If you see one Oscar-nominated film this year…
Posted in Critic's Corner on Feb 16th, 2008 No Comments »
Let it be The Diving Bell And The Butterfly. Words can not express how much I loved this film…
Archive for February, 2008
Four… fore… 4?
Posted in Same Shit, Different Day on Feb 16th, 2008 3 Comments »
Blythe tagged me with the following meme… it was actually kind of fun thinking back on all the places I’ve been, jobs I’ve held, things I look forward to & places I’d rather be.
4 Jobs I’ve Held:
1. Lifeguard at Barton Springs. (this was quite an accomplishment)
2. Fitting men for tuxedos @ Al’s Formal Wear.
3. Recruiter […]
More movies.
Posted in Critic's Corner on Feb 15th, 2008 No Comments »
Three more:
In The Valley Of Elah:In The Valley Of Elah tells the story of a father (Tommy Lee Jones) investigating the death of his son, who recently returned from a tour of duty in Iraq. But it’s not about the war- more so the inhumanity of war (if that makes sense).
Tommy Lee Jones with his […]
Psyched.
Posted in Critic's Corner on Feb 14th, 2008 1 Comment »
I’m actually excited about American Idol this time around. After sitting through years of shitty-to-mediocre singers (I never saw myself buying an idol winner’s cd anyway), there are actually 4 or 5 I genuinely like.
I just wish they’d change the format of the show. It’s tough coming off auditions where great songs from […]
Ulterior motive.
Posted in Picture It on Feb 14th, 2008 No Comments »
It wasn’t just about the shopping in Berlin today. We also went to visit my Uncle who was in town unexpectedly on business. Growing up he was just about my favorite person in the world… goofy and fun, with a way of making me feel like I was the most special person in […]
Vienna, Part 1.
Posted in Expat Antics: Life in Germany on Feb 13th, 2008 No Comments »
I’m not starting with a write-up of my favorite tourist attractions, although that’ll happen soon. I won’t be rhapsodizing about the smell of horse shit as we rode through the city in our magical first-ever carriage ride. I won’t even talk about how jarring it was to see 8 big-screen plasma tvs sporadically placed […]
The waiting is the hardest part.
Posted in Deep Thoughts, Expat Antics: Life in Germany on Feb 13th, 2008 9 Comments »
Sadly we’re already back from our all-too-short stay in Vienna (more on that to come). We’d planned to hang around for a week, but after procrastinating for months on some diagnostic testing for my thyroid, it was time to pay the piper. So this morning I arrived bright & early at the nuklearmedizin […]
Calm before the storm.
Posted in Deep Thoughts, Wanderlust on Feb 6th, 2008 5 Comments »
Tomorrow afternoon we leave for Vienna and, honestly, I can’t wait. Behind the scenes at chez eurotrippen there’s a strong sense of change in the air. Undeniable, inescapable change on many fronts- all happening at once. And as is always the case when I’m faced with major metamorphosis, I meet it with […]
Done deal.
Posted in Deep Thoughts, Expat Antics: Life in Germany on Feb 5th, 2008 6 Comments »
My vote in the 2008 presidential primary is officially cast. From the comfort of my home. Over the internet… from another country. How cool is that?? And while my vote went to Barack Obama, of the two serious contenders, I’d honestly be proud to have either candidate representing my party. Hillary […]
8 more.
Posted in Critic's Corner on Feb 4th, 2008 2 Comments »
Just in case you didn’t think I was serious about catching up film-wise before the Oscars, here are 8 more. In order of favorite to least favorite:
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. Whoever hands out Oscar nominations is clearly an idiot… that’s the only thing that would explain this […]
