Tue
24-Aug-2004

spiderman 2

Went with Alex, Abbie and Jim to see Spiderman 2 last night. I enjoyed this one more than the first, though I think both are excellent. Having Sam Raimi directing makes for a much more inventive, funny, action-packed feel to the film. There's even a bit with a chainsaw! There's also a gloriously sentimental moment when Spiderman saves an entire subway train from going off the rails, but exhausts himself in the process and loses his mask. The commuters on the train then carry him gently inside and lay him down, and two little kids bring him his mask and say, "don't worry we won't tell". I nearly burst out crying, but then, I'm probably a bit pathetic like that.

route 73 bus musings

On the way back from Blackboys this morning, we arrived at Victoria Station to find the underground closed, so we took a Number 73 bus across town to Kings Cross. An engaging bus conductor kept us entertained with banter and interesting chatter all the way. It was very funny, but very sad, as he's being laid off in a couple of weeks along with all the old Route Masters. It's such a shame; I'm going to miss being able to jump on and off the bus and generally having some control over my own actions. It seems that apart from disabled access, the Route Master is superior in every way that matters to all the other kinds of bus in London. The conductor system is cool, they are a design classic and they make you proud to be a Londoner.

d&d weekend in blackboys

Josh, Al and I went to Blackboys for a D&D weekend with Adam and Henry! It was a fabulous act of wanton escapism. The heroes visited the Plain of Ida, by Tempus' House of the Valient, on the outer plane of Ysgard, plummeting off the earth bergs of the top layer down to the volcanoes of Muspelheim and then underground to the third layer, Nidavellir, where they found their way through a portal to the Plane of Shadow back to Faerun. They emerged near Myth Drannor and then had fun defeating the plans of the Cult of the Dragon and their nefarious attempts to corrupt the city's ancient mythal.

It was a full house, what with Kayla's mother visiting, so the five of us played down in the garage. This made it even more exciting, since we were able to actively live a Weezer song over the weekend:

I've got my Dungeon Master's Guide,
I've got a 12-sided die,
I've got Kitty Pryde,
and Nightcrawler too,
waiting there for me,
Yes I do, I do!

In the garage I feel safe!
No one cares about my ways.
In the garage,
Where I belong,
No one hears me sing this song.
In the garage...