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November 28, 2003

leftovers

Hot turkey sandwiches. Leftover stuffing. Cold cranberry chutney. Apple cider. The day after is sometimes better than the feast.

I finished my first knitting project, a scarf. It took me 6 days but I finally binded off this afternoon. Even though it is far from perfect, I am quite pleased with myself. Tomorrow we learn to make hats! By next week I should be able to determine if my original idea of giving away hats is possible. In the meantime, dogtulosba is offering free magnets. Hurry while supplies last!

All day long I have had a yen to watch an old Hollywood Romance. An Affair to Remember, Magnificent Obsession-- something! The closest I came was an hour of Brideshead Revisited on Trio. It was an episode from the middle of the series when Sebastian is living in Morrocco with the German who's foot is full of pus. "I had a friend at University, a clever little fellow. I use to pick him up and shake him when I was angry-- but so clever!" (What the heck does it say about me when I can QUOTE Brideshead Revisted!?!) Then I watched the last 15 minutes of The A-Team and a full hour of 21 Jump Street. AMC why hath thou forsaken me!?!?!

BTW, googling Brideshead Revisited has uncovered a plan to remake it starring Jude Law as Sebastian and Colin Farrell as Charles Ryder. I wonder if they will try to condense it into 2 hours? And will they cut out Anthony Blanche? "You know what it was that cemented our love? We used the same color varnish on our toe nails!"

Posted by donna at November 28, 2003 06:00 PM | TrackBack

Comments

I think Brideshead Revisited is great and the actors in it were superb. My sister also likes it and named one of her new cats Sabastian after Sabastian Flyte. I believe things will turn out better for the cat even though he isn't yet big buds with his new roomate, Kona.

I think that a remake would inevitably be disappointing if for no other reason than I can't imagine the acting being as good. Condensing the story into a small time frame would result in nothing but a cheap knock-off. As you say, what if they cut out out the character of Anthony Blanche? The horror! Such n-n-n-n-nasty boys!

Posted by: Craig N. at November 29, 2003 02:03 PM