12/18/2005: "Deer, Dogs and Dynamics"

Buckets. It is raining Buckets. Well Not REAAALL Buckets, but I mean the quantity of water...could be coming out of buckets not drops. Haven't seen rain like this since El Nino of I guess 98? I dashed out to get a few stocking stuffers at the Walgreens and got caught in a bit of a flood. I hadn't intended to be out long and so I of course was just wearing an old pair of rubber soled tiger slippers. I think I paid 2.99 for them at rite aid a few years back. They are my slumming slippers. Were. Leave no man behind, but slippers...well.. if I hadn't been afriad the weak plastic bags would break and dump all my new purchases in the puddle I might not have even been running ( I do love the feel of rain) but since there was no sense in throwing the few precious dollars I had away, I was clipping across the parking lot to the jeep and making waves in the puddles as I went. I could feel the water seeping in, then soaking...like a gunshot wound as the blood spreads...and when one of the slippers fell off, I didn't REALLY think about it...SAVE YOURSELF MAN, I heard the slipper yell out. Very cinderella. And yet, no prince in sight. I got the goods safe to the car, flicked the left shoe off in the car and drove over to the scene of the crime. It was too late, I can't imagine it will dry off and ever be the same, post traumatic puddle syndrome...but at least I saved it. I came very close to leaving the poor sad animal print foot wear there, leaving it to its watery death...but ultimately I didn't have the heart. I will salvage what I can...it's only water right?

So who let the dogs out? Either there's a Tsunami a comin or people do not love their dogs. I have seen 4 dogs wandering the dark winding curves around my house over the last week. I helped one beagle back to its house, but the boxer and the chihuahuas weren't where I could get to them without putting myself in danger blind curves being...well...blind. I can only hope that they don't end up like the deer I saw on Wed Morning. It was a young buck, not the mom or the babies I don't think, but it was dead. Which makes me wonder, wher do deer live exactly. I mean foxes live in dens, bears in caves or dens, lots of animals live in dams, burrows, holes, nests....where does a deer live. It would appear they do not dig much...how strange to me, to not create a shelter or a home...seems like my only goal this year really...

And speaking of home...had a house outting with the roommates this past week. Jimmy "Stop signs are optional in my country" Wong drove me to the great mall where we met up with Justin "my salavary gland blocked up dammit" Zazzi and Scott "I have to work after this, you all owe me" Boyd. It was quite amusing. Our Dynamic is pretty hysterical, I would have liked to been able film the expression on Scott and Justin's face when they discovered I chose to save seats in the second to last row. Jimmy and I wanted to sit in Reclining seats in the back, Scott and Justin wanted to sit in the front. Everything in the center was taken. So Jimmy and I gave in...this time....

We saw the Narnia movie, and I was ultimately dissappointed with the lack of HEART that went into the movie. I of course have a special attatchment to the story, having directed Lion the witch and the wardrobe last year, but even that prejudice aside, I thought they could have been more consistant and had more magic. Harry Potter, whether you like it or not, you have to admit, there is never anything half ass about it...it's consistant and true to the spirit. I saw that on the IMAX. Fun experience, but the IMAX is better when the movie is made specifically for the theatre.... GREAT SOUND though,,, worth it.

It was a big week for Theatre last week too...Saw Romance in D which was the best piece of theatre I think I have seen since "What the Birds Carry" At the Pear. Saw Pride and Prejudice at the Rep as well ( Free tickets, aaaaw yeah) But having been in that show, I thought maybe I was a bit too biased to fully enjoy it. It was very clever, and very different, and ultimately a cohesive, enjoyable piece, but required a specific mind set and a certain amount of buying into in order to accept some of the concepts. A Good translation of the book....I don't plan on seeing the movie. I alos got to see Beach Blanket Babylon in SF with former roommate Brian Dodge. It was lavish, we had GREAT seats, and though VERY bizarre, I mean REALLY bizarre the free champange, wine, buffet at Magna Rose's afterwards matched my divine company. Had a super, SUPER time as always. This was the 4th annual Bri Dodge Work Party invitational and I always look forward to it. It's not just the free food and entertainment, it's the company. This year I was fortunate enough to see Brian Dodge 2 times in a week as he was able to attend my housewarming party last week. I think I have now seen him more times in the last 4 years then I ever did in the 6 months we lived in San Jose. He met Anu ( also a former roommate, and my current roommates) and it became a game of who hasn't lived with Susannah...or been in a play with her...

This week I have tickets to the Sublime: Nutcracker by Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley, and the Ridiculous: Rocky Horror Picture Show, at the Hoover. Chris Tann is Riff Raff, and it's one of those dream roles that you just can't wait to see someon play. Like Kate in Taming of the Shrew for me...one day...and when I do, the world better be there opening night =].

Neflix has been getting a healthy use, as I procrastinate from my writing, the only real way I know how (Cleaning and watching movies). I have seen a graet many lame flicks, (Punch drunk love, The Singing Detective, Phantom of the Opera) and a couple of great ones, Millions (4 out of 5 rugters/rockwells) and Fairytale a True Story (also 4 out of 5). Next up some more daniel day lewis, a Johnny Depp one I somehow missed, and Amityville Horror, all which can keep me company on New Years which will most likely be spent..."chilling" (read: I don't ski and I don't do SF). Mark July 7th as opening night for the next Pirates of the Carribean Movie....looks AWESOME.

Much more later...time to write for real...