I hope the vet calls with good news soon, sarameg.
Gaming peoplr--do you have any recs for Nintendo DS games that would be good for 9 year old girls?
Anya Christina Emmanuella Jenkins. Twenty years old. Born on the fourth of July — and don't think there weren't jokes about that my whole life, mister, 'cause there were. 'Who's our little patriot?' they'd say, when I was younger and therefore smaller and shorter than I am now.
Anya ,'Potential'
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Lee - Oct 17, 2008 4:24:25 pm PDT #5189 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
juliana - Oct 17, 2008 4:32:04 pm PDT #5190 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Are historically accurate costumes more important in movies than in theatre?
To me, yes. Theater isn't trying to present itself as the final say on the subject, where - just by the static nature of the medium - film often does. I'm not saying filmmakers have that goal, it's just that - with how real moves look and act and all of that, I expect costumes/props/locations to be accurate, as well. Unless, of course, the filmmaker is going for an anachronistic effect (see Coppola's Marie Antoinette).
dcp - Oct 17, 2008 4:45:27 pm PDT #5191 of 10001
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
...any recs for Nintendo DS games that would be good for 9 year old girls?
One of my cousins about that age is devoted to her Nintendogs.
Connie Neil - Oct 17, 2008 4:49:33 pm PDT #5192 of 10001
brillig
OK, who's playing the head pirate? He looks damned familiar.
sumi - Oct 17, 2008 4:49:42 pm PDT #5193 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
DavidS - Oct 17, 2008 4:50:06 pm PDT #5194 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Two new dances learned on Yo Gabba Gabba:
1) The Baby Isaac - by DJ Lance
2) The Puppet Master - Elijah Wood (I'm sure you can imagine how that would go)
Lee - Oct 17, 2008 4:54:44 pm PDT #5195 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Thanks dcp!
Ginger - Oct 17, 2008 5:07:58 pm PDT #5196 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Theatre to me is a stripped-down version of reality. It only has to suggest. Movies and television are depicting a whole world. I'm okay with movies that create some kind invented place that never was, but in this case, they appear to be trying to roughly place it in the original Crusoe era, the 18th century, minus the actual clothing and mores of the era, plus guns that shoot more than once and certain liberties with the laws of physics.
Barb - Oct 17, 2008 5:16:03 pm PDT #5197 of 10001
“Not dead yet!”
I like to play unusual music for my students. One of my favorites to spring on them is violinist Vanessa Mae. At first they look like, "What is this!" and then some of them are truly intrigued by an electric violin.
GG, have you heard any Lucia Micarelli? Classically trained, but plays Led Zep and Queen. Playing Kashmir
Gaming peoplr--do you have any recs for Nintendo DS games that would be good for 9 year old girls?
Perkins, Lewis works at Gamestop and he's asking if the girl in question is really girly girl? If she is, in addition to Nintendogs, there is a whole line of Petz games. The Imagine Series is also really popular (stuff like Fashion Designer, Rock Star, Teacher). There's also an upcoming series called "EnerG" that focuses on sports-related stuff aimed at girls, so there's going to be gymnastics, equestrian, cheerleading.
From personal experience, Abby, who's about to turn eleven, has been happily playing Pokemon, My Sims, and anything Mario. If you have any other questions, let me know and I can ask Lewis.
Trudy Booth - Oct 17, 2008 5:25:35 pm PDT #5198 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Are historically accurate costumes more important in movies than in theatre?
There is certainly more budget for them.