Recently
Geeking out on DVD’s
Lately we have been watching a lot of movies, and being particullay geeky with Anime fare and documentaries. We have really enjoyed Nausicaä of the Valley of the Winds, so much so - we bought it. Also, we watched Word Wars, a documentary on the Scrabble championship. That is pretty much the pinacle of geeking.
Making our house a home
Since our flooring is FINALLY done we (ok Catherine) has been hard at work making the place much more homey. Most of it is large project work too, like cleaning out closets where we crammed as much stuff as possible after the water damage. She has rocked. I have been too busy with other work to help as much as I should. On that note….
Contract Work
I have been quite busy lately, putting in at least 60 hours a week, usually closer to 70-75 between full-time work and contract web design and network support. Hopefully all of this will be worth it and the cash will help out. That would be nice.
Cookout
We hosted a Memorial Day cookout at the last minute and I would say things went well. Gave us an excuse to buy the little grill we have been eyeing for a while. Scott thought we did alright too.
Jason
June 1st, 2005Nausicaa was good. I love the vehicle designs on that one. Not that Miyazaki doesn’t have the midas touch anyway. Have you seen the trailers for Howl’s Moving Castle? It looks like it may be as great as Spirited Away…
David
June 1st, 2005No - Have not but I am really excited about it. Pretty much everything by him that we see, we buy. We have Nausicaa now along with Spirited Away and Castle in the Sky. I also have the 20th century fox version of My Neighbor Totoro. The only one that didn’t do anything for me was Kiki’s Delivery service. I am still on my quest to get Princess Monoke (which has an uncredited screenwriter by the name of Neil Gaiman)
Jason
June 2nd, 2005My Neighbor Totoro is really wonderful too. Some great imagery in that film.
I have to say that Princess Mononoke is my favorite thus far. I’m not crazy about the English voice cast(freakin’ billy bob thornton in an anime, c’mon?!), but it’s the closest thing to an adventure film for Miyazaki.
If you’re interested, you can see the Howl’s trailer in quicktime at:
http://www.apple.com/trailers/disney/howls_moving_castle/