I've had an unusually constructive weekend, depending as usual on your definition of constructive. Much pop culture has been consumed, anyway.
Books read:
White Night by Jim Butcher. New Dresden, yay! And very good it is too. I must get the rest of my Dresden Files books back and reread them.
Films watched:
Spaceballs (pretty funny, but slightly over the top acting even for the genre)
Blazing Saddles (hee! I'd never sought it out because the only clip I ever saw was the fart joke, but it has smart satire too!)
South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut (Ah, I hadn't watched this for far too long. I'd forgotten how fantastic most of the songs are.)
Sweeney Todd (hurray! I loved it, although I'm not sure I'll listen to the soundtrack that much. AND I spotted Anthony Head's very brief cameo and then convinced myself I'd probably imagined it. I thought it looked beautiful, even the gore, which was very comic book.)
Comedy watched:
An Audience With Billy Connolly (classic, obviously)
Mark Thomas: Serious Organised Criminal (the DVD of the first half of the show I saw him do last year, about the fun he's had playing with the law regarding protesting within a mile of Westminster. Still hilarious, even if it doesn't quite capture his stage presence.)
Bands seen:
The Twilight Sad (very noisy, sort of Arab Strap-py, but more tuneful. I think I like them better on CD, but to be fair, the frontman seemed very wasted...)
Camera Obscura (great music; got the distinct impression the singer didn't really want to be there, but apparently that's normal. I loved the percussionist who had at least a dozen different instruments.)
This week I am at a TUC course on how to be a union health and safety rep. No internet access, woe! Started off deadly dull, but seems to be improving. Slightly. And I do approve of work days that are 9am to 3.30 or 4pm, and incorporate two 25-minute coffee breaks and a 45-minute lunch break.
Books read:
White Night by Jim Butcher. New Dresden, yay! And very good it is too. I must get the rest of my Dresden Files books back and reread them.
Films watched:
Spaceballs (pretty funny, but slightly over the top acting even for the genre)
Blazing Saddles (hee! I'd never sought it out because the only clip I ever saw was the fart joke, but it has smart satire too!)
South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut (Ah, I hadn't watched this for far too long. I'd forgotten how fantastic most of the songs are.)
Sweeney Todd (hurray! I loved it, although I'm not sure I'll listen to the soundtrack that much. AND I spotted Anthony Head's very brief cameo and then convinced myself I'd probably imagined it. I thought it looked beautiful, even the gore, which was very comic book.)
Comedy watched:
An Audience With Billy Connolly (classic, obviously)
Mark Thomas: Serious Organised Criminal (the DVD of the first half of the show I saw him do last year, about the fun he's had playing with the law regarding protesting within a mile of Westminster. Still hilarious, even if it doesn't quite capture his stage presence.)
Bands seen:
The Twilight Sad (very noisy, sort of Arab Strap-py, but more tuneful. I think I like them better on CD, but to be fair, the frontman seemed very wasted...)
Camera Obscura (great music; got the distinct impression the singer didn't really want to be there, but apparently that's normal. I loved the percussionist who had at least a dozen different instruments.)
This week I am at a TUC course on how to be a union health and safety rep. No internet access, woe! Started off deadly dull, but seems to be improving. Slightly. And I do approve of work days that are 9am to 3.30 or 4pm, and incorporate two 25-minute coffee breaks and a 45-minute lunch break.
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