melancholy movies
Today I went to be my Vassar Alumna persona (in pirate boots!) for an Admissions Interview. While I was chatting about Vassar sports with my student a couple at another table overheard us and came over. The girl there had gone to Vassar and played soccer. Small world, and a freaky one, at times.
Mom had come along to go to Half-Price Books where a friend of hers works, so after I finished up with my student I went to meet her there... and we browsed. And browsed. And eventually left. With books.
We went to see Pan's Labyrinth at last, and wow, it was wonderful and lovely and melancholy and depressing.
Then we came home and watched An Inconvenient Truth and wow, it was frightening and inspiring and melancholy and depressing.
It was An Inconvenient Truth, though, that moved us near to tears. Which is not to say that Pan's Labyrinth wasn't emotionally gripping, but man - climate crisis. Scary. Sad. Devastating. Completely reversible if we can get ourselves and our politicians to act instead of argue.
I had to come in here and futz around on the internet and look at my pile of cheesy!awesome!Valentines to get over it.
Mom had come along to go to Half-Price Books where a friend of hers works, so after I finished up with my student I went to meet her there... and we browsed. And browsed. And eventually left. With books.
We went to see Pan's Labyrinth at last, and wow, it was wonderful and lovely and melancholy and depressing.
Then we came home and watched An Inconvenient Truth and wow, it was frightening and inspiring and melancholy and depressing.
It was An Inconvenient Truth, though, that moved us near to tears. Which is not to say that Pan's Labyrinth wasn't emotionally gripping, but man - climate crisis. Scary. Sad. Devastating. Completely reversible if we can get ourselves and our politicians to act instead of argue.
I had to come in here and futz around on the internet and look at my pile of cheesy!awesome!Valentines to get over it.