In which LJ is not dead yet...
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halfshellvenusI was invited to join the_lj_revival, and added a bunch of new LJ friends as a result. If you still have an LJ account and miss livelier days over there, that community is a great place to start!
The warmer, sunny weather continues here (66oF is the expected high today), so I'll be bicycling this afternoon. But what I probably should be doing is reclaiming a mid-lawn flowerbed from the volunteer grass seeding and an encroachment of moss. The moss in particular has been making inroads in the last 6+ years, and we were gone for 3 of them (while the house was being rebuilt), so it has spread more than ever. Not sure of a good way to remove/kill it. Vinegar water didn't do much. One recommendation is baking soda, though I'm not sure how much the neighboring plants would enjoy that. :O
I recently finished watching Broadchurch on Netflix, and enjoyed it so much that I wish they'd managed more than just 3 seasons! I also watched The Other Wife on Acorn TV, mainly for the cast, and that was a wasted effort which just made me feel sad about Rupert Everett. :(
I first came across Rupert Everett in college, when Another Country came out. He was tall, dark-haired, handsome, brooding, and tortured, and I was absolutely smitten! I biked to the local arts theater to see that movie 3 or 4 times during its run:
He's in his mid-50's in The Other Wife, and it looks as if tragic plastic surgery or botox did awful things to his face. :( We don't stay young and beautiful forever, but I was unprepared for how badly he's aged.
OTOH, I searched Roku for other things he's in, and stumbled across St. Trinian's (Amazon Prime, free with ads). He plays two characters in it, one in drag and with dreadful false teeth, which wasn't at all what I'd hoped for. But the movie (a farce) was surprisingly fun! It's about an English girls' school of nearly-feral children, and their desperate ploys to fund the school's continued existence. Colin Firth is also in it (allowing for inside jokes about his roles in Another Country and Pride and Prejudice), as well as a pair of 9- or 10-year-old twins who look as if they've seen The Wars.
HalfshellHusband and our son and I all watched The Wrecking Crew (with Dave Bautista and Jason Momoa, on Amazon Prime), which was stupid fun. It's essentially an action-comedy. One of our son's friends said it reminded him of Liam Neeson's The Ice Road (Netflix), which is a retribution movie with unexpected dark comic touches. If you're looking for free, mindless fun, I recommend both.
And now it's time to pull it together and go biking before the day gets too late and I wind up riding into the sunset.
the_lj_revival, and added a bunch of new LJ friends as a result. If you still have an LJ account and miss livelier days over there, that community is a great place to start!The warmer, sunny weather continues here (66oF is the expected high today), so I'll be bicycling this afternoon. But what I probably should be doing is reclaiming a mid-lawn flowerbed from the volunteer grass seeding and an encroachment of moss. The moss in particular has been making inroads in the last 6+ years, and we were gone for 3 of them (while the house was being rebuilt), so it has spread more than ever. Not sure of a good way to remove/kill it. Vinegar water didn't do much. One recommendation is baking soda, though I'm not sure how much the neighboring plants would enjoy that. :O
I recently finished watching Broadchurch on Netflix, and enjoyed it so much that I wish they'd managed more than just 3 seasons! I also watched The Other Wife on Acorn TV, mainly for the cast, and that was a wasted effort which just made me feel sad about Rupert Everett. :(
I first came across Rupert Everett in college, when Another Country came out. He was tall, dark-haired, handsome, brooding, and tortured, and I was absolutely smitten! I biked to the local arts theater to see that movie 3 or 4 times during its run:
He's in his mid-50's in The Other Wife, and it looks as if tragic plastic surgery or botox did awful things to his face. :( We don't stay young and beautiful forever, but I was unprepared for how badly he's aged.
OTOH, I searched Roku for other things he's in, and stumbled across St. Trinian's (Amazon Prime, free with ads). He plays two characters in it, one in drag and with dreadful false teeth, which wasn't at all what I'd hoped for. But the movie (a farce) was surprisingly fun! It's about an English girls' school of nearly-feral children, and their desperate ploys to fund the school's continued existence. Colin Firth is also in it (allowing for inside jokes about his roles in Another Country and Pride and Prejudice), as well as a pair of 9- or 10-year-old twins who look as if they've seen The Wars.
HalfshellHusband and our son and I all watched The Wrecking Crew (with Dave Bautista and Jason Momoa, on Amazon Prime), which was stupid fun. It's essentially an action-comedy. One of our son's friends said it reminded him of Liam Neeson's The Ice Road (Netflix), which is a retribution movie with unexpected dark comic touches. If you're looking for free, mindless fun, I recommend both.
And now it's time to pull it together and go biking before the day gets too late and I wind up riding into the sunset.
