Easter

[laceblade]

Easter Vigil at any Abbey is pretty sweet. Not only was the homily superb (the abilities of a priest as a homilist will pretty much make/break him, in my esteem of him), BUT THERE WAS A GIANT TORCH TO LIGHT THE EASTER CANDLE. Seriously, that pole had to be 20 feet long, and there were GIANT FLAMES that made me fearful most especially when the dude tried to get the thing through the doorway. Easter Vigil: arguably the most bad-ass mass of the year (except for that one time at Pentecost when we purposely lit the baptismal font on fire).

On a more serious note, I really appreciated the homily. Easter is not just about butterflies and cute bunnies and candy. It means a lot because of the suffering that comes before it, because of the seriousness required by Lent. It's kind of the time of year to screw your head on straight, and then Easter comes and floods your heart with light, and you realize that Spring is here.

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A discussion on whether 'The Hunger Games' was cribbed from the Japanese novel/movie 'Battle Royale.' People have pointed out the similarities in general premise to me before, but the argument made here lays out a series of incredibly specific things that happen in both. An interesting read, even if it doesn't convince you.

The Onion's AV Club had a nice article about A Room of One's Own, on its 35th anniversary.

I think that fan-made crafts like these are really cool. In addition to creations focused on by the OTW (fanfiction, fanart, fanvids), I think that crafts are really neat, too. I've been collecting lots of paper cut-outs of various fandoms, along with a few extra Buffy comics. I'd like to make my own, even though I'm not totally skilled in the realm of craft-making.

With everyone lying about what's actually in the Health Care bill, I found this Washington Post link useful: Answer 4 questions and find out what the Health Care bill means for you.

Also, really liked this Buffy Season 8 vid. DO NOT CLICK UNLESS YOU'VE READ THE TWO MOST RECENT ISSUES OF S8. For serious.

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Help Out Your Fellow Fan!

--were_duck seeks recommendations for the WisCon Vid Show. Specifically, she'd like some AMV recs, as she's generally unfamiliar.

--meganbmoore seeks old school shoujo anime. Bonus if you can tell her how to get a hold of it, :D

--littlebutfierce both recommends and seeks more baseball anime.

Comments

[littlebutfierce]

Those crafts are super-cute! Much nicer than the, er, WEDDING PEACH (ha ha) magnets I bought off eBay years & years ago, which, on arrival, ended up being seriously pixelated & gross.

Also, yay, thanks for pointing people at my post!!

[mystickeeper.livejournal.com]

Hopefully you will get more recs!

The only sports manga/anime I've watched in earnest thus far was Crimson Hero, a manga about girls (and boys) playing volleyball.

[tigrin.livejournal.com]

I'd heard of Battle Royale and seen the movie and I was very afraid that Hunger Games would be similar, mostly because I really did not like Battle Royale. Some things were similar (a lot of the things listed in the article I wouldn't have noticed and I think are probably coincidence), but I liked that Hunger Games had a different tone and wasn't sooo focused on the gore and the violence the way Battle Royale was. I felt like the characters in Battle Royale were just a backdrop for the violence, whereas in Hunger Games and Catching Fire it was the other way around.

[jesse_the_k]

ILU totally for sentences like
Easter Vigil: arguably the most bad-ass mass of the year (except for that one time at Pentecost when we purposely lit the baptismal font on fire).
when combined with your deep-seated faith. I'm completely mystified, but I'm hoping to learn.

"Happy Easter" seems like an acutely foolish greeting, so how about "Rocking Resurrection!"?

That WashPost poll is awesome I'm spamming the world with it!

[carabbit.livejournal.com]

I'm not so sure I agree with the article about the whole HG/Battle Royale at all. Most of those seem like a stretch, at best, and those are for sure not the only works out there with those qualities.