26
August 05
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Alexandra
After a half glass of valpolicella, we sank into the darkness of the electric palace to watch Rita Hayworth sing and grin her way through the criminal underworld. A fabulous film until two thirds through: I do prefer it when the heroine dies prone in the repentant hero's arms. I was rather uncomfortable and wished to lie down to watch, preferably on a carved shoulder as I did in the dunes at Camber Sands the day before. We were there for two hours and felt an unusual peace, fortified perhaps by a skyscraper of a scone in Battle where my back was poked free of its pole dancing pain.
And all this after Friday’s Night of Joy. The front row was populated by men in the main, which always makes me more aggressive. Strange really. I should insist that ladies come to the front as I’d much rather smile. After a bathroom consultation with Heidi I opted for the Little Mermaid look (Andersen rather than Disney), suitably crippled by my red shoes, rather than last week’s Satanic Barbie, so dubbed by a beautiful Argentinian. There is a very amusing picture of me looking like a bad aerobics instructor. Perhaps the best part of the evening was experiencing iDOU and Ciccone while indulging in a picnic provided by Miss Heelz’s ma. I do love a good falafal.
Watching: Gilda; The Masque of the Red Death; Brighton Rock.
Reading: Picnic at Hanging Rock – Joan Lindsay; The White Stuff – Simon Armitage; Oracle Night – Paul Auster; an interview with the wonderful Julia Davies. I await the new Nighty Night with trepidation.
earlier posts
22 August 05
Fine
lines, icy bruises, Chris Isaak, absence...
18 August 05 Bruises
of a sick canary hue. And Soft Cell...
14 August 05 Bile,
breakdancing, barely controlled rage...
6 August 05 Moss-moist
eyes, Roman Holiday and ringing...
27 July 05 Begging,
borrowing and stealing. And gowns...
22 July 05 Tris's
"You're Generally Indie" quiz result...
21 July 05 Test-Icicles,
overeducated rightwing baboon...
20 July 05 Buffalo
66, red shoes and a new frock...
12 July 05 Diversions,
hair conditioner, pots of tea and idiots...
1 July 05 Angela
Carter, exotic fruits and pink person-stripes...
29 June 05 Dresden
Dolls, Tori Amos, enticing flatmate...
28 June 05 Welly
welding, ghost trains, vaginas, bitching...
16 June 05 Posh
biscuits; the courting potential of the library...
15 June 05 Martin
Amis, chicklit and money problems...
8 June 05 Rabies
jabs and the History of Western Philosophy...