long weekend recap
Apr. 10th, 2012 10:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
floatingleafSurprisingly enough, I got a fair bit of stuff done during my extended holiday weekend. The one thing I haven't managed to do was make an LJ post... LOL. So I'll try to make up for that right now.
On Friday I did my weekly grocery shopping, cooked some food and watched a movie. On Saturday morning I headed over to my parents' place, where we all proceeded to pig out shamelessly for most of the day (interrupted by occasional naps). First we had a massive Easter breakfast (or brunch, really, since it started around noon) of hard-boiled eggs and ham and potato salad, then we had cake (various kinds, as usual), then - after everybody said they could never possibly eat again - mom made a gigantic pork roast for dinner.:D Yeah, that's our family holidays for you. *long-suffering sigh* ;) We survived, though - including my dad, who recently had his gall bladder removed. We all concluded that since he didn't need to visit the ER after this, he must be officially cured.:P I stayed the night, feasted on some leftovers the next morning, helped mom sort through a pile of junk mail (she communicates relatively well in English, but written text is not her friend... lol), then requested to be driven to the train station in the early afternoon. Surprisingly enough, they didn't try to talk me into staying the entire day (I think they were amazed enough that I stayed as long as I did...:D). Since I got home around 3 p.m., I decided to do some cleaning (my chief motivation being that cleaning is exercise, and after the previous 24+ hours of laying around stuffing my face with heavy food I could really use some, LOL). So my apartment no longer looks like a pigsty. *satisfied nod*;) Then I plopped into my lovely papasan chair and watched another movie. On Monday I ran some errands, including a trip to the ATM (which is a longish bus ride for me these days, since the closer ATM I used to frequent before can't be reached via public transportation) and Whole Foods (I don't buy food there, since it's way too expensive for me - but they also sell healthier cosmetics/personal care stuff, which is worth the few extra bucks, imo; plus, I have an irresistible weakness for expensive scented soaps and lotions - which aren't chock-full of toxic chemicals, I might add - so there). Then, in the evening, I made a salad for my work lunches this week - so I don't need to cook again until next weekend. Which is why I have time to post tonight.:)
As for the movies I watched... the first one was absolutely brilliant. In a Better World by a Danish director Suzanne Bier. Intense drama about family relationships, loneliness, people's notorious inability to communicate with one another, and the eternal question of how to defend yourself against bullies/abusers without becoming one of them. What is more morally deplorable: an "eye for an eye" approach, or standing by mutely while someone you care about is getting hurt (sometimes there is no third option). Wonderful acting and a totally gripping, nuanced and suspenseful storyline. A masterpiece.
The other movie I saw was a British gay romance called Weekend.:) A deceptively simple story: two guys hook up in a bar, planning to have a one-night stand with no strings attached... then somehow end up spending most of the weekend together, and by the end of said weekend find themselves amazed by the impact they've had on each other. It's not a saccharine slash tale, though. I know it may sound like that from my description, and I wouldn't necessarily have minded if it was.;) But it's quite gritty and realistic instead. Totally believable. The best thing about it? Not the sex, strangely enough (*ahem*), but the conversations. It's fascinating to watch two very different people really get to know each other, and start to see the world through a different perspective. I think I have a fetish for that... LOL.
And now, sadly, I need to conclude today's installment.:/ Other random and irrelevant news to follow as time allows.;)
On Friday I did my weekly grocery shopping, cooked some food and watched a movie. On Saturday morning I headed over to my parents' place, where we all proceeded to pig out shamelessly for most of the day (interrupted by occasional naps). First we had a massive Easter breakfast (or brunch, really, since it started around noon) of hard-boiled eggs and ham and potato salad, then we had cake (various kinds, as usual), then - after everybody said they could never possibly eat again - mom made a gigantic pork roast for dinner.:D Yeah, that's our family holidays for you. *long-suffering sigh* ;) We survived, though - including my dad, who recently had his gall bladder removed. We all concluded that since he didn't need to visit the ER after this, he must be officially cured.:P I stayed the night, feasted on some leftovers the next morning, helped mom sort through a pile of junk mail (she communicates relatively well in English, but written text is not her friend... lol), then requested to be driven to the train station in the early afternoon. Surprisingly enough, they didn't try to talk me into staying the entire day (I think they were amazed enough that I stayed as long as I did...:D). Since I got home around 3 p.m., I decided to do some cleaning (my chief motivation being that cleaning is exercise, and after the previous 24+ hours of laying around stuffing my face with heavy food I could really use some, LOL). So my apartment no longer looks like a pigsty. *satisfied nod*;) Then I plopped into my lovely papasan chair and watched another movie. On Monday I ran some errands, including a trip to the ATM (which is a longish bus ride for me these days, since the closer ATM I used to frequent before can't be reached via public transportation) and Whole Foods (I don't buy food there, since it's way too expensive for me - but they also sell healthier cosmetics/personal care stuff, which is worth the few extra bucks, imo; plus, I have an irresistible weakness for expensive scented soaps and lotions - which aren't chock-full of toxic chemicals, I might add - so there). Then, in the evening, I made a salad for my work lunches this week - so I don't need to cook again until next weekend. Which is why I have time to post tonight.:)
As for the movies I watched... the first one was absolutely brilliant. In a Better World by a Danish director Suzanne Bier. Intense drama about family relationships, loneliness, people's notorious inability to communicate with one another, and the eternal question of how to defend yourself against bullies/abusers without becoming one of them. What is more morally deplorable: an "eye for an eye" approach, or standing by mutely while someone you care about is getting hurt (sometimes there is no third option). Wonderful acting and a totally gripping, nuanced and suspenseful storyline. A masterpiece.
The other movie I saw was a British gay romance called Weekend.:) A deceptively simple story: two guys hook up in a bar, planning to have a one-night stand with no strings attached... then somehow end up spending most of the weekend together, and by the end of said weekend find themselves amazed by the impact they've had on each other. It's not a saccharine slash tale, though. I know it may sound like that from my description, and I wouldn't necessarily have minded if it was.;) But it's quite gritty and realistic instead. Totally believable. The best thing about it? Not the sex, strangely enough (*ahem*), but the conversations. It's fascinating to watch two very different people really get to know each other, and start to see the world through a different perspective. I think I have a fetish for that... LOL.
And now, sadly, I need to conclude today's installment.:/ Other random and irrelevant news to follow as time allows.;)
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Date: 2012-04-11 04:34 pm (UTC)I haven't heard about either film ... I only watched Hollywood blockbusters this weekend ... turn on the TV - turn off your brain! *g*
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Date: 2012-04-13 01:11 am (UTC)turn on the TV - turn off your brain
Exactly. Which is why I don't watch TV. I want to keep my brain running for as long as possible...:P
And I am sick to death of Hollywood blockbusters. I would watch one every once in a great while, but my typical reaction goes along the lines of: OMG that was two hours of my life I will never get back! LOL
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Date: 2012-04-11 07:45 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2012-04-13 01:15 am (UTC)