What a week
What a week it has been, with plenty of ups and downs. Bridgette had her exams on Monday and Tuesday, with the results coming out sometime today. So fingers crossed that it all goes well.
To celebrate her finishing we went to see 300 last night, based on the graphic novel by Frank Miller, of Sin City fame. Visually it was an absolute feast, being stylized perfectly to match the feel of the original material, violent, action packed and bloody! The only thing that let it down was the dialogue, which due to the directors aim to keep it as true to the graphic novel as possible, sometimes felt a little flat.
It was very enjoyable to watch however, and was fantastic on the massive IMAX screen that we went to see it on (20x25mm huge).
On a sadder note, with all the stress of exams that this week has brought, my iPod got stolen from the computer lab at Bridgette’s school. Bit of a pain really, but it is insured so I will get a fancy new one in a few weeks time hopefully. In the meantime, if anyone sees a black 60 Gig iPod walking the streets that answers to the name pete, be sure to let us know!
Being Good Friday tomorrow, I have a four day weekend, which has been turned into a five day weekend due to the British Rail System deciding that the Easter break is the best time to do ‘essential’ track maintenance. To put it into perspective, it would be like Virgin Blue saying:
“We know that Easter is the most highly travelled time in Australia, but we have decided to start repairing our planes between Hobart, Melbourne and Sydney. Sorry for the inconvenience, you will have to take another means of transport”.
Completely baffling.
Friday morning Bridgette will have to be on the tube at 5:30am to get to the Airport in time to fly to The Gambia for two weeks, while I will be able to leisurely leave the house at 7am to get to get my train to Wales. The weather looks great for the Easter break here in the UK, so there should be plenty of riding on offer in beautiful Snowdonia.
More reports as the news happens,
Pete