Falling Off and Getting Back On
Well, so much for the pledge-a-day. I haven't even posted in a week. I could blame it on too much work or being too tired to post. But, it's just the way it goes sometimes. My best intentions aren't always the most practical. I still do the everyday things - recycle, ride share, take public transportation, shop locally as much as possible, turn off lights I'm not using, conserve water, buy used books and DVD's whenever I can, etc.
The ka100 community is starting up again this Friday. Yay! I'm hoping this will finally get me over the writing hump and get back on schedule.
I'm done with "Heroes" and have started watching "24". I'm loving "Leverage" and picking up "Trust Me". "Burn Notice" is back, better than ever. "Moonlight" is repeating on Sci-Fi. And I now have the entire series on DVD.
My favorite taqueria has come up with the California Burrito. It's your choice of meat, guacamole, homemade salsa, and crinkle cut french fries rolled up in a flour tortilla! It is soooo good. My sister calls it crazy good! My choice of meat? Their homemade carnitas! My mouth is watering as I speak.
I recently read a review of "Hinter Kaifeck" (Kaifeck Murder) starring Benno Furmann. In it the reviewer called Benno the Mads Mikkelsen of Germany! I had to smile because I love Benno and Mads. I have to search for Benno's other recent film, "Jerichow".
I went to see the movie "Inkheart". I wanted to like it more than I did. I did love Paul Bettany's performance and was more interested in his character, moreso than the father and daughter. I wanted his story to go on - Dustfinger and Farid search for another storyteller to read him back into the book. I liked Helen Mirren as the reclusive aunt. I think Andy Serkis did the best he could, but his character was one-dimensional. I liked the idea of storytellers literally bringing stories to life. I liked the words printed on the unicorn and the bad guys brought into this world by a stuttering storyteller. But as a whole the film seemed untidy to me.
I watched "The Last of the High Kings" written by Gabriel Byrne and starring a young Jared Leto. Set in the 1970's Ireland Frankie is a boy who has just finished his final exams and doing his darndest to have an unforgetable summer before he goes off to college. But he lives in a sleepy seaside town with his dysfunctional yet colorful family. Still the summer has a few surprises for him.
And I made it over to the robot exhibit at the Sonoma County Museum! Very cool and lots of fun. I went this past Saturday and it happened to be Family Day. Admission was free! They allowed people to take pictures, so I took a few snaps. Once I get them in my scrapbook, I'll post a few. I want to go back when it's not crowded and take it all in again.
At lunch today I jot down some notes on a way to work a cyborg into a fanfic. We'll see if it flies.
Up the street from the museum is the Phantom Gallery. To attract people to downtown the city sets up temporary galleries in vacant spaces. I saw one installation made of up metal kitchen ware in three towers, looking like highly-polished, life-sized chess pieces standing on a "pond" of glass tiles bordered by dark polished stones. Beautiful and made out of recycled materials. Colored lights, glass, neon, recycled stuff. I am in awe of artists. Their creativity boggles my mind. What tells an artist that a colander would make great art?
Things I want to look up:
Japanese Noh theatre - after re-watching Miyazaki's anime feature "Spirited Away"
kachinas of the Pueblo Indians - Noh masks remind me of kachinas
Nikola Tesla - saw a program on the History Channel right after seeing Peter Wingfield play him on the TV series "Sanctuary". A genius.
The ka100 community is starting up again this Friday. Yay! I'm hoping this will finally get me over the writing hump and get back on schedule.
I'm done with "Heroes" and have started watching "24". I'm loving "Leverage" and picking up "Trust Me". "Burn Notice" is back, better than ever. "Moonlight" is repeating on Sci-Fi. And I now have the entire series on DVD.
My favorite taqueria has come up with the California Burrito. It's your choice of meat, guacamole, homemade salsa, and crinkle cut french fries rolled up in a flour tortilla! It is soooo good. My sister calls it crazy good! My choice of meat? Their homemade carnitas! My mouth is watering as I speak.
I recently read a review of "Hinter Kaifeck" (Kaifeck Murder) starring Benno Furmann. In it the reviewer called Benno the Mads Mikkelsen of Germany! I had to smile because I love Benno and Mads. I have to search for Benno's other recent film, "Jerichow".
I went to see the movie "Inkheart". I wanted to like it more than I did. I did love Paul Bettany's performance and was more interested in his character, moreso than the father and daughter. I wanted his story to go on - Dustfinger and Farid search for another storyteller to read him back into the book. I liked Helen Mirren as the reclusive aunt. I think Andy Serkis did the best he could, but his character was one-dimensional. I liked the idea of storytellers literally bringing stories to life. I liked the words printed on the unicorn and the bad guys brought into this world by a stuttering storyteller. But as a whole the film seemed untidy to me.
I watched "The Last of the High Kings" written by Gabriel Byrne and starring a young Jared Leto. Set in the 1970's Ireland Frankie is a boy who has just finished his final exams and doing his darndest to have an unforgetable summer before he goes off to college. But he lives in a sleepy seaside town with his dysfunctional yet colorful family. Still the summer has a few surprises for him.
And I made it over to the robot exhibit at the Sonoma County Museum! Very cool and lots of fun. I went this past Saturday and it happened to be Family Day. Admission was free! They allowed people to take pictures, so I took a few snaps. Once I get them in my scrapbook, I'll post a few. I want to go back when it's not crowded and take it all in again.
At lunch today I jot down some notes on a way to work a cyborg into a fanfic. We'll see if it flies.
Up the street from the museum is the Phantom Gallery. To attract people to downtown the city sets up temporary galleries in vacant spaces. I saw one installation made of up metal kitchen ware in three towers, looking like highly-polished, life-sized chess pieces standing on a "pond" of glass tiles bordered by dark polished stones. Beautiful and made out of recycled materials. Colored lights, glass, neon, recycled stuff. I am in awe of artists. Their creativity boggles my mind. What tells an artist that a colander would make great art?
Things I want to look up:
Japanese Noh theatre - after re-watching Miyazaki's anime feature "Spirited Away"
kachinas of the Pueblo Indians - Noh masks remind me of kachinas
Nikola Tesla - saw a program on the History Channel right after seeing Peter Wingfield play him on the TV series "Sanctuary". A genius.