Spoiler free review of Star Trek: IT WAS AWESOME. I don't care if you've never seen Star Trek, I don't care if you're disenchanted with the franchise, I don't care if you thought Cloverfield was the shittiest movie ever; if you're a fan of sci-fi and of things that are hilarious, GO SEE IT. ♥

And now, I attempt to invent a meme!

The Earworm Meme

Post five songs that are stuck in your head and get stuck in your head a lot. Chances are that they're stuck in someone else's head too, and now they can have their own copy of the song. Or, alternatively, they can now be exposed to new earworms to kick out the ones that are already in there. Thus as more and more people post this meme in their journal, we can create an endless chain of enjoyable, catchy songs.

1. The Boy Does Nothing - Alesha Dixon
I never claimed not to have a weakness for catchy, catchy pop. I groove to this one all the time.

2. Fever - Peggy Lee
Classic lounge jazz, as sexy and smooth as... well, I don't know enough about cocktails to make a proper analogy. But it's good.

3. Einsamkeit - Hiroki Yasutomo
Yes, I have become a Hetalia fan. And yes, Germany is a total not-so-secret woob.

4. Viva La Vida - Coldplay
I was always kinda neutral on Coldplay before, but I find I can't get enough of their latest album, and of this song in particular. I just wish I knew what it was about.

5. Let It Rock - Kevin Rudolf
I dunno how the heck to classify this song, I just know that it is one of the best songs ever to do a paso doble to. (It's sad how many of my current favorite songs I was exposed to through Dancing With the Stars).

mood: full tags: meme, movies, music

Major news of the day: I can has internship! My adviser okayed it! THIS IS ME, DOING MY HAPPY DANCE IN THE CORNER!

Now, here's that lengthy WALL•E review I threatened promised earlier.

WALL•E is Pixar's ninth feature film, and the second one directed by Andrew Stanton, who also directed Finding Nemo, and like Finding Nemo, WALL•E is carried primarily not by its story (which is relatively simple and, honestly, nothing we haven't seen before) but by its characters, and the emotions they convey.

( Summary (no spoilers) )

( Comments (minor spoilers) )

( Religious symbolism? In MY Pixar!? (Major spoilers) )

My final thought is that EVE = tiny little robot Amaru. YOU KNOW IT TO BE TRUE.

In other news, I bought myself a pedometer, to keep track of just how much walking I do during the day. I didn't do as much as I normally would this morning, because I had to take time off work to meet with my adviser, and also it was really humid today and I really didn't want to drag my heavy backpack all over campus, so I hid in the office all morning and then took the bus down to my internship site. But I still walked almost 3 miles, according to that little thing. Go me!

Edit: I linked to this months ago, and then forgot aobut it, but now that the movie's out, I thought some of you might get some extra enjoyment out of it. XD Ladies and gentlemen, I give you... Buy N Large.

mood: sweaty music: "Deeper Well" - Emmylou Harris tags: movies, pedometer, pixar, real life, review, work