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January 29, 2005
Fire, Anime, Chocolate, and a Dead Camera
Saturday, since family-related events have been cancelled, there's a Church of Craft thing at Yarnivore, and Princess Mononoke at MOMA.
Princess Mononoke. 1997. Japan. Directed by Hayao Miyazaki. With the voices of Gillian Anderson, Billy Crudup, Claire Danes. Miyazaki's lush and fantastic animes use a subtle blend of hand-drawn cels and computer-generated images to create an extraordinarily vivid and imaginative universe populated by amazing landscapes, people, creatures, and, well, things.
Last week's New Yorker article about Miyazaki, Japanese animator extraordinaire, made us anxious to see some of his work. Renting Spirited Away would have been the logical place to start but going to the new MOMA theater is much more fun. Miyazaki seems to have a unique appreciation of the fantastical creatures and ideas that appeal to children. Unlike the Disney machine, he also shows scepticism about marketing to children, encouraging kids to watch movies, etc. So he's brilliant and original and he actually cares about his audience.
On Sunday, we're heading to this Hot Chocolate Festival with a portable ice rink -- I'm not even sure how that works. If the ancient digital Olympus that I've resurrected keeps working, I'll take pictures. They'll be fuzzy and low quality, but that's all I can offer. Here's what the Kodak looks like:
Diagnosis: Lens malfunction. So D took it all apart and got the lens to move in and out, but only sometimes, and I sincerely doubt we'll ever figure out how to put this back together again.
(Note: I split this entry up to move these photos to another page.)
Here's one of the reasons I never want to move out of our apartment:
Other reasons: Derek has his own space to make a mess in. There are two bathrooms. There are thirteen permanent bookshelves. There is a washer and a dryer, and a hallway. There's something about having a long hallway that makes me feel grown up. Even more than having green wine glasses.
In other news, I need to stop writing blogs at one in the morning so I can sleep and not act like a complete idiot.
Posted by csageday at January 29, 2005 12:57 AM