Most excellent weekend.
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firinel!
The weekend was quite social, rather unexpectedly. Grafton was in town, and he and Bec and I got a good deal of time to hang out. I also went to the Muppet event at CMA withmay_dryad and ethan_greer, followed by lunch at Tommy's and some browsing at Mac's Backs. Wonderful company, lots of fun, good day. There are more Muppet events happening there -- get your tickets in advance, because at least for ours, it was selling out as we arrived, and if we hadn't prepurchased, we wouldn't have been able to get in. Although much of what they're showing can also be found elsewhere (our presentation was about 1/3 Muppet episode, 1/3 rare clips, and 1/3 Storyteller episode), I'd still definitely recommend it for Muppets fans. may_dryad found some great clips of some of the segments we saw.
Sundaycuriousredhead and I finally managed to get our schedules in sync to fit in some quality hang-out time, and had a lovely afternoon. Today I'm working the late shift for the last day, which meant I got the morning to hang out with Bec and Grafton before Grafton heads back to Michigan today.
This week life is slowly going back to its normal schedule, and this weekend I'm flying out to meet up with my Mom in Nashville for a few days.
In movies this past week (at least what comes to mind to mention):
The Love-Ins: Holy crap. It's Reefer Madness for acidheads. Cleanest hippies ever. A guru who refers to his own organization as "a cult" on a regular basis. Totally predictable crises as Good Kids Go Bad. It was made in '67, so it's especially fun to see a contemporaneous reaction to things, in moralistic lesson form. I don't know if it's available on DVD; Netflix doesn't seem to have it. If you run across it, though, it's amusing in its own twisted and horrifying way.
Keeping Mum: Loved it, loved it. Maggie Smith as a psychotic Mary Poppins. It's a bit slow to get moving because she doesn't show up for a bit, but once she appears it's fabulous. And besides, I have a soft spot for stories about clergy families. I agree with Bec that Swayze was painfully skeezy in a rather grating way, though.
Grandma's Boy: A silly stoner flick, but a surprisingly amusing one. Some of the minor characters were irritating, but I was so fond of Doris Roberts, Linda Cardellini and Allen Covert that I barely noticed.
Music and Lyrics: I always remember disliking Hugh Grant much more than I actually do; it's weird. I'm not generally big on romantic comedies, but once in a while they're fun, and this was an enjoyable one. Total fluff, but if you're looking for fluff, decent stuff.
Touch the Sound: An interesting if slow-moving documentary about percussionist Evelyn Glennie. Reminiscent of Rivers and Tides in overall tone, really.
Trudell: Just generally interesting; I didn't know much about him before this, and was only moderately familiar with AIM's history.
Kindergarten for adults -- what a cool idea.
An interesting little article from Susie Bright about her take on abortion in movies recently -- I'm basically in agreement with her about why I find the approach uncomfortable, even though I recognize the requirements of plot that make other approaches less likely.
firinel!The weekend was quite social, rather unexpectedly. Grafton was in town, and he and Bec and I got a good deal of time to hang out. I also went to the Muppet event at CMA with
may_dryad and ethan_greer, followed by lunch at Tommy's and some browsing at Mac's Backs. Wonderful company, lots of fun, good day. There are more Muppet events happening there -- get your tickets in advance, because at least for ours, it was selling out as we arrived, and if we hadn't prepurchased, we wouldn't have been able to get in. Although much of what they're showing can also be found elsewhere (our presentation was about 1/3 Muppet episode, 1/3 rare clips, and 1/3 Storyteller episode), I'd still definitely recommend it for Muppets fans. may_dryad found some great clips of some of the segments we saw.Sunday
curiousredhead and I finally managed to get our schedules in sync to fit in some quality hang-out time, and had a lovely afternoon. Today I'm working the late shift for the last day, which meant I got the morning to hang out with Bec and Grafton before Grafton heads back to Michigan today.This week life is slowly going back to its normal schedule, and this weekend I'm flying out to meet up with my Mom in Nashville for a few days.
In movies this past week (at least what comes to mind to mention):
The Love-Ins: Holy crap. It's Reefer Madness for acidheads. Cleanest hippies ever. A guru who refers to his own organization as "a cult" on a regular basis. Totally predictable crises as Good Kids Go Bad. It was made in '67, so it's especially fun to see a contemporaneous reaction to things, in moralistic lesson form. I don't know if it's available on DVD; Netflix doesn't seem to have it. If you run across it, though, it's amusing in its own twisted and horrifying way.
Keeping Mum: Loved it, loved it. Maggie Smith as a psychotic Mary Poppins. It's a bit slow to get moving because she doesn't show up for a bit, but once she appears it's fabulous. And besides, I have a soft spot for stories about clergy families. I agree with Bec that Swayze was painfully skeezy in a rather grating way, though.
Grandma's Boy: A silly stoner flick, but a surprisingly amusing one. Some of the minor characters were irritating, but I was so fond of Doris Roberts, Linda Cardellini and Allen Covert that I barely noticed.
Music and Lyrics: I always remember disliking Hugh Grant much more than I actually do; it's weird. I'm not generally big on romantic comedies, but once in a while they're fun, and this was an enjoyable one. Total fluff, but if you're looking for fluff, decent stuff.
Touch the Sound: An interesting if slow-moving documentary about percussionist Evelyn Glennie. Reminiscent of Rivers and Tides in overall tone, really.
Trudell: Just generally interesting; I didn't know much about him before this, and was only moderately familiar with AIM's history.
Kindergarten for adults -- what a cool idea.
An interesting little article from Susie Bright about her take on abortion in movies recently -- I'm basically in agreement with her about why I find the approach uncomfortable, even though I recognize the requirements of plot that make other approaches less likely.
