I am getting addicted to this series - The Legend of the Seeker

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I saw this film last night.  I was dragged in by the strong message and Vanessa Redgrave’s performance.

Oscar-winner Vanessa Redgrave stars in this HBO Films adaptation of writer/actor Wallace Shawn’s deeply personal stage play about the high cost of enlightenment, and the ever-widening gap between those who have and those who have not. Redgrave plays a nameless woman from a privileged world, suffering from a sense of disconnection from her comfortable life, who travels to a country (also nameless) in the throes of civil war. Suddenly deliriously ill, she collapses in a hotel bathroom, and, confronts an internal chorus of conflicting voices: dreams of comfort from her past, images of physical and economic violence, accusations of indifference, and cold-blooded arguments in favor of oppression. The central question: what, if anything, is a morally consistent way to live in the world as it is? Directed by Carlo Nero and featuring Joely Richardson, Rade Sherbedgia and Geraldine James.

Enlightenment can be brutal.

This weekend, I decided that I didn’t have anything to write.  Well, nothing substantial, not if you consider staring at  people at work all day bloggable material… Or staring at space if I’m not doing actual work.  No, I haven’t even gone to a coffee shop the past week, not even with myself.

So right now I’m in my room, thinking of something to write, very much like conjuring something from nothing.  I look around and see that I have a ton of things to finish.

Like games I need to finish, I have 3 more to go through…

Like the stash of books I need to read through: 2 more of the Balefire Series, the Shadowmancer which I have been reading forever but have not finished, and the Sweep Series which I would like to read again…

I also need to get shelf space for my bags, right now some are sharing closet space with my clothes…

I have just the space to move things around.

 

Because I have this huge hole in my house, that’s half of my livingroom there.

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I do have some things of interest.  But I can’t write about it right now.  It  involves P.I.-ing some people’s information, on the net of course.  I’m sorry about being so cloak-and-dagger over this.  It’s more fun this way.

I was wandering around Greenbelt 3 last Friday while waiting for the Harry Potter showing at 8:30 that evening, when I found out that the edifier I reserved was already availabe at the PowerMac store.  I got it for a measly price, and saw some vinyl skins for my Ipod.

I decided to go with this skin for a very good reason. *Wink wink at AJ

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I went to makati last Saturday to do my bank run, and then buy something for Father’s Day.  My Dad passed away a few years ago but we still celebrate this day to honor him.  (I still get teary-eyed over him.  haay)

Anyway, on a whim I decided to check if tickets for the Transformers movie were already available at Greenbelt 3.  I was happy to find that they are and that there are still a lot of seats left.  I was so happy that I bought five for the 28th of June, at 10:50PM.  A few steps later I realized that I didn’t have anybody to go with.  Not one, let alone five people.

This is not the first time that I bought more than one ticket for a movie.  I usually buy two, to put my bags in the other.  I know, I know, everybody’s clamoring tickets for every great movie and it’s a waste that I have more than one for me.  Well, it’s my best solution for the chance that I seat with unruly movie goers.  I keep them away.

But having five tickets was a problem.  I forgot in that moment that I presently didn’t share a big chunk of my life with anyone.  There’s a potential for me to have a partner, a relationship brewing… but that person is in Hongkong right now, for a two-week work thing.   Overall, I can still categorically say that I am alone.

Anyway, all this psychological hoopla aside, I still have these tickets burning in my pocket.  So for anyone interested, I have four to spare for the June 28, 10:50PM at Greenbelt 3 Cinema, the first day showing of the Transformers movie.  Just place a comment, or send me a text message or e-mail.

We’ll tackle the psychological stuff over coffee then, if you want.