A pleasant, busy Sunday...

[fajrdrako]

Good day, thanks to my friends.

First, breakfast with maaseru at Tim Horton's. Next, went to Mandarin Ogilvie for dim sum with Vince, Donna, Edward (Vince's father), Lionel, Beulah, Sheila, and auriaephiala. Delicious. They even had congee this time - but no squid.

Then back to my place, where I talked with auriaephiala for a while, and then commodorified joined us and we watched The Second Coming, which stars Christopher Eccleston and was written by Russell T. Davies. Just about every line or scene made me think of his writing and the idea he presents in Doctor Who, but I think Doctor Who is very much better. We each had many strong reactions to the movie; its great strengths were the acting by Christopher Eccleston and Lesley Sharp; I thought it had brilliant moments but was seriously flawed in that questions were raised that were much stronger than the answers presented, and the results were shallow. I thought the movie lost track of itself when the point of view shifted from being that of Steven to being that of Judith. I am predisposed to like a movie that takes a humanist stance, but this failed in odd ways.

The demons were terrific, though.

Afterwards maaseru came by and we watched How do you solve a problem like Maria?, with John Barrowman. Janna, whom I usually like, failed to impress me this time, while I thought Jayme and Donna made a strong showing. I walked to the corner with commodorified and back, then voted for the Marias I most liked.

I'm tired, and currently fearful about various things: having the company of friends around did a lot to alleviate that.