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.animaniactoo
11/15/06 6:24 PM GMT
Alright… we've all discussed past movies we love, hate, and love to hate.

What about the current crop? What are you looking forward to? What did you put your hand over your eyes and go "omg I can't believe they spent money on that? What have you seen recently and enjoyed… or been drastically disappointed in?

As a public service (to yourself) please do not discuss in detail and give away spoilers of movies most people probably haven't made it to yet. Otherwise I predict mallets & anvils will be in your future. Lots of them. 8•P
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One man sees things and says "why?" - but I dream things that never were and I say "why not?"

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&philcUK
11/15/06 6:46 PM GMT
Off to watch Casino Royale tomorrow night which, despite my earlier reservations, looks very good indeed. Recently saw District 13 which was quite incredible visually if not so awe inspiring plot wise

movies recently watched on the shiny disc: Ultraviolet (awful in so many respects), X3 (better than you'd imagine it would be) and Transamerica (surprisingly good).
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A smart bomb is only as clever as the idiot that tells it what to do……si vis pacem para bellum.
::madmaven
11/15/06 7:17 PM GMT
I wanna see THE DEPARTED!
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Hey there Mister Madman, wat'cha know that I don't know Tell me some crazy stories, let me know who runs this show Glassy-eyed and laughing, he turns and walks away Tell me what made you that way
&KEIFER
11/15/06 8:07 PM GMT
I wanna see the movie K-FED is shopping around
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TROPICAL BLUES .. YOU KNOW YOU'RE GONNA WANNA LOOK ... I'LL WAIT HERE
.noahnott
11/16/06 12:10 AM GMT
I wanna see BORAT!
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::third_eye
11/16/06 12:22 AM GMT
any relation, noah? :P
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.noahnott
11/16/06 12:32 AM GMT
I liiiikke.
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.animaniactoo
11/16/06 1:32 AM GMT
i dunno about Borat… I saw the previews and went "uh… maybe not even when it makes it to cable" But then a reviewer I generally trust and agree with said it's funny… so… … … hmmm… i dunno.
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One man sees things and says "why?" - but I dream things that never were and I say "why not?"
.noahnott
11/16/06 2:33 AM GMT
You missed the one review where it says something along the lines of: This is a great movie, blah blah. Whoever thinks this movie is not good or offensive is, blah blah blah blah..notice their grammar *cough umm, look at my grammer!*...the satire is great...blah blah...funny movie..blah blah...

...hey, he gave the commenceing/commencement speach for harvard a few years ago, cant be that bad. ;-) Oh, and the clips were funny. And, every1 that talks about it in my Physics class during break loved it...so, i guess it cant be that bad! >_>

I guess ppl dont like it b/c it continually disses the US? "We support your war on terror!" *crowd goes wild* =P Dunno, havent seen it yet, but i will sooner or later.
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::laurengary
11/16/06 3:27 AM GMT
I'm not too sure about that movie myself, though my daughter saw it & said it was funny.
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::kidder
11/16/06 4:05 AM GMT
I saw a preview of "Babel" or is it "Bable"? the other day. Looks like that might be a good one!
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::third_eye
11/16/06 4:30 AM GMT
you might be confusing it with "Caedes: The movie"..in which case it's ...babble :P
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.animaniactoo
11/17/06 10:55 PM GMT
Alright… opening this week:

Casino Royale - While I haven't ever gotten into the James Bond franchise, there's enough good stuff being said about this, I'm interested in seeing it.

Happy Feet: It's animated, A1 will drag me off to see it 8•P

Let's Go To Prison: Looks interesting, it seems to have exactly the kind of dry humor I like best... I am slightly afraid that it will end up being another one of those "There were 3 good lines in the entire movie and I saw em all in the preview"

Fast Food Nation: Hmm… haven't seen the preview, description doesn't exactly make me want to run right out and buy a ticket. Does have actors I like.

For Your Consideration: Worth seeing if only for Eugene Levy… but maybe not til it makes it to cable.

