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[owlectomy]

Some weeks ago I flipped over a tub of glue at work. It got on the counter and the floor, and fortunately not on any of the books. I declared myself accident-prone; my boss was kind enough to deny it.

And then I flipped over a tub of water onto a book. The book itself survived; I put water-resistant covers on it the day before.

This week I tipped over nearly a whole cart of books.

Clearly, I should not be working in preservation. I will destroy more books than I save.

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It would be really, really expensive to take a trip to Japan. I guess I can only con them once into giving me a scholarship to goof off and shop. But then again, Professor Crackmonkey.

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Tell me what you want for Christmas, Meaghan. If you aren't Meaghan but want something for Christmas, tell me what you want.

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Toys!

[meaghanchan.livejournal.com]

Don't worry, Emily! Once I lost 3 hours of work when I was interning at 4Kids when I was working on the computer, and I stretched, and my foot brushed the power strip and turned off the computer. My legs are far too long.

What do I want for Christmas? durr... Well, since you asked, an iPod (ooh, ooh, one of the new ones you can store photos on) a Wacom tablet (www.wacom.com! 6x8 USB Intuos III), a couch, a scanner, an idea for my next film...

Oh, you wanted me to answer seriously? I'll have to give it more thought. Update your Amazon wish list, BTW, if it's not current. I'm going to be lazy unless you want something you can't buy there (which is, really, nothing, at this point. Amazon's now selling guitars.)

Here, (because I can do it faster here than in email, is tentative plans for T-giving weekend.

Wednesday: Pick Emily up at airport

Thursday: Prep turkey.
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade if not too cold.
Cook.
Eat.
What we're having:
Turkey
Mashed potatoes and gravy
Green bean casserole
Rolls
pumpkin pie
wine
Who'll be there:
Us
Christi
Trisha and her boyfriend Luke

You'll like Christi and Trisha. Have never met Trisha's bf.

Friday (taking off work, will come in on Sunday instead)
Mitsuwa marketplace
Kinokuniya, Book-off, Asahiya, all other Japanese goodness we want to indulge in.

Saturday: Maybe we could go to a museum? Maybe the Cloisters?

Sunday: You leave. I go to work :P

Re: Toys!

[takumashii.livejournal.com]

Oh, yeah. I just remembered I'd LOVE either of the two newer Shiina Ringo albums, 'Kyouiku' which just came out or 'something I can't pronounce seieki kuri no hana,' the older one. I can give you the kanji if you need 'em.

[takumashii.livejournal.com]

T-giving weekend sounds awesome. Rock. Cloisters!!

But I think I'm getting in Thursday morning instead of Wednesday? I can't remember. I'll have to go check.

Random idea for your next film: the Chinese folktale 'Cowherd and Weaving Maid/Bridge of Birds.' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qi_Qiao_Jie) Just because I'm doing it in storytelling class and I think it has some great imagery.

Amazon wishlist is semi-updated and will be all updated soon.

OK to Thursday

[meaghanchan.livejournal.com]

I forgot which day you were coming in, but either is OK with me. Just let me know and I'll be there. (Laguardia, right? Please say Laguardia...)

Problem with "Cowherd and Weaving Maid/Bridge of Birds": Cool story, and one that sounds like I'd like to do it, but actually 2 problems. I have trouble seeing how "well, he saw her naked, so now she has to marry him" would fly in a film nowadays. I just don't think the audience could relate. I do have problems with films (Mulan) that ignore a differen't cultures differentness, but at the same time, I think it would be difficult to develop the cultural context enough in a 5-minute film that her choices would make sense to this culture.

2nd problem: "Kirikou and the Sorceress" shows that although nudity in a children's film might be OK, it would NOT fly, even on the festival circuit, in the US. If problem #1 is solvable, this still becomes a film that would only be showable in the FOREIGN, not US, festival circuit. Thus, no dialogue, which makes problem #1 even harder to solve.
Thank you for idea, though... Any ideas on solvability?

Re: OK to Thursday

[takumashii.livejournal.com]

It's Laguardia. 2:45. Kinda late.

You're right about the nudity issue. There's a variant (there are about 50 variants, so don't worry about inauthenticity) where Cowherd says "I was going to not give you your cloak back until you said you'd marry me, but you look so cold, and that would be mean, so here you go." And weaving maid says "Aww, you're nice. And you're cute, too! Okay, let's get married."

Idea for #2: When you get the nudity, Cowherd's hidden in the bushes, and you see his view...kind of a 1st-person camera angle... and branches are blocking most of the bodies. But that would look incredibly contrived, wouldn't it? Could you do something creative with camera angles so you know she's naked but you don't see anything?