![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
Terminator, origami - and opera update
Jan. 24th, 2008 07:34 amWhee! Things wot I did since I posted last week:
Watched Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles pilot and second episode. And, because Space* was apparently having a Terminator-palooza last weekend, ended up seeing them THREE TIMES. Plus the first Terminator movie. Plus the *wince* third. That was just painful. But not the second movie, oddly, which sucks since it is so incredible. Because of Linda Hamilton. And her Arms of Awesome. GAH.
*the Canadian sci-fi channel
( Thoughts on the new series - pretty non-spoilery unless you're really die-hard )
The other nifty thing I did this week is SO GEEKY I can't even. *hands* The Japanese Consulate and Japan Foundation arranged a cross-country tour for Satoshi Kamiya, who's considered one of the top origami artists in the world today. So I spent Monday and Tuesday evening at his workshops. Mostly intermediate stuff, so what we were folding wasn't all that exciting, but it was incredible to see the gallery of his works up close and personal. He even brough Ryujin, an INSANE dragon that is probably my single favourite origami model of all time. ONE PIECE of square, uncut paper, guys. TWO METRES square. To make this:
( more origami as more art than craft )
And finally, an opera update! So it turns out (THANK GOD) that my dad is NOT one of the guards being serviced, and in fact plays a priest in the third act. (Which sadly may still be giving me Inappropriate Images thanks to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
veronamay's incredible fic have you seen him whom my soul loves. I CAN'T WIN.) So I am going to see it with not only my mom, as it turns out, but with my brother and his wife as well. And heh, I'm going to a "porn and tequila" party afterward (nothing to do with family, just to be clear!). About which my mom said (what? Of course I mentioned it. We were taking about a randy opera and TMI anyway), "Hey, tequila & porn – can we come? Nooooo pun intended. And, of course, just kidding anyway." My parents are really awesome. And my mom has just discovered smileys and is using different font sizes to good effect in emails and...yeah. Awesome. *smishes them*
Watched Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles pilot and second episode. And, because Space* was apparently having a Terminator-palooza last weekend, ended up seeing them THREE TIMES. Plus the first Terminator movie. Plus the *wince* third. That was just painful. But not the second movie, oddly, which sucks since it is so incredible. Because of Linda Hamilton. And her Arms of Awesome. GAH.
*the Canadian sci-fi channel
( Thoughts on the new series - pretty non-spoilery unless you're really die-hard )
The other nifty thing I did this week is SO GEEKY I can't even. *hands* The Japanese Consulate and Japan Foundation arranged a cross-country tour for Satoshi Kamiya, who's considered one of the top origami artists in the world today. So I spent Monday and Tuesday evening at his workshops. Mostly intermediate stuff, so what we were folding wasn't all that exciting, but it was incredible to see the gallery of his works up close and personal. He even brough Ryujin, an INSANE dragon that is probably my single favourite origami model of all time. ONE PIECE of square, uncut paper, guys. TWO METRES square. To make this:
( more origami as more art than craft )
And finally, an opera update! So it turns out (THANK GOD) that my dad is NOT one of the guards being serviced, and in fact plays a priest in the third act. (Which sadly may still be giving me Inappropriate Images thanks to
veronamay's incredible fic have you seen him whom my soul loves. I CAN'T WIN.) So I am going to see it with not only my mom, as it turns out, but with my brother and his wife as well. And heh, I'm going to a "porn and tequila" party afterward (nothing to do with family, just to be clear!). About which my mom said (what? Of course I mentioned it. We were taking about a randy opera and TMI anyway), "Hey, tequila & porn – can we come? Nooooo pun intended. And, of course, just kidding anyway." My parents are really awesome. And my mom has just discovered smileys and is using different font sizes to good effect in emails and...yeah. Awesome. *smishes them*