO GOOD THIS SEASON.  There have been a few episodes that have fallen flat for me -- I'm looking at you, Jeffery Tambor episode -- but there's been some amazing episodes.  We may have had to wait a long time for this season, but it was worth the wait.

I was going to go see Iron Man again this weekend, but, like I said, I got sick.  :(  So, next weekend, I guess I'll be seeing that again AND Star Trek.

STAR TREK NEXT WEEKEND!  Although weirdly, I am not as excited about Star Trek as I was about Iron Man.  Which kind of saddens me.  I wish the two movies could have been spaced further apart.

And then there's Doctor Who -- which I have a bit of trepidation about.  I don't trust Moffat.  Tonight's episode was.... not terrible.  Better than last week, for sure.

Is it just me or is there something slightly lacking in Clara's character?  I like her well enough, but there just seems to be something missing.  But maybe that's intentional -- maybe it'll make sense when we find out who she is?  LOL, I can hope.