A wren stopped by for an hour or so yesterday. Flew about a bit, had a look around and then flew off out of the window. I would have liked the wren to stay a while longer but... ahh maybe another time.
I am getting into Catch 22, and am enjoying the style of writing and the nonsensical logic of Heller. I remember watching some of the film, specifically Major Major, who when reading the book I now realise is Major Major Major Major. So far I am fascinated by the way the ideas are expressed. The overwhelming sense of it all is a pointless and farcical maze of a war, where the only people who make sense are madmen (Yossarian for example) who one character describes as the sanest of the whole lot. That kind of nonesensical logic. If English wan't my 1st language, id be wondering what the hell was going on. When i read books in french they sometimes seem like this, but that's only because I am rubbish at French.
Watched "The Thing Form Another World" yesterday. Quite a good film, all the better for being in black and white. Features a female who appeared to have the role of secretary, who is a humorous intelligent and confident character, which made a nice change from the usual characters I see in b&w horror films. But this wasn't exactly schlock. Wouldn't mind seeing it again. There's a scientific fundamentalist who tries to force the rest of the people at the Arctic station to sacrifice their own lives for the sake of the furtherance of scientific knowledge - in the form of the seemingly invincible alien vegetable man.
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