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[dotinthesky]

photo by teqkiller
liquification by sali_mali

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By this time tomorrow I'll be on holidays. I'll be sitting in the Olivier theatre, watching Once in a Lifetime for a second time (with some old friends from King's College Nutrition Department.) I'll be making plans for my mornings, my empty Winter days. Until then, it's a matter of looking productive and letting time go by.

Kevin has a workshift from hell today: he started at 11 AM and will only be back home around midnight. I promised him dinner leftovers and a massage. He is working on Christmas eve and New Year's Eve as well. The pub is charging 8 pounds for NYE, though there's nothing really special planned. Kevin told Natalia and I to find something else to do that night since he would be too busy working to join us. Still, I feel as if I have to be there, if only to share a pint with him on his 15 minute breaks. Also, if we get drunk, it's only a block away from our apartment.

We watched Downfall last night. The movie was impressive, though I wasn't convinced in the end that Hitler's secretary was unaware of the extermination of the Jews. She was his secretary, after all. I had always been under the impression that nobody really knew what happened to Hitler's body, but the film (which appears to be based on the accounts of various people surrounding him) makes it very clear how his final days were played out. I was convinced.

My stomach hurts like gut cancer right now. I might have to visit the nurse downstairs for some peptobysmal. I read A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens these past two days; it was the first time I read something of his till the end. There was a twinkle of a tear in my eyes when Scrooge awoke on Christmas day, reformed and ready to bring happiness to the people around him. I had to quickly bat it away in case someone else in the Tube noticed it.

Comments

[missfairchild.livejournal.com]

If you're interested, I can lend you Until The Final Hour, which is the secretary's ghosted autobiography. It has a very interesting interview with her at the end in which she reflects on her naivete and speculates whether she deserved the lenient "fellow traveller" tag she was given because of her age.

[rebellemichelle.livejournal.com]

Poor Phil has been wanting to watch Downfall for so long, but I am just never in the mood. It always seems when we stay home to watch a movie it's because we are worn out and exhausted. Perhaps I will watch it with him after Christmas.

[violentlyhappy.livejournal.com]

Downfall é giríssimo, Basilinho tem o DVD!

Eu estava pensando em ler aquele livro, gostei muito de Tale of Two Cities e de Great Expectations...

[saint-narcissus.livejournal.com]

I too just recently saw "Downfall:. It is very well done. I also had the same question of "how could she have been unaware." I have a bit of a believe that all people are ignorant, those of us whom realize we are ignorant are just a tiny step above the others. On another note I just saw "The Christmas Carol' Performed here in San Francisco. It was a new production and quite dark and sinister. There were wee children crying and even screaming. My favorite was the ghost of Christmas Past. Especially before she appeared on stage. Scrooge is in bed, the ghost of Jacob Marley has just vanished. Suddenly you here a voice off stage, a voice like a 2 bit street corner prostitute, first sexy giggles, then "Mr Scrooge, Mr. Scrooge,,," then more giggles, all in the most affected, sexy prostitute voice! It was really good!

[izzybees]

I love Downfall. I don't find it hard to believe that she wasn't aware of what was going on, but I'd like to read more about her and about the people closest to Hitler.

[desayuno-ingles.livejournal.com]

ew ew ew! I cannot look at photos that have been messed with like that. they creep me right the fuck out!

poor kev. I work three days in a row around NYE. hopefully it'll bring in the bux and someone will give me a massage afterwards.

[naturalbornkaos.livejournal.com]

I always wondered what you'd look like as a Bo Selecta puppet. Now I know. ;)

I haven't watched "Downfall" yet but it was free in the Christmas box from work this year (yes, yes, very festive, I know) so I'll probably see it soon. :)

[stupid-wanker06.livejournal.com]

I always quit before I got to the end of any Dickens too...so verbose.