Ear Piercing

First things first this morning, and we get on and do some bits and pieces that need some attention around the house.

I had bought a mirror and a picture a couple of weeks back, and they need hanging. Both are done quite easily, though I have to say the optical illusions of cronky walls in our house really are amazing :) So even though the spirit level is telling us the picture is straight, for some reason to the eye it looks as bent as the back end of a donkey. So we settle on having the picture not instrumentally level resulting in something which doesn't make you look twice at it every time you pass it by.

Next on the hit list is a couple of DVD towers that we'd got from my friends who have emigrated. We knew already that there would be a bit of a problem with these because our skirting boards are quite high, and the nook that the towers already have taken out of them to accommodate skirting boards isn't quite high enough. So with a bit of impromptu carpentry and a few close shaves (or in fact amputations) we finally managed to get the towers to fit almost flush to the wall.

With that done we then have a quick bit to eat and then head off out to the Cinema to watch War of The Worlds. Not my cup of tea really, it seemed boring and the ending was naff... almost as if the crew had just decided to elope on holiday without giving it much thought or care. But I've not read the book, so maybe it was suppose to be like that. I have to say the film probably doesn't score high on my "greatest films of all time scoreboard" for the sheer fact that Dakota Fanning has the most god awful high pitched scream I've ever heard.

I'd go so far as to say she's put me off kids for life... at least kids who are a) annoying b) incredibly stupid c) have limited vocal capacity of a soprano on helium who has learn't no words other than ARGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

Posted by Abi on the July 30, 2005 10:15 PM

sjon at August 2, 2005 7:18 AM