2 Av/13 July, 2010
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bearshortyAs I was talking to Medusa today, we ended up wondering about the cultural construction of a week (neither of us can keep the days straight when there is no formal structure) so I looked up “week” on Wikipedia. It is fun to discover that Romans had eight day week until they adopted seven day week. And seven day week is directly out Babylonian exile of the Jews. It is fun sometimes to think of concepts that we take for granted. I also realize that I know what day it is by reference to the TV schedule.
There is a writer test that is going around (I even saw an article about it on Entertainment Weekly website) - based on blog entries I write either like James Joyce or Stephen King. That is rather an odd combination.
“A Single Man” I finally saw this movie. I absolutely love the cinematography. I usually don’t pay much attention to this but the use of color, fadeouts of color and enhancements of color really work here. And so does the music and the narrative non-linear structure. And the acting. Colin Firth is magnificent in this. It is certainly not like any character he played before. He looked like an ordinary person, which I would think might be hard for a man as pretty as he. But as he prepares the whole day for his suicide, his emotion and grief is just so touching. This move makes me a bit sad. I kind of knew where the movie was headed and what the ending would be but it was still affective. Out of all award hyped movies, this was my favorite.
Before “The Single Man” there was a trailer for “The Pillars of the Earth,” a new upcoming miniseries on Starz, based on a book by Ken Follett about 12th century England. Apparently it will premiere on Friday, July 23. It looks movie-medieval and a bit weird but I might just check it out. When I first started teaching, I think when I was a TA still of a “Development of Europe I” class, one of my students gave me “Pillars of Earth” book at the end of the semester. He said that in his house they read books but didn’t keep them, which I found weird. Anyway, I never read the book but I did lend it to my Advisor for a few years. It is still sitting somewhere and I do mean to check it out sometimes. It is a historical fiction set in England but it is a really fat book and I need to be in the mood for it.
Leverage S3E5. “Double Blind Job” Aw, Parker and Hardison. “I have feelings. For pretzels.” “Well, they are right here, when you want them.” They are so adorable. They just need to be happy in their crazy own way. Cudos for writers for actually slowly going somewhere with this but not letting it get in the way of jobs. And that the characters are really not misunderstanding each other. Jealous Parker is fun. And Hardison is worried about her when Nate pushes Parker for time in the office, also fun. I also had a big laugh with Parker and motion detectors and her unhappiness at having to trigger them, and Hardison instantly recognizing fake FBI badge (and Eliot not appreciating the spilled coffee).
Gorilla in the room . A fun test of observation.
One of our distant relatives died this past weekend. He was the one who prompted Mama to make a family tree website – which was certainly a fun endeavor. He also chatted with us on Skype often. He was 79 and he will be missed.
There is a writer test that is going around (I even saw an article about it on Entertainment Weekly website) - based on blog entries I write either like James Joyce or Stephen King. That is rather an odd combination.
“A Single Man” I finally saw this movie. I absolutely love the cinematography. I usually don’t pay much attention to this but the use of color, fadeouts of color and enhancements of color really work here. And so does the music and the narrative non-linear structure. And the acting. Colin Firth is magnificent in this. It is certainly not like any character he played before. He looked like an ordinary person, which I would think might be hard for a man as pretty as he. But as he prepares the whole day for his suicide, his emotion and grief is just so touching. This move makes me a bit sad. I kind of knew where the movie was headed and what the ending would be but it was still affective. Out of all award hyped movies, this was my favorite.
Before “The Single Man” there was a trailer for “The Pillars of the Earth,” a new upcoming miniseries on Starz, based on a book by Ken Follett about 12th century England. Apparently it will premiere on Friday, July 23. It looks movie-medieval and a bit weird but I might just check it out. When I first started teaching, I think when I was a TA still of a “Development of Europe I” class, one of my students gave me “Pillars of Earth” book at the end of the semester. He said that in his house they read books but didn’t keep them, which I found weird. Anyway, I never read the book but I did lend it to my Advisor for a few years. It is still sitting somewhere and I do mean to check it out sometimes. It is a historical fiction set in England but it is a really fat book and I need to be in the mood for it.
Leverage S3E5. “Double Blind Job” Aw, Parker and Hardison. “I have feelings. For pretzels.” “Well, they are right here, when you want them.” They are so adorable. They just need to be happy in their crazy own way. Cudos for writers for actually slowly going somewhere with this but not letting it get in the way of jobs. And that the characters are really not misunderstanding each other. Jealous Parker is fun. And Hardison is worried about her when Nate pushes Parker for time in the office, also fun. I also had a big laugh with Parker and motion detectors and her unhappiness at having to trigger them, and Hardison instantly recognizing fake FBI badge (and Eliot not appreciating the spilled coffee).
Gorilla in the room . A fun test of observation.
One of our distant relatives died this past weekend. He was the one who prompted Mama to make a family tree website – which was certainly a fun endeavor. He also chatted with us on Skype often. He was 79 and he will be missed.