Things I want to do in the next month or so

[jazzfish]

Preferably in good company.

At the AFI Silver:

• The Seven Samurai: 5/28 (Memorial Day) at 8:00. Also possible: 5/30 (Wed) at 9:20.
  
• Breakfast on Pluto (Cillian Murphy as an Irish transvestite): 6/2 (Satyrday) at 7:45.
  
• The Seventh Seal ("In Swedish with English subtitles"): 6/6 (Wed) at 9:20. Also possible: 6/2 (Satyrday) at 12:30 or 10:30, but that overloads me with Pluto.
  
• Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead: 6/23 (Satyrday) at 9:30, or 6/25 (Mon) or 6/27 (Wed) at 9:30.

Speaking of that last, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead is playing at the Studio Theatre (in DC, not Blacksburg) through 6/24. Definitely wanting to go see that. (Huh. I've seen that play live twice, at both Studio Theatres. Amusing.)

Also general vague desires for: camping and/or hiking; sitting around eating ice cream and/or drinking tea while conversing (easily combinable with any given film at the Silver except Shichinin no Samurai on Monday, as I will be racing to get there by eight and ice cream will likely be closed by the time it lets out); board gaming, perhaps to be scheduled at my place some Tuesday or Wednesday night in June; and generally being a touch more sociable than I managed in May.

Let me know if you're up for any and/or all of the above.

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Awesomest car ever, a title formerly held by the three-door Saturn, the Mini Cooper, and the MG. I have seen a pair of smart fortwos in person at the Ultimate Garage in Rockville, and they really are just that cute. I shall attempt to test-drive one at the earliest opportunity. If they drive as awesomely as they look I may well be trading in Straylight next fall.

Just in case you were one of the people I neglected to send this to, Meta-LOL. The typical response has been a confused stare followed by the sound of a palm slapping a forehead.

Comments

[shadowsong.livejournal.com]

i think i heard a review of the fortwo on npr, and the guy test driving kept going on about how every time he checked the rearview mirror he would panic cause someone must have stolen the back end of his car.

[jazzfish]

I could totally see that. I'm actually kind of afraid to drive one for any length of time, because I know that I'll get used to zipping into tiny little holes in traffic, and then I'll have to drive my Dad's giant Ford boat, and merge straight into someone.

[laughin.livejournal.com]

What about your height when it comes to leg room?

[jazzfish]

The reviews I've seen have all contained some variant on the phrase 'shockingly roomy,' so I figure I should be alright in that department.

(As for head height, which you didn't ask about, the fortwo is actually /taller/ than Straylight. I may be able to wear a hat while driving again.)