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Jun. 9th, 2002 07:14 pmName that film.
A prize for the first person to identify the quote.
A prize for the first person to identify the quote.
Jun. 9th, 2002
Oh, Coooool....
Jun. 9th, 2002 07:15 pmA fine day yesterday.
The reason I like shopping at Kendalls is because it's a shop where you can take in a suit you bought six months ago, say it's a bit worn, and they give you a new one without batting an eyelid. The good thing aboutthis is that they gave me a refund on the old one, I added a bit more to the total, and walked out with a fine new Kenzo suit which will double as kit for Follower of Set (assuming he didn't die yesterday in the proxy scene..). So effectively I got a free Strellson suit for six months whilst I saved to buy the one I really wanted in the first place. Cool...
Then , post lunch , wench and I wandered past the cinema and noticed they were having preview showings of Spiderman, so in we went.
The cinema was *empty*, surprisingly, but I suppose nobody knew about the surprise showing. in truth, I can't honestly understand why it's breaking box-office records - I mean, it's okay but by no means great - the CG action scenes are decidedly ropey at times, and the SFX are largely nothign like as good as Attack of the Clones. Great characterisation, though. If you cut the characters from Spiderman into the SFX from AOTC, you'd have a winner and no mistake...
then, geeking likefury by now, we went to see The Time Machine, which was far better than I'd been lead to believe. Fun, funny (in parts), and a criminally underused Jeremy Irons as the baddie in the best 'nos elder' makeup and cossie I've seen (better than Blade 2 by a loooong shot). A bit let down by the ending, which implied that you can avoid aging by hiding behind a rock, but I enjoyed it more than I did Spidey - perhaps because I expected to be disappointed and wasn't...
Ended the day by watching Orlando, and drooling over the wonderful, wonderful costumes. I want more money, and I want it now so I can buy them. All of them. Except the frocks, perhaps.
The reason I like shopping at Kendalls is because it's a shop where you can take in a suit you bought six months ago, say it's a bit worn, and they give you a new one without batting an eyelid. The good thing aboutthis is that they gave me a refund on the old one, I added a bit more to the total, and walked out with a fine new Kenzo suit which will double as kit for Follower of Set (assuming he didn't die yesterday in the proxy scene..). So effectively I got a free Strellson suit for six months whilst I saved to buy the one I really wanted in the first place. Cool...
Then , post lunch , wench and I wandered past the cinema and noticed they were having preview showings of Spiderman, so in we went.
The cinema was *empty*, surprisingly, but I suppose nobody knew about the surprise showing. in truth, I can't honestly understand why it's breaking box-office records - I mean, it's okay but by no means great - the CG action scenes are decidedly ropey at times, and the SFX are largely nothign like as good as Attack of the Clones. Great characterisation, though. If you cut the characters from Spiderman into the SFX from AOTC, you'd have a winner and no mistake...
then, geeking likefury by now, we went to see The Time Machine, which was far better than I'd been lead to believe. Fun, funny (in parts), and a criminally underused Jeremy Irons as the baddie in the best 'nos elder' makeup and cossie I've seen (better than Blade 2 by a loooong shot). A bit let down by the ending, which implied that you can avoid aging by hiding behind a rock, but I enjoyed it more than I did Spidey - perhaps because I expected to be disappointed and wasn't...
Ended the day by watching Orlando, and drooling over the wonderful, wonderful costumes. I want more money, and I want it now so I can buy them. All of them. Except the frocks, perhaps.
No surprises there, then
Jun. 9th, 2002 07:35 pm| Which Classic Book Are You? | |
| Book: | Niccolo Machiavelli's The Prince. |
| Synopsis: | The Prince's essential contribution to modern political thought lies in Machiavelli's assertion of the then revolutionary idea that theological and moral imperatives have no place in the political arena. 'It must be understood,' Machiavelli avers, 'that a prince ... cannot observe all of those virtues for which men are reputed good, because it is often necessary to act against mercy, against faith, against humanity, against frankness, against religion, in order to preserve the state.' With just a little imagination, readers can discern parallels between a 16th-century principality and a 20th-century presidency. |
| Excerpt: | Those who wish to win favor with a prince customarily offer him those things which they hold most precious or which they see him most delight in. Very often, therefore, we see princes presented with horses, weapons, cloth of gold, precious gems, or similar ornaments worthy of their greatness. Wishing, then, to present myself to Your Highness with some mark of my duty to you, I have been unable to find anything I possess that I hold so dear or esteem so highly as my knowledge of the actions of great men, learned from long experience in modern affairs and from constant reading of ancient ones. Having long examined and refected upon tese matters with great diligence and having now set them down in a small volume, I send it to Your Highness. |
| Amazon: | The Prince |
| Which Classic Book Are You? |