Weekend wibblings...

[cybermule]

Gave the house a blitz on Saturday morning. I haven't touched it in about 6 weeks and it was filthy. So I've finally hoovered up the layer of cat hair, cleaned the bathroom and even dusted, which I tend to do somewhat irregularly.

Saturday night was "Kill Bill" with my brother and his GF. This cheered me up a bit - housework always makes me depressed, and together with certain work and emotional problems, I'd got myself into a bit of a mess by the time I went out. But the film was pretty good. Not great, IMO - it was a bit slow and predictable, but maybe that will change in the second volume. However, I really enjoyed the style, particularly the cartoon-y bit, and generally had a good time. Saw the trailer to the new Matrix film, and wish to state comperhensively that I will not be going to see that.

Ate pizza at my brother's place while watching his "pirates of the carribbean" DVD (don't ask!), then crawled home ridiculously late, with a sore throat and headache :( Still felt crappy on Sunday, so I took advantage of the fact that I didn't have to do Mom's shopping until Monday to get some provisions and spend the day wrapped up in my quilt, self-medicating and watching cartoons. Watched a neat documentary on Pompeii. Then had bad dreams about volcanoes :P

Monday was incredibly busy, which took it out of me again. Went walking very early in the morning. I saw a massive hawk dragging a rabbit along - gross, but fascinating. There's a cute little lake near my hometown, so I went wandering around that. It was so still and frosty... amazing. That kind of recharged my batteries (must do country walks more often!), which was good because I needed it for the day ahead :P

Got home, tidied up a little (my family are VERY messy - it's best to get ahead of yourself). Then my brother phoned and asked if I'd drop in with my mom. I wasn't sure, but then neither of them have a car, so I feel like I kind of have to. Went to get my mother and took her to the housing office, where I argued endlessly with a council officer. Net result - my mom has an extra 60 points and has shot up the waiting list. So at least I feel like I did something concrete. We then had to do some shopping (Mom always runs out of money conveniently just before I take her shopping *sigh*) and hang around for my brother for an hour or so. Nonetheless, I enjoyed spending a bit of time with my mom, and cheering her up a bit.

Saw bro for half an hour, had curry for tea, then took my mom home, came home myself, showered and collapsed in bed for 10 hours. Still have a sore throat :(

Actually had quite a good day at work - some entries on my friends page cheered me up, I patched up a couple of sticky situations with my colleagues and got through a lot of narky tasks. Even phoning two people, which I've been putting off for about a month. I'm going to spend the evening catching up on a huge backlog of emails and working on my new website. Oh, and maybe watching one or two cartoons :P

In short, after a really shitty couple of weeks, I start to feel some serenity returning :)

Comments

[cybermule.livejournal.com]

There is basically no hint of philosophy in the trailer, and a lot of action. I sure hope that's a reflection of targetted marketing rather than of the movie itself. :/

I hope so too. I defended The Matrix stubbornly against all my evil INTP friends, and was a bit pissed off when the second one was a bit off. Like you said, it would be good if they turned around all the expectations in the final part, but I think it just got too "Hollywood-ed" in the second part. Just stopped surprising me, although maybe I should watch it again, seeing as you have such a good opinion.

[unsane1.livejournal.com]

I defended The Matrix stubbornly against all my evil INTP friends


heh, do intps generally dislike the matrix? if so, what reasons do they give?


Just stopped surprising me, although maybe I should watch it again, seeing as you have such a good opinion.


well, i've only seen it 3 times, but each time i saw it i understood more of the intricacies of the story. i'll probly watch it again today or tomorrow and see if i can confirm that there's not much really going on.

[cybermule.livejournal.com]

heh, do intps generally dislike the matrix?

Well, I've only got a sample size of 2, but it seems so. I think the phrase "playschool philosophy" was used. But TBH, one was the sort of person who likes neat philosophical ideas that they can debate at the dinner table. He'd broken it down into simple questions of reality and determinism, and isn't really into ideas of alternate realities. Like, more into philosophising than thinking, if you see what I mean. I will give it another watch at home, where I can concentrate - I think I've grown to trust your opinion more!