Weeknotes 6
This week I'm sick with a cold. I've just come back from Wales, where I've been visiting friends for an evening of cocktails, erotic thrillers and book club catch-ups.
- We watched Basic Instinct and Disclosure. Basic Instinct was incredible, Disclosure was a terrible film which would be funny if it's portrayal of sex and gender politics weren't so awful. This letterboxd review really nails it:
Somehow a movie in which they teach the audience about the concept of micro-agressions, that intent doesn't always matter when it comes to abuse, and that systemic sexism is very real AND ALSO a film about a power hungry BITCH WHORE who uses fake rape accusations to get ahead in business to mask her own incompetence. ~ Luana on letterboxd
It also featured a Tron-like sequence where a virtual version of Demi Moore stalks Michael Douglas in this films version of the metaverse, threateningly deleting files using the insane OS you tube clip.
I climbed once this week - I felt really lethargic and went down with a sore throat the next day, so didn't feel like I accomplished much. I'm glad I'm keeping up with my hobbies, but I'm starting to think turning up isn't enough - it's after work, I'm tired, distracted and not really trying.
I've been walking past this haunted doll someone has left out for free all week. No one has taken her home yet for some reason...
My boyfriend and I continued our Bond watch with Goldeneye on Monday, the first Pierce Brosnan (and also the first appearance of Judi Dench - I think you're a sexist, misogynistic dinosaur).
As well as the film, I'm just quite happy that my efforts to communicate my needs more seem to be working, in that I feel happier and I feel like we're getting on better. I've always struggled with it because it feels selfish, but I've come to realise that not expressing your feelings or opinions to someone because you have assumed how they'll respond, and that they'll respond negatively, is doing both of you a disservice.
I made a long rambling post about my sick day where I tried to figure out why I'm finding writing about stuff so frustrating recently. I think the conclusion is I need to try more, without worrying about the outcome (but that's how I approach climbing and I feel I've really stagnated there... once you have the habit how do you improve?)
Next week I've booked on to Dog Life Drawing with a friend. I'm really looking forward to this, I think it'll be really fun. I haven't been to life drawing for a few months, so I'm hoping I'll be able to keep up (assuming the dogs will be doing fast poses 😄)
Here's a photo of my friend's dog to sign off, have a good week!
