Widescreen At last my new desktop with a big screen has been delivered. It is fantastic. I can type without the orc hunch. Twenty one and a half inches of widescreen wonder. I love it. And a proper keyboard and mouse too. Having only used laptops for the last several years, it's wonderful. And full of geeky new functions to explore. No need for the outside world at all then. Just my study, redbush tea, my face basking happily in the electric glow. Calliope, meanwhile exhausted herself in an ecstasy of boxes - which all needed biting. I'm feeling a little more lively today. Lorraine now has the same heavy legged bug that I have. She'll have to fight her way to work tomorrow. I am so incredibly lucky to be master of my own workflow at times like this. Instead I was able to finish The Reader and work at an unstressed pace.
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The listener Still feeling somewhat drained and rubbish. Listened to the unabridged audiobook of The Reader by Bernhard Schlink. The character Hannah loves to be read to, and so it was apt. I really like the book, just as I did the film. Schlink is a professor for public law and the philosophy of law, and sometimes works as a judge. And his expertise informs this fascinating work about post war Germany and its moral dilemmas, which among other things is also is a story of doomed love. Otherwise a rather wasted day. Bug making me feel tetchy, and lacking motivation. Spoke to Anton who phoned to crow intolerably about Manchester United again. And to Bob who phoned to talk about Carl's visit. And finalised with On Track arrangements for an interview next week, and emailed Betsy. Lorraine came by again tonight, for cups of tea before collecting Beth after she had seen a musical in London. On that tremulous note I have decided to see Sweeney Todd, starring young Beth and Mark. I might...
The Reader Saw The Reader tonight with Lorraine. Easily the best film I've seen for ages. Absolutely top in every way: brilliantly acted, and a complex moral problem at its heart. I can't recommend it highly enough. It's ages since I walked out of a cinema and felt I had seen a proper grown up movie. If Kate Winslet doesn't get an Oscar for her performance there is no justice.