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[fredericks]

Apropos of nothing (as it's playing on the television as I type this): remember the part in Predator when Arnold Schwarzenegger went batshit insane, painted himself in bodyheat-hiding mud and muck (this being where Jim Butcher stole that plot point from The Codex Alera), bobby-trapped the jungle, and then let loose a primal scream before trying to hunt himself a dreadlocked alien? Wasn't that awesome? Isn't it still sort of awesome now?

What also is awesome? My stay in Canada. The days have been busy as hell as darker_one (Ambassador of Awesome) and I paint the town. We've seen a bunch of museums and have spent a good amount of time up and down, checking out various areas. A more in-depth recap to come when I don't feel like I'm going to keel over and Zzzzzzzzzz on the keyboard, but suffice to say that today we checked out a Shoe Museum that was wonderfully informative and inventive, played a version of Dance Dance and Guitar Hero at the arcade in the foot of the CN Tower, and got to snap pics outside the comedy club that helped birth Kids in the Hall. Tomorrow I head to Barrie, ON to crash at darker_one's home and get lost in snow drifts.

Canada, as in "Oh (No,) Canada"!: yesterday the first preview of the evening news consisted of a line or two about the devastation in Haiti after the earthquake and subsequent aftershocks (and, Jesus Christ, thinking about the horrors to be found there ... ). The follow-up preview? Laser-Gate, the fallout from spectators flashing a laser pen in the eyes of a pro hockey player. I mean, whatthefuck?

And as to how cold it's been? Tomorrow it's predicted to be 2 degrees (C). I'm thrilled, and might actually attempt venturing outside with only one pair of gloves on.

Comments

[mersipan.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a blast! And yes, that part of Predator is awesome....and ALMOST makes up for having the coolest character of the movie (the native american guy) taken out in an extremely lame way.

[fredericks.livejournal.com]

Wait, how was the Native American killed? Banana peel and then fall into a pit of spikes?

And, btw - the double bill on AMC last night was Predator and Aliens.
Someone loves me. :)

[mersipan.livejournal.com]

Might as well have been! I THINK he 'goes to meet his fate' while giving the main characters time to escape - i.e. his last shot is of him on a log bridge with just his bowie knife, ready to be eaten by some scary noisy thing in the jungle. Sigh. I think he's like one of the first or second characters to bite it, too.

Niiiiiice :D Although the fondness I have for Predator does not include Aliens....waaaay too many traumatic memories of that movie. I slept with the covers over my mouth for YEARS. YEARS I tell you.

It sounds like, however, you are having a kickass time :D