November 23rd


What do you do on a lazy Friday spent in the library? Well you go to the docks afterwards for pizza of course! I am so glad that margarita pizzas exist here because not only are they my favorite but they are also made with mozzarella cheese. Delicious melted mozzarella how I have missed and longed for you. Screw "gruyère", it blows in comparison. Kate and I, Paula is currently in London for a short vacation, enjoyed the Italian dishes at the local pizzeria in the Docks. Well, Kate sorta enjoyed her dish. She had a salad, trying to ease into the no gluten diet, and it unfortunately came with green peppers on it. I love green peppers, Kate does not. She was able to eat it though, after she scraped the peppers to the side. Once dinner was finished we were supposed to go home, but we decided to see a movie instead. At the movie theaters. In French. Oh my gosh! Ha, well the film we picked was not especially difficult since it was the latest Astérix and Obélix live action installment. All in all, it was pretty good. Completely cheesy and very stereotypical on its interpretation of the British, but somehow it had a charm to it. Though, Kate and I tended to laugh a lot more than the rest of the audience. I suppose we just couldn't believe how stereotyped the British characters were. The obsession with tea and the inedible food were only  part of the icing. Still, we laughed and enjoyed ourselves. Yay, I finally saw a French film in a French theater in French! That's three for three. We then returned home, but the movies did not stop there. They stopped for Kate, but not for yours truly. You see audience, I love Hitchcock films especially the psychological thrillers. Thus why I rented Psycho from the public library. Kate refused to watch it with me and I consented, after all horror is not for everyone. But, that did not stop me from watching it. Actually I created the perfect setting too; all the lights were off, a lone candle was lite, and I was cuddled under my blanket. Perfect for thrillers. I must say, I loved the film. Anthony Perkins did an amazing job as Norman Bates. Although the film is old, I still became completely absorbed in it. The all string orchestra, the mis-en-scene, the shower montage, just everything blended perfectly into an amazing movie experience. Hitchcock, you did well once more. Anyone up for The Birds or Rear Window?

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