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Drops on rocks fall fast and fleeting
Feb. 6th, 2022 03:35 pmThe weather this weekend has been miserable. I got completely drenched by deluges of rain both today and Friday morning when walking out to the swimming pool, and had to walk home in soaking wet clothes and shoes. However, freezing horizontal rain does at least make for a cosy setting in which to snuggle up at home, cooking, reading, and watching TV.
I've finished two books and am on the verge of starting another, Matthias and I have had various different sports playing on TV in the background (the only sport I really pay much attention to is gymnastics, but I find other sports make for a pleasant background noise, and I drift in and out of watching them), I've done a bit of meal prep for next week (I love cooking soup in wintry weather), and I'm just finishing catching up on various Dreamwidth comments.
Matthias and I don't stick to this religiously, but we frequently watch films on Saturday nights. Yesterday's film was Shiva Baby, about an underemployed and underachieving millennial woman who ends up at a shiva with (among others) her sugar daddy, his wife and baby, her high achieving ex-girlfriend, and her hypercritical mother. The whole film is only 70 minutes, and mainly consists of excruciatingly awkward conversations, mainly stemming from the fact that the various characters don't know how the other characters relate to the protagonist, and the fact that she's trying (and failing) to prevent them from figuring things out. It's extremely cleverly done, but don't watch it if you have a problem with secondhand embarassment!
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This is the last weekend for a while where there are no demands on my time — we've got houseguests next week, and various other things happening each weekend for at least a month after that — so I'll enjoy the rest and relaxation while it lasts!
I've finished two books and am on the verge of starting another, Matthias and I have had various different sports playing on TV in the background (the only sport I really pay much attention to is gymnastics, but I find other sports make for a pleasant background noise, and I drift in and out of watching them), I've done a bit of meal prep for next week (I love cooking soup in wintry weather), and I'm just finishing catching up on various Dreamwidth comments.
Matthias and I don't stick to this religiously, but we frequently watch films on Saturday nights. Yesterday's film was Shiva Baby, about an underemployed and underachieving millennial woman who ends up at a shiva with (among others) her sugar daddy, his wife and baby, her high achieving ex-girlfriend, and her hypercritical mother. The whole film is only 70 minutes, and mainly consists of excruciatingly awkward conversations, mainly stemming from the fact that the various characters don't know how the other characters relate to the protagonist, and the fact that she's trying (and failing) to prevent them from figuring things out. It's extremely cleverly done, but don't watch it if you have a problem with secondhand embarassment!
once_upon_fic signups are open! I'm still working on my letter and trying to finalise the fandoms I'll offer and request, but I should have it sorted out in the next couple of days. If you're interested in participating, you can see details of the schedule, tagset, and links to all the fandoms in the tagset (all fandoms need to have a public domain version available online in order to be nominated) here.This is the last weekend for a while where there are no demands on my time — we've got houseguests next week, and various other things happening each weekend for at least a month after that — so I'll enjoy the rest and relaxation while it lasts!