Faerie DivaBat On The Loose

Tortillas spread with butter and cream cheese taste really good, actually.

I went to The Grove with Picasso today. I was expecting a huge shopping mall with tons of tiny shops inside - a.k.a. every other Malaysian mall - but what I got was a neighbourhood of standalone shops. Not bad; at least there's walking to be done.

We went there to catch movies (he, Stealth; me, Charlie & The Chocolate Factory). And OH MY GOD the theatre was something else. In Malaysia, the movie theatres are just small(ish) places, part of a mall, a bunch of rooms with big screens but not much. This one? SPRAWLING LARGE ORNATE BUILDING. Just like Istana Budaya; fancy and posh. It looked like a place for opera - or Saturday Night Live, which was what I went to the Istana Budaya for the last time I was there.

Speaking of Charlie & The Chocolate Factory - I've read the book and watched the first movie, and I never realized how sadistic the story really was until this one. But seriously? Fantastic movie. The parts they added in that wasn't in the book was really Dahl-esque; funny, somewhat creepy in places, and subtle. I even teared up near the ending...aww poor Will. (That last scene reminds me of Asha, a bit. Looks just like how she is with my family. Heh.)

Willy Wonka is someone I either want to marry or run the hell away from. And it has nothing to do with Johnny Depp, as he does nothing for me. Perhaps it's the scriptwriter I'm really after.

And the Oompa Loompa songs - ha! I am definitely getting my hands on the soundtrack, somehow. (I actually saw it at Barnes and Noble, but I hadn't seen the movie yet and I wasn't about to spend $18 on something I could get for half the price back home...)

[I'm breaking out of the normal style of this log to say three things:

1. The line about cannibalism should SO be an icon
2. Veruca/Violet and Charlie/Willy - OTPs For Life
3. Willy Wonka is obviously a wizard, not a Muggle, and there should be a crossover fic of him in the Potterverse. Heck, perhaps he's Bernie Botts in disguise...

Back to your regular not-so-Netty log.]

I did buy something at The Grove - a cord for my pendants, since their original necklaces broke. I put the angel pendant in wrong, but it looks fine now. I think I also made my first tip: I was in their restroom, and I noticed a tray with sweets and hand cream and a metal glass with a $1 bill in it. I wasn't sure what the bill was for, but then I saw someone else add a dollar to it and I decided to do the same. I wasn't sure if I was doing the smartest thing exactly, but I didn't want to be locked in the washroom again...

Tomorrow I'm flying off to Denver. One of the participants is already there; she got there four days early and is now with a host family. Another one should be arriving tonight. I and someone else would be the first few people tomorrow, since our flight is in the morning and most of the others are coming in the afternoon or later. There are about two people coming on Monday, and another one is coming after orientation because she's representing her school for a public speaking contest back in Taiwan.

I'm on the brink of a great adventure, and I can't wait.