Also, AUUUUUUGH, it is 16 degrees out and feels like 3.* (With 65% humidity, which is practically desert-dry for Ohio, and so it's all static and zapping and chapped lips. I'm dying of thirst here.)

*that's -9 Celsius feeling like -16 C

1. Kaitlin managed the entirety of Princess&Frog, so yay for her. She loved the experience, too.

2. Next spawn is turned wrong, so they're planning on inducing sister. This means next spawn will probably be born on 01-11-10. Barcode jokes have commenced.

Stolen from askerian:

( What I Wrote in 2009 )

total: approx. 84,600 words
7000 words/month

So. This year, I should focus on finishing Facade (Jan-Feb) and then on Arcane Dealings.

Princess and the Frog: Jo approves, Allie does not/is ambivalent/is ambivalent about whether or not she disapproves.
Sociological message: Awesome.
Subtlety: Lacking.
Music: Genre mismatch fail. In short, jazz is for dancing, Disney musicals are for singing; the music was good but fell into the no-man's-land between them and became unmemorable.
Historical accuracy: Exists! Wow!
Sterotyping: ... it is a thick line between cultural norms and stereotypes, and I'm not able to judge just which side of the line most of the characters fall on. (Though the trio in the bayou were very much on the wrong side.) I was also surprised, but unmoved, by Ray.

Overall, good movie for kids, not Disney's best work musically, definitely made a lot of progress socially (even if the message[s] are about as subtle as a hammer to the face).


Sherlock Holmes: There is not enough squee in the WORLD. This is not your high school textbook's Holmes, nor the buttoned-up, polished, smug gentleman who happens to be brilliant of old Holmes movies. Oh no. This is the drug-addicted maddened genius of the original books, and his Watson is no mindless loyal hound. He snarks and pokes and wonders aloud how he lets Holmes talk him into these situations. AND, best of all? They leave off with Moriarty known and on the loose, which means Sequels.

Overall, will see again, will put on Xmas list.