... OK, think I've recovered...
That was
extraordinary. And I can't talk about it without giving spoilers... oh well. Suffice it to say I've
never cried like
that over an anime, not even the end of
Trigun. It's powerfully moving stuff. Be interesting to see if it has the same effect on Lutra!
(Actually, I think I may write a small piece/critique about the series, for later publication either here or on one of my sites... will think about that...)
Going to wait a while now before watching the OAV. Don't want to spoil the effect.
So - yesterday...
We had a
fantastic day, and it was all down to synchronicity...
Interesting bus trip: the driver's English was very poor (we seem to have quite a few asylum seekers/refugees in Briz, I think he was one of those) and although I asked quite clearly for an adult return and a child return, he kept saying "single" (
i.e. one-way)... it didn't twig until we'd sat down that he was probably trying to ask if the two young lads who got on behind us also belonged to me, rather than the single bratling who'd tanked up to the back of the bus and was bouncing with excitement. Ah well...
Kai wanted to go back to a jewellers where he'd seen a skeleton pocketwatch (that's one with a transparent case so you can see the innards working). We found one jewellers, but they disclaimed all knowledge of ever having carried such a timepiece. So we wandered up the High St (sounds grand but Keynsham is a tiny place: the High Street is the main street and only takes ten minutes to saunter down!) checking out the numerous second hand shops. I found a Japanese cookbook and a New Zealand pictorial yearbook crammed with photographs of the country (for more, go check out the photos
Valkyrie took on her recent holiday - fabulous...), and Kai bought himself another watch (
tiny mechanism) and some
Geomag - his latest thing and bloody expensive stuff!
Then he wanted to go to the park. Not that he was really dressed for running and climbing and sliding, since he'd wanted to wear his 'pocketwatch wearing' clothes, but what the hell, the weather was nice, very cold but sunny... After 15 minutes or so he asked to go climbing a tree (there's one close to the play area just
made for climbing): at first I said no, but he pleaded... he's good at that...
There were two other children in the tree, and they all started talking and climbing together. I took myself off to the nearby bench (cold - metal) to wait.
The other children's mum was there. She made a comment about it being so nice to see them playing together, I replied, and eventually (because I'd only planned to let Kai have about 10 minutes and I'm not a great one for striking up conversations with strangers) we started talking - first about children and the environment they grow up in these days, and then the conversation broadened...
Heh... She's lived in Japan for 13 years, married a Japanese and only came back home a year and a half ago (mainly, I think, so the children, 11 year old boy and 9 year old girl, can have a British education). And she's an anime fan...
Over an hour and a half later, absolutely frozen and with numb backsides from the metal bench, we finally, reluctantly, decided we ought to gather up the kids and go our separate ways, but not before exchanging phone numbers. Turns out her son is a Lego and Meccano fanatic too - and obviously took a real shine to Kai, as both boys were pleading to be allowed to visit each other's homes...
So we're planning to meet up at the park again in a week or so, and likely exchange visits. We want to stay in touch - it was great to see the boys having such fun. They're a wonderful family!
Oh, and we did find the
other jewellers, but they'd sold the watch. They should be getting more in in a couple of months, though. (That particular timepiece was £145: Kai had managed to not notice the number 1 in front of the 45...)
(Yesterday's) Food...
Morning: bowl of orange and grapefruit pieces.
Afternoon: got so cold and hungry at the park I bought a (very!) hot and extremely tasty Cornish pasty from
Taste Buds. (Kai had a huge piece of cake - rice crispies covered with chocolate and full of little marshmallows!)
Dinner: spaghetti bolognaise. I make mine with onion, red pepper, chestnut mushrooms, chopped tinned tomatoes and extra-lean mince, cooked in red cooking wine with a dash of Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce - a quick and easy meal after a long and tiring day. And I finished off the white wine while watching
Wolf's Rain.
Today's cookie...
WARNING: Do not eat fortune.
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Ack - too late!!
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Joules *Dances with Haddock* Taylor
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