Many of you guys read cleolinda's livejournal anyway, but for those who don't, you might be interested to learn that The Golden COmpass movie official website has been released HERE.  Things are looking pretty awesome. XD  The city concept art is really gorgeous, and for some reason Nicole Kidman is exactly how I imagined Mrs. Coulter in my head when I first read the book. Also, you can play with an Alethiometer! I'm still going through the website and having fun. At first I was REALLY unsure about this book being made a movie, but I'm actually kind of excited. XD
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And for those who don't want to spend hours figuring out the symbols on the alethiometer themselves, also taken from Cleolinda's lj given out by cran, we have:

hahahahaha.
http://www.youtube.com/watch.php?v=Lb6eAnp0Yec

also, I can't stop listening to Rufus WAinwright's new song from Brokeback Mountain.
http://www.gay.com/video/article.html?id=710&navpath=/channels/entertainment/

...and I'm not very successful in studying for my scary midterm tomorrow *cries* Help!