First, here I am in my new happy place:


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In my LJ I received this slightly edited comment about work in general:

I think that it is not necessary to be so emotional about employment. It is a job, not a profession, vocation or long-term career. Your obligation is to give them an honest day's work for an honest day's pay. It is not a personal relationship, and there should be no occasion for ( Read more... )

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Christmas Day I treated myself to an actual movie in a theater! Haven't done that since the 10 year anniversary showing of The Two Towers. I saw a film called Shame. I went because it had a decent review and for the novelty of seeing an NC-17 film on the big screen. It wasn't the most uplifting film, but I think I'm glad I went. This evening I've ( Read more... )

This movie was recommended to me by my Kiwi friend along with several others either set in NZ or in this case, featuring one- although the person it's about, Burt Munro, is played by Anthony Hopkins. Burt Munro really loved to ride motorcycles fast. He worked on his for hours each day, for years and years, and was apparently quite the mechanic and ( Read more... )

I finished the cardigan last night! But… in putting it on and modeling it, I realized that the sleeves were way too wide. It's an aesthetic thing; most people wouldn't notice (and Julia didn't really until I pointed it out), but the rest of the garment is fairly fitted and I will notice. One thing I've learned in almost 20 years of knitting is that ( Read more... )

Last Friday my parents and I watched "Mao's Last Dancer," an engaging film that tells the true life story of a boy selected from his rural Chinese village to go to Bejing and trained as a dancer. Of course there's more, as he comes to the U.S., and I won't mention more except to say that Chi Cao, the lead, is amazing. If you enjoy watching dancers ( Read more... )

So I was watching a movie I consider to be a 'comfort' movie, and thought I'd list the top five movies I consider to be comforting movies that I go to again and again for my viewing pleasure and because I just can't seem to watch them enough times. If anyone else would care to meme this, feel free ( Read more... )

I'm watching The Secret of Kells, and it's such a magical, lyrical experience that I don't want it to be over! I'm watching it in sections because I can only have a first viewing once. It's one of those kinds of experiences. I think it may be how I felt the first time I watched The Secret of Roan Inish ( Read more... )

I watched another Film Movement movie Friday night, a truly quirky Australian film that somehow I'd missed since it's coming out in 2003 (I do try to keep up somewhat with Aussie films), He Died With a Felafel in his Hand. I really enjoyed it, especially since the first part of it takes place in Brisbane in an old Queenslander, which just reminded ( Read more... )