For I have been unfaithful ...
It's ... it's...oh, you know it already! Do I have to say it out loud? Fine! If you're going to just sit there and stare at me blankly ... It's FACEBOOK. (Sobs, pulls self together) It's just that FB has um, games! and pictures! and shiny things to distract me! And my 70-some friends send little updates all the time so I have to keep checking in. You understand don't you? No, really. I still need you. I need a quiet spot to pontificate and pretend to be profound and/or witty. FB doesn't have the depth you have, really. I know. I know. It's been nearly four months. But I'm begging. WIll you take me back? Can't we still be friends? Please?
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Monday, February 18, 2008
Oscar Countdown
The Oscars are on my birthday this year! I love that!
In usual fashion, I've been trying to catch the nominated flicks ... Here's the rundown so far:
Best Picture:
Atonement: powerful, epic, interesting take on the titular theme.
No Country For Old Men: Wow Wow Wow what a movie. More intense and bloody than I usually can stand, but the Coen brothers totally nailed it this time around. Just an incredible, existentialist story that asks more questions than it answers.
Juno: Absolutely adorable in so many ways ... but I don't think it has a chance. Diablo Cody's screen play is whip smart and so sardonically funny. Loved it.
There Will Be Blood: Still on the "to see" list
Michael Clayton: ditto
Best Actor:
Once again, without even trying, I've managed to miss every single best actor nominated film. Do only roles from grossly macho movies get nominated year after year?
Well, I do hope to catch There Will be Blood (Daniel Day Lewis) and Michael Clayton (George Clooney), at least. I'm pretty sure I won't see Sweeny Todd (Johnny Depp), In the Valley of Elah (Tommy Lee Jones) or Eastern Promises (Viggo Mortenson)
But just to prove that I'm not just a chick flick gal, I did take in the following Supporting Actor performances:
Casey Affleck in The Assassination of Jesse James ... Wow, Ben's little brother can act! Last time I saw him, he was much younger and sporting an afro in Chasing Amy This movie is bleak, but the performances are great, and it is an interesting commentary on the ways that celebrity affects people's legacy.
Javier Bardem in No Country for Old Men: the City Pages reviewer had it right when he said you could feel the temp of the theater drop about 10 degrees every time this terrifying character came on screen. He was brilliant, but I think Tommy Lee Jones should also have been nominated for this film.
Now to the gorgeous women of the screen!
Best Actress:
Cate Blanchett kicked ass as Queen Elizabeth, but she's done this role before, so I don't feel she should get the award this time around. My favorite moments: when she screamed at the Spanish ambassador who threatened her, and when she grabbed onto her power when a sorcerer told her that in the face of fear, eagles spread their wings and fly into the gale and soar. Love Ms Blanchett, and this role!
Julie Christie turns in a beautiful and nuanced performance in Away From Her but the award should go to ...
Marion Cotillard in La Vie en Rose what an incredible movie and a gorgeous performance! Ms Cotilliard brought Piaf to life, and possessed that character (or was possessed by her?) in a way that just was spine tingling.
Ellen Page in Juno, so hilarious and dead pan. I wonder if her musings aren't quickly becoming part of adolescent girls' lexicon - 'cautionary whale' 'fo shizz.' If the Oscars were broken out into drama and comedy categories like the globes, Ms. Page would fo shizz be taking home a statue. But this will, I'm sure fall to a more dramatic performance. Oh p.s. - how genius was it to have Dwight Schrute play the convenience store clerk!?
Laura Linney in The Savages- I should try to see this one, too, to knock out this category. I'm sure Ms. Linney is amazing.
Best Supporting Actress
I've only managed to catch the wonderful Saoirse Ronan in Atonement She is a very gifted 12 year old.
Would love to catch the others in this category, but reality is setting in ... only 6 more movie seeing days before the big show!
I've got two out of three in the Animated Feature category ... Wonder how they judge these? story line? style? technical achievement? Both Ratatouille and Surf's Up are favorites around this house. I hope to see Persepolis, but it might be post awards.
