Movie: Four Moons (Mexico) (2014)

Everything about this movie is good.

Wallander

I've watched three TV series of Wallander.  Two Swedish versions and the British version (which was filmed in Sweden).


They're all good.  They're very different from each other.  I liked them all.


If this were a high school project I would no doubt be writing an essay to "compare and contrast" the three. 


And the books, which I have not yet read.   They're on my long long list of books I want to read.


I thought when I retired I would have so much time for reading, and I spend a lot of my time reading, but the days just fly by.

Sometimes a low budget film can contain hidden treasures.


I'm watching The Sound of Horror, a Spanish horror film from 1966.  There are moments when the background music is just wonderful.


Another example, from a regular budget film, is during the closing credits of Frequency (2000) where the music takes quite an amazing beautiful turn for a few seconds.

Musical instruments I dislike:


saxophone

accordion

electric guitar

After my watch broke I did without one for weeks but finally gave in recently and bought a new one.


Why have men's watches become so huge?


It's like wearing a clock on your wrist.

I have read and enjoyed science fiction since I was 11 or 12 years old. 

The first sci-fi book I remember reading was Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles which I loved then and still loved the last time I re-read it.

In those years of growing up sci-fi taught me a great deal about life, ethics, philosophy, meaning, values... 

But now I just can't seem to find the same interest.  I try reading sci-fi books but I don't seem to connect.  I often return them to the library unfinished.

Perhaps it's just that moving into old age I don't look toward the future in the same way.  I'm probably more centered on the present.

Mysteries are what interest me the most now.

I have a new prescription and I just ordered new glasses - frames and lenses came to almost one thousand dollars!

For me that is a lot of money.

I feel rather sick to my stomach.