In which religion makes an appearance...

[annundriel]

My head hurts. I think I've probably been sitting too close to the computer screen or something. That's probably a good sign to go do something else, huh?

I redid my LJ layout again. Because I am fickle. My last viewing of TTT brought my LotR-love to the forefront of my obsessions again. Got the color scheme from my copy of The Silmarillion. I really like the way it looks on my laptop, but on the other computer it seems a bit dark. Hmm. Soon I'll be able to own TTT on DVD and that makes me happy. It's the little things in life, you know?

NEESHA!! You left before I could ask you my oh-so-important writing question. Grr.

I am currently reading The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown for a book club meeting I may attend. I may than actually join said book club. I've wanted to read this book before, but never really got around to looking for it. It's really very good. All sorts of stuff about the Catholic church and the Bible, as well as the Holy Grail. It's mystery/suspense.

The book club meeting for it should be interesting considering there will be a very traditional Catholic, a "fallen" Catholic, and me, a modern Catholic. The traditional Catholic, who had already read it, thought the book was very anti-Catholic. At the moment I can see where that comes from, but at the same time the book seems more anti-Vatican/anti-established religion than anything else. And I would like to think there is a difference. But than again I am a modern Catholic and my views are different than more traditional ones, especially since all I've ever known was Vatican II.

Anyway, the meeting is in October so I don't think I'll have any trouble finishing it. I don't have much left. Maybe I'll go read.

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[dragonsxist.livejournal.com]

Okay, this is going to be very non-specific of me. But a while ago you were talking about a movie and I asked you what it was and you explained it to me. Something involving ships [not PotC though].


Well, I just wanted to tell you I saw a poster for it at the AMC Theater. I wish I could remember the name. Oh well, I hope you know what I am talking about.




Also, I know what you mean about "my last viewing of TTT brought my LotR-love to the forefront of my obsessions again." I'm getting all hyped up about it, just seeing the posters for it, and I actually want to finish the 3rd book [which I've tried to do many times] and re-read the others.



What is "anti-Vatican?" I've never heard that term before. "The Da Vinci Code," I've never heard of that either. But I'm glad you are enjoying them. It sounds interesting, hhmmmmm, the Holy Grail.

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[annundriel.livejournal.com]

I believe the movie was Master & Commander: The Far Side of the World with Russell Crowe. I've been waiting and waiting to see posters out for it, but so far I've seen nothing. Which isn't really surprising where I live because it doesn't come out until November. Thanks for sharing! I'm really looking forward to the movie.

Re-watching either LotR movie gets me excited about the whole thing. They are such great movies. They never fail to get some sort of reaction out of me. There are still parts that give me chills. You haven't finished the third book? I've only read the entire trilogy once, and I did have to take a looong break in the middle of TTT. Some of it's just hard to get through. But the end of the third one is just perfect. It's got one of those ending lines where I just had to quietly set the book down and sigh and think. But that's just me. The book affected me very strongly.

"Anti-Vatican" is actually a term I made up. The Vatican is basically the seat of Catholicism. It is where the Pope lives. The Da Vinci Code has been said by some to be anti-Catholic, but to my way of reading it seems to be more anti-Vatican. That is to say that it parts of it don't necessarily disagree with the Catholic faith itself, but rather how it is practiced/handled by the Vatican. For example, the way Catholics practice their faith now is because of a movement called Vatican II, which happened in the 1960s/70s. Before that mass was in Latin and you did the best you could to follow along. Now mass is in English. Many believe it was a bad move on the Vatican's part to do this because it lost a fair amount of followers. So, the way I'm reading this book, it appears more that it is anti-Vatican or anti-established religion than just anti-Catholic. Although there is a bunch of anti-Catholic stuff too. Anyway, the book is good. In some ways very much like a Michael Crichton novel. And anything about the Holy Grail is always interesting.

I'm sorry about the ramble. Sometimes I just can't stop myself. =)

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[dragonsxist.livejournal.com]

"Master & Commander: The Far Side of the World!" That was it! Hey thanks for explaining "anti-vatican." it all seems very interesting to me.

don't be sorry. you know? people really underestimate the value of a good ramble.