boring status, but also, we are so 14 (see comments)

[rm]

Taking the day off had mixed results on the productivity front. The amount of cleaning I have done so far is minimal, but that's okay, it's always a middle of the night thing for me anyway.

On the other hand, I did send out seven headshot submissions, a thank you note for the meeting yesterday and some other boring mail. I paid my cell phone bill and watched the first disc of Horatio Hornblower (which is now on its way back to Netflix, which once again -- owns my soul -- it's like movie homework, everything I was supposed to see and never got around to, on my list, so when it shows up I have to damn watch it).

Anyway, Horatio Hornblower has got to be the most adorable miniseries ever (despite the name that makes me giggle like I'm in 6th grade again). I mean first it's far more comprehensible than the Master and Commander movie (which I wanted desperately to like and even thought was a good film eventhough it kept me so resolutely at arms length). And secondly our title hero is so far this gawky, unathletic loner of a kid who gets picked on and then blamed for it by truly awful villans. He's afraid of heights, is a huge klutz, and gets seasick and he's in the bloody British navy. But of course, in the end, he triumphs. It's like Freaks and Geeks as a bloody costume drama on a boat. So I'm smitten out of my tiny little mind. And yes, the historically accurate shoes do ensure that everyone runs like a girl. It's vastly amusing.

Parents are back from the west coast. Had mentioned the Counsellor thing to them briefly when we spoke on Tuesday, so I'm rather hoping we won't have to discuss it again. I'm in no mood, and haven't returned their call.

Should cook dinner and all that good stuff, and certainly acqire a more cheerful outlook on the world before facing the horse again tomorrow. (Like my flying lessons, I'm utterly enamoured of the entire thing, but I seem to also have bad anticipatory nerves about it).

Comments

[marzipan-pig.livejournal.com]

I have such a horrifyingly bad crush on the guy from horatio hornblower, his LIPS! the scene where he gets with the girl from the french countryside! his cheekbones! he's the guy who helps kate winslet out of her boat in titanic you know (how embarassing that I recognized him immediately). I was afraid I'd go so far as to try to get my paws on welsh soap opears just to see more of him but I've restrained myself so far (I know he's in something recent but I think he's kind of styled less cutely-to-me).

*giggle* *hairflip*

[rm.livejournal.com]

yeah he's Lancelot in King Arthur. I'm actually sort of all about him in that, but then, I like 'em snarky.

All I can say is Netflix is your friend.

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[marzipan-pig.livejournal.com]

oh lancelot, I love you guinevere and all that. maybe I should check it out.

maybe we should write him a fan letter and just admit we're like, 14.

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[rm.livejournal.com]

It's probably not even in theaters anymore, but despite being a mess of a movie in a lot of ways... holy shit there is so much pretty in it. You've got to rent it.

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[laurel]

He was also in the shortlived CBS series about lawyers (set in the future!) called Century City (here's an episode guide). Weird by now to see him in a suit as a lawyer, but he was good in the show. Only four episodes aired and they were at weird times so very few people saw the show (and those that did weren't the sort that'd be into science fictional court cases. Me? I quite enjoyed it).

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[rm.livejournal.com]

Oh man, I remember seeing ads for that... had no idea he was in that...man.... geektastic!