Link of the Day [12.13.12]
I believe nendoroid Alice is a great reason to buy nendoroids. So kawaii.
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Quote of the Day [12.12.12]
Thus saith the Lord God to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys; Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy your high places.
Ezekiel 6 verse 3
Link of the Day [12.12.12]
You’ve only got a few days until the end of the world. What will you do?
How convenient then that they have the same digits as today!
It’s the end of the world!
Anna Karenina
I’ve never read Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina, so you can imagine my reaction watching the latest film version with Jude Law, Keira Knightly, and some fey guy playing the player. I hadn’t even checked out the wikipedia page.
And so, I wasn’t expecting all the tragedy as this one had. The only thing missing was how did she fall for him.
The conceit of this film was similar to the film version of Jesus Christ Superstar. It was a “staged” version of the story. It had a backstage and a proscenium, stage lights and rafters. It was a play, and yet, it was still a movie. It took me few minutes to ignore it all, but it was a strange choice of staging by the director.
3 of 5 stars
Take 5
R.I.P. Dave Brubeck. If this the only thing I know you for, then thank you. Here’s a great cover…
Link of the Day [12.04.12]
Here’s a great Christmas present: a month celebrating Ms. Stanwyck. I implore you to free up some time to catch a movie or two from my favorite actress. There’s something for all. Comedy, drama, melodrama, suspense, and noirs she’s done ’em all. You should at least watch her Christmas films. It is a holiday: Stanwyck-mas!
http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/518184|0/Barbara-Stanwyck-Wednesdays-in-December.html
iPad Mini
Thoughts on this thing I am typing on.
When I first picked it up: Damn this thing is small. I thought it was going to be bigger.
Now it feels like iPhone 3GS. The screen doesn’t feel too nice. It feels kind of plasticky. Plus it misses the retina display. If it had that, I think it would be worth the money. This is the 32MB wireless+cellular. It’s kind of pricy for this thing that looks like an Amazon Kindle or a Nook.
Now that I think of it this thing reminds me of my Mini. Plasticky and pricy. But you know I love my Mini. Do I like this a lot so far.
Thanksgiving 2012
There are not many movies centered around the Thanksgiving holiday. I can only think of Planes, Trains, and Automobiles. Can you think of any other?
Anyway, Happy Thanksgiving!
Lincoln
I believe Lincoln was misnamed. The movie is based on Doris Kearns Goodwin’s book, Team of Rivals; The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln. As you can see, it wasn’t 100% about Abe Lincoln, but about the team he built to pass The Thirteenth Amendment. So when I walked into the theatre I was expecting a Lincoln biopic. What I got was a thriller, where Lincoln schemed and plotted and politicalled his way to abolishing slavery.
It’s a good piece of American history to watch in this election season. It reminds you that Republicans once had a soul. That we as a nation was so divided that it came to guns and cannons to solve our differences. It reminds you that politics is about being uncompromising in your beliefs, but compromising in your actions; bend don’t break for your beliefs is politics is politics.
We also get to hear two of Lincoln’s greatest speeches: the Gettysburg Address and the Second Inaugural. Those words adorn the Lincoln Memorial. You could love him for those words, a Republican. One of the greatest presidents, but one of the most dangerous.
We live in interesting times. Times that come back again. We don’t learn history. We repeat it.
3 of 5 stars.
Cheese Popcorn
When I went to Wisconsin late in August, we flew in and out through Chicago’s O’Hare. I bought some cheese popcorn from the Nuts On Clark kiosk. It was not the white cheddar, but the orange cheddar, and it was pretty good cheese popcorn. Smooth cheesy flavor. Big fluffy puffed popped corn. Delicious. I just paid a mint for a gallon.
Now I can’t get enough cheese popcorn. It must be from the delicious Karamel Korn kiosk in Security Square as I was growing up. I love it better than carmel corn. Don’t get me started on kettle corn. But anyway, I love cheese popcorn. The orange the better. The white isn’t so bad, but it’s boring. Give me orange cheddar.
So I need to find more orange cheddar cheese popcorn. Perhaps the holidays and their gift tins of popcorn maybe good or maybe they maybe mediocre. Usually they are nothing to write home about. Perhaps I’ll find some in some nut store around here. There’s one in the Greenspring Station if it’s still open. Perhaps, I’ll send away via internet for some: fischer’s? or some other boardwalk popcorn place.
I just need some cheese.