Taking a few to make some blocks for one of the ladies in my online group.
I confess that I’m so done with this current quilt project that I made a label last night with the first thing that came to my brain. As it lay on the table along side me I regretted it. Why should this work get less of a title than other pieces? So I started rummaging. I was pretty sure there was a specific word for what I was looking for but could I remember or find it? Of course not.
So I’m still working on it. Because darn if I will send this out with such a limiting title. That’s just not me. Words don’t fail me now!
My pal Kristin posted that there was an Amazon deal-of-the-day for the extended, blu ray version of Lord of the Rings. This has been on my wish list for a long long time so I did the right thing and went and plopped my money down. A couple days later the mail person had delivered it to my door and there was rejoicing in this part of east bejeesus.
First off, the packaging is pretty incredible. It’s in this fancy schmancy box that closes with a magnetic latch, it’s all shiny and inside has a map and of course three DVD cases. The cases are masquerading as antique books which is fun. They open up to reveal quite a few DVDs and a bit of printed material too. Amazing.
I was torn between wanting to see it and deciding if I wanted to somehow spread watching over time or waiting until I could just binge-watch the whole thing. In polite society that is called “a marathon” but binge it is.
I watched the first, Fellowship of the Rings, the other night and last night watched the first disk of The Two Towers. One of my wonderings was how the film would be broken into two disks. I was relieved the first night that the break was in a story break so it didn’t make me run gasping to change the disk and carry on. Last night I didn’t want to stay up and watch the whole thing until the wee hours so I knew it would be ok to watch just the first part.
My main reason for writing though is to say just how completely blown away I am by these films. Granted the story is important to me and the story itself is compelling. Everything about these – cinematography, music, casting, sound, scenery – goes to making it wonderful on screen. I wondered how the second film would connect to the first and it was so well done I wanted to applaud.
I was nervous that I would be disappointed, although I remembered how exciting they were when seeing them in the theater. Frankly though I didn’t remember too much about the films and I’ve gone on re-reading the books and understanding more about them in the meantime. Apparently enough time has passed that I did not remember too much about the films themselves, just recognizing scenes from oft-shown photos. In many ways it is like watching it as new again. For this I am especially grateful!
I didn’t have to worry about that. Peter Jackson, thank you for a wonderful portrayal of this huge story. I look forward to seeing the Hobbit.
Cuz sometimes conversations just lead to funny things and way leads on to way:
Meanwhile I made and attached tiny facing strips and sleeves and I suppose I could do the label while I’m here at the computer. Ready for a few nights of hand sewing.
No ice storm lingers this morning. Most of what fell last night,making an impressive amount of racket, was slush and grapple. I went out and fetched the mail and filled the feeders (aka turning on the kitty tv) and enjoyed the sun’s warmth.
Last night, while trying to stay focused on sewing the facings to the current quilt, I got distracted by a digital conversation with some co-workers which led me to firing up photoshop and creating a tshirt design (and companion i-device case). That certainly was a blast from my past. The fact that you can come up with a design and have it printed on an individual basis is probably red-light-warning sort of tempting to me. Oh dear. I’m going to ponder it and will post links when I decide.
Am also working my way through the Mabinogian which is just fascinating stuff. Not dense with words needing look up, although last night I did have to find out a bit about ancient Welsh land divisions. I made it pretty far without needing to stop and do that though. There were a few bits, especially early on where the translation was wanting. The sentence structure just didn’t make sense, but it wasn’t critical so I plowed ahead.
The stories are of course mythic in scale and filled with cunning and magic and super abilities.
640K ought to be enough for anybody. (1981)
