Does duty end

I ended up managing to convince the extended family to go to Wagamama on Tuesday night, even after much initial skepticism from my mother regarding the quality of the restaurant, she actually compared it to McDonald's at one point. I showed her up for that once we were there and received constant praise from my aunt for my taste. It was quite different from the branch in Leicester Square I usually go to, in that the London branch is one floor down giving it a very enclosed and cosey atmosphere, whereas the St. Albans branch is walled on two sides by ceiling to floor windows.
I actually unknowingly sat down next to Lacey Turner when I got there, who I immediately dismissed as a random slightly chavvy girl, only after she left was it pointed out that she was the young actress that plays Stacey from Eastenders.

I finished reading the epic Only In Death the night after that, it had a simply fantastic ending that explained everything more conclusively and satisfactorily than I could have ever possibly imagined.
I started reading Syrup last night, and what a book it is. Max Barry strikes again, strikes with the fist of an angry god, and if things continue the way they are I will undoubtedly be buying Company -his third novel- in short notice.

I went to Andrew's place last night to watch A Scanner Darkly. I'd been quite interested in seeing this film after having read another of Philip K. Dick's novels, Neuromancer, of which the sequel to is still sitting on my bookshelf ready to read. The overall story was alright, while it held a definite direction and leaves me without any massive criticisms, it also didn't particularly thrill me.
The style was interesting, as the film was rotoscoped reminding me very much of Waking Life, a rather impressive film that Haku linked me to a few months ago. While it is pretty to look at and certainly a break from the norm, it feels as if confuses things slightly, making the film harder to follow and unnecessarily difficult.
Enjoyable enough in the end, recommendable to anyone that is either a particular fan of rotoscoping or simply finds the plot intriguing.