I’ve always threatened to do the Christmas hype biannually. Do shopping, lights, tree thing every other year and celebrate what Christmas really is in between. That’s happening this year, albeit not exactly intentionally. With further complications related to my knee reconstruction resulting in hopefully temporary, crummy chronic mostly night time pain (read little to no sleep), things are being scaled down considerably this year. Although it’s what I always wanted to do, I feel a twinge of sadness now and then. Right now it’s nice, though. Chuck is doing his Christmas baking listening to mellow, jazzy Christmas music and I’m blogging in bed.
This knee surgery recovery period has allowed me a lot of time vegging in front of the TV. We don’t have cable, don’t get any reception without cable, so I resorted to movie rentals. Here is my list in order of how I liked them:
#11 Respiro – a depressing Italian movie
#10 40 Year Old Virgin – stupid and stupider
# 9 I Heart Huckabees – maybe I was on too many pain pills at the time – really hard to follow
#8 Napoleon Dynamite – too slow, but the lack of filthy language, drugs and lewd activity were much appreciated. You don’t need that stuff to make a good story
#7 Rushmore – I could take it or leave it
#6 Meet the Fockers – a barrel of laughs when I needed it
#5 Rare Birds – low budget Canadian film, starring William Hurt, slow moving at first, but an engaging story. Critics compared the style to waking Ned Devine.
#4 Snow Walker – a touching Farley Mowatt story, starring a gifted 19 yr old Inuit actress
#3 Six Feet Under, Second Season – after watching 11 of the episodes I was dreaming that the characters were part of my life
#2 Finding Neverland – a deluge of tears when I needed them
#1 Room to Rent – light hearted British film with a good story
On the knitting front here is a last minute gift for someone who may be reading my blog. It’s made from Granbia, a soft self striping Japanese yarn, nearly impossible to find in North America. It’s an adaptation of the child’s Rainbow Scarf from Last Minute gifts (how appropriate). Link to the patten is on my sidebar.
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