Staying in/geeking out

I’ve had a funny morning today. For a start, I slept well, which hasn’t happened since I got tanked a week ago. The second is that, despite sleeping well, I fell ill and had to go back to bed in the time it took me to brew/steep my morning cafetiere. Well, I’m back up now and have downed my cold (alas!) coffee. It’s nice feeling 100% refreshed though. A novel experience indeed!

The rain has been coming down pretty hard since last night. I do enjoy the cosy sound of rain. It’s even better since I sorted out that horrible buzzing on the outside of the building, which even the dumbass council repair dudes couldn’t figure out.

Cut to me hanging out my bedroom window with a spatula at 1 am after a bottle of whisky.

And that wasn’t even about the buzzing.

Anyway, I think I’ll be holding off taking my rubbish down to the wheelie bins for another 24 hours. At least it’s that time of year now when I can put on more layers and snuggle up in front of the telly. I mean, I do the latter all year round anyway, but this time it’s comfortable. I was definitely born in the wrong part of the world!

I’m still enjoying 2 Broke Girls. The character of Sophie has just ben introduced, who’s amazing. I hope she remains a regular. She kinda reminds me of my dear-departed ex, only blonde. She does, however, have the same vivacious figure and penchant for pretty dresses. I doubt Sophie’s a maths genius too though.

I’ve also been watching some classic Disney cartoons. The Blurry Photos podcast recommended Mr Toad and Ichabod, which I actually wasn’t too impressed with; then I watched The Sword in the Stone, which has been a long time coming. I really enjoyed this one, and may even keep the disc out to watch again. It’s like somebody started reading T H White’s The Once and Future King, gave up after a few chapters, then just skipped to the end. I think the scene with the creepy witch actually comes BEFORE the fish scene, on paper. Them crazy Hollywood screenwriters! The bit with the love-struck squirrel mad me sad (I think it was supposed to), and I kept expecting Merlin to turn the girl-squirrel into a human for Wart to, erm, hang out with. Medieval-style. But Merlin didn’t. I’m guessing he would if they remade the film today. It bothered me so much that I actually searched for some fanart online, eventually coming across this cute picture:

Bless. At least I’m not the only one to think of it. Disney does seem to be remaking stuff into CGI shit-fests at the moment, so you never know. At any rate, I’m trying to buy up as many of their classic movies as I can, before they discontinue all physical copies in favour of Disney+.

Nerds prefer collecting stuff, dammit!

Speaking of the Arthurian legend, I also watched the prophetic (in terms of modern multiplayer video gaming) 2001 cyberpunk movie Avalon last night. The only copy I could get my hands on was an Italian release, so there actually wasn’t an English-language dub or subtitles (although, bizarrely, the opening “text crawl” was in English). I’ve wanted to see Avalon for twenty-two years, mainly because it was one of the first, if not THE first, live action film by anime director Mamuro Oshii (Patlabor, Ghost in the Shell, Skycrawlers). Even with only the original Polish audio on, I was sort of able to figure out what was happening. It has a wonderfully quiet tone to the whole thing, so it feels like something caught between David Lynch and Andrei Tarkovsky. The vibe I got as I watched blind was that it’s a film about a woman choosing to isolate herself from people after a bad experience, then being lured back into society, much to her peril. A bit like my life, basically. I checked a detailed plot synopsis afterwards and found I wasn’t too far off. I really recommend the film, but you shouldn’t worry too much if you can’t find a copy in your own language, as the visuals kinda speak for themselves.

The camera has a particular obsession with lead actress Małgorzata Foremniak who, I guarantee, you will fall in love with.

Was it yesterday I went out to see the nurse? That feels like weeks ago now. I seem to be over how upset I was when I got home, so that’s something. And I didn’t even have to resort to booze! Just a Wispa Gold.

Or two.

Righty, I best go wake up further and deal with life. I’m now watching Disney’s Robin Hood, which is a classic. I remember having a crush on the LITERALLY foxy Robin when I was little. In fact, I may still do.

Do stay in touch, darlings.

Toodles!