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And the red kites soaring sentinel
Jun. 8th, 2007 06:46 pmI very much doubt I'm going anywhere tonight; the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak, and I can't remember my last night off. A shame (I've still not seen B Movie at its new home), but definitely for the best.
I think of myself as knowing Oxford better than I do; I may have spent a fair bit of time there, but it was never really one of my cities; this leaves me surprisingly surprised by something new each visit. Many of them are pleasant, such as St Giles House, whose reception room is much the sort of thing I envisage having myself one day, and the peculiar Nuffield spire. Others are less so. I'd always vaguely envied Oxford the whole academic dress business (whilst recognising that my own defective thermostat would have seen me likely lose a grade if Cambridge followed suit), so was a little disappointed yesterday to see the look spoiled on several students by flour or foam. And then increasingly unimpressed as I saw the streets also awash with spaghetti hoops and a bucket of what looked very much like vomit. Even speaking as someone who ended up toppling into the Cam after my last exam - that is no way to celebrate a friend's finals.
Has anyone else read the most recent issue of Buffy yet? Because to be quite honest, I'm a bit confused. The art seemed a little unclear in general compared to prior issues, but what I really don't get is how come ( spoilers, clearly )
Still, liked the overall thrust of it, and most of the rest of the details. Also good this week: the first (noughth?) issue of Warren Ellis Black Summer, in which the USA's foremost superhero decides that, the President being a criminal, there's only one honourable thing he can do. This idea is barely even controversial anymore, but it's still a great deal of fun to see it acted out.
The main problem with 'United 300' is that it deviates from its material to no benefit by having the hijackers being German, when both of its sources saw Westerners seeing off threats to liberty from the Middle East.
I think of myself as knowing Oxford better than I do; I may have spent a fair bit of time there, but it was never really one of my cities; this leaves me surprisingly surprised by something new each visit. Many of them are pleasant, such as St Giles House, whose reception room is much the sort of thing I envisage having myself one day, and the peculiar Nuffield spire. Others are less so. I'd always vaguely envied Oxford the whole academic dress business (whilst recognising that my own defective thermostat would have seen me likely lose a grade if Cambridge followed suit), so was a little disappointed yesterday to see the look spoiled on several students by flour or foam. And then increasingly unimpressed as I saw the streets also awash with spaghetti hoops and a bucket of what looked very much like vomit. Even speaking as someone who ended up toppling into the Cam after my last exam - that is no way to celebrate a friend's finals.
Has anyone else read the most recent issue of Buffy yet? Because to be quite honest, I'm a bit confused. The art seemed a little unclear in general compared to prior issues, but what I really don't get is how come ( spoilers, clearly )
Still, liked the overall thrust of it, and most of the rest of the details. Also good this week: the first (noughth?) issue of Warren Ellis Black Summer, in which the USA's foremost superhero decides that, the President being a criminal, there's only one honourable thing he can do. This idea is barely even controversial anymore, but it's still a great deal of fun to see it acted out.
The main problem with 'United 300' is that it deviates from its material to no benefit by having the hijackers being German, when both of its sources saw Westerners seeing off threats to liberty from the Middle East.
