She keeps bouncin' back up, y'all!
You know you're a music geek when you're watching a movie with your family, and then a passage like this comes up...
Zoe: "So, how did it go today?"
Poppy: "What, with our flying flock of little feathered friends?"
Zoe: "Yeah."
Poppy: "It was good, they loved it, flap-flap-flappin' away they were!"
Zoe: "Were they?"
Poppy: "Yeah, bless 'em!"
Zoe: "Had to nip it in the bud with my lot before they went nuts and flew out the window."
Poppy: "It's okay, then, was it?"
Zoe: "Oh, yeah, played 'em Stravinsky after lunch just to calm 'em down."
Poppy: "What'd you play?"
Zoe: "Rites of Spring."
I laughed hysterically at that. The Husbandly One blinked and looked at me as if I had suddenly lost my mind, and the Impertinent Daughter frowned and said, "Okay, Mum gets it, but evidently, the rest of us are just totally lost on this." And the Impossible Son said, "I don't get it."
And in case you're wondering, the characters weren't talking about birds, they were talking about their primary school students, who had just finished a project to turn paper bags into bird masks/helmets, whatever. It's from the movie "Happy-Go-Lucky," which wasn't quite as good as the movie trailer makes you think it will be. That was pretty much the only moment where I laughed hard enough to get breathless. Never thought I would say this, but... some exposition would have been nice. It was kind of... plotless, like a movie in search of a story, or something. Or a theme. Or a plot. A plot would have been good, yeah.
I'm glad "Knowing" and "Happy-Go-Lucky" were free rentals. Sure would have hated to blow six bucks on 'em!!
And as for yesterday... well... you know, it's been what... five weeks? And I'm still sick? I was having a momentary pity party for myself, but I'm better now. Basically what had made me so unhappy was realizing that I'm not going to be able to go watch the Impossible Son play in the 3v3 Live tournament tomorrow, or go to the Austin Aztex/Portland Timbers game afterwards, which I was really looking forward to. I don't miss my kids' games willingly, let's put it that way, and I was really looking forward to watching Mr. Manzie's team play. But it's going to be 104 tomorrow, and Auntie would melt, apparently, so... Auntie will stay home. *pout*
I've got other worries on my mind, but... not ready to share them yet.
Can't wait for the new Harry Potter. And Ponyo in August!
Oh, shocolate, the Impertinent Daughter said the only thing that makes the fact that you've seen the new HP movie already bearable is that you SHARE all the goodies with the rest of us!! *merry laughter*
Zoe: "So, how did it go today?"
Poppy: "What, with our flying flock of little feathered friends?"
Zoe: "Yeah."
Poppy: "It was good, they loved it, flap-flap-flappin' away they were!"
Zoe: "Were they?"
Poppy: "Yeah, bless 'em!"
Zoe: "Had to nip it in the bud with my lot before they went nuts and flew out the window."
Poppy: "It's okay, then, was it?"
Zoe: "Oh, yeah, played 'em Stravinsky after lunch just to calm 'em down."
Poppy: "What'd you play?"
Zoe: "Rites of Spring."
I laughed hysterically at that. The Husbandly One blinked and looked at me as if I had suddenly lost my mind, and the Impertinent Daughter frowned and said, "Okay, Mum gets it, but evidently, the rest of us are just totally lost on this." And the Impossible Son said, "I don't get it."
And in case you're wondering, the characters weren't talking about birds, they were talking about their primary school students, who had just finished a project to turn paper bags into bird masks/helmets, whatever. It's from the movie "Happy-Go-Lucky," which wasn't quite as good as the movie trailer makes you think it will be. That was pretty much the only moment where I laughed hard enough to get breathless. Never thought I would say this, but... some exposition would have been nice. It was kind of... plotless, like a movie in search of a story, or something. Or a theme. Or a plot. A plot would have been good, yeah.
I'm glad "Knowing" and "Happy-Go-Lucky" were free rentals. Sure would have hated to blow six bucks on 'em!!
And as for yesterday... well... you know, it's been what... five weeks? And I'm still sick? I was having a momentary pity party for myself, but I'm better now. Basically what had made me so unhappy was realizing that I'm not going to be able to go watch the Impossible Son play in the 3v3 Live tournament tomorrow, or go to the Austin Aztex/Portland Timbers game afterwards, which I was really looking forward to. I don't miss my kids' games willingly, let's put it that way, and I was really looking forward to watching Mr. Manzie's team play. But it's going to be 104 tomorrow, and Auntie would melt, apparently, so... Auntie will stay home. *pout*
I've got other worries on my mind, but... not ready to share them yet.
Can't wait for the new Harry Potter. And Ponyo in August!
Oh, shocolate, the Impertinent Daughter said the only thing that makes the fact that you've seen the new HP movie already bearable is that you SHARE all the goodies with the rest of us!! *merry laughter*