Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Day #21,440

Walk km 5462-5465: running errands
Walk km 5465-5470 (15,970 to go): 58th/Adera/59th/Oster/73rd/Montcalm

street scene at twilight
aprox km 5470 Marine Drive

Monday, August 30, 2010

Day #21,439

Walk km 5451-5462 (15,977 to go): to Yaletown Station/(skytrain)/41st/Willow/42nd/Laurel/43rd/Wiltshire/57th/Angus/59th/Adera/60th/Granville/Park/63rd/Cambie/(skytrain)/Georgia/Hamilton/Dunsmuir/Keefer/Abbott/Pender

another sunny day in suburbia
aprox km 5459 63rd Ave

Sunday, August 29, 2010

Central Valley Greenway

Day #21,438
Walk km 5438-5448 (15,990 to go): from Commercial Station to Sperling Station with the Meetup group
Walk km 5448-5451: to the circus

the Meetup Walking group
aprox km 5445 on Central Valley trail

Book #310 (#31 this year): One Russia Two Chinas (2004, Douglas "George" Fetherling)
Not nearly as much fun as his name-dropping books about the 60s and 70s. However, a pleasant read about his trips to Russia & China.

Saturday, August 28, 2010

Day #21,437

Walk km 5435-5438: to the library and Main Street Station.

Movie #1367 (#183 this year):
One Year Later(1933, E Mason Hopper)

Another one from the Internet Archives. This is one of the best. Its kinda like "Grand Hotel" on a train. The main story is about a convict being transported to the "big house" to get "the chair".... and his wife who he refuses to talk to... and the reporter who covered the trial but who is now dying of TB. Then there's the fellow who gets the Mann Act explained to him. The narrative also uses flashbacks/flashforwards as well. Pretty darn good for a Internet Archives freebie from a never-heard-of-him director.

Friday, August 27, 2010

Day #21,436

Walk km 5425-5435 (16,001 to go): King Edward/Crown/24th/Dunbar/King Edward/Arbutus/16th/E Blvd/17th/Cedar/Fir/Granville bridge/Howe/Smithe

statue of boy playing
aprox km 5432 Fir Street

Movie #1365 (#181 this year): We Don't Live Here Anymore(2004, John Curran)

Two couples are having marital problems. Their actions range from saint to jerk. Then there's an epiphany by the jerk. And the movie ends. So?
Always fun to see Laura Dern though - that kid can emote like crazy.

Movie #1366 (#182 this year): Slightly Honorable(1939, Tay Garnett)

Eve Arden with a fly on her nose (that's how we know that she's dead)

This was an odd find in the Internet Archives. A cast of Pat O'Brien, Broderick Crawford, Eve Arden and Edward Arnold directed by Tay Garnett. Sounds awfully close to an "A" picture to me.
This one has the problem of being a murder/comedy. Serious crime drama one minute and slapstick the next. The crime drama part was crap. There were some good jokes in the comedy half but a bad print means that I missed a fair amount of dialogue due to bad sound. Reasonably entertaining.