3 posts tagged “thoughts”

Things that are infuruating and ridiculous at the same time:

• Bridesmaidzillagate. It has escalated way beyond even what I thought it might and will only get worse before the wedding. If Party A would just pull her head out of the clouds and Party B pull it out of her arse, and Party C please not let it all get to her too much. Four sleeps to go............I did request months ago that I be placed between the two groomsmen rather than with the other bridesmaids. Boy am I sure I did that!
• The fact that in the interests of all I may decide to delete this post should Party A or Party B somehow stumble across it and further fan the bloody fire. On the other hand, you know who you are A and B. If you happen to read this and know who I am please do as I ask.

Things that are draining:

• Family funerals. I didn't think I was doing too badly, but absolutely exhausted this morning. It was a nice service, as far as funerals go. I think most of our family were a little uncomfortable about all the prayers (most not religious) but the two readings were lovely, and more personal. As was the eulogy my dad gave. All drank and laughed and shared stories afterwards. I wish my aunt was there. We will miss her.

Things that are delightful:

• The little veggie patch that appeared on the reserve across the road on Sunday! According to the signs it is a little free-access community veggie garden, for all to maintain and use. I will keep an eye on it, and hopefully get some fresh herbs in a few months' time. It is these little things that make me love my neighbourhood so much.

Things that are at the same time baffling and unsurprising:

• Melbourne weather. Beautiful over the weekend, cold-sunny/hot-stormy-chilly on Monday and windy and cold today. Typical, yet we are always surprised.

Things I did today:

Correctly answered the Who Am I question in today's Trivia Quiz at work (Pete Sampras)

Spent a lot of time browsing news sites on the web

Agreed to go to a boxercise class with my housemate later on

Left work early, having bugger all to do

Got some more ground coffee (100% Arabica of course) from the Oxfam shop

Stuffed a capsicum with breadcrumbs, roast chicken, onion, pumpkin, carrot, spinach and feta

Forgot to season the stuffing!

Things I will soon find out:

Whether my stuffed capsicum tastes any good

How difficult this class is going to be

Things I will do tomorrow:

Try not to sleep in

Probably browse the net some more

Attend the first meeting of a movie club my friend M started - the film is the Australian new release Unfinished Sky

Eat the rest of the chocolate I bought from my niece last week

Better check my capsicum!

Blood

The first fifteen-odd minutes contained no dialogue and almost no accompanying music but rather a dischord of raw stringy sound. It worked beautifully to set up the story of Daniel Plainview and how he began to earn his oil fortune and came across his son H.W, and revealed a very little about where the man came from. The rest of the film revealed not so much that Plainview was evil or psychotic, but rather very f#$ked up. And unlike the murderous psycho in No Country For Old Men, I felt for him. It was a long film at 2 and a half hours, but I didn't feel it drag. The soundtrack was very effective, the cinematography edits just slow enough to build suspense over Plainview's unpredictable actions and to take in the full effect of the landscape, and the storyline brought up a lot of interesting questions about religion and character. It was a good movie to think over long after you've watched it. Still thinking over it now so excuse the briefness. But bloody hell, well-deserved Oscar to Daniel Day-Lewis.