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Friday, January 25, 2008
Old Joy
This is probably the best movie I've seen in a while. I spent the day at home after calling out sick and finally got around to watching it on Tivo. Here's a short description:
‘Old Joy’ is the story of two old friends, Kurt (Will Oldham) and Mark (Daniel London), who reunite for a weekend camping trip in the Cascade mountain range east of Portland, Oregon. OLD JOY is a minimalist story of friendship, loss and alienation in the Bush era. For Mark, the weekend outing offers a respite from the pressure of his imminent fatherhood; for Kurt, it is part of a long series of carefree adventures. As the hours progress and the landscape evolves, the twin seekers move through a range of subtle emotions, enacting a pilgrimage of mutual confusion, sudden insight, and recurring intimations of spiritual battle. When they arrive at their final destination, a hot spring in an old growth forest, they must either confront the divergent paths they have taken, or somehow transcend their growing tensions in an act of forgiveness and mourning.
I read a review that called it a "Heterosexual Brokeback Mountain". An obvious oversimplification, but both movies did leave me with the same sad haunted feeling at the end.
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Town Talk Gems of the week
I CALLED TO comment on the vast majority of people who phone into the Town Talk line. They absolutely reflect every ill society faces today: the lack of civilization, the lack of courtesy, the big-me-little-you idea that most of them have. Why don't they take a look at themselves instead of criticizing everybody else? And for the person complaining about their elderly neighbor, the elderly man has a right to be on this earth as much as you do and you need to stop your dog from barking. This man has a right to go to bed and not be bothered by your family.
ABOUT SOCIAL SECURITY: I'm disabled and on Disability Social Security. My lawyer told me I can have a million dollars in the bank and it would have nothing to do with drawing my Social Security. That person who belittled people about having Social Security is a nut cake.
I HAVE TWO comments. No. 1: would everybody please let the old people alone. Quit talking about them. Let them do what they want. No. 2: "parking" lots are parking lots, not streets or highways. Slow down.
I HAVE TO respond regarding MetroLink when Hwy. 40 closes down. This is ridiculous. Why would I want to ride Metro when I could be in the convenience of my own car, have warmth, peace, listen to the radio instead of being on a bus with people I don't know, taking a chance of being sick, being dirty, having bacteria around me and everything. Having to wait for it; never knowing if it's going to be on time. I'd rather find a different route and take my chances. And everybody's going to do the same thing.
My Top Ten Albums of 2007
(in no particular, but roughly in order of preference.)
Bruce Springsteen - Magic
Bishop Allen - Broken String
Okkervil River - The Stage names
Josh Ritter - The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter
Band of Horses – Cease to Begin
Wilco—Blue Sky Blue
Editors—An End Has A Start
White Stripes—Icky Thump
Arcade Fire—Neon Bible
Spoon—Ga, Ga, Ga, Ga, Ga
Terrence Blanchard—A Tale of God's Will (A Requiem for Katrina)
Wednesday, January 09, 2008
Wed, Jan 9, 2008 - 13.00 mi [Cycling]
Wed, Jan 9, 2008 - 13.00 mi [Cycling]
13.00 mi in 00:45:00 hours at 17.33 mi/h on Schwinn 105p Exercise Bike. [Cycling]
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