What an exceptional weekend.
We have houseguests! Which is really fun –
Saturday we went for a walk in our neighborhood, up all kinds of secret stairways. Saturday night we had friends over for dinner and then walked to see Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, which I liked.
I finished The Marriage Plot.
Sunday it rained and rained and rained and I put the ornaments away (finally!) and vacuumed and cleaned out a major closet and then we watched the football game (I did not actually watch the football game) and ate crab and then watched Sherlock. It was very good, and I realized I had already seen one before — the last one of the last season that ends at the swimming pool.
So — all very good.
It is great having house guests. They cook, for one thing, and that is great. But also it’s nice to have people around to do stuff with. They are looking for jobs, though, which is slightly stressful for them.
That seems to be the way it is — if you have time, you are worried about not having a job so you can’t really enjoy it. If you have a job, you have money, but no time.
I really enjoyed Tinker Tailor. The theater was crowded, so our friends sat together and K and I sat together, but we weren’t all together. As we were leaving, K said, “What happened? I did not understand any of it!” The we met up with A, who said, “”What happened? I really did not understand any of it!” So we had the whole walk home to figure out what had happened. It was excellent! I think because so much was shown but never explained, and because Smiley talked so little there were little pieces that you only realized later, much later, were really important. Also, I loved that the cart belonging to the woman who wheeled the files around had a sad little Christmas garland taped to it. I really liked it.
I am still planning to come back and tell you how much I enjoyed the Marriage Plot. Jeanne, have you read it? I think you might like it, too.
I have not read it. A friend sent me a copy of Middlesex and I read it the winter after my knee replacement. I found it dark and depressing and it put me off of reading any more by that author.
I did not like Middlesex, either. In fact, I never finished it. And I didn’t really see the point of the Virgin Suicides, either. This is very different.
Huh. I liked both Middlesex and especially The Virgin Suicides better than The Marriage Plot, although I liked that too. I loved the beginning and the end. The middle, not so much.
Huh!
I loved Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.
n fact I loved it so much that I will buy the DVD and put it on permanent loop.
Benedict Cumberbatch AND Colin Firth – what’s not to like?
Exactly. Are you watching Sherlock, too?