Order
Do you have an order that you follow in life? By that I mean a routine? Sure, I have the whole 'weekday morning' thing going on with packed lunches, breakfasts, and getting the kids to school but I also have some things organised in my me time so to speak.
The computer. The sites I read. ANd the blogs I read. I have them on a sidebar and I hit them fairly regularly to see friends' and strangers' updates. Their childrens' achievements, their take on current events, the state of their homelife...it's a way to connect. Then it gets to a point where I lose interest in some. I keep them listed in my favourites but quite frankly I don't hit them so much as they don't update so often or they seem to be leading in a direction that no longer appeals to me. Sometimes I am shocked with out of nowhere blatant statements that alter the perception I have of the writer. And its interesting to see how they deal with comments - do they follow up? do they just ignore? It's a social science in itself.
Saturdays I read the Sunday papers (UK) on line before I sleep. Normally. Having said that this month I have read a lot more American news outlets online too. I never watch the news on tv and I rarely buy a newspaper.
Just came home from the movies. Saturday night at the movies - pretty rare but I really wanted to see Atonement (it was so busy in the theater) and I am running out of spare nights to go and I don't know how long it will play. I finished the book just last night and so I remembered it all - it was interesting to actually see where they stayed true to the writing and where they went off a little. James McAvoy is as hot as ever. I am always well impressed that I never hear a trace of his Scottish accent in his acting - he gets it really spot on. When I first saw him in Shameless I had no idea he was Scottish at all. The fact that he is well it reminds me very much of someone I was once very very close to who was also from that area of Glasgow and whose accent could literally bring me to my knees. Many moons ago.
In case you have no idea WHO I am talking about (the actor - not the guy from my past) here is a taste. Enjoy!
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I'm a wee embarassed to say I heard all about Atonement as "THE" book you MUST read when it came out. So, of course, knowing the basic she tells of her sis & the help & the lie and the war blah blah...I was excited. And, then made it to page 8. I've never picked it back up. But, I really do want to see the movie. Maybe it'll inspire me to get through the book.
I do know that drop dead gorgeous Scot. And, I agree. The Scottish accent is a tough one if it's thick.
Whoopsy. Apparently I hit this instead of the movie one. Sorry. Mom brain in action.
I understand the routine. I have a few people I once enjoyed who I don't visit as often. I have even deleted a couple of people who I commented on for a while but never came to see me. A couple of people I read I don't know if I would be friend with in real life due, primarily, to my not agreeing to their lifestyle--so your point about the perception changing? I totally understand. Out here for some reason, I get a much broader spectrum and am okay with that.
Did I do some of these things? You've totally peaked the curiosity.