-Read Disgrace in two days.
Strong. Disturbing. I’m sure it’s already been optioned and will become a movie very soon (which is not necessarily a good thing).
-Saw Les Ordres (subtitled, which meant B. could watch it too).
That movie had made a very strong impression on me when I was a teenager. I know people who were put in jail during the October crisis and it’s amazing to think that this happened in Quebec, not so long ago. I was also amazed to see how I remembered entire lines and shots from the movie, even though I probably only saw it once or twice before.
-Saw House of Sand and Fog.
Since we’ve been deep into this whole « house thing », B. and I thought we had to see this movie. Overall a good movie, interesting in its shift between the point of views, but needs a tighter structure and less melodrama at the end (Cut that violin, will you? The images and emotions were strong enough.) One thing is for sure: see this movie and you’ll never look at your unopened mail in the same way again.
-Bought a laser printer.
With this new screenwriting thing I’m doing, printing drafts of 120 pages can take forever on an inkjet printer. It can also empty the cartridges very fast. Last time I needed to bring a draft to the producer, I visited 4 printing shops and neither one of them could print the script on the spot. Getting the screenplay to the producer on time turned into a nightmare, so I did a bit of research online, read the advertising brochures that came to my door and picked the HP LaserJet 1012, for 200$ (after rebate, full cartridge included). Installation was no problem at all (even though a lot of people complained about installation problems on epinions and cnet) and the machine is the fastest laser printer I’ve ever used. It’s also cute and tiny, which never hurts, right?
-Ate a lot of old style doughnuts.
Baked by my brother in law, just like my mom used to make them. Heaven with a glass of milk.
-Ate fabulous turkey soup.
Made by Blork, who has been feeding me like a little pig he’s planning on eating for New Year’s day. Maybe I should start to worry…
-Took a walk in beautiful old Boucherville.
Found the house of my dreams, facing the St-Lawrence river (any beautiful river/ocean would do).
-Finally made Mozilla my default browser.
That should make a lot of you happy.