Bobby: While I've heard there are individual outstanding performances, this is getting so overhyped, and the premise is in that category of "it's been done before" for me. This particular backdrop for it doesn't exactly make me sit up and dance either.


Already released:

Borat: see above

The Santa Clause 3: uh huh. When will the original Miracle on 34th Street be on tv this year?

Flushed Away: I've heard it's got OLD SCHOOL CARTOON VIOLENCE! You know… before they got all P.C. on us. *brings mallet to theater*

Stranger than Fiction: Interesting premise, unfortunately not the cast I would have liked to see. I'll wait to rent the DVD.

Saw III: BAWK BAWK BAWK. I AM A BIG FAT CHICKEN. Thus I do not watch movies like this. AND YOU CAN'T MAKE ME!

Babel: Looks interesting, I hear Pitt's performance is outstanding. Doesn't make me wanna run out and buy a ticket… I'll see it when I see it.

The Departed: Now this I would like to see. Good cast, interesting plot (a serious dramatic Spy vs Spy sort of thing).

The Return: See "Saw III"

The Prestige: Again… interesting premise and a cast I like… I'll go to the theater to see this if the right person/people are coming w/me!

A Good Year: While Russell Crowe has been droolworthy in many roles, this is likely not one of them. Also too much in the mushy chick flick category for my tastes.
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One man sees things and says "why?" - but I dream things that never were and I say "why not?"
.noahnott
11/17/06 11:30 PM GMT
The new james bond dude looks russian...not english. :-S
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&philcUK
11/18/06 12:24 AM GMT
and what do Russian people look like exactly? at least it makes a nice change to have an English actor playing 007.
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A smart bomb is only as clever as the idiot that tells it what to do……si vis pacem para bellum.
::third_eye
11/18/06 12:34 AM GMT
after all, could he possibly do any worse than timothy dalton? *rolls eyes*
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lately, i've fallen horribly behind in my thanks and comments. I'll catch up, but until I do, please know all your kind words are greatly appreciated.
&philcUK
11/18/06 12:36 AM GMT
thats a physical impossibility I think - and TD wasnt english either :-)
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A smart bomb is only as clever as the idiot that tells it what to do……si vis pacem para bellum.
::third_eye
11/18/06 12:44 AM GMT
same difference *ducks*
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lately, i've fallen horribly behind in my thanks and comments. I'll catch up, but until I do, please know all your kind words are greatly appreciated.
.noahnott
11/18/06 3:56 AM GMT
On second thought, the new james bond will do a better job than mr brosnan...he was too much of a...i cant think of the word.
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&philcUK
11/18/06 6:49 PM GMT
As far as future films go - the one that I will be endeavouring to avoid like the plague will be the summer release of Alien vs. Predator 2. How on earth did this get a green light? The first movie was dire, it had a fairly good opening weekend box office take but word travelled fast as to how much it actually stank and it then took another sixteen weeks to double the first two days takings, scraping the production into the black. Now we’re getting a sequel - same writer as before who hasn’t worked in Hollywood since the first movie (speaks volumes that) and because any even marginally sane director has passed on it - the movie will be helmed by a first timer who is by trade a VFX technician…. The tag line for the movies promotional material is: ‘Warring alien and predator races descend on a small town, where unsuspecting residents must band together for any chance of survival’. catchy.
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A smart bomb is only as clever as the idiot that tells it what to do……si vis pacem para bellum.
gloopical
11/18/06 9:53 PM GMT
I want to see Flushed Away. Mainly because, in the trailer, it has a really funny screaming slug.

I never really have been bothered about the James Bond films, they're mostly quite samey. But I always see them anyway, whether I feel I should or... because my parents make me. But a blonde James Bond? That defies everything I know. I know it isn't about appearance... but that just makes me uncomfortable.

All my friends have seen Borat on the one night I couldn't do, and they loved it. But now everyone has seen it, I have nobody to go with... BUT MY PARENTS!

