A very good friend of mine from college, Anthony, then dropped into town on Friday. Him, myself, and Maryna went bowling. It was also a blast. I forced Anthony to stay and bowl 5 lines, to my surprise and his amazement, he bowled a 207 on the 4th line and a 198 on the 5th. This turned out to be his two best games ever. Needless to say, he kicked mine...although I did win the first three games *grin*
Today, I saw Fritz Lang's Metropolis for the first time. It was a newly restored version, targeted to match the original movie opening - before edited by the Nazi's in Germany and MPAA here in the States (notice a correlation here?). Around 25% of the original footage was still missing, and is considered destroyed, this version however included some great scenes missing from previous releases here in the States.
After the film, Maryna and I stopped for a cup of joe and went shopping at Peer One. This is one of her favorite stores - mine as well. While we were there I found a nice looking Papasan chair, which I readily bought for my thinking spot. My thinking spot is a place in the front of my apartment were the warm summer light filters in through the blinds, carrying with it energy and inspiration. Previously I sat there with Bean-bags, but I'm getting too old to recover easily from that kind of abuse, so I have sought out a more accommodating arrangement. Maryna had suggested many times that I move one of my two sofa's into the front window to take advantage of the light, but this would mean displacing my beloved plants. I've always thought a nice reading chair would fight there handedly - now a solution has presented itself quite nicely.
While at Peer One, I also scoped out a pair of giraffes which are book ends. I am going to re-arrange my desk, the whole back room in fact, for these critters. Cheers.
