Is fear of organising an actual phobia?

In many ways, I really don't like organising things. I know I can be an officious, annoying, bossy so-and-so, but this isn't the main reason I've been shying away from it. It's the responsibility. Lately, I've really not wanted to be responsible for someone else(s) having a good time. I'm more likely to do things with few people than a lot, cause the less people there are interacting, the less things can go wrong. But then I'm sad, cause I don't see my friends as often as I'd like. I want someone else to be the organiser, and the need to avoid organising grows exponentially as the numbers grow. That way, if/when things aren't perfect, I don't feel guilty for those who've come along to something I've organised. Cause, I do. Most of you have probably seen my compulsive over-catering for stuff, which is related. So, if I have to give invitations, they're in an offhand way. Or I just say I'm doing something, and let other people involve themself. That way, it was their decision, not my invitation, and I don't have to worry about it. Well, that's the remarkably irrational and anti-social gist of it :)

I fucking hate introspection, I can second-guess my own motivations 'til the cows come home. After this, I'm gonna try and stick to my policy of not having posts like this.

Anyway, the real point of this post is Sinpozium. It's been almost 4 months since the last one, and I've been avoiding asking the important questions since then. How many people want one this year? When? At the hotel, or try and find another location which would make it more like the slumber party atmospheres of the first two? But because I thought there were various issues with last year's, I really haven't wanted to hear other peoples' reactions to it. And I haven't really wanted to think about another one. So maybe I should get off the pot, and say that I don't want to be involved in the organising for it if we have one this year? It's not like I think I'm irreplaceable :) calemiri did a lot of stuff last year, and iibnf did most of the stuff for the first two, or other people could get involved! This isn't me seeking reassurance or something. I just felt I should get the Sinpoz stuff out there.

So, thoughts on Sinpoz sought.

Something more fun

Got some useful stuff done with hnix and sinbrat yesterday, so we rewarded ourself with renting On The Line, a romantic comedy (a genre I'm notall that fond of anyway) starring Lance and Joey. We were prepared to hate it, to make judicious use of the ffwd button, and to mock it a lot("").

It really isn't too bad. I've seen far worse. We laughed and were entertained (and mocked as well, cause...c'mon!). And whoever said, in the reviews at amazon.com, that Lance Bass is "thoroughly unconvincing as a human being" obviously has a) way to high expectations of romantic comedies, and b) a serious grudge. Cause he's fine in the role. Joey is more fun, but he's playing the wacky sidekick, and not carrying the movie. I'd actually recommend this movie (in an "if you're in the mood for a undemanding silly fun movie" way), and not just to pop fans. Though the appearance of Justin and Chris in the credits is the absolute highlight, natch ;)

However, the universe makes no sense if Lance is straight. Luckily, I'm thinking there's not much danger of that.

And meelie, sorry we watched this without you. But we'll watch it again. In fact, I'd buy a copy if I could find it on sell-through in Australia, grrrrrrrr.

Oh, for fuck's sake

The S3 dvds of Angel are being released in March, and they've got audio commentary for 'Billy", "Lullaby" and "Waiting in the Wings".

"Billy" is vile, "Waiting in the Wings" is one of the single worst episode of Angel or Buffy ever, and I can't even remember "Lullaby", but it's part of the (yawn) baby-arc.

I mean, if you're gonna try and justify and explain away your crap, try "Tomorrow". Sweet lord, people. I don't know about the other seasons of Angel, but on the Buffy dvds, they tend to do commentarie on the GOOD episodes. I know that's hard with S3, but you could at least try,

Ripping dvds

I think it was jackdanielson who mentioned a program that would rip and convert files, rather than using a bunch of different ones? Just wondering what it was called.