no piranhas in the bathtub this year?

For the Big Bang Theory folks on my flist, I found out through portnoyslp that there was a BBT puzzle in the MIT Mystery Hunt this year. Here is the link. It's a pretty cute puzzle and not an instant solve, but it helps a lot to be a fan of the show. There's also an xkcd puzzle that I think involves some other internet fan stuffs, which I haven't tried solving yet.

I have gotten thwacked over the head with two costumes of the OMG WANT NOW MUST MAKE variety. First is one of Alice's dresses from the new Alice in Wonderland-- we saw the trailer in front of Avatar, and I caught a fleeting glimpse of this dress and said "WANT!" I found some nice screencaps of the trailer here; that's where these pics are from. Click to embiggen:



The other one is...nnngh, why do I do this to myself? I saw the touring production of Mary Poppins back in December. That's a story for another day, but during "Let's Go Fly a Kite," one of the girls in the ensemble was wearing an outfit that was so cute, I did nothing but watch her and almost completely missed the big plot-important thing that happened in the song. And of course there's no freaking pictures of this outfit, anywhere, and I don't remember the exact details of it. After extensive searching, I found an online video of the Broadway production, so at least I have some grainy screencaps to go on:



There's a cute little hat, and clearly a jacket of some kind over a white blouse, and a full skirt. I'm assuming it's a child's or young teenager's outfit. I wish I knew more about this era-- the movie (and musical, I'm assuming) is set in 1910. I've been doing some googling but haven't found any similar outfits that I could use for further research. Anyone have suggestions? Why am I a crazy person who does things like this to myself?

no piranhas in the bathtub this year?

For the Big Bang Theory folks on my flist, I found out through portnoyslp that there was a BBT puzzle in the MIT Mystery Hunt this year. Here is the link. It's a pretty cute puzzle and not an instant solve, but it helps a lot to be a fan of the show. There's also an xkcd puzzle that I think involves some other internet fan stuffs, which I haven't tried solving yet.

I have gotten thwacked over the head with two costumes of the OMG WANT NOW MUST MAKE variety. First is one of Alice's dresses from the new Alice in Wonderland-- we saw the trailer in front of Avatar, and I caught a fleeting glimpse of this dress and said "WANT!" I found some nice screencaps of the trailer here; that's where these pics are from. Click to embiggen:



The other one is...nnngh, why do I do this to myself? I saw the touring production of Mary Poppins back in December. That's a story for another day, but during "Let's Go Fly a Kite," one of the girls in the ensemble was wearing an outfit that was so cute, I did nothing but watch her and almost completely missed the big plot-important thing that happened in the song. And of course there's no freaking pictures of this outfit, anywhere, and I don't remember the exact details of it. After extensive searching, I found an online video of the Broadway production, so at least I have some grainy screencaps to go on:



There's a cute little hat, and clearly a jacket of some kind over a white blouse, and a full skirt. I'm assuming it's a child's or young teenager's outfit. I wish I knew more about this era-- the movie (and musical, I'm assuming) is set in 1910. I've been doing some googling but haven't found any similar outfits that I could use for further research. Anyone have suggestions? Why am I a crazy person who does things like this to myself?