I've been very sad for the past few days. Xopher got back in town last night and it's very nice to have him home again, but still, very sad. I loved trash-talking Emily (something I got from Jimbo's habit of trash-talking his cats) but even with her weird standoffishness and all the effort involved in looking after her, I miss her a great deal.
In happier news, we (Meagan, Fiona, Dave, Simon, Jimbo) went to see Batman Begins last night and I really liked it.
- Batman Begins spoilers -
It was streets ahead of the previous ones in terms of plot and writing, but I think it was the least sexy Batman so far, in so much as there wasn't any overt costume fetishism. In the previous movies there was usually at least one person drooling over the costume itself. This costume lust was amazingly ubiquitous too, demonstrated by sidekicks, villains and definitely the love interest.
In contrast to the gothic extravagance of previous "outings", the overall vibe of this Batman was much more utilitarian: even his vengeance was unusually purposeful. This is not altogether a bad thing, but I do kind of miss the exhibitionist dark and sexy Batman.
Which is not to say it wasn't pretty: between Katie Holmes' nipples and the hot young doctor, there was much to ogle. 8)
- end spoilers -
I've been rather remiss in not blogging about my recent trip to Sydney in great detail, so here are some brief highlights:
- Stomping around Paddy's Markets with Emma-sensei.
We were standing in front of a huge display of stockings, and Emma-sensei mentioned that she'd recently decided that she really needed some fluoro-orange fishnet stockings. The complete stranger beside us picked up a pair from the display and handed them to Emma-sensei with a smile.
- Finding more books than ever in Kinokuniya.
Shopping for manga just keeps getting better: I continue to improve my understanding of the shelving system; I'm getting more confident about asking for help; I had a big list of authors and titles, and very supportive company. Emma-sensei carried around a basket for ages before admitting that she had only picked it up because she thought I might need two.
- Buying so many books in Kinokuniya that I broke their security procedures.
Emma-sensei had long achieved the coffee shop when I was still having books stacked, tags removed and bagged by two (2!) checkout boys. They decided not to bother stamping each book, because there were "just too many". So when the beeper at the exit went off, I had to patiently wait while the checkout boys came out and explained to the security guard that I had just bought "too many" books and that I was not actually stealing anything. *blush*. And for those playing the "how much money did she spend?" game, my 10% discount amounted to more than $30... Yay!
- Playing with Michael and Jo's baby.
Xopher, Emma-sensei and I stayed with Xopher's oldest brother and his partner and they were very nice. Little babies are cute, especially when their parents are cool enough not to be constantly shushing them or pulling things out of their hands. And Nils was named after the character in Platinum Grit as Xopher guessed (not Nils Bohr, which was my guess).
Overall it was a great trip, and I've got literally months of reading to do.
Oh, and in the happiest news I've heard in a very long time, ted is a dad! He's posted the first of hopefully many, many pictures of little ted aka Hanachan.
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Instead of Bat-Nipples, we got to see some love-interest nipples. And maybe it is because I am lacking in costume fetishes, or maybe it is just a testament to the cuteness of Katie Holmes, but I would prefer more shots of her nipples over the Bat's.
hmmm... upon re-reading my comment of several days ago, I am beginning to understand why my marsupials believe me to be a hard-core lesbian.
of course, this realisation doesn't stop me from preferring KH's nipple's over the Bat-nipples.
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