Pynchon

I've only got 30 minutes or so and I seem to have writer's block. Not a good position to be in. Oh, well...

Mom's meal on Friday night went OK. Sister 1 and my Niece turned up half an hour late, which my Brother took great exception to as he had an appointment with another lady for later the same evening. (You would have thought that after recent events he would want to leave it alone for a while, but apparently not.) Eventually, after a long delay, the Pynchon clan were positioned at a table well away from anybody else. I think that at least one guy, who was dining alone, asked to be moved because we were making a lot of noise. Good for him. My Mom and my Aunt had an argument about sweetcorn. (Don't ask.) I talked a lot to my Niece about Harry Potter, because she is mad about the books and the films. My Nephew wants a Ben Sherman T-shirt with a target logo for his birthday. Sister 2 has started a course in Anxiety Management. Good for her. Small steps and all that. My Mom was happy and smiling. That is the most important thing.

On Friday night I decided to drink no alcohol whatsoever. I don't think that it is doing me any good. My Brother made up for the lack of my alcohol intake. (I am also thinking about throwing away all of my pornography, as that is not doing me any good either, but that is a different story.)

I didn't do anything on Saturday except a bit of shopping. I could have gone to the cinema, but I couldn't be bothered. During the evening Lorraine and I watched "Doctor Who" (really, really good, although the werewolf was a bit ridiculous), "Constantine" on Sky Movies (I liked it a lot and Lorraine stuck with it even though it was ostensibly a horror film) and then the repeat of "Green Wing" (genius).

Today I went to see "Tristan + Isolde".



Sadly it's lackluster, unexciting and po-faced, although it was nice seeing Rufus Sewell play something other than a villainous cad. It should have been more intense, bloodthirsty, funnier and sexier. (Think Paul Verehoven's "Flesh + Blood" .) Kevin Reynolds made "Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves", which is pretty much dismissed these days, but is a great film. Such a shame. Sophia Myles, who was the best thing in the "Thunderbirds" abomination, is pretty nice to look at though.

Is that it? Yes, I think that it is. Did you guess that I am feeling really down and it's a struggle to be bothered to write anything but drivel? You did?

I can't hide anything, can I? But I'll tell you one thing. I think that without this blog, and the interesting people I have met through it, I would sink into my chair and disappear. I mean it.