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Out of sorts

My parents and grandma have been in town the last 10 days, the Retreat Monkey is in Montana, I flew to LA and back, and Jack is looking woeful and neglected. All this means I am a tad disoriented and lacking interesting things to report.
I do have a tidy list of non-work related things to do and comment on:

1. I've marked November 18th to go see Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
2. I will not see the Chronicles of Narnia. The stealth marketing aimed at a Christian-rock audience is creepy and objectionable not for the target audience, but for the stealth factor. The strategy's analogies to coded appeals by wing-nut politician to racists, homophobes and sexists is wick-wack. I have no isssuuues with C.S. Lewis importing his Christian values into this cool myth. I'm actually kind of bummed I won't see the movie since the Narnia books are what introduced my to the fantasy and eventually sci-fi. It's the stealth part that I don't appreciate. Many of the authors in sci-fi and fantasy have strong religious backgrounds that I imagine serve them well in crafting parallel worlds where we can imagine alternate settings and outcomes for the big issues of the day. Nothing wrong with that--until Disney tries to code the religion for money making purposes and crap-o-la in general.
3. I just realized that this entry and the previous one focus on movies.
4. Since I dedicated the last two entries to random movie related thoughts, I should probably not be so cheap and actually see a movie soon.
5. I need a life.

Comments

i see the parkway theater in your future. i also see a pitcher of beer, pizza, and popcorn with all those powdered toppings...

GO ASTROS!

We're gonna stick it in their Pujols tonite.

(heehee)

yikes! "stick in in their Pujols!" it's that post-season ferocious fan coming out. i love it.

as for the parkway, i resisted an invitation to go see 40 yr old bachelor last night. if it weren't for the game, i would have been all over it.

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