Seen & Heard

[trinityofone]

Two days ago, I ran into Joss Whedon (almost quite literally) at the Whole Foods in Brentwood. This makes twice that I've seen him and utterly failed to have the courage to say anything.

Yesterday, I met mciac for lunch and shopping, and with some borrowed courage, applied for a job at Barnes & Noble. I really, really want this job. Light a candle, say a prayer, do a voodoo ritual for me...

Capped off the day by going to see Howl's Moving Castle at the El Capitan. (Yes, I know: "el" means "the." But that's the name of the theater! Saying otherwise would be weird.) It was terrific. I think I liked Spirited Away more, perhaps because the mythos was more exotic to me, but Miyazaki + Diana Wynne Jones? Fab combination.

And why has it been so long since I've read any Diana Wynne Jones? Not to mention: E. Nesbit or Edward Eager. I miss my childhood!

Though not so much that the dream I had last night in which I had to move back into my childhood home didn't totally freak me out...

Comments

[darcydodo]

This makes twice that I've seen him and utterly failed to have the courage to say anything.

If I ran into him, I'd probably just ask about how various members of his family are doing, in lieu of having the courage to tell him how much I love his shows. Anyway, you remind me of this drabble that I wrote ages ago.

but Miyazaki + Diana Wynne Jones? Fab combination.

But the movie didn't make any sense! At least not without having read the book, say various friends of mine, and having read the book, I think Miyazaki made some very strange choices.

Good luck with the bookstore thing.

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

Thanks for linking to that drabble. How fitting! And it made me laugh all over again.

I read Howl's Moving Castle literally more than a decade ago, so I wasn't doing the best book-to-movie comparison. But I thought the movie made sense on its own. It was a fantasy; I didn't mind not having everything explained.

::fingers crossed::