Part 2 of today's blog, and this is the opportunity I afford myself to include the bits I've previously forgotten to mention. Though I've already forgotten most of what I'd originally forgotten but consequently remembered as my memory hasn't even survived the preceeding sentence!
I'll try though! Firstly, I have to mention the Peter Kay TV programme last night (Britains Got The X Factor Soapstar Jesus Superstar on Ice or something...). I think he's a terrific comic, and his stand up set at Blackpool in the early 90's is without doubt the funniest thing I've seen in my life. He's (deliberately) disappeared off the scene over the last few years, and this was his big comeback. We put our foot down on the way home in order to see it. However, although it was (for us) easily the most eagerly anticipated British TV programme in years it was also the most disappointing. It lasted almost 2 hours and neither of us laughed once. Seriously. Talk at work today revolved around it too, everyone seeming to think they'd maybe missed the point to it, that there was a subtely or nuance they'd missed.
Nope, it was just crap, so bad it could be a career ender. Such a shame when real talent disappears before it's time.
This morning I took Carole's BMW to work, as she was using my 4x4 to pick up Isis from the kennels. We also had Guthrie and his brother round today finishing off Isis's new dog pound. We'll be able to keep her outside during the day just now, nothing will be damaged and we won't need to spend our days hoovering dog hair either. Bliss....
If you've read dad's blog, you'll already know that he's obtained 4 tickets for the Manchester Utd game on Saturday, so he, I, Ross and Carole are going. Carole may seem like a surprise name to the list, but she's been wanting to go to Old Trafford for a while now (her dads a Man Utd fan, and she's always enjoyed the big games at Pittodrie I've taken her to as well) so this will be a first for her, I just hope the game and atmosphere are electric so she (and dad, Ross and I!) can make the most of it. We'll be driving down and staying over, so Luca will stay with Granny Jo while we're gone.
Carole's had to cancel a night out with Jenny (the partner of one of my friends) as a consequence, so hope they can get something re-arranged soon.
I'm sure by now you've watched the posted video of Luca with his Granda Mike playing the pian o. Mike's a superb Jazz pianist, so hopefully Luca will follow suit. Based on the fact he was touching the keys rather than just ramming his hands down hopefully offers a potential positive.
Lastly, dad mentioned his list of the greatest movies of all time, and as I'm a buff I need to get involved in this too. However, in direct contradiction to my (frankly) obscure music tastes, my movie preferences are of the more commercial variety. The perfect example being the most recent movie I watched (on my new MP4!) being Die Hard 4, a proper blockbuster. It was better than I thought, though it suffered from the common movie peoblem I've complained about before. Big, tough Bruce Willis (who's already beaten up or killed a few men up to this point) get's his ass kicked by a 7 stone, 5 ft 2 inch woman. Please Hollywood, stop doing that nonsense!
Anyway, my top ten are:-
The Cube, The Empire Strikes Back, The Dark Knight, Magnolia, Crash, Goodfellas, Anchorman, Jaws, Dawn Of The Dead, Airplane
To call some of these choices controversial would be an understatement, but film choice is a purely personal choice - even highly rated fims such as Schindlers List and Munich leave a lot of people (including myself) cold. I'm looking forward to Lucy's list most of all, as I'm sure it'll include Muriels Wedding in there somewhere.......
**Useless fact of the day - cracking your knuckles will not cause arthritis, the cracking noise is actually just nitrogen gas between the joints popping. In fact a doctor proved this by cracking the knuckles on only one of his hands for 50 years, with no difference showing between his two hands**
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