saw Spiderwich Chronicles. It was a great family movie. i was very entertained.
Goals: 1. Stop thinking like a chronic dieter and start living to inspire. 2. HALT (hungry, anxious, lonely, tired) I will stop and tune in with myself should I experience these things, and respond with something healthy. 3. One word 2008: courage 4. Eat slow and mindfully.
saw Cloverfield on sunday. the genre is like a home movie, so be prepared to either lose your lunch , or closing your eyes from time to time. it is a short one--less than 90 minutes. if you can stand the jerking around of the camera, it is worth seeing. otherwise, keep you rlunch in your tummy and see something else.
Goals: 1. Stop thinking like a chronic dieter and start living to inspire. 2. HALT (hungry, anxious, lonely, tired) I will stop and tune in with myself should I experience these things, and respond with something healthy. 3. One word 2008: courage 4. Eat slow and mindfully.
FYI: The mists of Avalon is only one of a series of books by Marion Zimmer Bradley.
Yes, I read about her other novels on Amazon.com. I believe the books are prequels to "Mists of Avalon". I also noticed when I received the book that she has written many other Sci-fi books. I'm going to look more into these.
I also love the Merlin series by Mary Stewart. There are 4 of them and starts with "The Crystal Cave". I wish they would make a mini-series out of them.
Dd and I also enjoyed the Avalon series.
How ridiculous can we get with quoting?
Another one who has written a Merlin series is T. A. Barron. I have met him on several occasions and he has encouraged my work. A sensitive human being and I like his books.
FYI: The mists of Avalon is only one of a series of books by Marion Zimmer Bradley.
Yes, I read about her other novels on Amazon.com. I believe the books are prequels to "Mists of Avalon". I also noticed when I received the book that she has written many other Sci-fi books. I'm going to look more into these.
I also love the Merlin series by Mary Stewart. There are 4 of them and starts with "The Crystal Cave". I wish they would make a mini-series out of them.
Dd and I also enjoyed the Avalon series.
And, we also enjoyed "Stranger than Fiction".
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FYI: The mists of Avalon is only one of a series of books by Marion Zimmer Bradley.
Yes, I read about her other novels on Amazon.com. I believe the books are prequels to "Mists of Avalon". I also noticed when I received the book that she has written many other Sci-fi books. I'm going to look more into these.
In the past few days we have watched The Hoax - about the Clifford Irving attempt to get Howard Hughes's autobiography published. Last night we watched The Simpsons Movie - I'm not a regular viewer of the TV show, but the guys are. Tonight we watched Catch a Fire with Tim Robbins and Derek Luke - excellent and true movie of South Africa just before the end of apartheid. I/We enjoyed all three movies. Next up…Mr. Brooks
FYI: The mists of Avalon is only one of a series of books by Marion Zimmer Bradley.
Goals: 1. Stop thinking like a chronic dieter and start living to inspire. 2. HALT (hungry, anxious, lonely, tired) I will stop and tune in with myself should I experience these things, and respond with something healthy. 3. One word 2008: courage 4. Eat slow and mindfully.
Originally posted by D in St Pete: Watched "3:10 to Yuma" last night. Aside from the Russell Crowe/Christian Bale eye candy, the movie was really enjoyable. It was a "Western," in the sense that it was set in the American West in the 1800s, but it was much more of a psychological thriller than I expected it to be. Top-notch, and while there were numerous shootings and killings, I'd say that each had an impact...as in, you were more than a little shocked, and people DIED, not "oh, look, a plane blew up" with no thought to the 300 people on board kind of thing.
Definitely recommend.
Thanks for the review on this! I love Christain Bale and bought the "3:10 to Yuma" DVD for my DH's Valentine's Day present. (I'm so smart, aren't I? )
I caught the end of the mini-series "The Mists of Avalon" and loved it. I just purchased the novel (haven't had a chance to get started on it yet) and the DVD. The book received better reviews than the DVD so I know that I will enjoy it.
I love the twist on the Arthurian tales and also enjoyed the story being written from the women's perspectives.
my best pal just watched Once. she loved it. go rent it. i am going to rent it today.
Goals: 1. Stop thinking like a chronic dieter and start living to inspire. 2. HALT (hungry, anxious, lonely, tired) I will stop and tune in with myself should I experience these things, and respond with something healthy. 3. One word 2008: courage 4. Eat slow and mindfully.
