Bella

Like "Waitress", the story zeroes in on a woman who is very unhappily pregnant. How she deals with it, will I'm sure, be co-opted as ammunition by pro-choice and pro-lifers alike.

Despite what felt like a rushed ending, I really enjoyed this movie. The man is beautiful. A little too perfect, and with the beard, downright Jesus of Nazareth-esque. And of course, as with all movies filmed in the city, New York itself plays an unforgettable leading role.

I would see it again, if only to re-live the warmth and hilarity of the family scenes depicting a kind of family which most of us, I think, long for.

encouragement

For discouraging days:

"Our crowns have been bought and paid for--all we have to do is wear them."
~James Baldwin

"'Go back?” he thought. “No good at all! Go sideways? Impossible! Go forward? Only thing to do! On we go!” So up he got, and trotted along with his little sword held in front of him and one hand feeling the wall, and his heart all of a patter and a pitter." ~Bilbo lost in a goblin cave, The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien

Only thing to do! On we go!

cat fight

I heard a girl friend jokingly use the term "cat fight" tonight and I got really ticked off. Not at her, but at all the women- trashing talk littering everyday English language usage.

There is no male equivalent to "bitch" or "bitchy".
Son-of-a-bitch still involves the word bitch.
There is no equivalent to "slut" or "whore".
Bastard still implies more wrong on the female part.
"Sir" is neutral, while "madam" is tainted by brothel connotations.
Girls fight, guys fight. Why the need for the distinctive "cat fight"?

When I was working with teenagers, I had a great talk with the girls about stopping the ridiculous habit of calling each other 'bitches', 'ho' or any other female-specific derogatory term--especially as some kind of honorific. I loved those girls, and I think we really got somewhere with that conversation. I wish it was so easy turning the rest of the world around.

I'm sure the socio-linguistic-scholars out there have some brilliant theories about why this is. But whatever it is, it's messed up. It needs to stop.

random

Headed to Toronto for A and E's wedding.

A sample of the movies I probably would not have appreciated were it not for A, the groom:

-The Godfather 1 and 2
-I Not Stupid (probably the best one, in my estimation)
-Swingers
-Blues Brother 2000 (the worst one, in my estimation)

My brothers' shopping list:

-Zoo York ghetto-goth shoes
-as many black and white cookies as possible
-hair gel

Must Do List

-Swiss Chalet, multiple times
-President's Choice ice cream
-watch Anne of Green Gables on a VCR

Halo will we go?

I've never played the game.
I'm ALL for using popular stuff to direct people to God.
But, do we not think this is a BIT MUCH?
Like the guy says in the article, in trying to tap the elusive young male market, wouldn't porn and alcohol be the logical next step?

Halo at Church

TV

I never watch TV. Well, at least not much, usually. But this week D has been slammed at work with 15+ hour days so I had to make friends with the TV again. Sigh...remember those great, lazy half hours of Who's The Boss? The Wonder Years or Fresh Prince?

The best though, are the re-runs of classic, great BAD movies.

Best line from "True Lies",

Ah-nold's wife Helen to Ah-nold: "Have you ever killed anyone?"
Ah-nold: "Yah, but they were ull bahd."

Oh how I love great bad lines from great bad movies.