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We attempted to deliver a package but this package requires a signature.

So I amble down to the post office.  No queue.  Receive a package.  It's the HD-DVD version of Stardust!  Completely forgot I ordered it!

Woohoo!  I got a prezzie!  I'll have to thank myself later.

That will be happy thought day 7!  So that's a complete week.  I can go back to being my usual miserable self!

Alien raiders just passed Gemini!

Possibly the best Japanese Puppet series ever to inspire a song by Brian May is coming out on DVD!

So is The Mysterious Cities of Gold!

Now I'm struggling to find an 80's kid's show that hasn't been released.

I seem to have a huuuuuge pile of DVDs that I'm in possession of but haven't actually yet watched.

I've actually seen almost all of these.  just haven't watched my DVD of any of them. 

Here they are piled up (And a list)


Seems quite a lot to watch. 

Anyone want to help? 

I can tell because I feel exceedingly apathetic. 

At this time of year I just want to hibernate with a cache of nuts.  Or possibly DVDs. 

So, I send back the Chicken Run DVD. 

Choices send a replacement. 

DVD is exactly the same budget version with no special features. 

Gave up.  Bought it in Fopp.

On the weekend before Christmas I saw on DVD

3 Star Wars films,
2 Fireflies,
And Hogfather was on TV

It's a good job I don't have to watch something for all 12 days of Christmas.

It's been a geeky weekend, going to tictactoepony 'sfirefly fan meetup in Woking, that was meant to be from the browncoat's board but didn't actually get a lot of people from there. Total board member count was 3, Ithink, inclusing me and tictactoepony. Still, it was fun. There was food and there was beer, and T.E.A is quite nice, so I confounded everyone by ordering a Spitfire as part of a large order of T.E.A, T.E.A, T.E.A, T.E.A, t.e.a and t.e.a. and then forgetting which glass was the Spitfire.

Next day went shopping and Saw Clerks and all three Star Wars films. mingmerciless , lemming_man , tinkerbell1980,beermat , beermat's R.I.B and omylouse were there too.  For those who care, EpIV "original theatrical"* , EpV SE, Ep VI original theatrical.

Since Beermat asked, we added subs.  There's quite a bit of random waffle that you don't hear like Stormtrooper chat.  Nothing that matters.  Just arbitrary filler chat, but it's stuff that a lot of people aren't aware of.

*(the original orignal didn't have the "episode IV: A new hope" subtitle but did have the "close the blast doors" line.  Apparently it's all about which sound mix was used).

Next day idly watched telly.

And saw the first part of Hogfather.  Which was fairly enjoyable but why does everything made by Sky have such a Sky Oneish feel to it?  I can't help feeling that this would have worked a lot better as an animated film. 

Gaming yesterday. Played Formula de. One of these days I'm not going to go whizzing off the track having used up all my tyres and brakes.

But anyway, ingaborg and aperrott and had a load of miscallaneous stuff to give away. I think it belinged to purple_peril. I took the Star Trek TNG Murder mystery game.

I arrived home and found that my DVD of Bubba Ho-Tep had arrived. I have no time to watch the DVD. I'm busy every evening until Wednesday.

I received £150 000 worth of valueless cheques. The cheques tell me I have to call an 0906 number ot see if I've won a prize. Doesn't say "this is not a cheque" on it. Maybe I should try to pay it into my account. Why do I think this isn't going to work?

I received a black cloak I'd ordered. This will be used as part of a costume at some point.

And I was given a free pen from One-tel, plus a chance to win a Smart Car. I did have to work for the pen though. I had to play dodgeball (throwing only) against their bloke. As far as worthless giveaway tat goes, it is a pretty nice pen. It has a light inside and glows green.

I flicked through the rules of the Murder Mystery on the train. Plots seems its a theft rather than a murder. The game requires Riker, Geordi, Bev Crusher, Deanna, Ro, Guinan, Data and Worf. Yikes. Looks like I need some female trekkies! And 4 of them!!! Where are you going to get them from? Might pull it out sometime if I ever have space for 8 people, a large quantity of Romulan Ale, and some Gagh that needs to be used up. Perhaps I should have nabbed that other game as well.

I really must get round to updating this more often. Not quite sure what to add though. New Years day. That was fun. Not a lot happened really though, apart from my drinking too much. Also in the news, gravity continued to work.

Saw various friends in Bristol. There were too many groups though, and alas, I wasn't invited to the nymphomaniac party, so I had to go to the one Ruth invited me to. This meant I had to dash around a lot and drink in several places.

Somewhat upset about the poor West Pier in Brighton. Colapsing horribly. Probably a bad idea to build it out of iron.

Picked up issue 100 of SFX. Not quite sure why I still get it though. I seem to get bored with it rather too quickly, and don't have enough time to read it. Still, there's some interesting stuff, like the results of the readers favourite character poll. I think the writeup of each character was written by a woman. Lots of comments about tight trousers.... (Note to self - go shopping. where can I get tight trousers?) Aslo some comments about the ones that got away (a list of those with one vote, no votes, and surprisingly few votes). Captain Zep got a vote! I remember that! (vaguely).

Finally saw the Two Towers. I like Gimli! You can't beat a Dwarf with a battleaxe as lots of orcs discovered. (You can toss them, but not beat them). 'Course, Lord of the rings is not really a great starting point for a film. It's not divided into acts, and it doesn't follow a single character. And actually, that's a pretty good thing. It's so nice that we've got a film that actually dares to be different.

I keep looking at CG effects from a geek POV though. The Ents were pretty good when moving, but I think they should have CGI'd the entire forest. They seem to clash a bit.

Must buy some LotR stuff. I want Fellowship of the ring on DVD, but can't decide whether to get Region 1 (slightly more expensive, but does have the MTV spoof easter egg) or region 2.