Had a quiet Sunday. Went for a drive and to visit a Christmas store, did some stuff on the web, and watched a film --
Castle in the Sky,
by Japan's fabulous Hayao Miyazaki. One of his earlier films (1986), it
started a bit slowly, but built impressively, looked absolutely
gorgeous, and was quirky and inventive. Like most of his films, this
one comes VERY highly recommended! After that we went in to town with
my friend Kenny to see the RTE 2FM 2moro 2our. It's basically three
bands on a tour of Ireland, sponsored by RTE 2FM. This is the third
tour, and we saw the first, which was really good. The bands didn't
impress me too much this time, although one of them -- the woefully
named Ham Sandwich -- were quite good. Still, it was a nice night out,
and we didn't get back home and to bed (after a guilty trip to
Abrakebabra!!!!) until 02.00.
Slept in late this morning and didn't do too much later, apart from answer emails, watch more of
The Sopranos and
Twilight Zone.
Also saw the recent documentary about Wal-Mart, and how poorly they
treat their employees -- fairly shocking to see a company getting away
with behaviour like this, but corporate greeds runs rife throughout the
world, I think, and here it seems to be at its purest and vilest. I
also posted my notes for
Demon Apocalypse
to my web site at last. I think the notes for this one are particularly
informative, as far as trying to explain how I put books together when
I'm working on a series, BUT I don't recommend you read them unless
you've read
Demon Apocalypse, as they contain MAJOR PLOT SPOILERS!!! The link for those who've read the book is:
DEMON APOCALYPSE NOTES