Last Weekend for February 23-25
1. Earlier this year I had to reschedule two orchestra dates, which resulted in this being the first of three consecutive weekends that I had tickets for. M thought that was a bit much, so on Friday I took Danita to see an all Ravel program. I particularly enjoyed the Piano Concerto for the Left Hand, featuring Jean-Yves Thibaudet on piano. It's been quite a while since a piece of classical music caught my attention as much as this one.
2. On Saturday I met Emily and Chris after CrossFit for a pleasant lunch at Merry Arts. M didn't join us as she wasn't feeling particularly well. I had a burger and fries, and brought M some takeout.
3. Saturday night, Danita and her son Josh joined M and I for dinner at my house (John was traveling). I made three recipes from my Moosewood cookbook, which were well received. We got ice cream at Ice Cream Joy, then saw Black Panther at the AMC. Danita and Josh were seeing it for the second time so after the film I got a quick summary of all the research they had done into it, which was a considerable amount. My off the cuff feeling is that it is certainly in one of the top 4 Marvel films, and it had some of the best cinematography I've seen in a comic book film. With that said, Black Panther himself was frequently overshadowed by a stellar supporting cast, and it did lapse into the Marvel formula of "a hero fights somebody who is very similar to him" as outlined by Howard Taylor. It's critical reviews are clearly influenced by it being the first mainstream black action film - and I have no problem with them handing out extra points for being first to accomplish something.
4. I gave platelets in the morning (my third donation this year) and read most of The Autobiography of Malcolm X while doing so. I finished off everything other than Alex Haley's epilogue that evening. The book was electric. I can easily understand why it is so popular to this day and personally feel that in terms of Haley's other works it far surpassed Roots.
Media Consumption: Nothing beyond what is outlined above.
2. On Saturday I met Emily and Chris after CrossFit for a pleasant lunch at Merry Arts. M didn't join us as she wasn't feeling particularly well. I had a burger and fries, and brought M some takeout.
3. Saturday night, Danita and her son Josh joined M and I for dinner at my house (John was traveling). I made three recipes from my Moosewood cookbook, which were well received. We got ice cream at Ice Cream Joy, then saw Black Panther at the AMC. Danita and Josh were seeing it for the second time so after the film I got a quick summary of all the research they had done into it, which was a considerable amount. My off the cuff feeling is that it is certainly in one of the top 4 Marvel films, and it had some of the best cinematography I've seen in a comic book film. With that said, Black Panther himself was frequently overshadowed by a stellar supporting cast, and it did lapse into the Marvel formula of "a hero fights somebody who is very similar to him" as outlined by Howard Taylor. It's critical reviews are clearly influenced by it being the first mainstream black action film - and I have no problem with them handing out extra points for being first to accomplish something.
4. I gave platelets in the morning (my third donation this year) and read most of The Autobiography of Malcolm X while doing so. I finished off everything other than Alex Haley's epilogue that evening. The book was electric. I can easily understand why it is so popular to this day and personally feel that in terms of Haley's other works it far surpassed Roots.
Media Consumption: Nothing beyond what is outlined above.