Mr Cat Dog

did you hear about curb your enthusiasm being confirmed for a ninth season?

and it's all good over here
new (irl) job, new dating opportunity, a plethora of wonderful games come out next month and i just feel satisfied! it is great

how are things honey

it really is crazy how things turn out isn't it

thanks. I've made it!!

My mom points out you can go from Montjuïc to the natural reserve of Montserrat via a cable car, which we couldn't do because of a massive storm when we were there!

MMMMM. I've been to Barcelona three times (one for a week, one for a job interview, one as a job trip), so I have a tiny bit of an idea. One, La Rambla, going from Plaça Catalunya to the sea, very touristy zone (if you go next weekend, you might find lots of Barcelona fans celebrating the League title at the Canaletas fountain -which actually is a normal street drinking fountain-). Going down the avenue, you'll find the Boquería market, which is a delightful place to visit (and perhaps buy something, if anything a drink in one of the pubs inside). Going from there through Carrer Ferrán, you can find Plaça Sant Jaume nearby, with the Cathedral, the City Council and the Generalitat building. And if you keep walking to the East, there is the old city, where you can find the Picasso Museum and the Santa María del Mar Church, which is a delight to see.

There is also the Palau de la Música and the Spanish Village, which is a 20's pocket-version of Spain, including streets and monuments lifted from elsewhere in the country, so tourists could see the entire thing just with a single visit to Barcelona. Also the Columbus statue at the end of the Rambla (it has an elevator inside, so you can go to the top) and the former bullring, which is now a shopping centre- I think that one was in Plaça de Espanya. If you feel like walking through green areas, there is also Montjuïc, featuring a former castle, and the Parc de la Ciutadella, with a zoo and the Catalan Parliament (don't feed the MPs!).

And, of course, everything Gaudí: Parc Güell, Sagrada Familia, Casa Battló, La Pedrera... you can't miss those.

*pokes*

hello c:

genuinely cannot understand any of the hype. whatsoever. Baffling

I saw Right Now, Wrong Then at your recommendation... that scene at the end outside the theater... it felt like I was being hugged by a thousand angels! What a tender film with all its lingering takes, chilling quietness, harrowing what-ifs, lost prospects. I had Before Sunset callbacks of love-found-and-lost, which is in no way a bad thing. And Kim Min-hee's performance is so surprisingly bluff, disguising a pent-up fury and sadness under a superficial softness. Might be my second or third favorite Hong feature, and by far his most romantic!

Sorry I haven't been around, been busy with my course! How you been?

Yeah man, the good films are the ones that force you to reassert and restructure your views as you grow up. As an aficionado cinematographer, Persona is such a film to me. It's just so technically complex in its images.

Need to watch Creed, I like the Rocky films but never took them too seriously after the third. Still I'm seeing this one has received lot of love.

Not much, just cruising. Watched any good films lately? I just saw The Revenant. It was very good.

Hey man, that's sick! I'll keep an eye on it!

I'm working on my own project too, writing a novel and building a short story blog. When it's finally presentable, I'll throw you a link.

How's life treating you buddy?

Hey, pal.

Yo, even if you can't get Adri and Will to join, if you have the time why don't you just come down to Brighton? It's been so long.

Otherwise I'm visiting you in London in a few months, once I've saved the moneyz. Currently facing eviction which is a pain in the wallet.

Also where's the best place to contact you? FB? Twitter?

About goddamn f*n' time. >:(

er-hem. Anyway

It's very much between Dr. Strangelove (which I've a new-found enjoyment for lately) and 2001 for me. An almost impossible call. On one hand, I was majorly put off by Dr. Strangelove's ending and felt like the character himself wasn't even remotely deserving of the film; on the other, 2001 is full of stuff that doesn't, and probably won't ever, make any sense and a huge amount of that film could probably have been cut out without making any real difference to the overall feeling of it. But that's true for a lot of Kubrick films, I guess. They're both really brilliant, though - I guess I'd give the edge to Dr. Strangelove very slightly. Thing is that they're so dramatically different to each other that it's hard to compare them, but I feel like Strangelove is the more entertaining of the two - although, that's owing largely to its more watchable length and lower fat (as if that's a term, haha) than 2001.

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I listened to the new Youth Lagoon album, by the by. It felt like very straightforward art pop though and I wasn't really impressed. Couple of nice moments but it was generally boring and, as much as I hate to say it, I don't like his voice when he's so much more bold with it.

Heh. I'll hold off giving any opinions on it in that case, then. Surprised that it's your last Kubrick though, since it always seemed one of his "biggest" to me - which was your favourite of his so far?

He's not, but I'll find it anyway!

Curiously, on the topic of Kubrick war films, have you ever seen Full Metal Jacket? It was the last one I watched.