Randomosity

[oyceter]

• rachelmanija has finished her excellent series of posts on PTSD: Parts I, II, and III


• She's also started reading Angel Sanctuary! My joy cannot be contained! Also, spoil her and have your brain taken over by Rosiel.


• rilina and yhlee continue to watch Gundam Wing. My joy is still not contained! OMG people watching and getting into my beloved first anime series despite its mecha-ness!


• I'm sure everyone has already seen the post-apocalyptic cities posters for I Am Legend but I wanted to highlight the fact that they have TAIPEI and SEOUL! EEEEEEE! (I love Hong Kong, but I feel HK is featured much more often than Taipei and Seoul! OMG! Taipei! National monument that is only a few blocks away from my apartment!


• I have taken the plunge, put my Netflix account on hold, and started Blockbuster. I blame my sister. On the minus side, Blockbuster only has DVDs 7-10 of GWing. On the plus side.... THEY HAVE DAMO ON DVD!!!!!


• shewhohashope hosts the 5th POC in SF Carnival and focuses on non-Western fantasy, including... WUXIA! (yes, I am a little obsessed right now) I particularly rec meganbmoore's wuxia primer for those of you like me who only know you like swords and flying people and historical costumes and have no idea what to watch outside of two or three things. And it's good for people who have absolutely no idea what wuxia is too! Win-win!

I should actually catch up on book and TV posting but... oh well. Soon.

Comments

[magicnoire.livejournal.com]

I didn't think I Am Legend was all that scary. But he did write this short story about a woman with an overbearing mother and an African mask and that one disturbed me.

(Keep in mind who's saying this though. The only horror movie that has ever freaked me out so badly that I couldn't sleep was Ringu and that was because I have a TV at the foot of my bed and I was convinced something was going to crawl out and grab my feet.)

[oyceter]

Hee, gotcha! I am a total wimp when it comes to horror -- I never even watched the Ring; my friend only told me a summary, and that was enough to freak me out. Also, Sixth Sense scared me, and I had my eyes closed through half of it...

[magicnoire.livejournal.com]

It's been a while since I read I Am Legend so I can't give any definitive "This is not scary!". Especially since my standards are skewed. The Sixth Sense is one of my favorite movies ever.

Re: The Ring
It also didn't help that one of my friends thought it'd be funny to call me and whisper, "Seven days" when I answered the phone and then hang up. After freaking out for a few minutes, I finally realized what had happened. I was so mad and called him back and shouted at him for a good five minutes.

[oyceter]

OMG! Freaky and evil of him! That would have scared the living daylights out of me.