I’m a Sap, Moving the Podcast, and some rambling
I am a sap. Specifically (and especially) where movies and television are concerned. I am pretty much the “target audience”. When the appropriate moment comes, I am choked up and trying not to show that they “got me” and am tearing up. I’ve always been that way, as long as I can remember. In fact, I can remember exactly the first time it happened: I was a young boy, watching the animated version of Charlotte’s Web on tv, and at the end, I wondered why my throat was sore and it was pointed out that this is what happens when you try not to cry…and indeed, I was trying not to cry. Since then, I cry pretty much whenever the movie-makers tell me too. In Fellowship of the Ring, when Sam gets pulled out of the water, and says “I made a promise, Mr Frodo. A promise. ‘Don’t you leave him Samwise Gamgee.’ And I don’t mean to. I don’t mean to”, I’m trying not to tear up. In the Battlestar Galactica episode Flight of the Phoenix (among others), when the crew dedicates the viper to Laura, I’m choked up. In Superman Returns, when Supe is talking to the Lois’ son at the end of the movie, I’m choked up.
The point? I’m not making one. Except to say, that I’m the perfect audience, I guess.
In other news, I think I’m going to move the podcast from here to PhilRickaby.com. It seems to me that since the podcast is more of an acting focused thing, rather than a general thing, that its better suited to being there. Of course, I reserve the right to change my mind (especially if I find out that I can’t get it working there). I’ll update here if it moves so that those who are interested can find it.
Other than that, Christmas is approaching, and I still have a significant amount of shopping to do. However, on the upside, since I don’t start working till 4pm, that does give me the opportunity to shop during the day and avoid much of the unpleasantness of Christmas shopping. I actually do enjoy shopping for Christmas. For me, that’s what the holiday is about. Giving presents. Of course, its always nice to receive presents. But, for the most part, I prefer giving. So, even though I get told not to get presents, I usually do. I don’t go overboard and give something hugely expensive (i can’t afford that), but I do like to give something at Christmas. Because to me, that’s what the season is about. Giving. Not receiving. Its not about the commercialism. Its about friends, and giving, and family (whether your biological family or the family you make), and its about love.
Yes. My name is Phil. And I am a Christmas nerd.
Grinningskull.com – New podcast. New location. on December 14th, 2006
[...] New podcast. New location. I mentioned previously that I was going to move the podcast over to PhilRickaby.com. Today, I was fooling around with some text and then decided to record a speech from Richard II, and put it on the podcast. You can find that here. If you want to subscribe to this infrequent podcast, use the following feedburner URL: http://feeds.feedburner.com/philrickaby [...]