31 May 2005
<Insert breathing noises here>
I realize that when I lump a lot of events or thoughts together into one post, I don’t cover them in detail.
For example, Jeff wrote about my noticing incongruencies between the technology of the original and new Star Wars trilogies. The most glaring example in Revenge of Siths is when Anakin completes his transformation into Darth Vader and rises off the slab with that chest panel of big, blocky lights. Obviously they didn’t want to mess with the original character design, but it stood out as having a completely different look than the rest of the droids/clones/etc.
30 May 2005
Memorial Day Weekend Recap
I’ve been really bad about relying on Jeff to chronicle our misadventures instead of blogging them myself (to the point of not really blogging anything at all lately), so I’m going to start with a recap of the holiday weekend.
Thursday: I went to Joel’s book reading at the Barnes & Noble in Chelsea (and saw Sparky, Chris, Jon, and Michael). Jeff got there at the end and then we grabbed dinner at Chat N’ Chew.
Friday: Jeff and I headed up to Harlem to meet folks for a Barbarella / Xanadu double feature. We exited the subway into the middle of major crime scene (there had been a shoot-out 30 minutes earlier).
Sunday: Jeff and I caught the final Star Wars film, Revenge of the Sith. Late, we met Mike for Ethiopian food (tastier and more filling than I anticipated) and then Dan joined us for drinks at the Xth Avenue Lounge.
Monday: I originally thought I’d been needed in my office all day, but Jeff and I managed to sneak away to grab lunch at the Shake Shack, which everyone raves about. Unfortunately it was closed for Memorial Day, so we’ll have to try again next weekend.