Whom?
Okay… so if you read my posts back a few, you see that I saw “Amelie” a couple weeks ago. I liked the movie so much that I think I fell in love with the main character. She was beautiful in all senses of the word - and I developed a crush on her. Initially I thought it was Audrey Tautou I was in love with - the actress who played Amelie Poulin. But alas, I finally realized that it was the character with whom I was enamored, and not the actress who played her. But the damage was already done. Shortly after seeing the movie, we rejoined NetFlix, and I've ordered a couple more films with Audrey Tautou.
Regardless of my feeling and belief that Audrey Tautou is a superb actress, experiencing her acting has broadened my film horizons a great deal. As a start, I am now willing to watch French film, where before I was not. This started with looking at Jean-Pierre Jeunet's repertoire. I expect to be watching more of his films in the not-so-distant future (though I think I will skip Delicatessen for reasons I won't go into here).
Also, I've corresponded by e-mail a couple times with someone who I have read is Audrey Tautou's boyfriend: Lance Mazmanian. Honestly, while I found him by researching her, I don't care if he is or isn't her boyfriend. What he is, definitely, is interesting. He's a good photographer, and a decent writer, who is working on a short feature film called The Endgame Study. I'm trying to see if he'll let me see this feature; right now it looks as though viewings are limited to those who are in the industry. Ah well… it doesn't hurt to ask - something I've done already and am awaiting an answer.
I was talking to today, and told her that I'm surprised by many of the links my life seems to have spawned recently… From an interest in Audrey Tautou's acting, to the impressive photography and political musings of Lance Mazmanian, to a propaganda film recommended by my father-in-law, The Zeitgeist Movie, things are moving at a good clip right now…
And I like it.
Again.
I don't usually mind this, because it gives me a chance to connect with my customers, to join with the forces of the students running amok studying in the library, to become one with myself through hard work. Yeah, right… more like to sit here and answer mundane questions like: “Can I use any of the computers here?”, or “How late are you open?”, or “Do you have any headphones?”, or, my current favorite, “Do you have a stapler I can use?” (as the student is standing right in front of a sign that says “Staplers are on the table behind you.”) I'm also awestruck at the people who come in while I am trying to help a student, and just barge to the front of the line and demand to be helped. In the span of 3 minutes of helping someone here, I've ignored two of them already.
Anyhow, It's boring work, but one of my student employees called out sick, while she was here, and asked for a replacement. It's probably not that she's sick… I think she's just overwhelmed with the semester - being that its one of her last - and she's feeling that. I've seen it in students before. Hell, I've lived it. It's Not Very Good Fun. This is why I come in to replace my employees, even while I have a son at home who isn't doing so hot himself.
But I do need to get some research done, myself, so I will do that, and make the most of my time here.
For those of you who wonder if we still have a problem wish racism in this country:
Yes, I know I said that I would withhold political commentary from this site, but I felt this was an important piece that needed airing.
Thanks to PrincessLoki for this…
Okay… Facebook seems to be all the rage now, online. It is the new MySpace. I pride myself on being a geek, but I Just Don't Get It.
I can't figure the application out.
If I want to write about something to let you know about it (you, in this case, being my meager audience), I put it here. You come to my blog, and you read it, and perhaps comment on it.
On Facebook, it seems to be all about writing on OTHER people's “walls” (as bulletin boards are called in Facebook parlance). So, I guess it's a more active way to keep in touch with friends. Is that what it is?
Somebuddy HEP me!
Otherwise known as “Amélie” in America…
This Jean-Pierre Jeunet film was recommended to my wife and I by my father-in-law. He recommended it to us months ago, and I poo-pooed it, until a few days ago when my wife recommended we watch it. She was looking for something a bit more grown-up than the typical family fare that we watch. I am glad she recommended it. It has become, rapidly, a favorite film of mine.
I don't consider myself a huge fan of foreign cinema, but this work is absolutely brilliant, with never a dull moment. Audrey Tautou, who also appeared first-billed in The Da Vinci Code, opposite Tom Hanks, but who typically sticks to French film, was the absolute perfect choice for the character of Amélie.
Frankly put, I have never experienced an actor or actress who is able to make me feel what the character is feeling at the moment, the way she was. I am particularly referring to the scene in the movie where she is riding in the Fun House, and encounters her love interest, who is working as a skeleton, Nino Quincampoix.
The movie was nominated for five Oscars, and has won 49 other worldwide awards, garnering another 38 nominations in the process.
It truly is worth an investment of your time to experience this work of art, for the English tagline of the movie is true: One person can change your life forever.
So, I've changed my academic program. I am now in the Ph. D. program for Public Management.
What this means is that I can focus on my real interests - technology, transportation, and economic development. One week in these courses has had me wondering why I spent so much time trying to chase a goal I didn't really want to attain - a masters in International Relations. But then it would be a waste of time to dwell on that. So I won't.
What I will dwell on is that I have some firm ideas where I want to focus my research, and, since I had really good training in being a graduate student in the IR program here, I know what pitfalls to avoid, and how to best improve my prospects of a successful program.
Now… back to the books.
So, I took the boys to McDonald's this morning for breakfast. This was so mommy could sleep in after a rather late night of movie watching.
We're sitting at the table, Donovan and I, while Logan was playing with the hand dryer. As I prepare the boys' big breakfast, Donovan hits and knocks over my drink, into the food. ALL of the food.
As I tear off to get napkins, he follows me through the restaurant, shouting: “I'm sorry daddy, I'm sorry daddy!”
Now, most parents probably would have responded to this much more calmly than I did. But it was his sixth spill in three days. Literally.
So, after throwing away $12 worth of food, we left and I calmed down enough to promise to teach him how to eat like a proper gentleman.
So that's where we are now, at burger king, eating.
This was an interesting question… so I decided to answer it.
My first crush was a girl named Juliet Jones.
I remember, to this day, walking around South Dade Park with her, her sister, and my sister, when I was oh… I think I was 11. She had braces, and was wearing a yellow and white terrycloth jumper. Her sister and mine were playing around, walking arm and arm. She and I were walking arm and arm, just skipping around the park.
Her folks were visiting mine, after having move to Atlanta the year before.
Julie, if you're out there, send me an e-mail… I'd love to try to get your mom back in touch with mine.
So - Who was YOUR first crush? What were they like?
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