green and pleasant land

[extemporanea]

Britain still does that thing to me where a random piece of landscape is like an unexpected blade to the heart: a combination of a sharp, intimate sort of realisation with a sense of slightly deadened loss. I suppose it's the legacy of a colonial upbringing with a highly British-centred experience of children's literature, so that the land itself

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[pinkthulhu]

Jeremy Renner was in The Hurt Locker, I discovered just recently after watching it again.

Enjoy your time north of the Border - hope it's not too cold.

[bumpycat]

How did you miss him in the Hurt Locker the first time? He's the main character. ;)

Anyways, Ms Extemp, please let us know when/if you're passing through Londinium. I have a crazy calendar but would like to say hello nonetheless - even better if you can meet Y and V.

[pinkthulhu]

It's those thick padded armours the bomb-disposal experts wear! I could barely recognise him! ;-)

[extemporanea]

Jeremy Renner is really rather cool as Hawkeye - he's a damned good actor, and does lot with a fairly small amount of screen time. The "Captain, it would be my genuine pleasure" bit in the final battle is beautifully done.

I am not doing a Londony visit thing this time round, other than a couple of hours in transit in Heathrow. I'm planning on four or five days in London between the two conferences in August/September, and shall give y'all lots of warning about my imminent descent so that I can insert myself suitably into crazy calendars.

[strawberryfrog]

the second RDJ Sherlock Holmes. I pretty much agree - it was a movie that goes up to 11; full volume all the time, and no range, full of sound and fury....

[rumint]

Wow, being the keynote speaker is most impressive, grats!

Enjoy the Scottish spring, perhaps a little on the chilly side. We are enjoying Madrid, which is fierce white-heat, just like a CT December.

[strawberryfrog]

Oh, and congratulations on surviving the flight, and on being in scenic Edinburgh, where I am not. I don't suppose you are passing through London at any stage?