five thousand shades of blue
Wednesday, January 31, 2001
Well, I wrote some stuff here yesterday, which was sucked into the abyss of nothingness when posting it resulted in an error. Just as well. I basically just said that I have nothing to say lately. My life is occupied with boring mundanities lately, things I don't much like doing in the first place, let alone write about.
I did get to play Mongol this weekend. I got more of the champagne gold satin, brocade trimmed finished (Thanks to Andra's help); now I can button it almost all the way down. I also found a perfect little pair of leather slip-on boots to wear with my garb, at Goodwill for a measly $4. I love thrift shops. I always love slipping off modern life to be something a little different and foriegn. I wish I had more time to develop my knowledge and background of Mongolian/Chinese ways of the 11-12th century.
Since last we spoke, I also found out that in Chinese astrology one has to take the element into consideration, not just the animal. Turns out I am a
Metal Dog.
Watched
The Abyss special edition on DVD. Aside from having to squeeze my eyes closed at those possible-drowning moments (I just have this THING about watching people on TV or in a movie under water when I know they might drown -- I just can't breathe. If they're wearing scuba gear, I'm fine), it's really an excellent movie -- though with nearly 30 minutes of added footage, it's nearly three hours long. I have never seen the theatrical release but I can't imagine this movie without the expanded scenes. The whole WWIII aspect of the movie isn't even
in the theatrical release. Wow. What is it with James Cameron and high seas love stories and multitudinous drownings, anyway? It's actually got me wanting to watch
Titanic again. That damned Celine Dion song has been stuck in my head for days. What's a girl to do...
Right. Go see Kodo, a Japanese taiko drumming troupe. One cannot help but be impressed at a 4-foot-diameter, 800 pound taiko drum. They're just amazing. And our own local Eugene taiko troupe (who opened with a performance in the lobby) was pretty good, too. I'm looking forward to the Asian Festival in a few weeks.
is
this just not enough…?
