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Tag: films
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weeknotes 22: spotlight (2015)
there’s something unpleasant in the air. nothing seems to be going right. idk
i “finished” the secret project. tell you about it next week. it’s only going to arrive slightly late.
murder on the dancefloor was fun. sounds good i think.
saturday was the movie night. watched Spotlight (2015). very good movie, great as a spiritual successor to All The President’s Men. deeply uncomfortable subject matter. i don’t want to watch it again but i’m glad i did which is the whole point.
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weeknotes 17: drift limits
let’s get the not particularly humble brag out of the way:
i spent friday afternoon driving supercars around a track.
not these ones tbh. i was too excited and forgot to be taking photos or video of the actual cars or driving so for christmas my parents got me a Virgin Experiences voucher to go abseil down the big red spindly sculpture thing in Olympic Park. except when i tried to book it it was was no longer available. i was able to exchange the voucher for another Experience, and looking down the list it was like:
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weeknotes 14: angel oak
in summer the choir apparently scatters to the four winds. monday there were about ten of us, and the person teaching To The Moon And Back wasn’t one of them. we just sat on the floor and ran through basically our entire setlist. a lot if which i don’t know yet! really gonna have to learn them before our gig in october.
so a friend worked on Deadpool & Wolverine. her partner couldn‘t make it to the cast & crew screening, so she put a message out on our Discord. sorry folks, i am More Online Than You,
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weeknotes #3: business horoscopes
content warning: wild animal injury
1. been watching the Fast & Furious films with friends
- once a week, on a sunday afternoon
- we sync up the films, hit play, and pretend we’re mst3k via Slack
- they’re actually pretty good, even the bad ones
- also i’m spotting how much of an influence they had on the Need For Speed franchise in the early 00s
- speaking of which:
2. i’ve been playing a lot of Need For Speed: Most Wanted (2005)
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