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Arlington's first beer and wine shop opened this weekend! Yay! I walked by it last night after it had closed, but I peered in the windows. I couldn't see the beer section, but from what I could see of the wine it looked like a small but well chosen group of selections. I timed the walk to my house and it was about 8 minutes, and that after I'd already been walking for a while. It will be so nice to be able to run out for a bottle of wine for dinner or a six pack of beer without making a big production out of it. I'm also happy that this is an independent business run by two women, one of whom grew up in Arlington.
Watched The Hidden Fortress for the first time in several years last night. It's hard to watch it just for itself as opposed to looking for all the Star Wars plot and character origins, of which there are many, but I enjoyed it. I did like (as did Lucas, it's inescapable!) that we saw everything from the point of view of the two peasants (later to become droids). Suddenly they would be in the middle of a war and have no idea why or even what side they were supposed to be on, if any. At times it made the movie slightly confusing, but I'm sure it reflected the chaos of a peasant's life at the time. It was also great to see an action oriented female character in a film of that time. In addition to the Star Wars things, I could also really see the origins of many of the structural/character conventions of anime in the film as well. Also, Toshiro Mifune is hot in his tunic and booty shorts.
Today's BPAL is Saturnalia: "Unrestrained revelry, unchained licentiousness! Violet deepened with vetiver." Short description. I hated this when I put it on--the scent I was most reminded of was that of crushed or bruised Devil's Club, which smells gross and is generally associated with the pain of its little poisonous stinging barbs after you have blundered into it. There was a lot of it in southeastern Alaska. The sharpness of that scent has faded a bit and now I get more violet and it's not making me feel ill any more. Still, it is quite safe to say that I will never, ever wear this one again.
Have heard one of Kenmore Square's redtailed hawks scream a few times this morning. It's kind of comforting in an odd way.
Watched The Hidden Fortress for the first time in several years last night. It's hard to watch it just for itself as opposed to looking for all the Star Wars plot and character origins, of which there are many, but I enjoyed it. I did like (as did Lucas, it's inescapable!) that we saw everything from the point of view of the two peasants (later to become droids). Suddenly they would be in the middle of a war and have no idea why or even what side they were supposed to be on, if any. At times it made the movie slightly confusing, but I'm sure it reflected the chaos of a peasant's life at the time. It was also great to see an action oriented female character in a film of that time. In addition to the Star Wars things, I could also really see the origins of many of the structural/character conventions of anime in the film as well. Also, Toshiro Mifune is hot in his tunic and booty shorts.
Today's BPAL is Saturnalia: "Unrestrained revelry, unchained licentiousness! Violet deepened with vetiver." Short description. I hated this when I put it on--the scent I was most reminded of was that of crushed or bruised Devil's Club, which smells gross and is generally associated with the pain of its little poisonous stinging barbs after you have blundered into it. There was a lot of it in southeastern Alaska. The sharpness of that scent has faded a bit and now I get more violet and it's not making me feel ill any more. Still, it is quite safe to say that I will never, ever wear this one again.
Have heard one of Kenmore Square's redtailed hawks scream a few times this morning. It's kind of comforting in an odd way.
