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First things first: kassidy62 thank you for my panda! So cute.

The window man arrived 90 minutes late and was here less than 5 minutes. I'm so glad I took the day off for that.

Trailers - trailers have been the theme of the day.

I saw

I know I'm in the minority in not really caring about LOTR and Hobbit. I know that's internet sacrilege but there it is. (it's not that I didn't like them. On the contrary I remember finally watching the dvds and being deeply impressed and I watched all three movies in quick succession - it's just that, well I don't remember it. Seriously, of the three movies I can recall the ending of the first, a visual image of elves talking near some water and the "I will carry you" thing. Yes I know it's a misquote, I'm paraphrasing and I probably only remember that because it was said in Dangerous Lady. I know it's shameful perhaps but, um, yes. So the trailer? Intrigued me in that Guy of Gisbourne is in it. Martin Freeman seemed very cute and appealing and I was filled with the feeling of recognition and homecoming when I saw old familiar faces. But that was it. Sack me from the interwebs now.

I also saw the

and just. Ugh. I stick by 'my' shows. I remain hopeful, ever hopeful, so I will watch and I will hold out for the good bits, but watching that. Just made me lose any of the optimism I was clinging on to.

Surprisingly though the

made me more intrigued and hopeful than I have been since midway through season 6. Pessimistically hopeful, if one can be that, but flashes of hope nonetheless.

And then I watched Lewis; Generation of Vipers and Hathaway reclining beautifully in the sun, whilst Robbie chews a blade of grass; the pair of them discussing (so drily) and then doing "action", before ending with this exchange:

Robbie: "...in love with each other for 20 years and never said a word."
James: "Scared of rejection."
Robbie: "so they bury themselves in their work, become very successful, and very alone."
James: (sideways look) "Now who does that remind me of?"



From that you may conclude that I have had a lazy and you'd be right - although sandwiched between frenzied house cleaning (and litter changing!) this morning and the horrors of grocery shopping this evening.

And now work looms loomingly.

Comments

[whatho.livejournal.com]

I'm not excited about LoTR and The Hobbit either - I did see the films in the cinema and enjoyed them as a spectacle, but wouldn't really care to watch them again. I've never been a Tolkien fan; I find him rather stilted (though probably didn't help myself by trying to read The Hobbit before I was really old enough - I think I was about six or seven and it just didn't do it for me at that age). I actually think that material works better on screen than on the page. I'll probably go and see The Hobbit if I get the chance to though.