ZOMG. How to sew a toy Bantha. Dude, I am totally envisioning a SOCK BANTHA.

Happy Movember to all who participated! The Snook updated his fund-raising page with a pic of his final mustache.

It’s officially the first day of summer here in Sydney! You wouldn’t know it from the weather we’ve been having though. The Bureau of Meteorology is forecasting a “wetter, and perhaps cooler, summer than usual”. *sigh* I suppose at least it’ll be good for my veggie garden.

We were idly watching The Return of the King yesterday while doing other things – me, knitting; Rodd, gaming – when I had a jolt of recognition. “Wait! Stop! Rewind!” I said. “That elf… looks strangely familiar.” We watched the sequence again. “Is that Bret from Flight of the Conchords??” It was! It’s the bit where Arwen is leaving for the Grey Havens and has a vision of her and Aragorn’s child. Bret’s the Elf Escort who tries to get her moving again. I am oddly proud of having noticed that.

Ebert reviews Australia. I find it interesting that he doesn’t really say anything about the performances. He doesn’t even describe the story very much, except to say it’s old-fashioned. He seems mostly interested in the racial aspects, which, yeah. Probably the only bit worth talking about. I still don’t have any desire to see it though.

I was just reading this round-up of changes at Disney theme parks when I got to this bit:

Now that Obamania is in full swing and the country appears ready to proudly wave the red white and blue again, Disneyland’s Main Street is ready to highlight the long neglected “U.S.A.” part of its title in the coming months. Up will go the banners and flags while the Opera House will welcome back a resuscitated Lincoln, now sharing the stage with Barack himself in a supporting role. God Bless America on that one.

FANTASTIC. I didn’t even think of that. They’ll be adding an Obama-bot to the Hall of Presidents. I can’t wait to see how it turns out. I predict a renewed interest in that attraction for the next few years, well beyond its current demographic of families with bored kids just looking for a few minutes of air conditioning.

Watchmen: The Condensed Version. That is all kinds of awesome.

Me: Whoa! Corncob wine!
Snook: That’s disgusting.
Me: I think you mean AWESOME. It’s like moonshine! You should make me some!
Snook: I don’t think so.
Me: No, you should! And then we could serve it to somebody who really likes wine, like your brother-in-law Chris, and try to get him to guess what it was!
Snook: And he’d wonder why we were giving him a glass of horrifying sludge.