HAGGIS!
I had my first taste of haggis tonight. Our neighbors were eating it for dinner and offered me a fork full of haggis, taters, and turnips. I really liked it - it was like a sweet black pudding.
We saw Equus starring Daniel Radcliffe. I'll let Jamie write about the directing, acting and the set when she has Time (with a capital T Hugh). I will say that the end of the 1st act was ruined by some schmuck taking photos in front of us with a huge ass camera. CLICK CLICK CLICK CLICK. Why didn't an usher jump him? Jamie kept kicking his seat. He didn't return for act 2, so I assume he is a design student or photographer stealing shots. It was an amazing moment on stage. One of my highlights was seeing all those kids who came to see Harry Potter with their parents. Parents who failed to research the play. I was impressed with the distinct lack of giggling. At least they all were exposed to live theatre.
We discovered that we can walk to Brixton in 15 minutes. The bus takes 30 minutes. We always thought it was so far away. We walked to the movie theatre to watch Hot Fuzz. It was friggen fantastic! I don't know if it's out in the US yet, but it's the same guys who made Shaun of the Dead.
I was jealous of our good friend Noelle, so I went and got myself a new pair of glasses. I did after all wear the last ones for almost 6 years. I also got a new prescription for my contacts. However, like all my new contact prescriptions it is WRONG. At least this time it was subtle - Left eye is perfect. The right eye is good up to about 10 feet away. Picture this scenario: Put in your new contacts. Check out your vision by looking at the toothpaste, mirror, etc. Everything is cool. Head outside. Immediately want to vomit because you can ALMOST see everything. FUN! At least I avoided the wonky eye.
News on the football front - I paid in for my league membership yesterday. So it's official, I'm on the team. I also named the team. I work with 100 people whose job is to be creative and I named the team. Perros Del Diablo. We just watched Bombon El Perro and I was stuck on Perro. Like when Brad Pitt kept saying El Camino in the Mexican. I'll post a picture of me in my kit when I have one. Exciting! Odd thing is, Jamie and I just received a slew of Latin American films from our mail dvd service. All very good, just odd timing, since we're still waiting on LOST series 1 Part 2..
Jamie went to Manchester yesterday, and I was in Madrid Thursday night and Friday during the day. I had a great time in Madrid even though I was working. What a great city. We are very lucky.
-John
We saw Equus starring Daniel Radcliffe. I'll let Jamie write about the directing, acting and the set when she has Time (with a capital T Hugh). I will say that the end of the 1st act was ruined by some schmuck taking photos in front of us with a huge ass camera. CLICK CLICK CLICK CLICK. Why didn't an usher jump him? Jamie kept kicking his seat. He didn't return for act 2, so I assume he is a design student or photographer stealing shots. It was an amazing moment on stage. One of my highlights was seeing all those kids who came to see Harry Potter with their parents. Parents who failed to research the play. I was impressed with the distinct lack of giggling. At least they all were exposed to live theatre.
We discovered that we can walk to Brixton in 15 minutes. The bus takes 30 minutes. We always thought it was so far away. We walked to the movie theatre to watch Hot Fuzz. It was friggen fantastic! I don't know if it's out in the US yet, but it's the same guys who made Shaun of the Dead.
I was jealous of our good friend Noelle, so I went and got myself a new pair of glasses. I did after all wear the last ones for almost 6 years. I also got a new prescription for my contacts. However, like all my new contact prescriptions it is WRONG. At least this time it was subtle - Left eye is perfect. The right eye is good up to about 10 feet away. Picture this scenario: Put in your new contacts. Check out your vision by looking at the toothpaste, mirror, etc. Everything is cool. Head outside. Immediately want to vomit because you can ALMOST see everything. FUN! At least I avoided the wonky eye.
News on the football front - I paid in for my league membership yesterday. So it's official, I'm on the team. I also named the team. I work with 100 people whose job is to be creative and I named the team. Perros Del Diablo. We just watched Bombon El Perro and I was stuck on Perro. Like when Brad Pitt kept saying El Camino in the Mexican. I'll post a picture of me in my kit when I have one. Exciting! Odd thing is, Jamie and I just received a slew of Latin American films from our mail dvd service. All very good, just odd timing, since we're still waiting on LOST series 1 Part 2..
Jamie went to Manchester yesterday, and I was in Madrid Thursday night and Friday during the day. I had a great time in Madrid even though I was working. What a great city. We are very lucky.
-John
posted by Jamie & John | 1:41 PM
1 Comments:
It's so cute that you thought people were taking pictures to steal the set design, and not the genetic design of Mr. H. Potter! I like the new glasses, and let me tell you I've had mine a week now, and it's still strange that the entire world seems to be broadcast in HD TV.
Haggis gets a bad rap, but it's really quite tasty as long as you don't think about the process used to make it.
Don't fret too much about Lost, once you catch up to where we are in the states, you'll find it's all not that worth it.
Oh, and I saw a preview for Hot Fuzz at Comic-con. It looks great, but we have to wait for the summer! Boo.
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