Monday, January 10, 2005

"Tell me why I don't like Mondays..."

Thanks, Mr Geldoff

Man, I do hate Mondays. Back to the grind after a weekend of sorting out various things and socialising for the first time in ages. Great to everyone again. I have missed their company. I was right to panic when I thought I'd lost them. After all, you're only as good as the people that surround you and they are very good people indeed.

As usual Hems (The chap who sits next to me) helped to stave off the boredom eagle. Whilst he was talking to a friend I decided to play an impromptu game of 'Hemmings Buckaroo' which involved me attaching various items of office stationary to him until he noticed and shouted at me. I managed to get a file clip on him.
A meagre one item. I was always crap at Buckaroo.


FILMS I want to see but my local facist multiplex won't play:
  1. Closer
  2. Garden State
  3. I Heart Huckabees
  4. Sideways
  5. The Life Aquatic (Not out yet but I can bet Bill Murray's beard it's going to be a bitch to see it)
  6. Melinda and Melinda (No one this side of France plays Woody flicks anymore. This should grief everyone. It doesn't.)

More art, less fart that's all I'm saying. People need flicks that mean something. A story with soul. Not everyone wants to see Vin Diesel kick, punch and growl for ninety hellish minutes.(except for horny teenage girls and Chavs. The groundlings of the cinema world)

I need a haircut. Seriously. I have seventies hair and not in a good way. I thought by growing it I'd look rock and roll and more like a writer, but I actually look a bit of a twat. I look like Dirk Bennedict from Battlestar Gallactica!

Gone are the days when I wanted to be like him. That particular dream died when I realised that the A-Team, much like Father Christmas, wasn't real and that he was merely jobbing along with a bunch of z-grade actors.

The point is that I need a haircut and I need a ------- (Insert something here, chances are you'd be right on the money)


8 comments:

D.T. Johnson said...

Closer is on at Cineworld in Wolverhampton. I would like to see it now after reading the quotes. lol

Christopher D. Bate said...

it is an excellent film. I'm tempted to buy the play.

Christopher D. Bate said...

I've wanted to see that for a while. One of my resolutions is to see more interesting and inspirational films. 'Lola' is a film I've never got around to watching. I'm going to see if I can borrow it from my friend. He was raving about it some time ago.
A great film (if you can track it down) is a British film (Sometimes we make good movies) called 'A Room For Romeo Brass'. It is a brilliant little film from a brilliant writer/director (Shane Meadows) that's been sadly overlooked.
If you can find it I totally recommend it.

Christopher D. Bate said...

I've got a list of films I need to see: Before Sunset (Before Sunrise is one of my favourites), Coffee and Cigarettes, Grand Theft Parsons, Wilbur (Wants to kill himself), Rushmore...the list is long. I need to start renting more flicks. Trouble is these horrible British winters make it hard to leave the house.

Christopher D. Bate said...

I'm not sure. It changes all the time as to what is and what isn't and what we can and can't say.
The weather here keeps changing. It's just really gloomy and it gets to people. It's dark when you go to work and dark when you leave.
It's threatening to snow. We don't get much snow here but when we do, man, do we panic! It's like a war or something. We Brits are great at going bananas at the slightest thing.

Christopher D. Bate said...

Britain has it's moments. I suppose you never really appreciate where you live until you are away.
I'm going to New York in a few months and then off to Salt Lake City, Utah. I've never been to the U.S but I've always wanted to. I have a habit of saying 'I'll do it tommorow' and then not actually doing anything. That's something I'm hoping to change this year.
I'm also trying to get to Hamburg again. That was a brilliant place. Loads of cool pubs and bars.

Christopher D. Bate said...

Hopefully, it won't be as bad as London. That place freaks me out. I had to go to a place called Hammersmith to see Woody Allen at the Apollo. After the event I couldn't wait to get out!

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