A good Sunday...

[fajrdrako]

A long day, a busy day, a quite wonderful day.

First, I headed out at 6.30 a.m. and walked from the Glebe to South Keys. I'm not sure how many miles it is - it took me a little over an hour each way. I was tickled. I thought it would take twice that time. Now I know! It was a beautiful sunny cool day, just right for that kind of walking.

I read a chapter or two of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban to Marcelle and maboroshimaki, sitting on maboroshimaki's balcony with her budgies singing happily. That was fun.

Beulah came over and we watched The Tales of Hoffmann. I'd been listening to the music a few weeks ago and now know it pretty well - but hadn't read a detailed synopsis of the story, and only understood about one third of the sung French. Seeing it as a film made the story clear - and hearing it sung in English was a real shock! I loved the staging, the costuming, the strangeness of it - and many scenes reminded me of the Halloween masquerade in Van Helsing yesterday - my latest reference, I guess, for shows with costumes, capes, masks and make-up.

After that we watched Love Actually, which I loved - my favourite theme was the Liam Neeson plot, but Alan Rickman was great, and Keira Knightly, and the wonderful story about Bill Nighy, and.... heck, I just totally enjoyed the whole thing, even Colin Firth, and I never thought that was something I would ever say.

Comments

[chinae.livejournal.com]

Hey, great minds think alike. I watch Love Actually this weekened and it really was a sweet movie. In particular I love the Hugh Grant character, especially as he blasted the US policies.

:)

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Yes - I loved it that he stood up to the annoying American President after he'd caught him fondling Natalie. That was delicious!