D got a video last night, I nearly stopped watching after the first scene, but kept coming back to sit with him, and it sucked me back in. Ok, Nick Frost as a pot grower helped. Attack the Block is violent, gritty, scary, touching, funny, and very smart. The monsters are genuinely frightening, all black masses with rows of luminous teeth. The idea is that if aliens don't bother with cornfields, but land in a rough part of a big city, who would go after them? Well, the gangs defending their turf.
I do love when movies surprize me, come out of nowhere, challenge my assumptions, then tell a really good story really well. I'm not much into action films, they tend not to bother telling a tale, just run around in circles. This one I will watch again.
Got a goodly amount of rain yesterday, put out my buckets to catch some. All my watering is by hand, no hose. A plastic watering can, slightly dented, was left behind. I take that and a bucket to the front and water the wildflowers and sunflowers, and the cayenne. In the back, I just fill from the spigot. There is a hose, but the spigot on the north side is turned off. Have to figure out how to move it to the back at least. Living in a desert, I think about how much water I use.
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It's good to be mindful - including about watering.
Sometimes I think I'd like to live in a desert, there's something so attractive about the spareness.
Jenny,
It's a well watered valley in a high desert area, to be clear. Lots of trees, consistent rain, melt water from the mountains, a small but permanent river with lots of streams. Real hard-pan deserts just to the west - salt flats. Not like Phoenix, for example, which is a much more stereotypical desert. We do have to watch our water usage - too bad so many don't and our local government is reluctant to enforce.
I shall try and get a copy of the film...it sounds just up my street.
It has been leek planting day here today...water is never a problem in these parts!
I stumbled across that movie a while back as well and thoroughly enjoyed it.
Geo,
Oh, good. I enjoyed the extras on the DVD, as well.
Rosie,
Rain goes through phases here, and we definitely have wet seasons, then droughts.
zip.ca doesn't have the 'Attack' movie, I'll keep checking back to see if they ever add it.
We haven't the water concerns here that you have, however, we still conserve.
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