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i' ve seen two excellent movies in two days- 'the house of mirth' was very good, and indeed, very sad. gillian anderson proves in this movie that she has depth as well as bredth. her performance was stunning. i liked seeing her play opposite eric stoltz.
also, i saw 'in america'. i can't say enough about how much the movie affected me. it was so beautiful and painful and triumphant...samantha morton was amazing. i'm always impressed by her performances, she's a true character actor. i admire her. and the two young girls, sisters in real life, were stunning. they were pitch perfect. not 'cute' or overly sentimental. this is one i'd like to add to my collection, for certain.
not much else to report - i've been walking every day (well, will walk soon)... had some very good coffee just a bit ago. am reading a banana yoshimoto novel - i always love her voice.
i am trying to settle myself into the fact that i must get into kid mode very shortly. i'm not there yet. i can tell. there were kids at the coffeehouse... and i was just like, ah. hmm. not there yet. there was also a very adorable sheep dog puppy at the bank. i had no problem interacting with her. she is five weeks old and i could very easily love her. i want a dog, damnit. i miss my dogs. :(
but, yes, getting back to the kids. there are certain children it'll be easy to adjust to being back with. aw comes to mind, and ellie, re, av, and jd. others where i have a hard time getting back into the routine with them after just a weekend... i wish i could have gone to the holiday party and had some closure to the semester, but i was so sick and germy, it would've not been possible. i do feel bad because i left mary an improper message while i was sick... i forgot that she plays her messages, loud, with the door open sometimes... *blush*... i said, 'if you want to tell me what happened about the c------ family, i'm very interested. please call me back.' lol... asking for gossip while calling in sick. go, me. :p oh, well. it's a new year, and i'm not all that ashamed, anyway, because it's a waste of time to be ashamed about something silly like that... and i'm very curious as to what has happened with the c------ family. last i saw them, mom was late to picking the kids up because the hood fell off her car. :/
also, i saw 'in america'. i can't say enough about how much the movie affected me. it was so beautiful and painful and triumphant...samantha morton was amazing. i'm always impressed by her performances, she's a true character actor. i admire her. and the two young girls, sisters in real life, were stunning. they were pitch perfect. not 'cute' or overly sentimental. this is one i'd like to add to my collection, for certain.
not much else to report - i've been walking every day (well, will walk soon)... had some very good coffee just a bit ago. am reading a banana yoshimoto novel - i always love her voice.
i am trying to settle myself into the fact that i must get into kid mode very shortly. i'm not there yet. i can tell. there were kids at the coffeehouse... and i was just like, ah. hmm. not there yet. there was also a very adorable sheep dog puppy at the bank. i had no problem interacting with her. she is five weeks old and i could very easily love her. i want a dog, damnit. i miss my dogs. :(
but, yes, getting back to the kids. there are certain children it'll be easy to adjust to being back with. aw comes to mind, and ellie, re, av, and jd. others where i have a hard time getting back into the routine with them after just a weekend... i wish i could have gone to the holiday party and had some closure to the semester, but i was so sick and germy, it would've not been possible. i do feel bad because i left mary an improper message while i was sick... i forgot that she plays her messages, loud, with the door open sometimes... *blush*... i said, 'if you want to tell me what happened about the c------ family, i'm very interested. please call me back.' lol... asking for gossip while calling in sick. go, me. :p oh, well. it's a new year, and i'm not all that ashamed, anyway, because it's a waste of time to be ashamed about something silly like that... and i'm very curious as to what has happened with the c------ family. last i saw them, mom was late to picking the kids up because the hood fell off her car. :/