Went running again today. I surprised myself, I actually wanted to. Hope I can keep this up for a while. Last night I had a lot of energy after running, so it might really do me good.
I had a day off today, and I wanted to go out and buy some new clothes, but I couldn’t find anything I liked. There probably is something wrong with me. The sale is upon us and I can’t find anything at all. I saw some red shoes I liked. I always seem to look for red. I’ve had a pair of red shoes for longer than I can remember. I recently saw a pictures of myself as a child wearing red shoes. I can remember other pairs, and I was told some time ago one of the reasons I got the job I have now were the red shoes. The man who recommended me for the job figured someone wearing red shoes must be the kind of person suited to the company. I am glad he didn’t tell me when I applied for the job. He still looks at my shoes always, and I know he doesn’t approve of the practical ones I usually wear, and he always notices when I wear high heels. It is so funny. But anyway, no red shoes today, so I’ll keep looking. Maybe I should go down to the PC Hooft-straat. There I saw a whole shop window with only red shoes. Then again, the PC,? Not my scene really.
I did love the third Lord of the Rings film. A worthy end to the trilogy. What can I say about it? I think Peter Jackson did a great job, but everyone has said so already. Technically it was great work. All those fighting scenes, the dead, the Orcs, the riders. The city and Sauron. But I guess that isn’t really the thing that makes the films interesting, it really is all about the characters and their journeys. Well, to me anyway. Frodo’s journey for one thing. The story of the Frodo, Sam and Gollum and their relationships. And the human fellowship keeps you involved too. The way Denethor treats Faramir makes you angry and makes you feel for the son. The hopelessness of his battle. Then the relationship between Elrond and Arwen, their great love for each other. And Theoden and Eowen. And the neverending loyalty between Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli, and their loyalty to Frodo and his task.
I love to watch Ian McKellen. It is amazing what that man can do by slightly changing his facial expression. The close-ups of him were impressive. I remember watching him at work on stage in London a few times and being equally impressed. I saw him play Richard III at the National Theatre, very threatening. In “Napoli Milionaria” he was extremely funny and he did make me laugh, and when I watched him play the lead in “Bent” he was so moving. Gandalf is so different again, and a different medium and he does it again. The same goes for Bernard Hill, really, a wonderful British actor. Wonderful on stage and again here.
I sat quite high up in the cinema, looking down at all those mountains, and loved the view. It makes me want to go walking in the mountains again myself. I went walking in the Swiss mountains a couple of years’ ago, totally unprepared really, but it was so beautiful. Pretty dangerous too at times, and looking back I can still be amazed at some of the tracks I walked, and some of the paths through the snow high up, but it was beautiful. I should keep up the running, so I can do one of the longer walks when I get a chance. And I had a lovely shower on a very hot day under a freezing cold waterfall, that I will always remember...
Meanwhile, I am back with Luka Bloom. The Amsterdam concert. He just did his Dylan cover “Make You Feel My Love”, which always moves me. And then there is “Monsoon” which cheers me up, “Perfect Groove” which makes me unable to sit still. At his concerts there are songs that move you inside, and for some reason it is always a different song that does that for me, and there are songs that make you want to move like “You Couldn’t Have Come at a Better Time”, when I hear that I can no longer sit still. And then there is “Delirious” where you just sit and watch and are amazed. What is it about this man, the voice, the songs that is so special? But I think I’ve said all of this before. It just never ceases to amaze me.
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