I've been thinking about sources of inspiration.  Inspiring others can be thankless.  So what has been the catalyst for some of the stuff I love?  Let's see...

* Travel - Probably a combination of starting at a young age with my family, subscribing to Disney Adventures magazine, being obsessed with The Chipmunk Adventure (still the greatest ( Read more... )

Have I told you about my secret work getaways?  I'll have to do that in person.  This is the end of a week in which they made a necessary comeback.  For normal Internet distractions, there's this from EW's Popwatch:

You can watch this video on www.livejournal.com

I didn't get to see this Spike Jonze short film at Sundance, but I am looking forward to seeing it eventually, even though it's just a further ploy in the robot agenda of trying to make us love them before making us their slaves.

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Ugh.  Coming back to work after a break is always hard, but coming back from a vacation based on escaping into films multiple times a day might even be harder than coming back from a tropical island.  Oh, Sundance, I miss you.  One highlight: I ate the best cupcakes I've ever had from a bakery called The Sweet Tooth Fairy.  Better than ones I bake ( Read more... )

Alright, time for some New Year's cleaning out of notes & links I never posted from 2009!

OMG, BSC!

Rob Heubel interviewed for Paper Heart

Huh. This trailer makes me think...maybe babies are...interesting?

The thought process while watching this trailer: La de dah, okay, Italy, yay that's fun, I like Verona, okay boring romantic comedy, what time ( Read more... )

Hm. The TV spot for Where The Wild Things Are, the latest Spike Jonze flick, features a song by Phoenix, whose lead singer is dating Sofia Coppola, ex-wife of Jonze. Awwwkward.

Okay, time to leave and go off me pickle.

Who doesn't love Zooey Deschanel?

Who doesn't love Conan?

Who doesn't love California burritos?  I want to go to lunch.

EDIT:

Who doesn't love John Krasinksi & Maya Rudolph & Dave Eggers & Allison Janney & trailers with indie folk and childhood drawings for title pages?

I know! I’ll clean out my little purse notebook. I have some paper where I wrote down things after I said to myself, "I should write about this in my LJ when I'm bored at work tomorrow," but that I never got around to because work drains all life out of me argh.   Too tired to write explanations ( Read more... )

Manic Pixie Dream Girl is my favorite phrase of the week.

Things I have contracted in 2008:
- Olympic Fever
- Election Fever
- High School Stereotype Party! Fever
- Champagne Brunch Fever
- Bronchitis

Vote No on Prop 8!

The Daily Show! I recommend the part that starts at about 7:27. Oh, that Mr. Puddles.

Stories of social uplift? With soccer? Yes, I was a sucker for Kicking It, a documentary about the 4th Homeless World Cup that took place in Cape Town in 2006. It's not a fantastic documentary, but it's definitely enjoyable to watch and witness such an interesting worldwide program.

It's nice when two things I like come together. Soccer and ( Read more... )