|
september is close Since I had spent the first three days of my work week arguing with my boss, it seemed only fair to me that Saturday night at work be calm and relaxing to offset that earlier stress. It was so slow in fact that I was almost able to watch all of Charlotte Gray. Yes, if I am going to get insulted at least once a week by my boss then I have every right to get paid to watch a movie at work. It almost balances out in my mind. Actually I was disappointed in myself for letting his words affect me as much as I had let them. Why should I let the words of a moron have any impact on my life? I also need to tell myself that I should be happy to have a job that pays fairly well when the economy is still in the toilet. I should also be happy that I have a job where I can do homework and focus on other more important aspects of my life. I just need to forget that my job is in most respects a dead end job that requires little thought. Positive needs to overshadow the negative and I think that I succeeded Saturday night Sunday morning at work. At last I felt free again when I left work this morning. The only disappointment of the evening was that I didn't get to spend any time with Nicole. When I briefly spoke with her on the phone she still sounded sick so I guess that I can understand why she seemed so distant. I know that I don't feel much like talking when I'm sick. ... Charlotte Gray was a nice contrast to the romantic comedy of Bridget Jones, which is what I wanted when I rented them. Instead of modern day London, the film took place in France during World War II. Instead of clever jokes there were moral questions of why a person fights in a war. I can't say that the plot of the movie was very original, but that didn't matter. I still loved the way that it was filmed. Both the costumes and the scenery were perfect. Something about the way that women dressed in the 1940's really appeals to me. The clothes may not be very revealing compared to the standards of today, but Cate Blanchett looked very erotic in the film. If I saw her dressed that way in person there would be no way that I could resist her. As for the scenery I also find it interesting to see something on the screen that reminds me of something that I've seen on my travels to Europe. Now I've never been to the south of France, but the chateau that was used in the film reminded me of some of the palaces that I've walked through in Europe, be it Germany and or Sweden. The long halls with room after room branching off from it was very familiar to me. There was another physical feature of the landscape shown in the film that I have yet to see in my travels. Even though they are scattered across a fair portion of Europe, I have yet to see an aqueduct. Something about them strikes me as odd. Oh, I understand the function behind them, but at the same time it seems strange to have what is essentially an aspect of plumbing be that large and a part of the landscape. The engineering behind building them always impresses me. ... After work I made my way over to visit with my parents for the day. They had had a hard week and my sister suggested that I go over and try to make their lives a little better. By the time that I left I think that I succeeded. ... Even though my niece has only seen Phantom Menace she is still a huge Star Wars fan, so when I arrived this morning I was was asked by her to play Star Wars with her. In just a matter of weeks her collection of figures has grown to over two dozen. This was done by my brother giving her his figures that he had had when he was little. Soon I was down on the floor with figures everywhere around me. My niece quickly found out that that was not a good idea, because I quickly fell asleep and woke hours later to find that she had moved on to something else. ... Plastic surgery is something that frightens me yet I still managed to sit through a small portion of a documentary on said topic. I just don't see how a person could be that unhappy with their body that they would elect to have someone cut them to correct it. I guess if it were something that would fix a medical issue than it would be acceptable, but the vanity of breast implants still eludes me. Even though it might sound dumb, I have yet to date a woman who's breasts disappointed me. ... The television show Alias is still my number one viewing choice on Sunday night and I am eagerly awaiting the season premiere next month. Obviously there is the Jennifer Garner factor to keep me glued to the screen, but I have to say that both the father and the C.I.A. handler are also very interesting to watch. All three of those actors are very talented and I've come to feel an attachment to their characters after seeing just a few episodes. For me the show is filled with very well written characters and I love to see them work their way through these complicated missions. Naturally the need for suspension of belief is high, but I find it much easier to stomach than any of the Austin Powers series which is on the other end of the spy spectrum. Actually I hate to even mention the two of them in the same paragraph. James Bond was in my mind always laughable if not a parody of itself, Alias isn't.
|