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Damn colds. Why do they have to come out of nowhere when they're least desired? (Well, you might want one if you're skint and need a good excuse to stay off work and not leave the house.)
So an early night for me, I think. (With a hot toddy, natch.)
UPS finally delivered my kendo uniform today. In a touch of sneakiness, I had them deliver it at work and managed to answer the door, and sign for the parcel, whilst my boss's back was turned. I worry that the trousers are maybe a little long. Okay, the trousers are a little long. I'll have to hope that they'll shrink in the wash. Washing them would also get the excess dye off, of which there is a lot. My hands are blue after tying the obi around my waist.
My flatmate's boyfriend let me see the short detective film he's making. It was impressive to see what he'd achieved in so short a time, although the film still needs a fair bit of work. The story was a bit hard to follow, and it all felt a bit stilted. As a knowing pastiche of the hard boiled crime thriller, it did raise a few smiles. He's definitely got a good sense of visual design however, and I am looking forward to seeing the finished version of the other film he's directing, whose unedited scenes displayed a lot of intelligent visual storytelling.
Also last night, I watched a curious conspiracy theory film about September 11th 2001 by the name of Confronting the Evidence. I call it that, but to be fair, it tries very hard to be objective and examine the evidence without prejudice. Most of the time, the film-makers work purely in the realm of physics and structural engineering. I don't agree that the film achieves this, as it frequently slips into the realm of preconception and later even into political diatribe.
Even so, going on what is said in the film, its pretty apparent that there are gaps in the official version of the story and much that is yet to be explained. I'm not convinced of the engineering and materials arguments made in the film, as I have heard other equally persuasive arguments to the contrary, but it is hard not to feel that there are still unanswered questions.
If you have the time, I think it's worth watching even part of the film, if only to get an alternative perspective on things.
So an early night for me, I think. (With a hot toddy, natch.)
UPS finally delivered my kendo uniform today. In a touch of sneakiness, I had them deliver it at work and managed to answer the door, and sign for the parcel, whilst my boss's back was turned. I worry that the trousers are maybe a little long. Okay, the trousers are a little long. I'll have to hope that they'll shrink in the wash. Washing them would also get the excess dye off, of which there is a lot. My hands are blue after tying the obi around my waist.
My flatmate's boyfriend let me see the short detective film he's making. It was impressive to see what he'd achieved in so short a time, although the film still needs a fair bit of work. The story was a bit hard to follow, and it all felt a bit stilted. As a knowing pastiche of the hard boiled crime thriller, it did raise a few smiles. He's definitely got a good sense of visual design however, and I am looking forward to seeing the finished version of the other film he's directing, whose unedited scenes displayed a lot of intelligent visual storytelling.
Also last night, I watched a curious conspiracy theory film about September 11th 2001 by the name of Confronting the Evidence. I call it that, but to be fair, it tries very hard to be objective and examine the evidence without prejudice. Most of the time, the film-makers work purely in the realm of physics and structural engineering. I don't agree that the film achieves this, as it frequently slips into the realm of preconception and later even into political diatribe.
Even so, going on what is said in the film, its pretty apparent that there are gaps in the official version of the story and much that is yet to be explained. I'm not convinced of the engineering and materials arguments made in the film, as I have heard other equally persuasive arguments to the contrary, but it is hard not to feel that there are still unanswered questions.
If you have the time, I think it's worth watching even part of the film, if only to get an alternative perspective on things.
