A Full Week

It's been a whole week now since my summer plans changed drastically. I thought I knew where I was going and what I was doing. Since then, I've had a rather severe shake-down of plans. I've applied for a lot of jobs, I've prayed, I've written emails and I've slept. I had a lot of profound thoughts about all of this last night as I was brushing my teeth- no paper or pen close to hand, so these profound thoughts were only remembered as being moderately profound. I think. I hope. I'm not sure. Oh well.

Something I can definitely talk about- 

Prince Caspian!

I liked it! It wasn't the best movie I've ever seen in my life, but if I had a positive cashflow, I would definitely see it in theatres again! I'd probably rate it 7/10. They took some liberties with the plot, but honestly I think that PC was a bit weak in the plot department. Someone said that it was like the "Little Golden Book of Gladiator", but I disagree. True, the single combat and the bit with the guy getting decapitated were a bit strange because there wasn't any blood, but I didn't really mind that, it was just a sort of 'minor point of realism' that they decided to conveniently ignore.

One thing that bothered me more though was Aslan's How(e?). It was taller than I expected it, but I didn't mind that. What I did mind was that deep below it was the Stone Table, in a room with elaborate carvings on the walls. At one point, Peter says "It's a tomb." But that wasn't the first thing I thought of when I saw it! I thought "It's a church," because there's this carving of Aslan in the middle, there's the Stone Table (altar) in front of that, and there are carvings of other Narnians on either side. Church. Image of Christ, altar, images of saints.

I dunno. It just didn't scream 'tomb' to me. You could argue that 'church' isn't the most obvious of connections, and it would be weird to have Peter say 'It's a church', but still...

The Caspian/Susan thing was rather pointless, but oh well. It's Disney, I guess they felt there had to be a love story. And on the up side, it gives the fanficcers something to write besides... well, besides the tripe they're already writing. Hurt/comfort is now a genre of fanfiction.net. Arrgh. Oh well. As long as it's not slash, I don't mind some h/c now and then, but I'm not really comfortable with calling it a genre. h/c for its own sake too often ends up being PWP? (Plot? What Plot?)

Oh. I almost forgot to mention a neat thing. A man at the movie theatre commented on my tee-shirt, the 'Restore all things in Christ' tee-shirt. He's an Evangelical, his daughter goes the school I did my teaching practicum at and I told him the short version of my story- I think God wants me to teach in Hungary and I'm having some (generic) difficulties getting there. He said he'd pray for me, and that he's sure things will work out. Just the confidence he had was very nice, as was the promise of prayers. I really appreciated that.

It's neat little things like this that really give me a much needed lift when this is all getting depressing.

So, my plans for the day include having tuna for dinner, going to bed early and maybe watching a fun movie. 9AM tomorrow will see me back somewhere with internet access and a landline, back on the job search.

Prayers greatly appreciated!