What have I been up to, you wonder? Well, I moved for the summer. It is the first summer I have not had to work in 11 years. While I do feel a little weird with so much time on my hands, I have plenty of friends that have been itching to see me and have been busy almost every day since returning home. So far I have gone shopping in Freeport, ate grilled shrimp and asparagus, saw Star Trek Into Darkness(again), saw Now You See Me, drank way too much coffee, watched my friends in the YMCA Fitness Fest, and acted/held the boom mic for a zombie film.
Ah yes, zombie film. A majestical time between May and June when students get together for five weeks to watch and study zombie films, learn filming/editing software, bang out a script, and then spend several tight-packed days filming. All leading up to the showings this Thursday. The last time this class was offered was two years ago, when I was taking a 300 literature class(May Term) called Detective Fiction. Now that I have graduated UMF, it is being offered again. Thankfully, my good friend ABAB(of yes, a four part name that sounds lovely) is taking it and needed a few extra hands. So, I played a small bit as a hiker and was covered in blood. It was a good time with my friends. On the days I was not in the film, I discovered how fun it is to be the boom mic (human) stand. And yes, I kept it out of the frame. Easy to do when you closely read the writing on the mic and discovered that if you twist it and re-lock it, it will become really really tall.
So I am looking forward to Thursday, the editing occurs today and tomorrow and I am keeping away so that I will be uber surprised for the showing. In the meantime, I am trying to iron out a kink with my school- the final straw before England. I have (ermahgerd!) 16 days until I go to London. I fly out to various airports June 27th. I'm quite nervous. Its not the flying, its the getting on the plane. In the last year, I have taken so many trains and T stops that I have learned to calm down because I know what I am doing. I can also verify this when I give my friends directions or explain how I did it. The last time I flew, I was not in charge. When I went to England for a high school trip(a too brief ten days) my teacher was in charge. When I went to Florida for the Friday-Sunday class trip, also not in charge. Now I head to England on a very tight schedule and it's all me. Everyone tells me the signs are large enough to read and that I will have time, but I'm still concerned. Once I get on the plane I will easily sleep- not only because of the jet-lag time-change, but because I have to hit the ground running from Heathrow at 7:45AM, board a train, and then go to orientation.
Once I get there, everything will be hunky-dorey. In the Facebook group, the librarian students are already anticipating the planning of several trips. Cardiff(the home of the Doctor Who site tours), Loch Ness in Scotland, many tours within London. I made a list for myself of the top five or six things I need to do. In no particular order: 1) go to the Hardrock Cafe in London, 2)try to see a game at the London FIFA soccer stadium, 3) go to Platform 9 3/4 at king's Cross(they made it exist! trust me!) 4) HP Warner Brother's set/pros tour, 5) see Phantom of the Opera on West End, 6) see a play at the Globe Theatre. And on and on. Thankfully, there are many tours and trips provided within the class itself and we have weekends as well as a mini break to see the rest of things(of which there is much!)
There really isn't much to report besides the above. I can tell you that I am reading Simon Pegg's autobiography(not just for dead people anymore!) Nerd Do Well. Its very funny and I love his perspective for story telling. He gives it his own twist, as one might expect. I am hoping it tides me over until The World's End is released in August. A very good read that any Pegg fan would enjoy. Next up? Richard Castle's newest Derrick Storm novel. ( He's not dead?!) Again, hoping it tides me over until the fall when the next season of Castle airs.
In other news...
Sci-Fi/Comics news:
Pop over to slash film for many things, but mainly good comic book/insider articles. This includes photos from the set of X-Men Days of Futures Past, which is shooting in Montreal, Canada at the moment. I won't say who the fight photos are between, but I will say they're badass. They also have articles about The Amazing Spiderman 2 and many rumours for Justice League.
Man of Steel is still looking promising. I love Zack Snyder's work in 300(which has a sequel out soon) and Watchmen. I also really like Hans Zimmer and while I haven't had time to sit down with the soundtrack for Man of Steel(something I typically do after seeing the film) it should be lenty easy to do what with the ability to stream it from the site. Again, I am intrigued. I have been watching plenty of Smallville recently, I am at the tail end of season three, and still can't believe how much I love this show or how I could have ever walked away before the halfway point(season 5). I also loved Brandon Routh as Superman, he has the perfect look for it and I love his sense of humour. I think I need to rewatch that and then maybe create a blog post where I compare/contrast the three...
Monster Movies/TV news:
Dracula, starring Jon Rheys Myers, comes out this fall. It's looking like it could quickly becomes a new favourite. When classic literature is given a contemporary spin and it works(see Sherlock & Once Upon a Times) it's brilliant and exciting!
When an actor dies, sometimes their legacy(i.e. their grubby children) go bleak. That being said, I hope Daniel Radcliffe's part in a Frankenstein adaptation can still happen in the near future.
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