Tuesday, May 16, 2006

Ah Mondays, one of my favorite days of the week

Mondays are the day that I meet my buddy Frank for a matinee at our local movie theatre. Frank is a self-described physics geek, movie buff and misanthrope. Only the first two are true though, he’s one of the nicest people I know. Often our stroll to main street necessitates a stop at the pub before the movie, where we order a gin and tonic for Frank and a Guinness for me. Sometimes the movie necessitates another stop at the pub before the walk home. This week we were running a bit late so we compromised and sipped canned Guinness taken from the fridge on the way out the door.

It was an odd flick, slap-stick, made funnier by the aforementioned Guinness. Adam & Steve, a love story between two gay men, who were star-crossed lovers in the 80’s and rediscovered each other in the present day. Posey Parker played an prickly-yet-adorable side-kick; it’s probably worth seeing just for her. I left feeling inspired by love and giddy from the last two dance numbers. If only life were like musicals, where we could break into choreographed singing routines and mend our troubles with a tune.

Once home for the evening, I made myself a salad and hosted online office hours for my calculus students. Then I was off to bed to read The Last Lion, a biography of Winston Churchill, and before I knew it I was singing and dancing in my sleep, dreaming about Tuesday.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'm flattered to see I'm worthy of blog space. Just for the record the actress is Parker Posey . The self (?) described Queen Of The Indie (independent film).

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000205/bio

KK said...

Wow! You read my blog twice in one week! I feel so special.

My office-mate aggreed - apparently I MUST see "Waiting for Guffman". I'll rent it this weekend to watch after John flies away again on Sunday. :-(

Anonymous said...

I was going to mention films she has been in which I enjoyed but I didn't want to over blog my first responce. Guffman is very funny. The House Of Yes pretty odd. The Daytrippers funny/odd ...

And you ARE special!