Catching up right quick

[annathepiper]

Thursday night, as we've done for all the Pirates of the Caribbean flicks so far, a big herd of us went to go see At World's End at the Cinerama downtown. It was great to see mamishka and tiggymalvern and quite a few others there; the crowd was, as expected, huge. Many of them were in pirate garb.

It was a bit of a shame that the movie was actually a bit of a mess. Don't get me wrong--I did actually enjoy watching it, and there are really cool things that need to be seen on the big screen in order to do them justice--but there are also some big honking plot holes. Also, and I suppose I may get keelhauled for this, but there was a bit too much overplaying of the whole Jack Sparrow schtick. Sorry, Jack fangirls. ;) Anyway, go in expecting more or less big stupid fun, and it'll be a decent way to blow some movie monex.

Yesterday was a surprise day off! My boss gave it to me by way of a thank you for working so hard on the Project From Hell, which was incredibly nice of her. So I slept in and then went off to chiro, and unexpectedly bumped into kathrynt and little Lillian, so we went to Caffe Ladro afterwards and ate and drank tasty things and hung out. And we yakked about le bebeh, and Kathryn made hopeful commentary about the interesting things going on with Lament, and she also told me all about this particular type of yarn called Sea Silk. This stuff is apparently about the right consistency for making socks, she tells me, only now the makers of it have a heavier version that's more the right weight for making oh, say, sweaters. As the company that makes this yarn is in Newfoundland, it will probably surprise none of you that they call the heavier version of this yarn Great Big Sea Silk.

This, of course, made me laugh and laugh and laugh. Q says that as soon as she has brain enough and time enough for knitting again, she's going to get a hold of some of this yarn and make me something out of it. Which really makes a girl feel loved. *^_^*

Meanwhile, I made obligatory admiring noises at the baby, who was cheerful and amiable and alert and paying sharp attention to all the tasty things we were consuming. Especially my fruity drink with whipped cream on top. She kept giving it this look like "HEY that looks way cooler than my smooshed pears. Gimme some!" And when I picked her up, she promptly kept sticking her hand in my mouth and grabbing hold of my upper lip, as if convinced that if she just got a finger or two in there, she could find where I put the Cool Food. Either that, or she was trying to figure out how the heck I was making Talky Noises. It's official. That baby's cute. Several random bystanders agreed!

This weekend will be more writing, and Folklife! Yay, Folklife and a four-day weekend!

Miles since the 15th: 29.4
Miles out of Hobbiton: 2021
Miles out of Isengard: 228
Miles to Minas Tirith: 558

Comments

[raise-a-jar.livejournal.com]

As the company that makes this yarn is in Newfoundland, it will probably surprise none of you that they call the heavier version of this yarn Great Big Sea Silk.

Bwah!! I love it! Must find some for myself! This alone makes the vow to teach meself to crochet completely worthwhile :D

[annathepiper]

Hee! Yeah, I told kathrynt at the time that I could just see every single one of their customers who were also GBS fans going BWAHAHAHAHAHA. ^_^

I Googled the stuff yesterday and got a whole bunch of hits, so if all else fails I bet you can order some online!

[gilroycullen.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear I wasn't the only one disappointed with the third Pirates movie. Personally, I wished that they had broken it into more than three movies and made a thought out plot line for the third. Instead we get a gobbledegook of a movie.

[annathepiper]

Yeah, solarbird and spazzkat and I all found it quite a bit of a mess, though it was certainly at least worth seeing in the theater. Chow Yun-Fat was way under-used, too.