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Dec. 24th, 2023 09:21 pm1. Decided not to brave the wilds to go to church for their five o'clock mass. It's a gloomy, drab day. And walking out in it felt like walking through soiled socks. Just depressing. No sun. No snow. Just kind of a mud colored gray, with everything looking drab and dead. Leaves that hadn't quite fallen from the trees, drooping from them, half dead, a mottled yellow.
I hate this time of year in the City - it's depressing. When and if I retire - I'm going somewhere else. That's why everything is lit up. Super's went nuts with my apartment complex.
Did watch the five o'clock candle-lit service on FB. (It was better in previous years). This year they went on and on about Maryam - or Mirrium, who gave birth to Mohammad, the Islamic version of Jesus, who was a "messenger" of God or a prophet. ( Read more... )
2. Saw two films today...
A Star is Born with Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson - which I kept going to sleep during. This is not a good movie. Wales has horrid taste in films. I'm sorry, she does. Shhh...don't tell her.
Kris Kristofferson was miscast. ( Read more... )
I don't understand Wales' taste. She loves this piece of crap, but can't stand the Wizard of Oz or Meet Me in St. Louis. She also loves Gone with the Wind. But not, Lawrence of Arabia.
And she refused to see Oppenheimer.
3. Nyad - starring Annette Bening, Jodie Foster, and Rhys Ifans. The cast is excellent. I saw it for the cast. Those three - I'd watch read the phone book together.
I honestly think the movie works because of the cast. It's about Diana Nyad who is the open water swimmer that is the first woman to swim the English Channel, around Manhattan, from the Bahammas to Florida. And when she was in her 60s, swam the 110 miles from Cuba to Key West (which was a controversial swim, since she claimed she was unassisted initially - and in truth she had a team of forty people around her, and was assisted throughout.) That swim is impossible otherwise. And the film does a very good job of laying out the reasons why. ( Read more... )
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4.Took a brief walk to The Lofty Pigeons Book Store - to see the party, it was low-key, alcohol served, along with cookies and water. I partook of the water. Didn't buy anything. Did that previously. And stopped off at the liquor store to get brandy for my eggnog.
It's very depressing outside.
Came home. Turned on the Christmas Lights. Called mother. She's doing fine.
Keeping herself busy, and doesn't appear to be missing me too much.
Oh, and niece states that it is snowing where she is - in Oregon. Which is good, because that means she may be able to finally work as a ski-lift operator, and make some money. I wanted a white Christmas too - but alas, I have a drab one, with rain expected next week. It is a wet year, but alas, also a warm one.
I hate this time of year in the City - it's depressing. When and if I retire - I'm going somewhere else. That's why everything is lit up. Super's went nuts with my apartment complex.
Did watch the five o'clock candle-lit service on FB. (It was better in previous years). This year they went on and on about Maryam - or Mirrium, who gave birth to Mohammad, the Islamic version of Jesus, who was a "messenger" of God or a prophet. ( Read more... )
2. Saw two films today...
A Star is Born with Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson - which I kept going to sleep during. This is not a good movie. Wales has horrid taste in films. I'm sorry, she does. Shhh...don't tell her.
Kris Kristofferson was miscast. ( Read more... )
I don't understand Wales' taste. She loves this piece of crap, but can't stand the Wizard of Oz or Meet Me in St. Louis. She also loves Gone with the Wind. But not, Lawrence of Arabia.
And she refused to see Oppenheimer.
3. Nyad - starring Annette Bening, Jodie Foster, and Rhys Ifans. The cast is excellent. I saw it for the cast. Those three - I'd watch read the phone book together.
I honestly think the movie works because of the cast. It's about Diana Nyad who is the open water swimmer that is the first woman to swim the English Channel, around Manhattan, from the Bahammas to Florida. And when she was in her 60s, swam the 110 miles from Cuba to Key West (which was a controversial swim, since she claimed she was unassisted initially - and in truth she had a team of forty people around her, and was assisted throughout.) That swim is impossible otherwise. And the film does a very good job of laying out the reasons why. ( Read more... )
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4.Took a brief walk to The Lofty Pigeons Book Store - to see the party, it was low-key, alcohol served, along with cookies and water. I partook of the water. Didn't buy anything. Did that previously. And stopped off at the liquor store to get brandy for my eggnog.
It's very depressing outside.
Came home. Turned on the Christmas Lights. Called mother. She's doing fine.
Keeping herself busy, and doesn't appear to be missing me too much.
Oh, and niece states that it is snowing where she is - in Oregon. Which is good, because that means she may be able to finally work as a ski-lift operator, and make some money. I wanted a white Christmas too - but alas, I have a drab one, with rain expected next week. It is a wet year, but alas, also a warm one.