1. pause & pour technology. god bless the genius who invented it, for he/she understood the immediate need for coffee & the fact that a true java devotee cannot be expected to wait for the entire pot to brew before attempting to imbibe the Blessed Nectar of Morning ( Read more... )

did you know that kung fu may be used to recover from a fall gracefully, park one's car, or to bake delicious sweet buns, along with a multitude of other mundane tasks? and if you combine kung fu with soccer... o my! if you like soccer, if you like martial arts, & if you like physical comedy... you must see a little chinese film called "Shaolin ( Read more... )

i have just finished (re)watching the entire LOST series, all 3.5 seasons. & now i don't quite know what to do with myself and my free non-painty time. so um, i've watched 2 great movies in the past 2 days, and i am now recommending them to thee.

the first is "13 conversations about one thing" & that thing is happiness. it stars the lovely and ( Read more... )

yesterday maddie & i went to see Volver, a spanish chick flick starring the ever-so-lovely Penelope Cruz. 'twas a lovely movie, both humorous & touching, & i highly recommend it my cultured semi-bilingual girlfriends who enjoy subtitled dramas. i did have a little trouble keeping up w/ who's who & how they're all connected- (the story involves 3 ( Read more... )

this is quite cool. autistic guy draws aerial view of rome from memory:

went to see Borat. very very funny... in a snarky irreverent way. hey america- here's a mirror- & this is what you look like when cultures clash. hilarious. one scene was particularly alarming- you'll know it when you see it. & of course, there's the other scene, which makes ( Read more... )

i have absolutely nothing new to report. but i have 30 minutes to kill before i can leave the house... so here i am, trying to squeeze something interesting out of my life to record for posterity & my f-list ( Read more... )

last night, 'round about dinnertime, i was considering whether the 2002 Venezian Merlot would make a good pairing w/ a grilled cheese sandwich, and i broke my damn corkscrew. i dunno, it just fell apart mid-screw. i guess i was too hard on it. that's never happened before, i swear.

but maybe it happens to all aspiring winos connoisseurs at some ( Read more... )

last night i watched Being John Malkovich. why have i not seen this before? it's fantastically deep, darkly funny & fabulously weird & surreal- just how i like my movies... it ranks up there with i heart huckabees and waking life. has anyone else NOT seen this movie? it's been out a while & i've often heard it referenced by the cooler peeps, & now ( Read more... )

methinks netflix is screwing w/ me. when i got only one movie at a time, i had a 3 day turnaround. now that i get 2 at a time, it's taking 5 or 6 days. a movie i put in outgoing mail on the 4th is still listed as "at home". bastids. you need to be shipping my movies, pronto!

today i shall buy sleepy hollow & lemony snicket from amazon.com... for ( Read more... )

how tacky would it be to write an article on the charleston wiki about um, a certain up-n-coming local artist...? methinks my horn could use a little tooting.

(yeah that too, nighteyes_70)

last night i watched tim burton's sleepy hollow. that counts as work, y'know- it's research. wonderful wonderful movie, if you haven't seen it yet, you must. & that means ( Read more... )