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We're having the communal meal and the new dishwasher is giving us the story of her life.
About how she likes older men and was engaged to be married but then came back from college in Vancouver to discover that her fiancee was cheating on her.
It's her first night.
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Micmacs à tire-larigot
An unusual film, but that's exactly what I expected of Jean-Pierre Jeunet. No, not Jean-Luc. You know who you are.
Great set design, props, characters, the story was so-so and overall the film seemed somewhat to lack in the "Heart" department. Especially after Amélie. While I'd certainly recommend it over any of the Hollywood drek that too often takes precedence in the cinemas here, it's not his best effort. Worth it for the visuals alone though (nice to see a director using real actors and actresses and not avatars chosen for their generic good looks ...).
And there's something about reconnecting with the same cast that he uses for all his films that makes it - well, enjoyable in the way that catching up with old friends is enjoyable.
I'd give it 6 1/2 Bananas.
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SNAFU
I was fixing the blog section and, well, you've probably noticed.
I spell fix with a "U".
So, apologies if it's acting up, but possibly it will be fixed in the very near future.
Until then search for articles by using the search function, or by clicking on the appropriate category link (beneath the title of the posting).
Good luck....
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Garage Sales 2010 - Week 9
Starting in Kensington at 8:30, most of the households were still setting up. So I went to the nearby Starbucks, swiped a few more cards, a coffee and a fudge something-or-another, waited a few minutes then began.
It was OK. Some X-box games for the boy, sheets for the bed (as mine have mysterious stains that won't seem to wash out), a cutting board (I need a cutting board!!) and, last but not least, a set of 2 Laguoile game servers (?) (forks, I'll call them), for 50 cents.
Horn handles, the bumblebee on the side, they're beautiful. Completely impractical, and what I really wanted was a Laguoile corkscrew, but they'll do for the moment.
And a cutting board. I need a cutting board. This cutting board, for a toonie, weighs about 30 pounds and that's this trip.
There are other things, a bunch of intellectual books over-analyzing "The Simpsons", the author in attendance (introduced by his wife), I didn't stop and peruse as I have no use for living and/or successful authors, so I left them behind. Lots of good books, but I'm behind in my reading so the books were passed over.
There was a beautifully hardwood & leather sofa, Victorian styled but made in Indonesia, tempting but I have a sofa and don't need another.
Tarot cards and a book on how to interpret. Always useful.
The weight of the finds of the day, of the cutting board and the sheets, it's dragging me down so I go and wait for the bus and unload my treasures at home. Then back to a few I saw advertised closer to home - more X-Box 360 games, X-box games, Wii games for the daughter, they're the real winners this time out, this weekend alone the boy has got a dozen new games for his X-Box systems....some cufflinks and tie-clips (passed on to the people at work), aprons (IBID), beanies for the daughter and that's it.
It's too late in the day now to have a nap, I'll never wake up and so I simply get ready for work and go. A shame, I was on a roll, I could have garage-saled alll day....
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