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[mollyringle]

1. Things that amuse me, part one: The Vatican ought to have a pastry shop called "Donut Nobis Pacem," don't you think? (See Dona Nobis Pacem to get stupid joke.)

2. Things that amuse me, part two: Jim Carrey on how his union with Jenny McCarthy has been dubbed "Jimeny": "To be part of that tradition is amazing, to be TomKat and Brangelina, and going back to Markapatra and Napolephine. So, it’s not such a bad thing, really!" Hee hee.

3. Doctor-definitely-not-Dr-or-Il-Dottore-or-Doc Who: Have watched the first Eccleston/Piper disc so far, all of three episodes. I like it! I don't love it yet, but of course I need to time to get invested. Still, Simon Callow as Dickens was a treat; and as to "The End of the World" all I can say is: They had me at "Tainted Love." That's the kind of irreverent silliness I can approve of. (And it's probably the exact point at which several of you decided the new series sucked, which is your right, but I do love me some off-the-wall dorkiness.) Anyway, neither of the leads bother me, but Eccleston does look a lot like a former boss I had, which is disturbing, so I won't mind Tennant taking over.

4. I have this sort of ambitious Halloween idea of getting you guys to send me little sound files of you reading a pre-assigned line of some traditional ghostly tale like "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow", which I would then splice together into a cool LJ-people Halloween voice montage. If interested and able to record your voice into a tidy mp3, go ahead and comment and we'll see if the idea flies. [Edit: Voice posts work. I think this can fly!]

Comments

[serai1.livejournal.com]

Markapatra and Napolephine

Gods, Jim Carrey is so much cooler than people give him credit for.

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Indeed, and smarter. I loved him in the "serious" roles like The Truman Show and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind too. He has range, I tell you! Range!

[mikailborg.livejournal.com]

I'd totally do the mp3 thing.

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Cool! I'll probably do another post making it more official, so stay tuned...

[kalquessa.livejournal.com]

I have no idea how to record onto my computer as an MP3 but if you go with this idea I will find a way.

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Actually, I just managed to download one of your phone voice posts as mp3, so we can always do it that way. This could work! Whee!

[kalquessa.livejournal.com]

Whee!

And I came back to read your item about Dr Who (I watched the first disc last night) and discovered we fell for the same two things: Tainted Love and Dickens. Because a show that can work in both of those things within the span of two eps has to be worth the time of day.

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Exactly! The wide-open span they get to work with bodes very well. Anywhere in time or space? Yep, that keeps options open. Cool.

[allisona.livejournal.com]

I adored Christopher Eccleston as The Doctor and I still miss him, though I do like David Tennant, too. Eccleston had the greatest smile as The Doctor. It was also fun to see him running around on "Heroes" last year. Hope he comes back this season, too!

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Yes, I like the big grin at the inappropriate times. Hee.

[darthbeckman.livejournal.com]

My favorite celebrity marriage is Filliam H. Muffman.

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Heh! Wow, that one took me a while to figure out.

[rachel2205.livejournal.com]

Hm, I could perhaps do it - I have a microphone, but I don't know how to record stuff. If I can work it out I will do it, and add that British class you clearly want for such a project. ;)

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

I would need as much British class as possible, yes! :) And voice posts seem to be save-able as mp3s, so we could probably do them that way if nothing else.

[sopdetly.livejournal.com]

Hehehe. DW won me over in the Dickens ep, too, when Dickens goes "What the Shakespeare [is that]?" I giggled my ass off and I was lost forever! Haha.

Also, Jim Carrey pwns with that remark. Awesomepants.

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

"What the Shakespeare [is that]?"

Hee! Yes--took us a second, but then we giggled quite a bit. Clever.

[dirae.livejournal.com]

That's the kind of irreverent silliness I can approve of. (And it's probably the exact point at which several of you decided the new series sucked, which is your right, but I do love me some off-the-wall dorkiness.) Anyway, neither of the leads bother me, but Eccleston does look a lot like a former boss I had, which is disturbing, so I won't mind Tennant taking over.

There is something about Eccleston that I can't wrap my ever-lovin' Doctor Who mind around. Billie Piper has grown on me though. I'm catching up on season two and I actually find the triangle between Ten-Rose-Mickey Smith amusing... Mickey tells Ten "You can only run after one of us. It will be Rose. It will always be Rose" or something like that. Unlike many fans, I'm not a "shipper" when it comes to Rose and the Doctor--there is a character later on that I think is much more suitable and much more interesting.

Torchwood has really grown on me as well.

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Yeah, so far I'm not seeing that Rose would make a good romantic mate for the Doctor, but maybe that's precisely because I've read so many posts from various people saying it won't happen. :) She's likeable enough, though; or at least not annoying, which is sufficient for watching purposes.

[astroman-rich.livejournal.com]

A spooky-story-mashup? Sign me up!

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Cool! I'll probably do another post to make it more official, and will have to choose the appropriate material in the meantime.

[katymulvey.livejournal.com]

Me too! And I bet we could get the kids in on it as well...

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Katy, hi! Yay, you're on LJ! Glad to "meet" you at last. :)

I'd love to have samples of you all on the reading. The kids would make for great variety and cuteness. I'll post again shortly to organize more officially. (I'd recruit my own son, but I don't think he can pronounce "Ichabod" yet...)

[astroman-rich.livejournal.com]

Katy, hi! Yay, you're on LJ! Glad to "meet" you at last. :)

Oh, there goes Katy stalking me via my Friends list again. ;-)

[katymulvey.livejournal.com]

stalk stalk kiss

[katymulvey.livejournal.com]

We need to do a follow-up from Lovecraft where your son can just make inarticulate horrified noises?

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Indeed--or I bet I can get him to do a high-pitched shriek which I can then insert in an appropriate spot in the headless-horseman story...

[judytheteacher.livejournal.com]

Search for "The Wilhelm Scream" if you need additional material.

[shebit.livejournal.com]

I guarantee that by the end of the series you'll be sad to see Eccleston go. Tennant is good, but Eccleston's Doctor I thoroughly fell in love with.

[all-timeqb.livejournal.com]

I fell in love with Doctor #1...No, wait...I fell in love with Vicki. She is teh SEX. Eccleston was just a poopyhead. :P

"Opinions were like kittens, I was givin' them away..."

[shebit.livejournal.com]

Don't make me come over there and get to work on you with my laser screwdriver!

[dirae.livejournal.com]

"Oh, all_timeqb--he's a clever man. I’d call him a genius... except I’m in the same room." :P

[He's my hubby]

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Heheh. Well, I've now been told that I'll love Tennant better, I'll love them both equally, and I'll love Eccleston better. You can't all be right, you know. :P

(Then again, given my fandom fickleness, maybe you can...)

[judytheteacher.livejournal.com]

They're both lovely. Why limit yourself to just one or the other? :)

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Early to say, but I imagine I'll happily be devoting some affection to each of them. :)

[shebit.livejournal.com]

Don't get me wrong, Tennant is great and I'm really enjoying his Doctor, but then when I catch an Eccleston episode I get all teary-eyed and nostalgic because he was so utterly wonderful and it's criminal that we only got one season of him.

Nine (Eccleston's Doctor) could go from inanely joyful to hide-behind-the-sofa scary in a heartbeat - now that's acting. I was actually scared of the Doctor/what he might do, which is an unusual and highly watchable trait in a lead character.