Two women hide from a drug dealer disguised as drag queens in Hollywood. The plot is just an excuse for the performances, which are hilarious and insightful. The movie mines a wealth of humor from the fact that behavior that is totally uninteresting when exhibited by women can be very intriguing and entertaining in drag queens, and even more so when they are imposters.
I haven’t yet had any responses to my job applications at universities, but when I contacted my old friends at Outsource
Of course the problem with this project is that most existing packages won’t do exactly what the client wants, so I have to decide whether to customize existing software, write new software, or pester them to change their requirements. It should make for an interesting few weeks, and maybe make me some contacts at CU.
This is a French film about the popularity and ruthlessness of wit in the court of King Louis XVI. There is some clever repartee and interesting portrayal of the period, but nothing very unique in the plot or execution of the film.
A Russian immigrant lives the American dream, good and bad. The attention to historical detail in the 40’s and 50’s Baltimore set is impeccable. Mr. Krichinsky arrives in 1916 and lives to see his son and nephew lay the foundations for K-mart, the exodus from the city to the suburbs, the impact of television on households, and finally life in a nursing home. Most of all it made me mourn the loss of storytelling in modern families. Where once everyone groaned when grandpa told the same stories over and over again we now watch re-runs on TV.
Two men meet. One has lived too softly, the other too hard. Each finds the other’s life tremendously alluring. I find this dichotomy in my own life, the introspection of reading and movie watching balanced against the raw experience of adventure. The concept is explored very nicely, with some wonderful poetry.
A simply told story of a Finnish man who must start a new life when he loses his memory. I think it is supposed to be a little cliche, but the humor is so dry that I wasn’t always sure. It’s interesting to get a peek at life in Helsinki.
A thirteen year old girl is the only available substitute teacher for a school in a small Chinese village. Despite the fact that her students know the lessons better than she does, her character leads her to help the school in unforseeable ways. A great movie to watch while job hunting – a reminder how far courage and persistance can go.
I’m fortunate to be able to stay at my dad and Sarah’s house in Indian Hills where it is easy to take a break and get outdoors. I’ve been so immersed in nature this summer, I think I might have withdrawals if I were staying the city. Looking for work is a rough ride – there aren’t many outside forces to help moderate mood swings. You may feel smart and powerful after writing a resume, then totally inadequate when faced with lists of imposing job requirements. The ups and downs are everywhere. There’s no set schedule to the day unless you create one of your own, which I haven’t yet done. My only rule is to get outside and push myself at least once every couple of days. I never want to, due to the post-trek lethargy that has hit me after all my big adventures. But after some hard breaths of clean air and some quiet contemplation of a beautiful vista, I feel totally replenished.
This is kind of a Buddhist fairy tale. A child raised by a monk on an idyllic lake ventures out into the world and returns in a pattern that recurs eternally. It’s beautifully filmed, which I think is supposed to present the beauty of human experience as its redemption. This beauty is balanced against the pointlessness of suffering in endless cycles. This resonated with me because I’ve often been helped through hard and lonely times by losing myself in the beauty around me.
When we started our honeymoon on the continental divide, and with it this topic on my web log, I never imagined how large an impact the log would have on our experience. Mostly I saw it as a way to record the experience and keep our friends and family up to date. As it turned out, I feel like this web log has been as much a part of our trip as our backpacks. It has provided opportunities that would never have been possible without it, and also presented unexpected problems.
