WWE Catch-up

I've been catching up on DVD watching, as part of that I got a Vengeance 4-pack ('03 through '06) way back that I've been working through. One thing that struck me, again, besides the dodgy storylines, was what a trooper Kane has been for the company. Dodgy love storyline? Yup, check, I'll do that. Inevitable heel turn on Kane by as part of the storyline. Yup, check I'll do that. Interrupt a wedding day? Yup, check, I'll do that.

Company man through and through. Nice one.

SEEN Avatar 3D

Well, yes. I thought I had to see this to know what the hype was about. Visually, it's superb and very pretty, and the 3D work is astounding. Plotwise, not so good. District 9 delivered its commentary with a bit more subtlety and a lot more humour, this soldier goes native thing with War on Terror overtones just doesn't quite hit the mark. In some places the dialogue verges on the painful. I am of course dreadfully hard to please.

Lets call it thumbs up for the spectacle, thumbs down for the plot.

Ai, ai, ai...

I wandered through town today on the way back home from some errands.

There were people.

Everywhere.

Buying.

Lots.

The conspicuous consumption seemed a sharp and unpleasant contrast to the debacle in Copenhagen. It's bad when my expectations are lived down too.

*Sigh*

An Adaggio Christmas

As mentioned elsewhere, I saw An Adaggio Christmas at Downstage. Damn good. Basically, it's a combination of circus performance, skits, and music. The acrobatics were great, particularly the use of a couple of fireman's poles that came into play throughout the show. It made me want to runaway to join the circus. If only I could do somersaults, or forward rolls for that matter, then I would be on the next dancing elephant out of here to the big top...

Garden watch...

It's been a while since I posted a vege-garden update. It's proceeded in fits and starts this year due to the $hite weather. The garlic continues to hang in there and has helped the cabbage to grow, whether the cabbages will actually turn into something more than leaves remains to be seen. The silverbeet is however plugging along, it's sort of the tight-forward of the patch. Doing the hard yards and holding the rest of the carry-on together. I have hopes that the cos-lettuces might also make it, they went in a bit late though, but I hope, you know? Finally, I put some heritage tomatoes in pots, they look a bit sad. I will be surprised if we get edible fruit.

Um, yeah, that's it.