Jilli, did you see LOTR: The Return of the King? I have a friend who shares your phobia, but he said RotK was sufficiently non-realistic that it didn't bother him.

I did see it, somehow managed to keep my eyes open the whole time, and was completely freaked out by it. I have NEVER seen the spider scene in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, and I don't think I ever will.

Pete is probably going to go see The Mist, which means he can report back on where it will fall on the Freak Jilli Out scale.

Pete is probably going to go see The Mist, which means he can report back on where it will fall on the Freak Jilli Out scale.

See, I figure you can just tell yourself, "They're from another dimension, so they're not really what they look like."

But then that might be naive of me....

See, I figure you can just tell yourself, "They're from another dimension, so they're not really what they look like."

Won't help, trust me. Part of it is the movement. I mean, photos of spiders wig me out, but it's the movement that sends me into panicked flailing.

Mooooom, Jilli's creeping me out!

Mooooom, Jilli's creeping me out!

Sorry, sorry!

So! ... um, has anyone seen the new Elizabeth movie yet? Is it as cheesetastic as I hope?

I did Jilli!

Yes! Cheesetastic! Agreeable enough though. After, L and I counted the three or four things that were historically accurate and decided we'd make a movie with the same basic formula.

George Washington: The Revolution

The only things we'll get right are that the US won, we were fighting Britan, George III was king and that's it. Everything else will be pure embelishment.

The only things we'll get right are that the US won, we were fighting Britan, George III was king and that's it. Everything else will be pure embelishment.

Like, the US won the Revolutionary war because Washington bested George III in a mano a mano fist fight.

Yes!!!

Also, the continental congress were writing him to get his advice on forming the new government, which he dubbed democracy, a brand new form in which all men are created equal.

The only things we'll get right are that the US won, we were fighting Britan, George III was king and that's it. Everything else will be pure embelishment.

Awesome! What sort of embellishments?

• Washingtong's secret allies: The Klingons!
• Chemical warefare! Minutmen spike the Redcoats' water with LSD!
• Patrick Henry singlehandedly destroys the British Zeppelin factory!

And everybody will sing!

Oh, wait - that's already been done.