My coworker, Chris (who has recently started reading this blog), kept saying 'TGIF' today. I had to agree with him. It feels like it's been a long week.
I love the tone of Jill Barber's voice and her slight, wavering vibrado. She kinda reminds me of Edith Piaf, but maybe that's because she has recently begun to write and perform songs in French in appreciation of her growing French audience.
Here's another one, just 'cause.
This is the first Friday night in a few weeks that I've had free and I didn't really know how I was going to spend it. I have been spending a lot of time alone recently so, naturally, I wanted to go out with some friends. The hard part about that is that many of my friends live in the city or Ottawa and it's just not convenient to call them up last minute. Most of my friends that do live in town were either busy, working or in Jamaica. I've just read this paragraph back to myself and it reads as a long list of excuses for being a loner… well, that can't be helped…
Anyway— I decided to take myself out on a date. I put on a bit of extra eyeliner, I put on my new cape coat thing and I picked up a Grande Vanilla Rooibos Tea Latte at Starbucks on my way to the movie theatre, where I broke into my stash of movie passes. I went to see Scorsese's new film: Hugo. I didn't really know much about the film except for what little my parents told me after they saw it a couple of weeks ago.
But today has been quite nice! I finally finished making a Christmas gift for one of my cousins today— I've been working on it for ages. Also, that cousin and his lovely girlfriend dropped by for a quick bite at lunch time. And on my way to work, I heard a CBC Radio 2 Canada Live set by this talented woman:
I love the tone of Jill Barber's voice and her slight, wavering vibrado. She kinda reminds me of Edith Piaf, but maybe that's because she has recently begun to write and perform songs in French in appreciation of her growing French audience.
Here's another one, just 'cause.
This is the first Friday night in a few weeks that I've had free and I didn't really know how I was going to spend it. I have been spending a lot of time alone recently so, naturally, I wanted to go out with some friends. The hard part about that is that many of my friends live in the city or Ottawa and it's just not convenient to call them up last minute. Most of my friends that do live in town were either busy, working or in Jamaica. I've just read this paragraph back to myself and it reads as a long list of excuses for being a loner… well, that can't be helped…
Anyway— I decided to take myself out on a date. I put on a bit of extra eyeliner, I put on my new cape coat thing and I picked up a Grande Vanilla Rooibos Tea Latte at Starbucks on my way to the movie theatre, where I broke into my stash of movie passes. I went to see Scorsese's new film: Hugo. I didn't really know much about the film except for what little my parents told me after they saw it a couple of weeks ago.
It is a beautiful movie— and clearly Scorsese's tribute to one of film's original auteurs: George Méliès. I highly recommend this film! It's been billed as a kid's movie, but it is definitely not just a children's story. Beyond being visually stunning, the music really makes the atmosphere of 1930's Paris come to life and the story (which is always my favourite part of any movie) is exciting but also emotionally sweet and tender. See it!
Have a great weekend! Go do something Christmassy!
3 comments:
I've now listened to so many of Jill Barber, thank you for introducing her to me! I'm looking forward to reading more of your Christmassy posts!
Hey Alice! How's Uni so far? What part of London are you living in? I miss the UK soooo much! I have been craving Cadbury Roses all day.
And isn't Jill Barber great?
Uni is great (well, aside from the piles of essays I have to do before Christmas). I'm living in Victoria (5 mins from Buckingham Palace!) and travel to Camden everyday for uni. I loooove Roses,but actually prefer Quality Street...looking forward to having a huge tin of them waiting for me when I head home for Christmas!
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