February 25, 2010
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Back at it….
A glorious five days full of good friends and refreshing conversation. I didn’t read much of anything but the paper and have decided that I should write grants for a living. But that’s another post. In fact, this short trip has provided fodder for about a week’s worth so I will spread them out and not try to write it all at once. In between the conversation and laughter we saw The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1054606/
This was the movie being filmed when Heath Ledger died. What a waste of a life and a loss to the cinematic world this young man’s death was! The movie is wonderful. Honest. I don’t usually get farce and feel really stupid after seeing it but this one was hilarious. I loved it enough to buy it because I think repeated viewings will allow me to pull back layers that I most certainly missed thie first time out. The interweaving of various actors to fill in the blanks left by Ledger’s death were seamless and brilliant and I cannot imagine it done any other way. Johnny Depp playing Heath Ledger playing a character was a sight to behold. See it if you can. I’d be interested in your thoughts as the film got ho hum reviews.
I missed it here, in this virtual cafe. Sometimes it strikes me as odd to count as friends people I have never met and probably won’t in any “real” time. But the rest of the time, most of the time, it doesn’t bother me one bit and feels as natural and normal as real time friends and compadres.
And now off to shower and the first bout of physical therapy and then the nose goes straight to the grindstone. Ouch!
And so it goes.
Comments (4)
I wasn’t interested in seeing the movie but now I will ! Thanks for the review.
Welcome back. That movie does sound intriguing. As for grant writing, there are plenty of jobs out there for just that. In fact, I’ve been held back from such jobs because I have no idea how to write a grant. I really should take a class in it to see if I like it at all.
I’m going to check this one out! I love to go to movies, and don’t do it enough right now…so this is good for me to hear!
I REALLY want to see that movie. I heard about how the actors jumped in to finish it and that was a big draw. I’ll netflix that puppy tonight if possible.
Ooh yay! I look forward to reading about the time away.
I know what you mean about the friends we’ve never met and I used to be a bit shy about saying “my friend did this…” etc to people at work or the like because more than once because the friendship was online it was dismissed by the other person as not real. But I’ve gotten to the point that I don’t care anymore. I have interesting people to talk to that have interesting thoughts that inspire me to do things I might not otherwise do. It’s been an excellent influence on my crabby ass IMO. I am never EVER bored. I cannot say the same for the people who’ve dismissed online friends as real or simply as hook up fodder. They moan about boredom. I feel lucky dammit!
Glad you are back safely woman.