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handful_ofdust ([personal profile] handful_ofdust) wrote2009-09-08 09:16 am
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Three Days On

So, yeah: Labour Day. On which there was labour, but not that kind. I spent the long weekend, predictably, doing little except the usual round of chores and Cal-looking-after. Made a few notes, thought about various shit, saw some films (Green Lantern: First Flight, Ed Brubaker's Angel of Death (starring Zoe Bell) and State of Play, if you're wondering). According to my list, I'm now up over 161 books read in 2009, so at some point I should probably post a list of the best stuff thus far, with brief annotations. "Should", ha ha.

But today is also Day One (and only, per week) for Cal at Senior Kindergarten, which means I really need to get my ass in gear and lay some pipe before I have to go ferry him over to Surrey Place (then rush back here and lay more pipe, etcetera). Time's a-tickin'.

Oh, man. Where's that damn Tommyknockers machine that lets you simply dream an entire novel in beautiful first draft prose when you need it, anyhow? As I recall, it also heated your water, and maybe made you coffee at the same time. Screw you for teasing me, Stephen King.
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[personal profile] sovay 2009-09-08 03:40 pm (UTC)(link)
How did you like State of Play and/or have you seen the British original? I have seen neither, but am currently curious about both.

[identity profile] jackal-lies.livejournal.com 2009-09-09 07:12 am (UTC)(link)
I desperately wanted to see State Of Play when it came out. Sadly, it did badly at the box office which made me worry about the state of smart political films in the future. Can I ask who the other half of Reverend Rook is? And on the the Tommyknocker machines, they were great for some things but as I remember the female protagonist (read the book a while ago) ended up looking like a skeleton and being taken over by the Tommyknockers. If you could have the technology without the aliens though, we'd all be happy.

[identity profile] jackal-lies.livejournal.com 2009-09-10 07:29 am (UTC)(link)
Ben might try in a really, really desperate situation. He'd be trying to mantain total eye contact and using his most compelling/believe-me-goddamnit voice, but one of his eyesbrows would be twitching like crazy. "Dan, I'm a good man. I am. Don't look at me like that. I saved your life all those times. 'Member?" And Dan would be gazing at him in horror, and Charlie would be just looking sad and pissy in the background.
I'm sure he's convinced people who've only known him for a short period of time before anyway.
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