wildcat

So, yesterday was a day with Michael where we didn't get any homework done and Michael racked a batch of wine. Bought chocolates, took some treats over to Michelle who seems to have caught the cold (I refuse to say my because I don't want to feel guilty and anyway, everyone else is sick too), went over to Dan's new place in Cook Street Village - a gorgeous little bachelor suite which is very small in some ways but would probably be a good place to live by yourself. Perfect for the struggling writer type, perhaps. Went to Moka House for a bit and then we met with with Daniel for sushi. We got Gloriee's phone number and found out the last day that Hime Sushi will be open, had a huge meal, and then went to the Patch to look at pea coats. In the end Daniel and Michael bought sweaters and I bought a nice long-sleeve shirt that looks like it'll be warm.

Then, Shaun of the Dead. Wow. Any of the malaise or ennui or mild depression that's been sitting on top of my head like a diabetic antelope has apparently dissolved with this movie, which successfully combines the British "loser" flick with the zombie movie and the romantic comedy. It oscillates between buddy comedy and romantic comedy and it's always at the right moments! They had some brilliant ideas that flashed up and out as quickly as they came, nothing overpowering the main narrative; it was hilarious but at the same time the zombies were truly creepy and nightmarish. I think one of the film's strong points was that, well, whenever you were getting over powered by something (say, how lost and braindead the "buddies" were), it would randomly switch to something else (the zombies, or from the zombies to the ridiculous romantic woes of Shaun and Liz). At one point the movie reached an "end" which made me think that I liked the movie but would never watch it again, only to take it another ten minutes further and suddenly I would most assuredly want to own the movie, because the switch in genre and energy was so well-timed. The film works in part because it has the main narrative and you also get moments of other narratives - it's Shaun of the Dead, but you also have a parallel story which is only hinted at about Vaughn, a friend of Shaun's, and her band of last survivors. And there were also moments with actual emotional depth that transcended all the other genres working in the film.