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Nov. 2nd, 2003 02:47 pmAfter hub got out of the tank, we were both hungry and wanting some company. We called around, and the only person free was Gordon so we went to lunch at Kerbey Lane with him. They do good pancakes, but I sometimes question if the good pancakes are worth the long wait, the crowded conditions and uncomfortable chairs, and the anemic service. But it put us within a stone's throw of the hobby shop Thor's Hammer, where Gordon wanted to buy his 3.5 D&D Player's Handbook. After that, hub and Gordon were going to screw around on Gordon's new computer (in other words, hub was going to help Gordon set it up) but Bob wanted to visit so they postponed it 'til today.
Bob's visit was looking like it might turn into couch lock again, so I suggested a movie. We all decided it'd be fun to go see 'Bubba Ho-tep' at the Alamo, and indeed it was! The movie was vulgar and silly and didn't exactly have an airtight plot, but it was still good for a bunch of laughs. Afterwards we headed home and played some Chez Geek and Sagarian. We also watched 'Big Trouble in Little China' on dvd, which is a movie not unlike 'Bubba Ho-tep' in many ways.
Now I'm at boring ol' work. It's muggy and trying to be rainy without really accomplishing much. I'm hoping it will be clear next Saturday, not only because we hope to have Samhain outside but because there's a total lunar eclipse. I have to say, even though I like astrology I'm totally sick of hearing about this Harmonic Concordance... it seems like it's another case of EXTREEEEEEME! anything where it's the 'most/biggest/whateverest [something] in [some number usually greater than 10] years!' Like Mars being the closest in a bunch of years. The media is really over-doing the hell out of that. But back to the Harmonic Whatsis. It often takes a long while to get to where whoever wrote the articles I've seen floating around describes the actual event and what planets are involved and so on, if they don't gloss over it altogether. Then they make some grand statement about how we'll all have our consciousness raised in some nebulous, non-specific way that often involves crop circles, the Mayan calendar and some other dimensions, as well as the ever-present Unnecessary Capitalizations. What a crock of shit. No wonder people think astrologers are idiots. It all smacks of the most annoying aspects of the New Age movement, which seems to make everything as befuddled and complicated as possible (but we'll explain it to you for a mere $199, or you can attend the 3-day workshop intensive for $1399) and then pass it off in the most high-handed, pompous tone manageable.
Bob's visit was looking like it might turn into couch lock again, so I suggested a movie. We all decided it'd be fun to go see 'Bubba Ho-tep' at the Alamo, and indeed it was! The movie was vulgar and silly and didn't exactly have an airtight plot, but it was still good for a bunch of laughs. Afterwards we headed home and played some Chez Geek and Sagarian. We also watched 'Big Trouble in Little China' on dvd, which is a movie not unlike 'Bubba Ho-tep' in many ways.
Now I'm at boring ol' work. It's muggy and trying to be rainy without really accomplishing much. I'm hoping it will be clear next Saturday, not only because we hope to have Samhain outside but because there's a total lunar eclipse. I have to say, even though I like astrology I'm totally sick of hearing about this Harmonic Concordance... it seems like it's another case of EXTREEEEEEME! anything where it's the 'most/biggest/whateverest [something] in [some number usually greater than 10] years!' Like Mars being the closest in a bunch of years. The media is really over-doing the hell out of that. But back to the Harmonic Whatsis. It often takes a long while to get to where whoever wrote the articles I've seen floating around describes the actual event and what planets are involved and so on, if they don't gloss over it altogether. Then they make some grand statement about how we'll all have our consciousness raised in some nebulous, non-specific way that often involves crop circles, the Mayan calendar and some other dimensions, as well as the ever-present Unnecessary Capitalizations. What a crock of shit. No wonder people think astrologers are idiots. It all smacks of the most annoying aspects of the New Age movement, which seems to make everything as befuddled and complicated as possible (but we'll explain it to you for a mere $199, or you can attend the 3-day workshop intensive for $1399) and then pass it off in the most high-handed, pompous tone manageable.
