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That's two house viewings done, and the latest... it feels better than the rest. A local family, with reasons to move to this area - just what I want to have living here, once The Move is done. Maybe this is "The One", and the additional viewings this weekend will move things along. I'm still not looking forward to "The Moment" - the closing of the front door for the last time - but I would really like to get on with the whole business, and see an end to that particular chapter.

Talking of which... The The Secret Adventures of Mane-of-Night - Flight 102 Is Overdue epilogue is maybe a couple of paragraphs from being done, but I'm damned if I can "close the deal". This weekend hasn't encouraged my "writing gland" much, but I'll give it another go this evening.

Talking of which... It's Conference Championship Sunday! Only two weeks of the season left (that matter), and I'm thinking we're looking at a Packers/Jets Super Bowl. Whatever happens, there's a definite feeling of "the old order" hovering over this post-season, with the Jets the team with the shortest history of all those playing today - and the Jets won Super Bowl III! Tonight's games should at least be entertaining...

And finally... *gasp* Mission 101 progress! I managed to squeeze in North By Northwest this morning, chalking up another *SCORE*-let for Task 28
28 - Watch one "classic" film for each month of my Mission (12/33)
It's been a while, but I'm hoping to make some more progress this month...
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Bit sneaky, this entry, as it covers me until next year *grins*, but yesterday, I actually managed to put a dent in a problematic Mission 101 Task, and chalk up another movie for
28 Watch one "classic" film for each month of my Mission (10/33)
namely From Here To Eternity (1953). So many of the movies that fit my criteria are either cowboy movies (which I have no love for) or war films (which I'll watch if they're any good) - this fits in the latter category, but From Here... was good - Frank Sinatra was particularly surprising as the hero's seemingly solitary friend in the world, and the whole setting, Hawai'i prior to Pearl Harbour, melted into the background until the very end as military men show themselves as either all too human, or all too inhuman. Definitely a "war" film for people who don't like war films. 8/10

I could possibly fill my quota for 2010 with some effort tomorrow - I should have sufficient movies "on file" - but naaah. It's not like I have anything special planned for tomorrow night - apart from sitting down with Scott Pilgrim and an onion bhaji sandwich - but I'm not needing any stress. Unlike previous years, we're not expecting anyone for "the bells" on what's going to be the last New Year at this address...

No. NOT going to be as "heavy" as it might sound. Goodbye "Year of Change", hello "Son of Year of Change"...

And finally... Here's a new Task!
99 Reach an audience!
More on this very soon!

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