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edo begot tokyo After work this morning, I stopped by to visit with my parents and to get some pie if there was any left from Christmas. While I was there I got to witness some sad moments that had to do with my niece. The first incident centered around the Supergirl action figure that I had gotten her for Christmas. From what I was told she liked it so much that she had played with it almost non-stop until she broke the right leg. Apparently the doll's leg was not meant to bend backwards, which I am guessing surprised and disappointed my niece. Something tells me that I will be looking for a replacement for said toy. The second cause for alarm was when my niece saw her box of art supplies folded up. It had been lying open on the floor of the computer room when I sat down to use the computer. Seeing it there I decided to close the box so that I wouldn't step on it and to give me some more room to move around. To me it seemed like the natural thing to do and I didn't see any harm in it. I quickly found out that I was wrong as my niece started to cry and mutter something about the box. I soon found out that the tray of watercolors inside was loose and my closing the box had freed the dry discs of pigment from their proper place. This did not make her happy. In fact I would almost say that it made her panic. It wasn't until she had carefully seated each of the colors back into their respective spots that all was right with her. I had started to do that for her, but was told that I was putting them in the wrong order. Sigh. Seeing her react that way made me wonder if I was that nervous about my stuff when I was her age. It didn't take me that long to decide that I was probably the same way, because I can see that in myself today to a lesser degree. ... Back on the fifth, I saw The Last Samurai in the movie theater and enjoyed it. At the time I had no idea how much of it was fact or fiction. I just have an appreciation of historical dramas and the previews that I had seen looked interesting. Now after reading an article in the December issue of National Geographic, I have a better idea of what really happened at the end of the nineteenth century in Japan. Despite the intense dislike that many people seem to have for Tom Cruise and his acting, from what I've read the movie wasn't a complete fabrication. For example, one thing that the film definitely got right was that by the time that the Americans made their way to Japan, the era of the samurai was nearly over. As was seen in the film the wearing of swords was declared illegal with the country ready to leave that way of life behind. The closed door policy was brought to an end and so was the need for the samurai. ... For Christmas I had gotten a Cowboy Junkies DVD. On said disc was some concert footage and interview material that brought back memories of the concert that I had seen earlier this year. Why I waited as long as I did to see them perform live is beyond me. Margo did not disappoint in person and I will definitely see them again when they come to town. |