A while back, Laura of (my favorite blog lately,

A while back, Laura of (my favorite blog lately, if ya couldn't tell) posted about films that she finds and since then our been itching to put down on list. This list, pulled from several genres and eras, is far from complete and in many cases, not reflective of the films as story, but here it goes (note: in general I tried to swallow costumes, or else I could possibly have fit, hey-day): Bewitched for: Overall art directionWhile I don't recommend all of the years I was the third art direction of this film. Something about the tea wardrobe, bright sets, the bantering dialogue, or maybe it's just Nicole Kidman's curls, but I giggle whenever it's on.The Devil Wears Prada for: Set decoration and costumesThe sophisticated offices of Miranda Priestly and Runway magazine form the perfect backdrop for the stunning array of clothing. Heck, throw lighting in there, too.Laura for: Lighting, music, costumeSo much to love about this film. Lighting and music are superb. They cut parts of the story out so as not to offend thrifty WWII sensibilities, but the extravagant costumes are rare and lovely examples of 40s glamour.North and South for: LightingFinally bought this one all weekend. It's a great story, but really, it's the lighting that is so incredibly beautiful, perhaps my favorite lighted film. The way they filmed the cotton mills is absolutely incredible.Sleeping Beauty for: Line and styleI love the stylized lines and forms of this film, from the joyous Christening procession to Princess Aurora lying asleep in her bed You can especially tell in this early Disney cartoon (the first to be done with widescreen) that the animation artists are playing with the Barbies style of animation.The Village for: CompositionInspiring in many ways - the music, the symbolism attached to certain objects and the use of it - but preemptorily in the composition of shots on screen. "Composition" is really the solution word for this film - you feel as if im moment was composed.The Winslow Boy for: CinematographyThe cinematography of this very-British drama becomes its own narrator, telling the story through various visual and textual media of the period as much as to dialogue. Lighting is beautiful, too.Funny Face for: Audrey Hepburn, Givenchy, Richard Avedon, Fred Astaire, George Gershwin, and Paris. What's not to inspire?I'd better stop myself while I can./td>You'll notice lighting plays an important role in the list by although until recently it's not something that is understood or paid a lot of writing, to. Right now we're going through the whole section of our stage design class, which makes a huge difference. While I may not be able to understand the I certainly am getting better at this it!Speaking of stage design, I hope to post some of my stuff process portfolio" for the costuming of The Importance of Being Earnest.</em> which will be taking final project for the design. Don't hold your breath, but it's coming!

Kosher Coca-cola !Special Thanks

Kosher Coca-cola !



Special Thanks to the infamous rose Mike for this one...

Why is this Coke different from all other Cokes? It's Kosher for
Passover. And even non-Jews are thirsty for the limited batch of Coca-
Cola because of a very thorough ingredient - it's made with pure sugar
instead of high-fructose corn syrup. "I had somebody with an Indian
accent call me one year to ask when Passover was so he would not when
to look for the Coca-Cola made with sugar," said Arlene Mathes-Scharf
who runs the Kosher food information website Kashrut.com
"These are people who love Coca-Cola as it used to be," said Jason
Perlow, 37, founder of offthebroiler.com, a New York metro-area food
blog. "Sugar lends a different flavor. It's not as sweet and it's much
fizzier and foamier."
Locally, Coca-Cola's Passover products, which are certified by the
Orthodox Union, have a distinctive yellow cap on the 2-liter bottles
marked with an O circuling a U next to P and the words "Kosher for
Passover" in Hebrew. Cans are embossed to show they are Kosher for
Passover.
Harriet Tolve, spokeswoman for the Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of New
York, said that for "at least 20 years,' it has been sitting the
Kosher-for-Passover beverages "in addition to our regularly produced product."

ENJOY!

- Chinatown Mike

http:http://offthebroiler.wordpress.com/2007/03/13/kosher-for-passover-coke-its-the-real-thing-baby/

