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The other morning I put on a cute, little Spring dress, added some jewelry, the heels, and put on the music to dance around the living room. I thought I looked cute:
The dress, a 1 linden special from Imagen, was made for dancing around. It got me so motivated that I decided to dance around my real life living room. Of course, no cute little dress clad my dancing body. Do sweat pants count as parts of Spring outfits?
I just got back from seeing The Bank Job. Now that’s a movie that doesn’t try to be anything more than a “heist and try to getaway” kind of movie that makes for fun watching. A solid B rating, especially as I didn’t have to turn off my brain. The complex script gives us a variety of bad guys, all with good motivation to go after the “heroes” of the movie (a band of bank robbers who find themselves way over their heads).
Of course, I may like the film so much because it stars Jason Statham, one of my film heartthrobs. I admit it, I’m weak for a tough guy with a cockney accent.
Thanks to JA’s write-up of Singin’ in the Rain on The Film Experience blog, I found myself forced to put the movie into the DVD player for the umpteenth time. JA had never seen the film and as part of an experiment he took votes on what two musicals he should see for the first time. West Side Story and Singin’ in the Rain won the vote. His opinion on West Side Story was mixed, but Singin’ had him excited:
Two hours of shameless mugging and buffoonery? Singin’ in the Rain is a disgrace to the “talkies”
Riiiiight. You have to go read it for the full effect.
But try to imagine the ability to see the movie for the first time. Sure, you know that it’s a classic and loved by film fans, but you’ve never seen it. It’s an old movie so may not hold up to current standards or it just could end up a boring movie. I remember the first time that I saw it. This was waaaaaaay before video and I had to watch it on TV, interrupted by commercials, late one night. I didn’t really know the story, but had seen some of the dance numbers in documentaries. So I gasped and laughed the first time movie star Lina Lamont (Jean Hagen) opened her mouth and…um…talked.
Here’s the trailer:
I’d love to see it again, but see it for that first time.
I got nothing. No cute videos to show you, no good movies I’m watching, no fun books I’m reading.
Hmmm…I guess this happens in blogland. All right, I’ll do the desperate blog action. I’m linking to a LOLCat image.
Now I’ll take my bug and me and go back to bed.
This is a joke, isn’t it? Please tell me it is, and it wasn’t done with serious intentions:
My life has changed in Second Life. Townes has decided to create more calm in his life by not spending so much time in Second Life. He has good reason. After all, he has to spend time prepping and creating his radio show. His online station is Blue Roots Radio, and offers great music with some good liberal commentary. You can hear him here.
Of course, if he’s not going to spend time in Second Life, what happens to our island estate? What happens to our mansion by the sea? What happens to me? Why, it begins a new phase for me!
First we had to pack up our belongings, which is easy — just select the “return to owners” option for items on the land. I wish packing up was that easy in real life. Then, the land, and the tier payments, needed to go bye-bye. I put it up for sale.
Luckily, Townes and I found buyers for the land and didn’t have to abandon it.
Well, now the fun began. I went off to find a nice little rental somewhere. Where to go? Ah, how about London? Yes, a nice, little flat in Knightsbridge sounded just peachy. I found the cutest place and rented it for a few weeks. Only one problem…the prim limit. I forgot about that, living on my large estate. The flat only allowed for 100 prims. It took all of 10 minutes to hit that limit. I didn’t even make it to the top floor — I had to leave it bare.
I did have fun decorating the ground floor:
I could hang up my Van Gogh prints purchased when visiting the exhibit:
I could even relax in front of the fireplace while I read:
You know what’s really funny about all this? I’ve already moved. I now live in a cottage that allows for more prims. It isn’t as classy looking, but it does have character.
Do you want to see more photos? Follow the link….
I discovered this clip from Conan O’Brien that tells me that my feelings about George Clooney are shared by others.
I’m back in town after enjoying a few days in the Phoenix area. My trip included an outing at Hohokam Park to watch the Cubs play a game with the Oakland A’s. Great seats, plus fun company (my sister, niece, and nephew) made for a fun time.
