Do you still think that way about me now?

So, my opinion of My Little Pony The Movie? It's... alright. The plot is on the picaresque side and feels rushed. Elements like the city where everything is for sale, the airship pirates, the sea ponies, are skimmed through rather than solidly established. Similarly, the chief villain is a non-entity; he gets talked about a lot but doesn't actually do anything until the final act. Yes, I know the real focus is on Tempest, the redeemable second-string villain, but in order for that redemption to have impact, you need a sense of how powerful the evil entangling them is.

( Cut for spoiler )

So it's a bit rambling, shallow and scattershot. But then, I'm looking at it with an adult's eye; ankle biters may be more forgiving.

Yes, I know it's not Sunday but I can't wait until the end of the week to share these!






My sister Amy found these when she was clearing out the cupboards in her room yesterday. Oh man, 2001, thirteen years ago; these pictures have just hit the awkward teenage years. Ok, Ice Crystal has horribly deformed shoulders and upper arms, and he's, ah, rather snug in the crotch area (o.O'). Lipsy, meanwhile, has impossibly tiny feet with insanely long legs, and her bust is set way too low, it's halfway to her belly button lol. I couldn't draw a horse's head face-on, that's why they're both looking awkwardly to one side - they'd have a terrible crick in their necks if they were real.

...Lipsy's shorts are awesome, though. I'm really pleased with the shorts. ^.^

This makes me laugh each time I see it.



Also, we have discovered the location of Care-a-lot. (Well, what else does a rainbow-coloured cloud mean?)

[Edit to add]: Also, in issue 16 of IDW's My Little Pony Friendship is Magic comic, our heros get chased by zombie-ponies... who, upon being returned to normal, are revealed as the original six G1 ponies! I don't know whether that detail was down to the writer, Heather Nuhfer, or the artist, Amy Mebberson, but it made me squee. ^.^

My word, I haven't done a meme in AGES! Ages and ages and ages.

Ages.

Stolen from Dava and Flickerydoo:

( Which character from the new My Little Pony Cartoon are you? )

Due to space constraints and a general urge in the house to clear out, I'm getting rid of most of my pony collection. I'm giving the ones in decent condition to charity, but there are about 10 or so which would be better as custom bait. I don't know if anyone on my friends list still does customs, but if you want 'em or know of anyone who'd want 'em, let me know here. Only money I'd be looking is the cost of postage.

Just watched MLP "Friendship is Magic Part 2" (thank you, pensivepine and YouTube).

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!

Favourite part? Pinkie Pie's song. "Tell me she isn't!" "She is!"

Second favourite part? Princess Luna being incredibly cute and tiny and conflicted and cute :DDDDDD

D'awww.

So, I was all depressed from my Monday class - they're the ones that won't talk to me and I have to carry an hour-long tutorial on my own *headdesk* - but then I learn that Joanne's package has arrived at home and I'm all happy!!! Thank you, Joanne!!!

Except now I wish I could go home and see them, and have my tea cooked for me, and play with new ponies. );

It's alright, people! I finally got in touch with my supervisor last night (damn man's so hard to get a hold of) and he explained that the letter I was sent was a form letter, constructed for people at an earlier stage in their PhD, and nothing in it applied to me - well, apart from the date and time. So no 3000-word application for me!!! *Sighs of relief all round*

But dagnamit, they shouldn't SCARE me like that! *Beats Brian Caraher around the head with a big stick*

( And now for something completely different )

It snowed overnight, and this time, it did lie. I went out this morning and built a miniature snowman. He's so cute! He's still surviving (minus one eye, which fell out), but only because I was able to move him about and get him out of the sun. It is supposed to snow more tonight, so maybe that'll save him for another day.

This week has been... bad. Not "bad" as in "I've had a terrible time," but "bad" as in "I didn't do things the way I was supposed to." Namely, I have slept in every day this week, stayed away from the university library, started work late, gave it up early, and tended to want to avoid company and get pissed off when people interrupted my stuff. (I wish someone would invent remote headphone for the tv. Then you could just put the headphones on and listen to your programme in peace, while everyone around you jabbers on.) I mean, even right now? I should probably be doing work, writing more of my PhD piece, I mean Leon wants over 25 pages for the middle of March; but here I am, on LJ again, cos I'm not gonna go out to the university in the snow and cold, and it's too late to go now anyway, and the disc I have my work on won't run on James' computer here at home, and I've got bored with the work which I was doing.

On an up side, however: ponies have FINALLY landed locally. When I say "ponies," I mean the 03 Rainbow ponies and season ponies, as well as some of the new 04 ponies (up till now, the only 03 ponies I could find were the Glitter sets and the castle/salon/shop playsets), and when I say "locally," I mean at the toyshop which is closest to my home-home, that toyshop being Walkers in Ballymoney. And on an upper side: Philip has a dentist's appointment in Ballymoney tomorrow, so I'll be taking the train to Ballymoney rather than Ballymena, and might just get the chance to go see what I want :DDDDDD

James had his visa interview on Tuesday. He says it was the shortest interview he has ever had. They asked two questions:

1. Do you intend to come home again?
2. Do you plan to deal in drugs while in America?

...They expect people to ever answer, "yes," to that last question?

But he's got his visa, so soon he shall be departing, and we shall be joined by Dee, which means we shall probably have Clive round here a lot. Now, I like Clive. He is a great guy; he knows a lot on some very esoteric subjects and he can be interesting. He just doesn't know when a topic is dead and done with. And he doesn't know when it's a good time to leave. And, to make it worse, Joanna and Pamela then have to moan about it. *rolls eyes*

[Edit: Hmm, SO not seeing how this icon means "apathetic." "Apathetic" does not conjure up images of palm beaches for me. It conjures up images of shoe-scuffing and shoulder-shrugging.]

[Edit 2: And the "bored" one is worse! People don't cry when they are bored; they're too bored to cry.]

[Edit 3: *Throws hands up at "listless"* I give up!]