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callistotoniI appreciate the good thoughts.
I'm still sick. I spent most of today in bed. I can't tell if it's the cold meds or the illness that's knocking me out; probably a combination of the two.
I tried to read some work stuff, but I couldn't concentrate. I can't even sew--even handwork--my mind is in such a fog.
Luckily I was able to get Deb to ride Brandee today, and Deb agreed to turn Jokie out tomorrow, so I have another day I can stay home.
Bleh. Work can't be happy about this...
What I have been able to do is watch movies. Watched Lilo and Stitch, which is a movie I am very fond of. Before y'all dismiss it as a Disney movie, let me tell you that it is as un-Disney as you can imagine. If you haven't seen it, you might want to give it a chance. No one in authority was paying attention when they made Lilo and Stitch, really: a combination of space aliens, Hawaiians, Elvis, a very twisted little girl, and an ex-CIA/Man in Black social worker. And a very touching message for those of us that have had to cobble together our "families": "it's little and it's broken, but it's still good". :-)
Also watched most of A Man For All Seasons. One of the best written movies for dialog, IMHO. And the issues it deals with are still thought-provoking, almost 40 years after it was made: The idea of the Rule of Law, what happens when that Rule is ignored by a buracracy that finds it inconvient ("This isn't Spain, this is England!"); More's comment to Norfolk about whether there is something in him that is not just a servant of appetites, but is pure him. And the look of the movie holds up, despite somethings that look dated (some unfortunate lame, but they were going for the cloth of gold look; some hair peeking out from headdresses looking rather '60s-ish.) Truely a classic movie; check it out if you haven't seen it.
I'm still sick. I spent most of today in bed. I can't tell if it's the cold meds or the illness that's knocking me out; probably a combination of the two.
I tried to read some work stuff, but I couldn't concentrate. I can't even sew--even handwork--my mind is in such a fog.
Luckily I was able to get Deb to ride Brandee today, and Deb agreed to turn Jokie out tomorrow, so I have another day I can stay home.
Bleh. Work can't be happy about this...
What I have been able to do is watch movies. Watched Lilo and Stitch, which is a movie I am very fond of. Before y'all dismiss it as a Disney movie, let me tell you that it is as un-Disney as you can imagine. If you haven't seen it, you might want to give it a chance. No one in authority was paying attention when they made Lilo and Stitch, really: a combination of space aliens, Hawaiians, Elvis, a very twisted little girl, and an ex-CIA/Man in Black social worker. And a very touching message for those of us that have had to cobble together our "families": "it's little and it's broken, but it's still good". :-)
Also watched most of A Man For All Seasons. One of the best written movies for dialog, IMHO. And the issues it deals with are still thought-provoking, almost 40 years after it was made: The idea of the Rule of Law, what happens when that Rule is ignored by a buracracy that finds it inconvient ("This isn't Spain, this is England!"); More's comment to Norfolk about whether there is something in him that is not just a servant of appetites, but is pure him. And the look of the movie holds up, despite somethings that look dated (some unfortunate lame, but they were going for the cloth of gold look; some hair peeking out from headdresses looking rather '60s-ish.) Truely a classic movie; check it out if you haven't seen it.
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Date: 2005-11-03 05:45 am (UTC)Keep taking care of yourself!
(Shall I let
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Date: 2005-11-03 05:55 am (UTC)Boy, you are fast. You must have written this as I was adding the movie stuff!
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Date: 2005-11-03 08:01 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-11-03 02:37 pm (UTC)The movies: Lilo and Stich -- what's not to like? The one thing about the family sentiments -- while touching, it's not done in a smarmy way like lots of "family movies" are these days.
A Man for All Seasons. Good stuff. The one that beats it for my money though is Lion in Winter. "We all have knives, it's the 13th century and we're all barbarians ..." (paraphrased because I can't remember the exact wording) the dialog in that movie is just plan amazing.
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Date: 2005-11-03 04:17 pm (UTC)Re: Ask and ye shall receive
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Date: 2005-11-04 03:23 am (UTC)I like Lilo and Stitch for all the same reasons you listed, plus one more: the luscious watercolor backgrounds, which Disney had not done since Pinocchio.
...and A Man For All Seasons is my favorite movie ever. Every bit of it. Sure there are inaccuracies, a couple of minor costume foobs, but the words are true and they always will be. Sigh.