Thursday, February 25, 2010
sigh...
Isn't he other worldly? And Helen Mirren looks pretty when she cries. As I recall, since she's meant to be Baryshnikov's dance partner in this movie, but Helen Mirren can't actually dance, the character is like "Oh, I don't feel like dancing, I just got my period. Um, my toe hurts. I'ma just sit on the floor and weep if that's cool?"
Monday, February 15, 2010
Movie quest with BF Sarah:
S: "So. What shall we do?"
E: "We could go see The Wolfman?"
S: "I am NOT spending money on The Wolfman!"
E: "What if The Wolfman buys the drinks?"
[Beat]
E: "Man, I wish 'Shutter Island' had opened..."
S: "Where EVERY WINDOW HAS A SHUTTER."
E: "We could go see The Wolfman?"
S: "I am NOT spending money on The Wolfman!"
E: "What if The Wolfman buys the drinks?"
[Beat]
E: "Man, I wish 'Shutter Island' had opened..."
S: "Where EVERY WINDOW HAS A SHUTTER."
Sunday, February 14, 2010
A Valentine's Day Story
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/14/world/africa/14malawi.html?scp=2&sq=malawi&st=cse
This article is tough to read. It brought to mind a sentence by one of my favourite prose writers, Lorrie Moore: "Life is sad. Here is somebody". But, my G-d, life can be so sad. How amazing to find someone you can walk with. These men were forced off the road. It makes my heart so heavy.
This article is tough to read. It brought to mind a sentence by one of my favourite prose writers, Lorrie Moore: "Life is sad. Here is somebody". But, my G-d, life can be so sad. How amazing to find someone you can walk with. These men were forced off the road. It makes my heart so heavy.
Friday, February 12, 2010
I'm interested in her for her politics
Didn't someone develop the technology to block your cell from making calls to certain numbers between midnight and 3am (so people can't drunk dial their exes?) I have jet lag that keeps waking me for a few hours before dawn. And I just woke up to discover that, some time last night, I down loaded this:
