December 17, 2003
WAP! Him Dead. Now My Take Camel!entry,
My mother-in-law sent us a hand-made plushy nativity set (her hands, even). It's designed to go under the Christmas tree and get played with. As the subject line implies, the games the kids play with these plush figures are not, strictly speaking, retellings of the Christmas story. The "Cappy" hamtaro my six-year-old son clutched in his fist was last seen killing off the wise men and making off with their rides. "WAP! Him dead. Now my take camel!"
In the spirit of violent entertainment, allow me to recommend to you The Return of The King, which I saw this morning at 10:45. It's long. We didn't get out of the theater until about 2:30 in the afternoon, what with the previews and hanging around for the credits.
It's also excellent. Yes, Peter Jackson and company have changed the story a bit from Tolkien's text. Frankly, it's been improved. If you're not afraid of a spoiler or two, read my thoughts (and the thoughts of others) right here.
The worst part about the movie is that it was so overpowering that I can't pull out of it to work on my own creative endeavors. At least not yet. That's okay. We've still got at least 10 days in the buffer, and I've got a vacation starting Friday at 4pm. Don't panic.
Oh, that reminds me... there've been some server glitches this week. We're working on fixing them. We moved to new hardware, and some of the links between ad-servers, update servers, and PREMIUM servers got screwed up. Please be patient. Thanks!