A collection of random things

[thistlechaser]

1) Can I tell you how excited I am about the new Jurassic Park movie? It's been years since I last stepped foot in a movie theater, but I might have to go back for this. It's going to be such a hard challenge though, if I do. Popcorn is my #1 favorite food in the world, but it's also a food I can never eat again. I can resist it in day-to-day situations, but going to a popcorn-scented movie theater? Don't know if I can... but still, Jurassic Park movies MUST be seen on the big screen. :/

Anyway, they hired on a new star, and made a promo for the park featuring his character:

2) This song came up in RP today, and I died when I googled and found it was a real song. ("Real" song? A song that was sung by a character in a TV show.) NWS lyrics.

3) This tree is quite amazing! Linked for size. It's like some kind of modern artwork thing. I see a dancer with more trees growing out of her.

4) #3 lead me to the most amusing discovery. I visit reddit a lot (a social/information/interesting links kind of place). Different groups or subjects have subreddits. Apparently 'tree' is slang for pot, so the /trees subreddit is actually about smoking pot. Since that was taken, someone made /r/marijuanaenthusiasts for people who like trees! Ha!

5) Seraphina (by Rachel Hartman) is the BEST BOOK EVER. I have about 8% left to go, then can review it. And I'm SO HAPPY SO SO HAPPY I was offered the next book for review! I have it waiting for me right now! It's not for sale yet, which usually doesn't matter to me, but this time it works out so eeee! It's put out by a major publishing house (Random), so hopefully this will get me lots of good offers in the future.

6) I had previously accepted a different book for review, and usually read them in the order accepted, but I'm making an exception in this case. I suspect this other one (Chaos Station by Kelly Jensen and Jenn Burke) is actually Captain America fanfic with the serial numbers filed off. (It's about a "retired, broken super soldier" and his lover (officer in the military) who everyone had thought was dead...). I accepted it for review more to see if it was fanfic-ish than anything else, so Shadow Scale (Seraphina #2) comes first.

Comments

[hamsterwoman]

I am super jealous that you get to read Shadow Scale early! (also, very happy that you're loving Seraphina :D)

Also, that tree is very cool, and I'm amused by the reddit thing XD

[changeling72.livejournal.com]

There's a new Jurassic Park movie..?

What do you get in return for reviewing the books? And how did you get into it?

[tersa.livejournal.com]

Suggestion for the popcorn thing, from what I do when I'm trying to avoid cinema concessions:

Smuggle in a safe-for-you snack and eat that instead. :)

[ani-mama.livejournal.com]

It is amazing how many marijuana stores have popped up around here since WA legalized it. There are strip malls down in Spokane with stores right next to each other. They must be making a fortune...almost makes me want to start pot farming!

I read Reddit quite a bit too, but mostly lurk. The community there does not seem as friendly as LJ. But they do have lots of cute animal photos, ahaha.

[ashmedai.livejournal.com]

It sucks that you can't have popcorn, I love it too! I'm not tempted by the popcorn in our movie theaters in Germany, though. Germans tend to like their popcorn sugared, not salted, and...ew, no!