Random Post-Saturday Thoughts

Spent a lot of Saturday at LucasFrancis, as the 1st Sat of the month is usually his "build day", so the guys can hang out and work on special projects. Only his special project for the weekend is packing ECTO-1 to go to its new home Up North. So we spent much of the afternoon watching Iron Man on his DVD player. My thoughts on that movie later.

And my Mom met Paul and some of his friends.

And I worked a little on a Gundam model graft job for Sempai Mike.

And I gave Paul an old Stereo cart to match the cart under his antique DuMont television set. We lost the Stereo turntable set that came with the cart long ago, and so it was gathering dust and taking up space in the guest room since we moved here. The two carts look so similar that they can both be used for the same displays.

The Halloween candy is nearly gone already, but we bought only about a pound and a half...nearly a week in advance. I'm surprised what we had lasted this long. We had no trick-or-treat kids in our neighborhood. We did, however, have rowdy boys t.p.-ing people's yards.

My Halloween costume, as usual, was only my two-decade-old Jolly Roger t-shirt, with the glow-in-the-dark skull-&-crossbones. Maybe someday I'll do something more elaborate...Heaven knows that the possibilities available through Paul's shop are considerable. Again, it's the desire that is lacking.

Writer's Block: Short Days

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I adore my electric blanket. Got it last year, and this time of year I use it every night as even with central heating my room gets chilly from drafts through the windows and walls.

And there is always hot chocolate. I may not have perfected my recipie but I like the experimentation.

Iron Man and Æon Flux

Hey.

Saw Iron Man yesterday and Æon Flux today. Where to begin...

Iron Man's a terrific movie but it left me...wanting. I mean, the mixed message of "these are the sins of the adult world, kids--don't they look cool? Sex! Guns! Rock-n-roll! Big big money!" Maybe if I was twelve or thirteen I'd like it more. You out there who know comics? Answer me this!--Iron Man versus Booster Gold! Who wins? (BTW, PvP accuses Iron Man and this year's version of Hulk of having basically the same plot. Right or wrong?)

Æon Flux shares the same problem of many adaptations from cult cartoon or TV series to the big screen...a final product that is confusing to anybody who hasn't seen the original and insulting to anybody who was a fan of the original. Me? I was confused by the original but found the literal explanations of the plot within the movie much too pat and patronizing. That and the whole mystique of the relationship between Æon and Trevor Goodchild was undercut at the end. And the movie Trevor wasn't snide or cruel or creepy enough...nor was the actual villain of the movie. (And Paul wanted to see the 16-foot tall carnivorous baby.)

Via babilu:

Your result for The Greek Mythology Personality Test...

Orpheus

33% Extroversion, 67% Intuition, 56% Emotiveness, 71% Perceptiveness

You are an artist, an aesthete, a sensitive, and someone who has never really let go of that childlike innocence. To you, all of life has a sense of wonder in it, and the story of Orpheus was written about someone just like you.



When the Argo passed the island of the Sirens, Orpheus played a song more beautiful than the Sirens to prevent the crew from becoming enticed. When his wife died, he ventured into the underworld to charm Hades but, in his naivete, he looked back becoming trapped there.



You can capture your unique world view and relate it to others with the skill of a master storyteller. Your sensitivity and creativity make you a treasure to the human race, but your thin-skinned nature and innocence can cause you a lot of disenchantment and pain. What's doubly unfortunate is that, if you try to lose those traits, you never will, and everyone will be able to tell that you're putting up an artificial shell to prevent yourself from being hurt.



Famous people like you: Hemingway, Shakespeare, Mr. Rogers, Melville, Nick Tosches

Stay clear of: Icarus, Hermes, Atlas

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