And we're back!

Ladies and Gents, we're back online. After a period of time spent living without a free flowing stream of pure internet, we have dipped our cups back in the cyber well! A house/dog sitting gig in the Blue Mountains finds us in the home of Judy Kell, the mother of Pat's aforementioned friend Tom. Abby's the dog; a beautiful black lab. The mountains are cold, but the sun still shines and we're going to get some good fitness (via hiking) in while we take a break from yoga (due mainly to the fact that we won't be in Neutral Bay for maybe a whole month).

So Patrick and I have come up with what I find to be a brilliant little scheme. Early on we both expressed an interest in delving deeper into the realm of Alfred Hitchcock. I've had my share of Hitchcocks, but aside from a recent viewing of The Birds Patrick was pretty green. So naturally we decided to just start making our way through the list. Not in any particular order, but going at it as we saw fit.

Now, although they are great, and usually make me totally freak out we didn't want to tire of ol' Hitch. And we'd also been coming across favorite movies of our own in conversation only to realize the other hadn't seen the flick. So we started our own lists: movies we love and think other people should see!

So now we go Hitchcock, Pat's choice, my choice, etc, etc. Let me tell you this list of movies is getting better and better, learning more, seeing so much, and of course getting a deep look at someone else's movie taste. Wanna know what we've gotten up to?

Hitchcocks (in viewing order)
Strangers on a Train
Rope
Psycho
Dial M For Murder
Rear Window
Vertigo
Marnie
Notorious!

I looooooved Marnie, it's completely off the wall, and Tippi has a wonderful vacancy that really lends itself well to her insanely flawed character. Patrick has Psycho at the top of his list. You should have seen his face when the mother's corpse turns around in the cellar and then Norman comes flying in in a dress and wig wielding a knife. He had no idea. It was priceless.

As for Pat's movies he's shown me The Goonies, Top Gun, Gangs of New York and The Last Samurai. Loved them all immensely. I have shown him Sunset Blvd, Young Frankenstein and MirrorMask. I really need to track down a copy of Interstella 5555 though. I hope that they have that shit in Australia.

You may be wondering why we've traveled half the world to watch movies we not only could see at home but in fact HAVE seen at home. It's all just part of living the dream. There's nothing wrong with taking in some entertainment. And besides, at $11 for 5 weekly rentals (which our all-time fave's will naturally be) it's cheap as chips!

Keep you posted as our movie list grows (coming up are Team America, Dogville and Torn Curtain) and we'll keep on blogging now that we're in the flow.

kudos!

Pictures are being organized for facebook albums, so keep a look out for those.