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My wife asked me to watch Atonement<\/em><\/a>, which was something that’d completely missed my radar. Maybe it was a recalcitrant reaction to Keira Knightly who kinda didn’t impress me in Bend It Like Beckham<\/em>, but I never really actively sought other things she’d done. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think my wife wanted to hear my reaction to the narrator who had actually ruined lives out of a childish desire to be with a too-old guy who was in love with her older sister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I did give the desired reaction; “you bitch!” I did really bear down and try to pay attention so I could better-capture the story. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes, trying to consume with as few distractions as possible is one of the things I’ve been trying to do lately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the cinematic side, since I really have trouble appreciating a lot of the visual things on account of my failing eyesight, trying to remove as many distractions as possible is important. Working through Narcos<\/em> on Netflix was tough; which attractive Latina is that? I’m sure I’m supposed to be getting some bigger meaning by her appearance, but it’s not working.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Same problem with Your Friends and Neighbors<\/a>.<\/em> Yes, looking at still shots of the actresses, I can sorta tell the difference, on a moving screen, notsomuch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Still looking for other things to try to watch. Back to the Keira Knightly discussion, I do kind of want to watch the World Cup finale tomorrow. I was hoping for a US-Argentina matchup, if only to fuck with the Socialists’ brains, but….. I’m not sure if that was even possible. The US lost to the Stupid Flanders, and I really haven’t paid much attention since. They’re playing in New Jersey<\/a>. I hope that the Canuckistani smoke doesn’t settle in too deeply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kennedy had on a guy who actually walked from Times Square to MetLife<\/s> “New York Stadium.” (Is that even what it’s called? I’m too lazy to go look. I suppose I understand why it’s there, but with Zorhan as mayor, I’m completely out of fucks to give about NYC at this point….) Nuts how difficult it is to get from point-A to point-B using your feet. I’d imagine it’s better using public transportation. But it’d still probably be quicker and safer in a car, even if that car drives itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other stuff….<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think I mentioned before that I am writing this summer. There’s many things that want to come out through my fingers. Should I be getting better at doing that on the guitar? Yes, but it’s been a hell of a week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thankfully, it’s almost over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have most of my prompts lined up. I’m ready. I’m also ready to see how this research study at Georgetown happens. Looks like they’re planning on driving me point-to-point. Which will be refreshing in this smoky, hot summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My wife asked me to watch Atonement, which was something that’d completely missed my radar. Maybe it was a recalcitrant reaction to Keira Knightly who kinda didn’t impress me in Bend It Like Beckham, but I never really actively sought other things she’d done. I think my wife wanted to hear my reaction to the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-scarred-brain-murmurings","category-summer-writing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/control-h.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/control-h.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/control-h.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/control-h.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/control-h.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6253"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/control-h.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6254,"href":"https:\/\/control-h.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6253\/revisions\/6254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/control-h.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/control-h.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/control-h.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}