Time, Where Did You Go?

[rusty_armour]

I know I posted a vid in my last entry, but this wonderful Hugh Laurie song sums up my feelings so well:

"" (Watch on YouTube)

The one thing I seem to have done successfully the last few days is waste time. I just realized tonight that I mailed a Christmas card and letter to Florida when I should have sent it to Gravenhurst. I, uh, kind of forgot that my dad's cousin and her husband sold their property in Florida and decided to brave Ontario winters from now on. And the really stupid thing is that I thought they might have sold their Florida property, but then decided they must not have because I still had their Florida address in my directory. Well, that was because you obviously forgot to change it, Einstein. *rolls eyes* Thankfully, the letter I wrote is still on my hard drive. I was also able to order six free prints from Kodak (as I earned 50 free prints when I signed up for an online account), so I can replace the lost photos I enclosed with the first Christmas card and letter.

I've also wasted time the last couple of days trying to find a theatre where my mom and I can go see Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy on Friday. Turns out that it's not going to be released until the 16th (in Canada at least) when I came across at least a few Canadian sites that gave the date as December 9th. Now, I've got to wait over a week when I want to see it NOW, dammit. I only have about 60 pages left to read in the novel as I was determined to finish it in time to see the movie. Looks like I've got loads of time now. *sniff, sniff* Maybe I can keep myself going by watching the remaining episodes of The Sandbaggers (having borrowed the entire series from my mom ages ago) and rewatching Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace. Hell, I've got a couple of Harry Palmer films too for that matter. And I've got the Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy trailer that I've watched at least six or seven times already:

"" (Watch on YouTube)

Comments

[lazy-8s.livejournal.com]

Don't feel too bad about your mail snafu. The other day I sent a text, concerning a confidential matter, concerning the SO's insurance policy, to his neice, who is an employee of said insurance company. However, I did not send it to her, but to my cousin. Why? Because both ladies share the first letter in their names, so I made the mistake in scrolling down in my contact log. Thankfully, my cousin is the soul of discretion and paid no mind to my blip.

The joys of getting older, I guess. 'grimaces' :) It happens to the best of us.

[rusty-armour.livejournal.com]

It was very sweet of you to share that anecdote, lazy_8s. Thank you. :-) Well, I think your text error is much more understandable than my mail snafu considering that both of these ladies share the first letter in their names and it's so easy to pick the wrong name when you're scrolling through a contacts list. All the same, it's nice to know that I'm not the only one who is making boo-boos this week. And, yeah, part of it is definitely age. The rest I'll blame on brain freeze because of hormones and my body's desire to hibernate. *g*

[funkyinfishnet.livejournal.com]

Really hope you enjoy Tinker Tailor. Anthony and I really did. It's a great piece of atmospheric cinema. Highly reccomended :)

[rusty-armour.livejournal.com]

I'm sure I will enjoy it when I finally get to see it. ;-) At least part of my excitement is due to your own recommendation back in September (in that one LJ entry of yours), so thanks for that. :-D

Apologies for not reading your Supernatural fic (http://funkyinfishnet.livejournal.com/228852.html) yet. I'll try to get to that today and I'll definitely leave you some feedback. I love Becky, so I'm looking forward to reading your story. :-)

[funkyinfishnet.livejournal.com]

Oooh I look forward to hearing your thoughts on my fic :) It's taken me forever to write it but I kinda like how it turned out. I hope that you do too!

Also yay, am glad that my Tinker Tailor excitement fired up yours too :) I'm sure you'll enjoy it.

[rusty-armour.livejournal.com]

I have the day off so, now that I've hauled myself out of bed, I have no excuse not to read it! You should be getting some feedback from me soon. :-)

Your Tinker Tailor excitment definitely fired up mine! Thanks again! :-)

[njc2007.livejournal.com]

Don't feel so bad. I forgot to pay an $1,100 bill that was due on receipt. Seriously, it got covered by another paper and I forgot about it.

[rusty-armour.livejournal.com]

Ah, man. That sucks. I have a bad habit of piling all my bills together, so I can easily understand how that could happen. Thanks for sharing that story with me. It was very sweet of you to do that. :-)

[karen9.livejournal.com]

The Hugh Laurie song and Stephen Fry dance is fun!

The Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy trailer is exciting.

Don't worry about the address mix-up. It's no big deal. I sent a Christmas card to my dad's old address, but it got to him.

[rusty-armour.livejournal.com]

The Hugh Laurie song and Stephen Fry dance is fun!

Oh, great! I'm so glad you enjoyed it! The sketch it leads into is one of my favourites from A Bit of Fry & Laurie. Here it is (with a bit of Hugh Laurie's song) if you're interested:



The Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy trailer is exciting.

It's great that you think so! I finished reading the novel yesterday, so I'm definitely ready to see the film! :-) If I don't write a review of it here then I can let you know what I think privately. It's got a great cast and I'm guessing you'd enjoy it if you like books and/or films from the espionage/thriller genre.

Don't worry about the address mix-up. It's no big deal. I sent a Christmas card to my dad's old address, but it got to him.

It's nice to know that I'm not the only one who had an address mix-up. As my relatives moved over a year ago (and two different countries are involved), I'm pretty sure the letter won't be forwarded to them automatically, though they might have friends in Florida who would forward the card to them. I'm sending out another one just in case. I'd rather have them receive two cards (especially as I explain the situation in the second letter) than none. *g*