The Friday Five: DVD offers I couldn’t refuse!
November 13th, 2009 | by Frank |
Welcome to the Friday Five-Five things I liked that happened since last Friday. It could be a news story or an album or a dinner I ate or…anything. A good way to focus on the good going into the weekend.
1. The Dr. Who Sale at Amazon! Just happened today, but Christmas came early with more than half off sale of the complete series DVD boxes. In the states (that’s the United States by the way) these go for nearly a $100 season because the demand isn’t nearly as high as in the mother country. Even scouring ebay and Amazon for months provided nothing under $70. So at $30 a box set it was an excuse to get the collection.
2. The Wire Box Set:Is also on the way. Under $70. for all 5 seasons all said. Well I found it on Ebay for that price anyway-what can I say, I’ve been a sucker for a deal this week.
3. Susan watching the Godfather: Last Friday night Susan (in the course of a wine, beer and whiskey conversation) revealed she had never seen The Godfather. Seriously-I didn’t know what to do with that either. So she pops up to get another drink, and I just put it on-at 11pm. Did I mention we were a bit gone from the land of sober? Well, turns out watching the classic picture is a bit harder to follow when you a.) have never seen it before and b.) are pretty tipsy. This lead to some wonderful gems like “Are these people Greek?” (During the Wedding) “Hey! Sicilian! Like you??”, and “Why was it a horse head?” (Not to mention the “They wouldn’t do that today-he’d just call” when Tom Higgins says he needs to fly home from California to give the Don some bad news.)
Twenty minutes in revealed that it was not a good time to watch the movie, so we rescheduled for Saturday during the day. “How could I think they were Greek?” she asked. She also loved the movie and came up with a few more gems (“Wait? Al Pacino is in this? Oh my God that IS Al Pacino!” and a both awful and adorable rendition of Brando doing the “I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse” that has me in fits of laughter and shame each time she does it.) We will be watching The Godfather II sometime soon.
4.) A visit from my friend Sarah from New York: I only got to see her Thursday night and this morning (we got to use our spare bedroom!) but it was fun. She, along with two of her cousins, are visiting our fair city so I stopped out to say hello. I still hate Adams Morgan, but must say that the pharmacy bar was a very nice find.
5.) My cousin finding me on Twitter! Yay Welsh Cousins! Lianne is brilliant and I miss her and she should come visit me here in the states. Neat how I started and ended with the British, no? Anywho-it was neat to be found via the net (as it always is) and I’m glad she’s experimenting with the old Net 2.0.
