15 apr 2010

tax day. for once we've already got our refund. last few years i've been writing a check and running to the mail box today.

really beautiful day again. supposed to get called on the weekend.

drove elizabeth vre.

breakfast

bagel w/ butter
banana
oj
coffee
iced tea

i watched the first half of Kingdom of Heaven (Ridley Scott, 2005) during breakfast and during lunch. the first half is a pretty good movie. not great. there's a huge battle just before the intermission that is problematic for me. i really couldn't tell who was fighting who. it was remarkable that they were able to stage such a "brawl ridiculous" but from my point of view it didn't advance the story at all. i thought Orlando Bloom gave a good account of himself. not Academy Award material but solid. Jeremy Irons and Liam Neeson were both very good.

this was the director's cut. i don't know the movie did so poorly. maybe they should have released the director's cut. so far I'd give Kingdom of Heaven something between a B- and a B.

lunch

bologna, salami, and swiss sandwiches
pickle spears
chips
iced tea

listening to the radio hearing about the huge disruption of air traffic caused by a volcano in Iceland. remarkable. i think they've cancelled all international flights into and out of England.

i've been catching episodes The Bernie Mac Show at lunch time on some days. idiosyncratic show. some very funny stuff. "That's the only way he escaped the all-seeing eye." it is really hard to believe that Bernie Mac passed away. he was just over 50.

snack

yogurt

dinner

clam chowder
salad
iced tea

we found Romancing the Stone on cable last night. watched the second half. "Joan Wilder? Juanita Wilder?" the corrupt colonel in the movie could have come out of 40's central casting. generally a lot of fun, though. awful 80s style sound track.