Documentary
Love this genre, but I don't know ... I just haven't been in the mood to go to movies about the broken health care system, the War in Iraq and whatever depressing thing Taxi to the Dark Side is about. I'm having a shallow year, i guess.
In usual fashion, I've been trying to catch the nominated flicks ... Here's the rundown so far:
Best Picture:
Atonement: powerful, epic, interesting take on the titular theme.
No Country For Old Men: Wow Wow Wow what a movie. More intense and bloody than I usually can stand, but the Coen brothers totally nailed it this time around. Just an incredible, existentialist story that asks more questions than it answers.
Juno: Absolutely adorable in so many ways ... but I don't think it has a chance. Diablo Cody's screen play is whip smart and so sardonically funny. Loved it.
There Will Be Blood: Still on the "to see" list
Michael Clayton: ditto
Best Actor:
Once again, without even trying, I've managed to miss every single best actor nominated film. Do only roles from grossly macho movies get nominated year after year?
Well, I do hope to catch There Will be Blood (Daniel Day Lewis) and Michael Clayton (George Clooney), at least. I'm pretty sure I won't see Sweeny Todd (Johnny Depp), In the Valley of Elah (Tommy Lee Jones) or Eastern Promises (Viggo Mortenson)
But just to prove that I'm not just a chick flick gal, I did take in the following Supporting Actor performances:
Casey Affleck in The Assassination of Jesse James ... Wow, Ben's little brother can act! Last time I saw him, he was much younger and sporting an afro in Chasing Amy This movie is bleak, but the performances are great, and it is an interesting commentary on the ways that celebrity affects people's legacy.
Javier Bardem in No Country for Old Men: the City Pages reviewer had it right when he said you could feel the temp of the theater drop about 10 degrees every time this terrifying character came on screen. He was brilliant, but I think Tommy Lee Jones should also have been nominated for this film.
Now to the gorgeous women of the screen!
Best Actress:
Cate Blanchett kicked ass as Queen Elizabeth, but she's done this role before, so I don't feel she should get the award this time around. My favorite moments: when she screamed at the Spanish ambassador who threatened her, and when she grabbed onto her power when a sorcerer told her that in the face of fear, eagles spread their wings and fly into the gale and soar. Love Ms Blanchett, and this role!
Julie Christie turns in a beautiful and nuanced performance in Away From Her but the award should go to ...
Marion Cotillard in La Vie en Rose what an incredible movie and a gorgeous performance! Ms Cotilliard brought Piaf to life, and possessed that character (or was possessed by her?) in a way that just was spine tingling.
Ellen Page in Juno, so hilarious and dead pan. I wonder if her musings aren't quickly becoming part of adolescent girls' lexicon - 'cautionary whale' 'fo shizz.' If the Oscars were broken out into drama and comedy categories like the globes, Ms. Page would fo shizz be taking home a statue. But this will, I'm sure fall to a more dramatic performance. Oh p.s. - how genius was it to have Dwight Schrute play the convenience store clerk!?
Laura Linney in The Savages- I should try to see this one, too, to knock out this category. I'm sure Ms. Linney is amazing.
Best Supporting Actress
I've only managed to catch the wonderful Saoirse Ronan in Atonement She is a very gifted 12 year old.
Would love to catch the others in this category, but reality is setting in ... only 6 more movie seeing days before the big show!
I've got two out of three in the Animated Feature category ... Wonder how they judge these? story line? style? technical achievement? Both Ratatouille and Surf's Up are favorites around this house. I hope to see Persepolis, but it might be post awards.
Documentary
Love this genre, but I don't know ... I just haven't been in the mood to go to movies about the broken health care system, the War in Iraq and whatever depressing thing Taxi to the Dark Side is about. I'm having a shallow year, i guess.
Monday, February 4, 2008
heart on my sleeve
I don't know how things are going to turn out, but I sure am impressed with the hope that Obama is inspiring in this nation of disillusioned folks
It's Tsunami Tuesday. Let's see what we can stir up, people!
It's Tsunami Tuesday. Let's see what we can stir up, people!
