A post from a bit back on a different blog.
New one to follow.
Things:
1. Jakki and I went to the movies on Friday. First we had falafel (Item #1a). Then we went to the movies and saw Marie Antoinette, which (oddly) doesn't open until October 20 in the States and not until January 2007 in the UK. I haven't decided if I liked it or not. Visually, it was a feast, and the music was interesting (mostly 1980s stuff. Think Bow Wow Wow's I Want Candy.) But the movie relied on that sort of awkward comedy that's so hip these days. Not that there's anything wrong with that. I'm just not sure if it works for a costume drama. Kirsten Dunst was strangely cute in this, and I don't really like her.
1b. The movie theater is the coolest movie theater that I have ever been to, ever. Art Deco everywhere you look, incredible interior, and the most comfortable movie seats and widest arm rests. And a very clean floor to boot. We'll take pictures if we go back. Tickets for one person: 9 euro. Tickets for two? 10 euro. Total. How cool is that?
2. We went to Artis on Saturday. Artis is the zoo, planetarium, geological museum, zoological museum, and aquarium wrapped into one area. 16 euros for one person. We decided that it was worth it. Nothing there was really spectacular, but it was all around ok and worth the afternoon. I have since found out that it is not the same zoo as the one where the bears ate the monkey.
This means some things have pointy teeth.
While this means that some things have beaks.
This is the cage/tube leading from the chimps' living areas to the place that they hang out in during the day. Mostly, I imagine that it's a wonderful spot to crap in one's hands and hurl said poop onto unsuspecting passersby. Alas, I did not witness such an event that would have completed my life.
And this is proof that Jakki is alive and able to wave her hand.
That was fun.
Item 3 (about which I'll devote more time to later, but blogger.com is being pissy right now). A 69-year-old man threw concentrated acid onto a painting at the Rijksmuseum on Sunday afternoon - guards acted quickly, the man was arrested, and the painting was only slightly damaged (as far as I know), mainly in the varnish layer. The museum was closed on Monday morning to take the painting to the conservation labs and to hang a different painting in its place.
I was THIS close to going to the Rijks on Sunday, but I decided not to because it was raining out. Could've made for a really interesting day, to say the least. Will talk about this more later.
Things:
1. Jakki and I went to the movies on Friday. First we had falafel (Item #1a). Then we went to the movies and saw Marie Antoinette, which (oddly) doesn't open until October 20 in the States and not until January 2007 in the UK. I haven't decided if I liked it or not. Visually, it was a feast, and the music was interesting (mostly 1980s stuff. Think Bow Wow Wow's I Want Candy.) But the movie relied on that sort of awkward comedy that's so hip these days. Not that there's anything wrong with that. I'm just not sure if it works for a costume drama. Kirsten Dunst was strangely cute in this, and I don't really like her.
1b. The movie theater is the coolest movie theater that I have ever been to, ever. Art Deco everywhere you look, incredible interior, and the most comfortable movie seats and widest arm rests. And a very clean floor to boot. We'll take pictures if we go back. Tickets for one person: 9 euro. Tickets for two? 10 euro. Total. How cool is that?
2. We went to Artis on Saturday. Artis is the zoo, planetarium, geological museum, zoological museum, and aquarium wrapped into one area. 16 euros for one person. We decided that it was worth it. Nothing there was really spectacular, but it was all around ok and worth the afternoon. I have since found out that it is not the same zoo as the one where the bears ate the monkey.
This means some things have pointy teeth.While this means that some things have beaks.
This is the cage/tube leading from the chimps' living areas to the place that they hang out in during the day. Mostly, I imagine that it's a wonderful spot to crap in one's hands and hurl said poop onto unsuspecting passersby. Alas, I did not witness such an event that would have completed my life.
And this is proof that Jakki is alive and able to wave her hand.
That was fun.
Item 3 (about which I'll devote more time to later, but blogger.com is being pissy right now). A 69-year-old man threw concentrated acid onto a painting at the Rijksmuseum on Sunday afternoon - guards acted quickly, the man was arrested, and the painting was only slightly damaged (as far as I know), mainly in the varnish layer. The museum was closed on Monday morning to take the painting to the conservation labs and to hang a different painting in its place.
I was THIS close to going to the Rijks on Sunday, but I decided not to because it was raining out. Could've made for a really interesting day, to say the least. Will talk about this more later.
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