Aino Minako-chan

Minako-chan: Is it just my imagination, or is the desk shaking?
Sakano-san: Hey, are we having an earth--

[MASSIVE JOLT AS IF HIT BY A CAR]

Office: UWAAAAAAAAAAA!

[gentle trembling for the next minute or so]

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Nothing even fell over, but swear to god, whiplash. And motion sickness, but that's almost normal with me.

And in conclusion, I urge everyone (especially comic lovers, but everyone really) to visit this page for a laugh:

http://www.i-mockery.com/comics/longbox7/default.php

It's scan-filled summary and review of what is apparently the worst big-name Batman series, ever. I can't stop reading it, and I can't stop laughing. Dick Grayson, age 12.

Long story short, I went with John to see "Batman Begins" this weekend, and it was so good that I was smiling for the rest of the afternoon, through the cheap ramen and all throughout karaoke. It was just the glorious little trip that I thought it would be. Christopher Nolan! Christian Bale! Liam Neeson! Morgan Freeman! Michael Caine! Gary Oldman! I was quite of my ability to not start screaming stuff like, "DROP LIAM AND YOU'RE A DEAD MAN, BALE!" at the screen. I don't want to say any more about my many many thoughts about the movie for fear of spoiling it for others, but I will say that it was interesting how a Batman movie really DID feel like a Christopher Nolan movie. "Memento" was his movie about memory loss, "Insomnia" was his movie about sleep deprevation, and "Batman" was his movie about fear. Very fascinating. That, and although I didn't squeal DURING the movie, I literally let out a squeak during the previews when "HP and the Goblet of Fire" preview started up. It was honestly an audible "Eeeee~!" (*^_^*)

Long story short, VERY GOOD MOVIE that made my inner and outer fangirls very happy. Next up is Star Wars. Ewan~!

But first, a quick snippet from an email from my Dad:

I've been dealing on the phone for the last week with Bob Bobson [real name changed to protect the innocent], a young civil servant who is processing my pension application. [...] Anyway, I'll have to walk him through this slowly just like I did about 15 years ago with a young IRS officer who audited me. In that case, she finally asked me if I would mind writing her report. Will be a learning experience for both of us.

Only my dad would write his own audit. ^_^

In other news, I'm getting all rared up for movie fun this summer, so here's some quick rants:

( And now for Movie News! )