Friday, July 29, 2005
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Once More, with Feeling
By Various Artists, Joss Whedon, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Christophe Beck
see relatedSo what have I been doing on my days off. Well very little actually. Not sleeping so great at the moment which probably explains why I look like the walking dead. Not so much bags under my eyes as a whole bloody set of luggage. Oh and I have a lovely bruise on my face where one of my friends accidentally, so he says, punched me on a night out earlier this week!!
Caught up with Chris, Miles and Robbie on Weds which was lovely and guess what…we didn't go to Stoopid Street, which I should explain is a bar in Soho that regularly packs out for some inexplicable reason. I mean the moon has more atmosphere and as for the clientele…..lol, don't get me started. Anyway, got to hear about the trials and tribulations of am dram cos Chris has just been in a production of Carousel. I'm sorry I didn't get chance to see him dance the part, but last weekend I was kinda distracted by other things. Miles and Robbie are off to Canada for 2wks tomorrow and it sounds like they're gonna have a great time. I don't see nearly enough of them but then that's probably my own fault. Had a few beers, as you do, then went for a bite to eat at this little Japanese place I sometimes I go to. I wanted to tell them all about Matt but just couldn't in the end. I guess it was so nice to see them that I didn't want to spoil the evening. Silly isn't it. When I was walking home, and after having drank far more than I should I just came to this sudden realisation that I'm just not wired to be single, and the sad thing is I've felt that way for as many years as I can remember which is some reflection on my past relationships. Don't get me wrong, some of the people I've had relationships with have enriched my life in ways that I couldn't have imagined, and I can honestly say that I've never been happier in my home environment due largely to having the best flatmate in the world (I know he doesn't read this so I can say that), and its nice to share a home with someone who accepts you completely for who and what you are. So the single thing, or not being content with my own company, well that's a thought process I've really got to change because I don't think its healthy. I take after my mum too much. When I say to her that I don't like doing things on my own or I don't like being on my own, she understands completely. My parents have been very happily married for nearly 45yrs, that's some benchmark! This is all sounding self pitying, its really not supposed to...its just what I'm thinking right now.
Had all these grandiose ideas about joining the gym, going to the musuem exhibition and maybe taking in a movie by myself….but in the end, did none of those things. Instead I did some retail therapy, which is always fun, watched so many episodes of SG1 that I'm now addicted, played Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil, and ate take out. This game is seriously scary. The atmosphere and tension is cranked up perfectly. Incidentally theres a Doom movie thats out at the end of the year. Normally video games to movies suck the sweat of a dead mans balls, but this actually looks pretty good from the teaser trailer....I'll reserve judgement for now, but it looks like the makers have been very faithful to the source material.
Chris is going on his annual excursion to Little Haven (very aptly named I might add) on the Pembrokeshire Coast next week. It's an idyllic little fishing village right on the coast in Wales. It really is a beautiful place. I even got my wetsuit out of storage in preparation. Tried my hand at water skiing last time I went, which is a lot bloody harder than it looks. Anyway, I managed to get upright for a few seconds before crashing into the waves rather spectacularly. Chris is a master at it and its quite a sight to behold when he's negotiating the waves like a pro. The only downside to going as far as I'm concerned, is that it takes 5hrs to get there by train. The last time I was there was actually on my birthday and we went to a lovely seafood restaurant where I had fresh lobster which had been caught that morning…...and believe me it was sublime, although it has to be said the best lobster I ever had was in Maine.
So anyway, I'm really tempted….just look at this, and the colour of the sea. How could I say no?
Oh and can I just say, Once More With Feeling. Pure genius, especially Anya and Xanders number!! I'm sad, I know.
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love you and still "doing my thing" in your aid.
Toms.xx
I adore the "OMwF" Soundtrack. I admit that I am a Buffista, albeit a fallen one. I lived and breathed the show when it was on the air. I nitpicked and critiqued. I spoiler sourced and reported my news. Now that it has been off the air for a couple of years, I can sit back and relax and enjoy the show for the amazing entertaiment it is.
Whist I do enjoy the retro-pop Xander and Anya number "I'll Never Tell", my heart lies with the Tara tune "Under Your Spell", especially the reprise with Giles on countermelody. Beautiful.
You should go! Five hours there is nothing and five hours home you could sleep from all the great water skiing you're going to do this time. I love to water ski.......in parts of AZ we actually have lakes and some fishing holes big enough to ski in.......anyway my family would go up to the lakes every other weekend in the summer. My brother and I got quite good, are you learning with two or one? Double handle or single handle tow rope? If you are doing slalom with a double handed rope put the ski between the handles and if you have enough people there and you can't stay upright in the water have one of your buddies get in the water with you and hold the ski and your jacket steady until you get out of the water. If you fall regroup and have your buddy swim to meet you if you're having trouble.....That's how I've taught people in the past, Oh and don't lock out your elbows but don't keep your arms too bent you'll need to be able to engage the lats and the bicepts, and tris as you are dragging ass in the water......Wear a tight suit so it doesn't fall off when you slide across the water at 50 miles per hour unless your trying to impress someone.....wink, wink.
I had lasek in March and LOVE IT! I have to get my left eye re touched in five weeks because it's not as sharp as my right. Did you have the no blade proceedure? or did the Dr. use a blade to open the flap?
You can not say no. It looks like a hidden lagoon. Go and enjoy yourself, Jy.
Maybe this is just what you need, an "away" for a while.
I really believe that you will come away from it feeling more like the old you that has vanished for a while. This vanishing is understandable. Its called survival. Your mind has enough of a sad or bad situation, and shuts down. The body tends to feel lazy and usually, the person has one desire..to go to bed and sleep.
This is depression.
What you did took more balls than you may know. It is so damn hard to sever ties. One always feels guilty and such. Its a natural but chilly thing, the lot of it.
Love from Decker and oh, I almost forgot, take photographs. I would like to see you dressed in your wetsuit.
"Bond, Johnny Bond, and who are you?"
The strange cat dressed as the pope looked up at the tall handsome stranger and answered, " Meoooow"
I do not get a vacation, as mine falls right about now. This is the start of a huge event here in Reno, and there is NO way I can get time off. No one can.
The upside of this is that on payday, Wednesday, they gave me three checks as vacation pay. Its a good sum of money and as always, I needed it.
I want to return to Europe one day, but for keeps. I want to live in Italy and write.
All I need is a simple million for my toothpaste and other sundries. The wonderful guest cottage is waiting for me. It is in Sardinia and overlooks the mermaid sea. I have seen photographs and yes, it is just as the name offers. It is heavenly.
Go to the enchanted place, Jy. You need to go.
Love from Decker
Whoo-Ha! I don't even like water and I'd go.
I don't like to DO things alone (like movies) but I need my own personal time...lots of it.
Come to think of it, with the boys I don't ever have any time alone. Witness the little blond bugger in my lap right now...
He's responsible for any typing mistakes that you find...
But Doom is awsome and Doom 3 is very scary and quite hard. I never finished it.
Got stuck in hell (litrally) and could not beat a monster or two with what i had.
Anywyas, have a good day
This is so typical of me only commenting on the computer game....