Friday night was spent watching Coraline in digital. And it was awesome. Kudos to Henry Selick and his talented team at LAIKA. The level of detail in this stop-motion production was truly breathtaking. And Henry Selick did a superb job of adapting and tweaking Neil Gaiman’s source material. I can’t wait for Coraline to come out on DVD so I can watch, watch, and re-watch a film that will surely become a modern day classic similar to The Nightmare Before Christmas.
Saturday was spent running around on errands, making homemade lasagna, and cleaning the house. Later that night we had friends come over for a visit and dinner. Wow, was there a lot of food. I can’t believe how fast our friends’ (and our own) kids are growing up. Liz and Jay have a 14-month-old boy who I thought was born a few months ago. Crazy, that thing called time.
Which brings us to Sunday. First we had my Dad come over for a visit and breakfast, and then when he left, we got ready to head to a birthday party–a 1st birthday no less. And again, I thought Julie and Brent’s boy was born month’s ago, but nope, he’s turning 1 and running around their home like a whirling dervish. Good times were had by all, with lots of food, conversation, and of course, a grand assortment of alcoholic beverages. Yum!
After getting home and putting the kiddies to bed, I finished reading a chapter of a friend’s WIP in order to get ready for our crit group meeting later that night.
The entire weekend was a blur. I’m sitting here at the day job wondering where it went. But spirits are high (today anyway), and I’m eager to dive back into the WIP, if only to distract me from other projects, like FEVER and its sequels.
The snowstorm has been going on for about 8 hours now and the accumulation is adding up. It’s rather frightful out there. Erika had to work this morning — I worked from home — and ended up having to leave the minivan at the side of the road, near the entrance to our neighbourhood. The city plows were not able to get into our streets very well, so that obviously didn’t bode well for our vehicles.
Here is a pic I snapped of Erika making her way back home from where she left the vehicle — normally about a 5 minute walk. Today: easily 15 minutes or more.
The storm is scheduled to continue well into the night with a reprieve tomorrow, and then another hit on Sunday. I’m not looking forward to shoveling.
Here are a few more pics I snapped while I was out around the house:
You can check out a few more in the photo stream here.
A lot of you may already know that I am a big fan of Neil Gaiman’s Coraline, as well as Henry Selick’s The Nightmare Before Christmas, so when I’d heard Henry Selick would be adapting Coraline for the big screen I was overjoyed. I’ve been following along on its development when I can, and today a bunch of Coraline goodies have come out.
First off is the trailer. I was concerend that it was not going to be as dark as the novel after seeing the first 40 seconds or so, but my fears were quickly alleviated as the trailer chugs along. Check it out:
Also, beyond the wonderful trailer, Coraline.com has been pretty quiet as of late. Now, thanks to Drawn!, a bunch of passwords have been released allowing us to view all sorts of goodies including a vignette on the various characters in the film.
Passwords to enter on the Coraline.com site include:
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