GMail Ninjas have moved to the hot tub, I've stirred up the Lonely Pond fire+made a movie date...now a little blog work, then maybe KoL fun 43 minutes ago
Third Librarian movie Sunday night; goofy fun, hope it’s better than second, any Newhart good Newhart + bonus Jane Curtin. Being The Librarian and saving the world and/with legendary articles goes on my list of dream jobs right after The Middleman.
N.B. Finding Seattle Times always having the article I need; interesting. Seattle Times and The Financial Times, all the papers you need. Plus, of course, the York Dispatch which Gayle puts a lot of energy into editing and also occasionally pays for me to write an article — their twitter.
Burning a promised DVD of my movie stuff ( Gullible and Twitchy, Hat Hair, Lonely Pond Productions trailer), including the top secret Jabberwocky near final edit for the NJ nephew and nieces (and my buddy Laurie in Georgia). This way I can get it off my to-do list and not turn on my computer on the morrow. Pause for checking that iDVD actually put some content on the shiny disk (And the fun grindy noises begin.)
Enjoyed the weather today; colors are starting to change and air is that particular crisp clear that comes with October, a visual bite into a Macintosh apple. Tomorrow, hair cut, I’m thinking of going buzz cut levels of short on the sides, but chilly weather might make my ears reconsider.
Speaking of apples, have been having half of one each night — we really need to trek down to the apple farm. I keep buying half gallons of cider I only drink half of (half is our word here for the night at lonelypond — I am currently half asleep). When I was a kid, a trek to the apple farm meant apple cider donuts. Now I read the ingredients on the grocery store version and am cured of any cravings. What I like is a nice simple apple crisp with some streuselly stuff on top. Cinnamon season is upon us. And pumpkins. And pumpkin seeds on the wind, but that’s another story.
I’ll add TV reviews here, just to score one for insomniac stream of consciousness versus organized for you WordPress wordtag searchers out there. Oh, and a note, I checked for a Tarrell Alvin McCraney play at the alternate office but none was available, so maybe it’s time to talk to the nice interlibrary loan librarian again.
The Middleman — watched the Clotharian Contamination Protocol again; still funny. Love all the Dr. Who/Star Trek references, Ida rocks, Fantastic Voyage references good — although if only they’d managed to fit in a Tick/Dinosaur Neil one (note to self, acquire Tick vs. Season One; must see “The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs At Midnight” plus second most glorious villain El Seed)– love the initial conversation between Wendy and Tyler by the hot dog stand — The Middleman always does an excellent job when many things are happening at once. MiddleMatt does a great job of restraint and emotion when listening to Wendy’s Code 47, it really is a darn shame that great writing, great fun and great acting doesn’t equal great second season. Still think Tyler’s too smarmy and thought it odd when Gayle agreed with me, she’s usually a sucker for sentiment. Next week, I figure out which episode I have yet to review — I’m pretty sure there is one, #3 maybe??????? Or the other one with Roxy???
Still not really missing Eureka much, although I get occasional twitter updates from S.A.R.A.H. Yes, you too can either follow an artificially intelligent superhouse or lonelypond on twitter — the choices you get with the new generation of social media.
The Big Bang Theory opened well with a great fall by Johnny Galecki into the sofa — true tests of comedians: the fall and the spit take. Fairly solid episode, maybe a little too much Sheldon, although the bit at the DMV was great. Good reactions all round — nice that frequently the actors, especially Cuoco, just get to have these looks, these great great funny looks.
Also, I must confess to straying off the Disney channel to catch the occasional iCarly. Flash does not approve, but at long as it doesn’t interfere with her post medication Disney time, she refrains from actually expressing disapproval — don’t ask, cats are particular about so many things. iCarly is a crazy loud fast moving hoot of a show with small children as crazy as I remember them being. Funny, funny — looking forward to iGo Japan on Nov. 8th.
And it’s 2:44 a.m. and I think that’s enough meandering for now. Good night all. Pick random Shakespeare quote (Google, etc.): “What’s in name? that which we call a rose…”
May rose petals waft in your dreams amid apples halves and October air.
I had Vertigo booked for this weekend, but Gayle’s been coming home from the newspaper office every day reporting the problems they’re having with the 70 mm print — sound not working — and that they can’t find a 35 mm print so I guess I’ll be staying home and watching “The Trouble With Harry” which is not only my favorite fall movie, my favorite Alfred Hitchcock movie and Shirley’s MacClaine’s first and very excellent performance, but is also just a lot of fun. Hitchcock allows himself whimsy and it’s GREAT. John Forsythe plays the lead and just romps through the picture, puckishly rearranging the world to suit his mood, something we all aspire to if we have any sense.
