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schneefink) wrote2014-11-19 01:58 pm
schneefink) wrote2014-11-19 01:58 pm
Hockey and movie night
I think I should probably make another intro post (not sure I ever made one), but not right now, soon-ish.
Hockey practice today! I'm definitely getting better, slowly but surely, which is excellent. This time we practiced tight turns, which I didn't manage without slowing down but I did manage. I still haven't fallen even once, which on the one hand is good but on the other hand I think if I fell once I'd be less afraid of it afterwards. ER fell and said she expects a massive bruise.
During the game: in my opinion, and keep in mind I'm an absolute beginner, we really need to work on changing more often. Players stay on the ice for several minutes, near the end they're so tired they can't sprint anymore and don't have a chance. We also need to be clearer on who changes with who, though that won't necessarily always be the same person.
It's a game where fast acceleration is important: you need to get to the puck quickly! Sometimes players look like they don't even try. Oh well, we're all beginners. (Someone write fic about player A trying not to be mad at player B not playing well and losing games. About a goalie and a defenseman, maybe. Flower and Tanger?)
There are more players with prior experience on the green team, so we lost pretty clearly. They're not shy about checking or stealing pucks, we need to learn that.
But I was already better about getting to the puck and looking where my teammates are :)
I was less exhausted afterwards than last week, which is also nice.
Yesterday I watched "The Shawshank Redemption" with friends, a movie that I was told is excellent. I think I would have enjoyed it more if I'd had less high expectations.
It's a good movie, but I'm not sure why people told me it's outstanding. I thought the plot was pretty predictable: the only thing I didn't foresee was Dufresne's escape, and that's because I thought it would be more interesting for him to have to make the choice to expose the Warden or not if he'll still be in prison. (That means I missed the rock hammer as a very obvious Chekhov's gun, but they at least tried to hide it with the chess figures.) The ending was pretty cheesy, which in principle I have nothing against but it seemed a bit drawn out.
The movie did an excellent job portraying prison - obviously I don't know how close to reality it is, but what they did portray came across very well. Dufresne and his "pranks" reminded me of Neal Caffrey, and once or twice I was reminded specifically ofcopperbadge's great prison magic AU Never Leave a Trace. Some of the cinematography was pretty cool, like the long sweeping camera from above when Dufresne arrives. In general I thought it was well made.
So yes, a good movie, but not one of the best I've ever seen.
Hockey practice today! I'm definitely getting better, slowly but surely, which is excellent. This time we practiced tight turns, which I didn't manage without slowing down but I did manage. I still haven't fallen even once, which on the one hand is good but on the other hand I think if I fell once I'd be less afraid of it afterwards. ER fell and said she expects a massive bruise.
During the game: in my opinion, and keep in mind I'm an absolute beginner, we really need to work on changing more often. Players stay on the ice for several minutes, near the end they're so tired they can't sprint anymore and don't have a chance. We also need to be clearer on who changes with who, though that won't necessarily always be the same person.
It's a game where fast acceleration is important: you need to get to the puck quickly! Sometimes players look like they don't even try. Oh well, we're all beginners. (Someone write fic about player A trying not to be mad at player B not playing well and losing games. About a goalie and a defenseman, maybe. Flower and Tanger?)
There are more players with prior experience on the green team, so we lost pretty clearly. They're not shy about checking or stealing pucks, we need to learn that.
But I was already better about getting to the puck and looking where my teammates are :)
I was less exhausted afterwards than last week, which is also nice.
Yesterday I watched "The Shawshank Redemption" with friends, a movie that I was told is excellent. I think I would have enjoyed it more if I'd had less high expectations.
It's a good movie, but I'm not sure why people told me it's outstanding. I thought the plot was pretty predictable: the only thing I didn't foresee was Dufresne's escape, and that's because I thought it would be more interesting for him to have to make the choice to expose the Warden or not if he'll still be in prison. (That means I missed the rock hammer as a very obvious Chekhov's gun, but they at least tried to hide it with the chess figures.) The ending was pretty cheesy, which in principle I have nothing against but it seemed a bit drawn out.
The movie did an excellent job portraying prison - obviously I don't know how close to reality it is, but what they did portray came across very well. Dufresne and his "pranks" reminded me of Neal Caffrey, and once or twice I was reminded specifically of
copperbadge's great prison magic AU Never Leave a Trace. Some of the cinematography was pretty cool, like the long sweeping camera from above when Dufresne arrives. In general I thought it was well made.So yes, a good movie, but not one of the best I've ever seen.