Finally some good movies

I went to see "The Duchess" yesterday and there were a bunch of really good previews before the movie.  One in particular sparked my excitement for the coming movie season - "Defiance" - with Daniel Craig and some other folks I can't remember...I will have to look it up.  A movie about 3 brothers during WWII in Germany (I believe) who bring a bunch of Jewish people to hide in the woods with them for the duration and decide to fight back rather than wait to be killed or taken.  I'm sure it will be a difficult movie to watch, but meaningful.  So many movies now just don't seem to have a point.

"The Duchess" was pretty good although I went under the auspices that this was a GREAT performance by Ralph Fiennes.  Obviously, they have not seen him in "Schindler's List".  That was a GREAT, if stomach-turning, performance.  I did like Kiera Knightly better than I have in a long time.  I just found the movie sort of pointless.  I'm not much for films of that period, so I didn't expect to be blown away by it.  

 "Defiance"

"The Soloist"

"Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince"

Enjoy!

"RENT" Final Performance at the Movies

It was BRILLIANT. I loved it.

Here's a clip of Adam Pascal and Tamyra Gray singing "Another Day". I love this scene. It's quintessential RENT.

In the mood for some music

I'm not sure what makes me go on YouTube and look up old music...but periodically, I get the urge to wile away a few hours in nostalgia. So here's what I did last night when I couldn't sleep...

Chumbawumba - Tubthumping


The Night I Heard Caruso Sing - Everything but the Girl (not an official video, but the song is beautiful)



Missing - Everything but the Girl (the last song they released before Roby died - we listened to it over and over and over in those last months)


Alison Moyet on David Letterman - Otis Redding's "Try a Little Tenderness"


Walkaway - Kelly Clarkson

Out of Town again

I'm going to Oakland again for business. Will be gone for a week. I hope it's a good trip.

Jean's page - Early Blog

Here is a link to my first attempt at making a website...I was going to put more poetry on it, but I loved how it looked so much, I didn't mess with it anymore...

http://vindaloorent.homestead.com/jeanspage.html

I have a few of these pages wandering around. I think I have them listed on WildRumpusing on the left side if you are interested in looking at them. Much more image heavy - I could do that on homestead...

Anyway, I thought I would post it here since it directly influenced me changing the name of the blog.

Photo Mosaic - Joy Pink Dance

The last mosaic had TWO duplicate pictures in it...GRR. So I made an entirely new one with a theme...Joy, pink, dance.



1. Young sâdhu, Allahabad. India 2007, 2. Faith's birthday pink cupcakes!, 3. Best Friends in the Blink of an Eye (crop 2), 4. Little Hands, Little White Rose, 5. Goodbye Winter!, 6. Dancing Rainbow, 7. Strawberry pink cupcake, 8. Pretty Pink Coconut Cupcakes, 9. A star that spreads pink joy., 10. Pink Tutus, 11. joyful dancer, 12. Yummy Pink Cupcake, 13. I'm singing in the rain I, 14. Colours that were my joy ..., 15. Very Pink, 16. Telling tales, 17. A New World, 18. Pink Cupcakes, 19. Joyful dancing., 20. Curly Girl, 21. Thai Girls, 22. Sunset dancer, 23. Thanks,God, 24. Very Pink cupcakes, 25. conscientious, 26. ~maive~, 27. ~dance, 28. a chronicle of obsessions, 29. Family Portrait, 30. Do a little dance!, 31. pink cupcakes, 32. Dancing Girl, 33. Beautiful eyes, 34. Dance like no one is watching., 35. pink and brown cupcakes, 36. Pink Cupcakes Drive Me Crazy!

Photo Mosaic - Flickr Exploration 3

I love photos and color. I read a blog that had a photo mosaic on it and I have been messing with that ever since I saw it...

Here's one I particularly like:

Mosaic Explore 3



1. a fairy cake, 2. yawn, 3. Oia Doors, No. 2, 4. new crayons after, 5. I can see you!, 6. shakespeare & co., 7. End Of The Day, 8. Flickr meltdown, 9. Time..., 10. there's nothing better than summer, 11. Moon present., 12. ariane, 13. I ate 6, 14. ariane, 15. Untitled, 16. Amazing Thailand, 17. Reflections of Autumn, 18. I can see you!, 19. Mr. Jack, 20. a cupcake for Jan, 21. Haystack Rock, 22. "And now," cried Max, "let the wild rumpus start!", 23. Black Friday, 24. Orange as any orange on a tree, 25. Pigeon Point / Sky Whale...