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Dec. 22nd, 2005 01:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hathycolI am a Bad Person and forgot to do this earlier.
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amchau, doddlebot and tashmania for the cards that turned up at home. I will still not send out cards because I am a lazy fuck who can't quite believe it's Christmas and as such is hopelessly unprepared. Sorry, all.
Also, I think I have to apologise to my mother. Okay, it came with conditions ("you have to cook for the next two days, you have to stick to my diet plan whilst doing it, and also he has to come in for five minutes and meet your grandfather") but I was actually permitted out of the house. Felt a little bad, as Grandad has barely turned up, but there we are. Went to see King Kong instead, which was rather fantastic. When I was tiny, my Dad made me watch the original of that film every time it came on TV. He thinks it is one of the greatest films of all time, and shamelssly fancies the pants off Fay Wray. Why? I do not know. He was born in 1958. However, it meant I rather knew what was going to happen and I was still impressed.
Extended but extended in a good way, I think. I loved all the stuff on the ship, and I liked the way they changed the character of Jack Driscoll in particular. Big kudos to Naomi Watts, as well - she was really believeable and screamed like a trooper, which is the main qualification for the part, I think. Kong himself was heart-breaking, which is a good thing. Particularly the stuff in Central Park, may I add. All the actors were superb, to be honest - and go Jamie Bell! For about three seconds I forgot he was Billy Elliot and that is impressive!
Disliked the bit with the insects intensely. I actually can't cope with stuff that scuttles and especially stuff that's SO DAMNED BIG. In the end I sort of cowered in my seat and refused to open my eyes. The noises were bad enough, let me tell you.
Liked the dinosaurs. Scary biscuits in a good way, not a 'COWERING IN TERROR' way.
I liked it. And they kept the line at the end! Which is always a good thing.
I'm hungry as I woke up at about midday. I need to sandwich. I also need to put credit on my phone, but Ormskirk is such a long walk, and it's not like I can justify it by going to get cheese as well.
Also! You want to nab for over the holidays, I think I have an open diary after 27th (which is training? I think? Confirm for me, someone?) so if you want to nab me, I'd do so quickly. I'm debating going back to uni around New Years, so... I'd make it quick. I know I'm promised tohammer_strike, flickerswitch and sevenhelz, so... oh gosh, it's nice to feel popular.
And now I think I'm going to go and watch Firefly. I have three episodes to work through, still, but I've been putting it off because I don't want it to end.
Also. I have loved this song for months now and dance like a crazy person to it, often behind the wheel of a car which must be terrifying to behold as I groove on down whilst zipping down the motorway. Everyone else has NEVER HEARD OF IT or alternatively hates it and I do not know why. It it by Braund Reynolds and called Rocket (A Natural Gambler) and YOU SHOULD ALL HAVE IT IN YOUR LIFE AND GET YOUR FUNKY GROOVE ON TO IT. Seriously, they don't even play it on nights out, and that makes me sad. Oh well. The radio likes it and plays it every show, so that's okay. But go! Go and find it!
~Hathy_Col~
Thank you to
amchau, doddlebot and tashmania for the cards that turned up at home. I will still not send out cards because I am a lazy fuck who can't quite believe it's Christmas and as such is hopelessly unprepared. Sorry, all.Also, I think I have to apologise to my mother. Okay, it came with conditions ("you have to cook for the next two days, you have to stick to my diet plan whilst doing it, and also he has to come in for five minutes and meet your grandfather") but I was actually permitted out of the house. Felt a little bad, as Grandad has barely turned up, but there we are. Went to see King Kong instead, which was rather fantastic. When I was tiny, my Dad made me watch the original of that film every time it came on TV. He thinks it is one of the greatest films of all time, and shamelssly fancies the pants off Fay Wray. Why? I do not know. He was born in 1958. However, it meant I rather knew what was going to happen and I was still impressed.
Extended but extended in a good way, I think. I loved all the stuff on the ship, and I liked the way they changed the character of Jack Driscoll in particular. Big kudos to Naomi Watts, as well - she was really believeable and screamed like a trooper, which is the main qualification for the part, I think. Kong himself was heart-breaking, which is a good thing. Particularly the stuff in Central Park, may I add. All the actors were superb, to be honest - and go Jamie Bell! For about three seconds I forgot he was Billy Elliot and that is impressive!
Disliked the bit with the insects intensely. I actually can't cope with stuff that scuttles and especially stuff that's SO DAMNED BIG. In the end I sort of cowered in my seat and refused to open my eyes. The noises were bad enough, let me tell you.
Liked the dinosaurs. Scary biscuits in a good way, not a 'COWERING IN TERROR' way.
I liked it. And they kept the line at the end! Which is always a good thing.
I'm hungry as I woke up at about midday. I need to sandwich. I also need to put credit on my phone, but Ormskirk is such a long walk, and it's not like I can justify it by going to get cheese as well.
Also! You want to nab for over the holidays, I think I have an open diary after 27th (which is training? I think? Confirm for me, someone?) so if you want to nab me, I'd do so quickly. I'm debating going back to uni around New Years, so... I'd make it quick. I know I'm promised to
hammer_strike, flickerswitch and sevenhelz, so... oh gosh, it's nice to feel popular.And now I think I'm going to go and watch Firefly. I have three episodes to work through, still, but I've been putting it off because I don't want it to end.
Also. I have loved this song for months now and dance like a crazy person to it, often behind the wheel of a car which must be terrifying to behold as I groove on down whilst zipping down the motorway. Everyone else has NEVER HEARD OF IT or alternatively hates it and I do not know why. It it by Braund Reynolds and called Rocket (A Natural Gambler) and YOU SHOULD ALL HAVE IT IN YOUR LIFE AND GET YOUR FUNKY GROOVE ON TO IT. Seriously, they don't even play it on nights out, and that makes me sad. Oh well. The radio likes it and plays it every show, so that's okay. But go! Go and find it!
~Hathy_Col~
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Date: 2005-12-22 03:11 pm (UTC)See you there I hope.
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Date: 2005-12-22 03:24 pm (UTC)i'm thinking the 28th or 29th is probably good for me. the 27th is my birthday on which i may or may not be seeing my boyfriend and then may or may not be going to the theatre with my family in the evening, but if that last one does in fact happen then you are welcome to invite yourself. saying that, i have no idea what, if anything, is actually on, so lets just give up and put our heads back under the covers like the ill bunnies we are.
or maybe that's just me. i have no plans for anything, i'm invited to about sixteen places for new years and have no idea what i want to do, and while i would like to see you there are obvious how/when/what problems and i'm far too ill to think them through. poke me at the weekend and i might have a better answer for you.
xx
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Date: 2005-12-22 03:56 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-12-23 08:26 am (UTC)