Hello from a rainy fall night in Toronto. It's one of those rains where the drops collect and sparkle on my windows.
I had a busy day. I stayed late at work marking and planning, then went to the gym to run in preparation for Sunday's race. It was dark by the time I was on the bus home, and I have to say that I rather enjoy bus rides on a rainy evening.
Last night Jason and I saw the movie 50/50. It had a lot of good shots of Joseph Gordon-Levitt's character riding buses, and tonight's bus ride reminded me of the movie. The movie was quite good, although I was rather unprepared. After a weekend of unseasonably warm and sunny weather, I'd left my jacket and home, and neglected to pack Kleenex in my bag when going to a movie about cancer. As a result, I ended up getting some tears on Jason's jacket, which I had to wear inside the chilly theatre, oops.
I'm obsessively listening to the title track, Hello Sadness, from the forthcoming Los Campesinos! album, out on November 15th. I like it. Now I've heard two songs from the album, and the band is definitely two for two.
Of course, I am still obsessed with the new Feist album. As I listen to it, I can't help but think I could have used this album about a year ago... still, I love that I have it now. I also love this article about Feist in Spin magazine.
I also picked up a bunch of tickets today. Jason and I are going to see Louis CK on Saturday. It's the first time in my life that I've ever seen a comic. I also picked up my Dan Mangan and Matthew Good tickets too. As I did so, I realized that, holy shit, I do see a lot of stuff, eh?
Speaking of seeing stuff, tomorrow night three of my work besties and I are going to see Kim Cattrall and Paul Gross in a Noel Coward play: Private Lives. We're doing dinner first, and it will be a lovely night. I'm feeling thankful yet again for being able to see so much stuff, and for having wonderful people to share it with.
On a completely different note, I can't help but feel like I'm falling behind all the time. The pile of marking is growing at an exponential rate, as is my housework, and other assorted things I have to prepare for. I was going to tackle another set of marking tonight, but I'm feeling like a mug of peppermint tea, a book, and early bed will be a much better call. I'm always ever hopeful that maybe I'll get myself out of bed earlier tomorrow, and get some work done in the morning.
I really do wish that there were a couple extra hours in each day, don't you?
5 comments:
Ooooo, Louis CK! How exciting!. I'm sure you'll have an awesome time. I wish I had a couple more hours a day, although what I'd also need is some more energy to go with those hours. We've got a bunch of work to get done at work, and a hard deadline for the new website now.
You DO see a lot of stuff! I'm living vicariously through you. And one of these days I'm going to check out EVERYTHING you have suggested because I feel like we are on the save wavelength musically.
(The new Feist, I'm on my second listen....still not sure.)
Sometimes avoiding a pile of work really is the best option!
You want to see Paul Gross?
You're one of them, aren't you?
You'll have to let us know how the play is!
Louis CK is my favorite standup comic. He is filthy but it's worth wading through.
The thing I don't get about 50/50 is, from what I've seen, the guy only lost his head hair. Man, I had NO hair at all, anywhere, during the last third of my chemo. Losing your eyebrows and eyelashes makes you look freaky.
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