That is FUNNY. I'll have to tell the boyfriend that story, as he's adopted "Good Morning XX" for all occasions. Yesterday he called me at work (he gets up 2 hours after me) and after, "blah blah intro, this is Diana," I hear, "GOOD MORNING DIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIANA!" Tampa Bay, CNN (which was on the TV the next morning), beagle dog, kitty cat, skillet pan...if it can be stretched to three syllables, it's in danger of being serenaded.
Challenge Goals: *10 minutes of unplanned exercise five times a week *Gym time twice a week *Socialize at least once every two weeks.
That is too funny! I watched Hairspray in the past couple of weeks and loved it. I wouldn't have heard Good Morning Voldemort - maybe I could write a parody.
Heard a funny story about "Hairspray" the other night. My friend took her son to see it; he usually loves musicals and she figured it was a safe one for six-year-olds. But when the opening credits began and he heard the song "Good Morning Baltimore" he thought they were saying "Good Morning Voldemort." She said he freaked out, thinking this was a scary movie about the dark wizard waking up and wreaking havoc. Took my friend and her husband the first 10 minutes of the movie to calm him down.
John Travolta in drag might be scary, but the Harry Potter angle would never have occurred to me.
Saw "Hairspray" last night. I didn't think I'd enjoy it (Why? I don't know. I usually like musicals).
It was really, really cute. You know how sometimes you just smile while you're watching something? Yeah, I did that quite a few times. It's got some really good messages, I think.
(Incidentally...iz, if you have questions or want any expanded knowledge about the ethnic/religous groups in Afghanistan/Pakistan, shoot me a PM.)
Challenge Goals: *10 minutes of unplanned exercise five times a week *Gym time twice a week *Socialize at least once every two weeks.
Goals: 1. Stop thinking like a chronic dieter and start living to inspire. 2. HALT (hungry, anxious, lonely, tired) I will stop and tune in with myself should I experience these things, and respond with something healthy. 3. One word 2008: courage 4. Eat slow and mindfully.
So far this year I have seen Enchanted and a movie called Children of Heaven. Enchanted was very cute. If you need a good chick flick or a movie to see with a 6-13 year old girl, this is the movie. Disney does a good job at making fun of the princess trope that it has created.
Children of Heaven was fabulous. It is subtitled. It's about a brother and sister. The brother loses his sister's only pair of shoes and the family can't afford another pair so he and his sister share his shoes so that they can both go to school. I would highly recommend it.
In the TV world, Psych and Monk are both back with new episodes for now. Both worth watching.
Thanks for the review, Iz! And, FWIW, the same can be said about the book in terms of the boyhood part being richer and more involving than the adult part, at least IMHO.
Rest of Summer Goals: 1. Exercise-Cardio: Min. 2-3 walking or DVD cardio workouts per week. 2. Exercise-Weights/Toning: Min. 1 weight plus 1 toning workout per week. 3. Food: Get those veggie servings back up to where they were! 4. Behavior: Start reducing sweets now that the automatic after-meal response is better.
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ok, rented High Fidelity with John Cusak--loved it. one of his older movies & he shines thru like the amazing actor he is. i had just seen him in Martian Child and loved him, and this DVD just reminded me how much.
saw Kite Runner yesterday. I loved it. the 2 hours flew by. the boyhood portion was better than the later one though. the characters were richer in that portion. the father of the main character was breathtakingly poignant--the performance was outstanding. little disappointed with the man who played the main character as an adult--i felt was rather flat and becuase of that, did not feel they developed his character as well. in fact, the acting was so flat at times, it made portions feel like a Lifetime movie (not to knock Lifetime channel movies, i love them) but i expected richer performances on the big screen.
i never read the book. i don't know that much about the different minority groups in Afghanistan and that region. i had read a book written by Karena Gore about the Taliban-- years ago-- so i was in touch by the extremism of that group. but even without this knowledge, the film does a decent job of demonstrating the prejudices within the country.
there is a small scene where a young boy is sodomized--don't bring young children to this film. this is a shame because otherwise, it is a rich colorful movie about making moral choices that would have stimulated children appropriately.
do you remember the movie with sally field "not without my daughter"? same intense impact, but this movie impacts in a slightly different rhythm. if the main actor had the "oomph" of sally field, i would have been pulled deeper into his personal psyche. that said, go for it sheri!
don't worry--i am keeping my day job. movie reviewer--i am NOT
Goals: 1. Stop thinking like a chronic dieter and start living to inspire. 2. HALT (hungry, anxious, lonely, tired) I will stop and tune in with myself should I experience these things, and respond with something healthy. 3. One word 2008: courage 4. Eat slow and mindfully.
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