It’s a nippy 21 degrees C( 70 F) here in B.angkok today and for the first time in three years I wish I’d worn a jumper. Bizarre but much appreciated. I don’t know how ladies could deal with the heat, humidity and, ahem, odors of the city when they’re already feeling like heaving. The lovely downtown perfume of drains, bins, traffic and heat can turn even the strongest, non-pregnant stomach.
We are now 3 days away from moving house. WW has managed to check some things off our list. An old, tough as nails lady came and haggled herself a bargain out of our various appliances which we no longer need and agreed to uninstall, shift and re-install herself, so that’s good. WW also booked movers, for an astronomical price considering we could practically carry our stuff the two streets down ourselves if I wasn’t ‘in a delicate condition’. The only slight snaffoo being that none of our stuff has worked it’s way into a box yet. Shitballs. Where’s Marry Poppins when you need her? I tried singing that song but the only thing that happened was the Monster ran away and hid.
I’d like to think it will all be OK but we’re pretty crazy busy for the next few days so I’m not sure when it will get done. I wonder if our expensive movers will be adverse to packing boxes as well as relocating them? Hey, who would I be without something to worry about though, eh?
Nothing new on the symptom front except for my insomnia kicking into a higher gear. I awoke for the day at 3 am this morning, which I could have done without. C’est la vie, at least I only have to two more days of work. This is my 3rd day of eating only toast and smoothies. I am officially unable to eat any animal products.
On a completely unrelated topic it’s amazing how crappily incomplete my childhood memories are. I always enjoyed watching some movies over and over again. It’s great to be able to share my childhood favs with my students, most of whom haven’t ventured into the cinematic delights the 80s and 90s have to offer. However I really must re-watch movies before showing them. Today we watched The Goonies. If you haven’t seen it, shame on you! Stop reading right now and go an watch it!
You’re back? OK. If you have watched it since being a little kid you might notice there are loads of instances where one might worry it is not entirely appropriate for school. The word shit/bullshit are said 19 times and the beginning Mouth translates in Spanish incorrectly and talks about marijuana, heroine, cocaine and torture devices. I hope I get away with it :-/. We once had a parent complain that we showed Hocus Pocus (disney.) because it was too scary. This was a fourth grade class.
What were your favorite childhood movies?
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At 9 years old I lived the movie St. Elmo’s Fire. My husband and I recently watched it & wondered why a 9 year old was ever allowed to watch it. Let alone the 300 times I saw it. Still a great movie!
I missed this one. I’ll have to check it out!
I honestly processed movies much differently as a child than as an adult. I was very focused on “what did the characters do” as a kid. Some of the games I played with my younger brother included re-enacting scenes we found interesting, mostly for what actions the characters took/what they said. The concept of a plot or references wasn’t that interesting to me as a really little kid, which kind of explains why children’s movies have a reputation for being bad.
I liked Disney movies as a child. Because my parents were in the “rock and roll is evil” phase where they disapproved of anything younger than them, and because I was a kid who was desperate for approval, I have no idea what my favorite movie was.I liked cop/spy shows, like Dragnet and Get Smart.
Haha I watched the goonies recently and couldn’t believe the spanish bit!! The good old 80s eh?!!