Coincidence?

Some interesting things I noted while watching Tim Burton's James and the Giant Peach again:

• James Henry Trotter
• Parents killed in a freak accident
• Lives with his aunts Sponge and Spiker (rotund and pointy, respectively)
• Who make him do work and chores and treat him horribly
• and who thought his father was below their level
• He dreams of a better place (in this case, New York, which his parents had told him about)
• And his life is changed when a mysterious stranger appears with magic (specifically, a bag of magic crocodile tongues)

Um...does this sound like the premise to another book to anyone else? One about a young orphan who finds out he has magic? With a lightening scar perhaps?

I'm not complaining or anything, as I love both stories. And granted, orphans finding out special secrets about themselves and subsequently livng exciting lives isn't an original formula in the least...but wouldn't it be a bit interesting to know if maybe this isn't where a certain author got her inspiration from?

I'm pretty tempted to change this post to "Harry Potter and the Giant Peach." Or maybe I just need to turn off my brain from analyzing everything for a night and just go to bed.

Panic! at the Desk-o

The above title has been my status message on gmail for about the last 24 hours. I'm pretty proud of it, as it's the only clever thing I have going on for me right now.

Finals, we meet again!

Mario Kart Love Song !!!

Yeah, so in case you couldn't tell, finals time = lots of me posting videos. But they're all good stuff, and I don't really hear anyone complaining, so here's another one.

Britney Spears - Circus

So the music video has leaked, and the quality ain't that good, but it's Britney, and who isn't interested what's going on with her?



Personally, the video (linked in case the player doesn't work) is more fun than the actual song. Although she could have gone bigger and made the circus aspect creepier, like with contortionists and fire eaters and other carnival-like side shows. I was at least expecting to see some sort of acrobatics.

And randomly, this makes me wonder, when will Ciara make a comeback? She was a good dancer.

Prop 8 - The Musical

My friend saw this video and said it made him think of me because a) it's a musical, b) it's funny, c) it has people I love in it (i.e. Neil Patrick Harris, Sarah Chalke, Jack Black, and Allison Janney), and d) it's "political."

And he was right! I think this is great!

See more Jack Black videos at Funny or Die

Holiday Greed

After taking a few minutes to actually study today, my mind started drifting again and I found myself wondering why right after Thanksgiving, I suddenly have this NEED for all these things I've only casually thought of buying before. Is it just that adverising and marketing is especially effective this time of year? Is it just because this is when getting and giving gifts is for everyone, making it a lot more fun? Or is it really just because studying is never something people choose to do, and shopping is just so much easier thanks to these internets?

I don't know.

But things that I've been secretly hoping people (and by people, I mean an eccentric billionaire who likes to make random people happy) will buy for me / I will probably seriously consider buying for myself before the season is over:

• a leather travel jewelry roll
• new luggage, in a nice blue or grey or purple or maybe yellow
• floral and bow headpieces, like those on ban.do
• nice earrings, studs - because I don't like dangly ones - like these or these (not diamonds, although I do want a pair eventually - just one, because I'm a firm believer in getting diamonds from your parents or from your significant other)
• any Audrey Kawasaki print, framed
• this or THIS Comme des Garcons wallet
• new games for my ds lite
• and obviously, another bag to add to my unstoppable growing collection, even though I had sworn of them after my birthday this year

Are you disgusted having my gluttony spelled out and in bullet form? Because part of me is.

But part of me, not.

Gap Pop-Up Store: Holiday Edition

So remember when Gap collaborated with Collete for that awesome pop-up store on 5th Ave? They're doing it again, this time with Mulberry, Liberty, and RM by Roland Mouret (a favorite of Posh Spice, incidentally), for 3 products in commemoration of World Aids Day.

The products:



Mulberry Bayswater made in red sweatshirt material, $150
Liberty print pink tote bag, $40
RM by Roland Mouret cotton scarf (with a print by James Webster), $40

All are limited editions, with only one delivery of the items to the store. Half the sales will be donated to their cause.

I want all of it. It makes it better that it's for a good cause, right?

Another Video - Posh Spice for Marks & Spencer

I've seen this ad posted twice on miscellaneous sites now, and both times I had to click it and watch it, and BOTH TIMES I chuckled. Yeah, actual chuckling.