(no subject)

[graculus]

If you ever needed proof there is no pleasing me, I have to say that this morning's meeting would provide it - as I suspected, I may well be asked to cover the post I'm currently in for another week, two at the maximum, and then they've got someone lined up for 6 months anyway. I was surprised to find myself mildly miffed at this, even though it's giving me the chance to escape from working way too hard for a living. I was getting suspicious, though, when the other night I was finally given a key to the office and inducted into the arcane mysteries of the alarm system... ;)

In other news, someone went off from work with shingles, so I'm keeping my fingers and toes crossed that I won't follow suit, though I understand it's not contagious?

Am much in love with I, Claudius, though it amuses me that Derek Jacobi has aged much better in real life than the amount of aging make-up they slapped on him back then to make him head towards the age he really is now...

Comments

[gategrrl.livejournal.com]

Oh, I *loved* I, Claudius, when it first aired on PBS so many years ago in the 1970s. It was fantastic. I have thought about renting the series: I'm almost afraid to watch it again, fearing it won't hold up to how I remember it.

[graculus.livejournal.com]

I was too young to appreciate it first time around (since it aired in 1976) and I guess I must have seen it some other time the BBC repeated it, but I don't remember when. However, I've been a big fan of the books for years and while it does look a little dated - no exteriors, for example, which must have helped the budget immensely - the quality of the performances more than makes up for it.