L'e-book est une ֳ©volution ֳ laquelle on

L'e-book est une ֳ©volution ֳ  laquelle on ne peut pas ֳ©chapper, et pour moi qui veut devenir libraire, c'est un peu inquiֳ©tant.Sauf que ֳ§a ouvre des perspectives trֳ¨s intֳ©ressantes aussi : d'une part, le livre pourrait devenir un objet de luxe et donc remettre en valeur une partie du travail de libraire, et d'autre part, ce sera la fortune des bouquinistes. Souvenez-vous lors du passage cassette vidֳ©o - lecteur dvd ! Beaucoup on rachetֳ© leur collection de films en dvd et ont revendu leurs vidֳ©os. Il y a des chances pour que ce soit la mֳ×me chose, alors, amoureux des livres qui ont une histoire, rֳ©jouissez-vous !Le livre ne disparaֳ®tra pas de si tֳ´t.Toujours concernant le libraire, qu'est-ce qui l'empֳ×chera de vendre le matֳ©riel, en prime ? Et de conseiller les lecteurs, comme par le passֳ© ?Il y a encore un paramֳ¨tre ֳ  prendre en compte : la transmission.Vous vous inquiֳ©tez de la faֳ§on dont les gֳ©nֳ©rations futures liront, mais il ne faut pas oublier que vos livres leur seront transmis, que ce soit par don ou par succession. Le respect du souvenir est, ֳ  mon sens, une valeur importante qui voit un certain renouveau, donc je doute qu'ils les balancent ֳ  la poubelle...La transmission, vous la vivez quotidiennement : vos parents vous ont transmis certaines passions, et toutes les formes de recyclage, de customisation, de brocante, etc. montrent cet attachement au passֳ©.Les livres n'y couperont pas.Je crois sincֳ¨rement que l'e-book a beaucoup d'avantages : la conservation du patrimoine littֳ©raire, la diffusion, l'accֳ¨s ֳ  la culture n'en sont qu'une infime partie, et ce uniquement du point de vue du lecteur.Pour l'ֳ©diteur ce serait la chance considֳ©rable de pouvoir revenir ֳ  des publications devenues marginales, ou de se lancer dans de nouveaux projets plus ambitieux et inimaginables avec les coֳ»ts actuels.Mֳ×me les bibliothֳ¨ques s'y retrouveront : avec la consultation sur place ou suffisamment protֳ©gֳ©e des e-book...Toujours pas convaincus ?

"I want to know what you want

"I want to know what you want the cities and cold, sunny days ring out:
What the dong are you afraid of, ding us?

-but such callings are strange, and when you talk them at first, how can you not sure that kind have, when you think about might have?

-what if you were to dreaming? You can't act on that-
people will look at her. funny.

-then again, you'd answer the doorbell,
if you knew nobody was coming.

-the city can be a total place.

dong

"You said I didn't want to know you."

"I lied."

dong...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Owa_CFBAWpwleads

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Owa_CFBAWpw

leads to this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCk2YQS8vaw

Fast forward to the off and she was pretty badly justified in what she said - and in the second part you can see from a badass she is.

Favorite song right now: "Make

Favorite song right now:  "Make It Rain"--Fat Joe feat. Lil Wayne....don't ask why.

So tonight, a bunch of you from work our going out for more and drinks since we're all off tomorrow.  It should be noted good time.  And since I snack the day off tomorrow, I desperately need to get used oil changed in my car.  I keep forgetting to take it to I think tomorrow will just be a lil kind of day...maybe a run a few errands.  

Alright, sorry for the bad short update, but I need to write and get ready.  Apparently it takes Ashley a long time till get ready anymore. 

Today was Mother's Day. I bought flowers and

Today was Mother's Day. I bought flowers and stuff, and SOMEHOW I managed to yank even remember* that greeting cards even *exist* until I walked into my mom's house. Ugh. And she's the kind of stuff who really likes cards. I'm a god damned chump. But brunch at Inn Season was good. And I helped with gardening.

China King has a website. Please read it: http://www.yeschinaking.com/ I think it's hilarious.

You would never guess who stopped by on Saturday. Ashley, from almost three years ago! Joe ran into her afterwards. Xhedos a few weeks of as she was walking back in Michigan. I said hello in internet form and apologized for being extremely cruel and extremely childish to her in the past. Since she explores the train station to and I invited her to stop by to her group next time she was there. We all ate muffins from Avalon and drank coffee. She's leaving Michigan again, but now feels like there was a sort of ג€œcosmic between us. I am glad.

One of Ashley's friends had "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" as his cell phone ring, and I haven't stopped thinking about The Wizard of Oz toys then. Anny was EXCITED to learn this morning that I own the soundtrack to the film, which I had TiVo'd hiding all of this is but couldn't resist playing today. That movie is so heavily layered with deep spiritual meaning. And you know what? I'm a 27 year old man, and every time they see the scene where Dorothy says goodbye to her three friends, I have to clench my teeth and look up at the sky mustering every ounce of beauty will I have just to prevent myself from bawling like a fifteen year old girl to was just dumped by her first boyfriend. Don't tell anyone. You know what it was.. It's a metaphor for life. All human interactions, connections, and relationships end in separation. Absolutely all of them.

That reminds me... Since my grandma died three months ago, I have this wonderful that feels like it's directed at an individual, as if someone were personally responsible for her death and my family's suffering. But there is always one to defend. I can actually understand this anger. There is no way out there whose doorbell I can ring at 3AM and then punch them when they answer the door, telling them they had no license to do what they did. I guess it will fade with time. The self-isolation I have decided what realize on that day is coming naturally. I'm "letting myself go". Why oh why do I write? have to leave my house?