Monday, March 23, 2020
We had a play date today! My friend, Crystal, brought her daughter, Lily, to play with my seven-year-old, Mika. We both payed attention to everyone’s health during the preceding days, and today both families were healthy. Crystal left her younger daughter, Alice, home with her dad, so Mika and Lily could have a special day by themselves. I am sure Crystal was also trying to limit my exposure to germs. Crystal and I were able to talk more because we were not tracking Alice’s whereabouts.
I told Crystal I was obviously losing my mind because I could not remember details from one day to the next. Last week, I saw a report on the news stating that our local bus service had discontinued some service due to driver illness and other reasons. Wednesday evening, I checked the bus route changes and an express bus route to a now-closed college campus was discontinued, and two routes would switch from 15-minute frequency to 30-minute frequency. Woo hoo! The bus route cuts did not affect me.
I had gone to my wound care appointment on Thursday, and, true to form, I was finished two minutes after a bus had just gone by. It was cold and I did not want to wait 28 minutes, so I rolled three blocks down to catch a bus with 15-minute service. I sat at the stop for nearly 15 minutes wondering why the bus was late. Then I remembered, this was one of the bus routes that switched to 30-minute service. Silly Susanne! I could have sat 20 minutes in a heated building instead of out in the cold. Live and learn.
The girls talked about some movies they liked, and it reminded me of a story I had seen on the news this morning. Last week my helper, who we both know, had seen the movie Emma. My helper did not like Emma, she thought the movie was boring. The reviewer this morning had raved about what a great movie Emma was. I wonder frequently if the reviewer watches the same movies regular people watch.
I told Crystal about the worst movie I have ever seen. Twenty years later Sexy Beast still reigns supreme as the worst movie I have ever watched. A little more than twenty years ago, our local one-dollar theater experimented with independent films. The theater had eight screens and each week they brought in one movie nobody had ever heard of before. I went nearly every week by myself to expand my horizons. I saw a few movies I even almost liked such as The Golden Bowl. Colorado Springs no longer has even a two or three-dollar theater. All the theaters in town are first run and too expensive for regular family entertainment.
Since this movie was released in 2000, I had a subscription to the newspaper. Every Friday, the newspaper had a pull-out section covering area arts and entertainment. Each week, I would read the review for the independent film so I could decide if I wanted to see it. The review for Sexy Beast was captivating. The reviewer wrote of this action gangster movie and I was in. I went to the theater on that Tuesday and waited for this awesome movie to start.
And I waited… And I waited… When was this awful movie the theater was playing going to get finished so I could watch the movie the reviewer talked about? This movie may have had the same name and actor, but I wanted the movie in the review! Sexy Beast was so bad, I almost asked for my dollar back. Sexy Beast was boring and did not make any sense. Honestly, I may not have disliked Sexy Beast so much if the review had not led me astray (Sexy Beast would still be the worst movie I ever saw, but I may have forgotten the name).
My piece of advice to you is to quit worrying about what other people think. I promise you; Sir Ben Kingsley does not care that I dislike his movie; he does not even know I think it is the worst movie I have ever seen. Sir Ben Kingsley was nominated for an Oscar award for his role in Sexy Beast, so a whole lot of other people obviously liked it. Their opinions count, not mine.
Until next time,
Susanne
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We had a play date today! My friend, Crystal, brought her daughter, Lily, to play with my seven-year-old, Mika. We both payed attention to everyone’s health during the preceding days, and today both families were healthy. Crystal left her younger daughter, Alice, home with her dad, so Mika and Lily could have a special day by themselves. I am sure Crystal was also trying to limit my exposure to germs. Crystal and I were able to talk more because we were not tracking Alice’s whereabouts.
I told Crystal I was obviously losing my mind because I could not remember details from one day to the next. Last week, I saw a report on the news stating that our local bus service had discontinued some service due to driver illness and other reasons. Wednesday evening, I checked the bus route changes and an express bus route to a now-closed college campus was discontinued, and two routes would switch from 15-minute frequency to 30-minute frequency. Woo hoo! The bus route cuts did not affect me.
I had gone to my wound care appointment on Thursday, and, true to form, I was finished two minutes after a bus had just gone by. It was cold and I did not want to wait 28 minutes, so I rolled three blocks down to catch a bus with 15-minute service. I sat at the stop for nearly 15 minutes wondering why the bus was late. Then I remembered, this was one of the bus routes that switched to 30-minute service. Silly Susanne! I could have sat 20 minutes in a heated building instead of out in the cold. Live and learn.
The girls talked about some movies they liked, and it reminded me of a story I had seen on the news this morning. Last week my helper, who we both know, had seen the movie Emma. My helper did not like Emma, she thought the movie was boring. The reviewer this morning had raved about what a great movie Emma was. I wonder frequently if the reviewer watches the same movies regular people watch.
I told Crystal about the worst movie I have ever seen. Twenty years later Sexy Beast still reigns supreme as the worst movie I have ever watched. A little more than twenty years ago, our local one-dollar theater experimented with independent films. The theater had eight screens and each week they brought in one movie nobody had ever heard of before. I went nearly every week by myself to expand my horizons. I saw a few movies I even almost liked such as The Golden Bowl. Colorado Springs no longer has even a two or three-dollar theater. All the theaters in town are first run and too expensive for regular family entertainment.
Since this movie was released in 2000, I had a subscription to the newspaper. Every Friday, the newspaper had a pull-out section covering area arts and entertainment. Each week, I would read the review for the independent film so I could decide if I wanted to see it. The review for Sexy Beast was captivating. The reviewer wrote of this action gangster movie and I was in. I went to the theater on that Tuesday and waited for this awesome movie to start.
And I waited… And I waited… When was this awful movie the theater was playing going to get finished so I could watch the movie the reviewer talked about? This movie may have had the same name and actor, but I wanted the movie in the review! Sexy Beast was so bad, I almost asked for my dollar back. Sexy Beast was boring and did not make any sense. Honestly, I may not have disliked Sexy Beast so much if the review had not led me astray (Sexy Beast would still be the worst movie I ever saw, but I may have forgotten the name).
My piece of advice to you is to quit worrying about what other people think. I promise you; Sir Ben Kingsley does not care that I dislike his movie; he does not even know I think it is the worst movie I have ever seen. Sir Ben Kingsley was nominated for an Oscar award for his role in Sexy Beast, so a whole lot of other people obviously liked it. Their opinions count, not mine.
Until next time,
Susanne
Please check out my GoFundMe page.