An undead cat and a zombie walk into a bar

[yuuago]

Finally watched Paranorman. Man, if someone told me earlier that it's a stop motion film, I probably would have seen it ages ago. When it was in cinema, even. I love stop motion, and this one was beautifully executed. It doesn't stick with me as much as some others - I'm thinking mainly of Nightmare Before Christmas - but for what it is, it's pretty good. And you can tell that it was made by folks who really appreciate horror; there are so many little references to classic films, it's awesome.

Also watched Pet Sematary this weekend. It was... well, the novel is definitely not one of my favourite Stephen King novels, and I'm not all that into the film version either. But I'm glad that I finally got around to watching it, just so that I'd know what the fuss is about. One thing that did strike me is that I didn't remember much about Pascow's role in the novel, but in the film he did make an impression; I like what they did with him there.

Anyway. This weekend was... well, I was very anxious, and holidays are always stressful. But Thanksgiving is over, and since we had our supper on Saturday, today was very relaxing, so that was nice. I managed to finish one of the fics I'd been working on - some Germany/Norway stuff for the kink meme - and now I'm wondering what I should work on. I have a ficlet that's almost done, and then after that I have two long things that I don't feel like working on right now, and a LoZ fic that I also don't feel like working on. So, maybe I could start something new... like that France/Belgium thing that's been sitting in my head for a while. Or maybe not. Signups for the Sweden/Finland fest are going to happen soon, and of course I'll be doing that, even though I'm not into the pairing much. Might as well take a little rest until that starts.

I'm a little bummed out that I'll be working on Halloween. With my schedule, I don't get home until trick-or-treating is almost over, so I won't be able to hand out candy to the kids. Sure, I can stay up late watching horror movies, but... no costume. Ah, well. There's no way I can wiggle out of going to work on that day, so I guess I'm stuck with it.