I'm going to die.
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&philcUK
11/18/06 10:17 PM GMT
well, Sean Connery didnt have any hair of his own, roger moore and timothy dalton had brown hair, george lazenby had whatever colour hair it said on the bottle so that only leaves pierce brosnan who actually had black hair, so im not sure why blonde/ginger should present a problem :-)
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A smart bomb is only as clever as the idiot that tells it what to do……si vis pacem para bellum.
gloopical
11/18/06 11:16 PM GMT
I know, but I'm used to them having dark hair. Don't quite know why, but I hate change. Probably because all change in my life has been bad, with a few exceptions. *cough, spain*
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.animaniactoo
11/20/06 11:12 PM GMT
Well Phil… if Scooby Doo was eligible for a sequel, then why not Alien vs. Predator? *asked w/an angelic face of pure innocence*
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One man sees things and says "why?" - but I dream things that never were and I say "why not?"
&philcUK
11/20/06 11:17 PM GMT
compared to AVP, Scooby Doo was practically a Battleship Potemkin in form and structure.
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A smart bomb is only as clever as the idiot that tells it what to do……si vis pacem para bellum.
+Samatar
11/21/06 12:10 AM GMT
Aw, come on, be fair. My 10 year old nephew thought AVP was cool.
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&philcUK
11/21/06 12:17 AM GMT
that speaks volumes :-) BTW why is your 10 year old nephew watching a M15+ movie?
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A smart bomb is only as clever as the idiot that tells it what to do……si vis pacem para bellum.
.animaniactoo
11/21/06 1:40 AM GMT
on that note… why are you Phil? *snicker*

okay… mostly unrelated, but SO ECSTATIC that I most post it somewhere!

ANIMANIACS Season 2 DVD will be released on Dec 5th! *floats off in a bubble of elation* 8•D
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One man sees things and says "why?" - but I dream things that never were and I say "why not?"
::madmaven
11/21/06 3:07 PM GMT
BEST movie I have seen in a long, long time....{ been out awhile on DVD now...} is HOSTEL

F-g awesome!
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Hey there Mister Madman, wat'cha know that I don't know Tell me some crazy stories, let me know who runs this show Glassy-eyed and laughing, he turns and walks away Tell me what made you that way
::third_eye
11/21/06 3:08 PM GMT
is it the gore fest the attractions portray it to be,or is that through the wonders of editing?
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lately, i've fallen horribly behind in my thanks and comments. I'll catch up, but until I do, please know all your kind words are greatly appreciated.
::madmaven
11/21/06 3:10 PM GMT
If u mean HOSTEL? It is TRULY well done....the plot, the surprises, the gore, etc.
It is NOT a movie that embarrasses you for being stupid enough to see it...it's intelligent...well scripted.

PS: I saw "SAW" and found it STOOOOOPID.
Hostel is not.
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Hey there Mister Madman, wat'cha know that I don't know Tell me some crazy stories, let me know who runs this show Glassy-eyed and laughing, he turns and walks away Tell me what made you that way
::third_eye
11/21/06 3:21 PM GMT
cool... onto the short list hostel shall go
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lately, i've fallen horribly behind in my thanks and comments. I'll catch up, but until I do, please know all your kind words are greatly appreciated.
.scionlord
11/21/06 9:26 PM GMT
Casino Royale was good.

I'm up for watching AvP2....only because potentially it could be cool....but like all good things will probably be ruined.

