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Date: 06 February 2005 20:35:39
I've not been to the cinema for months, and yesterday to mark my return to the big screen, I ended up seeing, of all things, "Magic Roundabout" (I was away for the weekend staying with a friend and his partner, and we took his partner's daughter to the cinema for a treat, so I guess were a bit restricted as to choice of films as we needed a kid's film that she'd not seen). I really wasn't expecting very much, but it was really much much worse than I could ever have imagined. Dull, boring, without the tiniest spark of the character of the original, and - the worst thing of all - not a sign of the original theme tune! If you'd sat me in front of a DVD of original episodes for an hour I'd have been in my element, but this was really disappointing. Really don't bother.
The weekend was lovely though - I don't see A and R very much, but they're just so easy to relax with and talk to (something I'm not always good at - I can be quite quiet and shy sometimes and some people find that a bit unnerving, and then because I can sense that I clam up, vicious circle ...) so it was lovely to be reassured that I'm not totally socially inept! I also talked through some of my various life hassles, R had a lot of insight re counselling and I feel more and more reassured that that is a good way for me to go. I've now got a list of counsellors to contact, I'm going to start by phoning tomorrow the one who's been recommended, and then see if she works out, if not there are plenty of others and at least I'll have more of an idea what to expect and what I'm looking for.
This morning A and R let me have a lie-in (I was really, really embarrassed to surface for breakfast at quarter to eleven when I was a guest in their house, but they were lovely about it!) and then we went to an orchid nursery nearby. I couldn't believe the rows and rows of beautiful orchids there, some of them were absolutely huge, and all in really good condition (this place exhibits at the Chelsea Flower Show apparently, I'm not surprised having seen their flowers). I had an orchid a couple of years ago as a leaving present from my previous job, it's still alive but I've been slowly but surely killing it off through ignorance more than neglect. Anyway thanks to A (who has a degree in botany) I feel like I've got a bit more idea what to do, so let's see if I can get it to flower again (or at least to stop dying, which would be a good start).