{ what do y'all call a three-legged wotsit? }

[delga]

It was so hot yesterday evening/night that I decided to shut down the laptop early and try to reduce the amount of hot air being blown into my room. I ended up going downstairs and watching War of the Worlds with the lights off. I saw it at the cinema when it first came out and whilst the ending is still lame, and although I knew what happened, I was still considerably freaked out. I think it's effective as a disaster movie because even the lulls in action are tense and the humour is quite dark, whilst, say, Independence Day is a riot in a whole different way and succeeds more as a drama than a disaster movie (but, again, the aim there is massively different).

Afterwards I was going to watch Die Hard, which I've never seen, but the preamble to the action was so boring that I switched over to Shopgirl which was funny and beautifully shot. I wish I'd stayed up to watch it all, but The Dad had fallen asleep on the couch and was snoring so I figured it was time to call it a night. Hopefully Film4 will repeat it again soon.

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Other words spellfucker refuses to recognise: movie. Oiskie.

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Today I need to watch That One Scene in Hiatus carefully and closely. In all my excitement this morning (not) I forgot that there's new Mad Men, huzzah, plus the usuals (Army Wives, In Plain Sight). I'm about to have a great day, obviously. (So hot, guys. England, why you gots to be so muggy? Less humidity is the key, y'all. Less humidity.)

Comments

[storyloves.livejournal.com]

Haha I love that you basically had the Sunday night that I was planning for myself until my mother interfered and I ended up watching all four episodes of Wives And Daughters with her (which was marvelous though). So I taped War Of The Worlds (shall be watching it for the first time tonight with the lights off) and checked when Shopgirl will be on next, which is this Friday at 10:45 by the way. Film4 repeats everything like crazy lol.

OFF TO DOWNLOAD MAD MEN. !!!

[delgaserasca.livejournal.com]

LOLS. WotW is great - especially in the dark (I'm a wimp, so, yeah). Thanks for the headsup re: Shopgirl. Must! Watch!

What's Wives & Daughters?

I'm so excited about new MM. SO EXCITED.

[delgaserasca.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't touch The Shining. Not ever, hee. I'm no good with horror. A good thriller I can get behind. Horror? No thanks!

Ah! Wonderful Sunday viewing. BBC tends to do a good job with Gaskell's writing.

[delgaserasca.livejournal.com]

I did wonder, hee! I kind of miss your old username, lols. I remember your first one, too :)

[delgaserasca.livejournal.com]

Lol, remember when underscores were all the rage?

Oh man, I look at my earliest entries and cringe, lols. So embarrassing.

Ironically, I was just wondering how people came up with their usernames. Your current one, and spiescameout are both so original and yet not just nonsense names (like mine, ahem, lol). So light! So lovely!

[delgaserasca.livejournal.com]

Which song?

Hahaha, that is a Very Long Story, a lot of which I've forgotten. But once upon a time I was heavily invested in science fiction, and once upon a time I wrote an original story about a group of people who were judges of a sort. (I don't remember the specifics. I remember they had blue skin and they were called delgas). Serasca was one of those people (I thought the name sounded quasi-Russian. I was wrong.)

The story behind my username is SHAMING, lols. So embarrassing. But as it turns out, DELGA is a Lib Dem LGBT group, and Serasca is a creek somewhere in the US. *shrugs* I'm still shamed, lols.

[storyloves.livejournal.com]

I think it's just called Spies? Been a while since I've listened to old Coldplay.

LOL THAT IS THE BEST STORY. Well, if it helps, I always just thought your name was something pretty and poetic in a foreign language or something. I do like the name Serasca actually, lol.

[delgaserasca.livejournal.com]

Will have to look it up. Been ages since I've listened to *any* Coldplay!

Haha, it's AWFUL. I'm just going to use your explanation from now on, lol! All in all, regardless of the roots, it's now my name, and I don't know. I can't part with it, dumb or not!

[twincy.livejournal.com]

Other words spellfucker refuses to recognise: movie. Oiskie.
D'you know why that is? Because it's not a goddamn word. It's a ridiculous slang term that somehow wormed its way into standard (American) English and alskflajs I HATE IT. IT'S CALLED A "FILM", WORLD.

/ranty

[delgaserasca.livejournal.com]

The word's been in use for 100+ years, yo. The least spellfucker can do is keep up to date.

[twincy.livejournal.com]

It hasn't stopped being stupid! So, I'm with Spellfucker on this one.

[schnullybaby.livejournal.com]

Not only in England it is that hot, here in the Netherlands too... especially when the tempratures are high and it is raining it is unbearable... and I live in the attic.

I hope the tempratures go down soon.
Do you know if they are supposed to stay up that high for the whole summer? Because I am going to England at the end of August and I hoped for less hot weather... we will see.

[delgaserasca.livejournal.com]

Oh girlie, ain't no telling what weather we'll have in August!

Yeah, twincy told me it's been sweltering in Groningen today.