I'd tell you the whole story, but you wouldn't believe me if I did

[sovay]

I aten't dead. I have had the main theme to The Magnificent Seven (1960) stuck in my head on and off for a week now, which is not an optimal situation. It's been suggested that I attempt to drive it out with some other earworm, but I'm a little concerned they'd just crossbreed.

Today: saw the Hokusai exhibit at the MFA with rushthatspeaks, had adzuki bean ice cream at Gracie's, was shown the magnificence of nature that is David Attenborough and the greater bird of paradise. Ended up seeing Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) for the second time in theaters and the first time in the main house of the Somerville Theatre, where it was very loud. Was joined by derspatchel for about half an hour after he got off work and before he made a seltzer run to Store 18, during which time we were the only people in the balcony. Am now awake because I had a three-hour conversation when I was just expecting to go home, noodle around on the computer, go to bed; I regret nothing.

In short, an unexpectedly social and not at all unpleasant day. Now if I can just get to sleep before the jackhammers wake up. ladymondegreen, I think they're an invasive species.

Comments

[ladymondegreen.livejournal.com]

Alas. Invasive jackhammer colonies are generally protected by a whole slew of laws, starting with the well known Mulligan act of 1939, which originally only protected the feeding and habitats of steam shovels, but which, with further environmental action, see the Decepticons et. al vs. section of any mid 80's law text for the seminal citations, and continuing to this day with ongoing efforts to increase suitable habitat and reintroduce this endangered species to urban areas.

Encouraged by the success of jackhammer rehabilitation in urban areas concerned citizens have successfully campaigned to reintroduce the red tail hawk here in Manhattan. All efforts have been extremely successful, but no one anticipated the sheer size of the current breeding population. Jackhammers that is, not hawks, though it is nice that they can cohabit.

I'm glad you had such a good day. The exhibit sounds great.

[movingfinger.livejournal.com]

Sympathies!! When that happened to me, I rewatched Magnificent Seven (free on Amazon Prime!). It did work...

[gwynnega]

Sounds like an excellent day, and you've reminded me I want to go see Fury Road again.

[desperance.livejournal.com]

When we watched David Attenborough's programme about birds of paradise, my cat Misha leapt off my knee (a very rare event in itself) and spent the whole hour sitting in front of the TV, turning her head from one speaker to the other.

It was the only time in a long life that she reacted directly to the TV (beyond her basic position of "oh, Chaz is sitting in front of that thing, I shall go and sit on him"). David Attenborough for the win, say I. (Also, his elder brother John - the unfamous one - was chairman of Hodder and Stoughton - they were relatives-by-marriage, I think, the Attenboroughs, and so inherited the family firm - when that company became the first to publish me. Yay?)