July/August films

  • Sep. 2nd, 2010 at 8:50 AM
my_daroga: Tatsuya from "Touch" (cartoon)
Haven't been watching much, and I have Hawaii to update about!

Movies in bold are ones I hadn't seen before. Ones with asterisks, I saw in a theater.

End of Evangelion (1997)
Fedora (1978)
I'm No Angel (1933)
Winter's Bone (2010)*
Little Women (1978)
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
Defendor (2009)
Inception (2010)*
The Ninth Configuration (1980)
Brick (2005)
The Lady from Shanghai (1947)
The Beguiled (1971)
Repulsion (1965)

As a bonus, it was [personal profile] lettered's birthday yesterday, and in the grand tradition, I made her a cake!

Aang cake

Okay, it's really hard to draw with those little tubes!

My Brain as Viewed from Outside

  • May. 2nd, 2009 at 10:42 AM
my_daroga: Mucha's "Dance" (iconic)
My birthday gift roundup presents what I think is a fairly interesting picture of Where I Am Now. (All presented by Mr. Daroga and [personal profile] lettered.)

Music
The Left Banke ("Walk Away Renee/Pretty Ballerina")
The Association ("And Then... Along Comes The Association")
Franz Ferdinand ("You Could Have it So Much Better")
Muse ("Origin of Symmetry", "Black Holes and Revelations")

Books
Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph by T.E. Lawrence. Following this essay, I put down my copy of the "abridged" 1926 edition and decided I should read the original 1922 text. And now I have it! Unfortunately, this paperback edition is very print-on-demand, and is not only horribly formatted but printed on letter-sized paper, making it impossible to read in bed. Still, I will brave it.
Exposed: The Victorian Nude by Alison Smith. Obviously, the apparent cultural contradiction interested me. Ahem.
Robin Hood: A Cinematic History of the English Outlaw and His Scottish Counterparts by Scott Allen Nollen. Funny story: this was on my Amazon.com wish list, which is where [personal profile] lettered saw it. When she found it at our local Half Price Books, she thought it fortuitous that there was a copy there--not knowing it was this exact copy which I had been watching for months and which had prompted my placing it on the list in the first place.

Other Media
The Adam West Batman, Season 1
Tickets to a new stage adaptation of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, this afternoon

Last night, we went to the Melting Pot and had cheese and chocolate (and this amazing "strawberry drop" drink that would turn me into an alcoholic if I could get it whenever I wanted--and I hardly ever drink). Then we went home and watched the 1995 Pride and Prejudice. All in all, there are worse ways to turn 30.

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