1. Apparently a Terminator movie happened in 2019 and I MISSED IT? I loved Terminator. I loved Terminator 2 even more. After that I think it's definitely diminishing returns but I hung in there. I didn't even hate Genisys (sorry). I watched half of Dark Fate last night and finished it tonight. Linda Hamilton reprised her Absolute Baddest Bitch and it was glorious.
2. I had picked up a library hold and then been baffled about why I had reserved it - British political satire? That does not sound remotely like me. These books either make me feel too dumb to get it or the satire is too broad and it's just cringey. This was not that. It was thoughtful, natural, frightening and propulsive. Each section was so different from the previous one, but before I had time to notice I would be completely swept up again. It was about trying to find your way at different stages of your life, deciding how far you would go to defend your beliefs, developing relationships and shifting realities and mysteries of various descriptions. I loved it.
3. My brother-in-law's book launch! Not much will get me out on a rainy and cold November evening after working in two libraries and facing myriad grade one-to-sixers with plenty of attitude (even to the gorgeous Library and Archives building), but my husband - the author's actual brother - is in Singapore, so I had no choice but to represent. My BIL is a law professor and constitutional law scholar whose big giant head shows up on CBC quite often, and he and his History Prof bestie wrote a big important book about the internment of Japanese Canadians during the years surrounding World War II, and how the law was used shamefully to perpetrate this injustice. It was a great discussion and both authors were very well-spoken, although the history prof had arguably the better socks.
4. I just got home from seeing a little theatre version of The Spitfire Grill with some friends - one of the cast members was a colleague of my friend Janet. Since apparently the biochemistry grad department is not going to stage a musical for my daughter to start in this year (rude), it was nice to get a small musical fix.
5. Geez what do you people want, I practically have culture dripping off my fingertips right now.
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