"I have many leather-bound books and my apartment smells of rich mahogany."

[chaletian]

Had a delightful weekend. Out to the pub on Friday with lots of geeky sci-fi chatter. Slept in on Saturday (bliss; I’ve been so sleep-deprived), then went into Richmond with Katie for a spot of shopping and brunch, then walked home via Richmond Park and King Henry’s Mount and the cemetery, which was very jolly. Had tea, watched The Day After Tomorrow (oh, the Quaid…). Sunday we received our groceries (thank fuck, we were on the brink of starvation), and then bopped off to Kingston for more shopping and milk shakes. Came home, watched Dancing on Ice, had tea (nice bit of b.chick). I made some tomato tarts.

On the road into Richmond, there is a house which has a stone lion in the front garden. Look, we have said on many an occasion, it’s Aslan! Aslan indeed, quoth Katie the other day, turned to stone, never to be returned to his natural form for he lives in a land without magic. Ah, quoth the Squeen, what price the state of religion in the western world today? Take that, CS Lewis!!! And we were very entertained at the religious symbolism.

We bought a laundry basket. The laundry basket is ace. And fairly huge. And we filled it with crap on the way home from Kingston, and then thought that having a crap basket in the living room would be a super idea. A basket full of our very own crap. Aces. (Not our actual crap. Obviously. That’s why God invented the flushing toilet.)

Flash Gordon tonight on the Sci-Fi Channel. Could be shite. Could be ace. Who can tell?

I bought easter eggs on sticks. They’re awesome.

Comments

[chaletian.livejournal.com]

"Flash, I love you, but we only have fourteen hours to save the Earth!"

I know, it's a genius film! I have loved it these many years. They've made a new series. I am sceptical but willing to be entertained.

[r-scribbles.livejournal.com]

There are only 2 ways Flash Gordon can be any cop:

1, If he's a featherbrained prettyboy in a homoerotic world full of strange, bearded men and with a score by Queen

2, if he's in a cartoon, middle aged and teaming up with his single dad mates and their teenaged offspring. His son must be very dull and have an episode where he takes drugs and turns into a wanker.

Anything else will be shite.

[keladeekadys.livejournal.com]

2) Ah Defenders of the Earth, glorious, and in my DvD collection :)


Squeen, I've seen the first episode of Flash Gordon the series, you know how I will watch an awful lot of sci fi and enjoy it even if it is rubbish (like The Tribe), but honestly, Flash Gordon, couldn't stand...it had very little to actually do with any of the old tales of Flash :(

[chaletian.livejournal.com]

Was it not even featherbrained prettyboy in homoerotic world of men in big beards? That's disappointing...