You See?

[poliphilo]

I woke and there was a sparrow chirping loudly under the window.

"You see, you see, you see."

Well, that's what it sounded like.

What do I see? That it's nest-building time for birds? That Spring is here? Perhaps. But I couldn't not notice that there'd been a snow-fall overnight and, though most of it had melted, there was still a half inch of slushy stuff on the roofs of the cars.

I had a fearful headache. I got up, staggered around a bit, then went back to bed. It's fading now. If there's an upside to having a headache it's that you get such a dreamy, floaty sense of well-being afterwards. I may not be making much sense right now, but I 'm feeling really wonderful.

Comments

[halfmoon-mollie.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes. I saw that one. Read the book, as well. And the ending made me feel as though I'd been punched in the stomach.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

But it's so true. The law's like that. It isn't about getting at the truth, it's about making a plausible case.

[halfmoon-mollie.livejournal.com]

Oh, you are so right. Many of the students here at the Law School are disillusioned when they find out that fact...and of course, this doesn't add to the reputation of lawyers in any kind of good way.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Anatomy of a Murder must be just about the first mainstream Hollywood movie to take such a jaundiced view. I love how Jimmy Stewart subverts his own image by playing a character who uses folksiness to bamboozle judge and jury. It's a very grown-up film.