View From the Bushes

One of my friends from college is a guy by the name of Ed. A couple of years ago he told me that he was going to California to become a Dominican priest. Apparently, by the time he's done (it takes about eight years) he'll have three master's degrees. In any event, I got an e-mail from him on Saturday to say that he was in town. So we grabbed another mutual friend and went to the best Sushi Bar in town (Ginza, and don't let anyone tell you it's Ichiban), and then, of course, he wanted to see the Matrix, so I went and saw it again...

So of course the question is, was it better the second time? Yeah, a little bit, but not markedly so. Mostly I noticed that you could show up to the movie 30 or 40 minutes late and really not miss much (everything up through the rave). Once you excise that portion of the movie, it goes from being a good movie to one of the best action movies I've ever seen. Of course, what this mostly resulted in is like the tenth night in a row that I stayed up later than I would have liked. (Which isn't saying much. I'm an old man so I like to be in bed by about 6:30).

Other than that, I'll have to admit that my weekend was pretty boring. Next weekend is Conduit, the local science fiction convention. I've got a table in the dealer's room. We'll see how it goes. Mostly this is a dry run in preparation for having a table in the exhibitors hall at GenCon. However, beyond that it's something I've wanted to go to for a long time now. I'll make sure and post some reports from the front, so check this space for all the gruesome details.

Carpe Diem Quam Minimum Credula Postero,
Ross