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Happy New Year!
Jan. 9th, 2023 08:36 pmHi! Everyone alive? Happy New Year to you!
COVID did me in for Christmas and New Years was spent taking care of family so I was totally AWOL for at least three weeks, but I'm back to reconnect.
I spent most of my holiday watching TV and reading - once I was feeling better. 2 eps of Alchemy of Souls a week - still loving it. I think this week is the season finale and I really want the story to continue - there is so much potential.
After watching The Crimes of Grindelwald, I had the urge to rewatch the Harry Potter series and did a binge watch. I'm not quite sure if I even had watched the later films before, my memories of the story is so mixed up with the books. So, while I was watching Harry Potter, I recognized one of the characters, Dean, one of the Gryffindors that continues to appear throughout the series but doesn't have much of a role except for making Harry Jealous by going out with Ginny for a brief moment. I realized I'd seen the grown up actor in a show I'd watched recently - How to Get Away with Murder. Here's him there -
and here's him in The Chamber of Secrets -
I obviously recognised him because he has not changed at all LOL
I unfortunately was unable to attain my goal of 70 books last year but I did finish two Haruki Murakami books: The Norwegian Wood and IQ84 during the holiday. The former was a rather dark love story. I enjoyed it solely as a period piece and the Japanese style. The second was a sort of fantasy horror and much more interesting. The setting reminded me of Spirited Away (Ghibli) - I could totally imagine some of the scenes in the anime form.γIt's totally an adult book with lots of sex scenes.
Today is my first day of work. It is a national holiday though - Coming-of-Age day.γγ20 year olds - or those who would turn 20 before April - all dress up in suits or kimonos and many trapes off to a City Hall to listen to some boring speeches by government officials, mostly just to reconnect with theiir buddies from JH or High school. I saw a mom taking pictures with her son in the park this morning when I took Hana for her walk.
Audrey will take her high school entrance exams in February. This will be her last semester of JH. If she doesn't pass the exam for the public school, the private school we applied to will accept her, so at least she has a place to go and that is a relief. I think she really wants to get into the public school and that would be easier for us, since the cost is quite a bit less. But the private school is the one Alex went to and is a very good school too so either would be good for her I think.
That's about it I guess. Hope I can take a peek at your posts soon.
COVID did me in for Christmas and New Years was spent taking care of family so I was totally AWOL for at least three weeks, but I'm back to reconnect.
I spent most of my holiday watching TV and reading - once I was feeling better. 2 eps of Alchemy of Souls a week - still loving it. I think this week is the season finale and I really want the story to continue - there is so much potential.
After watching The Crimes of Grindelwald, I had the urge to rewatch the Harry Potter series and did a binge watch. I'm not quite sure if I even had watched the later films before, my memories of the story is so mixed up with the books. So, while I was watching Harry Potter, I recognized one of the characters, Dean, one of the Gryffindors that continues to appear throughout the series but doesn't have much of a role except for making Harry Jealous by going out with Ginny for a brief moment. I realized I'd seen the grown up actor in a show I'd watched recently - How to Get Away with Murder. Here's him there -
and here's him in The Chamber of Secrets -
I obviously recognised him because he has not changed at all LOL
I unfortunately was unable to attain my goal of 70 books last year but I did finish two Haruki Murakami books: The Norwegian Wood and IQ84 during the holiday. The former was a rather dark love story. I enjoyed it solely as a period piece and the Japanese style. The second was a sort of fantasy horror and much more interesting. The setting reminded me of Spirited Away (Ghibli) - I could totally imagine some of the scenes in the anime form.γIt's totally an adult book with lots of sex scenes.
Today is my first day of work. It is a national holiday though - Coming-of-Age day.γγ20 year olds - or those who would turn 20 before April - all dress up in suits or kimonos and many trapes off to a City Hall to listen to some boring speeches by government officials, mostly just to reconnect with theiir buddies from JH or High school. I saw a mom taking pictures with her son in the park this morning when I took Hana for her walk.
Audrey will take her high school entrance exams in February. This will be her last semester of JH. If she doesn't pass the exam for the public school, the private school we applied to will accept her, so at least she has a place to go and that is a relief. I think she really wants to get into the public school and that would be easier for us, since the cost is quite a bit less. But the private school is the one Alex went to and is a very good school too so either would be good for her I think.
That's about it I guess. Hope I can take a peek at your posts soon.