Arpad and Danita’s son turned six on Saturday and about twenty kids met at the martial arts studio on Clinton for a party. They were all out on the mat doing double kicks when we showed up. We had a slice of pizza and some walnut cake that Arpad’s mother made but we were still hungry when we left so we followed our noses next door to Mysore Woodlands. It’s kind of a strange name for a restaurant. “Mysore” is nasty and “Woodlands” sounds like a park. Boasting that they specialize in both northern and southern Indian food is plain goofy. We ordered dosas from the southern side. It is amazing how potatoes, beans, pancakes and crepes can be supercharged with spices. We loved it.
Monica was away for the weekend so we invited Rick over to watch a movie. He brought the movie too. It was a James Bond thing called “Quantum of Solace”. Jack White and Alicia Keys sang the theme song and then the chase scenes started. I couldn’t tell who was chasing who. Most of the movie was chase scenes and fights. The cutting was so fast and furious that I could,’t tell which guy was James Bond. I gave up on the movie and started ripping some cds. The movie was loud as hell, all screaming and crunching and crashing.
I was in the dark over by the stereo and I tripped on the audio cord yanking the old laptop off the shelf and then the external drive which was connected to it with a short Firewire cable. The cd that I was ripping bounced out of the laptop when it hit the floor. Peggi stopped the movie while I assessed the damage. The cable was shot, the cd drive won’t read a cd anymore but the laptop and hard drive survived.
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Wow. We had the exact same experience with the James Bond movie. I worked at the movie theater when the first one came out — Dr. No — and it was so beautiful and peaceful. Oh well. And yesterday I had a similar crashing experience — all our electronic music stuff came crashing down from the closet because the previous owners hadn’t secured the board. I thought it all broke but then realized I hadn’t hooked it up properly. Anyway, sorry about your broke stuff.
Glad to hear that I’m not the only one who thought that Bond movie was a noisy, dismal mess. I gave up on it too. And it got good reviews- go figure.
Grace and charm….always were-always will be- a study in grace and charm.
I dont think Mr. Jack White and Alicia Keyes were in the same country when their duet was recorded.
A completely corporate boardroom marketing study based duet.
Listen to it, it makes no sense as a record.