It snowed sometime overnight, which I have to say, I find wholly unacceptable, having only just become accustomed to having things like grass and roads and such back. But there wasn’t too much, and there’s not a whole lot I can do about it. Our dog certainly seemed to love it.
In other news, I spent the day reading again, interspersed with a little television here and there. Since Friday, I’ve read about seven different graphic novels, of varying quality and subject matter, culminating today with Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis 2 and Rutu Modan’s Exit Wounds. I think the former was a lot better, and having read it means I can now safely watch the movie version of Persepolis without threat of spoiler.
Last night, I watched The Town, the Ben Affleck-directed (and starring) crime thriller. It was very good. Stars Affleck and Jeremy Renner turn in good performances; Jon Hamm is really quite good; and Blake Lively, though she’s not in the film a whole lot, steals the show whenever she is. (I’m never seen an episode of Gossip Girl, so I wasn’t familiar with her before this.) It’s not a great movie, though it occasionally reaches towards greatness, and it’s quite an entertaining picture. And, if nothing else, it’s a better showcase for the late Pete Postlethwaite than the dreck that was Clash of the Titans.
Today was a holiday, but it’s back to work with me tomorrow.
Your honourary Canadian citizenship is going to have to be designated for British Columbia only! I think Alberta’s snow and cold would do you in. Although, admittedly, you do seem to have had more than your fair share of the snow this year. I am envious of your many snow days (but not your commute).
I think you’ll enjoy the movie adaptation of Persepolis – it was really quite good.
It must be said, I’m much fonder of Canadians than Canadian winter weather. Our winter hasn’t been so terrible, more ineptly handled by NYC and the railroads than anything else. And my only official snow day happened when I was already on vacation. But believe me, while I grumble and grouse and don’t necessarily like it, I manage winter weather just fine. I lived for several years in central Pennsylvania, where it was generally worse than it is here. This weekend’s snow wasn’t much more than a heavy dusting, enough for a little light shoveling. It was just…we had only just gotten a glimpse of the lawn and a road you could actually drive on reasonably safely. Oh well. C’est la vie. C’est l’hiver.
I read Satrapi’s first volume a couple of years ago, but held off on seeing the movie until I finally read the second. Even though I honestly don’t know how much of the comics it covers. I am looking forward to seeing it, however.