friday night i went to see a production of on the waterfront at wimbledon studio theatre put on by synergy theatre (review here). synergy was set up by my wonderful youngest sister esther who works in prisons and with ex offenders. i have seen various productions in prisons and theatres over the last few years. every time it is a very moving experience. the sense of pride and dignity the lads have frm pulling off a play is amazing. in the programme notes one of the prisoners had written about esther that she has an amazing ability to see the worth and goodness in every person – i thought that beautiufully sums up esther – she is amazing. my older brother dave and family also came and stayed with us friday night which was fun…
i got a result saturday afternoon of a free visit to see chelsea vs newcastle – it was via a business contact of my younger brother steve. the company has two corporate seats and no one was using them so when they were offered to steve he said he thought i could use them… i took harry. it was the first time i’ve sat in a padded seat at a football match! chelsea won 3-0 – without owen and shearer newcastle really didn’t have much threat…
sat evening i went to see the latest harry potter film – having read the books and seen the first three i thought i would keep it going. i wasn’t expecting much but was pleasantly surprised and thought it was brilliantly done and had a great evening. ron was excellent. the film was pretty magical all round.
today joel was doing a 10k run in brighton with my brother steve. it was a beautiful day – sun coming through the fog over frosty fields as we drove down the A23. the fog cleared by the time we got to brighton. the run was along the front – the sea was still, the sun spakling on the water and joel and steve clocked 46mins which was pretty good. joel was doing it as a sponsored thing to raise money for his school trip to new york next feb.
jen has been speaking at the youthwork conference in eastbourne and has just got back. i think we’ll watch motor cycle diaries on dvd tonight which has been on order from sofacinema, the dvd club we belong to, for about 3 months and has finally arrived (we are becoming increasingly disillusioned with them and may try another company as any interesting films on your list never seem to get sent). i almost feel like i’ve been on holiday it’s been such a good weekend…