Quick rec and a question

[trinityvixen]

For ivy03, jethrien, anomilygrace, and any other Hornblower fans: a fantastic entry about Archie Kennedy at the 1character challenge. It reads well for both period and character, and makes me absolutely ache for Archie (not because of any one line, but just, you know, in general).

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For everyone Would anyone want to play dodgeball?

I've been thinking about what to do for my belated birthday festivities. I would love to go out to dinner with all and sundry, per the usual, but I was thinking about what group activity to do, and I came up with dodgeball. I haven't played it in years--years!--and I figure, hey, why not? I know a basketball court or two we might take over in Riverside Park, and I can pick up a few red balls. All I need are some players!

Athletic skillz are not required--I'm probably in the worst shape of my life (I'm the reverse Bo-flex guy!), but I'm going to play if people are interested. The only rules I'll impose are upon some of the stronger folk to ask that they be very careful about tossing balls at people.

What say ye lj folk? I was thinking I might do it the weekend of the May Movie, so May 6th? (Exactly one month from my birthday, so yay relevance!)

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I cannot believe it's two weeks to the annual MAY MOVIE outing and I haven't so much as pestered one person about it. I've talked to theKathy and xannoside about the movie choice, but otherwise, not so much.

Oh, the MAY MOVIE this year will be Mission: Impossible III. Yes, I am as sick to death of Tom Cruise as the rest of you, but the Mission: Impossible movies have always been sorta fun in spite of him. I liked the first one a lot as a good crazy mystery/action thriller, and the second one is always good for Dougray Scott constantly mocking Tom Cruise--oh, excuse me, Tom Cruise's character ::cough cough'Ethan'sstupidtendencytogrinallthedamntimecough cough::--if nothing else.

If you've no interest, I understand, but I'm not going to pester this year. I'll just invite who'd like to go for the fun of it, who'll come for the friends involved, and who might want to chill at a cafe/diner afterward.

Come on, it can't be worse than Van Helsing. That one actually made feiran cry, it was so bad. And some of us still had a good time because when it's that bad, it's that good as fodder.

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[equustel.livejournal.com]

Oh good, I'm not the only one who's actually planning on seeing M:I-3.

Philip Seymour Hoffman playing a villain just has me too curious. And it'll be interesting to see what J.J. Abrams does with a big screen and lots of pyrotechnics (didn't he write this thing, too?).

Besides, my goodwill towards the original Mission: Impossible is still intact. I've pleasantly forgotten my one and only viewing of 2, and this has to be better than that... right? *shifty eyes*

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

I am more and more relieved to find a few willing folk who'll see MI:3 despite Tom Cruise. The first one was very good, the second was harmlessly stupid, and I'm sure the third one will be something similar. And Hoffman's a definite draw, too.

J.J. Abrams has to work his mojo in a restricted timespace, but I think he's proven he can think ahead, and so this should be a fun mystery-type dealy, yes?