I still will be your shelter through rain and through storm

[sovay]

Most of this afternoon I spent at the MFA, where I looked at Art Nouveau jewelry and ran into Dora Goss and her daughter Ophelia, who is currently a Chinese T-rex. The rest of the day went to helping install a dehumidifier, which involved recutting shelves, drilling through walls, running cables, messing around with putty and wires, and half-deafening myself. I suppose this means I lead a balanced life.

The tropical humidity has finally given way to a suitably monsoon deluge, although I have yet to notice any gale-force winds. I may curl up and watch Julius Caesar (1953), which I remember fondly from high school and which I taped off TCM last week. At least if the power goes out, I'll have Shakespeare ringing in my ears (along with the actual ringing in my ears) rather than, I don't know, the current political situation?

What means this shouting? I do fear, the people
Choose Caesar for their king.

. . . Right.

Comments

[gwynnega]

At least if the power goes out, I'll have Shakespeare ringing in my ears (along with the actual ringing in my ears) rather than, I don't know, the current political situation?

Heh. I'm currently watching Othello (1965)...

[sovay]

I'm currently watching Othello (1965)...

Dude! Say hi to an incredibly young Derek Jacobi for me!

[gwynnega]

Hee. Will do! He really is incredibly young...

[sovay]

Your weather sounds more like Lear's

True. There were definitely more cataracts and waterspouts than tempests dropping fire or lionesses whelping in the streets. At least, I think someone would have noticed if there were.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

It's deluging here too. Hurricanes are big storms.

We just finished Onmyôji 2, with the fox-spirit-like Onmyôji.

[sovay]

We just finished Onmyôji 2, with the fox-spirit-like Onmyôji.

I always approve of fox-spirits. What is Onmyôji?

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

It's a sort of B-grade recent movie (not that recent--the sequel's already a couple of years old) set in Heian Japan and full of supernatural stuff. The hero is an onmyôji--sort of a magician--and a very cool character. He *looks* in real life the way fox spirits are supposed to look when they're in human form, and in fact one of the characters remarks upon it. It's light fun, not serious.

I actually can't remember the first movie very well, though I remember it had some cool effects with people turning to paper, but the second one was very fun, drew on the myths about Susa no Ô and Amaterasu,and the tensions between the land of Yamato and the land of Izumo.

[sovay]

The hero is an onmyôji--sort of a magician--and a very cool character. He *looks* in real life the way fox spirits are supposed to look when they're in human form, and in fact one of the characters remarks upon it.

That sounds delightful!

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

It's fun! If I could remember the first one, I'd recommend it, too--but in any case, you can see the second one without having seen the first. If you want light supernatural entertainment sometime, watch it. (But use subtitles rather than dubbing; the dubbed voices are *awful*)

[ap-aelfwine.livejournal.com]

Be careful with the noisy things. I hope your ears are feeling better now.

Hurrah for the MFA and your friend and her charming-sounding daughter.

I spent most of the day in NYC. We toured the catacombs of Old St. Patrick's, got horribly soaked in a through-the-anorak-level downpour/sidepour, and had early dinner/late substantial lunch at a pub named Ulysses. I ordered Smithwicks mostly cos all I could think of was that I desperately wanted beer, wasn't quite trusting of their Guinness, and everything else I saw on tap was IPA, lager, and summery type stuff; didn't realise til too late that they had quite an interesting bottled selection and my first drink was on the uni's tab. Met someone named Alia--didn't get the chance to ask her if she'd been named for the character in Dune.

[sovay]

Met someone named Alia--didn't get the chance to ask her if she'd been named for the character in Dune.

My middle name is Leah; by pronunciation, it never stopped anyone from asking if I was named for Star Wars, which I was not.

[ap-aelfwine.livejournal.com]

My middle name is Leah; by pronunciation, it never stopped anyone from asking if I was named for Star Wars, which I was not.

So, your middle name is pronounced Lee-uh, but folk thought you might be named for Princess Leia? Interesting. (And my apologies if I'm miscomprehending you. Am tired.)

I'm guessing that Alia's name is spelt that way--it's the way I'd pronounce St. Alia of the Knife, for whatever that's worth. AH-leea, IOW.

I'll probably wait until I know her better before asking.

[sovay]

So, your middle name is pronounced Lee-uh, but folk thought you might be named for Princess Leia? Interesting.

No; it's pronounced identically to Leia. But it's not the same name.

[ap-aelfwine.livejournal.com]

No; it's pronounced identically to Leia.

Oh, I see.

But it's not the same name.

Indeed.

Sorry for misreading you there.

[readingthedark.livejournal.com]

Seeing Ophelia recently for the first time in years made me feel old.

[sovay]

Seeing Ophelia recently for the first time in years made me feel old.

She couldn't talk when I first met her, either . . .