Only oldsters and media studies grads will 'get' the title of this post. Checking out the link on Wikipedia myself, I'm surprised I even remember it seeing as I was barely a teenager when it aired.
My own TW3 has been rather uneventful. We started watching that David Tennant thing Around The World in 80 Days. Enjoyable enough, and very much Sunday night TV.
Obviously, Bert has been glued to all televisual things historical and WW2 related. It has been Holocaust Remembrance Week. I lit a candle last night knowing that no one would see it.
Enjoyed very much seeing on our family WhatsApp the first pictures of my extremely new great-nephew Seánaí. Kerry Sister and I are the only ones in the family who have just one great-nephew. All the other sibs have two. We are a family that is light on boys so are excited when we get one. Our parents Seamus and Martha have (so far) 25 descendants of which eighteen have been girls.
Other news. Three positive Covid cases in our inner circle. One family, two friends. All mild cases so far. Bert and I are still testing negative.
By far the most exciting event of the past seven days was the Scruffy Hen capturing and eating a young rat. All the other hens were extremely envious and tried to steal it but Scruffy won the day.
Much excitement again tonight as I took myself off on a solitary date for one to see Belfast at the local cinema - the first time I've been to the 'pictures' in ages. I'd forgotten how annoying one's fellow cinema-goers can be. Crunching crisps, slurping drinks, kicking seats and then the one reprobate whose phone started ringing during a particularly poignant scene. Despite these annoyances, I enjoyed the film. Maybe a wee bit heavy on the Van Morrison tunes (there are other Irish musicians y'know) and Judi Dench was wonderful. She reminded me of several McAnespie matriarchs, especially Clare and Josephine. And now I'm home, sipping a glass of wine and catching up on my neglected blog.
Oh! One other thing - I was eleven years retired this past week and still love waking up in the morning not having to go to work.
3 comments:
I saw it yesterday too and enjoyed it even if the plot was a bit implausible at times (returning the Omo during the riot for example) . Judi Dench reminded me of my Granny and Ciaran Hinds also very good I thought. X Doris
I saw it last night too. I thought the grandparents were the most true to life characters especially the grandmother. He got some bits completely wrong - the Catholic child in the Protestant school and the diversity of the population to name two. Overall though it was enjoyable. Agree about Van Morrison. I still love his music even if I loathe him but it would have been better to use music from the 1960s.
I loved the way Buddy glowed when he witnessed loving behaviour between parents and grandparents. A great wee actor.
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