Hornblower party

[fajrdrako]

I feel way too busy these days. At the moment, exhausted, but's that's because of fun stuff: I had a bunch of friends over yesterday (the Horatio Hornblower fan crowd) for a video party that went way past my bedtime. These are not slash fans, but they're great people and I had a wonderful time.

We didn't watch Hornblower, though. We've all seen the episodes so recently aired on A&E.

Instead we watched The MTV Music Awards acceptance rant by Gollum and Behind the Cameras from the Extended Edition DVD of The Two Towers, and the Primetime Thursday special on The Return of the King and then, one by one we watched all the extras on the DVD of Pirates of the Caribbean, which Jan had brought over. Then we watched the bloopers and deleted scenes again. Are there any Easter eggs on that one?

Then we watched a British TV show with Jack Davenport called P/O/W/, just the first episode. It really pulled me in, though I didn't think the hero was the brightest character I've ever seen. Maybe just because he resembled me so little in temperament, I found it difficult to relate. Rather like Jerott Blyth in the Dunnett novels: too much loud emotion, too much posturing, too little patience and thought.

It was really a wonderful day and I hope my guests enjoyed themselves even a fraction as much as I did.