Waffles!

Yesterday was a busy day. I went shopping for some things I really needed-hair bands, a new watch, and new tennis shoes (thank you, Grandma, for the birthday and Christmas money that allowed that purchase.)

I also bought a used waffle maker from the thrift store (3 bucks.) While it was filthy when it arrived here, in this house, it didn't remain so. Spent 15 or 20 minutes wiping it down last night and used it this morning to make waffles...

They are gluten-free, of course, and since I have no syrup here I ate them with peanut butter and butter. This might be something I have often around here now simply because I CAN.

I'm planning on lying around the house today and not moving. Yesterday was exhausting.

Ta,
Bec

PS: I think we're all aware that I have a weakness for Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch. Not only because he has a cool name, a gorgeous face, a beautiful voice, and a couple semi-loads of talent, but because he isn't afraid to do something a little different once in a while.

Take this year, for example. He's been/will be on our screens playing a WWI soldier, Khan Noonien Singh, a plantation owner, Julian Assange, somebody's brother in a Meryl Streep movie, Sherlock, and Smaug.

(I would have put down the Turing movie, but he's still working on that one, and I'm not sure what happened to the Brian Epstein movie, so I'm not listing that either. Not that I've been paying attention or anything.)

So, Smaug. One of the smartest, slimiest, and most vicious dragons written in the last century or so. It was one of the last roles announced because it was such a coveted piece of the action (I honestly thought Tom Baker was going to get it, but turns out it involved writhing on the floor with computer-tracking dots on your face and body. Better for a younger actor who can get off the floor to be doing that, even though I love Tom Baker (who doesn't?))

Anyhow, they didn't even let us hear his voice in the first movie, with good reason (the hype was enough to cut with a chainsaw.) Everyone's been waiting to hear his voice.

So here we are. They finally let us hear it. Worth the wait...start at 1:52 or 1:53 and be prepared to freak out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxvEHrVHEKE

As someone on the video page so deftly put it, "If it sounds like this on my computer speakers, how is it going to sound in the cinema theater?"

I concur. I am so going to see this puppy now, no question about it. Not just for Ben, though. The whole cast is a bunch of astounding actors and they're all worth watching (Martin Freeman! Dear old Watson :)

Ian McKellan was right. He is definitely awesome as Smaug.

I'm going to shut up now and let you watch THAT half a dozen times like I did this morning.

Ta,
Bec