long weekend
Dec. 23rd, 2002 07:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
novapsycheThe last three days dragged by, as I was without an ISP. Apparently, there was a problem with the billing address, yadda yadda yadda; I got it all worked out. So I'm happy. :)
Considering that I'm unemployed, I managed to get together a collection of Christmas gifts. This is the first year I've given gifts in I don't know how long. (However, I was not successful in getting Christmas cards mailed out. I'll have to try harder next year.)
Much of my money was spent on little gift bags, mainly because I can never find any little gift boxes. Doesn't some major store chain sell little gift boxes? Jeez, it would have made my life a lot easier. I look for them every year, too; no dice, ever.
During this long weekend, I filled much of my time looking over the beginning of I and Thou by Martin Buber. Wow. That's all I can say. The simplicity and clarity makes the message just shine through. This is the kind of theology I like to read!
Also, I took in Adaptation Saturday. I really liked it. It was funny in ways I hadn't seen a movie be funny before. There were a lot of literary/writer's jokes in there (it being a film whose main role is a screenwriter). Nicolas Cage was surprisingly good. It was hard to believe that he wasn't really two people.
Lastly, which in real-time happened firstly, I had the most dramatically amazing DXM experience ever. I'd given myself a fortnight of sobriety, and had kept myself from viewing the copy of Baraka I'd borrowed from the library that week until the day I'd dose. Also, I took in the pilot of Firefly, which I hadn't had a chance to see before then. I was blown away. After I saw the entire pilot, I seriously considered organizing a letter campaign to save the show. I still might, actually. Anyone know how to get one started?
Considering that I'm unemployed, I managed to get together a collection of Christmas gifts. This is the first year I've given gifts in I don't know how long. (However, I was not successful in getting Christmas cards mailed out. I'll have to try harder next year.)
Much of my money was spent on little gift bags, mainly because I can never find any little gift boxes. Doesn't some major store chain sell little gift boxes? Jeez, it would have made my life a lot easier. I look for them every year, too; no dice, ever.
During this long weekend, I filled much of my time looking over the beginning of I and Thou by Martin Buber. Wow. That's all I can say. The simplicity and clarity makes the message just shine through. This is the kind of theology I like to read!
Also, I took in Adaptation Saturday. I really liked it. It was funny in ways I hadn't seen a movie be funny before. There were a lot of literary/writer's jokes in there (it being a film whose main role is a screenwriter). Nicolas Cage was surprisingly good. It was hard to believe that he wasn't really two people.
Lastly, which in real-time happened firstly, I had the most dramatically amazing DXM experience ever. I'd given myself a fortnight of sobriety, and had kept myself from viewing the copy of Baraka I'd borrowed from the library that week until the day I'd dose. Also, I took in the pilot of Firefly, which I hadn't had a chance to see before then. I was blown away. After I saw the entire pilot, I seriously considered organizing a letter campaign to save the show. I still might, actually. Anyone know how to get one started?