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Search: Lent Stole
OK, here's what popped up on eBay when I searched for a purple stole:
I looked a little further and found this, a much more appropriate choice for Ash Wednesday and the Lenten season.
Who knew? eBay. A wonderful resource for liturgical vestments!
I looked a little further and found this, a much more appropriate choice for Ash Wednesday and the Lenten season.
Who knew? eBay. A wonderful resource for liturgical vestments!
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
What I did on my Summer Vacation
Since it's the coldest night of the year, let's think back to summer, shall we? Here I am with my friend Deb in her lovely backyard. It was 90-some degrees and very humid. Warms my -5 degree heart just thinking about it!
And here I am with my little guys, also in Deb & Scott's yard. What a lovely time we had!
AND ... now I have to eat some humble pie ... I FOUND our cameras! They were very well stashed in a box behind a box, but the lost have been found. Now, when I find my card reader, I'll post some more pics.
It is amazing, and more than a little daunting, how long it takes to establish order in a new place. Our house is lovely and large and has all kinds of storage, but we can't figure out where to put stuff so we can find it! I wish I had a REAL SIMPLE brain. Mine is REAL CONFUSING.
The Creator
The creator goes off on one wild, specific tangent after another, or millions simultaneously, with an exuberance that would seem to be unwarranted, and with an abandoned energy sprung from an unfathomable font. What is going on here? The point of the dragonfly’s terrible lip, the giant water bug, birdsong, or the beautiful dazzle and flash of sunlighted minnows, is not that it all fits together like clockwork—for it doesn’t, particularly, not even inside the goldfish bowl—but that it all flows so freely wild, like the creek, that it all surges in such a free fringed tangle. Freedom is the world’s water and weather, the world’s nourishment freely given, its soil and sap: and the creator loves pizzazz.
- Annie Dillard
It's been many years since I've read any of Annie Dillard's gorgeous writing ... and this quote reminded me today of why I worshipped her so when I discovered her 20 years ago. Can't wait to read her new book.
- Annie Dillard
It's been many years since I've read any of Annie Dillard's gorgeous writing ... and this quote reminded me today of why I worshipped her so when I discovered her 20 years ago. Can't wait to read her new book.
Monday, January 14, 2008
Urgent Care = Purgatory
Yuck. I spent FOUR hours at Urgent Care today. I tried to ensconce myself in a corner by myself away from the sniffly, hacking, miserable souls all around me. Played brick-breaker on my phone, texted people, tried to tune out the Tyra/Montel/Judge Whoever coming from the tube ... The most upsetting part of this waiting-room heck was this couple who would not unstrap their tired/hungry/bored toddler from his stroller. The kid begged, screamed, and tried valiantly to extricate himself from the straps, but his stupid parents just smiled benignly, and repeated his name "Devin" over and over. Then they mashed face with each other, while the rest of the room was going quietly insane. This went on for over an hour.
Little wonder when I went in for my initial consultation, my blood pressure was extremely elevated.
I had calmed down a bit by the time I actually saw the PA, but my BP was still high enough that I have to monitor it for a couple of months. Hmpf. Guess I'm getting old?
Turns out the reason I've hardly been able to move for the last few days, is I have a sinus infection. Easy enough to deal with, but I just wish I'd figured it out few days ago. I've been down for six days now (even missed my chance to preach on Sunday morning - Chris took one look at me and asked if I shouldn't go back home - I looked worse than I thought, I guess!) With antibiotics, I should bounce back soon. Looking forward to getting back to normal.
Little wonder when I went in for my initial consultation, my blood pressure was extremely elevated.
I had calmed down a bit by the time I actually saw the PA, but my BP was still high enough that I have to monitor it for a couple of months. Hmpf. Guess I'm getting old?
Turns out the reason I've hardly been able to move for the last few days, is I have a sinus infection. Easy enough to deal with, but I just wish I'd figured it out few days ago. I've been down for six days now (even missed my chance to preach on Sunday morning - Chris took one look at me and asked if I shouldn't go back home - I looked worse than I thought, I guess!) With antibiotics, I should bounce back soon. Looking forward to getting back to normal.
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