I hate movie theatres.

However, there was a film that I really wanted to see. Earlier tonight, I stepped into a cinema for the first time in seven months.

The film that I saw was Ben Stein's documentary, "Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed."

I liked it, although I did snicker at its major evocation of Godwin's Law.

I guess I could share my opinion on the issue of Evolution vs Intellegent Design, but I really don't feel like it. You guys can share with me your opinions on the matter if you want, but chances are good that I won't care about what you have to say.


....I'm just being honest. :C

Lately, whenever I try to draw something, it ends up looking terrible. Like, even the act of drawing has become tedious. I'm trying to plow through a commission right now... I want to finish it as soon as possible, but I also want it to be a work of quality.

I think it's safe to say that I shouldn't become a cartoonist after all. I suppose that the username that I chose for myself at the age of 13 is a bit pretentious. Kartoon Kween indeed...

Anyway. Yesterday, I saw "Sweeney Todd" for the first time. After seeing so many negative reviews on F!S, I wasn't really expecting much, but I ended up loving the film. It had everything a movie should have: buckets of blood and musical numbers.

I always wait for movies to come out on DVD before seeing them. After working in a cinema last year, I have grown to loath them. I have absolutely no idea what's playing right now.

I want to see "Across the Universe" like burning. I need to drive down to Walmart and pick up a copy. With my new job, I can actually afford to spend money on a movie every now and then.

The music from "The Last Unicorn".

ILU, America.





(The band, not the country.)


Also, I'm spending tomorrow doing that welding and re-packaging thing at my dad's warehouse.

I wanna complain, but money = DO WANT, so I won't.

I'm hoping to devote Wednesday to art. That'd rock. After I'm done with gift art and commissions (BTW I GOT COMMISSIONED OMG), I really wanna do some original art. I think that all this fanart I've been doing is beginning to rot my creativity. I have nothing against fanart, btw. I love it like a fat kid loves Taco Bell. However, it's not good of me as an artist to neglect my own ideas in favor of fandom.

God damn it, Kartoon Kween! Live up to your username already!

Welp, bad weather's over and I'm still hear.

Hooray!

In other news, I finally got around to watching "Bender's Big Score" tonight.

Wow. Just... wow.

This movie is excellent. W... watch it.

I need a Sokka icon.

Anyway, today I finished some unfinished business from Christmas. Remember that HSR poster I bought myself? Well, today I went to Kinkos to get it laminated. It cost $20 to get that $10 poster laminated. It was completely worth it. It's so shiny and uncrinklable. I have it hanging over my HSR figurines. 8D


I also went to Target today so that I could spend the giftcard I got for Christmas. I bought a USB flash drive for my Typography class. It's shaped like a Lego block! That is epic.

I went to the movie section of Target so that I could locate a copy of "The Blues Brothers". They didn't have it, but I did buy the Futurama movie, "Bender's Big Score". I don't even care if it's good or not. I LOVE FUTURAMA SO MUCH.

I'm not gonna watch the movie until after I finish some art. The movie will be my "reward".

Oh. My. God.

Remember how I posted earlier about how I watched "But I'm a Cheerleader" for the first time?

Well, in the movie, their is a character named Dolph. Without spoiling much, he is a gay teenager who makes out with another boy several times during the film. While I was watching the film, I couldn't help but feel that the voice of the actor playing Dolph sounded extremely familiar.

Today, I was reminded of that curiosity. I looked up the "But I'm a Cheerleader" Wikipedia article to find out more information on the actor who played Dolph.

The name of the actor is Dante Basco.

He is also the voice of Prince Zuko.

WHAT.

Um, yeah. So I just watched "But I'm a Cheerleader!" for the first time.

It really was the best movie ever. I will be fanarting it soon.

Man. I wish I had had a pretty high school girl to make out with. All I want is to be a beautiful lesbian, like in the movies.

As we look back on the past year, it's good to list our accomplishments so that we don't feel like total bums.

Here's my list, in chronological order:

1) I had a small role in my high school's musical production.

2) I converted to Christianity.

3) I directed a one act play for my drama class, and the play was successful.

4) I was inducted into the Thespian Society.

5) I graduated from High School.

6) I traveled to New York and saw several shows on Broadway.

7) I came to terms with my identity as a gay man in a lesbian's body.

8) I celebrated my 18th birthday by getting my first job.

9) I saw an R rated movie, in a cinema, by myself for the first time.

10) I read the last Harry Potter book without getting spoiled.

11) I got my earlobes double pierced.

12) I got accepted into a prestigious university, after which deciding that I would feel more at home at a community college.

13) I found true love (and lost it).

14) I got my 10,000th pageview on deviantART.

15) I completed my first commission and made twenty dollars.

There. Fifteen accomplishments. Next year, I resolve to have sixteen accomplishments.

I'm going to celebrate New Year's Eve by wishing I had booze in the house. :(

Today I went to the mall with my IRL best friend. I love shopping after Christmas... so many sales. I tons of earrings: studs, hoops, star shaped, and guitar shaped. I also bought 2 the Beatles T-shirts.

Now, I'm home. I'm eating instant ramen while watching Hairspray on DVD. I haven't seen Hairspray yet, because I'm incredibly lame.

It's really good so far. The music is awesome.

In fact, it's so good, that I'm going to stop writing this journal so that I can concentrate on it.

I'm a gonna talk about movies.

"The Nativity Story" kicked "The Passion of the Christ"'s ass. Finally, a Biblical film that is actually entertaining (althought "The Passion" can be pretty good if you're in the mood for some blasphemous BDSM action). In "The Nativity Story", we see lots of character depth. We see Mary's insecurities and we see just how great of a guy Joseph was. Plus, the three wise men PWNED.

"Night at the Museum" was all kinds of awesome. I mean, I knew it was going to be good, but it turned out to be "holy crap" good. I was delighted to find that the wax sculpture of T.R. got a major role (T.R. is my favorite president). All of the characters were likeable, and all the characters had flaws. That is some damn good characterization, there. The Pharoah was my favorite character, soley because he was cool. Yep, he was cool. So, so, so, cool. SEE THIS MOVIE.

I bought Tezuka Osamu's "Jungle Emperor Leo" with my Christmas money, but I have yet to get around to watching it. I also bought some used "Sait Seiya" DVDs, which is a vintage Warrior God anime from the 80s. Yanno, the type of anime that was hand drawn, has a rock ballad theme song, and a bunch of bright, flashing colors in the background? It's beautiful.