RAISED ON A DIET OF BROKEN BISCUITS

: "she's a star." james.

weekend went...probably about as well as could be expected. i really do wonder when i'm going to finally snap, lose all patience, and tell certain parties to fuck off. perhaps i'll never have spine enough to, but who knows? one can certainly hope.

mater brought nummy tiramisu; shall have to tell her so when next we speak. didn't get to enjoy it after the pizza saturday, as we were all too full and had to rush to get her on the train home, lest she be stuck taking the 10:30 one.

went to see the Chamber of Secrets as planned; good thing i bought tickets the day before via the online service, as it was completely sold out (shock, horror). we didn't sit in the most optimal of seats, but it could've been worse, as well.

as for what i thought, well...without being spoilery (if i'm up to it, i'll write a full review later), Rupert Grint makes the best faces. i'd agree with you that it's incredibly annoying that he's always and forever The Witty Sidekick in filmic form, but i do have to admit much joy in watching the faces he makes. cos he's so good at them. XD

Felton looks like a squirrel. as Harpy observed, an albino squirrel...and this does indeed save him from mausdom, so all is well. the eyebrows are hilarious. but the sneer makes me want to shove acorns in his cheeks! XD

Williams' score was passable this time round. could've been a lot better had someone else been scoring it, but at least it didn't hurt nearly as much as the score for the first movie did. ol' Johnny-boy is still the king of self-ripoff-artists, though. i can't tell you how many times throughout the film Spaz turned to me and said, "ooh, listen, now it's the Imperial March!" or something similar. yawn. can we please start giving over our scoring privileges to people OTHER than the select Handful Who Score EVERYTHING for Hollywood? i know that's asking too much, but sheesh. even those who've at one time or another done something useful, mostly have long outlived (and outscored) their usefulness. i implore you to remand scoring duties to other parties. ;.;

(favourite silly throwaway bit that only amused my inner 10-year-old-boy has to be Sean Biggerstaff-as-Oliver-Wood delivering some line about how the Gryffindor quidditch team needs to start practicing harder and longer...*snerk*)

as for other things, have been getting sick since last week. probably stress-related (shock, horror). stayed home yesterday. coughing up lungs. joy. but i made curry, which is mostly your fault...but which is not a bad thing in the slightest. it was super-improv curry, as i didn't have everything proper needed for it. i'm most familiar with Thai curry, so i made a basic red coconut one, minus the coconut milk (as i didn't have any handily lying around) and instead substituting some cream mixed with milk. got a decent texture and consistency out of it, so no complaints. ^^ added in chicken, sliced carrots, and some rice stick and it was all very happy indeed. helped clear some of the sickness out of me, i think.

have also been drinking tea by the potsful this weekend, mostly of the old-family-remedy sort. all that involves is some chopped up ginger (amount to be determined by your taste) boiled for quite some time in water, with a bit of lime juice, some sugar, and some crushed red pepper added in. it sears going down, but it definitely helps. it's really good if you've got a head cold, but any congestion at all seems to be helped by it.

ought to scoot off now for training...