There are just enough similarities between one of the main musical motifs in the "Avatar" soundtrack and one from "Titanic," that in listening to the Avatar CD I keep expecting it to veer off into Titanic-land. This was not nearly as noticible with the visual distractions of the film, but it gets a little annoying without them. James Horner, I am disappointed by this. I mean, I know there are things you like to work into all your soundtracks - there were certain rhythms and chord progressions that I could identify in "Star Trek II: the Wrath of Khan," "The Rocketeer," "Willow" - and yes, one or two of those carried all the way through to "Titanic." Those were mostly minor things, though, that happened once or twice in each respective album. To do it with a major recurring theme...? Meh.

Also, I am amused that the same composer wrote the original scores for "Star Trek XI" and "Up." :)

Have been amazingly non-productive lately. I'm starting to wonder if seasonal affective disorder could be part of the problem, and whether it'd be worth investing in a full-spectrum light. I mean, it'd probably be nice to have one of those for craft work down the line anyway, right?

Oh, and this isn't really music-related but might amuse velithya or kijikun... last time I hit Target, they had the season 1 DVD box set for Supernatural on big-time sale, so guess who'll probably be addicted in short order... ^^;;

Okay, I haven't posted here in far too long because I was caught up in house- and craft-related stuff.

Before I LJ-cut this: the home inspection went well. I got approved for the mortgage. I close on the house next Tuesday, ( which explains some of the frantic activity. )

There will be house pictures once all the papers are signed and it's really, truly mine. (Well, the bank's - but you get the idea!)

Gah, so much I need to get done today & tonight. Half of it I had planned to do last night; then I found out we had a [expletive deleted] play rehearsal last night, not the usual schedule.

As a reminder:
• Call bank re: mortgage pre-approval (left voice mail)
• Laundry
• Office Depot, pick up replacement for borked USB drive
• Dr. N
• Grocery Store (check coupons)
• Start clearing computer desk
• Scan/photograph and list more items for the sale post

Oh yeah, and getting to bed before midnight tonight? HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

I still need to figure out if the jaw pain is an incipient root canal, or just me clenching my teeth. It didn't hurt when I woke up this morning, and I have caught myself clamping the jaw pretty tightly - but I don't think that's enough evidence to call it one way or the other. *sigh*

So - that's the cat and the teeth putting in their bid to keep me from saving up more money. The only thing left to make it a trifecta is an unexpected car repair. *pats little 'mobile* "...you hear me, baby? Hold together."