Assorted News
Nov. 9th, 2010 05:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
la_samtyrThe weather the last few days has been totally utterly gorgeous, so I have been trying to finish very last minute stuff outside -- easier said than done.
Saturday, S. came by and helped me put a new storm door on the porch. The old one was ok and in fair shape, but there was no extra window to cover the screen part anymore. So I saved it and maybe in the spring I will use it when building a potting shed. We shall see. Meantime, the new door opens on the left, while the old one opened on the right. That will take some getting used to again.
Sunday I spent around the house as well. TCM ran the new restored version of "Metropolis", so I made sure to watch that. Fascinating, and the extra scenes in the film copy discovered in Argentina in '08, it made things a lot clearer. Then I watched a documentary on the '08 rediscovery, which again was utterly fascinating. Or at least it is if you are a silent film geek. :) The next movie was another Lang film, "Spies" but I am afraid by that time I was sliding out of the chair, so I went to sleep watching it. Regrettably, I missed "M" -- I do wish that TCM would show some of these older films a little earlier -- 3am showings are just a bit much for me anymore (especially considering I hadn't slept in about 3 days. *sigh*)
Yesterday, there was a lot of napping and I went to bed early (before 10pm) and totally forgot about syfy's "Manga Mondays". :/
Other than that... not much has been going on. And now for another early night.
Saturday, S. came by and helped me put a new storm door on the porch. The old one was ok and in fair shape, but there was no extra window to cover the screen part anymore. So I saved it and maybe in the spring I will use it when building a potting shed. We shall see. Meantime, the new door opens on the left, while the old one opened on the right. That will take some getting used to again.
Sunday I spent around the house as well. TCM ran the new restored version of "Metropolis", so I made sure to watch that. Fascinating, and the extra scenes in the film copy discovered in Argentina in '08, it made things a lot clearer. Then I watched a documentary on the '08 rediscovery, which again was utterly fascinating. Or at least it is if you are a silent film geek. :) The next movie was another Lang film, "Spies" but I am afraid by that time I was sliding out of the chair, so I went to sleep watching it. Regrettably, I missed "M" -- I do wish that TCM would show some of these older films a little earlier -- 3am showings are just a bit much for me anymore (especially considering I hadn't slept in about 3 days. *sigh*)
Yesterday, there was a lot of napping and I went to bed early (before 10pm) and totally forgot about syfy's "Manga Mondays". :/
Other than that... not much has been going on. And now for another early night.
![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
no subject
Date: 2010-11-10 02:57 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-11-10 04:02 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-11-10 09:20 pm (UTC)I completely understand the not being able to stay up late. I work at 6:30a these days and I struggle to stay up past 8p. I don't even try to keep up with TV shows anymore. :(
no subject
Date: 2010-11-11 02:41 am (UTC)http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Metropolis-Alfred-Abel/dp/B0040QYROA/ref=sr_1_2?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1289442985&sr=1-2
Good luck!
*hugs*