Weekend
I tried to cram rather too much into the weekend just gone. Now I rather feel like I need another one, even if it is only Monday. Still, it was a good one despite the almost-constant rain :o)
On Saturday morning I went to the cinema to see Machete Kills. Own up,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
bonedancer and pharrap, you've been feeding scripts to Robert Rodriguez, haven't you? My suspicions were first raised by the spoof trailer beforehand for Machete Kills Again... In Space! and the film itself carried on in much the same vein: His partner murdered, wanted by the law, Machete is secretly recruited to save the US from nuclear armageddon. Armed with a Swiss army knife of a machete, he has just hours to capture the bad guy and smuggle him back across the US-Mexican border, with a gang of gun-toting prostitutes out for revenge and a shape-shifting mercenary on his tail. This is quite the silliest film I've seen in ages. I loved it.
After that, I sorted out my tickets to Off the Shelf, did the food shopping and did a quick bit of tidying before guests turned up for the Doctor Who evening. It was a fairly small gathering this time around, and we watched stories featuring the 8th and 9th Doctors. Two more to go before the anniversary!
On Sunday morning I went swimming, then in the afternoon I took Jamie for his birthday treat and (slightly early) present from me - a trip to the Lego shop in Meadowhell and his choice of purchase. While the staff there are very friendly, whoever stacks the shelves is both cunning and evil. Why else would the really expensive sets be at child height while the more affordable stuff sits higher up and out of sight? We were in the shop for an hour and had a good time and a thorough look around. We played with the Chima Speedorz (TM), built some mini-figures each to take home, and Jamie built the ships (TIE fighters, apparently!) and base in the photo. I was very impressed with the access hatch he built on the ground!
It took us an hour to get there and another hour to get back, so we were out rather longer than I expected. I made it back home just in time to head back out for roleplaying. However, once I got there, there was tea and later on we cracked open the damson liqueur I bought from Lindisfarne in the summer, so I did get to relax in the end! ;o)
On Saturday morning I went to the cinema to see Machete Kills. Own up,
bonedancer and pharrap, you've been feeding scripts to Robert Rodriguez, haven't you? My suspicions were first raised by the spoof trailer beforehand for After that, I sorted out my tickets to Off the Shelf, did the food shopping and did a quick bit of tidying before guests turned up for the Doctor Who evening. It was a fairly small gathering this time around, and we watched stories featuring the 8th and 9th Doctors. Two more to go before the anniversary!
On Sunday morning I went swimming, then in the afternoon I took Jamie for his birthday treat and (slightly early) present from me - a trip to the Lego shop in Meadowhell and his choice of purchase. While the staff there are very friendly, whoever stacks the shelves is both cunning and evil. Why else would the really expensive sets be at child height while the more affordable stuff sits higher up and out of sight? We were in the shop for an hour and had a good time and a thorough look around. We played with the Chima Speedorz (TM), built some mini-figures each to take home, and Jamie built the ships (TIE fighters, apparently!) and base in the photo. I was very impressed with the access hatch he built on the ground!
It took us an hour to get there and another hour to get back, so we were out rather longer than I expected. I made it back home just in time to head back out for roleplaying. However, once I got there, there was tea and later on we cracked open the damson liqueur I bought from Lindisfarne in the summer, so I did get to relax in the end! ;o)
