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♥Apr. 20th, 2012 // 05:04 pm♥
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Just before Easter, I got a card from the Post Office saying that I had a letter with insufficient postage. After some thought, I decided it was probably worth sticking stamps on it and seeing what it was. Today, it arrived. I'm not entirely sure why Olympus felt it necessary to send me two copies of their PR, but I do wish that they'd also used two stamps on the envelope.
Popped into Waitrose, post wedding-suit-collection, to buy some bits and pieces and some wine. As I was hanging around in the wine section looking for a member of staff I could send off to find Michael, The Wine Man, he wandered over, greeted me like an old friend and asked if there was anything I needed. He really is very good (at least, none of the wine recipients has ever complained, and he usually points out a cheaper bottle or two for us that's always good). He very subtly and politely told me that my cunning plan was crap, and sold me something much better instead. |
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Thelma & Louise
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♥Apr. 20th, 2012 // 08:41 pm♥
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I'm watching Thelma & Louise, having recently seen it mentioned in an article, for possibly the first time ever (I remember seeing the ending before, the rest of the film is a bit of a blank to me).
This may be a generational thing, but... wow, that's a bit shit.
Are headscarves on women actually accurate for early nineties non-religious US women? Ditto for most of the first half hour.
And, yes, it passes the Bechdel Test. Because, you know, the women in it are discussing their own reactions to rape and spousal abuse. While the FBI are running after them for shooting a rapist. And Johnny Depp wanders to and fro having not-entirely-consensual sex with one of them before robbing her.
Yeah, great. I think I'd rather watch Heathers. At least it doesn't try to be appealing to the women folk. It just lets them blow things up. |
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