Amazon Shipment

Friday I got my shipment from Amazon a business day early. This being Friday, a business day was three days early.

Inside was:

• Necronomicon Tarot which I had purchased as a replacement for the wrinkled set I bought at Mystic Dream (formerly Dolphin Dream) in Walnut Creek. The artwork is really cool, crossing Lovecraft and classic tarot imagery.
• Serenity Found which, as the cover says, is further essays on "Firefly" and "Serenity".
• Nation, Terry Pratchett's latest book. It's not part of Discworld (as far as I know), but his stuff is always great. I'm still finishing up The Hero of Ages, so Jennifer is getting first crack at this one.
• WALL-E, the three disc DVD. The third disc gives me an electronic version, which is all set to go on the iPod. I watched "BURN-E" first, and then WALL-E. It's really an amazing movie. I still can't believe the pull it has on my emotions. And not just for a robot, but for an animated robot.

And my replacement for GURPS Thaumatology is supposed to arrive today. I put the original in the mail today.

Trippy Music Thoughts

Jennifer is out tonight, so I'm doing my typical, manly activity: painting RPG miniatures (actually the ones I'm painting are from here). Hey, I said it was my manly activity.

While I was painting, "Back in N.Y.C." from Genesis' double album The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway came on the iPod. And suddenly a chain of thoughts cascaded through my brain like a flash-forward.

Millions of children (of various ages) saw "WALL-E". Of those a fraction have somehow acquired the soundtrack, and enjoyed the song from the credits enough to wonder, "Who is this Peter Gabriel guy?" Now of those some (probably more than I would expect with iTunes and the like) will get some of his music, and really enjoy it. Maybe they'll work their way back to his early solo work. And some of those might even go so far back as to check out old Genesis stuff.

It was at that point that I became jealous of all of those kids, because they will be "discovering" all of this old music. And yes, Ms. Medicine Balls it is old.

But hey, that's cool. I just turn 13 for the third time.

Pixar 4 Life

Saturday morning as intended, Jennifer and I went to see "Wall-E" at the Hacienda Regal Cinemas in Dublin with their digital projector. And we were not disappointed.

This movie could possibly be better than the "Toy Story"s. I might approach being as good as "The Incredibles". It is amazing.

The jokes are funny, the blending of effects are wonderful, and the story is engrossing.

I can say nothing about it without spoiling it.

So go see it. I'm probably going to have to see it again.

And then buy it when it comes out. And watch it a lot.