My niece, Jamie — who warned me she wouldn’t really enjoy watching a game, as it’s not her thing — even had lots of fun. She started yelling and clapping along, cheering the Cubs. It helped that the game was fast moving without a lot of hits until the 7th inning. Things picked up when Derreck Lee hit a home run, and a few more hits and run happened. Unfortunately, the A’s managed to come back and beat the Cubs 5 to 3 after the 8th inning. Still, it was a game you could enjoy.
One of the pleasant parts of Arizona at this time of year, besides spring training games, is seeing the beauty of the Sonoran desert. After several years of drought, the La Niña weather pattern brought some good storms to Arizona. Once I hit the low desert you could see the effects. Saguaros no longer looked skinny and strung out as they had in the past, but were pleasingly plump. Green was the predominant color for the grasses along the road, and yes, I know my idea of green grasses are different than someone from a wet climate. I’ve made the comment before about how green the desert looks to someone not familiar with this environment. I usually get a blank stare and a “Green? Where?”
And then there were the wildflowers. Penstemon, Arizona lupines, and desert marigolds bloomed among the hills and along the road. Considering how backed up traffic seemed for a good chunk of the trip back home today, my grumbling was kept to a minimum as I gazed out at the carpet of flowers along the way.
I discovered this Arizona wildflower report with plenty of pictures. The above photo is from that site.
It’s a beautiful year for wildflowers. If you live in or near the desert do try and get out to see them. Drought conditions are likely to continue in the long run, so take advantage of the views while you can. And why not take in a game while you’re at it? It looks like you have the rest of March to enjoy the sunshine, the Cracker Jacks, and the wild pitches.
Did you see the speech that Obama gave today? Very nice. What’s really nice is that he wrote it himself. Just try to imagine the current person in the White House trying to come up with something like this. Ugh. What a nightmare that would be.
Here’s video:
Here’s a link to the text of the speech.
I’m off to Phoenix to enjoy a Cubs spring training game tomorrow. Other than that excursion, I’m having a lazy, hazy spring break.
Here’s the review I wrote for The Other Boleyn Girl. It’s a pleasant little historical drama…well, if you consider death and destruction of a family pleasant. Still, I thought it was an okay movie.
Kevin Drum, well known for his Friday Cat Blogging, linked to an interesting blog post about online activism and cute cats, “The Cute Cat Theory of Digital Activism.” Describing the presentation offered at conference about social software, the theme hooked me:
Web 1.0 was invented to allow physicists to share research papers.
Web 2.0 was created to allow people to share pictures of cute cats.
It’s an interesting summary of a presentation, especially as it talks about political activism and the use of the Internet:
With web 2.0, we’ve embraced the idea that people are going to share pictures of their cats, and now we build sophisticated tools to make that easier to do. as a result, we’re creating a wealth of tech that’s extremely helpful for activists.
But the graphics really make the presentation — it’s got cute cats!
Its my day off and I must decide what to do. Do I stay in bed and read or do I read in bed all day? Lots of choices here:
Read in bed - under the covers.
Read in bed - on top of covers.
Read in bed - covers thrown off bed.
It’s too much work to decide. Ill just lay here until the answer comes to me.
It’s knitting night…and baseball too. One of our student workers is having a baby shower on Friday and some of us knitters are working on a knitted baby blanket. My job is to do some of the squares that are part of the blanket. It’s rather satisfying finishing these five-inch squares. Easy and fast is the best way for me to knit.
I decided to put in Bull Durham in the DVD player tonight. I wanted something light and this movie hit the spot, especially as I’m thinking of hitting a spring training game down in Phoenix this next week. Yes, the Church of Baseball is calling and I must attend.
Hey, I can knit at a baseball game, can’t I?
I wrote this review of La Vie en Rose before Marion Cotillard won the Oscar for her role as Edith Piaf. I’m happy to see that my opinion of her performance in this movie matches the feelings of the Oscar voters. She makes the movie. Here’s my review.
Now I just have to write up a review for this weekend’s movie. I can guarantee that College Road Trip won’t net any Oscar nominations.
