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So now January is half over, right? And am I halfway to the end of what I have to do by the end of January? Hardly. I haven’t made much of a dent, and today was dedicated to the Kennel billings, something I do at the middle of each and every month, and balancing the December bank statement, which is a challenge in the best of times and a real headache when something doesn’t come out right. I had a little of that today — not enough to keep me from finishing, but enough to keep me from starting on much of anything else.
Tonight instead of was watching Swing Vote I guess I could have got started on the W-2s. People are waiting for them, or at least I assume they are. I haven’t had any complaints yet. But I wanted to watch this movie because (a) I expected to hate it, and (2) I wanted to mail it back tomorrow for something better. I didn’t exactly hate it, after about the first hour or so. I kept wincing at the awkward notes the political part of the movie hit and asking myself what possessed me to rent it.
There’s a neat little film in there somewhere, but it’s all about Kevin Costner and Madeline Carroll, who play father and daughter. He is better than I’ve seen him in a long time, and she is amazing. There’s something magical about the relationship, except when the political hooey gets in the way. But that hooey was the movie the filmmakers wanted to make, and they got pretty much what they deserved. It tanked at the box office and looks pretty good on the small screen, where it belongs, as long as you can get up and walk around during the painful parts. |
