two doggies
London
I have been to London many times. The longest I stayed there was two weeks in a flat down the Edgeware road.
That was way back in 1983. I have visited London briefly a couple of times in the last five years, but the last time I was properly there was in the summer of 2000. Quite some time ago. Since then the skyline has changed quite a bit. There's this great new modern building called The Gherkin. I haven't seen it, only in pics and on the telly. I'd love to see it with my own eyes. I'd love to have a proper London visit again. I have seen the London Eye only from the train a couple of times. I'd love to see it up close.
I'd love to walk around again, leasurely, taking pics. Last time during my proper visit the Globe Theatre had just been finished and the Wobbely Brige was closed coz it was too wobbely. I'd love to take a look inside the Globe Theatre and walk across the not so wobbely bridge.
I'd love to sit in the tube and look at all the people, standing, sitting, reading, sleeping. I'd love to go to Embankment tube station, coz it's my favourite. I'd love to stand on the one side and look out over the Thames. I'd love to stand on the other side and look down the narrow street filled with Café's. I want to be kissed in Embankment tube station.
I'd love to go to the British Museum again, spend an afternoon there looking at all the treasures. I'd love to have lunch in the cellar of St Martin in the Fields. I just wanna walk around, go with the flow.
I have many photos of London that I took over the years but none of them are digital. My real visits were all in the pre-digital era. I need a visual, physical update of the city. I wish I could. We have this saying: "I wish I was two doggies, so we could play together."
man on fire
Fucking hell!!
It's been quite a while that I've seen a wonderful film.
Man on Fire... fucking hell what a wonderful film!!
Directed by Tony Scott, Ridley's younger brother, so succes guaranteed.
I'm totally blown away.
Woman on Fire, so to speak.
I was very much reminded of
Revenge also a Tony Scott film - of way back when - late eighties with Kevin Costner, Madeleine Stowe and Anthony Quinn. Scott is a master of tough, cruel, hard movies with lots of action and shooting and killing. Normally I am not a big fan of that genre, but Scott always manages to make these type of films 'human'.
Denzell Washington deserves another Oscar for his part. And the little girl... Dakota Fanning... I have been a fan of hers since the Sci-Fi series
Taken. She's a star.
In my book a great great film. The first half is kinda normal, mainstream thriller. The second half is visually stunning, almost like a 2 hour video. A feast for the ear and the eye. Man I love Tony Scott!! He is not just a director but a visual wizzard, a master.
Definitely a
must see.
life...
Sometimes it feels that you're totally stuck, and then all of a suddden you can feel that time has passed. Since the beginning of this month I feel that time has passed. This is mainly because I can see and feel spring coming closer. Since a couple of days the sun is shining into my apartment again, from above the rooftops of my neigbours opposite.
That is really nice.
Last year was easier though coz I had been away on holiday to South America and all the January glumness passed me by. Last January I was standing on the airport of Atlanta, Georgia (in a bookshop) looking at
the Da Vinci Code wondering whether to buy it or not. I didn't. It took me more than a year to start reading it, but now I have I am glad I didn't buy it. It was okay but not mind blowing.
Last Febuary I was happy again to meet up with the man I love, especially since it
didn't look like we were going to meet. This year it really doesn't look like we're going to meet. Either never again or not a for a long, long time. One year and then another and another. Time passing. Things change, whether you want to or not, whether you notice it or not.
Last January I was reading
Fingersmith by Sara Waters. And now I am reading another book by her;
Affinity. Now it feels that time has passed. Winter is ending and spring is beginning. But other than that I don't know where I am going. I was listening (not watching) Dr Phil and I heard him say to a couple that by always fighting they were keeping their child hostage. Now that was something I could relate to. As a child I felt held hostage by my parents. By they constant fighting, by their inability to get on. I definitely didn't suffer from the Stockholm Syndrome. Now I am living my own life. But I don't know where I am going.
street life
Today I went out shopping in the highstreet around the corner. Took my camera along and shot some streetlife scenes. Nothing very spectacular, but I think it just goes to show that you don't always need stunning landscapes or portraits to make something interesting. Of course knowing some photoshop helps.
I am using flikr.com now for my pics, as so many other ex-fotolog users. Uploading has become a nightmare on fotolog and this flickr site has all sorts of smart thingies. You choose a pic and write a post around it and it will be sent to your blog and BANG you've got a new post. Very nifty.
Wanna have a
look?
