Movie Weekend

This past weekend, I had the opportunity to see 2 movies that were complete opposites of each other. The first is In Bruges where two hitmen are told to take a break in the small town in Belgium and are to wait for further instructions. One enjoys the small town charm and history while the other dislikes it completely and prefers the city life much better. It has a dark humour about it, but it was also very bloody.

The other movie I went to see is The Other Boleyn Girl where we encounter the life of the Boleyn sisters, Anne & Mary and their lives in the England court with King Henry VIII as they both compete against each other to obtain the king's affection.

To Kill A Mockingbird

I recently took a little break from the book The Sea, The Sea to read To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. It is one of those great American Classics, and I absolutely loved it!

I am interested to see the 1962 film and see how well Gregory Peck plays Atticus Finch. He was my favourite character in the novel, because he showed so much class and dignity and was not afraid to stand up for what he believed in.

The story takes place as Scout Finch, Atticus' daughter, narrates her views about growing up in a small town with African-Americans being treated unfairly. Her father, a lawyer, has been ordered to defend an African-American man for a serious charge where, if found guilty, the mandatory punishment is death. Scout ends up learning what is right and what is wrong with the help of her father and her older brother. She learns to face her fears and to be kind to everyone, despite what the people in the town tell her.

I am currently reading books from the "Rory Gilmore Book Club" where Rory Gilmore was a character on The Gilmore Girls that I admire and am fascinated with the books on that list.

But, I am always open to any other books that I may come across (or that have been given to me as gifts). I am now back to reading The Sea, The Sea and will keep you updated on my status.

Snow!

I love snow! I love watching it fall from the sky! I find it very magical and enchanting to see snowflakes outside. I'm not a skiier, or a snowboarder, I just like snow. I like it much better than rain, which I'm sure we'll be getting lots of this spring. There's no snow puddles, and snow doesn't make you drenched when you're outside for 2 minutes.

Lately we have been getting a lot of snow and it seems that everyone is frustrated and sick of it. I don't think we'll beat the record snowfall in one season (which currently stands at about 444cm from 1971) but we are pretty close. After last night's snowfall, we are now at about 358cm, which is now 2nd place.

It's been forecasted that we are to be hit with another big storm all the way from Texas and some meteorologists are predicting that we could get 50cm of more snow in a 36-48hr time period.

It must be pretty chaotic being someone that works in the snow plowing business, or who works for a major city as they have no time to rest before the next snowfall comes in, yet again.