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Stuff Making Me Happy Right Now

Hush, this is a totally legitimate blog post. First up, The Mummy. I stumbled across an article about it this week, which of course made me want to go watch it. I arranged my schedule to do so (basically that meant deciding “sod off, writing, I’m gonna go enjoy” and went to grab it from the movie shelf and–no movie. No movieS, I should say, as I had the set. I checked the kid’s room (she wasn’t home, has been told before to stop stashing my movies in her room, and walks in my bedroom any time she pleases, so no, I don’t feel bad) then called her to demand where the hades my movie was. No idea. Of course. This is at least the third time. Last time it was Tremors I wanted to watch. And guess what? That was ALSO a boxed set, and I ALSO had to re-buy it in order to watch it. Kids. Sheesh. Don’t have kids. Oh, where was I? Right. The Mummy. I mean, what more do you need to know? There are so many little bits that just make me chortle. Beni hiding behind Evy as Imhotep summons his priests. Beni swearing in Hungarian. Rick striking a match on Ardeth Bey. Ardeth Bey’s delight in flying, and how much he clearly liked the gun from the plane… I’m sure you’ve seen it, but if you haven’t, go watch it. If you have–well, you should probably go watch it again. Next? I have…

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I Really Just Want to Talk about Dinosaurs

I could write you an introspective post on creativity, friends, but that sounds boring, so I’m going to talk about dinosaurs instead. For a reason that will go unmentioned, I’m spending all week at either the zoo or the museum. In a few weeks, the zoo is going to be opening an exhibit of animatronic dinosaurs throughout. They’ve had a Carnotaurus for a few months advertising this fact. He’s pretty scary, as far as robot dinosaurs go. Sure, he mostly just moves his head and growls, but I’ve spent a fair amount of time watching children come to a dead stop and stare at him with utter terror. I get it. You’re not expecting a 9-foot tall carnivore to suddenly rear up out of nowhere. (He’s kind of hidden around a corner, and now they’ve planted palm trees to screen him.) Especially not one that moves and growls. And even after they’ve realized it’s not real (or their parents have explained that dinosaurs are extinct and that this is a robot), the kids still are skeptical. They keep their distance. If they do get up close, it’s to giggle and run away a moment later, as if they’ve done something very brave. (My question is: who decided to design its arms so that they tuck up backwards against its body? That’s super unnatural looking, made more jarring by the fact that the rest of the dinosaur looks so real.) I’m super excited for the exhibit. It actually opens on one…

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