October Movies and ones to look forward to...

I want to see The Prestige in the next few weeks. So far, it sounds like a good, rather dark movie that the critics just did not get. Any movie that features Nikolai Tesla is worth seeing, in my opinion.

I'm cautiously interested in seeing Flags of Our Fathers, now that I've learned that it's a duology with Letters from Iwo Jima being the second film. Letters is from the Japanese perspective and staring Ken Watanabe.

Pan's Labrynith looks amazingly pretty and magical, and will hopefully have as wonderful a story. The difficulty will be finding a theater playing it when it finally comes out.

300 looks stunning, but it's based on a Frank Miller graphic novel from after he jumped the shark; I don't know if I could stand to go to anything that will give him money. Also, any movie whose preview has me thinking that the costuming in Troy were more accurate has a long row to hoe. Mr. Miller should note that the Spartans did wear armor, and if he wanted them to fight naked for artistic reasons, 'naked except for a metal brief' just doesn't cut it. If you want naked, suck it up and take your NC-17 rating like a man.

A very pretty man in very tight pants...

I had a "what? WHAT?" start to the weekend on Saturday. I lost the knitting out of my backpack, the store was out of this week's bus pass, and the stylist dyed my hair burgundy when I asked for violet. I did manage to find the knitting by backtracking my path three hours later, and wasn't too late for my plans with sanj.

I had planned to show her the last three Sharpe's Rifles episodes, the ones with Alexis Denisof playing one of the antagonists -- basically playing Wesley Wyndham-Pryce at his worst -- a Napoleonic Wars era Life Guards officer. However, I did want her to get some context, so I brought along my collection of the first five episodes as well.

( In which the straight girl, the bi girl, and the lesbian watch tv about pretty men... )

So we finished watching with much squee and good will. Hopefully I'll get to show them the third, fourth and fifth episodes soon.

This morning, I went with sanj to her church choir sing, and got to wear my hifu coat. It hits me right about the knees, and is absolutely gorgeous. We ran into abka and denis77and his mom, and had brunch as Cafe Deluxe. My french toast was good, but their potatoes were cold, and so I think the consensus was it's a good place for dinner, but not brunch.

Afterwards, Sanj helped me find some gorgeous shoes at Comfort One Shoes -- El NaturaLista brand. I bought Iggdrasil N091 shoe with its cute little frog, but I want the Vedoira N570 clog , Iggdrasil N090 clog and maybe even the Iggdrasil N096.