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...
Posted by: penny | October 18, 2005 9:01 PM
GO ASTROS!
We're gonna stick it in their Pujols tonite.
(heehee)
Posted by: StrosFan | October 19, 2005 7:54 AM
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.
Posted by: Lunar | October 20, 2005 6:33 PM