Item 66 was to get a good photo of me and Dan together. The aim was for me to like it enough to use it as my profile picture on facebook for a while.
On Saturday we were a BBQ and my lovely friend Lynda took a couple photos of us, including this one here, and you know what, I like it. I think we've both looked better in photos, but this is the first one where we've both looked good in the same one, and we were both genuinely laughing a lot when it was taken, which I think makes it good. Thanks Lynda!
The disappointment was that we watched number 13 off the top 20 film list 2001: Space Odyssey. Oh my goodness what a load of rubbish that was! I can't tell you what the film was about. There are monkeys. A lot of it is in space. And there was a giant baby. No one said a word. I couldn't discern a plot line. I know I'm a bit traditional, but I like my films with a beginning and a middle and an end. The end can be a little ambiguous, but I like to be sure its finished and not randomly cut off because the budget ran out.
While watching the film, to stop me falling asleep from boredom, I googled the film to try and find out why it is so highly regarded. I still can't work it out. Wikipedia says that Kubrick (the director) always refused to explain what happens, preferring to leave the viewer to work it out for themselves, which I believe reinforces my point that nothing happens.
I'm actually quite sad about this, the whole point of the list is to do those things you don't always mean to do, but don't get round to. Its about grabbing life with both hands and living to your full potential. And I just wasted 2 hours and 20 minutes of my precious Sunday afternoon watching various different film shots of space while listening to some classical music. I don't feel this enhanced my life cultrally at all. I should have watched Wall-e again instead.
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