Other than that....nothing on the horizon....though I may watch Transformers just to see how badly they have treated it. Maybe Iron Man as and when it gets made.
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'Study the past, if you would divine the future.' - Confucius
&philcUK
11/21/06 10:20 PM GMT
Sadly there are a couple of films that may have been great may now be badly compromised. The two Lord of the Rings prequel movies, including the Hobbit, have had their director Peter Jackson and his production company Wingnut removed from the project by New Line Cinema. New Line will not let Jackson produce the movies unless he drops his lawsuit against them for stiffing Wingnut Films of their share of the $3 billion box office takings from the Rings trilogy movies.
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A smart bomb is only as clever as the idiot that tells it what to do……si vis pacem para bellum.
::third_eye
11/21/06 11:16 PM GMT
sad is right. if someone other than jackson directs the Hobbit, it'll take on a very different, and not necessarily better feel. look no further than the Potter movies
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lately, i've fallen horribly behind in my thanks and comments. I'll catch up, but until I do, please know all your kind words are greatly appreciated.
.noahnott
11/21/06 11:57 PM GMT
Have you seen the thing on youtube where George Lucas directs Lord of the Rings.. lol, that was good.
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::madmaven
11/22/06 11:37 AM GMT
OMFG / I had to see "flushed away" with the kidz yesterday...
and i think watching a real toilet as it flushes is way better than that movie...*YAWNS* GAK!
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Hey there Mister Madman, wat'cha know that I don't know Tell me some crazy stories, let me know who runs this show Glassy-eyed and laughing, he turns and walks away Tell me what made you that way
.animaniactoo
11/24/06 8:50 PM GMT
Don't you hate when materialism gets in the way of things you really enjoy? Like my Animaniacs… cancelled in a dispute between Steven Spielberg and Warner Brothers over the merchandising rights. 8•(

On the upside! They appear to have gotten over it enough to be releasing them on DVD now 8•D *romps excitedly* (yeah, okay, so they're prolly just all scumsucking weasels out to make a few more bucks while they're hard up for the mortgage payment on that 3rd house in aspen)

Alrighty… This week's round…

Opening this week:

Deja Vu: Looks interestingish. If the right people ask me, I'll go watch it in the theater. Denzel Washington is almost always good to watch, rarely has a movie that I look @ the plotline and go "wtf was he thinking?"

Deck The Halls: You're kidding me right? Are you really trying to convince me this isn't some tired rehash of a plotline we've seen over… and over… omg… I'm getting deja vu. 8•P

Tenacious D: The Pick of Destiny um. uh. Okay… Jack Black's generally funny… this strikes me as a cross between "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure" and "This Is Spinal Tap". um. er. maybe.

The Fountain: I've seen this movie alternately panned and lauded. Plotline… interesting but overdone… Acting: all reviews call it well done… it's the director (Darren Aronofsky) they have a problem with. While his past work has been quite good, this apparently doesn't quite live up to those and he's gettin killed for it. Which probably means, this is a good movie, a cut above most of em, and he's getting panned for being below his OWN par.
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One man sees things and says "why?" - but I dream things that never were and I say "why not?"
.animaniactoo
12/01/06 9:42 PM GMT
um. okay. so nobody else is gonna say anything? FINE! I'm still gonna babble on.

Opening this week:

The Nativity Story: Said to be beautifully shot and acted, but frankly I've had enough already tyvm. Maybe someday… when I'm no longer depressed from reading NYC news

Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj: Well… um… I dunno. It could be really moronically funny or REALLY REALLY STUPID. 3 guesses which one I think it'll end up being.

Turistas: While this looks like a movie that would normally interest me… going into the holiday season and I get to be on vacation in a week, and tired of NYC news depressing me… I think I'll wait. Round about the 2nd or 3rd week of January I should be ready for the serious stuff again. lol.

MY RECOMMENDATION:

Cartoon Network @ 7:30 Dec 6th: The original version of "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas" 8•D
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One man sees things and says "why?" - but I dream things that never were and I say "why not?"
.orange_freak
12/01/06 10:58 PM GMT
maybe its been said before but everyone should defineitly see 'an inconvienent truth'
you owe it to yourself
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.animaniactoo
03/11/07 3:24 PM GMT
I have to say there's currently a whole bunch of DREK out there… i may post individual opinions later, but this one was so funny it cracked me up.

Last nite one of my sisters was here and for lack of other interest, we decided to watch "Miami Vice" and poke fun at it. I started w/the premise that after S.W.A.T. and Assault on Precint 13, Colin Farrell is absolutely not allowed to star in any more movies that are remakes of movies/shows from previous decades.

This turkey was SO bad… about 40 min in we were hoping they'd get their cover blown so SOMETHING interesting might happen.

