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Jul. 4th, 2011 09:32 amStill overcast, but it may burn off before 6pm tonight, which would be nice. Have a 4th of July party to attend on the West Side - about three minutes from the river and the fireworks. We'll probably watch them from the roof, then go home asap - since we all have to work tomorrow.
Currently re-watching "You Smell Like Dinner" - which I watched last week on HBO On Demand. Or half-watching, since I was only thrilled by the Tara, Lafayette, Jason, Sookie, and Eric scenes. Also the Jason storyline. Everyone else bores me. And I'm sorry, folks, but I just don't understand the appeal of Jessica and Hoyt. The appeal of that couple is completely lost on me, it's like listening to scenes from a bad marriage with a high-pitched whine. But Jason I find sort of interesting and his story is creepy in a whole deliverance sort of way. Great touch on the gothic horror tales - depicted in flicks such as Deliverance and Southern Comfort. There's a whole slew of really good American Gothic horror flicks out there that I see referenced in Blood.
( vague spoilers )
Last night watched the movie Up in the Air on HBO which basically just depressed me. It's well written - has some great bits of dialogue, but is also slow in places. I get that it's a satire and in some places wickedly so - ie. the concept that there is a company out there that does nothing but fire people. Best bit? The one at the end where the executive in San Fran asks bright young thing why on earth she decided to take a job with a company that does nothing but fire people. (ie. Why torture yourself or are you just that sadistic?) Bright young thing's response? I followed a boy. (To Omaha, Nebreska no less. That may be the moral of the story - don't follow boys, it will end badly. Or at least one of the morals.) Most of the story is about a modern day road warrior who spends his life on the road firing people. Found the road warrior bits to be ha-ha funny. Particularly when bright young thing accompanied the world weary traveler on the road...with a huge clunky suitcase. Which he quickly makes her exchange for a compact carry-on with wheels. I laughed during that scene - because I've had this experience with friends. They bring huge suitcases and multiple bags, I bring a small compact carry-on no matter where I go or how long. Was raised by a father who was a road warrior and taught me how to pack. We always packed economically for trips. Most people pack insanely for trips - trying to carry their entire closet around with them and never wear half of the cloths - at my Granny's funeral - which was maybe three possibly four days tops in KC, my cousin brought two huge suitcases. She looked at my brother and me who had one small carry-on each. All you need is enough clothes for three maybe four different outfits. If you pack separates - this is fairly easy to accomplish. Pack heavy on underwear and socks, everything else you can wear more than once. Two pairs of shoes tops - one causal (on the plane - preferably easy to slip off) and one for formal stuff. The other scene I loved was the exchange of business travel cards - and the comparison of rental car agencies between the two hardened road warriors. Everything else was just depressing. Better than Taken, but not by much. Sigh. Movies. Anyone else miss the 90s? Currently I find television more entertaining. Last really good movie I saw was Winter's Bone.
Oh, last night listening to The Wire commentatory - discovered that they had changed the beginning credits song. Or changed it up a bit. In Season 1 - it's the song as covered by a band, in S2 - its the song as originally sung by Tom Waits.
Currently re-watching "You Smell Like Dinner" - which I watched last week on HBO On Demand. Or half-watching, since I was only thrilled by the Tara, Lafayette, Jason, Sookie, and Eric scenes. Also the Jason storyline. Everyone else bores me. And I'm sorry, folks, but I just don't understand the appeal of Jessica and Hoyt. The appeal of that couple is completely lost on me, it's like listening to scenes from a bad marriage with a high-pitched whine. But Jason I find sort of interesting and his story is creepy in a whole deliverance sort of way. Great touch on the gothic horror tales - depicted in flicks such as Deliverance and Southern Comfort. There's a whole slew of really good American Gothic horror flicks out there that I see referenced in Blood.
( vague spoilers )
Last night watched the movie Up in the Air on HBO which basically just depressed me. It's well written - has some great bits of dialogue, but is also slow in places. I get that it's a satire and in some places wickedly so - ie. the concept that there is a company out there that does nothing but fire people. Best bit? The one at the end where the executive in San Fran asks bright young thing why on earth she decided to take a job with a company that does nothing but fire people. (ie. Why torture yourself or are you just that sadistic?) Bright young thing's response? I followed a boy. (To Omaha, Nebreska no less. That may be the moral of the story - don't follow boys, it will end badly. Or at least one of the morals.) Most of the story is about a modern day road warrior who spends his life on the road firing people. Found the road warrior bits to be ha-ha funny. Particularly when bright young thing accompanied the world weary traveler on the road...with a huge clunky suitcase. Which he quickly makes her exchange for a compact carry-on with wheels. I laughed during that scene - because I've had this experience with friends. They bring huge suitcases and multiple bags, I bring a small compact carry-on no matter where I go or how long. Was raised by a father who was a road warrior and taught me how to pack. We always packed economically for trips. Most people pack insanely for trips - trying to carry their entire closet around with them and never wear half of the cloths - at my Granny's funeral - which was maybe three possibly four days tops in KC, my cousin brought two huge suitcases. She looked at my brother and me who had one small carry-on each. All you need is enough clothes for three maybe four different outfits. If you pack separates - this is fairly easy to accomplish. Pack heavy on underwear and socks, everything else you can wear more than once. Two pairs of shoes tops - one causal (on the plane - preferably easy to slip off) and one for formal stuff. The other scene I loved was the exchange of business travel cards - and the comparison of rental car agencies between the two hardened road warriors. Everything else was just depressing. Better than Taken, but not by much. Sigh. Movies. Anyone else miss the 90s? Currently I find television more entertaining. Last really good movie I saw was Winter's Bone.
Oh, last night listening to The Wire commentatory - discovered that they had changed the beginning credits song. Or changed it up a bit. In Season 1 - it's the song as covered by a band, in S2 - its the song as originally sung by Tom Waits.
