The right place at the right time

We had tickets to go see a free advance screening of Queen Of The Damned" tonight, courtesy of local radio station 107.7 The End. I've been to a lot of these free screenings before, and NEVER seen it as packed as it was tonight. The movie itself was pretty darned good... it was much more "LeStat" that that Tom Cruise monstrosity of a few years ago, and as more than one person commented "It was pretty".

Crystal and I just happened to get seated next to a girl named Brie, and I (being the social butterfly I am) struck up a conversation based on her choice of reading material (MythConceptions, by Robert Aspirin). One thing lead to another, and soon I had found out (a) where to go to FINALLY find a D&D campaign that could use a good Cleric and a handy Swordswoman (been looking for a campaign for sooooo long), and (b) that she had friends who were getting her and her date in to see The Roayal Tenenbaums for free at The Neptune Theater in the U-District! I had but to mention that we had not seen that movie but wanted to, and we were in. How sweet!

We also got free posters for Queen of the Damned... but man, what a good night!

Fun fun FUN!!!

5 Items You Have Brand Loyalty To:
- Marvel
- DC
- WalMart
- La Victoria
- Hasbro

5 Slang Terms/Phrases You Use:
- Word
- A'ight
- Muhnkees r fuhneeeee
- Eat Lead, Copper!
- Eat Lint, Copper!

5 Snacks You Enjoy:
- Pork Rinds
- Bratwurst
- Peperoni slices
- Cheese
- Italian Sodas

5 Songs You Know The Words To, Even Without Music:
- Yoda (Weird Al)
- One More Minute (Weird Al)
- Spiderman Theme Song (60's version)
- Lorelie (The Pogues)
- Copacabanna (Barry Manilowe)

5 Games You Like:
- Dungeon's & Dragons
- Mage Knight
- Magic: The Gathering (yes, still)
- CarWars
- Trivial Persuit

5 Albums That Changed Your Life:
- Weird Al Yankovick - In 3-D
- They Might Be Giants - Lincoln
- Eminem - The Marshal Mathers LP
- Steve Martin - Let's Get Small
- John Pinette - Show Me The Buffet

5 Little Gadgets You Can't Live Without:
- Remote Control
- Palm Pilot
- Swiss Army Knife
- CD Burner
- Car

5 Good Things To Touch:
- Crystal
- Pre-1985 comic books
- Kittens
- Old toys
- Crystal (again)

5 Things You'd Buy With $1000:
- Pay off Penny
- Comic Books
- Toys
- Pay off my parents
- Dignity

DISNEY INC. MUST BE STOPPED!!!

I think it all started with "Beauty & The Beast's Enchanted Christmas". Soon after came "Aladin: The Return of Jafar". See, I'm okay with the "Dineyfication" of the classics. You want Quazimodo to have a beautiful voice and wacky animate gargoyles for friends? Go ahead. You want Cinderella to have a bunch of lovable talking vermin help her get to the ball? Go ahead. Wise-talking, skat-singing animals in The Jungle Book, a wacky-yet-wise cricket to be pinochio's constant sidekick instead of just being a two-sceene character, and terribley butchered cockney accents to Marry Poppins? I'm cool with that. But these SEQUELS HAVE TO STOP!!! Right now, Disney has sequels to Hunchback of Notredam, Peter Pan, and now CINDERELLA, ALL AT THE SAME TIME!!!

Good thing they had those olympic-class gymnastic parelell bars installed in Walt's grave... they must come in handy for all the flipping and turning in his grave that he must be doing.