Tu as le coeur à rire, moi je l'ai-t-à pleurer.*

[bending_sickle]

Well, today kind of sucked a bit. I'd planned to go to Katwijk (Flickr!) but it rained all morning, so I thought maybe a rainy day at a beach 1 hr away by bus, not so hot. So instead I stayed home and felt sick then went out to the movies.

Oh boy, was that ever a bad plan. I watched Il y a longtemps que je t'aime (trailer). The movie's great, lovely even, with those long silences and intense characters typical of many European films. It's also depressing and heart-wrenching as hell. I had tears just coursing down my face all throughout. Just, gah. (Also, watched it in French with mostly-useless Dutch subtitles, which means I lost a bit for the first few minutes until my brain found the On Button for French again. *le sigh*)

Quote of the Day: Neil Gaiman

I've been making a list of the things they don't teach you at school. They don't teach you how to love somebody. They don't teach you how to be famous. They don't teach you how to be rich or how to be poor. They don't teach you how to walk away from someone you don't love any longer. They don't teach you how to know what's going on in someone else's mind. They don't teach you what to say to someone who's dying. They don't teach you anything worth knowing.

Links of the Day:
xkcd_boomdeyada - This is why I ♥ people on the internet.
lost_recs - Fic recs.
Correographed dancing with treadmills? You don't say!
greygirlbeast posts music videos. Go on, expand your musical horizons.
Jessica, the 400 lb 7-year-old, whom I'm sure you've all seen on YouTube, has lost 250 lb. Video is in German, but basically she ate more calories in a day than others do in a year, had junk food for breakfast, and finally couldn't walk and had trouble breathing from the weight. Just how you let things get this far out of hand - whatever the underlying cause for the obesity - is beyond me.
YouTube Channel: TheBestofLOST - 49 clips
Wiki: Stephen Fry's QI (YouTube Clip)
versaphile has a theory about Doctor Who's The Master
lidi has animated mood themes featuring Lost and Heroes
The Gaiman Archive: Sandman quotes and a collection of Neil's stories, poems, introductions, etc. including the first attempted Sandman screenplay.
FAQ: Who is Neil - Hilarious!
Sandman FAQ
Sandman Chronology


* "Il y a longtemps que je t'aime", Jean-Louis Aubert**
** Loose translation: "Your heart is for laughter, mine's for crying for you." I'm iffy on the l'ai-t-à construction.***
*** Possibly because it may really be written, l'ai t'à ? From à te pleurer?

Comments

[phantmgreeneyes.livejournal.com]

It is very cool that you speak French. Also?? Doctor Who was a mindtwist last night.

[bending-sickle.livejournal.com]

Mindtwist indeed. I've got nothing but flail. Harriet Jones, former PM = ♥, yes?

[phantmgreeneyes.livejournal.com]

oh yes! most definitely! i did a happy dance when she came back on screen.
rip harriet jones.