A super late update today... CONTINUING STUFF: New Warriors. Gargoyles. Animal Farm. PREPARATION: St Louis Trivia on 10-27. RSVP for board game on 11-4. RSVP for movie on 11-16. Reflection: Day 22
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Reflection: Day 21CONTINUING STUFF: Another long day at work today means that there aren’t any new items on the calendar. So read some New Warriors! I need to do that today, for sure. And then watch some Gargoyles, read some Animal Farm, watch a bonus movie, or DO SOMETHING AMAZING. PREPARATION: Let’s do an Extra Club! Tomorrow (Wednesday) at 4:30 or so (until about 5:30), I’m going to stop by the hotel bar at the downtown Hilton in Des Moines. Join me for a drink and a chat and you can earn a Jawa Badge! Also, there’s still that Trivia Night in St Louis on Saturday, a board game on November 4th, and a movie on the 16th. Reflection: Day 20
CONTINUING STUFF: Nothing new today, so instead we double down on our existing stuff! Watch some Gargoyles (seriously! Have you watched EPisode 8 yet? Deadly Force is one of my absolute favorites!), read some New Warriors, tackle Animal Farm, or watch one of our bonus movies (Room or Laramie Project). I am about to add a few more bonus movies, I think... Not a Club: Long night at work today, but when that ends, I get to play Descent with some friends. We are working our way through the Labyrinth of Ruin campaign and getting close to the end! PREPARATION: St. Louis for trivia THIS SATURDAY. Arkham Horror Board Game Sunday the 4th (RSVP now!). Love, Simon Movie Friday the 16th (RSVP now!). And coming next week, a calendar update for November that will include our first and second Dinner Club, some more Extra Clubs, and more! Reflection: Day 19
EXTRA CLUB: Today is a Pokemon Go Community Day! If you see me at the Sculpture Park downtown (I don't play PoGo, but I walk with Tom while we wait for Andrew), snap a picture with me for a Jawa Badge! CONTINUING STUFF: This is your last day to see Love Never Dies at the Civic Center. If you do, post a review in the FORUM! Also, you could be reading New Warriors, watching Gargoyles (I just watched 3 episodes this morning!) or catching up on Animal Farm! Not a Club: I get to walk to Porchlight Coffee this morning! PREPARATION: St Louis next Saturday for Trivia. Arkham Horror (board game) November 4th. Love, Simon (movie) November 16th. You should do AT LEAST ONE OF THESE THINGS! Reflection: Day 18
Reflection: Day 17
CONTINUING STUFF: Go see Love Never Dies! Read New Warriors! Watch Gargoyles! Read Animal Farm! PREPARATION: Major events coming up next include the Casey Ann Hohman Memorial Association Trivia Night in St Louis on the 27th, midpoint of the Animal Farm book club on November 1, and a board game club on November 4th (playing Arkham Horror). Mark your calendars! Reflection: Day 16Yesterday was a good day! I was productive at work (well, extra-productive), plus I got to do some organizational stuff at home that I had been putting off. I watched two episodes of Gargoyles, and I even got to go out with the regular game crew and play a board game.
But the most important thing yesterday was, of course, getting ready for tonight's movie club! The calm before the storm? CONTINUING STUFF: You know the routine! Animal Farm should be about a quarter complete (so you need to have read 2 or 3 chapters by now to be on pace), while you should watch a couple of episodes of Gargoyles, or read some New Warriors comics, in your free time :) After you do any of these things, hit the FORUM and talk about them! Not a Club: I get to play games with the Weekly Game Group tonight! That's always nice. PREPARATION: Princess Bride RSVPs close at noon tomorrow. I posted the drink on the MOVIE CLUB page as well, for those of you curious to know what my limited mixology skills will have on offer tomorrow night... Reflection: Day 15Last night was a quiet night. After dinner, we walked around and explored a bit of the growing vibe of the Prairie Trail district in Ankeny, then at home I watched some Battlestar Galactica in preparation for my weekly episode chat with Andrew (a thing we have to wrap up before TV club transitions to Babylon 5!) and then... well, that was mostly it. Like I said, a quiet night. I also don't have any pictures to show for last night, so this blog post will just be a little plain looking. I'll do better tomorrow!
Reflection: Day 14
So... this maybe isn't the perfect place to share all of my thoughts about that show. It wasn't really a great match for my tastes, let's say. If you want to talk more about it, hit the FORUM and I'll share all of my many observations and opinions. But what I do know is that Tom LOVES Phantom, and I am so glad he got to see this show. He liked some parts of it a great deal, and in other places we agree that it doesn't quite land the way it ought to. But hey... you may not have another chance to see this show. I have a feeling that once this tour is done, this puppy goes into a vault somewhere for a good long while. So go! DO!
THEATRE CLUB: LOVE NEVER DIES begins today! Get yourself to the Civic Center of Greater Des Moines to see Love Never Dies, the sequel to the Phantom of the Opera that you never thought you needed, anytime this week—final showing is Sunday! Take a picture of yourself at the Civic Center and post it on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram... and tag me! Or, if you don’t feel like taking a picture, post a written review of the show (it doesn’t have to be very long) in our FORUM. Doing either one of these things will earn you a Jawa Badge... and if you happen to be at the Civic Center TONIGHT and get a picture with me... I’ll give you TWO Jawa Badges! There is nothing more fun than going to the theatre! (Even if it’s to a show I am not overwhelmingly excited to see...) CONTINUING STUFF: Watch some Gargoyles! And, as always, keep plugging away at New Warriors and Animal Farm. PREPARATION: The first MOVIE CLUB (Princess Bride) is now only a few days away. If you are coming, click HERE and scroll down to the Princess Bride RSVP! Fill it out and secure your seats! If you want to come but don’t know where you are going, I’ll be sending my address out to the RSVP list Friday morning when I lock the reservation form down. Reflection: Day 13
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