onward.
19(xxiii) the red pony, john steinbeck
this guy, he likes disappointment and having people not live up to expectations. and inflicting this experience on children.
xxiv. the moon is down, john steinbeck
so very different to every other steinbeck work i've read, it reminded me of camus' 'the plague' (i just typed and retyped plaque like 5 times just then) but farcical. in a people are dying but we don't even know them kind of way. no mention of any ranches or dry fields of salinas, without any true localising description at all. therefore seemed a little strange to me, steinbeck has always seemed more a human nature through geography and dialect rather than pure human nature in extenuating circumstances type. maybe i am completely wrong, not sure i even make sense.
all the short novels by steinbeck were in one handy volume but then i had to return it to the library, so.
20(xiv) precious
totally forgot to write about this movie, it was pretty good! i liked the balance of the fun against the very low lows, and the performances were fantastic across the board. i usually will point out bad things over good things but i had zero complaints about this movie. it was less depressing than i expected but i think compared to most people i see or have seen a lot a lot of depressing weird shit.
xv. caspar the friendly ghost
aw this is clearly a rewatch because i used to watch this all the time. it used to be on tv quite a lot as well, maybe it should make a comeback over 'love, actually' or whatever other crappy apocalypse dribble gets replayed every 2 months. i almost expected to be disappointed by my nostalgia but it didn't happen! still as cute as ever, and much less dumbed down and slapstick than most kids' movies are these days.
hmm, have a picture of caspar-like fat cheeks:
Oh I don't know Mon... sounds like you're doing a lot of things.
ReplyDeleteAll I do is chat to people on MSN, work, sleep, look up new things to cook/bake, talk on the phone, look forward to the weekend.
That's pretty much it.