Priiiiiiivate eyes (clap clap!) are watching you!

[aftertherockets]

Hi, hello! Some things!

1. Book recs! I need them. There is this chain of used bookstores about 45 minutes from my house called Friends of the Library, they get their books from the county's public libraries and various donations, and everything in there is super super cheap. My roommate and I have started going once every couple of months or so, and every time I walk out with 8-10 decent quality used books for under $20. HOWEVER! Whenever I go in, I'm pretty overwhelmed because I don't actually know what I'm looking for. So, book recs! I need them! What are you guys reading? What have you read recently? I'm especially looking for some sci-fi/fantasy recs in the Gaiman and Pratchett vein, but anything will do really. Walking down those aisles it's hard to tell what will be fun and what will be straight up not something I want to read, since I don't have anything to go on but a book jacket blurb. It would be helpful to have a list of things to look for! :)

2. A friend of mine from high school sent me a link to this, and it is basically the greatest music video EVER MADE. Surprise marching band attack! Everyone ever needs to watch it. RIGHT NOW.

Seriously, are you not grinning from ear to ear right now?

3. Psych returns tonight! I am very excited! I don't know if you know this, but there is very little I love more in this world than a good Hall & Oates dance party. And the best song for a good Hall & Oates dance party? Priiiiiivate eyes! Are watching you! They see your eeeeevery move! So pretty much? This is the best promo ever ever ever:

I'm not which part I like most - Gus' eye-pop, or Lassiter quietly drumming in the background. Or Shawn's mullet. It's all gold.

4. I got nothin' else. Book recs! Give me yours! :D

Comments

[egosomnio.livejournal.com]

I'll second I Am Legend. It's really not a zombie movie in book form.

Way to screw up the entire goddamn point, along with making the title meaningless, Hollywood.

[delenn-xi.livejournal.com]

THIS. I kept waiting for them to turn things around in the movie, to make the ending have even close to as much impact as the ending of the book. I was sad when it never happened.

[egosomnio.livejournal.com]

The original ending didn't test well with their focus group whatever audience, so they changed it. Which... Bad as that is, they are in business to get as many people's money as they can, so it's somewhat understandable. We don't have to like it, though.

It's on the DVD, though, and streaming on this site. It's not the same as the book, but it at least veers a lot closer to it than the theatrical release did.

[delenn-xi.livejournal.com]

You? Are awesome. Thanks for linking that. It's still not as good as the book (obviously) but it seems a bit more palatable than what I saw in the theatre. I never even thought to seek out DVD extras since I guess I sort of wrote the movie off after watching it. In summation? Boo focus group.