Tuesday, November 25, 2003

Before I forget to remember :D
Thank you Solo and Charma for the kind words, you truly made my … morning *lol*

If anyone feels like recommending my hand to be worthy of Mitch to Mitch himself, feel free to do so :)
And I promise I’ll try to get around listening to those Tool songs ^_^

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So what did I do yesterday ?
Well, I went to the library *shock horror faint* and searched for this book I read every year or so. So far I’ve only read it in Swedish, but I figured that it’d be good to read the original version (English) so I asked if it was possible to get my hands on it.
It took the librarian a couple of tries, but he found 2 copies of it. However I don’t know if I’ll be able to lend any of them, since they might not be a part of the "lending community". And even if I do end up borrowing it, there’s no guarantee that I’ll come round to actually reading it. *lol* It’s been 1 year since I last read anything, mainly because my mind tends to spin whenever I concentrate too hard on a piece of text.

Whoops, I forgot to say what book it is.
"Tale of Time City" by Diana Wynne Jones (I think that’s the correct spelling of her name). Apparently she’s written more books, but this is the only one that’s caught my attention. It’ll be interesting to see (if I do get the chance) how it does in English.

I also went to see the Doctor. My dad drove me and I figured I had the route down by now (I've been there 3 times).
WRONG…
I completely missed where we were supposed to get off the highway and within seconds my dad was sighing like a dead man’s last breath. His blown-out-of-proportion reaction only made my confusion worse, so I had no idea where we were in the end.
After a while dad finally stopped the car and I got, knowing I could find the place if I had some peace and quiet replace his obnoxious behavior.

15 minutes too late I arrived at the reception, and he still had one patient before me. That’s the last time I ever ask my dad to drive me anywhere. I’d much rather take the bus.

I was told nothing new. It’ll still take me a YEAR and a half to get anywhere near as "healthy" as I was before I got sick. It could probably be done faster, but that would mean a shock for the body and might results in a backlash of major implications. So I take things one step at a time. He also recommended that I go to some sunny country for a couple of months, because apparently my need for sunlight is "exceptionally high". Boy, do I feel special ~_^

I am getting better though. Just not as fast as I’d like to. *shrug*

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Tv series I miss to watch:

“The Pretender” – in the beginning I got hooked on it because it reminded me of McGyver (what was his first name again ? … ANGUS !) that ran in the 80’s, I think. Genius guy solves problems with his.. geniusness *lol*
Although Pretender is probably more serious than McGyver. Jarod is after all continuously hunted and is trying to make a mends for things he unknowingly helped develop at The Centre.
McGyver was a bit more playfull and harmless. But good fun to watch :)

Michael Weisz (spelling?) played Jarod marvelously in the series and Broots, Miss Parker and Sydney were marvelous as "supporting" actors. But I have no idea what happened in the movie they made. The "spirit/soul" of Jarod (and pretty much everyone else, besides Broots) was gone and the acting felt forced.


"Homicide – life on the street" – Daniel Baldwin was in the first season or so, if my memory doesn’t fail me. I missed those episodes, unfortunately, and didn’t start to follow it properly until after his characters death.
I loved the details of the series, such as the notice board. Where they put all the murdered names in black and if they were ever solved they were written in red (or was it the other way around ?).
There were many names that implicated "failure" and thereby mirrored reality, in the way that there are so many cases that don’t get solved. Closure is a rare thing. And even if the responsible person is caught, the dead are still dead.
It was never a happy show, nor was it really pitch-black. It felt real and the actors were astounding. I have no idea of how it actually plays out on a real Homicide department, but this felt close to what I’d imagines it to be.

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Question ?
"It’s been said that the wider a woman’s hips are, the more likely she is to give birth to boys."

uhm... *lol* I won't have to give that much further thought. I don't plan on bearing a child anytime soon *g*

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Take care all you wonderful people !

- Mimmi

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