Misc. Happenings

[anogete]

My cold is almost gone!

Jason and I went to see The Golden Compass this afternoon. We both enjoyed it very much. Although, I was a bit miffed that they didn't end it the way the book ended. Everyone should go just to see Sam Elliot steal my heart as Lee Scoresby.

I managed to bang out 3,000+ more words on the SS/HG Exchange fic. I hope to have it completed and sent to the beta by Tuesday evening. Here's hoping...

There were some further developments on the incident I mentioned in this entry. Apparently, the police have managed to find the two young men who they believe murdered the elderly couple three blocks down the street from me. They're magazine subscription salesmen from Dallas. Their motive is still unknown, though I suspect they found some cash in a purse and lifted it for their own purposes. I'm still completely disgusted it the entire situation.

Oh, and I have the cutest flippin' dog ever. He sleeps on my pillow while I'm playing around on the computer. I looked over and saw him giving me this look:

Comments

[transephera.livejournal.com]

OMG that dog is cute!

Magazine salesmen, seriously? That is too messed up. Of course, I never have liked people who try to sell me magazines. I get annoyed just trying to buy things from Sam Goody, with their "free subscriptions".

I really can't understand what has to be going through someone's head for them to say, "Hey, would you like to buy some magazines...nah, you know what, I'll just kill you instead." I mean really, wtf.

[anogete.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it was crazy. I can't understand why they would do it or how they thought they would get away with it. It takes a real asshole to beat a 70 and 80-year-old over the head until they die. Police said that nothing obvious was taken from the house, but I bet the jerks picked through wallets and took some cash.

[mist72.livejournal.com]

So how did they end it?? You must tell me!! heehee

[anogete.livejournal.com]

They ended it with Lyra and Roger in the balloon with Lee, Serephina, and Iorek after the her escape from Bolvanger. Lyra tells Roger that they are going to find her father and give him the Alethiometer. There is absolutely no mention of her finding Lord Asriel or Roger being sacrificed to create the bridge into another plane. I can understand why they didn't do that. It would have been a real downer to the audience, especially when the second movie is still up in the air. Another thing I didn't like was that they did not make it clear that the children who were separated from their daemons did not survive for very long. They had Lyra find Billy Costa without his daemon. She brought him back to Ma Costa and the Gyptians, but he was still alive. No mention was made of him dying. Ma Costa just promised them that they would find his daemon and reattach her.