last night jennie and i went to see martha macy may marlene because the creeptastic previews intrigued me last year ((i don't recommend watching that nyt 'anatomy of a scene' feature if you're planning to watch the movie). trailer:

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there was a lot the movie doesn't do perfectly (explain to me why the group is so intellectually uncurious, are they ( Read more... )

I've been on a ballet documentaries kick, thank you Netflix instant and YouTube! Watched Les enfants de la danse, untranslated from the French but I followed along okay...it was mainly a general review of the Ecole de Danse of the Paris Opera ballet. Notable for this clip (the dance in the first 30 seconds) which I love for its playfulness. It ( Read more... )

this weekend we hung bamboo roman shades in the living room to keep out the beastly afternoon sun, managing to keep the house at least under 80°. but we still had to escape on saturday to watch a movie and then get dinner at a bar. here are the shades and our new hutch (online catalog only from target):

at the movies (star trek), we saw previews ( Read more... )

i want to remember this next year: 20lbs of tomatoes yields approximately 8 quarts of chopped tomatoes. 20lbs of peaches yields about 8 quarts, too ( Read more... )

last night we watched the last mistress/une vieille maitresse. such amazing sets, photography, costumes. the story was eh but the visuals were worth it. asia argento is really pretty ( Read more... )

this weekend was:

• wall-e on friday ♥
• new king size bed
• bought a wii! (thank you pravda for mentioning the shortage was over!)
• indian food, hiding from the 100° heat
• canning strawberry jam on sunday

1. kirk and i finally watched cloverfield last night. i was surprised they showed the monster so much and so early. i wonder if i would have been freaked out if i'd seen it in the theater? as it was i was scared enough, but mostly interested in how they kept the whole conceit going. my brain is definitely WAY INTERESTED in thinking about the movie ( Read more... )

the other night we watched calamity jame (1953) with doris day. it was so fun and colorful, yet weird -- here was calamity jane and wild bill hickock, both of whom i'm more used to envisioning in a vastly rougher context.

now i have doris day's voice in my head, singing take me back to the black hills, the black hills of dakota, to the beautiful ( Read more... )