Knowing of my MMR vaccination this morning, I ‘fixed’ it at Racodac yesterday so that I was in the Thursday group for Programme Making instead of the Friday group.

The injection went as well as could be expected, although I particularly enjoyed the time beforehand in the waiting room: Humming the tune of The Stripper and pulling my trouser legs up in the right places to expose my legs for everyone else to see. My Wookiee groans made a welcome appearance too.

A brief visit to HMV in Brommers High Street afterwards very nearly saw me purchasing The Goonies for £6.99 despite what I said earlier in the month about not wanting it to lose its magic:

Sunday, February 13, 2005
“It’s also the only film that I love so much but, other than the novelisation, I don’t actually own. This is so that between airings on the tele, I can build up to seeing it again. You know, allowing it to keep the same sparkle it had when I first saw it some fifteen years or so ago.”

I did resist the purchase. But before returning home I did some shopping with my mother in Orpo High Street - where I picked the film up brand spanking new for £1.00 instead.

A bargain - it’s almost as if I was supposed to get it today.

This here entry was posted on Friday, February 25th, 2005 at 4:02 pm and is filed under the following categories: film, events, health.