Croix Parler

[Croix]

I'd like to use this pace for miscellaneous matters that don't fit elsewhere

Thanks

Croix

[Moonstruck]

Croix...this one shows the deeper side of Gervais. He plays a guy whose wife has died...and can't see the point of going on. Has very black humour moments and his pet dog also plays integral part..funny workmates...good balance of heavy and light moments that is real life...raw and beautiful...

[Croix]

Dear Moon~

I was not aware he had a serious side, I might like it BUT does it have a happy or a sad ending?

Dear meeMeKitty, I do not need recovery from you!. Cats welcome. We used to have glass wind chime, though it did not last that long. It consisted of a series of glass tubes hanging down in a circle with a glass clapper on a string in the centre. It gave a very tinkly sound until the last time when the hook it was on slipped, then it was more of a crashing sound.

With DB's sun I'd imagine an ice chime's sound would be "drip, drip drip..."

Croix

[Moonstruck]

Dear Croix...the ending is interesting...I've heard Ricky give his own version of "what it means"...it is actually up to the viewer to give his own interpretation. The final episode of the final Season 3 is the best of the entire series with an extremely poignant last scene...I was in 2 minds what it meant {to me) at first it was obvious{to me} but I have heard the other possibilities of what it could mean.. His character works for a small independent newspaper in the suburbs and in the final episode he visits a children's cancer ward to do a story, photographing the young patients who obviously give him a lot to think about and has a turnaround in his own life and reaction to death, i.e. his wife's......the scene with the kids is excellently done.

Oh yes, he certainly has a serious side. In real life, he is a strong advocate for rescue dogs..and explains the dog in the series virtually "saves his life"..giving him something to get up for each day...."when you have a pet you have to do stuff, they get hungry, you have to feed them, you have to go on living"....

[Croix]

Dear Moon~

The way you put it the end sounds encouraging, so I'll put it in my (growing) list of things I want to view.

I hope you and pet are traveling ok

Croix

[Moonstruck]

YES I would be lost without him now...

[mmMekitty]

Hi, Moon & Croix,

Having a pet is great for some, who are conscientious enough to rouse themselfvs when the pet does pester them to get up & feed, water, walk/let out/clean litter tray, & other needs are also prioritised. If you are too ill to meet the pet's basic nees, it would be wiser to find something else to motivate you, no matter how lovely having a pet around may sound.

I like the sound of endings that are left open for the reader/watcher to think about & come to their own conclusions about. I especially enjoy when I think I understood a story one way, & at some later time, years later maybe, I see something in it I had no awareness of earlier. A whole new perspective may open up for me. 😺

mmMekitty

[Croix]

Dear mmMeKitty and All~

Having an open-ended work you come back to some while later and form a different view rather reminds me of one of my film collection I was viewing yesterday. It was M*A*S*H*, the mulit- award winning anti-war film starring Donald Sutherland, Tom Skerritt, and Elliott Gould,

It has quite a comprehensive description in Wikipedia.

When I fist saw it in 1970 I watched it without picking up a lot of nuances. The anti-war theme was plain enough, as was the ways people at the front line tended ot relieve stress, trauma and fear in various mainly amusing ways

Now I find the attitudes to females and gay people to be very much out of tune, which rather took a little of the shine off the film.

I hope you are continuing to recover well

Croix

[mmMekitty]

Hi Croix

Good to see you.

I remember watching the original M*A*S*H movie a little after it was first released, on tele. m& you are spot on - the attitudes portrayed in the movie, while they may have been acceptable at the time the movie was set, during the Korean War, they certainly are not acceptable to many of us now. I also became more aware of how much prejudice was scripted. I can barely watch it anymore.

The original Star Trek was pretty awful in it's stereotyping of certain characteristics of men & women, & included some not so veiled racism toward the Mr Spock character.

I'd like to rewrite many of those episodes, for an updated version of the original series. Some episodes I may simply dump entirely.

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I've been feeling a little wary around here, feeling too unsure. I cannot answer as many posts as I'd like. I feel a little overwhelmed with it, sometimes.

❤️❤️❤️,

mmMekitty

[Croix]

Dear lrc~

I had not seen you around as much and wondered if it was me, as I'm having to spend less time on-line just at the moment or if you were actually posting less, and if you were then hoping your recovery was still on track.

All the posts I have seen have been reasoned and caring, and people seem to respond to you. On the basis of those I can see no reason for you to worry. There are of course two other options, the first being someone has given you a hard time, which I've not noticed. If so please report it.

The other is if you are finding you want to say more than is really suitable for the Forum I'd suggest you see if a daytime moderator is prepared to discuss the matter by email as set out in the Forum FAQ thread

modsupport@beyondblue.org.au

It may not always be possible to say everything, but I'm sure you can say a lot.

Please also remember you are recovering from a large operation, and that will influence everything.

Things will improve, believe me

Croix

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[mmMekitty]

Hi Croix,

Not you,😺, not ever.

I'm feeling my limitation when it coms to how much help & support I can offer here - often thinking many people coming to the forum need so much more than is possible through this site. I feel overwhelmed by the extent & depth of need out there in the community. So, for my own well-being, I can't be as involved as I have been. I feel awful when I realise I don't have the knowledge, experience or capacity to give someone what they need, & have to back off. I end up feeling on such shaky ground, that I fear my words could do harm. My own emotional response is difficult for me to set aside from, so, I can view what someone is saying from their own perspective.

Really, I have to re-set some limits for myself

& it's true, while I am still recovering, I'm still getting tired, but not quite as much, I still feel it is necessary to stop a while to rest. & of-course, do ther things, you know, like eat, drink water, do those exercises, other self-care things - no-one can be here all the time, (& probably shouldn't).

😺mmMekitty