Weekend of crafts and cooking

[ianuk]

The weekend was hot...literally. I did not go out much and when I did you could tell the rest of Tucson thought it was too hot to be outside. Saturday afternoon traffic was a piece o'cake.

Mel was feeling under the weather so I managed to get us dinner and I crafted stuff while he rested on the couch on Friday evening. He was running a low grade fever. He hit bed earlyish..well, so did I after I got a bit done on the Viktor blanket. Its turning out rather nice. Saturday I slept in a bit and then got up to work on the blanket. Mel finally emerged from bed and was better than the day before. He rested a good chunk of the day while I got errands run (including a massage and lunch out with the girls). I then worked hard on the blanket until late. Luv'd the new episode of Dr. Who. Very mind trippy but fun. I finished Gale Force by Rachel Caine and liked it. It s a whirlwind of action and stuff and good fluff. Its #13 for the year. Then I started in on Nightlife by Robert Thurman. Very neat concept. People are finally realizing the elves don't have to be the LOTR variety...they can be the Rawhead and Bloodybones set. Very cool.

Sunday was breakfast out with the family. Had a really good time. Then it was home to clean up the kitchen a bit (its really needing a deep clean), make cookies and working on the blanket. I got through the second to the last disk of Sherlock Holmes and then Tati, richard and I watched the new Holmes. Mel was feeling himself and was in the shop most of the day finishing up the workbench. I made a big pasta dinner with help from Tati. We then had a good time watching a new Call of Ctuthulu and Justice League: Crisis of Two Earths. The former was a 2005 adaption of the story where they tried to make it all silent film era. The special effects were cheesy and good. Very nice. The latter was a animated telling of the Crisis on Infinite Earths comic. I think they called it two earths so we didn't get too confused by who was what on each world. It was good and it was really neat to have Mark Harmon be the voice of Superman.

By that point it was time for bed...though BBCAHD was playing Blade Runner. We own it and I really need to sit down and watch it from the beginning on the big screen. So much detail abounds in that film that you tend to loose on small screens. I know the last time I watched it it was on our old TV.

I slept good but would have loved to have slept in this am. Its monday with all that it brings. Looking forward to hitting the gym and having a good time at scribble. I have a scroll to finish sketching and I hope to get that done so I can ink it. Though I think I have one more fwippery to do for the edges. Not sure we shall see. On to the paperwork.

Comments

[swordmage.livejournal.com]

I love that Cthulhu movie. We saw it awhile ago and were very plesantly surprised, considering we weren't sure what to expect of it.

[raventhourne.livejournal.com]

Ed suggested it. They didn't get the camera angles or the clothes quite right for the time period but it was fun.

[swordmage.livejournal.com]

I admit I wasn't paying much attention to the little details, but I thought it evoked the feeling really well, which was enough for me.

[raventhourne.livejournal.com]

We all agreed that the fish people statues and the monster were very well done with the budget. I could imagine folks in a art school or a film class doing that without and issue. It was good and it followed the story really well according to the hubby. I didn't recall the story but its been a while since I read the mythos.