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Feb. 6th, 2012 07:43 pmI've strained a muscle in my left arm. I have no clue how - in my sleep, maybe as I first noticed it hurting on Saturday morning. I thought a couple of days rest would sort it but I really felt it at the gym today. Not agony, but enough to slow me down on the equipment where I'm using those muscles. Anyhow, I had a chat with the trainer and I'm just going to skip those machines on the circuit this week and see how it goes. Annoying, as two of those are my favourites.
I saw two movies this weekend.
Man on a Ledge which is pretty much what it says on the tin. Refreshingly non-sexist (one scene of gratuitous stripping aside) and well made. I understand they didn't green-screen it, so SW really was on that ledge for big chunks of the filming. I mean, obviously with a ton of safety equipment, but still, that's impressive. That aside, though, it's got very few surprises and is pretty generic. Recommended if you're into the heist genre, otherwise wait for the DVD.
The other movie of the week was Young Adult. Now, this had two elements that guaranteed I was going to love it: it's written by Diablo Cody and it stars Charlize Theron. Diablo Cody wrote Jennifer's Body which I loved and also Juno and TV series United States of Tara which I enjoyed a lot. Charlize Theron is sexy as hell, but I love that she isn't afraid to make herself ugly on film. The combo...bound to be good, right?
Well, I wasn't disappointed. CT plays Mavis Gary, an author of Young Adult novels and functioning alcoholic, who gets it into her head to go break up the marriage of her high school boyfriend when she gets the announcement of the birth of their child. The story unfolds with a subtlety I haven't seen before from Diablo Cody. ( Spoilers! ) Billed as 'dark comedy' it's certainly not rom-com, but does have some of those elements. Well worth the price of admission.
This week I hope to find time to make carrot cake. It's a wee bit of an experiment - I figure if I halve the quantities in the recipie I can bake it in my loaf tin. I'll have to be careful about time in the oven; I'm not sure how long it'll take with half the quantity but I think it'll work.
Oh, hey, I got caught up on SPN. The last few eps weren't bad...definitely an improvement on most of this season. Although I think it says all I need to about my dying love for the show that in this week's ep I was really, really rooting for the Amazon kid to have the balls to kill him. Or at least to survive the ep so she could have another try.
Um, anyone out there read spoilers? I'm just curious - are they planning to bring back Castiel at the end of the season or something? The way he keeps showing up in the "previously on..." segments makes me wonder.
Writing-wise I finally cracked the Christmas segment in my current WIP, so hopefully I can post the next chapter soon. It needs a bit of revision first, though. Thanks to everyone who is reading...it's good to know you guys are out there :)
Work is busy; I handed in drafts of two sets of analysis today but neither is finished. Hopefully I can top-and-tail them this week and hopefully I won't get a high-level presentation dumped on me again this time! I did my first event in our Titchfield office last week...six hours travel for two hours of work hardly seems worth it, and I definitely need to brush up on my facilitation skills. But it was quite successful. Next event is next Wednesday...why do these things always end up being on the day I like to leave early???
I saw two movies this weekend.
Man on a Ledge which is pretty much what it says on the tin. Refreshingly non-sexist (one scene of gratuitous stripping aside) and well made. I understand they didn't green-screen it, so SW really was on that ledge for big chunks of the filming. I mean, obviously with a ton of safety equipment, but still, that's impressive. That aside, though, it's got very few surprises and is pretty generic. Recommended if you're into the heist genre, otherwise wait for the DVD.
The other movie of the week was Young Adult. Now, this had two elements that guaranteed I was going to love it: it's written by Diablo Cody and it stars Charlize Theron. Diablo Cody wrote Jennifer's Body which I loved and also Juno and TV series United States of Tara which I enjoyed a lot. Charlize Theron is sexy as hell, but I love that she isn't afraid to make herself ugly on film. The combo...bound to be good, right?
Well, I wasn't disappointed. CT plays Mavis Gary, an author of Young Adult novels and functioning alcoholic, who gets it into her head to go break up the marriage of her high school boyfriend when she gets the announcement of the birth of their child. The story unfolds with a subtlety I haven't seen before from Diablo Cody. ( Spoilers! ) Billed as 'dark comedy' it's certainly not rom-com, but does have some of those elements. Well worth the price of admission.
This week I hope to find time to make carrot cake. It's a wee bit of an experiment - I figure if I halve the quantities in the recipie I can bake it in my loaf tin. I'll have to be careful about time in the oven; I'm not sure how long it'll take with half the quantity but I think it'll work.
Oh, hey, I got caught up on SPN. The last few eps weren't bad...definitely an improvement on most of this season. Although I think it says all I need to about my dying love for the show that in this week's ep I was really, really rooting for the Amazon kid to have the balls to kill him. Or at least to survive the ep so she could have another try.
Um, anyone out there read spoilers? I'm just curious - are they planning to bring back Castiel at the end of the season or something? The way he keeps showing up in the "previously on..." segments makes me wonder.
Writing-wise I finally cracked the Christmas segment in my current WIP, so hopefully I can post the next chapter soon. It needs a bit of revision first, though. Thanks to everyone who is reading...it's good to know you guys are out there :)
Work is busy; I handed in drafts of two sets of analysis today but neither is finished. Hopefully I can top-and-tail them this week and hopefully I won't get a high-level presentation dumped on me again this time! I did my first event in our Titchfield office last week...six hours travel for two hours of work hardly seems worth it, and I definitely need to brush up on my facilitation skills. But it was quite successful. Next event is next Wednesday...why do these things always end up being on the day I like to leave early???
