Retail frenzy
April 8th 2003 -
Retail frenzy
I went on a buying frenzy on Sunday morning, getting DVDs and CDs and flowers for Anna to thank her for all the help with the film-making. And got some stuff for myself, too, while I was at it – the DVD of Koyaanisqatsi, Singin’ in the Rain, Rear Window, and a bunch of Charlie Chaplin short films, as well as The Pixies’ Surfer Rosa/Come In Pilgrim, which was particularly interesting because it had the original version of “Cactus” on it, which I’d only heard as the David Bowie cover before. Verdict? Well, I enjoy the Pixies’ version – odd mixing arrangement notwithstanding – but the David Bowie version is very nice indeed, and added a bunch of stuff to round out the tune nicely. Much better than Bowie’s cover of “I’ll be waiting for you” (Neil Young).
Dreams
Yet more dreams about eating chocolate. Honestly. It’s embarassing.
Feeling more awake now
Yes indeedy, and I’d like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who came along. The experience was not unlike that of regressing to childhood, in all the best ways. An incredible feeling of playfulness pervaded the house, and for 24 hours, it was like Christmas ought to be.
Now, having ostensibly failed to get the film finished in 24 hours, I have to do all the editing. First step: sort out what the heck has gone wrong with my computer. I’m thinking of getting an external firewire hard-drive.
Table-tennis
My playing improved today. I won two out of three games, and in the third, did very well against a much-higher-rated player. I blame the new bat for all my success. It grips the ball a great deal better than the old one.
Japan
I may be getting a trip to Japan some time in the next couple of months or so. Dunno when, dunno for how long, can’t say what for. But for a geek-toy fiend like me, this means only one thing: looming poverty.