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| She Loves the Slide |
After a couple weeks of continuous
abuse my body may finally be lodging a persistent complaint. The lower back has
been pretty sore since last night’s continued front yard ditch digging. It was
a little more complicated since I was transferring the dirt to behind the new wall
out back. The hill was too steep for the wheel barrow so I devised a system
where I filled large pails with dirt, used the wheel barrow to move them to the
back yard, carried the pails up the hill to the wall and dumped the dirt behind
it. This was not as much fun as it sounds. I did make a serious dent in the
pile though and should finish that exercise off tonight.
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| After Last Night's Shoveling |
My Favorite Panamanian is making
progress in returning the downstairs to habitable state. She used the recent
wall painting to indulge in one of her favorite activities – redecorating. I
couldn’t complain about the back because I was too busy moving furniture into
the new locations. Her mom is coming back from Panama with us for an extended
stay and she’s trying to get things “perfect” before maternal inspection. Buddy
and I know it’s smart to keep our heads down during one of these exercises;
much easier for Buddy than for me.
Date night last night had us at a
movie theater of all places. While that is my designated spot for nights such
as these it was further enhanced by a quick FaceTime call from the
granddaughter. Her mom was late getting home and caught us as we were headed for
the popcorn stand. The call turned out to be the highlight of the night as I’ve
finally lived to see Tom Hanks make a bad movie. The Circle is terrible. The
heavy handed plot and minimal use of Hanks and the late Bill Paxton may be part
to blame but the real villain is lead actress Emma Watson. She’s clearly out of
her depth and demonstrated none of the screen presence she’s achieved in some
of her other work. She went with a wan, mouth breathing victim mode which
eradicated most of the sympathy her character was supposed to garner. The
British sci fi series Black Mirror did a much better job lampooning the dangers
of social media in one of their episodes than this clumsy effort. Watson was
thoroughly dominated in whatever scene she appeared which was a problem since
she was in virtually every scene. They would have done much better casting her
friend in the movie, played by Karen Gillan, who delivered. A huge disappointment
– avoid this if you haven’t already been sucked in by the theory that anything
with Hanks in it is worth watching.
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