Laura's home! I cleaned up the apartment this morning, then went and met her at the airport. She was accompanied by a single-serving friend named Ricky, an architect from New Jersey. He offered us a taxi or limo ride downtown as it was on the company card, which we gladly accepted.
It already feels so good to have her home. I really lose aim when Laura's not around. It's frightening.
I have tomorrow off as well, so we get more time to enjoy each others' company, instead of me having to go right back to work.
By the time Laura and I got home, around 5pm, I still had not eaten since getting up around 11am. Cote-Des-Neiges Hot Dog opened up a few weeks ago where the Indian place used to be, and I've been meaning to try their food since. Laura and I each got two hotdogs. I got cheese, onions, mustard, and ketchup, which is my new favourite way of having it at Chien-Chaud Victoire. The guy somehow got some mayo in there too. Laura had relish and mustard. They were pretty good, and a dollar each. We ate them at home, at the kitchen table. I had mine with some raspberry flavoured Country Club, a super sugary pop from the Dominican that Laura brought back for me.
Later, still hungry, I decided to try CDN Hot Dog's poutine. I tried not to get my hopes up, but it was still rather disappointing. Blanched, half-done fries, very light gravy, good cheese though. The fellow who served me both times was wearing a Mike's shirt, as in Mike's the restaurant two doors over. A little perplexing. On this second trip I also realized that I could get burritos at Chez Frida, next door to CDN Hot Dog, and Chez Frida has been there for well over a year now. That will be the next food I buy on this street.
We saw Inception tonight with Jessie, Rachel, and a guy friend Rachel met at a club. I've been hearing rave reviews from my co-workers, including "movie of the year" and "movie of the decade". It was pretty good, but not that good by a long shot. The pacing during the latter half of the movie tortured me, though. The snail's pace scenes with Cobb and his wife agonized me because of all the urgent scenes between them. Joseph Gordon-Levitt was great, as expected. I want to watch Brick again. He does drama just as well as he does comedy. I wonder if Ellen [Elliot] Page had difficulty keeping in her [his] sarcasm. I'm glad she he got a role that broke her his usual type.
The concepts laid out in the movie were neat, but Cobb's plot line and character were incredibly unappealing to me. I found myself trying to think of more interesting possible protagonists and situations while Cobb's scenes were on. There's just something that frustrated me from the moment he said "this one last job." Seriously? His fate was fairly predictable from there on in.
The action scenes, while set in locations perfect for action scenes, felt like they were just put in to indicate urgency. That would be alright except they went on for so long. They could have done with a lot more attention. This is strange because the action scenes in previous Nolan films are great, and have much more purpose and impact.
The whole audience groaned at the ending.
This movie did not pass the sexism [Bechdel] test, by the way.