Pigs, pirates and costume drama
Monday, 29 September 2008 13:28![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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1.In Bath at the moment there's a public art event going on - about 100 decorated pig sculptures in various places all over the city - and this weekend I met up with two of my schoolfriends to go and look at them. Unfortunately some of them have been taken away for mending before they're auctioned off at the end of November, including Dino-pig and Piguana, but we still managed to see 57 pigs. I have some photos here if you feel you need some more pictures of pig sculptures in your life. And frankly, who doesn't?
2. Speaking of Facebook, it has rather won me back now I've found the option that lets you set your language to "English (Pirate)". I keep looking at it and finding new things to giggle about.
3. I've been watching the BBC version of Our Mutual Friend which is very good (and has helpfully cast Paul McGann and Keeley Hawes as two of the characters I like), though it suffers from the fact that the hero conspires with two of the other 'good' characters to do something that makes me want to kick them all repeatedly in the shins. On the other hand, the female characters are far less irritatingly passive than Dickens's women usually are, and visually the whole thing is fab. The only other criticism I have is that David Morrissey is rather wasted, in that he gives a very nuanced performance as a character I find utterly abhorent and am never going to sympathise with in any way at all. This may be just me though.
2. Speaking of Facebook, it has rather won me back now I've found the option that lets you set your language to "English (Pirate)". I keep looking at it and finding new things to giggle about.
3. I've been watching the BBC version of Our Mutual Friend which is very good (and has helpfully cast Paul McGann and Keeley Hawes as two of the characters I like), though it suffers from the fact that the hero conspires with two of the other 'good' characters to do something that makes me want to kick them all repeatedly in the shins. On the other hand, the female characters are far less irritatingly passive than Dickens's women usually are, and visually the whole thing is fab. The only other criticism I have is that David Morrissey is rather wasted, in that he gives a very nuanced performance as a character I find utterly abhorent and am never going to sympathise with in any way at all. This may be just me though.