Chronicles of Narnia

Well I have been waiting for over a year now, and finally December 9, 2005 has arrived. The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe opens today, and if all goes well I will be hitting the matine this afteroon. I will be doing this so as to avoid long lines and a plethora of screaming kids. Now first of all, let me make a few comments here. The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe was probably, if memory serves me correctly, one of the first books I ever read. I remember holding the well-worn paperback in my hands. Like most children I laboured at the words, but once inside the books imaginary world, the real world seemed to disappear. It was winter and I was acustomed to playing in the woods by my parents house . We had a fort there (stephen, bonnie, scott, and I), and there was a clearing with a large rock in the middle that we all used to hang out around. I must have been around ten. Anyway it was winter and I was sitting on that rock or more correctly that boulder, and the path to the clearing was white with fresh snow, with only a few of my own steps littered upon it. I remember that white path like it was yesterday, and I remember that very image when I think of Lewis's first literary image of Narnia, the only thing missing, was the streetlight. I am hoping that as I watch the movie this afternoon, Lewis will somehow take me back to those days, playing in those woods. If the movie is able to do that, it will be worth every penny. Now since those childhood days, I have had the opportunity to read much more of Lewis's library. Including Mere Christianity, Four Loves, and Till we have faces. What a diverse scholar. If you had to make a list of writers that you would like to spend the day with, in an attempt to both learn the craft and to understand the world a little better, Lewis would have to be in the top 5. He has a nack for both fiction and non-fiction, and because of his education you must always search deep into the allegory and metaphor of his works, he is a master. But of all his works The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe will always be my first love. Like a first kiss, that white snowy path is carved across my mind, available to look back on, whenever the world seems a little too hard to handle and out of control. Aside from the movie today, I am planning on hanging out with Sarah tonight. I was sort of hoping that a bunch of us could get together, including Sarah and Jessica, but it sounds like Jessica is busy all day. The plan is still to go bowling, but that has been my plan for the last couple of Fridays and it always ends up the same, drinking at Crush. Sarah doesnt really like doing the lounge thing, so if I end up at Crush, more than likely I will not see her tonight. But I am really gonna try my best not to go to Crush, and follow through with my plans with her. We have tried to get together and do something for a couple weeks now, but too no avail. Two weeks ago she fell asleep instead of coming over for movies, and last week she was suppose to come with Jtag to Crush but never showed up. I guess her and Jtag are hanging out and talking more, Hey maybe if Jtag is working we could go see her tonight....that sounds like a plan. I still have not been to Jtags new place of employment. Anyway, I should go. The crews are all off to their jobs. Its Friday so the odds of catching an adjuster in their office is slim to none, so like most Fridays, its time to clean off my desk, do my scheduling for next week and then get the hell out of here. Cya on the flipside