I just realised that I haven't posted anything for a while and I did have a wee panic last week that I'm going to get behind and not complete everything, so I've been checking the list and dates and things I need to save cash for etc.
But I've been off list too, maybe I'll call these things 'off-liste' as in 'off-piste'... I like it. Where was I?...I've been doing other things that I've never done before.
Ooh, I've got the boots, had them for a month or two now, but just haven't written anything because I don't have a photo of them yet. But what else, ooh, I gave Dad the voucher for his hot air balloon flight for his 60th birthday last week and he was so excited! it came attached to a helium balloon for added balloony effect, so we've booked it for May now, and I've got fingers and toes and everything crossed that the weather stays good on that day!
Books: I've finally got my copy of Mockingbird...actually that is photo-worthy because it's a beautiful edition. I'll do that later. But I haven't started reading it yet, I feel I should just sit down and do it in one rather than dragging it around in my handbag for days. But I read my first Evelyn Waugh - Decline and Fall - and it was funny, I enjoyed it but it was more of a handbag book than a bedtime read, and I need a break before I start on Vile Bodies. So I'm reading Love in the Time of Cholera just now - I got it as part of World Book Night and started it on the train last week and I'm enchanted! I remember struggling to get into One Hundred Year of Solitude so I was expecting this to be the same, but it is compelling reading and lovely lyrical writing. It's also kind of dreamy with an undertone of love having all kinds of negative aspects too so it appeals to my slight cynicism.
Movies: I had my first Marx brothers movie night at the weekend! I can't believe I've reached 29 without seeing any of their films, shocking. So I turned off my phone, dimmed the lights, popped the corn and settled down to a double-bill of Duck Soup and Monkey Business and I laughed more than I have laughed in ages!!! Man does Groucho talk fast though! it's defo going to take a few goes to have really seen it properly :) and he has some amazing one-liners, and Harpo's physical stuff is hilarious. So I'll be trying A Night at the Opera next.
And to honour the passing of the greatness of Elizabeth Taylor I'll be having Elizabeth Taylor movie night next weekend.
Work: I'm judging my first ever moot tonight. And my second one - both of the semi-finals. Should be interesting.
So lots of firsts, and I'm loving it :)
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