53 minutes in, we decided we really didn't care if we ever knew how it ended and the prospect of another hour's worth was more than we could take… and turned it off.
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One man sees things and says "why?" - but I dream things that never were and I say "why not?"
::third_eye
03/11/07 3:39 PM GMT
i'm just waiting for the new TMNT flick :P
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.Benroy
03/11/07 5:28 PM GMT
I'll recommend Hot Fuzz for some light hearted entertainment. Out on April 20th in US.
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.timw4mail
03/11/07 6:03 PM GMT
I think I want to see The Last Mimzy...
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.gloopical
03/11/07 6:30 PM GMT
I've seen some adverts for The Last Mimzy on some sites... they didn't really tell me what it's about.

I saw Hot Fuzz on Friday... I REALLY REALLY REALLY recommend it.

It's so twisty... and they manage to make gore hilarious.

"Ow... that hurts... I want some ice cream..."

(say the man with a spike through his jaw)
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I'm but a ghost, I fade in and out of reality, forever on my endless journey to the fiery pits of hell.
::madmaven
03/17/07 2:42 PM GMT
Saw DEPARTED {finally}...and hey...am I the only one who thinks that movie was boring and totally sucked?
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Hey there Mister Madman, wat'cha know that I don't know Tell me some crazy stories, let me know who runs this show Glassy-eyed and laughing, he turns and walks away Tell me what made you that way
::third_eye
03/17/07 3:29 PM GMT
yes
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::madmaven
03/17/07 3:38 PM GMT
hahahaha ...come now....there must be others like me...
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Hey there Mister Madman, wat'cha know that I don't know Tell me some crazy stories, let me know who runs this show Glassy-eyed and laughing, he turns and walks away Tell me what made you that way
::third_eye
03/17/07 4:08 PM GMT
well, why exactly did it 'suck'for you?
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::madmaven
03/17/07 8:37 PM GMT
Coz...it was....boring. Honest...{ to me}. I couldn't believe people make such a fuss over it. It was nothing special...nothing even original....{ just my opinion}. Now HOSTEL....THAT..was a good movie...:)
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Hey there Mister Madman, wat'cha know that I don't know Tell me some crazy stories, let me know who runs this show Glassy-eyed and laughing, he turns and walks away Tell me what made you that way
::purmusic
03/17/07 8:39 PM GMT
Not enough 'splosions n stuff in my opinion. :oD
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The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes. - Marcel Proust
.kimcande
03/19/07 4:41 AM GMT
I want to see 300 and Preminition with Sandra Bullock.
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Since we cant change reality. Let us change our eyes in which we percieve reality. Nikos Kazantzakis.
&KEIFER
03/19/07 4:50 AM GMT
I have a Premonition that you are not going to like Premonition
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.gloopical
03/19/07 10:28 AM GMT
*has a Preminition that Keifer had a preminition*
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I wish I was a glow worm, a glow worm's never glum. How can you be gloomy when the sun shines out your bum? *runs off into distance giggling*
.timw4mail
03/19/07 10:54 AM GMT
When's Back to the Future come out on Blu-Ray?
;øP
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::purmusic
03/19/07 6:54 PM GMT
LOL.

Nicely done Tim. Nicely done.

*has a premonition that the premonition he had about the previous premonition ... might not really be a premonition at all*

But rather ... an itch.

*tries to scratch said 'premonition' *

Yep ... just as I thought ... it was an itch. Nothing to see here folks ... carry on.
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The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes. - Marcel Proust
::third_eye
03/19/07 7:05 PM GMT
and after all that avoidance,you had to scratch it in the end. wait...perhaps a poor choice of words.
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::purmusic
03/19/07 7:23 PM GMT
Lol.

Or ... a most appropriate choice. ;o)
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The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes. - Marcel Proust
.gloopical
03/19/07 7:41 PM GMT
I wonder what sound a preminition makes when you scratch it...

Probably the same sound as the time I heard a ladybird screaming.

Off to see Hot Fuzz AGAIN on Friday... I can't wait.

*dances*
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I wish I was a glow worm, a glow worm's never glum. How can you be gloomy when the sun shines out your bum? *runs off into distance giggling*

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