s e v e n i s a j o u r n e y

I am glad we got to see some movies during the Film Festival. We always get the booklet and marvel at all the great films, then due to procrastination or bad schedule, see very few. It does not help that many of the films are during the day on weekdays, or late at night, and the really popular ones (Like the new Miyazaki film Howl’s Moving Castle) sell out instantly.

So Sunday we saw “Mana: Beyond Belief” and a best-of animation compiilation. The Mana movie was quite interesting, composed of short pieces from places all around the world with objects or ceremonies that in some way demonstrated Mana. The end piece was fabulous, and showed a bit of technology I totally want in my back yard- the forvertron. (http://www.drevermor.com/photo_gallery/ftron_intro.html has pictures) Bill, you must make a pilgrimage to this Mecca of electricity and dubious science!

The animation selection was better this year. Last year I was quite disappointed. This time there were three peices that I really liked. One of them, Guard Dog, made me think of a little pup called Toby I know. The dog in the animation was happy and loved his master, but when he went out for a walk everything he saw spawned an insane paranoid fantasy of threat. All the people and creatures just wanted to attack the precious master! The paranoid fantasies were HI-larious. That butteryfly- it will tear poor master to peices! Must bark! Bark mightily!

In other news I finally got my brushcutter back fro the reapir shop on Friday. July was supposed to be the “month of brushcutting doom”. Now I guess August will have to be. Considering how the rain is threatening this morning, I think I will work close to home. The thought of a half-hour climb up the back hill just to get rained on does not appeal so much.