Let The Right One In: an awesome vampire movie!!

In a country where it's always snowing, 12-year-old Oskar, a boy as pale as the sun, meets an enigmatic girl one night, Eli, with her dark intense gaze. The two couldn't be more different -- he a scared, passive kid on the young side, she a solemn old soul -- but they're both lonely, and they both want to do violence to the people who threaten them, so that brings them together.

As Oskar struggles with bullying at school, he becomes friends with Eli, who solves Rubik's cubes instantly, but doesn't remember her birthday. About them swirl two mysteries. First, who is killing young boys around Vallingby, the suburb where the two live, and draining their blood? Second, what kind of creature is Eli, who must be formally invited in and who licks blood drops off the floor? ( Read more... )

All my dolls, 8/9/2009

All my 1:6ers, LHF and non-, as of 8/9/2009.( Read more... )

Fuss about pus

Quiz: What comes out of a suppurating wound? More precisely, how do you spell it?

PUS.

P-U-S.

Not P-U-S-S.

Two Ses mean a cat, while one S means purulent liquid indicated an infected wound. [It's also that white gunk inside zits.] Stop confusing them, people.

And for God's sakes, don't ever think that the adjectival form is "pussy," because that gets us into even more disgusting confusions. Acceptable adjectives meaning "full of pus" include suppurative, pyogenic and purulent.

The Twilight Saga: The Official Guide

What fresh poop is this? [Answer: It's actually stale poop.] Stephenie Meyer is writing an "official guide" to four books of whingeing and sparkling, complete with "genealogical charts," in case you haven't already figured out that the books are the bastard children of the worst romance novels ever. My favorite comments on this book come from this Amazon.com customer discussion: "Cash cow says moo" and "I'm pretty sure it's just Spackle for the plot holes."