Mo 4/19/21

 Mo 4/19/21

9am. 1220pm. 945pm. 

Up 730am: Partly sunny with temps to mid 60's, but temps dropping sharply by late afternoon. A 'wintry mix' is forecast for late tonight and tomorrow.

Borrowed 'BEIRUT' and 'SHADOW IN THE CLOUD' from Hoopla.

Watched 'BEIRUT' (Hoopla). An exceptionally well written Spy/Hostage Negotiation/Thriller set in war-torn Beirut, Lebanon of the early 80's. The film documents the political power struggle to arrive at an exchange of one high-ranking embassy person for one international terrorist, but there is more to the negotiations than meets the eye; with Jon Hamm, Rosamund Pike, Shea Whigham, and Dean Norris (he's wearing a wig and I had to consult IMDB because I knew I should recognize him, but I couldn't place him. His mom probably had the same problem).

  ***935am: Internet went out for a few minutes during the film. It freaked me out!  

12pm: PC is 'Off' and I plan to spend the afternoon at Planet Fitness. 

When I left I forgot the ear buds and came back. Took a couple of tokes for my trouble. 

1245pm: 45" Cross. 30" Bike. 45" Treadmill. 30" Recumbent Bike. 30" Cross. Amazon Prime not working...THREE HOURS TOTAL. 

Home to read in the living room for a couple of hours and finished 'GIRLS LIKE US'. Everything you could possibly want to know about these three fascinating women. 

In the tub with a new novel, 'BILLY VERITE' by Rick Harsch and listening to ALBERT KING, CULTURE~ 'Two Sevens Clash'. 

Watched 'SHADOW IN THE CLOUD' (Hoopla). It's 1943 and the air war over New Zealand is smoking hot and a woman is aboard a fighter cargo plane and the boys can't accept her as their equal. In fact, they barely treat her as human. It's an over-the-top, feminist adventure flic that works because of Chloe Grace Moretz's outstanding performance. I kind of liked it- kooky Gremlin monster and all. "'Shadow in the Cloud' is the most bonkers mash-up of monster movie and World War II drama since, well, at least this year." From Variety:"This insanely entertaining high-altitude horror movie — set almost entirely aboard a gremlin-infested WW2-era B-17 bomber — asks you to check your internal B.S. barometer on the runway, then takes off into murky skies, testing the limits at every turn".  Filmed on location in Tamaki Makaurau Auckland, New Zealand.  




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