January 18
Darryl took this picture in my backyard a few weeks ago when we were all making oj with the oranges from my tree.
I took Muriel to her chemo treatment and read her Proust until she begged for mercy and shortly thereafter she fell asleep so glad was she to be relieved of Proust. And a few more little things – Lona’s tech support, got my hair cut, starting to work on taxes. Life.
MORE MOVIES: Blue Jasmine (funky and not great); Dallas Buyers Club (WHoo, So Good!); Wolf of Wall Street (mostly boring).
From before: The Book Thief (don’t bother); Gravity (+=technology, -=everything else); Nebraska (slow, quiet, b&w, it gets you); Francis Ha (indie goodness); Inside Llewyn Davis (good on the cat); Her (slow, uninvolving, but I liked the ending); American Hustle (fun, entertaining, surprisingly light); Captain Phillips (exciting and well done even though you already know what happens).
My favorites so far: Nebraska and Francis Ha, both small stories in black and white and now I’m adding Dallas Buyers Club.
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