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waitingmanOops... time got away from me last night & I forgot to update... You can all stop holding your breath now
An odd Valentine's Day really... I had an interview in the City, which has yielded another one today. Then the Loved One & I had lunch at a pub at Circular Quay, before I rode the ferry back to Manly &, eventually, the bus home
The Loved One had to work last night, so no candle-lit dinner or romantic post-prandial strolls on moonlit beaches (it rained last night anyway... Hope none of you Lovebirds out there caught a cold!!). As it turned out, the beef & Guinness pie I had for lunch was substantial enough to tide me over dinnertime anyway. A visit from my Father, who wanted to escape Downton Abbey at his place... He arrived carrying a DVD of the original True Grit ~ the John Wayne one... Unfortunately, I saw the Coen Bros remake with Jeff Bridges last year & couldn't help comparing the two. John Wayne was actually pretty good in his ~ seems he finally learned how to act in his last few movies ~ but Glen Campbell was hammy & awkward. Robert Duvall fared better, but was the victim of 'Stage Musical'-style wardrobe, way too clean cut to be a villain on the run. The girl who played Matty Ross was good, but a little annoying. In the end I actually wanted her to suffer the fate Matty does in the new, closer-to-the-book version (Spoiler:~ she doesn't), whereas when it happened in the new movie, it was a shocking heartstring-puller because her character is better written & better acted...
Into town after midnight to collect the Loved One from work, then back home & zzzzzzzzzzz
Now, which tie shall I wear?
An odd Valentine's Day really... I had an interview in the City, which has yielded another one today. Then the Loved One & I had lunch at a pub at Circular Quay, before I rode the ferry back to Manly &, eventually, the bus home
The Loved One had to work last night, so no candle-lit dinner or romantic post-prandial strolls on moonlit beaches (it rained last night anyway... Hope none of you Lovebirds out there caught a cold!!). As it turned out, the beef & Guinness pie I had for lunch was substantial enough to tide me over dinnertime anyway. A visit from my Father, who wanted to escape Downton Abbey at his place... He arrived carrying a DVD of the original True Grit ~ the John Wayne one... Unfortunately, I saw the Coen Bros remake with Jeff Bridges last year & couldn't help comparing the two. John Wayne was actually pretty good in his ~ seems he finally learned how to act in his last few movies ~ but Glen Campbell was hammy & awkward. Robert Duvall fared better, but was the victim of 'Stage Musical'-style wardrobe, way too clean cut to be a villain on the run. The girl who played Matty Ross was good, but a little annoying. In the end I actually wanted her to suffer the fate Matty does in the new, closer-to-the-book version (Spoiler:~ she doesn't), whereas when it happened in the new movie, it was a shocking heartstring-puller because her character is better written & better acted...
Into town after midnight to collect the Loved One from work, then back home & zzzzzzzzzzz
Now, which tie shall I wear?
