Friday: left work and went by the St. Lawrence market to pick up some cheeses for D&C's xmas get-together. I went to Olympic, but Alex's Cheeses is just as good if not better. The cheeses were good, all from Quebec. D&C's was ok - I DD'ed. Quick oddity - as I drove home, someone in the backseat still had a beer, and popped it open as a traveler. People still do that? Not terribly cool - esp. at xmas, with the RIDE program in effect, and when you're getting a free lift from someone you don't know that well. Odd. And lame.
Saturday - some frantic cleaning. Food purchases. Bought a frame for the gift picture from the K's from months ago. Met kf to see Closer. Huh. Interesting film. Very theatrical - not in a "Birdcage" kind of way, but driven by staged, one-to-one conversations that are filled with pointed articulations of emotions. Of course, as the primary emotions in the film are guilt and jealousy, it has a corrosive edge to it. Not a fun film, but v well made, written and acted - as a series of setpieces around the emotional fallout from sexual affairs.
A couple of issues :: the ending was unsatisfactory; the relationship between Julia Roberts' character and Jude Law's character is thin and under-developed.
Sunday - hosted the book club (hence the earlier discussion on eggs benedict). The book under scrutiny was TC Boyle's Drop City.
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