One Down...
Once again, I missed Robert Burns Night and Imbolc/Saint Bridget's Day. I intended to observe both holidays here at the Cuparium, but my calendars for 2006 do not mark most of the Celtic holidays, so... I missed them. This is disappointing, BUT there is happier news in the next paragraph.
The happier news is: I have already fulfilled one of my resolutions for 2006! (This will be the only use of an exclamation point in this update, so enjoy it.) After several years of debilitating procrastination, I have finally submitted events to be run at Origins 2006. I'll be running at least six role-playing events at the convention this year: Doctor Who (original series), Star Trek (original series), The Prisoner, and Harry Potter (three times). I had toyed with the idea of running some Marvel and DC superhero events, a fantasy adventure set in Hârn, and possibly a Lovecraftian horror scenario, but wisdom prevailed and I decided to limit myself to four different events. After all, if I spend too much time running events, I'll have no time to participate in any as a player, and that wouldn't do at all. I am quite excited about this. There is no turning back now. Even if a bit of stage fright begins to give my entrails an icy caress as the moment approaches, my course is set. The show must go on -- that sort of thing. I am still trying to figure out if it would be viable to perform a puppet show at the convention (and whether it would be permitted). I'll post further developments here, of course, since a fantasy/science fiction puppet show would constitute a veritable attraction the knowledge of which I would never willingly deny you... in case you wanted to come and see the thing. Who knows? If there are enough kids in the audience, I might even throw in a free performance of my Harry Potter puppet play...
As you can see, I did not say that I would spare the ellipses... (Nor did I promise to restrain the bold or italic typefaces...
Moving right along, I saw Aeon Flux at the cinema not long ago. My mother begged me to take her, and who am I to refuse my mother such a request? I neither loved nor hated the movie. The directing seemed amateurish at times, and the story was noticeably derivative, but Charlize Theron was enjoyable to watch, and that was, honestly, the only attraction the movie ever had for me. My mother, incidentally, loved the movie. On a scale from 1 to 10, I give the movie a 5, and Charlize Theron a 9.
Out of boredom I rented Ned Kelly last week or two weeks ago (I can't remember the date). It was the recent version with Heath Ledger, Orlando Bloom, and Naomi Watts. It was, to put it briefly, a waste of time, and not worth wasting too many words to dismiss it. Ta'ra, tedious film, I forget you.
Yesterday morning (at 4 a.m.) I finished reading Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen, which I found to be a satisfying experience indeed. If the film adaptation starring Keira Knightley is still at the cinema this Saturday, I plan to see it then.
'Tis a shame I couldn't post at least four updates in January, but I'll endeavor to correct the deficiency in February. After all, there is a resolution at stake...
I'll keep posting if you keep reading. Be seeing you... :-?
