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[shanmonster]

I'm a good girl. I went to the gym, ran a half mile, came home and did some tidying up, and then I walked to work. I need to do a lot more tidying, though. The carpet cleaners are coming by on Thursday, and they need to be able to see the carpet in order to clean it. I guess I'll be putting furniture in the kitchen, bathroom, and out on the balcony. I wish they'd just rip up the carpet and put down some tile or something, though. The carpet is positively mangy. It's seen a lot of abuse, and not just from us. I knew people who lived in the same apartment fifteen years ago, and it's the same, disgusting carpet now as it was then. Yeuch.

Last night, I took f00 out to see Star Wars, and bumped into snowy_kathryn while we were there. I was pleasantly surprised ("Noooooo!" scene notwithstanding). How 'bout that? A decent Star Wars movie. Who'd have thought it possible?

Afterwards, we ruined it by watching The Iron Warrior, starring a chisel-cheeked Miles O'Keeffe. It was appalling, and boring, despite the hilarious awfulnes of the evil villainess held prisoner by red hula hoops and rear-projected 70s babes. I fell asleep, and had bizarre dreams about booking hotel rooms while fighting evil wizardesses. Then, I woke up and watched the vastly superior Terminator 3. It made me want to plan a marathon Pokkyclips Weekend, filled with flicks like Terminator, Mad Max, Matrix, Planet of the Apes, The Stand, and the ilk.

I forgot to bring my poi to work today. The horror!

In other news, I need to start saving my money up all over again. I bought a season membership at the small craft aquatic centre, and went for my first kayak trip of the year. I didn't see any eagles, but I did follow some cormorants and loons. Much to my surprise, I didn't get very pooped out, so I guess my weight training has kept the right muscles in the right shape.

Comments

A decent Star Wars Movie? Noooooooooooooo!

[andy-meister.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I figure Lucas owes me (at least) two for The Programmed Menace and Attack of the Lame-Ass Titles. It's a shame I can wait until it comes out in video. Maybe we'll own a DVD player by that time.

It may sound really strange, but I think Maddox pointed out a few things which should have been done to make the movie run better. For example, giving Anakin more of a conflict than the 10 minutes it takes him to become a Sith. Then again, this is Lucas we're talking about, and you have to do a lot of filtering on Maddox flaming to get the points he's trying to make.

Rock on, Shan

Re: A decent Star Wars Movie? Noooooooooooooo!

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the 10-minute conflict really tried my ability to suspend disbelief. Still, the pacing was far superior to that in the previous two movies.

[angel-one.livejournal.com]

"I'm also an ex-Jehovah's Witness (JW), which means if you're a JW, you could be disfellowshipped for reading my apostasy-ridden stuff."

I think I love you. LoL!

[f00dave.livejournal.com]

Step in line, mister. ;-)