In my time on earth, I said too much, but not nearly, not nearly enough

[sovay]

Unless I lost track of one in the phone tree, I have just spent my afternoon calling five different doctor's offices, garnished with one bookstore and one library, and I would still like a refund on selected and considerable tracts of physical existence. In other news, while I have always had an inevitable affection for the mild-mannered character acting of Donald Meek, I have not seen him anywhere near recently enough to explain his appearance in last night's dreams, especially not the one with the used book store crumbling literally on the edge of some awful revelation. Over the last three days, I mainlined a rewatch of the first two seasons of Turn: Washington's Spies (2014–17) and just before bed had started re-reading Paul French's Midnight in Peking (2011), which in the years since I originally read and much later wrote about it has garnered at least one nonfiction rebuttal and more contextually interested explorations, because nothing engages the human instinct for rabbit holes like a cold murder case. No offense to Donald Meek, I'm not sure where he came in.

P.S. Stop the presses, Benny Safdie and Dwayne Johnson will be adapting Daniel Pinkwater's Lizard Music (1976)? They had better get the Surrealism.

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[thisbluespirit]

I still think it holds up. Here's the review I wrote of it in 2020, which if you like you can now read.

Thank you! I have to go out again tomorrow, so I may not reply properly for a few days, but I enjoyed reading it (& the poem) and have things to say, if they survive the trip out & the recovery. <3

[sovay]

I have to go out again tomorrow, so I may not reply properly for a few days, but I enjoyed reading it (& the poem) and have things to say, if they survive the trip out & the recovery.

Thank you so much! I wish you luck with the trip and its recovery, whether it produces replies or not.

[thisbluespirit]

Btw, thought you might be amused to know that I resorted to another cosy mystery series today on collapsing post-appointment - and immediately Kevin McNally appeared! (As a curmudgeonly old farmer who had been mean to everyone & was now suffering sabotage), and as a special bonus for me, Caroline Quentin who was his feuding neighbouring farmer. XD

[sovay]

and immediately Kevin McNally appeared! (As a curmudgeonly old farmer who had been mean to everyone & was now suffering sabotage), and as a special bonus for me, Caroline Quentin who was his feuding neighbouring farmer.

I am entirely charmed. Keep me posted on their progress.

[edit] "I like playing cantankerous old fools."

(He talks a little about Poldark and his story of landing the audition for Pirates of the Caribbean is gold.)

[thisbluespirit]

I am entirely charmed. Keep me posted on their progress.

Oh, it was only one episode! It was all done and dusted before I even mentioned it. XD (His daughter did it, to make him sell the farm and allow her to be in a relationship with Caroline Quentin's daughter).

(He talks a little about Poldark and his story of landing the audition for Pirates of the Caribbean is gold.)

Aw, that's cool, thanks. And that he had to go back and visit the Poldark location while he was down there! <3

[sovay]

Oh, it was only one episode!

Right, but I didn't know what happened in it after the premise! I appreciate the infill.

Aw, that's cool, thanks. And that he had to go back and visit the Poldark location while he was down there!

I thought of you.