It's almost Christmas!!!!
This post has nothing to do with Christmas.
Friday night my friend Kevin and I went to see Happy Feet at the Imax, "The largest screen Britain has ever seen", and then spontaneously stayed on to see the 11 o'clock showing of Superman in 3-D! Both were really good but it was just more exciting to see the stuff on Imax. Superman has perfect skin. So does that little penguin.
On Saturday, Jbooks came up to London again. She is going back to Canada soon for the holidays so I need to get in as much face time as possible. That and she might be famous one day so I want people to know we hung out before she was famous so I don't look superficial. So just remember, I hung out with her THIS Saturday, BEFORE her fame, and she was wearing clothes from the Gap (*gag*).
We hit up our favorite burger joint Lucky 7's for some American burgers, fries, and milkshakes and then went to see Stranger than Fiction which we both really liked! When we went to buy our movie tickets, the theatre looked really busy and they said they could only sit us in the first three rows, unless we wanted to pay a few pounds extra to sit "further back". (In England, most theatres have designated seating.) I HATE seeing movies in the first three rows so we decided to pay a few pounds more so we would actually enjoy the movie from "further back". When we got in to the theatre, we discovered that there were ONLY FOUR ROWS! So we totally got punk'd and sat in our more expensive seats in row 4. (STA reference - The theatre was smaller than Village Tree Mall!) I was really shocked when we sat down, especially since my last trip to the cinema involved the IMAX so I commented to Jbooks about how surprised I was to see how small the theatre was. Just then, a guy sitting right in front of us (row 3) sitting alone said to me in a thick American South accent, "Y'all been to Lester Square yet?? Cause they got big screens there." It was really sweet.
Go see Stranger than Fiction. There were a few scenes that Jbooks and I laughed REALLY hard at but overall a nice movie.
Last night I started work at early o'clock in Canary Wharf and watched the sunrise in London's financial district (that was invented by Canadians?? I will need some Blogger confirmation on this one!). As much as I try to avoid the AM, it was actually really nice and peaceful there on a Sunday.
After a long day, we were all shattered but I went to the pub with some work mates to catch the last half of the Chelsea vs Arsenal game. It was a good match but came to a 1-1 draw. We were cheering for Arsenal and in the messed up world of football that was a good result for them. Don't worry though, I would have much rather been watching my Oil lose 4-1 to Chicago and curse the heavens.
#@*% You , Heavens!
Friday night my friend Kevin and I went to see Happy Feet at the Imax, "The largest screen Britain has ever seen", and then spontaneously stayed on to see the 11 o'clock showing of Superman in 3-D! Both were really good but it was just more exciting to see the stuff on Imax. Superman has perfect skin. So does that little penguin.
On Saturday, Jbooks came up to London again. She is going back to Canada soon for the holidays so I need to get in as much face time as possible. That and she might be famous one day so I want people to know we hung out before she was famous so I don't look superficial. So just remember, I hung out with her THIS Saturday, BEFORE her fame, and she was wearing clothes from the Gap (*gag*).
We hit up our favorite burger joint Lucky 7's for some American burgers, fries, and milkshakes and then went to see Stranger than Fiction which we both really liked! When we went to buy our movie tickets, the theatre looked really busy and they said they could only sit us in the first three rows, unless we wanted to pay a few pounds extra to sit "further back". (In England, most theatres have designated seating.) I HATE seeing movies in the first three rows so we decided to pay a few pounds more so we would actually enjoy the movie from "further back". When we got in to the theatre, we discovered that there were ONLY FOUR ROWS! So we totally got punk'd and sat in our more expensive seats in row 4. (STA reference - The theatre was smaller than Village Tree Mall!) I was really shocked when we sat down, especially since my last trip to the cinema involved the IMAX so I commented to Jbooks about how surprised I was to see how small the theatre was. Just then, a guy sitting right in front of us (row 3) sitting alone said to me in a thick American South accent, "Y'all been to Lester Square yet?? Cause they got big screens there." It was really sweet.
Go see Stranger than Fiction. There were a few scenes that Jbooks and I laughed REALLY hard at but overall a nice movie.
Last night I started work at early o'clock in Canary Wharf and watched the sunrise in London's financial district (that was invented by Canadians?? I will need some Blogger confirmation on this one!). As much as I try to avoid the AM, it was actually really nice and peaceful there on a Sunday.
After a long day, we were all shattered but I went to the pub with some work mates to catch the last half of the Chelsea vs Arsenal game. It was a good match but came to a 1-1 draw. We were cheering for Arsenal and in the messed up world of football that was a good result for them. Don't worry though, I would have much rather been watching my Oil lose 4-1 to Chicago and curse the heavens.
#@*% You , Heavens!
posted by Emm @ 2:12 PM
7 Comments:
At 4:13 PM, December 11, 2006,
Emm said…
AB - I'm lookin to you for this Canary Wharf info!
At 5:40 PM, December 11, 2006,
Broderick said…
F-Me! You work in Canary Wharf? Geez, that's boss. The buildings are real tall there and somehow, really reminiscent of Van City. There's this boat that goes around the wharf whose sole purpose is to collect all the rubbish strewn into the bay (read: none) - I find the image strangely melancholy and lonely.
The Reichmanns sound somewhat like the Mirvishes, of Canadian theatre dynasty/land-holding/business fame.
At 9:44 PM, December 11, 2006,
Kelly said…
Finally... I was going crazy not having a play by play on your life. Sounds like fun times in the Ldiggity. I would suggest you hold on to JBooks because come March she might not even remember who you are she will be so famous. I already have Canadians lining up to order her book online. You Baileys are really taking the world by storm!
I, on the other hand, am at my desk eating yogurt with a fork. It seemed like a good idea at first...
At 9:47 PM, December 11, 2006,
Kelly said…
Oh and Emm you better start praying to Gaia to bring the weatehr below zero here in Ottawa or you will NOT be taking in the Winterlude festivities. Right now we are averaging daily temps of like 2-3 degrees which is NOT IDEAL for the creation of the world's largest skating rink.
At 10:59 PM, December 11, 2006,
Emm said…
The music at our London diner was also GREAT!
At 12:12 AM, December 12, 2006,
Emm said…
I loved the way Darbara dropped an R bomb.
At 11:55 PM, January 08, 2007,
Anonymous said…
Hmmmm, I only went to one movie when I was in London, but the theatre also had assigned seating and was smaller than Village Tree. It was like something straight outta Saved by the Bell and had leopard print seats and was all purple inside. Also I will have you know, this is officially my first comment on a blog ever.
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