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BEDA Day 13

Tonight is movie-quiz-comedy night. Paul came by and we watched some Jeopardy, Bottle Rocket (at long last!), and Louis CK’s Chewed Up. Much wine has been had.

Jeopardy is a big thing for Evan. We watched it a lot back in the States and he’s ecstatic to have it back in our lives. Shame I pretty much suck at it.

Everything in my flat is breaking. The vacuum’s away for repair, the recently fixed washing machine is on the blink, and the boiler magically turns itself off every so often. Concerned.

Hope you’re having a great weekend. For teh lolz.

‘Til tomorrow!

BEDA Day 12 – Almost Unlucky

Friday the 12th.

Today was meeting, pick up stuff, Sheriff Court appointment (first time I’ve ever been, it felt odd), walking walking walking (over 11,000 steps on my Fitbit), work, a couple of beers.

Currently waiting to talk to Annaface on Skype. Let’s just wait and see if that happens. It doesn’t more often than it does.

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Ok it’s now 2.30, and I’ve spoken to Anna, and it really is time to go to bed. More on this story as it develops.

‘Til tomorrow (later today)!

BEDA Day 11 – The Missing

You guy(s). It happened. I missed a day.

I had every intention of updating yesterday, but it was a silly busy day and by the point I sat down knowing I had to write I still had tons of work to do.

Soooo yesterday I had a big meeting and watching Oblivion and more preparation for another big meeting, plus my usual day-to-day bits. Today I had a rather lovely brunch with some rather lovely friends, then I was on the radio for an hour.

You can listen to today’s Culture Studio here – I’m on for the second hour, chatting about Schindler’s List and reviewing Oblivion and The Place Beyond The Pines (see also: Ryan Gosling’s face). It is my favourite part of my job(s).

Now I’m off to dinner and book club – before returning home to do some more work. Sob. 

‘Til tomorrow!

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BEDA Day 9 - iPhone blog!

The time has come, dear friends, for a slightly late iPhone blog.

It was a busy day. Big meeting, lots of work, trip to the gym, and an evening out with friends. I do love a wee glass of wine and some good film chat. Clever friends, good times.

I also uploaded a video about short stories today. See my last post.

Tomorrow I’ve another big meeting and tons of work to do. I’m also going to watch Oblivion (or Wall-E live-action remake with Tom Cruise, as I’ve been led to believe) in time to review it on Thursday. It’s a good week.

Until then, it’s time I went to bed.

What have you been up to?

Til tomorrow!

BEDA Day 8

Today I skived off from press screenings, and it was worth it. I spent some time at the library then met up with the lovely Laura, who is visiting from London (something none of my other London-based friends do nearly often enough!) – and we hung out and drank tea and met up with another of her friends and had a wander round a few shops. We also dropped into a local bar/restaurant where an old school friend works, so it was reunions all round.

The day has rather gotten away from me. I’ve just recorded a wee video (if “wee” means longest ever) – so keep an eye out for that tomorrow.

The rest of the week is meetings and lots of big-small tasks, so things have yet to get exciting around here. SOZ.

‘Til tomorrow.

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BEDA Day 7 – You can’t handle the BEDA

I blew a deadline this week, which is uncharacteristic of me. This is what happens when I don’t write things down. Right now I’m 80% done and puzzling over the piece, wondering how best to structure and finish it. I’m writing about a film I haven’t seen, which makes it particularly difficult to be conclusive. Writing about an unseen film might sound ridiculous, but there’s a huge story behind its production, which is the subject of the piece. Come to think of it, critics and journalists write about films they haven’t seen all the damn time. Ridiculous, but not unusual.

Last night Evan and I watched Withnail & I, and tonight we watched A Few Good Men. I’d call that A Few Good Movie Nights with Evan and I. If I felt like being lame – which, evidently, I do. Can you tell I’ve been wrestling with the same 500 words for a couple of hours now?

I’m considering a series of videos of the best films you might not have seen – or probably haven’t seen – or something to that effect; but it’s difficult to gauge the average viewing history of one’s (currently very small) viewership. Items like this are terribly presumptuous, but they tend to work. They inspire people’s passion, whether it’s because you’ve genuinely surprised or actually offended people. Neither of the above is my aim, so I guess I need a different hook. Hooks are not my forté.

How was your weekend?

‘Til tomorrow!

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