Hunting around online, it looks like Sorcery and Cecelia has been reprinted, with a sequel - I might have to see if Arty Bees have it in, or order it online. I'm currently considering ordering Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) - the Reeves and Mortimer version, rather than the original. One of the things that's putting me off is that there are a lot of complaints about the fact that it was filmed and shown in widescreen, but has been put out on DVD in pan&scan. However, my reasoning goes along the following lines - when they put out a widescreen version, technology will have moved on enough that it'll be in a different format, so I'd have to update my collection anyway...
Actually, that's a terrible reason to buy a copy now. :)
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Puggle has decided to join the LIveJournalistas. If I were serious about joining the blogging "community", I can see a lot of reasons to use LiveJournal - the whole Friends thing would be a very handy way to keep track of other people's blogs, for example, and it has plenty of nifty things built in, such as the whole "listening to" thing. The ever-present scourge of comment spam seems to be less of a problem there, too.
On the other hand, while I might not be using the customizability of Movable Type, I value the fact that it's there. :) I kinda wish that I had the spare time and enthusiasm for random coding projects that I used to -- I think that a lot of my creativity in that sphere is drained off for my job. On the other hand, I know that I'm a much better programmer now than I was a couple of years ago, and infinitely better than I was when I first entered the job market. I just wish that I had kept up my Java/C++ skills - perl's inherent coolness makes me lazy. ;)
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I wonder whether trying to chase "Billy, Don't Be A Hero" out of my head by using Kylie's Fever was such a good idea after all...
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Beer O'Clock in ten minutes or so, and then off to have dinner with some of my Old School friends (i.e. friends from my undergrad years at university). In many ways, I'm quite happy to have my different groups of acquaintances fairly separate; on the other hand, in Wellington people tend to have unexpected connections, so it's not like the different groups are hermetically sealed off from each other.
The particular group that I'm having dinner with I know through an accident of nomenclature - I did my first year chemistry labs with someone called Andrea Arcus, and it's through her that I know many of the people in this group. (She's won't be at the dinner, but it's at her house -- it's the magic of house-sitting!) It's weird how random events like that can have repercussions so many years down the line; on the other hand, I imagine I'd be a very different person if I hadn't known those people.
Anyway, the beer is here, so I'll sign off until next time. :)
Posted by svend at October 8, 2004 6:02 PM