Outsider’s Insights

I just rewatched “The Fellowship of the Ring” (the extended version) and wondered about one scene:
when Isildur - after gaining the Ring - and his soldiers are attacked by orcs, he jumpes into the river with the Ring on his finger. While wearing a heavy-looking chain mail. And a breastplate, too. So when he is stuffed with orc-arrows, his body drifts on top of the river?
I mean he is not wearing mithril or elven-made armour…
But then again, maybe the river-water has very much salt in it. Or Isildur suffered of extreme flatulence, having so much gas in him he could not sink to the ground. Or the orc-arrows had such a good light wood shaft that they worked as a raft.
Hmm….

Edited on Mar 27th 2004, 07:50 by Outsider

Edited on Mar 27th 2004, 16:22 by Outsider

That’s what i’ve been throughout the night and half the day. but as if that’s not enough, a heavy diarrhoea came along and decided to join forces with the evil illness.
to sum it up: i got a gastroenteritis. strange, how weak one feel.
but the medicine starts working, so hopefully i’ll be recovered on friday.

Man, that movie really sucked. i watched “battle royal 2″. the first one was pretty cool, brutal, but a good story, fine actors, a wonderful kitano. it reminded me of “lord of the flies” a bit.
but the second battle is one of the worst movies. actually so bad i did not finish it. i just zapped through the scenes. just horrible. i lack the words to describe it properly. not even an e-movie.
heed the call!
do not, i repeat, do not watch battle royal 2!
over and out.

you forget writing one day, the next you postpone it as well. and all of a sudden, weeks have gone without blogging. and you ask yourself: how did i get there? (great first words from a song by the talking heads in the movie with nick nolte as a beggar in beverly hills; does anyone know the title?)
well part of the answer: four days of sunshine leading to a life outside the house (and in lack of a laptop outside the net) and a huge amount of work to do.
but now, guess what: two days of leisure and galleons of rain.

I finally managed to go to the Aikikai. And the first Aikido-lesson was amazing. Jesus. The trainer can jump and roll so smothly… hardly making any sound when hitting the ground. The techniques are complex but good (first impression, but still).
And the dojo is a) very nice b) very close and c) very cheap.
So it seems as if the world of martial arts has me back.