Tomato Catch-up
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It’s here! And I’m exhausted.
The lastest from Potterville, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, has arrived. Our party was jam-packed; afterwards, I stumbled into my flat at 2:00 am, mumbled my prayers, and fell onto the mattress.
Earlier in the week, the IP gremlins sneaked into our servers and interrupted our internet access for several days; the problem was only resolved last night sometime. Just in time for the madness.
Between shifts, I saw Hulk, the new Marvel adaptation boasting the talents of Ang Lee. I am so impressed, my initial reaction is that it has pushed Tim Burton’s Batman out of my top spot for best comic-to-film adaptation ever. That’s a big thing to say, and it hurts me to say it. I may chicken-out and decide against that judgment later.
I just received from St. Isaac of Syria Skete two new icons: St. Basil the Great, my patron, and St. Raphael, my personal favorite angel. Since I could spend myself broke on religious trinkets of all sorts in seconds, I try to avoid buying icons or anything that would encourage that tendency. But I decided that I simply could not put off these two purchases any longer. I’ve been praying to both St. Basil and my guardian angel in my morning and evening rules. Because icons are so integral to Orthodox spirituality, it has been very difficult to pray without having these icons as an aid.