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The Paper Chase...
Sep. 8th, 2002 10:11 pmIt was a wet night, apparently. I fell asleep last night to the sound of falling rain, and some was still falling this morning. I was tempted to go out for a drive, but recognized it as a sign of procrastination. Instead, I indulged in a lighter expression of the art, and decided to make cock-a-leekie soup.
At least that's the way it started out. By the time Galina got interested, we had added onion, potato, and carrot to the basic recipe, and I can't say that the result was at all inferior.
The rest of the morning and most of the afternoon was spent sifting through papers. The first pass filtered out stuff that gets thrown out. I also figured out a way to keep better track of paid invoices (the previous method involved simply accumulating check stubs and associated deposit slips).
Around 5 pm, I took off in the truck for a run up to Williams Lake, to see if the rain had brought up any mushrooms and to pick up any rocks that may have fallen onto the road. Although the ground was well-soaked up around the lake, all my efforts could only come up with one mushroom, which I photographed (too lazy right now to extract it from the camera), and which is now creating a spore print in the kitchen.
* * * I rented a couple of films last night. The first was Showtime, starring Robert DeNiro and Eddie Murphy. The premise of the film is a little far-fetched -- DeNiro's character is forced, against his will, to star in a reality cop show with a partner who wants to be a TV personality -- but somehow the cast manages to pull it off. Heck, it's a comedy, so there's a lot more slack in the plot department.
The second film was Collateral Damage. starring Arnold Schwartzenegger. The plot is one of those "amateur-outdoes-the pros" action thrillers, and I've got to say that the plotting was very well done. I was also struck by how old Schwartzenegger looked on the small screen, despite the wonders of the make-up room. Still it's an eminently watchable film, though to be frank, I don't recall this (or the other movie) being flogged as playing in movie houses, but then again, I barely watch enough television to know anything at all. (I'd just be surprised if these were "direct-to-video" productions.
And thus, another exciting Sunday comes to a close. I am pretty beat. See y'all...
Cheers...
At least that's the way it started out. By the time Galina got interested, we had added onion, potato, and carrot to the basic recipe, and I can't say that the result was at all inferior.
The rest of the morning and most of the afternoon was spent sifting through papers. The first pass filtered out stuff that gets thrown out. I also figured out a way to keep better track of paid invoices (the previous method involved simply accumulating check stubs and associated deposit slips).
Around 5 pm, I took off in the truck for a run up to Williams Lake, to see if the rain had brought up any mushrooms and to pick up any rocks that may have fallen onto the road. Although the ground was well-soaked up around the lake, all my efforts could only come up with one mushroom, which I photographed (too lazy right now to extract it from the camera), and which is now creating a spore print in the kitchen.
The second film was Collateral Damage. starring Arnold Schwartzenegger. The plot is one of those "amateur-outdoes-the pros" action thrillers, and I've got to say that the plotting was very well done. I was also struck by how old Schwartzenegger looked on the small screen, despite the wonders of the make-up room. Still it's an eminently watchable film, though to be frank, I don't recall this (or the other movie) being flogged as playing in movie houses, but then again, I barely watch enough television to know anything at all. (I'd just be surprised if these were "direct-to-video" productions.
And thus, another exciting Sunday comes to a close. I am pretty beat. See y'all...
Cheers...
