Good and bad

[vilakins]

Good

I was laughing maniacally at the opening scene of Store Wars, a stir-frying stirring tale of organic food rebels in a supermarket, when the phone rang. It's worth watching for that scene alone, but who can resist the allure of characters like Cuke Skywalker, Princess Lettuce, Lord Tader, Ham Solo, Chewbroccoli, and not be on the edge of their seat for the climactic 'I am your father' scene in the vege weighing scales? Yes, it's from the organic trade association who have a message, but stay with it for the SFX and scenes like the classic Salad Bar one. I think my favourites are the stormtrooper eggs though.

What was the phone call? A three-month contract looking after a power company's database, starting Monday. I'm glad I've got two of my three ficathon stories done.

Bad

What of my hoped-for trip to Germany and the UK, you may ask? It may not even happen now. Greg is probably just going to Singapore. So when this contract is over, I'm taking a holiday up north at the very least.

Comments

[entropy-house.livejournal.com]

I just saw Store Wars, too. I wonder if his name is actually Darth 'Tater'. And I loved the 'Thai' peanut sauce fighters. :^) And TofuD2.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

He's 'Darth Tader' when you look at the puppets. Hee. The Death Melon. "That's no moon. That's a..."

[ch1pper.livejournal.com]

hee! Reminds me of The Meatrix (http://www.themeatrix.com/)

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Cool opening, but a bit too preachy for me. The animation looks a bit like Animal Farm.

[zoefruitcake.livejournal.com]

Good = sounds very funny

Bad = shame :0(

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

You should watch it, it's so funny! "That's no moon. That's a ... melon!"

[kalypso-v.livejournal.com]

Oh, sorry to hear you [probably] aren't coming. I'll post Darth Tater if he ever arrives. And to cheer myself up I've booked to see Hedda Gabler (http://www.hedda-gabler.co.uk) in London next month. It's one of my favourite plays (I know, nothing cheers me up like tragedy), this production got rave reviews at the Almeida but was sold out when I was in London in April, and now it's transferred to the West End for a limited season. And I realised if I organised myself quickly I could get a cheap train fare for a day trip taking in the Saturday matinee.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

I meant to e-mail you yesterday but things got away from me, sorry. I have to go out soon to meet the person I'll be working for but I'll write when I get home.

Enjoy Hedda! You and astrogirl2 are very alike in that respect, but I turn to comedy and escapism when I'm down.

[kalypso-v.livejournal.com]

Don't worry, you've already told me here!

[mistraltoes.livejournal.com]

Yay for the new contract, but sorry to hear that your trip may be cancelled.

[jhall1.livejournal.com]

Me too. But don't forget that, if you want to go north, the UK would fit the bill. :)

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

LOL! It would!

And I've now seen the bit in Doctor Who about lots of planets having one. :-)

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Greg has so many holidays owing he'll have to take some this year. After this contract, I hope we can got to the Bay of Islands for a few weeks. It will still be beautiful even if it's cold.

[reapermum.livejournal.com]

What's the commuting like on this contract? The last one was pretty bad wasn't it?

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

It was. This one's a lot closer, but I either have to pay for parking in one of the council carparks or get a bus which will be about half the price. Either way, it'll take me about 30 minutes to get there in peak traffic, then I'll have to walk about 500 metres. This is fine except that it's not undercover, it's almost winter, and I'll get soaked most days (our rain is much heavier than yours). Oh, well. At least it will never take two hours to get home.

[kerravonsen]

Catch the bus -- it's less stressful. And you can read on it.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure it's less stressful. I certainly can't read on it; I often feel quite ill just sitting there doing nothing. I've been known to get off several stops early because I couldn't take it any longer. Going home, I'll probably have to stand too. I drive most places because I rarely get motion-sick that way.

Now if I could get a train there...

[kerravonsen]

Ah, if you can't read on the bus, that would make a difference. Listen to music? Talking books?
Ugh, standing in the bus is not good. I'm lucky in that I'm near the start of the route in both directions, so I always get a seat.