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The Starship Enterprise
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Dreams
- Hits: 1972
I'm in a cinema to see the new Start Trek movie. They've done a good job of it, the whole cinema is done up and shaped like the USS Enterprise with various levels and lobbies, I've taken a seat in one of the command chairs on the Bridge and buckled myself in to enjoy the show. And I can't remember the show, but I remember playing with some buttons on the side of the chair and watching as the Enterprise crashed and burned, feeling somehow responsible, but then I realize that it's only a movie and that my pressing the buttons aren't related to it's crashing. But Sulu doesn't see it that way, he's mad at me, Sulu the character, Sulu a composite of Asian Trekkie fans and Martial Arts experts that I have known, Sulu's blaming me for the wreck of the Enterprise, he's going to get revenge, and somebody advises me to leave and I'm not sure if I should be worried about Sulu the Trekkie but I know I should be worried about Sulu the Martial Arts expert and I'm bored with the movie now anyways so I leave and go to the lobby. There's a handbag, unattended, filled with expensive looking jewellry and on a whim I grab it and stuff my sweater, quickly leaving the cinema.
Outside the cinema I'm trying to arrange the jewellry under my sweater, to make the theft less obvious, wondering too late if there was a camera inside the theatre that recorded the theft. It's a beautiful summer evening, the cinema - starship has landed in a field, I'm regretting now stealing the stuff.....
Note: Damned odd dream. But cues that may have led to it - an email from my brother stating that the new "Star Trek" trailer looked good. And my boy's mother just had her handbag stolen from her car, with credit cards and passports. But no sense as far as I can see....
Leonard Cohen - The Contest
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Miscellany
- Hits: 2336
Cheered on by my early victory in the Safeway contest I've developed a little taste for contests. Another Safeway contest, another Lagostina Cookware set. Which I'm going to keep, as having won 2 Lagostina Cookware sets seems like a bit much of a coincidence. I was trying to win a hoover, or an electric toothbrush, or a trip to Vegas or a Diamond Tennis bracelet, but the cookware set it is.
There's another contest. Now this is a win or lose contest, but I have a theory, maybe a 20 or 30% chance of winning if I use this theory, VS a .0001% chance if I don't, so it's worth it, and besides there is some joy and redemption in proving a theory. And the contest, this contest I'm entering, the prize is worthwhile. Tickets to see Leonard Cohen. I'd like to see Leonard Cohen. More importantly, I'd like my child to see Leonard Cohen. But I'm looking for bigger contests. Free contests, as contests where you have to buy tickets aren't contests, they're lotteries. Contests where you stand to win a house or a car, as I could use a house or a car. Or groceries, even. I could use groceries. I'm a great winner, look good posing besides oversized novelty cheques, jump up and down and look excited and gush "I never thought it could happen to me..." when I win....
The Red Balloon
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Film
- Hits: 1786
The children this weekend past, and in an effort to improve them and find constructive ways to pass the time I showed them "The Red Balloon" by Albert Lamorisse. Now don't follow the links and Wiki it, it will destroy the surprise. A charming - or as the boy punned - "Uplifting" film about a little boy and his balloon. Short, only 30 some odd minutes, visually spectacular (esp. given it was filmed in 1956 - Paris), appropriate for all ages. Treat your kids to something not by Disney, in Calgary you can rent it at Bird Dog Video.
The Moth - Riveting Listening
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Audio & Podcasts
- Hits: 1739
Listening to stories from "The Moth" - riveting and fascinating narratives from all & sundry. Funny, sad, thoughtful, inspiring, they're all there.
Listen here: http://www.themoth.org/listen.
OR, if you've listened to them all and have a need to listen to some more, listen further here: http://odeo.com/channels/2105685-The-Moth-Podcast or here: http://castroller.com/podcasts/TheMothPodcast
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