Views & News: getting hotter edition
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stonepicnicking_okapi1. Nice things I've seen at the lake: turtles sunning themselves, baby geese, a purple butterfly. I am starting my 10k training. It's getting hotter so I have to go as early as I can.
2. I am trying to find a plot for my unconventional courtship fic. Please, plot bunny muse, don't abandon your supplicant in her time of need. I need a case which involves adultery, embezzlement and possibly murder! I am listening to Raymond Chandler's Farewell, My Lovely and The Big Sleep on audiobook and watching a host of old movies (really most of what my library had in the 'noir' category). Kiss Me Deadly a Mike Hammer with Cloris Leachman (!) didn't impress me. Nor did Dark Passage with Bogey and Bacall. But I am liking Out of the Past with Robert Mitchum. He's got some nice lines in it. I tried a Kurosawa called Dark Angel but it definitely wasn't what I wanted.
3. I feel like I am trying not to be so hard on myself about not hitting my goals (or maybe revising my goals so that they are more achievable). So I set a 'fine' 'good' and 'great' category for things so that if I do something even 3 times a week, (like yoga or not eating sweets or running) then I get a 'fine' and 4 is good (which is what I want--More Often Than Not) and 5 is great.
1 JUNE: Go Barefoot Day: Do you like going barefoot?
Yes. It isn't really safe but I like it. I like it at the beach.
2 JUNE: Rotisserie Chicken Day: When’s the last time you ate anything cooked on a spit or a grill?
We have a little George Foreman grill (which has seen better days) and I grilled hamburgers on it for Memorial Day.
3 JUNE: Egg Day: What’s the best way to prepare eggs?
Deviled (mu-hu-ha-ha!)
4 JUNE: Trails Day: Do you have a favorite hiking trail?
No. I've only gone to 2 recently. That impulse died but it might be revived in the autumn when things are cooler.
Of course, back in the day, When I Was Cool, I used to hike and hitchhike all over Chile and Argentina and Ecuador. Once I followed an old Jesuit trail by myself and got lost and had to sleep next to a horse. Once I got stuck in the mud and had to scream for help until a farm lad pulled me out. It's amazing I lived this long given all the potentially dangerous things that I did in my 20's. And I did almost all of them ALONE. I miss the person I was.
2. I am trying to find a plot for my unconventional courtship fic. Please, plot bunny muse, don't abandon your supplicant in her time of need. I need a case which involves adultery, embezzlement and possibly murder! I am listening to Raymond Chandler's Farewell, My Lovely and The Big Sleep on audiobook and watching a host of old movies (really most of what my library had in the 'noir' category). Kiss Me Deadly a Mike Hammer with Cloris Leachman (!) didn't impress me. Nor did Dark Passage with Bogey and Bacall. But I am liking Out of the Past with Robert Mitchum. He's got some nice lines in it. I tried a Kurosawa called Dark Angel but it definitely wasn't what I wanted.
3. I feel like I am trying not to be so hard on myself about not hitting my goals (or maybe revising my goals so that they are more achievable). So I set a 'fine' 'good' and 'great' category for things so that if I do something even 3 times a week, (like yoga or not eating sweets or running) then I get a 'fine' and 4 is good (which is what I want--More Often Than Not) and 5 is great.
1 JUNE: Go Barefoot Day: Do you like going barefoot?
Yes. It isn't really safe but I like it. I like it at the beach.
2 JUNE: Rotisserie Chicken Day: When’s the last time you ate anything cooked on a spit or a grill?
We have a little George Foreman grill (which has seen better days) and I grilled hamburgers on it for Memorial Day.
3 JUNE: Egg Day: What’s the best way to prepare eggs?
Deviled (mu-hu-ha-ha!)
4 JUNE: Trails Day: Do you have a favorite hiking trail?
No. I've only gone to 2 recently. That impulse died but it might be revived in the autumn when things are cooler.
Of course, back in the day, When I Was Cool, I used to hike and hitchhike all over Chile and Argentina and Ecuador. Once I followed an old Jesuit trail by myself and got lost and had to sleep next to a horse. Once I got stuck in the mud and had to scream for help until a farm lad pulled me out. It's amazing I lived this long given all the potentially dangerous things that I did in my 20's. And I did almost all of them ALONE. I miss the person I was.
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Date: 2024-06-04 07:58 pm (UTC)The best film noir I've ever seen is Night of the Hunter but I think that tips over into horror, it's chilling.
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Date: 2024-06-05 03:33 am (UTC)Hmm. I know Rear Window and Rope very well. I don't know if Hitchcock would work. I have seen Bladerunner, too. It didn't come to mind but...
I looked at the summary of that. It is noir but I don't know if it'll work either. I am looking for a private eye plot. Double Indemnity was good. And the one I just finished Out of the Past was good. I will keep searching...for a bit more
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Date: 2024-06-05 09:41 am (UTC)I love Rear Window but it's not really a film noir is it. Film noir isn't actually my favourite film genre, but one of my hobbies is films and the cinema in general, so feel free to ask me for any recommendations and I'll try to help.
Yes Night of the Hunter is more a psychological chiller, but Robert Mitchum is terrifying, never seen him like that in any other films.
I watched LA Confidential, I think that's a film noir/private eye film but it was sooooo long ago that I can't remember the details, apart from that Guy Pearce is in it.
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Date: 2024-06-04 08:51 pm (UTC)I think your new category thing for your goals is a good idea :)
You have had quite a life!
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Date: 2024-06-05 03:35 am (UTC)I just finished Out of the Past. I liked it but I don't know if it's right for my purposes.
Yeah, it's a small tweak but it might encourage me to keep going rather than give up when life gets in the way.
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Date: 2024-06-05 12:17 pm (UTC)- The Postman Always Rings Twice
- The Killers (1946 film)
- Criss Cross (1949 film)
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Date: 2024-06-05 04:12 pm (UTC)Edited to say thank you!! I really appreciate it!
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Date: 2024-06-05 05:39 pm (UTC)