January 6, 2007
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Beginner Bond
Thanks to a wonderful Fibonacci poem written by TGD, I got to go out on a date tonight. First, we went to Outback Steakhouse, which is usually wonderful. I’m just glad it wasn’t our first visit, or I doubt we’d have gone back. The food didn’t taste its usually yummy way. Plus, they served the salads in smaller bowls. Alas.
Afterward, we went to see the new James Bond, Casino Royale. I had been told it was quite violent, so I was prepared for something on the order of License to Kill, but it wasn’t so very miserable. However, the movie was confusing in that it was obviously supposed to be the first James Bond movie, as he gets his “double-oh” at the start of the movie. But, M was still Judi Dench, and it was obviously set in 2006. Bond makes a lot of mistakes in his undercovering, rents some nondescript Ford while he’s in the Bahamas, and he doesn’t know how to dress properly. The female interest forces him to wear a tuxedo! I enjoyed the movie, nonetheless.
The funniest part of the night was our discussion of the movie on the way home. TGD said, “James Bond doesn’t drive a Ford. I drive a Ford!” Oh, James…
On a side note, in the novel Casino Royale, one of Bond’s friends is Rene Mathis.
Comments (20)
Ah — sounds like a good evening nonetheless!!
And, your writing style is always enjoyable. I love it.
I am afraid, however, that I have not been reading Kipling. “Kim & Carrots” comes from a Babybug magazine — the magazine for adorable, literary babies like my sister. It’s complete with nursery rhymes, un-rhyming poems, plenty of pictures and the regular section: Kim and Carrots (her stuffed bunny.)
Nathan’s article sounds promising: I’m eager to see it!
Give hellos to your family for me ~
–K
We really liked the movie, despite the Ford!
Fortunately for me, I think Teacherperson is better than any Bond girl anyday! But I do wonder – just as James in Casino Royale gets to upgrade from a Ford (what were they thinking?!?!) to an Aston Martin, I wonder if I will be transitioning soon from my Ford Taurus to something else? If so, I hope I have a personal defibrillator in the glove compartment – I am often in need of one of those!
RYC: If the beach were really my favorite place, it wouldn’t have taken us 10 months of living in New Jersey to get there! I had to get dragged out of the Pacific Ocean by a lifeguard once years ago, so my fear of the water isn’t so “secret.”
Oh! What a sweet comment about you from your hubby above! I’m all, “Awwwwww!!”
I finally got caught up on your previous posts (wow! you’ve been busy while I’ve been away!) I’m just shocked you had so many people at your house for New Years! Sounds like a blast!!
Well, I’m off to watch “Inspector Clouseau” (not sure I spelled that correctly!)….. hope it’s good… AND FUNNY!!!
Yes, and he’s in the movie as well! I guess I’d better practice my evil villain laugh or something….
I did hear it was good…James Bond isn’t quite my type though.
Gosh you’re good! That was actually the one I was talking about!!! Wow… The intuition of a mom is really quite impressive.
Glad you enjoyed your night out! Hope you get to go out again soon.
hehe You’re very right, I wouldn’t prefer Mrs. Bennet, but her monologue seems to have alot more room for creativity in it….Hmmmm……
I always suspected Renee had a secret life.
James Bond movie plots hardly ever make sense. They are just the backdrop that allows Bond to travel all over the world to exotic locations and look cool.
It seems that all the Outback restaurants are slipping a bit. Do you suppose they’re trying to cut costs? It’s a shame, because they used to be really good.
Here is the story…http://www.wilkesnc.org/history/tomdula/
Hello!
Well, right now, I am mainly a 2D fine art person. My favorite medium by far, and the one that I have worked most in, is oil painting. As of right now, I like a more classical or traditional way of art, as opposed to the modern or postmodern art that is out there now. I am definitely looking forward though to exploring new medium and subect matter and expanding my horizons when I go off to college next year!
Hmm, I’ve only ever seen brief parts of James Bond movies, and I didn’t care for it that much. It’s not really my kind of movie. Hehe, give me those nice costume dramas like Pride and Prejudice….
Have a great week!
~Laura A.
Yeah, I enjoyed the movie, except that I had to cover my eyes, plug my ears and hum “America the Beautiful” during the torture scene. <— that’s a coping thing I’ve done since I was about 12. I usually like to sit on the aisle and ‘go to the bathroom’ at that point, but was stuck in an inside seat. I think it would have been worse if they had tried to make it seem like the early 1960′s. I had trouble suspending reality during the building scene in Venice. Those canals are only about 12-18 ft deep. and the water is filthy, opaque, brown. (Although they do use floatation systems to keep them stable.) Cheer! ~M.E.
It was such a funny game that you had to go stir the pork and rice? Very humorous mother.
Libby
I’ll let you read it once I complete the romance aspect of my book
that way I know you’ll enjoy it! Siike, actually I need some more time to edit the stuff, but don’t worry, you’re on my list of people I’d like to get feed back from.
Daniel
Thanks! I’m not surprised at the list, they all have terrific voices, I can’t wait to hear them!
Yay! I’m excited about the King of Peach Fuzz! I’ll read it ASAP
where’s this private posting thing found? im interested in reading the script, is it on xanga or somewhere else?