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Fine day, fine weekend
Nov. 8th, 2011 05:32 pmbend_gules day was, in fact, very pleasant, with one of my favourite dinners prepared by my sweetie, and homemade cake to boot! Thank you to many folks for notes and good wishes.
My birthday present to myself is a couple of books, but they're still in transit. Appropriate book-bragging still TBA.
Weekend included a very crafty Saturday, with Robert carving and pewtering, and me sewing and stencilling, pressing and knitting. Sunday included visiting with Alaric and Nerissa, going to see Tintin together, and drinking just a bit too much red wine over spaghetti dinner.
Verdict on Tintin: a lot of fun as a film, but possibly vertigo-inducing in 3D. 2D alone (our preference) was plenty swoopy-and-whoopy, taking advantage of the technology to do crazy impossible 'camera' viewing angles and flowing shots. It was a good choice of movie to see in the theatre - we rarely go to movies, so it was a bit of a treat.
We lunched in the huge new Westfield mall at Stratford, and felt our souls being sucked out through the very shiny floor even as we sat in the food court. I used to love shopping in malls - convenient, warm, seductive - now I can't get out of them fast enough. Having gone off shopping, save the occasional browse in a bookstore or Cornelissen's, generally makes this loss easier to bear.
Sadly, the film gives into the American pronunciation of the hero's name. Tintin is Belgian, so clearly his name is pronounced as the French would. I corrected Robert the first time (noone can help their upbringing) but life is too short to argue about trifles, even when I'm right. :-)
Now keenly preparing for Kingdom Univesrity in Nordmark, collecting travel advice from locals, and sorting my outfit. After a long month, I'm really looking forward to this trip.
My birthday present to myself is a couple of books, but they're still in transit. Appropriate book-bragging still TBA.
Weekend included a very crafty Saturday, with Robert carving and pewtering, and me sewing and stencilling, pressing and knitting. Sunday included visiting with Alaric and Nerissa, going to see Tintin together, and drinking just a bit too much red wine over spaghetti dinner.
Verdict on Tintin: a lot of fun as a film, but possibly vertigo-inducing in 3D. 2D alone (our preference) was plenty swoopy-and-whoopy, taking advantage of the technology to do crazy impossible 'camera' viewing angles and flowing shots. It was a good choice of movie to see in the theatre - we rarely go to movies, so it was a bit of a treat.
We lunched in the huge new Westfield mall at Stratford, and felt our souls being sucked out through the very shiny floor even as we sat in the food court. I used to love shopping in malls - convenient, warm, seductive - now I can't get out of them fast enough. Having gone off shopping, save the occasional browse in a bookstore or Cornelissen's, generally makes this loss easier to bear.
Sadly, the film gives into the American pronunciation of the hero's name. Tintin is Belgian, so clearly his name is pronounced as the French would. I corrected Robert the first time (noone can help their upbringing) but life is too short to argue about trifles, even when I'm right. :-)
Now keenly preparing for Kingdom Univesrity in Nordmark, collecting travel advice from locals, and sorting my outfit. After a long month, I'm really looking forward to this trip.
