Pocky Variety, originally uploaded by Vidiot.

Sorry I haven't posted in a coupla days. We crashed this weekend and did precious little (always a fun way to spend time.) Saturday we ran errands and had a great dinner at Val & Jon's, and yesterday we dined alfresco at the Brick Cafe, then went to see "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" (I was so relieved that Disney didn't screw it up -- but it was actually a lot of fun). Then we hit the Japanese grocery store on the way back home, scoring lots of cool snax  (including these prawn and green pea crackers with a drawing on the bag that looks just like Conan O'Brien)...and several kinds of Pocky that were new to me.

Comments

[jonmc]

I need a moment.

[arto]

How was HHGTTG, anyway? Seems most of the reviews are either pretty negative or so-so, but I'm still holding out hope it could be cool. I don't remember enough of the books to be all nerdy-nitpicky about them and say that the hyper-intelligent shade of the colour blue shoulda been a smidge darker or anything, but it'd be nice to get the feel of the books, at least.

[Vidiot]

Pretty good, actually. Not the best movie I've ever seen (and yeah, it wouldn't make a heck of a lot of sense without some familiarity with the book(s)), but it was mighty enjoyable. We had a good time, and it was worth seeing it on the big screen. Some of the effects were really well done, and it has that properly British touch of whimsy that I was so terrified that Disney would wholly remove.