We live in a flat

The rain kept us in the house for the day. Mr P got an Yiruma playlist playing on our TV as we bustled in the kitchen making a simple lunch for ourselves. Our dog was, of course, at her usual spot by the child gate snoozing, ready to blink awake at any prospect of food. Yup, she did well despite her general fear of thunder.

It was all very calm and domestic really, like the gentle, repetitive, easy on the ear music that is Yiruma. I wonder if the music makes our dog calmer too.

Yesterday night was movie night. We rented Argo. Our dog was never interested in the TV, preferring to snooze at times on the floor and then on her bed and then back on the floor again. Yes, repetitive like Yiruma.

Argo was a good choice for a cheap, stay at home movie night. There was no stunning visual effects that demanded the need to catch it in a theatre, 3D or not. It was a interesting film, although not as exciting as a full-on action flick. In a way it plays like a repetitive Yiruma tune – the Canadian ambassador’s house, the hotel, the Canadian embassador’s house again. It took a bit of repetitive detail to chisel away the rough edges to fine-tune the suspense that builds into the final play for freedom at the airport. I thought it worked. I didn’t fall asleep. I stayed engaged the whole way.

I never learnt to play the piano so I wouldn’t exactly appreciate the technicalities involved in an Yiruma piece. It was nice, easy listening and unlike Argo, it did gently lull me into a quiet afternoon nap as the rain pattered on with it in the background.

The weekend passes by too fast.