Terrible, rainy weather today. I’m not really stuck in the house, but I had a couple of non-urgent errands that this wretched downpour has dissuaded me from doing today. (Okay, I’m a wuss. Sue me.)
I had plans for last Wednesday. Saruman himself, Christopher Lee, was signing his autobiography, Lord of Misrule, in London at Forbidden Planet on Saturday and Borders on Wednesday. I thought I’d go for Wednesday. Alas, irrevocable transport problems put the kibosh on my plans… I did finally make it into Brum, but too late to get an affordable train that would’ve been on time. My only choice was a Virgin train for £30. I was forced to admit defeat.
I’m very disappointed. Meeting the man himself, if only for ten seconds, would’ve been a great memory. Oh well. This means I also miss a chance to meet up with Paul, but we do plan to get together quite soon.
Not much to lift the old mood, then. Mom and I watched X-Men 2 on Wednesday night, which was great. I like those films. I haven’t read the comics much for about 15 years, but the screen version works really well. I also watched The Two Towers (alone: my mother despises fantasy stuff), which was equally great, but I got almost terminally distracted around the two-hour mark, so I need to sit down and see it properly sometime.