Now to continue the Hitchcock mood, a quick run down of my favorite moments from his better known films. Vertigo is a wonderfully jarring descent into passion and showcases the mystery of Kim Novak; double feature it with “Bell, Book and Candle” for a weird/spooky Novak-Stewart Halloween. When I caught the remastered “North By Northwest” what most impressed me was how Cary Grant’s suit GLOWED. When it had reached the end of its hard run and been benched, the movie lost something. I think this might have also represented not so much glow or appeal from Grant’s co-star. “Rope” is fascinatingly creepy and Stewart is great in it. He really gets a chance to prove he’s not just Mr. Happy Go Lucky in Hitchcock’s works. Doris Day singing “Que Sera Sera” in “The Man Who Knew Too Much” is a wonderful play on her cheery image as well as a wonderful twist of tension. Raymond Burr in “Rear Window” stares, graven in cruelty, a key lever to the suspense generated by the combination of suspicion, ill intent and immobility. “To Catch a Thief,” breathless with sex and suspicion, is one of my favorite Cary Grant turns — that character was one of my childhood role models; I practiced climbing up door, roofs, trees. “Psycho” jars as much as its music and I never really enjoyed “the Birds” — too much sensation. “Dial M For Murder” is beautifully posed and shot, but I think thanks to its theatre origins, too talky.
So, there’s my Hitchcock thoughts; share yours, vote for your favorite, watch “The Trouble With Harry” if you haven’t — it’s excellent fun.
One of my far flung movie tangent connections — they published the movie book I bought to explain the things I didn’t know — whenever I want to figure things out, first thing I do is get a book. Usually out of the library (the stern sounding librarian pointed out it was “The Girl Who Leapt (not Leaped) through Time”, which isn’t what the FT said, and that it was nowhere to be found in Pennsylvania. Will begin the hunt anew on Nov. 18th. — see previous blog references if this makes no sense), but if I find the right reference book I buy it — and it often turns it to be by a British author or publisher. So I purchased, enjoyed the cartoons and memorized parts of The Guerilla Guide Filmmakers Movie Blueprint. And ended up on the e-mail list and occasionally e-mailing Chris Jones.
So now they are trying to get their short film Gone Fishing — from the trailer, it looks beautifully shot — nominated for an Oscar and it’s up for a British Thunderclap Award and they need votes. I’ll just paste Chris’s e-mail from here.
“We need your help… Gone Fishing has been nominated for the British Thuderclap Awards, and it’s an email vote… So please, can you go to their site, here…
Alternativley, just send a blank email to vote@thunder-clap.com and add CHRIS JONES in the subject line.
This award will significantly help our chances for the Oscars, so it’s REALLY important and will only take a moment to do. Can I also ask that you email this request on to EVERYONE in your address book.
We AIM TO WIN THE OSCAR in Feb 2009, and IF YOU HELP NOW, PART OF YOU WILL ALSO BE UP ON THAT STAGE WITH US WHEN WE COLLECT THE LITTLE GOLD MAN!
Thank you from the entire team who helped make GONE FISHING a reality…
Well, Cheetah Girls: One World not only gave me a curry craving, but it pushed we care about music videos and equal screentime past we care about script. Was like the highlight reel for three different movies — I think the Sabrina Bryan branch had the most potential — interesting pauses for mixing in philosophies, plus physical comedy, a lonelypond staple and something that comforts me, personally, at moments like this when I’m starting to come down with something. Maybe I can convince Gayle to break out Season 1 of Get Smart instead of more NBC chooses my Olympics events. Oh yeah, plus the Cheetahs were missing that Kenny Ortega snap sizzle — be interesting to see what he does on the big screen with High School Musical 3.
URG…sounds like a caveman name or a Tim Taylor micro mini grunt — up too late. Have been Twittering like a fiend — fun, fun — 140 characters or less is an interesting challenge. Have not been sleeping; Pongo had to go to the vet and stay so bit stressful. Is it mid- July already? I miss Shakespeare a little, but not rehearsals. Not sure what to do this weekend, but I’m behind on summer movies — Dark Knight, Mamma Mia or Kung Fu Panda at the $2 theatre…also should see Music Man — seems loud right now; the 76 trombones just went off in my ear. Since WP does pictures, I’ll load one from this afternoon’s Gullible and Twitchy potential Tropfest sunflower animation session. Cheers.
