Master and Commander: it's a good thing I like cello music

It probably would have helped had I read these books before seeing this, because then I would have cared about the characters and perhaps been less utterly lost with all the mumbly nautical talk.

And perhaps Kat and I were just extra extra punchy, but oh my god, I have never engaged in so much inappropriate laughter during what is truly a very well made film. I wish I had someting cogent to say, but I don't -- there's cello music and men bonding and a brave little cripple boy and lizards and some pretty boats! Oh.... being a bad person has never been so fun.

All that aside though, another stellar performance from Paul Bettany.

So has anyone else seen this. What the hell did you make of it?

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I am leaving for Texas on December 8th, and leaving to return on December 15th.
This means I will arrive on the 10th and 17th respectively.

My trip will take me through places like Tennssee and Alabama and I expect to have a ridiculously thick accent by the time I arrive.

I will be bringing a minimum of stuff with me, and hope to fit everything into my backpack. Then I'll also have a shopping bag with gifts (Tiffany stuff and aussie candy) and a cooler with snacks so I am not making extraneous purchases along the way.

If I put frozen water bottles in the bag, and pick up other cold things at various stop overs, I should be able to keep food happy and edible, especially sicne I'll bring a lot of vacuum sealed stuff that will survive well anyway. Also I can bring things that are more peripshable to eat earlier in the journey.

I know everyone keeps saying "as a friend, I am telling you not to do this", and I know as well as anyone bus trips are gruelling. But among other things, this is the only way I can afford to go. Additionally, it provides several days where I can't do anything other than not be a control freak, and I am viewing the whole thing as a sort of forced isolation to get right with myself. Would I rather be able to do that by going to Oz all by my lonesome in January? You bet. But do I know that will happen soon enough? Absolutely.

Plus, just think of the audblog posts.

To Texas
And back again