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[jianantonic]

I started Memoirs of a Geisha last night. So far, so good, but I can tell it's going to be a slow read. Not that the pace of the book will be slow, but that it's long and will take me a while to read. So I probably won't get to see it in the theater. But that's okay, because there are about eighty seven films out right now that I want to see. Narnia is not one of them. Part of it is that I'm turned off by hype, as always, but I've heard some things about it that make me really not want to see it for more reasons than just that it's wildly popular. Anyway, not important.

I have the day off work tomorrow. I can't begin to express just how happy I am about that. Although, we face a barrage of angry customers on Monday, because the due date for their bills is "that last business day in December," and most of them don't realize that we're closed tomorrow. Not that it actually matters, because there's a 30-day grace period, but people are uptight about things like this. Funny how up in arms they'll get, when they're the assholes who waited until the last minute. Oh well. Anyway, I desperately need some time off. There's nothing terribly wrong, it's just that we're so busy this time of year, and I've been busy on the weekends, too, so I haven't had the chance to just sit back and chill since, shit, October? It feels like it, anyway. I'll be on the go again next weekend, but that's for a concert, so it's totally different. :) Even though I'll be low on sleep, I'll be totally energized because it's live music at its finest. Actually, that remains to be seen - I've never seen a Michael Clem solo show - but I'll bet it's good:) Good or no, it promises to be wildly entertaining either way;) "Run to the lord in fear, the angel of death is near / Secure your place in his kingdom on high, the end of the world is nigh." I think it's a joke, but the man is Catholic;)

Tomorrow's plans include romping around the Valley with my darling cousin Laura and her darling loverboy John. I can't wait:)

Peace.

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[dance-addict.livejournal.com]

Wait. You're going to Mike Clem's solo show? *I'm* going to Mike Clem's solo show! (Well, Im working the door, but same difference. ::squee:: omg this is so awesome.

[jianantonic.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm meeting up with a whole slew of Edheads there. Will you be at the Birchmere shows? I'm going on Saturday.

[harri-cady.livejournal.com]

Tell me about it. We got passes from my little brother for Christmas and can't decide what to see first! I think we'll go in for Brokeback Mountain next weekend if it's still playing around here.

I'm curious - what have you heard that's deterred you from wanting to see Narnia? I enjoyed it, but then I knew the story as a child and have that sort of attachment to it.

Enjoy your day off!

[jianantonic.livejournal.com]

I did read the book as a kid, but it's been ages and I honestly don't remember much about it. I certainly didn't love it then. But one of my coworkers said he thought there was a lot of unneccessary violence in the film. Granted, I'm told the violence follows the book, but that doesn't mean I have to like it.

Parts of Harry Potter bother me for the same reasons, but the difference is that I love the HP series - never got into the Narnia stuff. I'll grant that lots of great literature relies on violence to drive plots, but I'm also discouraged that society in general takes this so lightly. Maybe I can read a book and separate myself from the, uh, immoralities (I sound like such a right-wing Jesus-nazi!), but that doesn't mean the rest of the literate population is doing the same. I mean, they wouldn't have to put warnings like "Don't try this at home" if people knew better. And then the warnings just encourage some people more...

I guess I just refuse to give up on my vision of Utopia. It's my philosophy that the only way to achieve an ideal is to strive for it, no matter how unrealistic it may seem now. After all, giving up on it is a self-fulfilling prophecy.