19xxxi. mother tongue
this was another insightful and thoroughly researched book on a pet topic of bill bryson's, the english language. i guess any book that he writes can be considered to be on a pet topic of his. in this case it was a very interesting look at the evolution of english and how it is the way it is now, the tussle across the atlantic etc etc. not even remotely boring for something that seems quite dense.
20xvii. also a while ago i did manage to finish watching the hurt locker. i liked it quite a lot, except for the shakiness of the hand-held, but that's a personal thing because i suck at that kind of stuff, i can definitely see how it added to the overall feel of the movie. in general i like intensity, i know others have said there is a significant lack of female characters but that didn't bother me because that wasn't the point, to have stereotypical romantic type interests or whatever. oscar-worthy? yeah, why not. i think inglourious basterds should have won original screenplay though, that was way more finely tuned to fantastic storytelling effect.
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