Angela Law

animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 
movies

dracula (1931)

One of my coworkers told me aboug Dracula Daily, which is a newsletter that goes out each day that something happens to the characters in the book. It runs May through November. It has been interesting to see the story unfold over that timeline. I’ve been planning on watching the 1992 version of the story after it’s done, but a local theater was playing the 1931 version, so I thought it would be fun to go there and see it, too (even though the story isn’t over yet). They were playing Halloweed-themed movies all month. The theater was pretty cool. It’s in need of refurbishing, but if they accomplish their goal, it’s going to be a really nice place.

Anyway, I find old movies to be pretty cheesy and this one was no different. Also, they took a lot of liberties with the plot. But, it was still fun to get out for the evening.

volunteering

100

I did it! I got my 100 volunteer hours in as of today! Just in time, too, with the bad weather right around the corner. I will, of course, continue to volunteer through the winter as long as the weather allows. But, I’m glad I accomplished my self-imposed goal so early. 100 seems like a good number to shoot for in general, so I hope to do the same next year.

tv

dahmer

Like everyone else, I watched the Dahmer limited series on Netflix and agree that it was pretty horrifying. And, sure, they took some artistic liberties, but it wasn’t meant to be a documentary. But I did learn about the racism angle that enabled him to continue to murder people, which I didn’t remember hearing about before, though it has been a long time.

My rating: 4/5

do-it-yourself

the painting

I’m trying to get the main living areas (living room, dining room, foyer, and hall) painted before the end of the year, so I started on that this weekend. I did the dining room, foyer, and hall ceilings. Ceilings are the worst! Anyway, I’m hoping to have those three areas done by Thanksgiving and the living room by Christmas. Pretty much the whole house needs repainted, so this is going to be my winter project for probably the next few years.

live entertainment

joe satriani

Jake and I went to see Joe Satriani at The Palace Theatre last night. While I haven’t listened to him for quite a while, I was very into his music in the 90s. Luckily for me, he played a bunch of older stuff in addition to his new stuff. Anyway, he was very good. I can’t imagine having to play like that for 2+ hours (he was basically soloing the whole time).