Friday, February 29, 2008

  • This, That & the Other Thing

    Mr. S is really interested in the election. I don't think he's been this interested before. Every morning he wants to have these conversations about it. It's not that I'm not interested, but I don't have new observations every day and I don't like talking about it (or anything) with HIM.

    Anyway, Mr. S is a McCain supporter, because (I swear) Lyndon Johnson really knew how to get things done. I guess his point is that it's beneficial to be an insider (I tend to think of them all as insiders to some degree) because you know how things work and therefore you can get things done. He thinks Obama would be an absolute disaster. Unlike the success story we have in the White House now, I guess.

    Mr. S is a Republican, although he likes to say that he votes for the person, not the party. I used to say that, too, but then I realized that I had never voted for a Republican for anything in my life, and I still haven't. Maybe it's true that Mr. S really looks hard at each candidate before deciding which one to back, but I think this time it was pretty easy for him, since he has racist and sexist (ahem) tendencies. Also, he hates Clintons.

    I realize that whole thing didn't turn out as funny as I thought it would. They can't all be funny, I guess!

    I'm still working on the mind-numbing project.

    This has been a busy week. I usually try to be at home on weeknights to make sure everyone is doing their homework, doing chores, bathing regularly, etc. I play tennis late on Monday nights, but otherwise, I'm usually home. This week has been a little different as I think I've been out doing something every night. I'm glad it's Friday because I intend to sleep in tomorrow.

    Last night my friend Stephanie and I had dinner at this Mediterranean place called The Blue Tangerine. I hadn't been there before and I wasn't feeling particularly adventurous (I'm not really a fan of Greek food), so I got the steak kabob with rice & grilled tomatoes and it was absolutely delicious. The meat was perfectly seasoned and perfectly cooked.

    Oh, I saw Atonement the other night and really liked it. I've had the book on my shelf for about 150 years now, but haven't read it yet, so I didn't really know what to expect. Now I want to read the book even though the movie spoiled it at least somewhat. Well, a lot, probably.
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Comments (13)

  • ydurp

    I went to Bridgeport and saw it there a couple days ago.  I want to see it again with my daughter, just to take in the visual stuff in the beginning that went so fast and was so luscious.
  • officeconfidential

    @ydurp - I saw it at Bridgeport too! Maybe we went at the same time! You should check out the Blue Tangerine next time you're there--it's right across from the theater.

    Atonement was beautifully shot (the camera work in the Dunkirk (sp) scenes was amazing) and it was a good story, although I got kind of bored during some of it, which I think now was kind of the point--maybe some of it (the scenes with the sister and her boyfriend after they have been reunited) were supposed to feel a little less authentic. Also, the young actress who plays Briony at the beginning was so great that the rest of the movie seemed somewhat less interesting. I really did like it though.
  • madhousewife

    I will have to remember the Blue Tangerine the next time I feel like Mediterranean.

    I'm always amazed at how freely people will discuss politics at work or similar settings, as if they just assume any reasonable person would agree with them, or alternatively, they just don't care about offending people.  I'm too hyper-conscious of possibly offending people, I'm sure.

    I don't get to see many movies, so I'm glad Atonement's a book.  I get to read books a lot.

    BTW - I certainly mean no offense to Tigard itself  :) --it's the distance between where I live and Tigard that makes me whiny.  It's funny, when I lived in Southern California, everything was AT LEAST 20 minutes away, and factoring in that travel time just never seemed like a big deal.  But since I moved to Oregon, it's all "I have to go all the way to the OTHER SIDE OF TOWN?  Unnnh!" all the time.
  • AtaiDanu

    OOooh, yet another movie made from a book.  I guess I'll have to run that and see if I want to read the book and whether I can wait until the movie is on the small screen.  My danged reading list is not getting any smaller.
  • notagoose

    I really wanted to see Atonement in the theatre and I missed it. Dammit. I am a total sucker for that kind of movie. Sometimes I think I was born a century or two too late.
  • strawberry14

    I was disappointed in Atonement. I think they should have called it "Penance" instead. It was beautifully filmed and I enjoyed the acting, however. 
  • officeconfidential

    @strawberry14 - That's a good point about the title. It wasn't actually atonement, was it? I agree, though, great acting (esp. the little girl who plays Briony in the beginning--such a great performance that the rest of the movie seemed less interesting when she wasn't onscreen) and beautifully shot. The camera work on the Dunkirk scene was really something.
  • eFairy

    The whole "narrowing down the field" thing w/ S is amusing.
  • PrimevalWench

    Supporting McCain because of Johnson is scary, because I actually follow his logic.  God help me.
  • jersy_grl12

    now i'm hungry. again.
  • ordinarybutloud

    This is SUCH an easy election year for racists and sexists.
  • musicalsoulmel

    I really enjoyed Atonement as well, I'll have to read the book when I get a chance.
  • balticblond

    I've been ranting constantly about the whole primary process since we in Oregon probably will not have any meaningful say at all in the early election.  I am especially frustrated that we have no voice at all in who may or may not be on the ballot-- that essentially a couple of small states have have disenfranchised us determining, that we 'cannot' make our desires known for a bunch of people.

    I really thought Beiden and Richardson would have been worth a much closer look.  And even now by May we probably will not even be allowed to consider Hilary as a choice.

    That is one thing I appreciate about Huckabee's efforts-- at least his name may still be on an Oregon ballot in May.

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