no clones yet

So I haven't seen the new Star Wars movie yet.

Jeff and I didn't hesitate to wait about six hours in line for the opening of The Phantom Menace in the rain. I would do the same for The Two Towers. Somehow, though, Attack of the Clones just doesn't hold the same appeal for me.

This is partly because I didn't like The Phantom Menace that much; I found it too heavily focussed on special effects and spectacular settings rather than character development or emotional honesty. Yeah, yeah, I know; it's just a Star Wars movie. But Lucas has all raw materials in his hands already, and has proven he can produce a Star Wars movie with more emotional depth. So why doesn't he?

I didn't find the trailers for Attack of the Clones all that inspiring, which is another reason for my lack of enthusiasm. Reviews from the media and friends who have seen the movie have ranged from "it sucks" to "it was entertaining but that's about it".

Anyway, though I'm not motivated enough to see the movie to battle opening week crowds, I'll likely see it next week. I'm going in with pretty low expectations, so chances are good that I won't be too appalled. Unlike my now astronomically huge anticipation of my first Krispy Kreme experience. :-)





Version 2.11 of Movable Type is now available, by the way. I love MT. My entire archive has been converted over, and I want to convert my other Web projects to Movable Type as well.

I'm also gradually in the process of categorizing my entries. This change will be transparent to users, except eventually you should be able to view Blathering entries by categories like "filk" and "writing", etc.

And for those of you who read online journals on a regular basis, you may want to consider voting in the The 2002 Diarist Awards. You have to have your own online journal or blog to be able to nominate and to vote. You can see the list of nominees for this quarter here (no, I'm not a nominee :-)).

Speaking of awards, don't forget to send in your nominations for the Pegasus Awards! The deadline has been extended to May 31st. You can find the online nomination ballot here.





Went running through a different route yesterday, just for variety. Checked out a golf course area that I've always been curious about. Sadly, there doesn't seem to be any interesting running trails in the area, just the road leading into the parking lot. And no, I felt absolutely no incentive to try golf despite the fact that the golf place offers free weekly clinics. :-)





As I mentioned in my Tuesday entry, I was paired up with someone in my WordGoddess group for a collab; each of us was supposed to come up with a list of questions for the other person to answer. I answered mine on Tuesday. Here is Sasha's entry answering the questions I gave to her.

To any German speakers out there: Parki recently introduced me to some instrumental German music I quite like, but I was hoping to get some help translating the album and track titles. Album/group: Einsjager und Siebenjager, Popol Vuh. Tracks: Kleiner Krieger, King Minos, Morgengruss, Wurfelspiel, Gutes Land, Einsjager und Siebenjager. Thanks kindly!

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Today's Blatherpics:

I took these photos during my run yesterday.

	Percussion group performing just outside the Skydome. I ended up leaving the Skydome area because it was unbelieveably windy; my cap kept getting yanked off my head!
	Golf ball at the CityCore golf course just west of Spadina.
	Golf practice. The artificial turf was littered with golf balls.
	A GO train that passed under a bridge I ran over. Headed home after I took this picture.