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Breakfast and a movie
Feb. 24th, 2008 10:36 amWhat I've done so far today:
- Wake up abominably early for a Sunday after having one of those nights where you sleep in twenty-minute increments, thinking all the while that there's something important you have to be doing (and dreaming over and over that you're doing it)
- Get dressed, check email, etc.
- Drive 34 miles to airport to pick up mother & mother's boyfriend
- Circle around, give up, park
- Wait with them to get their baggage
- Drive them 23 miles to their house
- Help them unload their luggage, receive gifts from trip, etc.
- Drive the 18 miles back to my house
- Go to supermarket
- Make and eat breakfast
Time of completion: 9:15 a.m.
So, what to do with the rest of the day? Besides not fall asleep, that is.
What I need to do is work on some of the stories I have due, but that didn't work out so well yesterday, when, having spent a fruitless morning trying to write, I gave up and watched Star Trek III (still mediocre, although teen Spock anguishing through pon farr is still hot) and Star Trek V (still awful) and then Apocalypto (2006) (theatrical trailer), which was just spectacular visually, as I'd hoped. Mel Gibson's a bit of a freak, and he completely mishandled the controversy around The Passion of the Christ, but boy he can make gorgeous movies. The aesthetic of the whole film, from scenic rainforest/mountain/river panoramas to the teeming Mayan city down to the finest details in every character's piercings and tattoos, and the immense budget and creative freedom the production team clearly enjoyed—definitely wow. ( The plot was simple... )
Overall, highly recommended for those who like out-of-the-ordinary historical fiction/action flicks and who enjoy or don't mind sustained violence.
10,000 B.C. (mammoth and saber-tooth tiger fights and people who look like Ronon in the split-second shots they get in the preview!) looks like it'll be a little like this, although probably not nearly as good.
- Wake up abominably early for a Sunday after having one of those nights where you sleep in twenty-minute increments, thinking all the while that there's something important you have to be doing (and dreaming over and over that you're doing it)
- Get dressed, check email, etc.
- Drive 34 miles to airport to pick up mother & mother's boyfriend
- Circle around, give up, park
- Wait with them to get their baggage
- Drive them 23 miles to their house
- Help them unload their luggage, receive gifts from trip, etc.
- Drive the 18 miles back to my house
- Go to supermarket
- Make and eat breakfast
Time of completion: 9:15 a.m.
So, what to do with the rest of the day? Besides not fall asleep, that is.
What I need to do is work on some of the stories I have due, but that didn't work out so well yesterday, when, having spent a fruitless morning trying to write, I gave up and watched Star Trek III (still mediocre, although teen Spock anguishing through pon farr is still hot) and Star Trek V (still awful) and then Apocalypto (2006) (theatrical trailer), which was just spectacular visually, as I'd hoped. Mel Gibson's a bit of a freak, and he completely mishandled the controversy around The Passion of the Christ, but boy he can make gorgeous movies. The aesthetic of the whole film, from scenic rainforest/mountain/river panoramas to the teeming Mayan city down to the finest details in every character's piercings and tattoos, and the immense budget and creative freedom the production team clearly enjoyed—definitely wow. ( The plot was simple... )
Overall, highly recommended for those who like out-of-the-ordinary historical fiction/action flicks and who enjoy or don't mind sustained violence.
10,000 B.C. (mammoth and saber-tooth tiger fights and people who look like Ronon in the split-second shots they get in the preview!) looks like it'll be a little like this, although probably not nearly as good.
