Weekend bits
Jan. 7th, 2019 09:16 amIt's been a good couple of days. As I had hoped, I got the pacing rather better at Parkrun on Saturday, and knocked a not-too-shabby 38 seconds off my PB. And that was still with some pacing mistakes, so I think there's still a little bit of improvement that I can make fairly quickly, before having to rely on the slow and steady process of gradually getting fitter.
That evening Ramesh & I went to the cinema to see "The Favourite". I was expecting to enjoy it, as it ticks lots of the boxes I like - period drama with queers and political conniving, but I completely bounced off it - I found nearly all the characters unlikeable and thus uninteresting, and the anachronisms felt quite grating (I don't mind them in something that's clearly meant to be light-hearted fun, but this film felt like it couldn't make up its mind whether it was that or Serious Drama(tm)). Having said that,![[profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
obandoller really enjoyed it, and so far everything I've seen anyone else write about it has been positive, so don't let the fact that it didn't work for me put you off seeing it.
We followed the film with dinner at Bistro Aix, which was pretty good. Particularly stand out was my tart tatin, which had perfect crisp pastry, and the sticky-sweetness of the apple cut through with a very generous slug of flaming calvados, and delightfully contrasted with a scoop of cooling lavender ice-cream.
Yesterday started with Mass, followed by the taking down of Christmas trees both in church and at home. It was sad to put all the decorations away, but the sitting room does feel a lot bigger! Then in the afternoon I went to an event called "Your Queer New Year", organised bybooklectica at the Oscar Wilde Temple in Clapham. It was a great event - a good balance of quiet contemplation and structure social interaction, and the exhibition is just gorgeous. It's fairly small, so probably not worth a trip from out-of-town just to see, but if you're local, or going to be in London for something else, I'd recommended finding an hour or so to spend there if you can.
That evening Ramesh & I went to the cinema to see "The Favourite". I was expecting to enjoy it, as it ticks lots of the boxes I like - period drama with queers and political conniving, but I completely bounced off it - I found nearly all the characters unlikeable and thus uninteresting, and the anachronisms felt quite grating (I don't mind them in something that's clearly meant to be light-hearted fun, but this film felt like it couldn't make up its mind whether it was that or Serious Drama(tm)). Having said that,
obandoller really enjoyed it, and so far everything I've seen anyone else write about it has been positive, so don't let the fact that it didn't work for me put you off seeing it. We followed the film with dinner at Bistro Aix, which was pretty good. Particularly stand out was my tart tatin, which had perfect crisp pastry, and the sticky-sweetness of the apple cut through with a very generous slug of flaming calvados, and delightfully contrasted with a scoop of cooling lavender ice-cream.
Yesterday started with Mass, followed by the taking down of Christmas trees both in church and at home. It was sad to put all the decorations away, but the sitting room does feel a lot bigger! Then in the afternoon I went to an event called "Your Queer New Year", organised by
booklectica at the Oscar Wilde Temple in Clapham. It was a great event - a good balance of quiet contemplation and structure social interaction, and the exhibition is just gorgeous. It's fairly small, so probably not worth a trip from out-of-town just to see, but if you're local, or going to be in London for something else, I'd recommended finding an hour or so to spend there if you can.
